TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Rachel House; Dominic Burgess; Adopt Our Crew; Letting Writing Campaign for OFMD S3!; Fan Spotlight: Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Citizen Dame Pod; 2024 Podfuckery; OFMD Big Bang; Love Notes;
Hey crew, as you can see I'm slowly catching up. I've been sick and my dads back at the hospital so things are a bit cray cray at the moment. Thank you for all your patience <3
= Rhys Darby =
Rhys was out in Atlanta doing comedy with Steve Wriggles, and lots of our crewmates got to get out and see him!
Source: Rhys and Steves Instagram Stories
- More Darby Daily Doodles -
Source: Rhys' Free Substack
= Taika Waititi =
Lots of BTS is coming out with Taika on Interior Chinatown!
Source: Instagram
There's also been more BTS for the KokoFoundation event that he and Minnie did a few weeks back!
Source: Letters Live Instagram
This article features Taika AND Anapela! Thank you to Jess aka @summerlinenss.bsky.social for the share!
https://letterboxd.com/journal/native-film-end-of-year-review-2024/
Source: Summerlinens Bsky
= Vico Ortiz =
Vico recently received the “Courage Award” during the 29 Palms Film Festival! Check out their acceptance speech below!
Source: Vico's Instagram
= Kristian Nairn =
Kristian was out with friends doing some winter celebrations!
Source: Ryzymackay Instagram
And he had a wee update for everyone before heading off to Columbus OH!
Source: Kristian's Instagram
= Samba Schutte =
Fantastic news! Best Life, staring Samba was nominated for a third award! This time New York Shorts Award!
Source: Samba's Instagram
And yet another trailer for Parallel! (It sounds like its working on amazon prime again incase you ran into trouble).
Source: Instagram
- Advanced Chemistry BTS -
Our friend Alec Moore, writer of Advanced Chemistry and big OFMD advocate was kind enough to give us some BTS for the movie with Samba! Check some of it out below-- if you've seen the movie and have yet to review it on amazon, please take a moment to send them some love! Amazon Reviews
Source: Alec Moore's Bsky
A lot of the background pictures of samba's character Allen show Samba doing Air Guitar! Here are some closer looks! Super thanks to Alec Moore for the fun extras!
Source: Alec moore
= Rachel House =
Rachel attended the @asiapacificscreenawards_ celebration and her film Te Maunga was nominated for "Best Youth film”. She sends out her "Massive congrats to the beautiful film Boong @lp_devi who deservedly won."!
Source: Rachel's Instagram
= Dominic Burgess =
Dominic always knows how to bring a smile to our face with cat content <3
Source: Dominic's Bsky
In addition, in case you haven't already checked it out-- Skeleton Crew is out on Disney Plus, and our favorite Jeffrey Fettering is in the show! Congrats Dominic!
Source: Dominic's Bsky
== Adopt Our Crew ==
Thank you @adoptourcrew for sharing this article on OFMD from Screenrant! Check it out here.
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Instagram
== Letter Writing Campaign! ==
Our friend Molly aka @aproperpirate.bsky.social has started up a letter writing campaign to try and convince Netflix to adopt #OurFlagMeansdeath! Check out more info below! (If you don't have bluesky, Molly has agreed to let me post the instructions on the repo as well.)
What?
Letters and/or postcards explaining why you want Netflix to adopt OFMD. Highlight its accolades, reviews, representation, or simply what it means to you. Be honest and authentic! Send as many as you want!
Where?
Mail to:
Netflix Corporate Headquarters
121 Albright Way
Los Gatos, California 95032
When?
Plan for your letter(s) to arrive anywhere during the week of January 5-12, 2025 to coincide with the one year anniversary of cancelation on January 9.
Source: AProperPirate Bsky
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
New episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is out! Check them out on spotify!"Today we’re talking with Molly, Dahlia and Tessa about crime, criminals and outsiders; and how nefarious law-breakers actually have a positive impact on society — especially when they’re sabotaging authoritarian regimes."
= Citizen Dame =
For those of you subscribed to the citizen dame podcast, the last two episode of OFMD S2 are up! This OFMD Series is for subscribers and it's a been a blast to go over all the wonderful things in the last couple episodes. Wanna learn more? Check them out on Patreon!
Source: Citizen Dame Patreon
= OFMD Podfuckery =
Some fun news! There's a new ofmd podfuckery going on! Several of the resident podficcers of the OFMD community are recording fics in their own style! Wanna follow along with the fun? Check out their bluesky!
First on the list is The Hunt - by our dear @petrichorca and read by @kninjaknitter.bsky.social! Are you a podficcer and wanna get in on the fun? Jump on in and keep an eye out for the #podfuckery tag on bsky!
Source: OFMDPodFuckery Bsky
= 2024 OFMD Big Bang =
The 2024 OFMD Big Bang, hosted by @ofmdbigbang is officially over! You can check out the completed works list here. If you haven't already checked out their tumblr, they've posted all the amazing works people have put together for it! Check them out over on @ofmdbigbang!
Source: OFMDBigBang Tumblr
== Love Notes ==
Hey lovelies. It's almost 2025! Holy moly! I can't even believe it honestly, where has this year gone? I have been so blessed to be able to spent a lot of it with so many of you, and getting to share in your laughter and your tears, and I am so very grateful for that.
Tonight I just wanted to send you a quick reminder that if you need to get something off your chest -- please ,oh please, do. I know a lot of us worry about whether or not there are "worse things" going on for other people, and you know what, something is going bonkers for every person everywhere, and if we all just didn't talk to one another every time someone else was struggling with their own issues, no one would ever talk.
Of course, be sure to ask if people have spoons, or find a group you know is cool with chatting (and obviously if they're laying in a hospital bed, maybe dont bug that person unless they say its okay)-- but please find someone to talk to. It's easy to fall into the pattern of "I don't want to bother people" or "My problems seem like so much less". You'd be surprised how much of your crew really cares and wants to help. I myself, when things get really tough, feel better when I get to talk to other people about their own issues, because I can put some love out into the world that I'm not feeling as strongly at the moment from elsewhere.
You never know until you ask, so please ask <3
Love you crew, take care of yourselves, ya hear?
Img Source: WomenWhoRunWithTheMoon Instagram
