#Our Flag Means Death Big Bang

[cuddlytogas]

OFMD Big Bang 2023: I Just Need Some Air

that's right baybeyyy guess who did another big bang and managed to bag my cool friend doing the art <33

Title: I Just Need Some Air

Author: hoc_voluerunt / cuddlytogas

Artist: @tsunderejon / wellsussed

Beta reader: reneeissanc3

Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard | Edward Teach, The Crew of the Revenge, Lucius Spriggs, Roach, Israel Hands, Wee John Feeney, Jim Jimenez, Oluwande Boodhari

Relationship(s): Blackbeard | Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet, Stede Bonnet & Crew of the Revenge, background Black Pete/Lucius Spriggs

Rating: T

Additional Tags: AU - Modern Setting, AU - Australia, Naarm/Melbourne, Social Anxiety, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, The Crew of the Revenge Loves Stede Bonnet, Crew of the Revenge as Family, Neurodivergent Stede Bonnet, Getting Together, Stede Bonnet Has Self-Esteem Issues, First Kiss, Bad Parent Stede Bonnet

Warnings: anxiety, panic attacks

Summary:

Stede Bonnet's been having panic attacks for almost as long as he can remember, suffocated by pressure and expectation. For years, he and Mary had an understanding, necessary for every stuffy networking party and corporate gala: I just need some air. And Stede would find the nearest exit, while Mary distracted the Badmintons before they could figure out where he'd gone. When Stede finally takes his life back — divorces Mary, moves to Melbourne, starts his own event management business — things get better, but he's still no good at parties. He still needs some air, even at the very events he's brought to fruition.

Meanwhile, Edward Teach, renowned chef and owner of Blackbeard's Catering, is wondering why the newest bigwig in events still hasn't hired him.

Modern AU set in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia; a family found and a romance grown in the alleyways behind galleries and function rooms.

Wordcount: 25,874

Link to art: https://twitter.com/wellsussed/status/1729256166830797143

Link to story: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51737674

[notannebonny]

Title: Darkness (noun): the partial or total absence of light

Author: @notannebonny on tumblr pretty much everywhere else. (@ Fishfronds on ao3) Artist: @googoogojob (@ aloc on a03, nopeitsmetherealone on Instagram, and Loockhar on twitter) Beta reader: the amazing ArchEm Characters: Stede Bonnet, Edward Teach Relationship(s): Ed/Stede, Jim/Olu, Izzy/OMC Rating: M for themes (no smut) Additional Tags: Modern AU, Scuba Diving, Cave Diving, Mental Instability, Claustrophobia (like nobody experiences it, but if you ARE you might wanna pass), Hallucinations, Angst with a Happy Ending, No Smut Warnings: None Summary:

Stede & Ed cave dive together. (They do basically everything together, but diving was always the crux of it).

As they map a previously unexplored section on a return to their first-ever dive spot, an accident leaves them with no choice but for one to leave the other behind in a barely-habitable, partially-dry cave and send rescue. Jim, Olu, Frenchie, Lucius, and Izzy get the rescue going, hoping to get to their trapped comrade before it goes from “rescue” to “recovery.”

LOOOOOSELY based on the true story of The Room of Three Miracles in Sa Piqueta Cave.

Wordcount: 34,448 https://archiveofourown.org/works/51522967/chapters/130217896 (Full Size Art is Here: https://i.imgur.com/VXMJmGu.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/FRa2pxU.jpeg )

[espressosaur]

Art for @ladypurl's story for the @ofmdbigbang!

Check out the fic and additional info on our masterpost!

I had such a blast with this and made some of my favorite pieces! I've thoroughly read the fic a couple times by now (👀) and suggest anyone else to do the same!

[andillwriteyouatragedy]

this house has many hearts

Author: Mello, @andillwriteyouatragedy (ShowMeAHero on ao3)

Artist: Livvy (@That_Mothra_ on Twitter)

Beta Reader: Lauryn (@lreaper_art on IG)

Characters: Stede Bonnet, Edward Teach, Alma Bonnet, Louis Bonnet, Blair Bonnet-Teach, Israel Hands, Oluwande Boodhari, Jim Jimenez

Relationship(s): Stede Bonnet/Edward Teach

Rating: Explicit

Additional Tags: Poltergeists, Horror, Alternate Universe - Horror, Established Relationship, Married Couple, Trans Character, Trans Stede Bonnet, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Haunting, Haunted Houses, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Family, Protectiveness, Protective Blackbeard | Edward Teach, Protective Stede Bonnet, Horror-Typical Grossness, Humor, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Domestic, Babies, Kid Fic, Family Feels, Ghosts, Source-Typical Violence, Seahorse Dad Stede Bonnet, Step-Parent Blackbeard | Edward Teach, I'll Give These Pirates A Million Children Before I'll Let This Company Die, Rescue Missions

Warnings: None

Summary:

Framed pictures shake off of the walls, coming down to smash and shatter on the floor; their dresser tips over, slamming heavily down onto the wood below, and Blair screams again, throwing herself against Ed as if she can climb beneath his skin for safety.

Ed climbs back into the bed, pushing Blair into Stede’s side where Alma and Louis are already huddling. He brings his arms up over all four of them, protecting them if anything else should fall, but the quake seems to come to a stop only moments later.

For a second, they all just sit there together, clustered close, breathing heavily.

Then, quietly, Blair tells all of them the same words that Ed had heard her say to Louis before, and the television before that:

“They’re here.”

Word Count: 44,724

Link to view all of Liv's magnificent art for this fic on imgur!

Link to read 'this house has many hearts' on ao3!

[gwylliondream]

Woman's Work

Title: Woman's Work Author: gwyllion | Archive of Our Own Beta reader: Gilli_ann | Archive of Our Own Characters: Stede Bonnet, Blackbeard|Edward Teach Relationship(s): Blackbeard|Edward Teach/Stede Bonnet Rating: Mature Additional Tags: Mpreg, crack, angst with a happy ending, pregnancy issues, missing scene, fix-it Warnings: None Summary: Stede has been cursed by a siren. Blackbeard is known for killing kids. After the events of S1 and before Oluwande picks up the spyglass, Stede desperately searches the sea trying to find Ed again. The difficulty of rowing the dinghy all day, high seas, and worry about leaving Ed on the dock weighs heavily on Stede. When he falls overboard and meets a siren, he pleads with her for assistance. The siren doesn’t take kindly to Stede. Without a moment for negotiation, she sets the wheels in motion to reunite Stede with Ed. Unbeknownst to Stede, there may be a steep price for her assistance. Upon discovery of this price, Stede leaves the Revenge with a couple trusted members of his crew. They travel to Barbados to seek Mary’s help. Suffering from the discomfort of pregnancy, Stede learns a lot about the facts of life and makes apologies for the neglectful way he treated Mary when she was expecting. He reunites with Ed in the Republic of Pirates, where he hopes one of Roach’s friends can offer a solution. But the siren intervenes yet again and sets Stede on a different path toward a future with his beloved Ed. Wordcount: 21,834 Link to story: Woman's Work

[googoogojob]

[eefaevie]

Ed and Stede sharing a kiss in The Engagement, Marriage and Descent to Piracy of Stede Bonnet of Barbados to the Not-Exactly-Lady Izabella OR the Incredibly Unbelievable but Wholly True Story of How the Dread Pyrate Blackbeard Found Love, written by BrainzGoblin with art by me for this year's OFMD big bang.

Learn more at the fic masterpost here!

[googoogojob]

great fic, lots of action ❤❤❤

Title: Will you hold me sacred? Author: evilgiraff Artist: aloc, can be found here: AO3, tumblr, twitter, instagram Beta reader: PhantomEllie Characters: Stede, Ed, crew ensemble Relationship(s): Stede/Ed Rating: M Additional Tags: Canon Universe, Canon Era, Post-Season/Series 01, Post-Canon, Post-Canon Fix-It, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Reunions, Action, Pining, Angst, Reconciliation, Canon-Typical Violence, Sailing ships, Sailing, Sort of - author doesn't have a clue really, 20th/21st century song lyrics masquerading as 18th century poetry, Our flags mean love letters, Sea Battles, Blackbeard | Edward Teach Needs a Hug, Stede Bonnet is an action hero, Lucius Spriggs Lives, Seagull sat-nav, It’ll all be okay in the end Warnings: No major warnings. Violence (no graphic depictions of injury). Mortal peril (quickly resolved). Summary: Canon era Ed/Stede reunion fic. Lots of sailing around the Caribbean, sea chases, navigation, and modern lyrics masquerading as 18th century poetry. ::::: “Yes, alright, I need to make it better.” Stede glares at Roach, then looks around hopefully. “Any ideas how?” “I reckon what we need most for that, cap’n,” says Buttons, thoughtfully, “is a ship.” Wordcount: 21,202 Link to art masterpost: Art is posted to AO3 here and here Link to story: Will you hold me sacred?

[tabbystardust]

"Safe Now" by tabbystardust [AO3]

Art for the OFMD Reverse Bang. @denizbevan wrote an absolutely beautiful fic for this, read it here:

I surrender to the future / I’ll stay with you if you let me

[milkmothmaen]

The crack of a stick breaking made Kraken perk his ears, and Ed’s gaze followed the direction they turned towards. Hm. Not a very good hiding place, behind a tree. Not in a naked winter forest. “Come out, you!” Ed called. “Unless you want me to come get you myself, which I promise you’ll regret.”

Finally thrilled to post my art for #OFMDReverseBang2023 ! Check out my RBB partner's @bizarrelittlemew INCREDIBLE fic!

Dear Ida! I enjoyed working with you sm and i am so glad we managed to supply this fandom with another pair of our creations! Rock On!

[sketchy-scribs-n-doods]

"Because none of those sailors have ever described a siren with salt and pepper hair, wrinkles, and flinty eyes that can make a man balk at fifty paces with nothing but a glance. Beautiful faces and voices that can entrance the most stalwart of men, that’s what they talk about. It doesn’t matter if they’re half-right. Where they’re wrong is what matters."

———

My art for this year's OFMD Reverse Big Bang!

Siren!Izzy has always lived in my head rent free, even before s2 when we finally got Con's lovely singing voice on screen, so I just had to make something for it— with a Stizzy focused Steddyhands twist! I'm a sucker for a secret mermaid saving their reluctantly beloved sailor lol.

The lovely @acesaru was the best partner I could have asked for, a talented writer and lovely all around person to collab with! They perfectly capture Izzy's character voice and the banter between Stede and he is an absolute delight lol. The fic they wrote inspired by my art (and many many discord ramblings together lol) is amazing and the second chapter featuring my art drops today!

Please go check it out for yourself and drop a kudos/comment! <3

[espressosaur]

Title: Take These Lies and Make Them True

Author: LyndziM - Tumblr/Twitter/AO3 Artist: Espressosaur - Tumblr/Twitter Beta reader: longmaysheroam Characters: Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet Relationship(s): Edward Teach/ Stede Bonnet Rating: Explicit Additional Tags: Alternative Universe- Modern Setting, Trans Ed, Cis Stede, Bi Ed, Gay Stede, fake dating, fake relationship, Writer Ed, Photographer Stede, Magazine workplace, Swingers Resort setting, slow burn, oral sex, PIV sex, sex toys, strap-on sex, gay sex, anal sex, trans sex, pegging, Calico Jack, transphobia, misgendering, kink exploration, alcohol use, sexual exploration, slow burn, panic attack, Author is cis, Author is queer, Author is poly Warnings: None Summary: Ed is a writer at an LGBTQ magazine and Stede is the newly hired photographer. They are paired together to investigate a swingers resort in Mexico that has just started accepting gay couples. The magazine aims to expose if the resort is actually queer-friendly or just rainbow capitalists. Ed and Stede have to pretend to be dating, of course, as the resort only allows couples. Wordcount: 50,186 Link to art masterpost: Here! Link to story: Here!

[babykittenteach]

OFMD RBB time again, this on with the fantastic @halfeatenmoon, who took my goofy gardening disater/feelings of inadequacy premise and turned it into something sweet and fun.

Stede's Robust Eggplants, 18k, Rated M

Jeff's Inn by the Sea - now with home cooked meals grown on site! Stede's plan to grow vegetables at the inn starts innocently enough - until he becomes determined to win the admiration of their neighbours by winning the prize at the annual show. Ed gets jealous of the time Stede is spending with the garden instead of him, but struggles to find his own hobby because learning new things is hard. Guests keep coming to stay at the inn despite being grilled about their carrot-growing knowledge or getting told off when they mistake Ed's crochet for knitting.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

05/26/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte (Tangy & Zangy); TellTaleAwards; Emmy4Taika; Watch Party Reminders; OFMD Big Bang 2024!; Fan Spotlight; MerMay; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika

== Vico Ortiz ==

Finally got some of the pictures from the Them Fatale Vico participated in a while back!

Source: Vico Ortiz' IG stories

== Samba Schutte ==

Awww, Samba made an amazing new desert! This time with the theme Tangy & Zangy <3

Source: Samba Schutte's Instagram

== Tell Tale Awards ==

The Tell-Tale TV Awards voting are up! There are several categories with Queer shows so if you have the time please take some time to fill them in! You can vote for up to 3 per category. Not only does OFMD show up, but Good Omens, Deadloch, Dead Boy Detectives, etc.

OFMD Categories Below:

Favorite Cable or Streaming Comedy Series (Round 1) - Our Flag Means Death

Favorite Performer in a Cable or Streaming Comedy Series (Round 1) - Rhys Darby / Ruibo Qian

== Emmy Considerations ==

You asked and they made it happen! Thank you to our friends over at Our Flag Means Fanfiction for more Emmy Consideration graphics, this time for Taika! Here's the Google Drive

Everyone is encouraged to make your own as well! If you do I'd love to see them so please be sure to share!

== Watch Party Reminders ==

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 May 28-31 (we're skipping Memorial Day) Times: 3:30 pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30 pm BST Need access? We're doing a WP on the RhysDarbyFaction Discord server, feel free to hit me up on tumblr @gentlebeardsbarngrill or @ aspirantabby42 on Twitter for access.

== OFMD Big Bang 2024! ==

For all of you who're seasoned OFMD tumblr folks, you probably have heard of OFMD Big Bang before! For our newer members of the fandom check out the description below by OFMD Big Bang Tumblr.

What is the Our Flag Means Death Big Bang? A big bang is a writing and art challenge pairing authors and artists to complete a long work of fiction. The OFMD Big Bang is centered around stories which take place in the Our Flag Means Death universe with a minimum word count requirement of 10,000. 

Interested in joining? Author and Artist sign-ups open on June 1! Here's the upcoming Schedule. Visit the @ofmdbigbang tumblr for more information!

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Today's Cast Card is Stephen Papps, aka an English Lieutenant from "Mermen". Thanks @melvisik!

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

== Big Gay Energy Podcast ==

Our crewmates over at Big Gay Energy Podcast have a new episode out! This time they're discussing Season 1 Episode 10! Listen in on your favorite podcast platform via their Linktr.ee.

== Mermay ==

= Snejpowa =

Day 26: Teal More Mermay! I love that some folks took Teal and did something with Stede, and others with Oluwande! Thanks @snejpowa for this iconic Stede scene, you can feel the wobble!

Source: Snejpowa's Tumblr

= blueberreads =

Wow! Check out this gorgeous rendition of Oluwande and his Teal earring for Day 26 of MerMay by @blueberreads! That is gorgeous!

Source: @blueberreads' Tumblr

= GooGooGoJob! =

As usual @googoogojob has some more stunning work for MerMay! Day 18: Calypso's Birthday / Day 19: Rowboat / Day 20: High on a Rocky Ledge

== Stjernegaupe ==

Our friend @stjernegaupe has so many more MerMay fun submissions! I love how they interpret the various prompts! I want the Revenge for a flag!

== Love Notes ==

Hey Crew! I hope the weekend was kind to you and you got to do something fun!

I'm a bit off today. I hope you can forgive me for not saying much. Please remember that you are such a gift to this world. I think about you all a lot, and I hope you know you're doing great. Just a little love note from someone else today. Have a good Monday-- whether it's a holiday or a workday. Take care <3

Source: AlexaAubreyPoetry on Instagram

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika =

Tonight's theme is just these two giving each other hugs cause I need more of it in this life. Gif Courtesy of @usersukuna

[medievill]

I saw this incredible art by googoogojob and blacked out, and then I had written 75k of a 1940s blackbonnet noir!au. go check it out!

[eefaevie]

An illustration I did as part of an @ofmd-reverse-bang collaboration with @cannebady. They wrote Your Needs, My Needs to go with this, so as I'm sure you can imagine, it's filled with lots of beautiful yearning and tension and heat.

prints of this can be found in my shop!

twitter | instagram | prints | ko-fi ♥️

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