#Our Flag Means Death Season 3!

[ramblesandrambling]

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Apparently we don’t even get a breather to sit back and just enjoy the show, mateys. Warner Discover wants their answer *immediately * whether we want more. 🙄

I mean, yes? Obviously?

(Also, helllllloooooo, Izzy’s biceps!! 😁)

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

liking queer shows is a fucking curse.

[the-widow-olivia]

Deep breath.

I am a solidly middle-aged fangirl, and my last real fan community before OFMD was the X-Files. (I feel like I am not the only one here who fits that description).

The news that we aren’t getting a new season of Our Flag Means Death is hitting me harder than I expected.

So I am thinking about Scully.

There’s this X-Files episode called “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” The plot is about a guy who can see into the future and tell people how they die.

Scully asks him, "How do I die?"

And Clyde Bruckman replies, simply, "You don't."

I've seen fans speculate that Scully winds up becoming immortal by the end of the series. But, 22 years after the end of the show's original run, that line has taken on a new meaning for me.

Scully doesn't die, she can't die, because I still think about her. Scully is immortal because there are fans still writing her into stories, still making art, still getting inspired by her and pursuing medicine and science.

You cannot truly kill a story. You can cancel a TV show. You can, if you're an asshole, make fun of fan creators and their ideas. If you're really an asshole (and a media conglomerate), you can send them cease and desist letters and tell them to stop making art that breathes new life into that story. But the story will not die.

I draw a lot of hope from the long, long history of fandom. The people who loved stories enough to keep them alive, even when it wasn't clear that there would ever be another "official" work in their lifetimes. The Sherlock Holmes fans. The Star Trek fans.

How does a story die?

It doesn’t.

[sleepystede]

Pirate Daddy bringing us wholesome messaging and a hopeful outlook for OFMD to be picked up by another platform??? Happy Saturday, my loves!

Plus, we're his friends 😭😭😭

[saltpepperbeard]

We're joined to one another. Intertwined. [pic source]

[fuckyeahizzyhands]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

[mjulmjul]

Give me that little kiss, give me your hand / I know you have a little life in you yet

[celesmaxwell]

Whatcha been up to the last week or so, OFMD fans?

[spirker]

Since HBO have decided to start straight up lying to us (see here) these are the facts:

Thank you @figmentof for these bits of beautiful evidence.

Remember, this was AFTER they cut the show’s budget by 40%, did practically zero promotion or advertising, no awards push or campaigning - nearly all the promo for Season 2 was done by cast and crew off their own backs (million thank yous again to Samba)

Season 2 still hasn’t even aired here in the UK yet!

Don’t let them get away with this bullshit, remember the truth. We won’t forget.

[mikacanica]

relaxing together

[laniidae-passerine]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Premiere Reductress Headlines

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

SOBBING

[mikimeiko]

Our Flag Means Death Season 2 - one gif per episode (with the first gif from their first scene and the last gif from their last scene) | Jim Jimenez

[myflagmeansace]

me when OFMD doesn't get all the accolades it deserves:

[saltpepperbeard]

Be a Lighthouse - Fight For OFMD Season 3

Hi everyone. The news of our cancellation is both incredibly devastating, and quite shocking considering the trajectory of the show and its fanbase. Everything looked like it was lining up in a positive fashion...only for the rug to get yanked out from under us.

I cried. I went numb. I stared at the wall for a while.

But then, something sparked. Like Ed who was resolved to his fate in S1Ep4 only to rocket back upwards, I was struck with a realization: we need to be a lighthouse!

Fanbases have campaigned before, and have gotten results. Sense8 was able to get a two hour finale to properly wrap everything up. Lucifer was able to get picked up by Netflix after being cancelled by Fox. Brooklyn 99 was able to get picked up by NBC after being cancelled by Fox. And many more examples.

Be it a proper renewal, a finale wrap that entails Ed and Stede's wedding, or the attention from another network, I say we fight that good fight. So, here are some ways we can be heard; if you think of any additional points, please feel free to add them!

If you don't cancel your Max Subscription, continue watching the show and leaving feedback on Max's online feedback form. I had a kneejerk reaction when cancellation was announced and pulled the plug...only to sit back and reconsider. I want them to still get my metrics. I want them to still see the show means something to me. And whether that's through words or statistics, I feel like that's something.

2. Follow @renewasacrew and keep up with their resources/campaigns. They're very active and passionate, and have already come up with different ways to fight for our show.

3. Sign the petition to give us just that little bit more of a chance to have our voices heard.

4. Stay active on social media, and stay positive. Continue sharing how much this show means to us. Continue creating. Continue loving. Use hashtags like-

#RenewAsACrew

#SaveOFMD

#RenewOFMD

#BeALighthouse

#OFMDSeason3

or anything equivalent on any and all OFMD-related posts. Keep the buzz about it going on social media. Comment on posts, keep spreading the word, and get the light burning.

5. Renewasacrew has given us another outlet; an official HBO email address. Write an email detailing your personal experience with this show, and how significant a third season would be.

6. Tweet/email other platforms to pique their interest. Be it Amazon Prime, Hulu, Netflix, or whoever else, let's see if we can't catch someone else's attention. A romcom with iconic LGBT representation seems pretty enticing if you ask me!

This show means the world to me. Y'all mean the world to me. So let's show them why. Let's show them why, and get the proper ending we, the cast and crew, and the characters all deserve.

[camillescreations]

I think the thing I was looking forward to the most about Season 3 was just seeing Ed and Stede be a couple. Uninterrupted. No torture, no regretful nights, no running off to be a fisherman. I just wanted to see them be left alone. Even if it was just for a single episode! And we would have gotten that, I think. I wanted to see casual PDA and loving looks, things that we got in both seasons but they would be different because Stede and Ed are actually, really, officially together. They're boyfriends! I'll miss that just as much as seeing their proposal and wedding. Just feeling sad today.

I really hope we'll be able to see all this in the future. I'm willing to be patient for the right time 😊