#Sorry this is earlier than planned

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

01/18/2024 Crew Recap

TLDR; Summary: #HoistTheAds and Astroglide OFMD both happening tomorrow 1/19/24; UK Fans We Need Your Help!; New Hashtags/Petition Link; David Jenkins/RhysDarby/TaikaWaititi Troll us with Hidden Stuff; More Articles; Petition Status, News That Gives Us Hope for S3, and Rhys Darby in Shorts.

Note: Please feel free to let me know if I missed something important, if I'm incorrect, if the formatting pisses you off, or whatever, I take constructive feedback <3 thx lovelies.

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==Things You Don't Want To Miss Tomorrow 1/19/2024 and 1/20/2024==

EDIT: HOIST THE ADS: This might be starting at 12 EST - https://www.tumblr.com/renewasacrew/739916790295052288/join-us-in-just-over-10-minutes-at-midnight-est?source=share

#HoistTheAds is finally coming to NYC and LA tomorrow. There will be Flyovers, Billboards, etc. As of right now it looks like its just happening every few minutes on the billboard for the next day.

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==Astroglide Watch-A-Long at 1/19/2024 1 PM PST ==

To clarify exactly how it works, basically what they're doing is asking you to stream on the service of your choice starting at Season 1 Episode 1, and Astroglide (and Squishables might be joining) will be tweeting reactions as they go.

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=UK Fans! We need your help! @lamentus1 was kind enough to give us updates on the efforts going on over the UK!=

UK specific OFMD fans in groups on Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook are trying to come together to push for the BBC to air OFMD Season 2 in the UK since they haven’t done so yet!

So many UK fans can’t actually watch the second season *legally* based off a tumblr poll that @lamentus1 did recently, and a third of fans who voted can’t even watch OFMD because it’s not on in their country!

The current plans are:

Email two key people at the BBC:

Sue Deeks (Brought OFMD to the UK) --- sue.deeks@bbc.co.uk Charlotte Moore (Chief Content Officer ) --- charlotte.moore@bbc.co.uk Email Prompt: if you need an example:

Send Tweets regarding wanting Season 2 to Air on BBC on twitter (same hashtags from @renewasacrew I believe but it that's incorrect please let me know!):

BBC2 IPlayer

The ongoing twitter thread for this is here

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====New Articles ====

BBC fans fight to save cancelled show, with petition reaching 58,000 signatures

'Our Flag Means Death': Fans Rally to Save Cancelled Show'

Our Flag Means Death: Fans campaign to save queer pirate comedy

---Articles in Dutch---

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=Cast and Crew Seen in the Wild=

**START OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

The most exciting and I think ... brain candy worthy today was Rhys and David posting a BTS picture of Rhys in the colonial hat/outfit. It sparked some interesting ideas on the status of season 3.

I have to say, hats off to the folks over on twitter @fowlfiend for making this connection

Earlier today, Chaos Dad, David Jenkins posted the following picture of Rhys that Rhys shared on his Instagram with a song attached to it called "I'm a Man" by Jobriath.

Now, all well and good right? Rallying cry to all the crew! BUT Twitter folks think there's a deeper meaning and I'm inclined to agree.

How fucking cool is that? Thank you to @lamentus1 for pointing out also that Chaos Dad's post had the "three finger" I love you which is yet another 3 today.

Add to that, Taika's Instagram's been pretty quiet lately, and he happened to post a picture today of his mother-in-law @veraora on IG for her birthday, which just happens to have... 3 pigeons in it. Once again, thanks @lamentus1 for bringing this to our attention. ---also please wish VeraOra Happy birthday!

Now, could all of this be just coincidence? Sure, but where's the fun in that? Seems like we're going on a treasure hunt.

**END OF DISCLAIMER: This whole thread on Djenkins and Taika's mother in law is fan theory at this point, read into it as you will, but think of it like tabloid news**

===Other Chaos Dad Posts on Twitter===

=Hashtag Updates / How you can help=

@renewasacrew Has done some cool stuff and made saveofmd.com direct to the petition site. This should help with being able to share more easily. Full thread here on tumblr

Today's Goals and Hashtags Per @renewasacrew

#ArentYouGLAAD #SaveOFMD #TheNumbersWereThere

=Petition Status Updates=

Petition hit 60K all!!!! GREAT JOB! Just in time for Time Square tomorrow!!

I didn't see a drastic change on a lot of the fundraisers so I'm not adding those today--- I think we've had a big day as it was with the stuff around David posting without posting about season 3.

So I thought I'd end with some more info from our lovely @TheCozyPirate on twitter, the lovely person who exposed the information about how s3 was already in preproduction. They seem to have more insight in a lot of this.

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=So if your question is, is it making a difference? Why doesn't dad just come out and say it? Here's some insight:=

And this next one helps me to feel like we're still heading in the right direction. "If there were nothing viable, he would be able to say that. He would never, never let this go on if hopeless". I think is pretty uplifting.

Lastly, I think you all should be damn proud of yourselves with these calls, as a former Customer Support Person, I appreciate you all so damn much for keeping it kind and polite! Stede would be proud!

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Finally-- one last thing, since today's theme on tumblr is trolls getting all up in our faces, just remember you do not have to engage with them if you don't want to. If you want to have kind discussions, and you feel up for it, go for it, but don't feel obligated to defend the community.

We all know we care, we all know we're doing a great fucking job at taking care of each other, helping awesome causes, and still having fun while doing it. You don't have to prove to anyone that you are allowed to enjoy your pirate show that means something to you and spend a few bucks to support it.

Don't let people who are struggling with their own trouble take your light. Enjoy things, have fun. You deserve it.

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On a lighter note to end on: I have a serious question for all of you.

Who gave this man the right to wear these fucking shorts? Good god.

[cuminhoid]

star wars could have given us dex being boba's uncle but no they made him watch a man with his father's face be tortured after said father got decapitated and also was a child put into an adult jail

we could have had dex's diner! now with tiilingar taungsday! and boba getting to be a kid! is spreading food and comfort not what jaster would have wanted?

[unionizedwizard]

poisoned book investigation update: i reached the part of queen margot that deals with the poisoned book and this only made me more convinced that this is indeed. what happened. back in 2010. because 1) i know my mother well and therefore know she would kin catherine de' medici (yes yes i know. i know. what can i say. she's insane. it's a family tradition) 2) in the novel, the book was poisoned by catherine herself (she conceived and carried out both the scheme and the execution herself), and meant to kill her political enemy and son-in-law (but ended up poisoning (and killing) her own son). the exact method of course would be unsuitable for my own mother to imitate as it is the exact same method used in the name of the rose (possibly where umberto eco got the inspiration from, actually?), therefore as i mentioned earlier impossible to recreate with the kind of paper my copy of the three musketeers was printed on. but. yeah. not that i had many doubts at this point anymore but this is really. convincing evidence. psychologically speaking.

like for the. catherine de' medici kin part:

my mother always loved her as a historical figure. we did visit a lot of historical castles and museums and all when i was a kid and she always had a marked preference for 1) the renaissance era and history 2) the medici family 3) catherine de' medici specifically. she admired her cunning and force of spirit and ambition and influence. #1 girlboss supporter (she did not support the. you know. religious massacres tho. she didn't think catherine was a great figure to emulate or whatever. but she admired her nonetheless)

as i've mentioned before, my mother has always been a wannabe italian. she's especially fond of the italian renaissance and in particular florence and its history. in the novel the fact catherine de' medici is florentine is a key part of her characterization

physically there seems to be a similarity? dumas doesn't actually describe his characters' appearance much, but from the few elements we get, it seems to fit (= pale, grey(?) eyes with a cold and cunning look, short and stout but pretty, white hands (that she takes great care of), short and stout (fat?) stature in general, blonde hair, small lips, imposing presence that makes other people immediately fall in line & scares them (she was very proud of that)). it's not much but knowing her she would jump to conclusions and want to really. Be Like Her

sorry i know how this sounds i KNOW you don't have to believe me but i swear this is all true. inherited insanity and all that. the true Drow Ass Family

[hawkeyeslaughter]

if you have any favorite henry blake scenes please tell me in the replies and if you know the episode put it down !! <3 :]

[bookinit02]

girls when they’re working three jobs and volunteering and writing fic and taking four senior-level classes and getting ready for graduation and petitioning for financial aid and taking their cat to the vet and applying to grad school and writing original work and babysitting AND trying to have a social life and—

[coldslaws]

What are your favourite Pokemon games besides BW/BW2?

oh man that is a TOUGH call. i love a lot of them for different reasons. im thinking diamond and sun, probably.. ik everyone says platinum is the definitive version of sinnoh but ive never played it myself and diamond was my first pokemon game. meanwhile sun i think just has a great story, characters, and my favorite pokedex overall. i also have to give an honorable mention to pla, because i really loved the gameplay and story and it's what actually changed pkm from "this is a thing i like passively" to "THIS IS A SPECIAL INTEREST" in my brain

aaaand another honorable mention to scvi, because arven's story had me honestly stunned to my core and the main cast is so much fun. but i can't put it as a favorite because of the bland overworld/technical issues, even if it also has a great pokedex imo

if i could have it my way id probably break it down like this (again not including bw here but you can probably imagine how this list would look otherwise anyways):

fave story: sumo

fave dex: sumo

fave characters: dppt and sumo but scvi is also fighting tooth and nail for the spot

fave region: dppt

sorry to swsh i love you piers with all my heart and some of the pkm are great but thats about all it has going for it imo. and don't even get me started on xy

[caffeiiine]

one more thing thats been rotating around my head:

my school anime club hosts an anime con in the spring and i am genuinely so excited bc club members are staff amnd we are hsoting it! and i can host a panel!!!

[lesbiangiratina]

I think making fun of people for being scared of something makes you 1 million times more of a loser than the scared people. Genuinely

[lenakluthor]

the owner of the acting studio i’m taking class at tried to push filming up to 8:30am tomorrow…. my guy, i took a sleeping pill last night and still didn’t fall asleep until like 6:30am and i live a solid half hour from the studio. it’s not happening

[rabbithub]

You know the line, 'to be loved is to be changed'? I think that would work for Fallen Angel!AU.

[theflyingfeeling]

for anyone wondering about the Olli/Allu beach fic... it's now on AO3

🏖️

[sweaters-and-vertigo]

when you get too high and go over your limit and end up having a panic attack & an existential crisis and have to call your friend for an hour and 30 minutes to talk you down:

[sluttyten]

Y’all… the last person I was worried about seeing my septum piercing wants to see me tomorrow so wish me luck that I can actually flip it (and get it back down, like the ring seems tight)

[phantom-of-the-501st]

I've been given the chance to have a once in a lifetime opportunity

But it means leaving my job and the people I love here a month earlier than expected

I'm going to do it because I may never have the opportunity again, but having to say goodbye earlier than I wanted to is rough :(

[ranger-kellyn]

Sometimes it really stresses me out when I get a comment that points out in a disappointed way something I haven’t/didn’t do in a fic bc it’s like….I’m sorry….I’m so stressed all the time…the fic is already over 100k words and I stress about dragging things out too much and it’s not like I didn’t want to show whatever moment it’s just that the fic is already over 100k words and the usual critique I get is I’m taking too long to tell a story and telling that and every other little movement I want to tell would push me probably into the 200k range and most readers don’t even like 100k fics at all bc attention spans are shot due to short form media dominating everything and AAAAH IM SO STRESSED IM SORRY

[problemeule]

good vibes of the day brought down by an assassination attempt on my person