#and the little waititis

[izzy-positive]

A math problem

According to various "doubloons to USD" calculators: 50,000 doubloons is worth somewhere between $5 and $50 today. That's not life changing. Let's go deeper!

Each Spanish doubloon contained 6.766 grams of 22-carat gold (per Wikipedia)

Multiplied by 50,000, that's 338,300 grams of gold, nearly 750 pounds

The price of 22-carat gold today is $76 per gram

The big bag of money was worth $25,710,800.

And the street urchin has amazing upper body strength.

I don't know who needs to know this, but I looked it up so here it is.

[mermaidstede]

behind the scenes of Taika Waititi as Blackbeard in OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

[captain-flint]

You make Stede happy. / I'll never leave you. I'll never leave again.

[meluli]

[dallonismysavior]

added subtitles to Stede calling Ed his boyfriend and now I'll go scream for a while-

[eddie-redcliffe]

'I'm not finding any of this a blast, actually. I don't like to drink till I puke, or get pelted with coconuts. And making a turtle fight a crab? That's just mean!'

[saltpepperbeard]

“Our Blackbeard is a legend, a lover, a fighter, a tactical genius, a poetic soul, and quite possibly insane.”

[wastingyourgum]

"That was fucking beautiful, babe. You're really getting good at this!"

"Did you see the spin?"

"Yeah, fucking loved the spin."

[soapbubbles511]

Listening to the Thor:L&T director's commentary again. Have I seen the movie? No. Sorry Taika, not even you can make me actually watch a Marvel movie. But Taika does most of the commentary with his daughters and it's absolutely delightful. Highlights include:

Taika trying and failing to get them hyped for Korg. When Korg first appears Taika goes, it's Thor and his best friend ___, trying to get them to say Korg. When they don't he fills it in himself, "Korg! It's me, your father!" One of them just says that they thought the hammer was Thor's best friend. Sorry Taika 😂

In more Matewa being unimpressed, she apparently fell asleep during both the Sydney and London premieres. When Taika asks if it's because she found the movie boring she says yeah.

Bullet point that I'll just title, why Taika and Rhys are friends. When they first see Thor's hammer again Taika starts doing sound effects and trying to get his daughters to join in. Later there's a beatboxing interlude. Later he's making up a little song about what's happening.

Also Taika realizes that his water glass makes a nice wind chime-y noise when he hits it with his pencil (?) and keeps doing it at random intervals through the movie. There's one section where that's pretty much all they're doing and experimenting with making different noises. Swirling the water first makes a fun noise.

Taika is apparently doodling while recording this. One of his daughters asks what he's drawing. This ends in him giving both of them paper and pens so they can all doodle.

When Russell Crowe first appears they start going on about that time that they all stayed at Russell's farm. Just not paying attention to a good portion of that scene to list all the fun things at Russell's farm.

Dad mode Taika trying to give them life advice about how they don't have to figure out what they want to do with their lives when they're young. They don't sound particularly impressed.

They recorded this shortly after the last season of Stranger Things. His daughters are clearly still obsessed with Stranger Things. Taika is clearly sick of hearing about Stranger Things.

When they get to the bit about Korg's species being comic canonically gay he rambles on a while about how much he loves including a bit of LGBTQ+ representation and wants it to be normalized and thinks it's important that kids see that. It's very sweet. Also, he's quite excited about Korg's boyfriend Dwayne.

One of his daughters (Matewa I think) keeps going ew when Thor and Jane kiss. Taika tries to convince her that there's nothing wrong with kissing but she's firm on it being ew and disgusting.

[danae-draws]

Saw that good omens was trending reminded me of that OTHER gay old married couple 🥹🥹 made this last yr when i binged s1!!

S2 announcement when?? i am BEGGING for crumbs 🤲🏽🤲🏽

[vlcimor]

Hello ladies~!

[meluli]

[thecoolestcowboy]

stede sends ed the sweetest little message in a bottle, like DOWN HORRENDOUSLY bad for this absolute beast of a man, but there’s just one minor problem. the scribe is overboard and no one on blackbeard’s crew knows how to fucking read.

this is gonna be one hell of a season 😭

(jim does not gaf enough to read that long ass letter ☠️)

[taygetuspositive]

hi hello

[saltpepperbeard]

Gentlebeard + ✨Finger Waggles✨

[ofmdrecaps]

12/11-12/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samson Kayo; Zayre Ferrer; Damien Gerard; Dominic Burgess; Lindsey Cantrell; Articles; Fan Spotlight: OFMD Advent Calendar: Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika;

= David Jenkins =

Our dear Pirate Nana (amladydragonfly on bsky) had a bit of a spill at Galaxy Con Columbus, and it left her with some intense bruises! She posted updates on BsKY about them and Chaos Dad, David Jenkins sent her some love--and an invitation to join the crew! You really are badass and beautiful Nana! Just FYI, Nana also wanted me to tell you all that she is doing much better, and is ok after the whole incident-- but wouldn't have been if it weren't for all the kindness of this fandom! She says she's never felt so loved-- so thank you so much crew for taking care of her and spreading so much love and joy her way! You truly are the best crew ever!

Source: David Jenkins bsky = Rhys Darby =

Anyone gotten a chance to watch This Christmas yet? I got to this weekend and it really was adorable. I love Rhys' character, and not just because it's Rhys, because he's a goofy adorable dude. Interested in some fun behind the scenes with the characters? Here's a fun vid below!

Source: Youtube

In regards to more of Rhys' animated works -- "Curse" was nominated for an emmy! Check the article out here!

Source: Instagram

- Darby Daily Doodles -

Only a few more daily doodles for this year!

Source: Darby's Free Substack / 2

- Darby Family Kittens -

Caesar has been getting into some mischief at the Darby Household. Thank you Rosie for the continued cat content!

Source: Rosie's Instagram

= Taika Waititi =

Taika got to work with some fantastic folks at Disney to help make The Boy and The Octopus happen and a lot of folks are praising the ad!

Source: Paige Bonanno

Lots of cool BTS from The Boy and the Octopus as well!

Source: PRConcierge_ Instagram

= Samson Kayo =

Samson has been very busy with the F1 movie in Abu Dhabi (and chilling with a Simone Ashley)!

Source: Samson Kayo's Instagram Stories

= Zayre Ferrer =

One of our talented writers, Zayre Ferrer has been continuing their imaginary Spin Off Series on Bsky! There are so many I'd really love to see actually-- if you'd like to follow along with all their new stuff, check out their bsky!

15: Cuna de Lobos: A New Den

16: The Wire: The Re-Up

17: Cheers: Last Call

18: The Ricardo Radio Hour

Source: Zayre Ferrer's Bsky

= Damien Gerard =

Hey! Father Teach's Black Ops 6 was nominated for a bunch of BAFTA's and he's putting up some autograph signings on his site! Interested? Check it out here!

Source: Damien's. Bsky

And as always, Damien is keeping us all up to to date on his kitties.

Source: Damien's Bsky

= Dominic Burgess =

Dominic shared another picture of his character, Beef, on the new Star Wars: Skeleton Crew show!

Source: Dominic's BlueSky

= Lindsey Cantrell =

Lindsey has been getting all those Tiny Boat certificates signed!

Source: OFMD buys Boats Instagram

== Articles ==

Thank you again to @adoptourcrew for keeping us appraised of all the articles coming out! There sure is a lot this time of year-- it makes me feel like honking!

Source: AdoptOurCrew Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= OFMD Advent Calendar =

The OFMD Advent Calendar has been going strong for many days now lots of new awesome works by many of our fandom folks being released each day! It's currently going on bsky here, and hosted and Door Artwork done by TillyChMo! (You don't need a bsky login!) The first day's fic is here by kentern.bsky.social! but if you'd like to follow them on bsky they'll have new ones every day (and there are currently 17 days up!)

The 2nd Door features @tresdem.bsky.social!

The 3rd Door features @ghostalservice.bsky.social fic PLUS @kninjaknitter.bsky.social podfic!

The 4th Door features @dracothelizard.bsky.social!

Source: OFMD Advent Calendar Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! I'm trying very hard to catch up right now, hopefully it'll happen over the next couple days as home and work slows down.

Today I'd like to send out a gentle reminder to take some time for yourself this week! This is the time of year when a lot of folks are busy taking care of others, getting things ready for family or friends, and honestly, a lot of times we forget to take care of ourselves. Take a break-- take a day off work that's just for you if you have the capacity. Buy yourself a little treat, or do something on the list of chores that YOU want to get done and not that other people need you to get done.

Some of you may have TOO MUCH time for yourself and want time with others-- so be sure to reach out if you do! People get busy during the holidays and they can forget to check on folks because their minds are occupied, but I can guarantee you they think about you often, and want you to be okay. Holidays can be such a mixed bag, and not one person will have the same experiences with them, so do what you need to do for YOU. I hope you have a restful week and nothing too crazy goes on. Rest up, drink some water, and know we <3 ya. Night crew!

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== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

It's been a bit since I've had room for these so more gifs tonight! tonight's theme is laugh scrunches. Thank you so much to these beautiful gif creators @gottagobackintime and @ourflagmeanssara!