#ofmd fic

[ofmdlovelyletters]

Lovely letter for @xoxoemynn for being one of the smartest and most genuine people I've been lucky to find due to hit television show our flag means death 🌈 🏴‍☠️ Thank you for all the fics, for the stable takes, and for your friendship!

Hi @xoxoemynn! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

Crew, you can read her fic here.

[bizarrelittlemew]

PROUDLY PRESENTING:

The Unofficial OFMD AO3 Wrapped 2024

sponsored by my love of fandom community, a passion for data presentation, more hours in photoshop than I am willing to admit, and inspired by the Good Omens AO3 wrapped

images used are either official stills or screencaps from episodes and the Vanity Fair lie detector video. everything edited by me :)

a few additional stats:

79 works had more than 100k words, with an accumulated 16 million words, meaning 1% of works accounted for 21% of words

At a reading speed of 300 words per minute, it would take 174 days and nights to read all of the OFMD fic from 2024 - or, if you read for 11.5 hours every day for a year, you'd be able to get through it all!

The most tagged sex acts for explicit fics were (in order): Anal Sex, Blow Jobs, Oral Sex, Anal Fingering, and Hand Jobs

271 works were tagged "Art"

details about data collection and analysis ⤵️

All data was collected on January 1st, 2025. I limited search results within the fandom tag to works updated between 2024-01-01 and 2024-12-31. Works started earlier but updated in 2024 are therefore included. Works added and deleted again during the year are not accounted for.

I manually typed data from the AO3 search into Excel, so there may be errors and inaccuracies due to the limits of the AO3 search function, authors' tagging choices, and typos (sorry lmao). There is probably an easier way to do this but idk I was bored and didn't mind. Graphs were made in Excel.

For the total word count estimate, I collected the exact word counts of all works above 100k, then gathered data on the number of works within pre-selected word count intervals and multiplied the number of works with the average of the interval (for each interval). The total sum and cumulative graphs for both number of works and word counts are presented above.

I made posts on tumblr and bluesky asking people to nominate their favorite tags from 2024, and included as many as I could.

This is just how I chose to present the data - I hope it makes sense and I'm open to questions!

[quaintlyfig]

“Improbably Unafraid”

Story by Quaintly Fig || Wonderful New Artwork by @sweetpotato70

I can’t get over how beautiful they are! Sweetpotato captured their sweet, quiet tenderness perfectly! 💞

If you want to read the short, sweet story (T-rated), the link is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/56566885

[inv-2025-pccp]

Welcome to INV-2025-PCCP (Investigation 2025: Plagiarism Clean-up Credit Project)!

Atticus (piratecaptains/piratecaptainscaptainpirates) has been found to plagiarize other people’s work, either rewording things in an attempt to avoid detection, stealing entire lines from other people’s works or copying exact plot beats and ideas with minimal creative transformation. Our aim here is to look at his work, find the original works he stole from and give credit back to the original authors.

To volunteer with us

Send us an email at inv2025pccp@gmail.com with the subject Volunteer. Include your Discord username.

If you have a lead or suspect your work was plagiarized

Send us an email at inv2025pccp@gmail.com with the subject Fic Lead. In the body, include the title/link of Atticus's work on AO3 and the title and link to your own/original work. Please also include your Tumblr or Bluesky username.

For information on orphaned works, please read AO3's FAQ here.

For a brief overview of accusations of plagiarism against Atticus, see this post. For an even briefer overview of other issues, see this post.

There will be further posts about our process and who's involved, but this is a work in progress with a potentially very long lead time. Please bear with us!

[paleoleigh]

Thinking about how DJenks saying Stede is Stede Bonnet the 15th and how that insinuates his father's name isn't Edward like it was in history, freeing up the potential for Ed to take Stede's last name without it being weird. Which is sweet and fun in its own right, but given ofmd hijinks this means they could maybe use their married names without revealing their identities, like:

One day while the boys are having a nice breakfast in town, someone approaches them, waving a wanted poster.

"Edward Teach. Stede Bonnet. The jig is up!"

Stede sighs. Not really the reaction expected of a pirate on the run with a bounty on his head.

"Not again," he mutters. Looks to his companion. "Do you want to explain this time?"

Their would-be capturer frowns. "Explain what exactly?"

"There's been a misunderstanding," Ed provides, "I'm Edward Bonnet. He's Stede Teach."

"Common misconception," Stede Teach chimes in.

"Unfortunate coincidence," Edward Bonnet adds.

"So....you're not pirates?"

"Christ, no. Innkeepers."

"We own the Mermaid." Stede takes a lazy sip of his tea, completely unbothered by the intrusion. "Near the beach."

"Oh. Well. That's alright then."

[follows-the-bees]

Stede was all limbs. His one leg was so far off the bed his big toe was lightly grazing the floor. The bright teal sleep mask was askew, and one eyelid was visible where it peaked out behind the fabric.

Entranced, Ed watched as Stede's eyeball moved rapidly back and forth, like the swinging of a pendulum that brought a sense of peace in the glowing sunbeams of early morning. The warmth of the light heating up Ed's face as much as the sight in front of him warmed his soul.

Stede's mouth was slightly agape, and some drool escaped onto the pillow below. Ed reached out to tug on the golden (turning grey at the base) curl gathered on his forehead, watching it spring back, bouncing with too much volume for this early in the morning.

Stede's forehead crease deepened when Ed's fingers brushed against his skin lightly, pushing the curl back and then running them across Stede's features: across his eyebrows, down his nose, and finally lightly poking him in that adorable dimple.

A loud snore and smacking of lips interrupted Ed's peace and he watched Stede-still in a deep sleep-reach out for him until his hand found Ed's wrist and gave it a squeeze before completely stilling.

Maybe someone deep asleep, eyes moving behind closed lids, drooling, limbs in jutted positions that just look painful, shouldn't be the most flattering look. But Ed can't help to think that Stede has never looked more beautiful. And he never felt more in love with this specimen of a man, in all his complexities.

Ed scooted closer and tucked his head under Stede's chin, resting his ear against the bare sternum, moving his hand up to Stede's collarbone and rubbing his thumb along it. Stede instinctually moved his hand to wrap around Ed's waist a soft kiss placed on his forehead.

He closed his eyes and listened to the beating heart of the man he loved. Who loved him in retum. And just like the rolling waves of the sea used to send him off to bed, the evidence of Stede alive next to him, drifted him into a peaceful sleep. The last thought that crossed his mind was "home."

Happy three years to OFMD!

[epersonae]

putting this on its own post now that I have had a decent night's sleep

two days ago I read a post wherein someone proposed a very different sort of soulmates AU. I immediately had shivers, and it felt terrifyingly real. For an hour or two, I rotated various sorts of soulmate world-building concepts, and then I realized that it needed as little world-building as possible, just all vibes.

I sat down with my laptop, and in an hour or so had jammed out the first ~1400 words, barely slept all night, and then wrote the rest yesterday, with a break for a walk, another to rewatch some bits of s2, and then to watch a completely unrelated video while @veeagainsttheday beta'd it.

Every fugitive hour leaves its mark (M, 4622 words)

There’s a mark. And if you have the mark, well, that means there’s someone out there that has it too. Not everybody has it, and there’s a lot of stories about what it means: particular gift, isn’t it, to know there has to be someone who is drawn to you, bound to you, you need them and they need you? But his mum had the mark, and his dad had the mark, and well. In which having a soulmate isn't necessarily a good thing, and the distinction between fate, grace, and love.

thank you anon for the genuinely brilliant idea; if you ever want to chat, asks and DMs are open, and if you ever write yours, I'll be the first to hype it up. (let me say that I have only gotten just amazing comments, so don't let the haters deter you!)

[temporal-discounting]

Hello OFMD peeps!

If you enjoy writing and/or reading Gentlebeard fics, and you'd like to come and join a Tumblr community where we share and discuss such fics, then please let me know and I will send you an invite.

We are a small and supportive bunch and it would be great to see some new faces in the room

If you'd like an invite, you can respond in replies, reblogs, or you can DM me if you'd prefer. You are also welcome to ask any questions you might have about the community and our community guidelines

🫶🫶🫶

[asneakyfox]

long as we're complaining about fanon stede and his tendency toward excessively formal speech something that's stuck with me for over a year is the teacher/student au i read once where stede was a professor who addressed his students as "ms teach," "mr feeney," "mr boodhari," etc. it's so small but it's such a fundamental misunderstanding of stede and his entire role in the story. stede would be the sort of teacher who arranges the desks in a semicircle and not only calls his students by their first names regardless of whether that's normal at this school but but insists that they all call him by his first name despite the fact that no other teacher at the school does that and the students are visibly weirded out by it. this is fundamental to the whole premise

[dimplyowl]

So since there’s been some drama again now seems like a great time to share a snippet of a fic I’ve been meaning to write for yeaaaaaaaars where Lucius interrupts the “I should have let the English kill you” moment.

[ofmdlovelyletters]

I’d like to send a lovely letter to @scribophile for being an incredible person, so supportive and positively chaotic. I love their determination to write amazing fics for the fandom 🫶🏻 I’m very lucky to call them a friend

Hi @scribophile! You've received a lovely letter. 💌

Crew, you can read their fic here.

[quaintlyfig]

"Deep Sea Wreck" - Artwork by @inkirtis

I was lucky enough to commission Inkirtis to create the album cover that Stede makes for Ed's album my fic "Deep Sea Wreck." It is absolutely gorgeous, and I am head over heels in love with it!!

Thank you so, so much, Inkirtis!!! They are beautiful!! 😍🐙🌊🧜

Fic link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55449025

[moonibinbon]

Missing writing them (blorbos) but need to focus on other things (life under capitalism)

[ofmdaction]

🇵🇸 OFMD Gotcha for Gaza Fundraiser 🇵🇸

Welcome to the OFMD Gotcha for Gaza Fundraiser!

This is a fundraising event to raise money for the people of Gaza in exchange for Our Flag Means Death fanworks. This event is not officially associated with Our Flag Means Death - it's a fan-run project and made possible by volunteer fan creators.

How it works:

Artists and writers can sign up as volunteers to fill prompts submitted by donors. Donors can submit prompts after showing proof of donation (at least $4USD for SFW and $8USD for NSFW art/fics) via screenshots.

Timeline:

Artist/Writer Sign-Ups: June 17 - July 8 Donation Period: July 9 - August 9

We raised $1,957.03 for Gaza!

Please message @ofmdaction or send an email to ofmdaction@web.de if you want to help with the remaining prompts.

Carrd | Twitter | AO3 Collection | Daily Click for UNRWA

[blakbonnet]

Go and read Moonstone Mage Championship [350k+, Rated E, Complete] for Ed and Stede playing strip scrabble, using marmalade for non food reasons, and being utterly in love with each other ♥️

Adding the map of the world here so that I can link over on ao3

[epersonae]

five fic Friday

so it's been a while, huh? life has been lifin' pretty hard, and I got out of the habit, and I kept saying "yeah I'll queue up some links or something" and then I didn't

and then this fuckin week happened, and I thought, ohhhhhhhh I don't feel good about some of my old recommendations.* maybe it is time to add some new ones that I can feel good about, which:

Of All the Gin Joints (10K, T) by @knifeturtlelives - canon-divergent AU where Ed runs into Stede at Jackie'z circa 2x1 - funny and poignant, frankly I crave more!

Vitamin C (795, T) by @oatmilktruther - MIND THE TAGS, as in, I saw the tags in the notification email and yelled I'M TRUSTING YOU out loud in my empty house; as in, major character death and no, not that guy. and also: an amazing gem of a fic. As a gardener and a widow: yeah, this.

In the cave, we are safe (2046, T) by @spirker - inspired by the djenks holiday special, a bit of wound-tending with a really compelling narrative voice.

Pearls (2232, M) by @temporal-discounting - I also put this in my "Ed tells Stede about Izzy" collection, but it does that in the most interesting way I think I've seen, gets to that topic so gently and sideways, I'm compelled by the whole concept.

You're the fucking man, bro (1416, T) by @petrichorca - listed as a "rarepair", but let's call this what it is: Vincent's unrequited crush on Stede Bonnet, which is goddamn hilarious and sweet, and Stede is a real gentleman about it.

and now that I've done this: yeah, it's a bit time-consuming but also it reminded me why I liked these, and got me to revisit some things I've enjoyed lately. I'm happy I got back to it.

*I have not removed them from my bookmarks, nor am I going back and editing old posts. But I've annotated my bookmarks and added an additional bookmarker's tag; if you know what any of them were plagiarized from PLEASE let me know. (yes, I am following the efforts to create a complete catalog, and when that is available I'll be referencing it)