#ofmd spinoff

[gaypirateslife4me]

Spin off, when?

[taurielofmirkwood77777]

Hey, you! Yes, you! Are you a fan of Our Flag Means Death who's disappointed that the show was cancelled? Good news, we can help each other! I'll sign your petition and spread it around if you do the same with mine! Shadow and Bone was just as unjustly cancelled as Our Flag Means Death, and nothing unites fans more than the cancellation of their favourite shows. So what are you waiting for? Sign the petition, share it, and I will do the same!

[thescarvedinsect]

I've always wondered if maybe Black Pete actually did work for Ed in the past, but maybe it just wasn't anything like his stories to Stede's crew, and he used the exaggerations and lies about his experience to cover up how bad it was for him.

Was he left out of raids? Did the other crewmates get annoyed of him idolising Blackbeard? Was slapping his head common, like in 1x04? Was there a connection between both him and Izzy knowing how to whittle? How did he end up switching crews?

I also just really want to see what his leathers would've actually looked like. XD

[asgardian--angels]

Taika and OFMD

thinking about Taika's new interview where he's said the season 2 ending seems like a natural conclusion to the show.

We know that David wrote the season finale the way he did in case it didn't get renewed for s3. And we know that David does have a season 3 storyline in mind, as he's envisioned Ed and Stede's love story as having three acts. And I know that the fans believe there's more story to tell, too, because they haven't resolved their communication issues, their trauma, or lingering plotlines.

The interview mentions that one of the limits on the show's capacity to keep running is Taika's schedule. To me, that may be the biggest holdup of anything when you get down to it. We're so lucky to have had him for two seasons of this show, given just how many projects he has going concurrently. But it gets more and more difficult to block off months of his time - and when looking for a season 3, David is going to need to produce an exceptionally compelling reason to bring him back in again. If Taika believes the show could end where it is, as much as he's adored being on it, he may prioritize other projects.

To me it felt as much of a risk to end s2 on a 'happy ending' note than to end on a cliffhanger, because it leaves the door open for cancellation on the basis of 'good enough.' I get why he did it, and I do think it was the right choice, but still. It makes the season 3 setup harder, because as Taika even said, he wouldn't want a situation where Ed and Stede have to leave their idyllic life behind. Which would have to happen to some extent - pulled back into the fray at least temporarily when the crew needs their help or the larger conflict of the pirates vs the English comes to a head, otherwise there'd be no drama or excitement. And if the storyline was simply Ed and Stede running an inn and having domestic mornings and working out their feelings, that's just not enough for Taika to clear his schedule and sacrifice other potential projects.

I trust David Jenkins to have something in mind that can convince tptb a third season would bring them great ratings and streaming subscriptions. I honestly don't think that's the part of this process that would hold (is holding?) the execs' decision up. Rather, it's whether the premise for season 3 is deemed compelling and necessary enough for our big name actors to sign on and commit their time to. For all we know, it's taking more time than anything to just figure out if Taika has any time in the next two years to devote to this (have you seen the sheer number and scale of his upcoming films?). They're not going to greenlight a third season if Taika can't commit. And Taika's so busy right now with Next Goal Wins that maybe they haven't even been able to sit down with him to have a lengthy contract discussion.

I'd like to think that Taika and David have discussed the three-act story premise for OFMD thoroughly, since it's something David's been saying since season 1 and if Taika didn't think he could do three seasons then I'd think the show would have been a nonstarter unless it was a 'cross that bridge when we come to it' situation, so the potential difference in opinion here is interesting. But it leads to some possibilities such as a season 3 where Ed and Stede aren't main characters - the focus turns more to the crew, with only half or even a third of the episodes featuring the main duo. Or an even shorter season 3 such as a 3 or 5 episode miniseries to reduce the time commitment for Taika. If the timeline for the show's production has to get pushed out an extra year to fit with his schedule, HBO Max might just decide it's not worthwhile to pursue. So there's a lot of things that can happen, and as much as we want an expanded season 3 with more episodes and a bigger budget, that may very well not be compatible with the reality of Taika's long-term availability.

We have to consider these possibilities. As I've said before, season 3 is in no way guaranteed, even from streaming analytics and critical success - but this is another dimension to this conversation that I haven't heard anyone talking about, and quite possibly the most important one because it's very concrete. No Taika, no OFMD. The fact that he said the show could perhaps go on without him and Rhys shows me this is where his thoughts are as well.

I don't want to make anyone despair here - I want season 3 more than anything. I do believe the show, and the story, deserves the full arc and natural conclusion that David has planned. We absolutely need to keep campaigning for renewal, harder than ever as we move into the one-month-post-finale window. But we should also realize that a big part of the renewal decision is out of our hands, and comes down to the ability of the show's star to actually stay involved. I think Taika will try his best to shuffle things around, but as I said David needs to be able to pitch him a season 3 that convinces him Ed and Stede's story isn't finished yet.

So fingers crossed. We may not hear anything for a while, as negotiations have to involve Taika and he's a busy busy man right now. I am optimistic, but I just wanted to remind folks of this aspect of the process.

[wiser-girl]

So incredibly torn between wanting a third season but knowing it would probably take AGES to be announced bc of the strikes and if we end on another cliffhanger I’m gonna do something drastic

[we-are-temporary]

So no decades old healed femur (amputated leg) as a sign of a caring civilization? 🚮

[foreverrhapsody]

#not stede's sword being stuck in a guy as he's hollering ED! and zheng yi sao having to save his life in the background#zheng yi sao continuing to do the most

OFMD 2x08: Mermen

[suffersinfandom]

I went down a bit of a rabbit hole earlier today and stumbled across some of the most misguided, mean-spirited, and downright cruel OFMD takes I've ever read. Instead of sharing them and making everyone else miserable, I just want to say:

OFMD and time spent in the fandom have genuinely made my life better.

The characters of Stede and Ed (who are not -- and I can't emphasize this enough -- their real-world counterparts) have helped me come to terms with and accept parts of myself that I previously hated.

OFMD is earnest and sweet and silly. It's full of love and fun, and it's almost impossible to watch it and not feel a little better.

The show's diversity is incredible and unlike anything I've been able to find elsewhere. Even shows that have similar amounts of onscreen diversity fall short behind the scenes and in the writers room.

OFMD's cast and crew are absolutely lovely. Being treated kindly (and even actively embraced!) by the folks who made the show has been a pleasant surprise.

OFMD's fandom has been so, so much kinder than any others I've been in. I'm constantly seeing people uplift and encourage each other, and the fandom has collectively raised at least $50K for charities. How cool is that?

This fandom's art (all forms of art) is incredible. I've never been so spoiled for choice when it comes to well-written fic to read or beautiful artwork to look at.

Ed and Stede are characters of all time. Top tier. Flawed, sympathetic, gentle, bitchy, sweet, unhinged, profoundly in need of therapy and medication. (I'm not saying bupropion would fix Ed or sertraline would help Stede, but I don't think they'd hurt.)

OFMD's supporting cast is unparalleled. Frenchie, Roach, and Fang are my best friends even though I know next to nothing about them. I forget that Mary "the Widow" Bonnet and Spanish Jackie have, like, ten total minutes of screen time each because they're both fully developed people in my head. Zheng Yi Sao and her extended polycule are everything to me and I need their spinoff on my television immediately.

The fandom's not perfect and sometimes I want to pull out my hair when I read meta I disagree with, but the truly bad actors are a minuscule minority. Most fans are kind, supportive, and extremely funny and talented.

I love it here. I don't plan on leaving. Even if OFMD takes a backseat to a new obsession in the future, it will always be a part of me. I'll always come back (I'll never leave).

[deardarlingthings]

@mybugsmybugsmybugs

The Kids ☠️

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

6/20/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Samson Kayo's Birthday!; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Anapela Polataivao, Samba Schutte; MoonglowingWithPride; FanSpotlight: Cast Cards; OFMPride Colouring Pages; Pride Month; ErosTheArtist;AnaCrowley; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika;

== Samson Kayo ==

Today is Samson's birthday! So much love for our wonderful Oluwande-- Happy Birthday Samson!!!

Source: Samson Kayo's Instagram

== Rhys Darby ==

New Cryptid Factor! This time it's The Magic Bank issue! Check it out on Spotify for the podcast version-- the video will be released on The Cryptid Factor podcast in the next few days!

Source: The Cryptid Factor Spotify

== Taika Waititi ==

Can I just say how nice it is that Taika is posting on Instagram again? It really warms my heart seeing he's feeling more comfortable again <3 Also it's great to see his sense of humor hasn't changed.

Source: Taika Waititi's Instagram

Source: Rita Ora's Instagram

== Vico Ortiz ==

Vico has so much going on right now! Today they were on with Nikki from "Don't Tell My Mother" and talking more about the upcoming show on the June 25th! Wanna watch? Check it out here! You can get more info on the live show/livestream on the Don't Tell My Mother website!

Source: Dont Tell My Mother's Instagram

There's also a new episode of Date My Abuelita First! out! Listen to the newest episode on your favorite Podcast platform!

Source: Date My Abuelita First!'s Instagram

Are you on Vico's Patreon? If so, there's new BTS! If not-- for $10 for a month you can have access to all the Exclusive BTS! There are quite a few of the crew jamming out going on in these... from quite a lot of the crew, including a certain Captain.

= Anapela Polataivao =

A new article on Auntie and all the amazing work she's doing! Check it out! Anapela Polataivao on Stepping Up To The Work

Source: The Spinoff Article

= Samba Schutte =

Samba sending love to Samson on his birthday, and wishing us all a Happy Summer Solstice!

Source: Samba Schutte's Instagram

== MoonglowingWithPride ==

Reminder! Today is the start of #MoonGlowingWithPride! Happy Solstice everyone! Thank you @xray-vex for organizing this!

Source: Xray_Vex's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

== Cast Cards ==

Tonight's Cast Card by @melvisik is Karl L! He's listed as a British soldier, as well as an 'Action Extra'!

Source: @melvisik's twitter

== OFMD Colouring Pages ==

More Our Flag Means Pride colouring pages from our dear crewmate @patchworkpiratebear and released by @adoptourcrew!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

== Pride Month ==

= Eros The Artist =

Some gorgeous Pride Month art from our friend @erostheartist! They're keeping busy and have lots of new work coming along!

Source: Eros The Artist Tumblr

= AnaCrowley =

Another one of our lovely crewmates, @anacrowley has released some beautiful Pride Month artwork as well!

Source: AnaCrowley's Tumblr

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! Happy Solstice and Happy Friday! It's finally the end of the work week coming up for some of us, and it's time to get some rest if you can. Have things been changing for you lately? Are there parts of your life you weren't expecting to go in the direction they did? Maybe it's moving you in a positive direction, maybe not so much. I try to remember, that just like the seasons, sometimes we're not ready for changes, but they do need to happen. They keep life interesting, new, and they provide new perspectives, and new opportunities. Today the sun has set in your part of the world, and tomorrow, it will rise again, and so will you lovelies. You will get up tomorrow, and no matter what you're up against, you will make it through-- I whole heartedly believe in that. Believe in yourself, you are wonderful, and capable, and you've got this <3 So much love coming your way friends, change is hard, but it's so very lovely too in the long run. It'll be okay one day.

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Just a reminder of the most ridiculous things these two do. Special guest star-- Stu! Gifs courtesy of the most talented, astonishing, superb folks @celluloidbroomcloset and @meluli!

[littleblackraincloudofcourse]

Things that need to happen in October

SAG strike ending with them getting everything they asked for

Bridgerton season three trailer and release date announcement

Shadow and Bone season three renewal

the Six of Crows spinoff announced

Willow streaming on Disney+ or Hulu and seasons two and three officially renewed

The return of Willow :Behind the Magic

OMITB renewed for season four

Good Omens season three greenlit

OFMD renewed for third (and final 😔) season

[the-lesbian-orpheus]

Disclaimer I’m not the best artist so this will probably take a long time and may just be sketches

Here are a bunch of fandoms and things im in :))

Hermitcraft/Empires/Life Series

Ofmd

Good omens

Wwdits (tv and movie, but I have not seen the police spinoff)

Adventure Time/Fionna and Cake

The marauders fandom (idk much about Evan barty or panda tho)

Lotr/the hobbit (books and movies)

Pirates of Caribbean (mostly the og trilogy tho)

The princess bride

Dead poets society

Spider man (especially itsv/atsv)

Into the woods original Broadway cast

Hadestown

Falsettos 2016 (I’d also be down for obc)

David Tennant.

Stranger Things

The Owl House

(Not fictional but here’s my fave music:) the crane wives, queen, David Bowie, Hozier, abba

Honorable mentions:

Something rotten

Schitts creek

The good place

B99

Lots of musicals

Lots of Shakespeare plays actually lmao

Staged

Doctor who

Knives out??

Lots of Sondheim musicals

How to train your dragon

Luca

Nevermore webtoon

I was really into the mcu a few years back

I probably know a lot of Disney and dreamworks characters

[ljaneyx]

NOT THIS AS WELL!?! What is it with streaming services cancelling perfectly good shows, First Shadow & Bone and The Six of Crows spinoff, then OFMD and now Schmigadoon. Im in Mourning

NOOOOOOOOOO WHY APPLE

[t1gerlilly]

Soooo…. queerbaiting works. It gets people to watch shows they otherwise wouldn’t. Which is important, if you’re…say…starting a spinoff or moving to a new network. Right?

And having watched so many people get their hopes up in the past (only to have them crushed). I have to say that ambiguous references to “friendship”, “closeness”, “family”, or being “like brothers” , usually accompanied by images of the actors in the ship together is…textbook queerbait.

No promises made. No commitments given. Just lots of vague comments that they can say later were misinterpreted.

Saying “give them what they didn’t know they needed” (Tim Minear) is so close to “give them what they want, but in a way they didn’t expect) Jeremy Carver, that I can’t help but wonder - is there a playbook for this kind of chronic Queerbaiting? Like a PR strategy that’s written down and given to showrunners?

I swear to god, if they start saying “we go where the story takes us” I’m gonna crawl under the furniture and drink and bawl.

It would be awesome if the ship went canon or the chars were acknowledged as LGBTQ. No reason not to hope for that.

Just… prepare yourself for disappointment. That’s all I’m saying. Go watch media that’s ALREADY giving you what you want (like OFMD).

[biggayenergypod]

Cheers Queers!! Question of the day for y'all, in an alternate timeline where we get a season 3 of OFMD what would y'all want to see in it? Or even what would you like to see as its own spin off? We for one at Big Gay Energy would love a Zheng the Pirate Queen spinoff show!!

[careful-knives]

@googoogojob tagged me 💜

Make a poll with 5 of your all time favorite characters and then tag 5 people to do the same. See which character is everyone's favorite.

@celluloidbroomcloset @scarrletmoon @ofmd-ann @starlithumanity @krakenteacups @asneakyfox @iamadequate1 @anacrowley @death-by-cuddles and by this point you all realize I'm terrible at math and cannot count so consider yourself tagged as well 😅