#renewals and cancellations

[melefim]

Heartbreaking

https://x.com/abritandherpup/status/1829727328957816908?s=46&t=fqGfqKL6S7W-yEmye5BHrA

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[guardianspirits13]

Rest in Peace to the Dead Boy Detectives 💙❤️

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also @netflix your kneecaps are MINE unless you bring back my boys >:(

[pippin-katz]

whenever @netflix brings up budgeting for their reasons for cancellation i want to laugh in their faces, because i promise you that Dead Boy Detectives had a small budget, and you wanna know how i know?

the fact that they have a "magic item" for detecting a spirit's presence, and it's literally fucking rocks

they could have made anything they wanted for some kind of cool device or artifact, but nope; plain-ass grey rocks. they're not even cool gems or have any kind of engravings on them or whatever. just fucking rocks.

but please, @netflix, tell me again about how "expensive" it was to film this show. i'm ready to believe you any minute now. 🙄

[athenaspeculiardaughter]

Hi guys! So like you probably know netflix decided to cancelled "Dead boy detectives" season 2 which is unfair, why are all the good shows cancelled when really bad ones are renewed!

People on tiktok decided to make a watch party on Thursday, September 5th at 7pm (Great Britain summer time) in hope to make top 10 and show Netflix they were wrong.

I know the show is important for many people so help us trying to save it.

[kazalmilk]

i hate to be the bearer of bad news on tumblr,

I am so very thankful to all the lovely artists and fic writers who made this fandom what it is <3 I don’t think a cancellation will stop our community, but it is still so devastating knowing that we won’t see the boys on our screens again.

[antichrists-plus1]

Palaski for the soul 💕

[smlbirdds]

movie night! they end up watching “frankenhooker” aka the best film ever made.

commissions open!

[deadboyagency]

George, Kassius, Ruth and Steve Yockey via Instagram sharing the news that Dead Boy Detectives is the #2 highest viewed cancelled show by Netflix this year;

[pyjamatranslation]

Seduced to the Dark Side

The word 'seduce' was always so jarring in the original Star Wars trilogy. My siblings and I used to laugh our heads off imagining Palpatine slowly raising his black robes to expose his pale boney ankle Victorian Lady-styles and this being what convinces Vader to join him.

The Acolyte doesn't ever use the word 'seduce'. Osha says, "That's the path to the dark side". It's Star Wars canon now that they had to start describing it as 'seduced to the dark side' because of Osha and Qimir

I LOVE the fact that Osha and Qimir have haunted the narrative for THOUSANDS of years, causing the Jedi in 9+ movies/shows to be like « Careful, a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away a bad guy got the girl by tilting his head and speaking softly and making her soup and telling her it was okay to have feelings. He even went swimming...(lowers voice to a whisper) naked. Be afraid, be very afraid. Try to resist »

[alt-ernativewonderland]

people who don't think charles rowland is bisexual i need you to watch these clips real quick because there are A LOT of these moments in interviews and I'm tired of y'all saying he "friendzoned" edwin on the steps of hell

[alltimefail]

GET YOUR HARRASS NETFLIX RESOURCES HERE!

GRAB GIFS AND VIDEOS HERE: https://tinyurl.com/NetflixCancels

I'm serious guys: bug the fuck out of them. If you're on Twitter, use the hashtags #NetflixCancels (it's trending right now) or #Unfinished. Limit to no more than three hashtags a post - I've been using #NetflixCances (because that's fucking embarrassing for them) and #SaveDeadBoyDetectives!

[savethedeadboys]

A Friendly Reminder

A friendly reminder if we end up with a cameo in The Sandman... 💀🔍

The Sandman finished filming BEFORE we got the cancellation news, so it means that Netflix DIDN'T listen to us, and they just got lucky it was pre planned.

[summerlinenss]

here’s the thing.

if you’re one of the people celebrating our flag means death’s cancellation for whatever reason right now, i need you to realize that this is just a sign that whatever you love is next.

and i’m not saying that out of spite. having your favourite show cancelled is awful, i wouldn’t wish it on anyone. but if our little-gay-pirate-show-that-could can’t get its third and final season, the future of queer media is extremely grim.

ofmd was the definition of a sleeper hit. hbo max had no faith in it when the first season came out. it gained popularity purely through word-of-mouth. but it became one of max’s biggest shows, and it’s since been marketed as their flagship series.

it was the #1 most in-demand series in the world for 8 weeks (7 of those weeks consecutively). it’s currently in the 99.7th percentile of the comedy genre, meaning it’s in higher demand than 99.7% of all comedy series in the u.s. it has a 94% audience and critics score on rotten tomatoes. it’s the most in-demand hbo original series even above euphoria, succession, and the last of us.

it was nominated for 16 awards for the first season alone, including a GLAAD award and a peabody award. the second season was just nominated for an art directors guild award, which it was previously nominated for and won in the same category for season one.

besides awards, ofmd is critically-acclaimed and praised for its representation (including a cast of majority queer, bipoc, and disabled characters) and themes of anti-colonialism, challenging gender norms/toxic masculinity, and self-discovery/acceptance. it also has a diverse team of directors and writers consisting of several bipoc, women, and queer/trans/non-binary people.

on top of all of this, the plan for the show all along was only ever for three seasons. david jenkins only wanted three seasons for the full romcom structure to tell ed and stede’s story. that’s it. nothing more.

this isn’t an attempt to make you care about the show. but ofmd’s cancellation isn’t just a loss for the fanbase and the cast/crew. it’s a sign that it does not matter how successful or profitable shows highlighting lgbtq+ (or otherwise inclusive) narratives are or how many big names are involved. ofmd would not have been cancelled if it were a straight romcom. they would’ve magically found the budget. but corporate greed doesn’t care about us. they have no respect for queer people or queer media. and in the age of streaming, it’s only a matter of time until we lose all of it.

[ventalizm]

An open eye ⚠️🛐

[gaypirateslife4me]

OK, we need to be strategic about another streaming platform or network picking up our beloved OFMD.

Everyone is begging netflix and prime - which is amazing and I love everyone in this bar - but how about we petition the FX network as well?

Taika already has a strong working relationship with FX because of What We Do In The Shadows and Reservation Dogs. He has been a cash cow for the network and, frankly, it would behoove FX to add more of his content.

HOW ABOUT IT, FRIENDS? LET'S SAVE OUR SHOW!

[shadows-and-starlight]

the hashtag #NetflixCancels is trending over on twitter and the fandoms are letting them have it with both barrels! Have fun and add your 2 cents!