#saved our flag means death

[bbyteach]

didn't mean to forget sharing this with tumblr friends

[alexwilltellyouthings]

Hi queer fans of queer stuff! How are we feeling with today's TV industry? How about really bloody angry?

Look, the recent cancelation of Dead Boy Detectives is obviously personal for its fandom, but it's also one more nail in the coffin and I think we have to start doing something about it together.

I went through this with Sense8. With Our Flag Means Death. With smaller but also amazing shows like The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself. Not to mention when it's not cancelled yet but it's boycotted with seasons cut in half or zero marketing. *I am tired*.

If you are too, I ask you to join the campaign. This is specifically about increasing views and attention, not because Netflix is necessarily going to change their minds (we know that's unlikely), but because we want to prove that we exist as a group.

So even if you don't feel like actually watching right now, we ask you to give it a stream if you have a Netflix account, with headphones connected or low volume. If you don't have a Netflix account, and honestly good for you, you can help by boosting us in social media.

I do recommend Dead Boy Detectives for real, it's REALLY good, but this is more about joining forces. They want numbers, so we give them numbers in the most petty way: after they cancelled so that other networks will get interested. At the very least, the crew and creators might get some royalties and they deserve it after busting their asses for years to give us this season.

TL;DR: stream dead boy detectives as a community to shove it in their faces

[pehmokoira]

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

kissing our sister fandom, good omens, on the mouth for standing strong with ofmd fans. even if nothing happens it’s been so lovely to see all this solidarity

[blakbonnet]

#QUEER JOY

[the-widow-olivia]

Deep breath.

I am a solidly middle-aged fangirl, and my last real fan community before OFMD was the X-Files. (I feel like I am not the only one here who fits that description).

The news that we aren’t getting a new season of Our Flag Means Death is hitting me harder than I expected.

So I am thinking about Scully.

There’s this X-Files episode called “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” The plot is about a guy who can see into the future and tell people how they die.

Scully asks him, "How do I die?"

And Clyde Bruckman replies, simply, "You don't."

I've seen fans speculate that Scully winds up becoming immortal by the end of the series. But, 22 years after the end of the show's original run, that line has taken on a new meaning for me.

Scully doesn't die, she can't die, because I still think about her. Scully is immortal because there are fans still writing her into stories, still making art, still getting inspired by her and pursuing medicine and science.

You cannot truly kill a story. You can cancel a TV show. You can, if you're an asshole, make fun of fan creators and their ideas. If you're really an asshole (and a media conglomerate), you can send them cease and desist letters and tell them to stop making art that breathes new life into that story. But the story will not die.

I draw a lot of hope from the long, long history of fandom. The people who loved stories enough to keep them alive, even when it wasn't clear that there would ever be another "official" work in their lifetimes. The Sherlock Holmes fans. The Star Trek fans.

How does a story die?

It doesn’t.

[googoogojob]

some hope these days

[ofmd-ann]

You wrote us a lovely letter ❤

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

"I can't hear you."

[Image Description:

First Panel: Nigel Badmintons face is covered by the HBOMax Logo. He is standing on the beach in his captains uniform and yelling at the boat leaving. Caption Reads: "OFMD Is NOT getting Renewed!" End First Panel

Second Panel: Stede Bonnet's face is replaced by an icon that says "Our Flag Means Death Fans". He has a white shirt thats been cut open and his hand up to his ear, pretending to listen. Caption Reads: What's that now? End Second Panel

Third Panel: Stede Bonnet's face is replaced by an icon that says "Our Flag Means Death Fans" and he holds onto the rigging of the ship. Caption Reads: "I can't hear you" End Third Panel]

[bbyteach]

I had respect for this vision

[al-mightys-blog]

[bizarrelittlemew]

the ofmd fandom showing up every day to make noise and keep loving our show

[illustoryart]

You know what to do! 🏴‍☠️❤️‍🔥🏳️‍🌈

[blakbonnet]

#Boyfriends' Bar & Grill & Edibles dot inc

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

SOBBING

[stedesmoth]