#wanted to give you stede being so supportive and kind because YOU'RE always supportive and kind hey gottem

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Stede + Being a Wonderful Dad Captain for @stedebonnets

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08/18-19/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Taika Waititi; GalaxyCon SanJose: Vico, Con, Kristian, Nathan; Leslie Jones; Madeleine Sami; Connor Barrett; Tell Tale TV Poll; Fan Spotlight: BairNecessities Affirmation Cards; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika.

== David Jenkins ==

Davi's sharing more love for our crewmates and their dedication to OFMD. @smolbus, you're right hon, there is always hope! Ty for sharing your ink!

Source: David Jenkins Twitter

== Taika Waititi ==

More birthday shenanigans for Taika and Rita!

Source: Rita Ora's Instagram

Annnnd More Time Bandits Articles! This week Taika's gonna be in quite a bit of the final episodes it looks like!

Image Sources: The Taika Archives Twitter

= GalaxyCon San Jose: Vico, Con, Kristian, Nathan =

These four had such a lovely time in San Jose, and so did so many of our crewmates!! The cast was kind enough to post lots of pictures of the convention! Hope yall had fun! Please feel free to share your pics/stories!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

Source: Vico's Instagram

Nathan was out with Harvey Guillen and lots of other friends at the Winchester Mystery House while out in San Jose!

Source: Nathan Foad's Instagram Stories

== Leslie Jones ==

Leslie's going to be doing another stand up tour-- coming up Sept 29 you can see her at the Because They're Funny Comedy Festival at The Wharf in Washington D.C.! Learn more on their website!

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Source: BecauseTheyreFunny Instagram

== Madeleine Sami ==

Nice to see Madeleine was out with the ladies of Deadloch at the 2024 TV Week Logie Awards!

Source: Prime Video AUNZ's Instagram

== Connor Barrett ==

Our beloved Hornberry out and about watching Angel City FC!

Source: Connor's Instagram

== Tell Tale TV Votes ==

Our dear friends over at @adoptourcrew are keeping us appraised of Tell Tale TV's new polls! You can vote for Ed and Stede for Category 3: Ship of the Year (Comedy or Animated Series)! While you're there if you want to help support some other queer shows, What We Do In The Shadows - Nandor and Guillermo are up in Ship You'd Most Like to See Sail (Round 1)!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= BairNecessities =

Back again tonight is the kindest soul, Mik, aka bairnecessities! Her OFMD Affirmation cards continue to make me smile every time I look at them! Did any of you get to stop by her table this past weekend at GalaxyCon San Jose? If you didn't get to you can check out her shop/follow her on the various socials here: Instagram / Twitter / Linktr.ee / Etsy

First up is probably my favorite card from her S2 Deck:

The next two are from her secondary character expansion! I adore that we get Alma and Louis in there, and even Doug NoLastName and Jeffrey Fettering get a spotlight with wonderful messages for all of us!

Mik does other series too aside from OFMD (like Good Omens, and Helluva Boss!) You can check them out on her instagram below!

Source: Bearnecessities Instagram

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

New Epitizer this week from our good friends over at Our Flag Means Fanfiction. Seriously, the amount of content they put out, keeping us all engaged is amazing. If you haven't given them a listen or a follow please do! You can check out the new "when life gives you lemons" on their linktree!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies, I hope your Monday started your week off well <3 As I'm sitting here typing this I have my son asleep under one arm, so I apologize if this is a bit scattered. I saw this infographic today and it made me think of you all. I don't know about you, but I spent a lot of my life thinking I had to do everything, excel at everything, have all the money, and the car, and the house, and the kids, etc. But you know what? Life isn't about having everything. It's about finding the things you love and matter most to you and focusing on them. The things that matter most to me will absolutely be different from everyone else (we may share some of the same) but no two people are exactly the same when it comes to interests, and thats beautiful. Dig deep into the things you love crew, and remember you don't have to feel any shame for the things that mean the most to you. Do you like video games? Or Ornithology? How about fanfiction? Or maybe Indy 500 races? Do you find joy when you're alone in the woods? Or sitting out with friends at a bar? Do you enjoy being alone? Or maybe you love to sing your heart out at karaoke? Whatever it is you love-- embrace it, whether it's "Weird" by someone else's standards or not. If it makes you smile, if it makes you enjoy your time on this little blue dot-- dive in lovelies, with no regrets. I so very hope that even if it's only little bits at a time this week you get to spend doing the things you love, whatever that may be. Rest well and drink some water tonight <3 Love you crew

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== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Happy Murray Monday, and Taika Tuesday everyone! Tonight's gifs are courtesy of @fandomsmeantheworldtome and @meluli, thank you so much for keeping us well fed with fantastic gifs of our favorite folks <3 You are doing Calypso's work my friends.

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Thoughts I’m too afraid to post publicly lest I attract The Discourse: something something Izzy talking about having to manage Ed’s “erratic moods” -> Ed feeling guilty every time he has a bad day/a panic attack cause he feels like a burden/a chore that Stede has to “deal with” (does that make sense or am I just too deep in the brainrot?)

Nah nah nah I love it, I see what you're cooking, I'm coming into the kitchen, I'm giving this a taste and I'm digging it, we're cooking with gas now mate.

One of the things I love playing with when writing Ed is how he internalizes the things Izzy told him about himself, because we know from canon that he does that. One of Izzy's favorite things to call Ed is "insane," and in Ed's gravy basket dream, he confirms that he's worried that he's insane. There was a persistent pattern in Ed's life of Izzy being the only person he could talk to and Izzy shutting down his attempts to connect with others (remember how he cut Ed's introduction to the crew short in s1e4?), so for a long time Izzy was one of Ed's only frames of reference for things others believe to be true about him.

It doesn't matter that these things are very obviously untrue. Ed isn't unpleasant; he's very friendly, charismatic, and easy to get along with. He's not insane; his reactions to the things that happen to him are always very understandable when you bother to think about his perspective and feelings. Izzy often talks about him like a wild animal that needs managing when he's just...a guy with feelings. Ed's moods aren't erratic, either; he's very consistent with what he wants and when he's not in an active suicidal spiral his moods are as stable as anyone's. What Izzy sees as Ed's "erratic moods" are just Ed getting interested in something and not bothering to explain why because (as we see in s1e4) Izzy constantly shoots him down when he tries to talk about things he thinks are cool and explain what he's thinking about.

I could absolutely see Ed worrying that he's a burden for Stede and making him deal with his "erratic moods" when he's just living his life and having normal bad days, off moods, and panic attacks. And now Stede has to manage his erratic moods! It's definitely going to take a lot of time and patience for him to get to a place where he can see that his emotions are 100% normal and he's not some kind of wild animal who needs a white man to "manage" him and it's not a chore for his boyfriend who loves him to support him.

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EPISODE 5

(written as a liveblog, as I see the scenes)

LOL THE CAT BELL HAHHHAHAHA

LOL Lucius is always so extra I love him hahaha

HAHAH No one believes Ed about Buttons... which makes me think he's gonna come back later :)

Oh poor Lucius he needs HIS healing arc :(

Aww, Ed being supportive of Stede being the Captain <3

Ed allowing Lucius to push him off, and OH hello Shirtless Izzy 😳

OHHH!!! Stede offering Izzy to teach him!!! I like this development!! Stede is so good now about trying to learn about his crew and how he can learn from them <3 I bet Izzy's going to become Stede's First Mate now that Buttons is gone.

LOL Izzy just LOVING pushing around Stede hahahah. I actually can get behind this friendship, yeah. This is really lovely to see this progress from them two.

AAAh Lucius LOL

Y'know, I starting to see what the Stizzy shippers see, here, LOL. I don't ship it, but I can see why it works now. I really do like this fascination Izzy has with Stede. Even in S1, it was there, just got overshadowed by his absolute twattery hahah.

UH OH THEY ENDED UP ON A NO NO SHIP 😮

LOL THE RED OUTFIT, Stede you absolute simp for fashion hahah

HAHAHHAH Aww he's so proud of himself. I actually really think it's cute he turned to Izzy for affirmation hahahha

Izzy trying to be ominous lol. And sticking the knife in his wooden leg hahahha. DAMNIT Con, you're an amazing actor!!

Awww Poor Lucius!!!! All he sees is Blackbeard :(

AWWW PEEEETTTEE!!!!!! :( :( :(

HAHAHH OMG I LOVE Olu-Jim-Archie hahahah <3

LOL STEDE YOU OVERDRAMATIC DORK, doing the swooshy thing hahahhah

Aww, this is a nice scene with Ed and Fang

DAMNIT Izzy you're just... You've really become a great character. Helping Lucius now, and giving him your little whittled shark!! Awwwwww!!

HAHAHAHHHA THE DEVIL SUIT HAHAHA

Aww, Stede you're gonna be a great captain :) I love him looking to Izzy for confirmation.

HAHHAHA AHHH Stede you're becoming a badass!!! I LOVE Izzy being impressed with Stede being assertive!! Good bye, Cursed Suit lol

AWWW Lucius and Pete!! AHHHHH OMG A PROPOSAL!!!! I LEGIT JUST SCREAMED OUT LOUD!!! AWWW that was so sweet

OH FUCK ME UP THIS MOONLIGHT SCENE IS BEAUTIFUL!!

ASDFKAHSDFLKAHF YOU WEAR FINE THINGS WELL FUCK ME !!

THE SCREAM I JUST SCRUMPT!!!!!!!! ASDKFHASKDFLHALKH The little dainty shy twist before the kiss!!!! AHHHHHHHH !

OMG this is a beautiful scene!! Ed wants to take it slow!! He took their Whimsy conversation to heart!!

ASDFKLDHDLFKHASD THE HAND HOLD!! THE CONSENT!!! I LOVE IT OMG!!!!!! 😭😭😭

Stede is so good!! He understands he hurt Ed and is letting him move at his own pace <3

Overall review: LOVED THIS EPISODE SO MUCH. Wow another 2 banger episodes!!! I love Izzy becoming a better person because people showed him kindness and familial love and respect. I love the crew coming together again. ADORED Lucius and Pete getting engaged!! And I LOVE the recreation of the moonlight scene from S1, that Stede was brave, and that Ed set boundaries so he can heal himself, and that Stede is SO understanding! I really can't get over how much Stede has grown. He has the ability to become a Great Captain: he listened to the crew and understood that their mental wellbeing mattered more than his want of material objects (but he compromised and kept the shirt, LOL), and just. So much GROWTH in his character.

I am EATING UP all this character arcs and exploration, fuck me. I LOVE character stories, and I LOVE how much more focus this season is on dealing with the Aftermath of S1E10 for everyone. As I said, it's about healing, and I love it so much.

Great episodes once again and I look forward to next week!!

OFMD S2, E4 & E5

OKAY I'VE FINALLY GOT THE EPISODES! I'm gonna watch them before the Loki S2E2 release at 9, now that I'm caught up on my blog stuff for tomorrow :)

Some of you seemed to be amused by my live enjoyment of last week's eps, so I guess I'll do the same thing again that I did last week: Liveblog as I'm watching and then post all at once :)

Like last week, I’ll just reblog onto this post and will tag with “ofmd s2 spoilers”