#you air fine things well

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

[breathing-the-same-air]

[thehumanooblec]

I’m going to level with you all and take off my clown wig and nose for a minute. Are the chances slim? Yes. Is it so so easy to lose hope in these conditions? Yes. But if we have even a sliver of a chance I will not stop. This show gave me everything I ever needed. A place to laugh, a community, safety, love, tears, but most of all it gave me love for myself. To see myself on that screen in a romantic way? That changed everything for me. I am lovable, my love is beautiful, this show gave me that. And I will never EVER stop fighting for it to get the ending it deserves.

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

01/19/2024 Crew Recap

TLDR; HoistTheAds; LubeAsACrew; CastAndCrew Reactions; Petition/Fundraiser Updates; TheCozyPirate Update; Taika Pictures; The back of Rhys' Naked Legs

Edit: Rhys put his reaction up after I had put this together and I missed it, see it here or on his IG while the Story is still up.

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There just isn't enough room on tumblr for the amount of crap that went down today, let me tell you.

Well, as many of you know, shit got real today with the #HoistTheAds campaign and #LubeAsACrew going live.

#HoistTheAds

Last night at 12 PM EST the 2 day , every 15 minute ad campaign that @renewasacrew set up with the money gathered from the ad fundraiser kicked off in timesquare. You can still view them here Expect our ad every hour at :00, :01, :02, :15, :38, :42, :50

Throughout the day you could see the plane messages:

The Trucks went by!

And probably the most exciting things were the reactions from the cast and crew over the billboard!

There were a LOT of reactions so bear with me, there will be a lot of pictures. Chaos Dad David Jenkins, Kristian Nairn, Samba Schutte, Madeleine Sami, Samba Schutte, Leslie Jones, Vico Ortiz, Linds Cantrell, Alex Sherman, Eroll Shand, David Fane and many more. Some sent messages, some just emojis.

One special one to point out was David Fane's adorable reactions:

Some good news too, apparently Chaos Dad was able to actually go to Time Square and see the billboard, but wasn't able to interact.

#LubeAsACrew

Then there was this crazy thing... LubeAsACrew, where the Social Media person for Astroglide did a simultaneous watch with everyone on twitter. Then live-tweeted the episodes. Some of the stuff that came from it.. was unhinged and so much fun. There was too much to get into so I'm just including some highlights, feel free to check out the thread here:

==== Articles ====

The billboards obviously got a lot of attention of the press because the amount of articles out today are nuts:

PinkNews: Our Flag Means Death fans buy huge Times Square advert to demand its return

Pride.com: Our Flag Means Death fans buy Times Square billboard to save the show

Them.Us: Our Flag Means Death Fans Bought a Billboard in Times Square to Demand Renewal

TV Insider: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Fans Take Renewal Campaign to Times Square — David Jenkins Reacts

Gay Times: ‘Bracing for battle’: Our Flag Means Death fans rally together for season 3

Now This News: Its Flag Meant Death: The Uncertain Reality for Queer-Driven Shows in the Streaming Era

Popverse: Our Flag Means Death fans launch Times Square billboard (and more) in series renewal campaign

Marysue: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Fans Have Really Made an Impression With This Effort To Save the Show

The Geekiary: Fans Fight To Save Our Flag Means Death From Doggie Heaven

==== Impacts / Stats ====

=Petition=

Up to 67K+! Holy crap yall! That's almost 7K today! Great job!

=Fundraisers=

Renew As a Crew for Rainbow Youth has almost met the $17K Goal everyone! Almost there!

OFFP Care for Gaza - up to almost $8300

===Twitter Trends/Stats===

Twitter trends got pretty high with all the hashtags. I tried to get pictures at peak times but Im sure there were move, so take these numbers with a grain of salt, they were probably more!

=== Hashtag Update ===

Looks like the hashtags today are the following, and as always emails, and instructions are here: #HoistTheAds #SaveOFMD #RenewAsACrew

= Stuff I Dont Have Categories For! =

Just some more industry info from our local @TheCozyPirate

And for whatever reason, Taika Archives came out with new Taika pictures today. So enjoy some black and white Taika.

Wow I actually reached my picture limit on this one, that's crazy.

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Final note for the night-- I saw SO MANY OF YOU CALLING TODAY! And expressing your call anxiety and how you overcame it, and oh my gosh I just have to say you're all so friggn amazing! Stepping out of your comfort zone is scary as fuck and you did it anyway! Great job everyone! And if you haven't done so yet-- no worries, if you want to, you can, if you're not ready, that's okay too!

Other than that-- I've seen a lot of folks really taking a step back from the trolls and blocking/ignoring, great job all! Enjoy your celebration and happy times! Don't let the haters get to you. You are awesome and beautiful and we all continue to be so incredibly proud of this community! The Cast and Crew SAW you today as they have for days since all this started and they know we love them!

Now, I'll end with a picture of the backs of Rhys' legs (on the right) and a censored butt. Enjoy the muscles, I know I do.

[gayashouses]

Ofmd has been ‘cancelled’ (I’m in denial) and apparently making art will help s3. I’m not too great with art these days, but memes are my schtick and I’m reporting for duty 🫡

[stardust-ti]

So a month or so ago I did a little rant to my friend about Ao3 and how the ratios of works in a fandom are often different, and we couldn't get over the ratio of OFMD vs other fandoms.

I made some graphs because of course I did.

Where:

E - Explicit

M - Mature

T - Teen and Up Audiences

G - General Audiences

N - Not been given a rating

OFMD fandom be thirsty...

Here are some other fandoms for reference:

*What We Do In The Shadows

These are just some random tags I thought to try.

But like. There's a trend here and OFMD is breaking it. XD

These are made by searching Ao3 for the fandom tag. Seeing how many works are in each rating and converting that to a pie chart.

Because statistics can be sexy....

I found exactly 1 tag that has a higher E to other ratings ratio after like a ton of specifically searching attempts.

This fandom is amazing 😂

[entelodontidae]

More pirates (I don’t think I posted these here yet!) I love this show and it’s silly lovely characters

[patchworkpiratebear]

My letters are ready to go to the Post Office!

[crowleychild]

This is the email I sent for the renewal of OFMD, just in case you need some ideas. It doesn't take much time and if we all do our part, our impact would be wider!

For more information, follow @renewasacrew ,I always find great tips of what to do for the renewal of this increble show!

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

alex’s twitter likes are keeping me alive honestly

[thatannoyingbitch]

Renew as a Crew!

I was alerted to this wonderful organization yesterday, and I want to pass along the word to other fans who may not know. Renew as a Crew is a renewal campaign for Our Flag Means Death. They are doing great work to continue the show's groundbreaking queer representation and beloved story!

I really want to see a season 3 to know how the story ends for Stede, Ed, Lucius, and all my other favorite characters. If you are able, please consider signing the petition and writing a letter to Max and Warner Bros executives to show them how much we love Our Flag Means Death!

[thehumanooblec]

hello crew mates! I just found this bingo card and I’ve been happily filling it out. It’s by @renewasacrew who you should all go follow and support the cause! I wanna see people’s bingos :)

[a-veryglitchyglitch]

OFMD RENEWAL PETITION LINKKKKK:

[gayashouses]

Ofmd S3 renew memes round 2

[notlikeothergirlz]

the juxtaposition of the fire and ice.. the FIREWORKS at the end...