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@tatianalexandre

So this account has been put together, full of messages of thanks but not only that messages of deep feeling and love. I hope you enjoy reading through these messages.

My thanks goes out to every single member of the cast and crew, whether you are seen on screen or not, you work has helped form the most beautifully complex show of all time. I have been saved by this show and though I can’t express it all right now one day I will - I can truly say is thank you for helping me to be me. Someone i am now happy to be. Someone who is happy to be not only alive but truly living.

I owe so much to both Tatiana and Kathryn for showing me a way through the darkest of times. now, now here is to all the good times.

thank you to John and Graeme for expressing how important women are.

thank you also to an underrated gem Mackenzie Donaldson, thank you for all your interaction with clone club, that means a lot to us.

THANK YOU DEEPLY ORPHAN BLACK

Love- Tanya

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Dear Orphan Black. My gratitude for you all is beyond words. You've saved me. Kept me alive. Each clone, cast member and crew has helped me come to terms with myself.

It's okay to be gay. It's okay to be damaged. It's okay to not know how to feel. It's okay to want love.

I found you when I was in the lowest point in my life. I tried to end my life. I was isolated for my own good.

I was trapped in my own mind for so long I started to become a danger to myself and others. Urges to kill. Urges go hurt. Both myself and others. Loved ones. Trapped in a loop of psychosis and PTSD. Ripping out my own hair. Beating myself with a wrench and hammer in the face as punishment for my own pain. Riveting in the confusion of my own sexuality. Gender dysphoria.

Along side that I battled prolonged medical mysteries about my nerve damaged arm that ended up having a nerve tumour, undetected for years.

This show made me feel like I had someone to hold onto. Something to blur out the pain. And with the almost 4 years I've watched this show, I've blossomed along side it. I'm far from healed, but I'm free. Far closer to freedom thanks to this show. Like the clones.

Though one day I might lose it all, and inevitably take my life, this masterpiece of women's power kept me going for a bit longer.

Thank you, so much. I'll never forget any of this. 

 Love,

F. 

Cardiff, UK.

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@cosgrovemaslany

thank you for making this amazing, breathtaking show. there’s no show like orphan black and i think that there will never be. everything about it is so incredible; the characters, the plots, the cast (with the best actress ever) the special effects, the soundtrack. every single detail is so well done that we all we have to do is thank you guys. we’re so lucky to have the oppurtunity to watch such a masterpiece. there was no filler episode, not a single scene that could just be thrown away. everything you put in the show, every moment was important so you could tell us the story you wanted to and i’m forever grateful for that. we’re all very sad to have to say goodbye to the show and the characters but i’m glad you didn’t keep it going for more than you needed or wanted. there are so many shows that are so goof in the beginning, but they keep getting more seasons and it turns into something completely not interesting, because there’s no more story to tell. so yes it is very sad that ob is ending and although i’m 1000000000% sure you all have talent for doing more 45768 seasons of it, it’s awesome that you’ve made a full quality show from beginning to the end. thank you soo much and this will forever be my favourite description of the show it’s a show about clones that talks about diversity. Tatiana i don’t think i will ever be able to thank you enough. you make us who knew that you play all the clones forget that it is just one (very talented, intelligent, show stopping and gorgeous) person. i remember when i started to watch ob and i was so focused in the story i forgot you were playing all the clones. it happens to everyone.

When Helena first appeared it hit me, i had to pause the episode and take a moment to deal with this fact. it’s so magical. you do that so magnificently you created different people, different universes in each one of the clones. thank you a zillion times. you’re my fav avtress. you are the best one ever with no doubt. i’m not taking away the credit for the amazing job done by the crew, the special effects, the rest of the cast and the awesome Kathryn Alexandra, who we love and appreciate so much. but YOU did that. you played each clone in a marvellous unique way. i previously said that it was magical but it is actually so real, because you did all of that with your hard work and dedication. . You out so much effort into your work and from the very first scene in the very first episode to the the very last scene in the very last episode. in all the promos,  bloopers in everything. you made us forget it was only one person who gave life to all those characters and because of that we are going to remember you for the rest of our lives. we’re forever grateful. thank you for telling the story of these women and for being an inspiration for us. i love you so very much, sestra.

Denise

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@OB_TatMaslany

orphan black what a pleasure it has been. this cast and crew are the most amazing cast from anything i have ever watched. I’ve fell in love with each and every one of you and it’s been an amazing 5 years. you have helped me realise that i don’t have to care what anyone thinks because i am my own person and no one can take that away from me. so thank you, Tatiana, Evelyne, Kathryn, Jordan, Kristian, Kevin, John, Graeme and the rest of the cast and crew (and whoever is behind the OB twitter account- thank you for making twitter so fun ) it’s been an honour and i can’t wait to follow you all through future projects.

CLONE CLUB LOVES YOU

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@ArianaAndGomez

These past years with orphan black i’ve grown so much. i’ve seen many of my fear exposed and then i saw incredibly strong women overcoming them together. Every single person who worked on this show has helped me in so many ways. its so hard to find the words to express how thankful i am. you taught me to fight for what i want and what i believe in, to not be afraid to love who i love because i deserve it, because i may be complex and weird but people will love me for who i am. you’ve taught me to forgive not to look back at past mistakes but to believe in myself and others, we can all do better today. I also learn the importance of surrounding myself with people who care for me, who will fight got me as I will for them. My own group of unconditional loving sestras. I’ve got that’ you helped me recognise and appreciate them. Also, you gave me the clone club, the best family someone can chose. with them i feel so safe and accepted and even if we grow apart over the years i know there will always be a special bond between us. You all did that for us. For a moment there i thought i couldn’t do it, that i wasn’t good enough. i feel like it didn’t really matter if i did good or failed because i had nothing to offer to the world. recently we saw Alison facing those same fears and i felt so lucky i had this show to look up to, to give me strength, to slap me right in the face and tell me - you are enough, you matter.

i can never repay you for that, any of that.

thank you, your work will never be forgotten.

i love you

Beatriz Moreira, Portugal

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@foolishspace

It’s funny how a fictional tv show can effect you in so many ways. Orphan Black is the only show that i’ve become so involved int, so invested in. I’m so happy that the first episode intrigued me so much to keep on going. each one of the characters have effected me in so many different ways. Cosima has helped me with my own sexuality but has also told me smart is cool. Sarah has taught me that you can get out of those dark spots in your life.

Speaking of dark times, when i got into a bit of a funk, OB was the only thing that could make me smile. i don’t even know why but nothing else worked. I think i could watch this series over and over and over again without getting bored because that’s how good the show is.

When I heard that season 5 would be the last season my heart broke into a million pieces but i’m kinda thankful it’s ending so it doesn’t turn to shit even though i would love up to season 25!

Thank You John and Graeme for creating this crazy show. Thank You to the cast and crew for making a show about human cloning so realistic.

Tatiana, thank you for working so hard to bring 10+ individual people to life. thank you to Kathryn as well, i wish we could’ve seen more of you on screen.

As for Jordan, Maria, Evelyne, Kristian, Dylan (rip paul) Ari, Josh and Kevin, thank you for being an outstanding main/supporting cast.

thank you for making me laugh, cry and rage (s3ep10) you have changed my entire world.

and as a wise woman once said, while winning her well deserved Emmy award.. thank you for a show that puts women at the centre.

- Bec

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@casualcosima

Hello, my name is Yvette i’m 18 years old and i’m from germany. i came late to the fandom and i regret it a little bit, but it changed my life so much. I was welcomed from the first day i started following people from clone club on twitter and now i don’t even know what i should do with twitter when orphan black ends. I’ll love this series and the cast forever and i’ll always support them. We are a family. I’ll stay forever and have so many rewatches because it never gets boring. I am so thankful that I met so many new people, Orphan Black is one of the best series i’ve ever watched and other series couldn’t be compared to it. i’ll miss the angst every week before a new episode airs. I’ll miss the funny posts and i’ll miss the content from so many creative people. i’ll miss new things from my favourite clones Cosima and Rachel and i’ll miss Cophine my favourite fictional couple. I’ll miss every clone and other character from the show. I love all of them too. The diversity in the series is great and i love that it has leading females. I just needed to watch a video on youtube from my favourite orphan black scenes or from a panel and I smiled, i’ll do that in the future too. 

My favourite quite is “ Look, i’m not going to apologise for my heart, okay?” from Cosima. Thank you for everything clone club, orphan black cast and writers.

I love you all so much. 

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@ASestraClone

Not even a year ago I stumbled upon Orphan Black on Netflix. After the first scene of Beth and Sarah on the train station I was sold, this was going to be good! Little did I know how much this show would mean to me and what it would do for me in such a short period of time.

Orphan Black has not only given me an amazing new group of friends that I proudly call my sestra's , the show has helped me greatly in helping me understand and accepting who I am and that it is ok not to be perfect, because nobody is.

Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to have the opportunity to meet you all @ Paley Fest in March of this year, it was such a unique and special moment. Seeing you in person, watching you talk about the show and the characters with such passion made me love Orphan Black even more.

I am still in denial the show is actually already coming to an end. I feel like the trip has just started, unfortunately I joined in very late. But Orphan Black will stay with me forever. Thw show, the cast and crew, as well as Clone Club have a special place in my heart.

I hope to see many of you during the Orphan Black convention in London at the end of September, so we can hang out, talk about the show and have a clone dance party!

Thank you for making such a difference, not only to me, but to many others as well.

I love you all and I will miss you so much.

xxx Kim (@ASestraClone on Twitter)

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@GOULDNIEHAUS

I don't even know where to start with how much this show or this cast means to me; and what it's/they have done for me? It's impossible to know where to start or how to explain to be honest, because before this show I had nothing. No real family, no friends, nothing. I was struggling with my sexuality, struggling with my mental health and I was alone; I really had nothing to live for. When I first got introduced to this show, I had just been released from hospital (after being admitted for my various mental health issues.) I was in a rough place, I had been sleeping on my grandmothers couch for months (my parents kicked me out long before that for being gay)

So I started the show, on an off chance that I would connect to it somehow. Boy, did I connect to it. I finally had multiple strong (albeit sometime vulnerable) women to look up to. Women who were strong and independent, women fighting for their ownership of their bodies, women who were mothers, women who were fighters, women who had struggled with mental health issues/self harm and most importantly for me women who didn't let their sexuality define who they were. All of these women have actually made me and moulded me into who I am today.

So I guess this is going to be my thank you message more than anything. Words could never describe how much this show means to me so a thank you is the next best thing, right?

So here goes... I want to say a huge thank you to John and Graeme for creating two inspirational characters like Cosima and Delphine. (Also for creating Felix, he is also a huge reason I accepted myself) I came out at a young age, my parents had been homophobic my whole life and one day I had enough, I snapped and told them before I fully had chance to explore it myself. That ended with me on the streets and doubting myself, and started me doubting my sexuality. I started to view it as wrong, I never felt "normal" and I wanted so badly to be straight. 

  So here I was, one day shortly before season 2 aired sat in my grandmothers house with a bad wifi connection binge watching season 1 watching episode 1x08 to be exact. I didn't expect anything to come of that very first kiss between Cosima and Delphine. I honestly expected it to be pushed under the rug – but instead I got to witness and hear the sort of speech I needed my whole life from Delphine. "As a scientist I know sexuality is a, is a spectrum..." that speech made something click inside my head, I cried for a full hour after hearing it because those are words I never thought I needed in my life. It was the moment of realisation I needed. I remember thinking "it doesn't matter who I am attracted too, this is me, I fall for women not men and that is totally acceptable. I'm not alone with this, not everyone is straight, sexuality IS a spectrum and people fall in love with people regardless of gender etc"

Where do I even begin to thank you for Cosima saying "My sexuality is not the most interesting thing about me" to Rachel? That quote is something I now live by. So thank you for that, and thank you for making Delphine explain her bisexuality and actually use the word bisexual. A lot of shows still do not do that with their characters and that representation isn't ever shown. ALSO thank you for giving me cophine. Their love is everything I aspire to have. I am complete trash for these two women and that is something I'll carry with me forever. I'll probably be 70 and still complaining and going on about how much I miss and love cophine! I will always talk about how much these two women/characters both individually and together helped me. By the way, I already miss cophine and I'm writing this 5x10 is mere days away.

Also a huge thank you Tatiana, Evelyne and Jordan for becoming these characters and pouring your hearts into them therefore giving me  and others the LGBT+ rep I/we have always needed. Thank you to you and the entire cast for being the best allies (and fellow LGBT+ peep) we could've ever asked for. I will never not be thankful for everything. You gave me the courage to be my out proud self. You will all forever be my inspirations and role models.

Before Orphan Black, I was told I could never get anywhere in life, I could never go to university because of my mental health and I would become a nobody. This show showed me anything is possible if you fight for it. I watched all of the sestras and women on this show fight their battles, fight for ownership of their own bodies, fight for their life and fight for their families/loved ones but none hit home as much as Helena did. I watched Helena fight her own demons, reconnect with her sestras become an amazing aunt and will become an equally amazing mother. Helena's fight and strength gave me the strength and courage to apply university back in 2014. Now I am a year away from getting my degree in psychology, I'm a year away from going on to bigger and better things. Helena showed me it's okay to have relapses, it's okay not to be okay but that I have got this. I'm not fighting my battles alone. Orphan Black literally gave me my last life line, the one last push I needed to keep on surviving.

The best thing I got from this show, aside from characters I will hold dear to me for the rest of my life for helping me more than they ever known, and a cast I will never stop supporting. For the first time in my life I felt love, I felt accepted and like part of a family within clone club. I have met so many amazing people who have impacted my life in the most uniquely beautiful ways. People who I would've never met if it wasn't thanks to this show. These people are people I never want to lose contact with because they've become such an important part of my life. 

OB has done so much for me I don't even have the words to sit here and write them all, [i've erased this and rewritten it so many times it's unbelievable] so I just really want to say thank you. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for the happy times. Thank you for the sad times. Thank you for the sestras. Thank you for reminding me women CAN be strong and independent and we have our own rights to our lives and our bodies. Thank you for reminding me that the future is indeed female. Thank you for Mrs S who became more of a mum to me than my own mum ever was. Thank you for reminding me to defy the people in my life who don't accept me for me, who want to repress me and put me back in my box/closet, who want to have control over my body. I now have "defy them" tattooed on my wrist as a permanent reminder to myself. Thank you for giving me a reason to live and thank you most importantly for giving me a family, for helping me accept myself, and for moulding me into the person I am today.

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@missinglexa

i’d like to thank everyone on the show, with their uniqueness and love, they taught us that everyone can be their own individual person no matter how many of you there are. You are one person and nobody ever was or will ever be like you. They did their best interpreting these characters and through the, we saw ourselves. Whether it was Sarah, or Tony, or Felix or Mrs.S. They all meant something to us and they helped us learn that life is hard, but that we can fight back and be loved. i got Cosima’s tattoo to remind me that I am unique as I am and that I am loved and that I will love too.

Some day, I will find happiness in myself and with everyone around me.

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@SchtickySchmidt

I didn't start to watch Orphan Black until mid 2016. Yeah, Tatiana had just won her well deserved Emmy and I had been happy for her, knowing what kind of work she did on the show thanks to seeing gifs on the Internet and trailers during Doctor Who. I always wanted to watch it but wasn't sure how to catch up. After Tat won though, my desire only grew. Funnily enough, I learned that the first three seasons were on Amazon prime. So I became absorbed that same night. I watched those three seasons remarkably fast for someone who was just starting at a new college. But to be fair, nothing too strenuous was being assigned yet and I didn't have friends. Orphan Black provided me with a lot of comfort in those first lonely weeks. I immediately formed a deep love for the clones and Felix and Delphine and Mrs. S and everyone else in Clone Club. Eventually of course, that led me to the real Clone Club; the incredible fans of OB. 

 When season 4 was finally released on Amazon Prime, I devoured those episodes. This time it came at a much more trying time for me. I had just suffered a break up and my heart was in shambles. I was suffering a similar gay heartbreak that my baby Cosima was. After finishing the episodes, I needed more. So I watched every single convention panel and interview that I could. The cast and crew of Orphan Black became so important to me. I couldn't talk about anything else for weeks. It was all I did in my free time, watching those interviews. I would doodle tiny Cosimas and Helenas in my notebooks. I would search the Internet for merchandise. The I Just Want To Make Crazy Science With You sticker on my Kindle proves that.

 But my connection to Orphan Black runs far deeper than just binge watching and having a giant crush on Tatiana. I want to make television in the future; groundbreaking television. Much like OB. I have never seen a show that puts women in the forefront like Orphan Black does. It's themes of identity, humanity, control, family, and connection are handled with such a striking realness for a show with such fantastical elements. It's science and mythology. It's reality and fiction. The women in this show, all of them, are different. They're strong in different ways, and they are vulnerable in different ways. Women need this show. The LGBT community needs this show. Everyone needs this show. And while it is not perfect and not without its questionable moments, it has made so many strides in the right direction. Thanks to characters like Cosima and Felix, the LGBT community has more characters to look to; complex, intelligent, unique characters. I was already out when I found the show, but the connection I felt for those characters was so strong. "My sexuality isn't the most interesting thing about me" is a quote that defines so much of this show's representation. It's important that these characters are gay, but it is not the reason these characters are so loved. 

 But my favorite thing about this show- is the love between the clones. These women empower each other, build each other up. They're family not just because their DNA is similar, but because they chose to be. As mentioned I had just started at a new college when finding Orphan Black- an all women's institution. And even though I already knew I loved women and had great women friends, Orphan Black and my school are what really showed me what strong bonds between women should be like. Even Tony reflects my experience at school, since there are many wonderful trans people there; both Tony and these students being people who deserve more than what they get. I've become more aware, more sensitive, more loving than I was before. 

 Orphan Black inspires the gay women in me, the dreamer in me, the person in me. It changed my life, and its influence will be long lasting. I aspire to be as selfless as Sarah, as humane as Cosima, as dedicated as Alison, as fierce as Helena. I want to make television like this show when I get older, but I know there will never be another Orphan Black. The Final Trip is the only season I've gotten to watch live and live blogging during the episodes has brought me closer to the Clone Club. I'm sad that I got in the game so late, but glad I get to experience this last lap with everyone. I'll miss the show terribly, but I'm ready to see what comes next. 

 Thank you John, Graeme, Tatiana, Jordan, Maria, Évelyne, Ari, Kristian, Kathryn, and everybody else in the cast and crew of Orphan Black!!!

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@artisticcosima

To the cast and crew of orphan black

first off I just want to say thank you. Thank you for producing a show that is actually interesting, heartfelt and thrilling. The episodes are crafted so intricately and that’s what makes us want more. the ending of orphan black is going to be rough on all of u. all of the characters have left their mark and will never be forgotten. thank you for making a show where you didn’t kill off any lgbt characters, much appreciated. i’ve always struggled with accepting myself because I was bisexual. When Cosima stated “my sexuality isn’t the most interesting thing about me”it made me realise that it’s not. It shouldn’t matter if you’re gay, bi, straight, etc. Then there was a scene with Sarah at the bar and who could forget Felix. Thank You for making me feel good about who I am and what I stand for. For making me feel like I am valid. Now that’s just one of the ways you guys have helped me and many others. What an amazing and supportive cast that will never be forgotten. Thank You for helping us all in whatever we were going through. Know that you guys are amazing and please don’t ever change.

Thank You Orphan Black

- Court xx

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@heardmaslany

orphan black has been one of my biggest sources of happiness and distraction since it started. Battling depression is hard but it’s less painful when you have something to be happy about. I learned who its cast was, met incredible people and somehow felt like i was a part of something. I don’t think orphan black is just a show an it’s cast just actors. I feel like we’re a big family and it helps, it helps when fighting demons in your head telling you you’re all alone. i also have always wanted to be an actress and seeing tatiana work has only made me wanna work for it harder, she’s so inspiring and beautiful, just like the entire cast is. They’re all so lovely, down-to-earth and caring. I will never stop supporting them and i’m so happy a show like OB exists, When I first watched OB, I was lost with my sexuality, I wasn’t sure anymore and it hurts. Then the character Delphine Cormier came on, a woman who thought she was straight her entire life and fell for a woman, realised she actually identified as bisexual. it was so important to me because it was how i feel about sexuality. you never know until you feel it and you can find out about yourself later in your life. This show, its cast and crew, have brought me so much love and happiness and I couldn’t ever thank them enough but I am, everyday 

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