#Save Our Shows

[melinoegoddessofghosts]

From the article: "Similarly, in February, Lockwood & Co. executive producer Rachel Prior implored Netflix subscribers to binge the first season of the series in order to boost viewership numbers."

The article mentions both Shadow and Bone and Lockwood & Co. as shows with dedicated fan bases that are facing possible cancellation.

It also said that trying to keep the shows in the Netflix Top 10 could help save them.

I haven't watched Shadow & Bone, yet, but I'm going to start it.

Here's my proposal: Lockwood & Co fans watch Shadow & Bone, and Shadow & Bone fans watch Lockwood & Co and we band together to save each other's shows.

Deal?

[short-welsh-and-angry]

Did y’all hear that Inside Job was cancelled!? What the fuuuuck.

[hualianschild]

the mxtx special <3

[djarin]

i’m actually so fucking devastated right now because ofmd was the only show i’ve ever seen that single-handedly showed the existence of queer joy without queer tragedy as its anchor

[adlerdoodles]

That bicep meme but Ava and Beatrice while training in the Alps

[ofmd-ann]

Our Flag Means everything ❤

Sign the petition 📑

Renew as a Crew 🌈

[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.

[xoxoemynn]

I know it shouldn't surprise me, but it's frustrating af to step outside the fandom and read about OFMD's cancellation on more general entertainment sites and see the majority of reactions be along the lines of "oh well it was probably Taika being over it, he always gave me the ick anyway so, whatever," and then often devolving into comments about his personal life, or conspiracy theories that can be disproven if you use your brains for 30 seconds or maybe step outside and touch grass idk idk.

And this isn't me saying "omg how could you dislike Taika" bc truly unless you're being racist or antisemitic (which, let's be real, many are), I don't give a fuck what you think about him.

But the point remains that if you have a show that is all about celebrating queer joy and finding yourself later in life, that has a diverse cast of characters in terms of race, ethnicity, sexuality, and body type, that was WRITTEN by a diverse group of writers, that is receiving praise from critics and fans alike, that from all reports was one of Max's most successful shows despite them doing next to no promotion the first season, that had two successful seasons and the creator is on the record saying he had a plan to tell the entire story in three, and it gets CANCELED.

I don't give a fuck how you feel about Taika, or how you feel about OFMD. You SHOULD be concerned about that. Because your show is next.

And before you come at me with "it's just a show, have you seen what's happening in the world?" Yeah. I fucking have. And the arts matter. They have always mattered. It's how we've shared stories and fostered communities and passed down what's important to us as a society. And they've brought us joy. And I don't know about you, but I think we could all do with a fuckton more joy in our lives.

This is absolutely a huge loss, and unfortunately it's not going to be the last as streaming services continue to go deeper in crisis. If that doesn't concern you, idk, go enjoy yourself watching season 47 of The Bachelor.

[trustiskingandqueen]

OFMD s2 + silhouettes

[theadoptedfandom]

Our Flag Means Death - The Pilot

@sazzyartist and @theadoptedfandom on IG

(It’s my first time drawing and sharing fan-art for a show I love on tumblr so I’m very nervous)

[camillescreations]

A doodle of Stede to get some emotions out... I'm still fucking depressed y'all

[pinksockllama]

“A love like ours can’t disappear in an instant. We’re joined to one another. Intertwined.”

[argxstxs]

Ohhhhhhhh shiv’s face when she realized that she’s going to be cut out of the boy’s club AGAIN and this time with a baby she can’t even talk about with her husband without risking being seen as soft … Kerry being humiliated by Marcia and the rest of the family… shiv falling down in front of a room of snickering men… gerri being thrown out as easily as garbage… connor’s mom being talked about less like a human being and more as fodder for a pr campaign…

[ofmd-ann]

Line up and greet your captain

[poison-into-positivity]

I just feel like it’d be easier to move on from it if I didn’t feel like we have a fighting chance to save it, y’know? like if djenks had just been like “yeah sorry, the decision was pretty final so you don’t need to bother fighting it”, that would almost be less painful. but instead he is quietly encouraging us to keep going, meaning he thinks there’s a chance. and so the hope is sitting like a rock in my chest.

[anqelbean]

"This is just another step towards becoming strong, he reminds himself as he falls into formation. This is for Shen Yuan."

These two WILL be the death of me one day. Just watch.

Sketch for @grubus SYONR Chapter 22 <3