#carl OFMD

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

Another bit of synchronicity. The Cryptid factor covered staring at seagulls in ep 76.

because of course they did.

[maalidoesart]

Stede knows his crew

[thedreammweaver]

Thinking about the walking dead fandom when Carl got killed off and the OFMD fandom right now

[a-sassy-bench]

me showing up to zoom meetings with my one eyed dog

[navajja]

In hindsight the possibility of Buttons been a sea witch is actually really fucking high.

[allthecryingdragons]

The fact that there is literally only 2 straight couples in OFMD and one of them is literally A BIRD COUPLE

[artsyape]

Someone drew Carl and Buttons on the marker testing station at the art store yesterday and I had to take a picture

[protectcosette]

remember folks, this is why it's important to block and report spam bots. because they use your tags to train their bots and spread their spam posts

[athenashaw]

When Calico Jack leaves the ship you can faintly here him saying

"That bird really crapped

Thought there'd be more feathers"

Karls death was no mere accident - but premeditated murder!

[ourflagmeansbts]

Source (Season 1 - June 13th 2023)

contestabile: Hi everyone! Wanted to share some @ourflaghbomax insights after stumbling upon a fantastic Tumblr post by @mondfahrt (google it!). They captured the meaning and subtext perfectly, but here's a little extra. Mary's painting studio embraced a non-period-correct style inspired by Cubism, Expressionism, and American modernism. While the iconic lighthouse painting had already been established, we needed to fill the entire art studio/barn with similar styles quickly. To achieve that, we drew inspiration from the works of Georgia O'Keeffe and Carl Newman. Many artists contributed, but a special shoutout goes to @ozone_ue_skp for creating some incredible paintings. O'Keeffe-inspired close shots of flowers were “easily” rendered in the cubist/lighthouse style. Interestingly, we sourced rough sketches by Carl Newman, expanding and completing them in Mary's unique style. Multiple pieces were painted in different states of completion, reflecting progress throughout the episode. The set was a redress of the Warner Bros Jungle cabin, used in various productions from Dexter to Star Trek. It's interesting to see how it can transform to fit so many different atmospheres. I also must say it’s amazing to see the #ofmd community embracing the show and appreciating the attention to detail. As a follower myself, I'm grateful for the fans' passion. Although I didn't work on season 2 due to it being filmed in New Zealand, I'm eagerly anticipating it alongside all of you. Lastly, congratulations to the OFMD Art Department for their well-deserved @adgawards_official win earlier this year. It was an absolute honor to have been part of such a talented team. PD: @kohatuworkshop @bradrubin Supervising Art Director: 🏴‍☠️ Art Directors: @sam_c_avila, @brittbradforddesign, @sdudebro AAD: harshi_800, @brontejc, @lovingjimmorrison Set Designer: @mexiruviann Construction Coordinator: Joe Ondrejko Art Coordinator: Josh Dobkin Art Production Assistants: @el_trashpanda, @phillipburgess Set Decorator: @daddyjkc Keep the creativity flowing, and thank you for supporting Our Flag Means Death!

[xray-vex]

Against all odds, we found each other. And we will find each other again.

This is my entry for a Draw This In Your Style challenge on Twitter for the effort to save Our Flag Means Death.

Mine was partly inspired by Stede sending his love letters to Ed via messages in bottles, set adrift in the sea, hoping against all odds that one might reach him someday (spoiler alert, it did).

I also happened to watch this video today about the incredible, incomprehensible vastness of the universe (a lot of this info wasn't new to me, but it's fun to watch people's reactions to this stuff!), and I also started thinking about the incredible odds that we, as complex, self-aware life forms, exist at all (I think about this kind of thing all the time).

The above video references Pale Blue Dot, a really famous photo taken of earth from billions of kilometers away [*and if you look carefully you can spot it in my illustration above]:

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The astronomer Carl Sagan wrote this famous & beloved passage about it (video about it below):

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Just think about it! It has taken billions of years and vast amounts of energy and the right chemical reactions for us to be right here, sitting here thinking & talking about it right now. Every human being who has ever existed won a really incredible lottery.

And how does this tie into Our Flag Means Death? Among the billions of people currently alive on Earth, some of us gathered from all over the world as a community around OFMD, a profound work of art that resonates with us about our shared humanity. That's really something fucking special! We get to experience this all together.

Bonus: I included the imagery of a solar eclipse for a couple reasons. The symbols of sun & moon are repeated metaphors in OFMD associated with Ed and Stede. Also, since a total solar eclipse is an alignment between sun & moon, that seems like a perfect symbol for their relationship.

And speaking of odds, solar eclipses on Earth are pretty unique:

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Edit 21 Jan 2024 - somehow I forgot to include that part of the reason I included the eclipse imagery is that there will be a total solar eclipse viewable from many parts of the US this year, on 8th April. Here are some links about it:

Road trip! See April's total solar eclipse from one of these awesome North American routes

Why 2024's Total Solar Eclipse Will Be So Special

The Science of 2024's Epic Solar Eclipse, the Last for a Generation

(tip: you can read the articles for free if you have Firefox by clicking the icon below in your search bar)

SO yeah that's my story about the design I came up with for the DTIYS Save OFMD thing, and how I've been feeling about OFMD & the fandom community, and how this entire experience for me has felt fucking miraculous.

in conclusion, Peace and Love on Planet Earth /gen

[mrspockomakeitso]

Shdjsjaj i just started an episode of ofmd and accidentally had the language set to spanish and i thought carl the seagull was speaking spanish to buttons omg i didnt even question it. I was like 'i dont remember this, but eh? Maybe this happened.'

[qqueenofhades]

honestly, reading comics canon & the end of said comics canon while at the same time reading really well-thought-out takes like AITWW which takes what is, indeed, a beautiful queer bit of unpredictability flung into an otherwise faithful adaptation of comics canon and turns it into a whole story of its own-- is really making me personally excited for all the ways fanfic writers can use that as a Spanner in the Works/disruptor for Morpheus's canon ending. being Also An Old that potential gets me far more than anything canon may or may not do with hob, personally.

(which is to say thanks, AITWW has made my own creative brain do several backflips of excited Possibilities. so many possible stories.)

I mean... yeah. Obviously there are a lot of queer characters/themes in the Sandman to start with, but I think everyone imprinted on Dreamling like a baby duckling because a) it fulfills the obvious Grumpy/Sunshine trope that fandom loves, and b) it offers the thing that everyone loved about Our Flag Means Death, where the queer characters got to talk to each other, share interests, develop over time, and actually offer a real emotional basis to ship them as lovers. Of course, OFMD did that in ten episodes as opposed to just the back half of Sandman 1.06, but it's the same thing. And also, I would note that despite all the other queer representations/characters in the show, there isn't really anyone else to actively ship in a canon-supported LGBTQ context? We see Johanna's lover Rachel die in the same episode that we meet her, the Corinthian's entire life motto is be gay and do crimes but you don't exactly ship a serial-killing nightmare with any of the minor characters who he menaces and/or eats, Hal is great but still a bit-part player who gets paired off with Carl in the background, and Alex and Paul are already out of the picture by the end of the first episode. (Besides, Alex, keeping the dude you desperately want to fuck locked up in the basement for decades even after your terrible dad is dead is, uh, Bad.)

Fandom can, of course, imagine and headcanon interactions between various queer characters, but as far as an active, possible, ongoing relationship goes, where we are shown them developing feelings for each other and the narrative makes a point of underscoring them in a romantic context, Hob and Dream are kind of IT. Many shows just throw a queer couple in there as token representation and don't really take the time to actually show why they're compatible as a pairing, but there's so much possibility with Hob and Dream both that is already depicted in-show and can easily be extrapolated from the source material, the actors' and writers' interviews, the themes that are present in their narrative, and so forth. They're one of the most deeply romantic interactions in the whole show, despite never explicitly verbalizing their feelings or having any physical moments. You genuinely believe that these two immortal beings are truly affected by each other, they have incredibly complex feelings about each other, it absolutely means something special for them to reunite, and that no matter what happens, they will never entirely let go of each other. Which I think is a credit to the acting, writing, and how quickly we got that in the course of 20-30 minutes in one episode.

So yes: Dreamling IS a deeply queer and deeply romantic disruption of the source material (in a good way), and offers possibilities that have already been foreclosed or minimalized in other storylines, including in comics canon itself. They're one of the relatively few moments of sheer queer happiness, they were left open-ended and in a good place, Dream is obviously the main character of the whole series so developing a queer relationship for him is more than just what's going on in the background, and I really hope they continue to lean into this when writing/planning future seasons. Obviously, I love them and want to see more of them, but I feel Some Kinda Way about queer immortals, who can persist in all ages and eras of history, and not be consigned to just die, whether from narrative carelessness or Bury Your Gays or whatever else. There's something incredibly powerful about queer characters who literally can't be killed (also why I imprinted on Old Guard so much), and who are shown experiencing and overcoming adversity in so many different ways, and at the end of it, still choosing to keep living. I just have many feelings about that.

[i-appear-misssing]

tagged by @aetherware to tag 9 people i'd like to know better and i'll be forever grateful,i love this stuff <3

three ships: Ed/Izzy from OFMD (it's the predominant one atm cause i got, like, 475748 combinations i like), Aziraphale/Crowley from Good Omens, Nancy/Robin from Stranger Things.....and i'll cheat and say Trixie/Katya, obviously

first ship: first ever was Pete/Carl from the Libertines when i was 12 on the family computer, but what got me into fandom was Thor/Loki circa......2010? 2011?

last song: wayfaring stranger by johnny cash!!!!!!

last movie: watched the original exorcist with my mom cause we went to see the new one and it.............kinda sucked

currently reading: the left hand of darkness by ursula k leguin. I'm obsessed i can't believe i havent read her sooner

currently watching: rewatching the haunting of hill house and bly manor's next

currently consuming: i had oatmeal and a pepsi for dinner because there is literally nothing else in my house

currently craving: three kilograms of strawberries and a gigantic bowl of coffee ice cream

I'm tagging @virginiaisforhaters @thigh-kink @bitchy-beenie @ladelamiradaperdida @sunflowersundae @littlebitgarbage @invisiblerambler @roxy206 @transjackfairy @little-grimmyreap and anyone who follows who sees this and wants to do it, but i mean it for real if you see this post and want to do it i tagged you yes you (also if anyone wants to not do it that is also fine naturally)

[greenteaafter12am]

Made another OFMD playlist!

End of season 1 Stede sailing away to find Edward and his chosen family

“Come Sail Away” - Styx

“Freedom! ‘90” - George Michael

“I’m Coming Out” - Diana Ross

“Get Ready” - The Temptations

“Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)” - Stevie Wonder

“Everlasting Love” - Carl Carlton

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

“Let My Love Open the Door” - Pete Townshend

“Have a Little Faith in Me” - John Hiatt

“Coming for You” - Jenn Champion

“Candle on the Water” - Helen Reddy 

“I’ve Never Been in Love Before” - Guys and Dolls

“Bridge Over Troubled Water” - Aretha Franklin 

“Chosen Family” - Rina Sawayama & Elton John

“Begin” - BTS

“We Are Family” - Sister Sledge

“Join Together” - The Who

“Home” - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

“Wherever is Your Heart” - Brandi Carlile

“We Belong” - Pat Benatar

“Like a Ship” - Pastor T.L. Barrett

“Sail Into the Sunset” - A Shell in the Pit

[fantasmalresplendent]