#ofmd: archie beloved

[kolektsiakomah]

smth so amazing and heartwarming abt this. jim saving their 2 closest people on the ship. i love this show

[carmillas-girlfriend]

[Source for this wonderful picture of our favorite fisherman here.]

Calling in two experts for this one: @thefandomeffect-noah and whoever is behind @ask-uncle-fang

And also me, I'll share my expert Fang opinion in the tags as well.

[andithil]

careful what you wish for

[khruschevshoe]

Now that ofmd is trending again, this is my reminder to go check out this fic series by my favorite ao3 writer, aletterinthenameofsanity! It's finally finished and it's a fantastic au of Season 2, now with a COMPLETE season 3 as well. It ft. trauma recovery, lovely crew found family dynamics, really great tealoranges continuation, great disabled rep, two different polycules, IZZY HANDS GETTING HIS HAPPY ENDING, Captain Oluwande, amazing asexual/aro rep, Archie development my beloved, religious/fairytale metaphors, Lucius actually getting to deal with his trauma, some of the most tender scenes I've ever read, and an ending so satisfying that it watered my crops, cleared my acne, and cured my asthma! For all those let down by the finale, this is a pretty great alternative!

[serious-goose]

i think zheng yi sao and archie should kiss

[thel0nliestsp1ral]

So I made myself process season 2 a bit more.

And wow, I have about 120 ish notes about just everything that happened. I can't put into words how good this show is and how emotional it made me.

I'm still reeling over the emotional jumps we had going from blackbeards crew to stedes crew and I'm so glad their back together and I hope that fang is okay. That poor dude needs some proper TLC. Rip Ivan 💛

I also love how thus far unlike season 1, everyone seems to be showing their emotions

Everyone seems more aware of each other's troubles and their talking it out finally, and it's working. So many problem that could have blown up have been talked over

Like Jim and Archie, olu might feel a bit awkward about the whole thing and Jim might feel a bit bad but atleast they told Olu, and that stopped a whole world of problems. Of Lucuis and Pete! Pete might not know everything but lucuis didn't loose his liver because he was too afraid to tell him what he's been through and that's amazing for him.

Oh and seeing Izzy apologize?? Just because? Like no one told him too, he hadn't been yelled at. He just apologized because he needed to?? That's a big Fucking step even if it's small.

I hope people see this more than just character development and apply this in their own life's. Because Jenkins is a beautiful writer. I thank him for this amazing show.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

My Season 3 OMFD AU playlist!

And here it is: OFMD Season 3, ft. my asexual aromantic icon Mel, some rather complicated brother-sister dynamics between Lucius and Mel, the further development of the Jim/Olu/Archie and Izzy/Pete/Lucius dynamics, and some character work I'm really proud of! Slightly more variety in the music, though you can tell when I really got into an album in the middle of this playlist!

@little-bloodied-angel @possumsmushroom @sapphicsigh @khruschevshoe @fool-for-luv @featherlesswings @b4g3lbit3s @the-earl-gray @mari-lwyd-fannibal-blog @alexdobedumb @cosmicquill @peaceandvictory @astridonthem00n @lavendermaus @freya1022 @liveinalovelyway

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

Ah, also, regarding the latest OFMD episodes, I would like to comment:

WOMEN

[noxcorvorum]

So I watched up to episode 3 of ofmd season 2 and I think I'm in love with both Jim and Archie

[reallygoodplants]

You have hope. It's cute.

Like Archie, I'm seduced by OFMD's promise that a better way is possible. It's world is not a Utopia - violence and hurt, bullying and pain, homophobia and betrayal still exist - but it is utopian in how it offers redemption and love for anyone willing to take the leap.

In the beginning of S2, Stede dreams of heroically overcoming his foe and running into his arms of his beloved. In the end, his dream becomes reality, and while it's messier and takes longer to achieve than the original vision, it is also all the sweeter.

This is a world where it doesn't matter how long you have been stuck in a rut, how badly you have betrayed your friends, how violent, messed up, and traumatised you are - as long as you are willing to open up, to accept change, to listen, and to allow compassion and hope to seep into the cracks in your armour until it is melted away.

It's a world in which stories matter. A puppet becoming a real boy, a sea-goddess rising from the depths, a merperson rescuing you from drowing in despair. An entire heart and soul gets poured into letters that wash up on a beach and end up in the hand of the one person that needs to read them. Hope is never in vain.

That's why this show means so much to me, and why I'm fighting tooth and nail to get it back.

[saltpepperbeard]

Poison into Positivity: A List of What I Liked in OFMD S2

Hello hello everyone! Things have been a little rough around here. Even away from the more heated takes, I've still seen a few "down in the dumps" murmurs. To which, I'm giving y'all big hugs, but also offering up some little bits of warmth! I wanted to share quite a few bullets of the things I enjoyed about this season. Maybe it'll serve as a reminder, or maybe it'll just serve as a chaotic, silly little read as per usual PFFF.

But I invite you to read along, and even add some of your own points should you feel inclined! Also, this might not even be my full list; these are just the ones that came to me quickly/off the top of my head. Still, let's dive on down like a fantastical, dazzling goldfish, shall we?

All the callbacks/parallels. My goodness. When I tell you I'm a SLUT for metaphors/parallels/callbacks/etc etc. Seeing so many things and being able to just *Leonardo Dicaprio pointing meme.* I know people might not share that same opinion because some might view it to be excessive, but I personally LOVED being able to point at my screen and be like "oH EYYYYYYY!!!" Maybe because it makes for such immaculate gifset/meta material <3 SJKJDLHSK

The costuming and makeup. WHEN THEY TALKED AT ECCC ABOUT EVERYONE GETTING HOTTER, THEY WERE NOT KIDDING LMAO. EVERYONE LOOKED SO, SO GOOD. and listen, i am on my knees begging for them to give ed with his hair up back to us. i need Her back,,,ALSO, SOMETHING SOMETHING COMPLICATED EMOTIONS TOWARDS STEDE'S LATTER HALF LOOK, BUT ALSO...GOD DAMN, MR. DARBY,,,,,,

Speaking of Mr. Darby, the acting in this season. The ACTTTINNNGG. Everyone acted their ASSES off. Everyone put their entire piratussies into this season. Though, I'm PARTICULARLY impressed with Taika and Rhys, because again with their "oh we're comedians lol so idk drama can be Difficult Difficult Lemon Difficult." MMMM I THINK THE FUCK NOT, MY GUYS LMAO??? They both did SO well with all the drama and painful moments. The acting in episodes 2, 3, 6, and 7 in particular like...God. GOD!!!

I loved so many characters in this season, and I'll of course have to give two individual shoutouts to my two favorite new ladies, but man. LET'S GO FRENCHIE!!! ALWAYS A DELIGHT!!! FANG/KEVIN MY ABSOLUTE SWEETHEART. JIM SERVING ABSOLUTE FUCKING GENDER THIS SEASON. OLU OLU DARLING OLU. PETE NEVER MISSING WITH HIS ONELINERS. LUCIUS BEING SO THEATRICAL AHDJKSDK LIKE NATHAN PLEASE YOU KILL ME. ROACH MAKING ME LAUGH OUT LOUD NUMEROUS TIMES AS HE DOES. WEE JOHN AND HIS KNITTING AND DRAG!!! AND THEN OF COURSE MY DEARLY BELOVEDS, ED AND STEDE. I JUST LOVE THEMMMMM!!! But okay okay okay-

Zheng my beloved. I just love this badass pirate queen with her sweet little pigtails and her IMMACULATE LINE DELIVERIES SDHJKSKL. A lot of my favorite deliveries from the entire season came from her quite honestly. Please see: "Girl, how ARE you?" and "Hiiiiiii. I KNOWWW it's been a day" and "I've killed mediocre men. I've killed exceptional men. But you're the worst kind: a mediocre man who thinks he's exceptional."

AND ARCHIE MY BELOVED. She kills me because I remember seeing like, those ~*~audition tape whispers~*~ WAY back in the day, and subsequently thinking she was going to be quite a different character. Only for this silly goofy bubbly energetic darling to pop up and snag my heart. HER deliveries kill me also, like when she goes "Like...STEDE Stede?" and the whole "I was IN the fuckin' snake!" also hhngngngngnershkfhslkds tattooed ladies Hot :(

Speaking of which, the comedy. THE DELIVERIES. THE WAY I LAUGHED OUT LOUD NUMEROUS TIMES THROUGHOUT, EVEN WITH THE DEEP UNDERCURRENT OF DRAMA/ANGST. The whole bit where Stede is in hysterics over his cursed coat is just hsjkdhsklds; it will NEVER not make me wheeze. And then, like I said, almost EVERYTHING Pete says this season kills me; another thing that will never not make me laugh is "a doggie...?" weird little pirate show with weird little humor my beloved

The ROMANCE??? I genuinely was going into the season with the expectation of getting maybe like, one or two Gentlebeard kisses. Imagine my shock and utter delight when we ended up with FOUR, AS WELL AS AN INTIMATE SCENE, THE LETTER SCENES, AND THE LOVE PROFESSIONS. Like, one of them dropping a legitimate "I love you" felt like an unrealistic expectation--the HIGHEST dream tier really. And then wouldn't you know it. And that doesn't even account for all the rest of the couples either! The murder wives having their chaotic little moments of fucked up affection??? LUCIUS AND PETE GETTING ENGAGED AND THEN MARRIED??? HELLO??????

The sets! I know people have pointed out that the world felt a bit simplified this time around, due to budget restraints and what have you. But I still loved what they did with the world even with the various constraints. The market in episode 6 is a PARTICULAR favorite of mine; it's just so lush and colorful. I also love what they did with The Revenge during episode 6 too!

Also, this might be an unpopular opinion, but I really actually liked that they filmed on location. First of all, love that the Kiwis got to be right at home in Aotearoa. Love that they have an even more special connection to the show now. But second of all, I just like when scenery is...actually THERE? It feels way more TANGIBLE. Don't get me wrong; that hugeass wraparound screen that they use to film a lot of sets is a technological marvel. But I'm a sucker for practical.

The deeper and more complex dives into character motivations/trauma. Like, homie lol...When I tell you episodes 6 and 7 utterly set my brain alight in the best way possible. I was CHUGGING through thoughts. You know those gifs where someone is walking around and ranting/passionately talking,,, yeah. Yeah. Maybe because a lot of it "struck a chord" with me indeed, but I love love LOVE getting brain food like that.

Speaking of brain food, in PARTICULAR, the deeper dives into Ed's self-loathing and into Stede's troubles with confidence and masculinity. A lot of Stede's choices were fueled by those two things, and it was SO friggin fun to catch all of them, put them in a jar, and shake them around. I've seen a lot of people fearing his actions in the latter half were out of character, but to me, I don't see it that way. I just see a man who has been so spurned, so left behind, and SO deprived, a man who is stuck thinking he has to be someone else to mean something. And I think that plays a lot into even the EARLIEST developments we saw in season 1, so it was just so intriguing to watch everything messily play out.

THE INNKEEPER. THE INNKEEPER MY BELOVED. SO much about that episode absolutely has my heart. All the different developments, the stakes, the pacing, and the payoff at the end. Not to mention that I had a FEELING that mysterious figure in the trailers was Hornigold, so it was so SO validating to see him pop up PFFF. And also, all those dream/gravy basket sequences were so so good too. I don't know if it's the chemistry between Taika and Mark, or the deeper symbolism, or the lines that have become vocal stims for me SJKDLS (please see: ooOOoooO eddie eddie eddie...you're laying some heavy shit on me, bro), but man. MAN.

And this one gets its own bullet because of course it does: the fucking mermaid scene. Like, are we kidding. ARE WE KIDDING. THE ROMANCE OF IT ALL? THE FANTASTICAL-NESS INDEED?? THE WAY IT WAS ALL FUCKING PRACTICAL AND RHYS SWAM DOWN TO TAIKA AS A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GOLDFISH AND THEY HAD TO THROW HEART EYES AT EACH OTHER UNDERWATER??? WHAT THE FUCK!!! And don't even get me started on Kate Bush lol. This Woman's Work might easily be one of my favorite songs, if not my FAVORITE song from the season. And man. Man. The whole meaning behind Ed seeing Stede as this beautiful, sparkly being, and not some hypermasculine/extraordinary thing. He fell in love with Stede for who Stede really is. And so I ADORE that acknowledgement.

Speaking of songs, the MUSIC!!! Absolute bangers all throughout. And I loved how there seemed to be even more intermixed within the episodes. Like God... "These are the kids..." 🗣️ HELLO MY LOVE I HEARD A KISS FROM YOU 🦗🦟🦗🦟🦗🦟 . And all the beautiful classic piano pieces and NINA SIMONE AND JUST HSJKDHSFJKLHSKD????

Okay, I've always had and STILL have complicated thoughts and opinions on Izzy, but man, seeing him interact with the Revenge Crew was really something. Seeing Stede's influence come over the lot of them like a warm blanket, extending its welcoming and familial hands...It was just lovely. I love seeing our little sea family care for each other so much. They've probably all hurt so so much in different ways, so to see them all being a collective heart is just so nice.

Speaking of which, the queerness of it all, the queer celebration of it all. The way the whole crew is just...a representation of queer people finding each other, and subsequently finding love and family in each other. Like, when the whole world wants to cast you out, you pull each other in. When no one else wants you, you take refuge in each other. And just...the joy, beauty, and wonder that can be found in that.

And speaking of which x2, the overall care that was put into the entire thing, the effort that was put into the entire thing. I know Max fucked us over with the budget, which subsequently fucked things like the intricacy, the amount of characters, and especially the pacing. But, I don't know; I personally could still tell everyone involved was trying so so hard to deliver for us. Based on the little details, the little callbacks, and the little moments that felt so catered to us, it just seemed so...gifted to us. Not to mention of course, the way they so deliberately chose to end on a hopeful note in case we never get a third season. They care about us. They've always cherished our excitement and passion, so it just...idk; it feels so special to have a bit more of an intimate connection like that. I've never been involved with a piece of media that so avidly SEES its audience, and celebrates along with us. So, despite everything, despite any sort of troubles, despite any sort of lows, that's a big part of what has me clutching all of this so closely to my chest. And I really hope they can still see that love, because I want nothing more than for them to see this beautiful story through.

Also, getting to enjoy this with everyone. Getting to ride the wave from the beginning of filming, all the way through the finale. Getting to see all the excitement, all the theories, all the art, all the fanfiction, all the gif sets, all the meta, and everything in between. It has carried me through some nastiness in my personal life, and has subsequently served as a very welcomed distraction. It's been such a pleasure getting to delight in this new content with you all, and I hope we get to do so into the future. <3

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

06/23-24/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Rhys Darby: Cryptid Factor; Madeleine Sami; Vote for Logies!; Con O'Neill; Kristian Nairn; Anapela Polataivao; Damien Gerard; Samba Schutte; Jes Tom; Hugo Pierre Martin; AdoptOurCrew Raffle; AdoptOurCrew Basingstoke Comic Con Clips; FiberArts Brigade: New Auction Items; FanSpotlight: Cast Cards; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Big Gay Energy Pod; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika

Hey friends, sorry it's been a lot over here and probably will be over the next couple days. I'll do my best to keep up with the recap but it may be some two dayers for a while depending on my availability. Thank you to all the sweet people sending me messages/asks, I'm so sorry I haven't responded! I will soon I promise!

== Rhys Darby ==

The video for the latest episode of The Cryptid Factor is up on Patreon!

Source: The Cryptid Factor Patreon

== Madeline Sami ==

Our beloved Mads, aka Eddie Redcliffe in Deadloch, aka The Baddest MF in Tasmania, has been nominated for a 2024 Logie for Best Lead Actress! So was Kate Box, her costar, and Deadloch was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy Program! -- and guess what? It's done by vote! If you feel so inclined, please take a moment to go and vote for our dear Archie/Deadloch (or Dulcie whomever you'd like)!

Source: Madeline Sami's Instagram

== Con O' Neill ==

Con's fundraiser for Mermaids and True Colors United is still going on over at Stands! You can sign up for his class on how to verbally flip people off, or pick up some Izzy shirts! Visit Shop Stands

Source: Shop Stands

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian was out and about at the Yorkshire Comic Con this past weekend! Definitely had some sightings of our dear Wee John/Hodor!

Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram

Source: Zhawl's Instagram

== Jes Tom ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew managed to surprise Jes Tom!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

== Anapela Polataivao ==

Opening night picture from Anapela's "Red White and Brass" Play!

Source: tama_ulu_kafilo's Instagram

== Samba Schutte ==

Some shots of Samba's new movie Advanced Chemistry that comes out June 26th!

Source: colinohdp's Instagram

== Damien Gerard ==

Our dear friend Damien Gerard is up to something in the Fox Studio Lot!

Source: Damien Gerard's Instagram

== Hugo Pierre Martin ==

I almost forgot! Hugo gave a couple more BTS pictures of him in his outfit in that tweet thread he did! He is indeed purty!

Source: Hugo's Twitter

== Adopt Our Crew Charity Raffle ==

Reminder! Last few days of the Adopt Our Crew Raffle! Want to enter? Be sure to send your entry here! As of yesterday everyone has donated $3,392 to 84 charities! That's amazing! Great job everyone! They're hoping to make $4000 by the end of the 28th!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Tumblr

== Basingstoke Comic Con Clips ==

Our friends over at @adoptourcrew were also kind enough to upload a video of the interviews with Vico, Con, and Kristian at Basingstoke Comic Con! Check them out on their post below:

== Fiber Arts Brigade - Auctions ==

New week-- new amazing hand made items from your fellow fans! All proceeds from this auction go to Sage USA! For more info on the auction feel free to visit their FAQs.

Source: FiberArtsBrigade's Ebay

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Cast Cards =

Tonight's cast card, by our beloved @melvisik is none other than the AMAZING Production and Set designer, Ra Vincent!

Source: @melvisik's Twitter

== Our Flag Means Fanfiction ==

New episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction! This time, the Astroholery Episode! Feel free to listen on your favorite podcast platform here!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram

== Big Gay Energy Podcast ==

Our amazing crewmates over at Big Gay Energy Pod are discussing OFMD S2 episodes 3-4! Check them out on your favorite podcast platform over on their linktree!

Source: Big Gay Energy Podcast Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies, I really hope the end of the weekend and start of the week hasn't been too hard on you. I'm sorry I've been so swamped and haven't been able to send much love, but I hope you know I'm thinking of you all <3 Remember to drink some water and get some good sleep lovelies. Sending love <3

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== Daily Darby/Today's Taika ==

Happy Murray Monday to all who celebrate! And Happy Murray Monday to these two FOTC managers and their bullshit. Today's gifs courtesy of the badass @celluloidbroomcloset and @fandomsmeantheworldtome!

[ofmdrecaps]

09/10-17/2024 Daily OFMD Recap Pt 2

TLDR; Taika Waititi; Ruibo Qian; Madeleine Sami; Samba Schutte; Leslie Jones; Rachel House; Minnie Driver; Rory Kinnear;

Part 1 / Part 3

== Taika Waititi ==

New shots of Taika and his fancy drinks keep popping up over on instagram!

Source: Taika Drink Instagram

The main hot news from Taika was all the fun he had at the 76th Annual Emmy Awards (for Reservation Dogs!)

Source: Indigenous.tv Instagram / Post 2

Source: Pope of the Bowery Instagram

And some not so amazing news... but if you hadn't heard already, Taika's new project, Time Bandits has been cancelled by Apple TV. What's worse is they did on Kal-El Tuck (Kevin in Time Bandit)'s birthday Sept 17th. Jerks. I dont know of any petition or campaign to renew efforts-- but if you do please let me know, I'd love to share!

Source: Deadline

== Ruibo Qian ==

Our brilliant Pirate Queen is still visiting China, and she is BRINGING the cat content, I love it.

Source: Ruibo's Instagram

== Madeleine Sami ==

Our darling Archie has so much going on! Deadloch S2 is being filmed in Darwin, and the gals are having a great time!

Not to mention more Double Parked Episodes!

Source: PrimeVideoAuNZ Instagram

== Samba Schutte ==

Samba's new movie, Advanced Chemistry is making it's way around the country! Alec Moore, writer, producer of the movie is spreading the word-- wanna see if there are showings available near you? Check out their website!

Source: Alec Moore's Instagram

Did anyone get to go see Advanced Chemistry in LA?

How was the Q & A ?

Source: Samba's Instagram

Oh and GUESS WHO'S BACK with more Crew For Life Merch and Cooking classes! Wanna get in on them? ShopStands!

Source: Samba's Instagram

== Leslie Jones ==

Leslie's is back out giving the LA Sparks some love!

Source: Leslie Jones Instagram

== Rachel House ==

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) ended on the 15th, but we're still getting some cute shots of her, friends, and the cast of her new directorial movie Te Maunga (The Mountain)! Our Mary Reed really shined at the Festival!

Source: Rachel House's Instagram

== Minnie Driver ==

With everything going on with Mary, how could we forget our beloved Anne Bonny? Minnie's out here looking cute.

AND she and Rory Kinnear (The Badminton Twins) are going to be in the performance of White Rabbit Red Rabbit in Soho Place London in November! Thank you so much to our friends over at @adoptourcrew for keeping us appraised! Want to learn more? Visit White Rabbit Red Rabbit.

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter

Continued in Part 3!

[khruschevshoe]

Jim Jimenez's Top Surgery

Stars hide your fires

These here are my desires

And I will give them up to you this time around

And so I'll be found

With my stake stuck in this ground

Marking the territory of this newly impassioned soul

-Mumford & Sons, Roll Away Your Stone

Pete gestures a hand to his chest. “You can feel the scars, if you want. They stopped hurting a long, long time ago.”

Jim cannot believe how easily Pete trusts them, but they reach out reverently anyway, feeling the ripple of the scar tissue, far more sacred than communion or confession ever was.

Jim has known for so long that humans are capable of wreaking the same level of destruction as gods. They have seen such ruin up close and personal, with Blackbeard and the Siete Gallos certainly proving that to their faces.

They have known that humans are capable of creation, as well, have seen it in Lucius' sketches and Pete and Izzy's whittling and Archie's careful caretaking of their yarrow plant, but as for the human body?

Tight now, they feel humbled, like Doubting Thomas before the wounds of Christ, feeling the proof of the divine.

They swallow. There really is no going back now, is there? Not when they see the proof of what was once thought impossible in front of them?

“I’m going to do it,” Jim says.

Pete grins. “Fucking go for it.”

-aletterinthenameofsanity, every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside

I'm going to be completely honest; I cried reading this fic. There had been allusions earlier in the series comparing transitioning to a miracle, but I wasn't expecting the sheer level of euphoria/divinity that was ascribed to the process. This definitely healed some religious trauma scars left over from childhood. Plus, getting to see not just Olu and Archie's fantastic reactions/support of Jim's transition, but the rest of the cast's support (ESPECIALLY the wooden boy "play" that they all put on to help Jim deal with some of their post-surgery struggle to get back to normalcy) brought actual tears to my eyes. I cannot express just how much this one meant to me on a personal level.

@polikate @possumsmushroom @bricksbloggyplace @yuenity @ruecrown

[thel0nliestsp1ral]

More spoilers for season 2 EPS 4-5

Revisiting the Edward talk. I really do stand to what I said before. Edwards the product of a cycle of abuse and a man who couldn't listen to others. Though I believe it was a bit fast paced on screen I'm really excited on him actually changing.

Him offering to let lucuis push him overboard was a nice step, and I hope that it both cleared his and lucuis consciousness.

The conversation with fang I do hope made Edward realize that he's been seeing things wrong for a long while now, and now he'll look at things he thought were okay and re evaluate them.

I hope we get scenes with all the rest of the crew, ESPECIALLY Frenchie, Jim and Archie. They deserve some Fucking punches on Edward.

Though. I think the man I want Edward to reconcile with the most is Izzy. Izzy's causing some problems for himself and I can tell. But I think the only way he can fix them is with Edward. And I do really hope they both can work their shit out, with or without Stedes help.

Edward deserves love, but he also deserves to pay for the shit he did too the crew. Baby steps at a time, but just like Buttons, we can all change.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

it's honestly hilarious to write OFMD and Doctor Who fanfic back-to-back because of the difference in writing violence. In OFMD, the MO is literally "if it's not a member of the main cast, stab away" while in Doctor Who one of the character arcs literally leads to the Doctor not killing the person who has killed millions of people because pacifism/allowing his companions to make choices/etc.

Comedic excessive violence v. pacifist weapon-hating main character fight!