There is just something about ghosts who refuse to take their own lore seriously that I adore✨💕
Ghosts really has established itself beautifully within that niche subgenre of horror comedy where no one takes anything seriously, and everyone faces real consequences for it. Plus Flower and Thorfinn are finally going on a date!
My review of Ghosts Season 2 Episode 13 – “Ghost Hunter” for @telltaletv:
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Good Omens won 2024 Tell-Tale TV Awards in the Favorite Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror Series category and Michael Sheen for Good Omens in the Favorite Performer in a Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror Series category:
Honorable mentions :):
Dead Boy Detectives (a new Netflix show based on Neil's works) won in the Favorite New Sci-fi / Fantasy / Horror Series category
Our Flag Means Death won in the Favorite Cable or Streaming Comedy Series category
Me: hm, I want something to put on the TV as background noise... Huh. Looks like YouTube is recommending something called The Last Unicorn. That's perfect, it's probably some old shitty animation that has aged poorly! I can watch it ironically!
Me, 2 hours later as the credits roll: *crying, cheering, buying the book, composing the songs*
Me, 2 weeks later: So I have compiled all of the quotes from the book that I think could make good tattoos, and also, HOW HAVE I NEVER LEARNED ABOUT HOW THE LAST UNICORN FUCKING SLAPS??? This gay-ass little fairytale fed my soul! Watered my crops! Transed my gender! Can't believe I heard of this story from youtube recommendations, of all places!!
TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Ruibo Qian; Vico Ortiz; Kristian Nairn; Anapela Polataivao; Erroll Shand; Andrew DeYoung; Kay Buchanen; RoseCityComicCon OFMD Panel; Tell Tale Voting Reminder; Another Call To Action; Help Matt Maher go to ECCC!; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika;
Hey Crew, I'm working on reaching out to folks to get permission to post more Rose City Comic Con pictures! Hope to have more up tomorrow.
== David Jenkins ==
David and Kinga got married! So happy for you Chaos Dad!
Source: David and Kinga's Instagram
== Rhys Darby ==
SO MUCH RHYS today! He was out doing comedy at Largo LA!
Source: LargoLosAngelos
More Comedy with Rhys, 9/10/24 at 8 PM in LA! Learn more!
Guess who's substack is up!?
Source: Rhys Darby's Instagram
== Taika Waititi ==
The Toronto International Film Festival is on! Indigenous.tv is reminding you to keep an eye out for Taika!
Source: Indigenous TV
== Ruibo Qian ==
Ruibo is in Shanghai!
Source: Ruibo Qian's Instagram
== Vico Ortiz ==
Vico and Ane are cosplaying Crowley and Aziraphale at Rose City Comic Con!
Vico will also be part of the Drag Pac's Youth Town Hall on Sept 14, 2024 at the Plaza De La Raza LA! Wanna check it out? Visit their site!
Our beloved Auntie's movie TINĀ (MOTHER) will be premiering at the Hawaii Film Festival this year in October!
"HIFF44 opens at the Consolidated Theatres Kahala with the World Premiere and directorial feature debut of Miki Magasiva’s nuanced drama from New Zealand/Aotearoa. Samoan actor Anapela Polata’ivao (ONE THOUSAND ROPES, OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH, SHORTLAND STREET) portrays Mareta, a well-respected and gifted vocal coach in her community, who finds herself at a crossroads, needing to find work after the tragic death of her daughter, a death she is still processing. Mareta goes out of her comfort zone to become a substitute teacher at an elite, all-white private school and forms a choir that begins her healing as a matriarch and caregiver. Director Miki Magasiva and actress Anapela Polata’ivao are scheduled to attend HIFF44 Opening Night."
New Zealand/Aotearoa 2024 | English, Samoan w/English Subtitles | 124M
Source: HIFF Instagram and Website
== Erroll Shand ==
Everyone's sending love to Erroll for his role in The Twelve! Really hoping it'll be available outside of NZ soon!
Source: Jodie Rimmer Instagram
== Andrew Deyoung ==
One of our writers had their new movie premiered at the TIFF!
Source: FilmAndy Instagram
== Kay Buchanan ==
Our fabulous leather worker-- Kay Buchanan has a new movie coming out that she worked on props for! Grafted, a AoNZ horror film will be released in AoNZ on Sept 12! Check out the trailer on her IG!
Source: Kay Buchanan's Instagram
== Rose City Comic Con ==
Our crewmates over at @adoptourcrew were kind enough to share updates from the Cast Panel at Rose City ComicCon this weekend! If you have twitter, you can check it out over at Adopt Our Crew Thread. If not, you can see them below!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter
== Tell Tale Voting Reminders! ==
Only a few more days to vote for Stede and Ed in Tell Tale TV's Battle of the Ships! Please vote here when you get a chance!
Source: Tell Tale TV's Instagram
== Another Call to Action! ==
Sounds like there's going to be another anniversary trailer happening on 09/15! Several crewmates are asking to QRT David's Tweet here with the text "Because The Night Belongs To Lovers #OurFlagMeansDeath" and something a little extra to help keep from being flagged as spam! Let's get ofmd trending again that day!
Source: Lucy's Twitter
== Help Matt Maher go to ECCC! ==
Looks like a few of our crewmates talked to Matthew Maher (Black Pete) and he really wants to go to Seattle! Let's help him get to Emerald City Comic Con, if you have a moment, please put in a request to have him as a guest at their next con! Thank you to Mira (@/havethisonelife on twitter) and @/Callousnstrange for trying to help Matt!
Source: CallousnStrange / Mira (HaveThisOneLife)
== Fan Spotlight ==
= The Gay Pirate News Hour =
The inaugural episode of Gay Pirate News Hour is out now covering a month's worth of OFMD fandom news and speculation including David Jenkins getting married, Rose City Comic Con, and reasons to clown about season 3. GPNH will be live on youtube once a month!
youtube
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram/Youtube
== Loves Notes ==
Hey there lovelies! I've been sitting with my Dad in the hospital for a few days, and it's given me a lot to think about. Today especially was particularly hard, and I wanted to send out a couple reminders I think are important.
It's okay to be scared. Things don't always go as we plan, and scary things DO happen, and you are absolutely valid in feeling fear in the unknown.
It's okay to ask for help. Sometimes, even if you are the proudest person in the entire world, you need help, and it's okay to ask for that help. Even if you're estranged, or have difficult relationships, ask for help, the worst that can happen is someone says no. Better to know for sure then not ask.
You're absolutely wonderful lovelies. You. When you're scared, when you're happy, when you're sad, you're beautiful, and you're wonderful, and you deserve love and help just like anyone else. Please ask for it if you need it <3 Rest well, I'm rooting for you.
Source: MichellCClark Instagram
== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==
Today's theme is hair, gifs courtesy of these wonderful folks, @piratesleeves and @unaragazzadelnord
TLDR; David Fane; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Con O'Neill; Rosie Carnahan-Darby; June 12 Pulse Rememberance; Tell Tale TV Reminder; EMMYS FYC; SchadenFreude; Love Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards; OFMD Colouring Pages; Love Notes; Daily Darby/Tonight's Taika;
== David Fane ==
Congratulations are in order for David! He's been awarded the 2024 Fulbright Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer's Residency! Learn more on what that is and what he plans on doing with it on CreativeNZ's Site!
Source: Creativenz Instagram
== David Jenkins ==
For those of you not on twitter-- Twitter decided to turn off the ability to see anyone's likes that were not your own. A lot of people took issue with that-- including David as you can tell.
Source: David Jenkins Twitter
== Rhys Darby ==
Another picture of Rhys At To 29 and Beyond. He really is just a little guy.
Source: To_29_and_Beyond Instagram
Just a little appearance from The Cryptid Factor boys <3
Source: Schreiberland Instagram
== Taika Waititi ==
More gorgeous picture of Taika from the 84th Annual Peabody Awards
Source: Sthanlee's Instagram
And a sneaky Taika photo at the venue.
Source: lauren_.jessica's Instagram
== Con O'Neill ==
More pics of Con and crew at his new short film.
Source: Krisdeeds Instagram
== Rosie Carnahan Darby ==
The one and only Rosie Carnahan-Darby has asked for some help regarding getting a petition signed to save the natural wonder of Pupu Springs from mining! Wanna help our Captain's wonderful wife out? Please sign the petition if you are able/willing-- warning it does require a name, email and your "location" but you can choose international, it doesn't have to be in NZ. It's for a good cause!
Source: RosieCD's Twitter
== June 12 Pulse Nightclub Remembrance ==
I realize this isn't OFMD related, but it's pride month, and it is queer related and I know it's affecting a lot of you. Just wanted to take a moment to remember those lives lost at Pulse on this day in 2016. Rest In Power Friends.
Source: VotoLatino Instagram
== Tell Tale TV Reminder ==
Final round is still going on! Remember to please vote for Rhys, Ruibo, and Our Flag Means Death (as well as any other shows you'd like)! Tell Tale TV Awards
Source: TellTale TV's Instagram
== Emmy's FYC ==
Emmy voting starts tomorrow! June 13-23 is the last chance to make an impact! Keep pushing those tags if you feel up for it! #EMMY4RHYSDARBY, #EMMY4TAIKA, #EMMY4CONONEILL, #FYC, #EMMYS. Thank you to our kind crewmates over at Our Flag means Fanfiction for keeping us apprised of the timing and really pushing for this!
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram
== SchadenFreude ==
WBD Isn't having a great day.
Source: WBD Nasdaq
Their day didn't get any better because our friends over at NeverLeftPodcast decided to show some comparisons between WBD's stock and the other streaming platforms.
Source: NeverLeft Podcast Twitter
== Fan Spotlight ==
== Cast Cards ==
Tonight's cast card from @melvisik is another one of our background actors, specifically an English Soldier. Thanks Mel!
Source: @melvisik's Twitter
== OFMD Colouring Pages ==
Today we have more awesome colouring pages by @patchworkpiratebear and distributed by @adoptourcrew! Today is Ed themed, can you tell?
Tonight is a special treat by the fabulous @littleechoart on their instagram! An absolutely beautiful tribute to our wonderful show <3 Please check it out!
Hey there lovelies. We've made it half way through another week. I know it's been a rough one, but you all are doing great, you're persevering.
Tonight I wanted to share some graphics I found from this particular account that really helped me feel a bit stronger today...they're simple, but they make a big impact. Remember that you are doing the best you can in everything you're dealing with, and even if progress is slow, even if you have to take a step back. it's still happening.
Don't give up on yourselves lovelies. You're doing everything you can, and that's what matters. Sending so much love, and hugs your way. Reach out if you need support <3
Tonight's theme is Goofy Men with Hats. Two days of Taika as Hemi from Space Waltz in a row, you ask? Yes. What of it? I love the oblivious goober.
Gifs courtesy of our friends @mulder-isms and @theylorswift <3
MELANIE: “She’s the foil to Wynonna …. She’s a great villain because she represents the things that happen when you aren’t able to let go.”
Hmmm. Interesting way of putting that. I wonder what context she means that in. Letting go of a grudge I would assume because she’s all about revenge on Wynonna. But does that mean that because she can’t let go of that grudge against her she can’t succeed?
As in - she defeats herself in the end because revenge is all she knows and feels and believes in and it just ends up destroying her because she couldn’t let go?
Very interested in that answer from Melanie Scrofano.
There’s very much a Callisto kind of theme there which is exciting to think about in regards to the villain of ‘Vengeance’ and how she’s a foil to the protagonist.
No one’s a better foil to the protagonist than Callisto is to Xena. But I doubt this special is about redemption.
🎶All of your anger will poison you yet - unless you can just let goooo🎶
Wouldn’t it be funny if ‘Vengeance’ was a musical? 😆