#those gay pirates 🏴‍☠️

[amarshmallownamedo]

Okay but if we don't get a s2 announcement for our flag means death TOMORROW (or by June 3rd for fun) I will riot

[applestede]

the amount of times I’ve rewatched the You Wear Fine Things Well the Sequel scene is so totally average. I want to eat it for breakfast. I want to breathe it in like air. I want to inject it into my veins. I want to open up my head, shove it into my cerebellum, and close it back up again. I want to tattoo it on my corneas. I want to graft it into my skin. I am a perfectly normal and well rounded individual with no mental uhohs whatsoever

[dragonlands]

There's so much negativity around Izzy's death so I wanted to address some of the points I keep seeing thrown around.

"Izzy's death was pointless"

No, he just had his big speech about how basically they can kill him but they cannot kill the movement. That is a clear paraller to a lot of real life protestors of unjustice. He died protecting the community, he died so the community could go on.

"Izzy's death made his healing pointless"

No it didn't. Healing is always good, feeling happiness and belonging are ALWAYS worth it. We never know how long we've got, doesn't mean we gotta stop trying to be better or happier. His healing was still real. It still mattered.

"Izzy's character arc was left unfinished, it's bad writing"

Oh my god. If you open any writing guide about how to write impactful deaths, and the first thing that comes up is to leave some part of their arc unfinished. And his arc did go through quite a beautiful line, sure there could've been more but his story didn't end like, mid arc. As a writer, of course you want to make the audience sad when a character dies. It's good storytelling. Good stories are supposed to make us feel.

"Izzy died on the arms of his abuser"

Where the hell did this idea come from? Ed and Izzy have been in a toxic codependent relationship way before this show started. You could argue that Izzy was Ed's abuser, but that is not the argument I want to make here. Yes, we saw Ed driven to madness shoot Izzy on screen, but we know Izzy's the one that forced him to be Blackbeart when he didn't want it anymore. There's turmoil all around them. But the final moment is them finally meeting as people, not as components of Blackbeard.

"Izzy's death was unnecessarily awful"

His death was sad, yes, but it was quite beautiful as far as deaths go. He was surrounded by family who cared for him. He was loved, and accepted as he is. He knew his legacy will be carried on.

"They killed off the only character that showed us healing is never too late"

Did we watch the same show? That begins with then unhappy 40+ year old Stede deciding it's finally time to reach for his dreams? Where we see Blackbeard slowly gaining back his humanity? Where Black Pete starts off as toxically masculine dude but ends up in a soft gay marriage? Where most of the crew wanted to mutiny but then they realized being soft is good, actually. Jim's whole purpose in life being revenge but them learning to let that go and instead concentrate on love and fun and family. And so on. Izzy's arc is beautiful, but he's not the only person healing who thought it was too late already.

"Izzy's death was bury your gays trope"

No, what, no. In a pirate show where everyobody is queer some queer people will die. Bury your gays is about only having one or few queer characters and killing them off while the straights get their happily ever afters. This is so far from that.

Also, I want people to be aware of the phenomenon, where creators of diverse shows are subjected to more critism than those of non diverse shows. If this intrests you, Sarah Z on Youtube made a great video on it called Double standards and diverse media. Our flag means death has given us so much, queer love story with a happily ever after, finding community, nonbinary character. And the creators have always been so kind to fans, so let's show them tht kindness back. Because critizicing this one aspect can easily turn to seeming like the whole story is just unwanted. That stories like Ed and Stede's aren't worth telling. And I'm so aftraid that will happen, when just now for the first time in years we are finally getting queer stories.

Also, I understand people are sad. I am sad too - Izzy was an amazing character and his death was sad but that's just. Good writing. You can grieve, but trying to turn it into a moral or dramaturgy issue is just not a good look. And attacking the creators of this wonderful show is just horrible.

Remember - this fandom is a safe space ship 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

[poison-into-positivity99]

OFMD Season 2 Love 🖤🏴‍☠️

I’m a Tumblr veteran, joined when I was 13 (YIKES I KNOW). I deleted my old account because wow cringe. I was huge into Doctor Who and Supernatural, also Hannibal. Being part of those fandoms was chaotic to say the very least. I am almost 25 now, but Our Flag Means Death has reignited the old “fangirl” in me. I love this show with all my heart and soul. I very much enjoyed season 2 and I came back to Tumblr SOLEY for this show and because Twitter has been a hellscape of people being extremely negative about it. I know so many love the second season just as they do the first, but the angry voices always scream louder than the kind ones. It’s exhausting. So I’ve come here to find like minded people. 

I have never felt that this show was insensitive, ableist, not supportive. The characters in this show have never been questioned for their identity, sexuality, or disability, they have always been embraced. Everything is normalized. There is not “the gay couple” they are just a couple. It feels wonderful to not have the things “different” about you, be pointed out. They are not seen as weird, abnormal, ANYTHING. I can’t remember the last time a show was ever like that. It’s so important. People saying Izzy had an arc, just for him to die, made it useless. That is honestly a disgusting take to me. Along with the people saying that they killed off a disabled character, and that makes them ableist. Are we forgetting the myriad of others with prosthetics or chronic pain? There are days I cannot physically walk by myself, I can’t get out of bed. I’ve had a knee replacement, two shoulder surgeries, a stomach surgery, because of my disability (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome). I did not, for once, feel like Izzy’s death was an act against physically disabled people. Just because I am disabled, does not mean I don’t deserve a “redemption arc”, it doesn’t mean me growing as a person is useless because I’ll just die someday. It hurts to see so many people turn on the show so quickly because they are upset with their favorite character dying or not getting more screen time. That does not mean you attack the cast, the crew, the show runners, the writers, the directors- ANYONE. Especially not others in this fandom. It’s often through tragedy and disagreements where we see people’s true colors. Being angry is okay, having a different opinion is okay too. But we don’t take it out on others who have ones differing from us, that is just not acceptable. When a character you love, is no longer on a show- for one reason or another- it can feel like losing a friend. A character you take comfort in, now being gone, is a loss of a different kind but can still cause real grief. People get angry. They can lash out. Just because you like something, or don’t like something, doesn’t mean it’s excusable to be angry or hostile with other people for having a different opinion. It’s valid to be upset but it’s not okay to cause someone else feel negatively about something they love. People are quick to take online to voice how they feel, it’s a readily available outlet to do so. When tensions are high, things get thrown around and people get hurt. Think before you speak, you can voice how you feel but do not shame others for feeling differently.

Calling Ed abusive, is another thing I’ve seen being thrown around. I really hate that. Not only as someone who has been in an abusive relationship before. Everyone in the crew has killed people, tortured people, done shitty things. They are pirates. That is not the point of the show, AT ALL. People are so upset that they are pulling any accusation they can, and throwing it at the wall until something sticks. 

The character I actually relate the most to is Ed. I have attempted to take my life. I have bipolar disorder, I rapidly cycle. I have been severely depressed, and extremely manic. That does not mean I am not worth loving, but it’s what I believed. I truly hated myself. I’ve hurt people. Done things I regret. It’s been a journey to find who I was, to heal and accept myself. I need reassurance from my friends, my partner, that I am enough sometimes. I hurt people before they have a chance to hurt me. I say and do things I regret. But my partner is ALWAYS there for me. He does not treat me as any less worthy. And that’s what Stede does for Ed. To think someone is only worth loving if they are “fixed” or that Ed is treating Stede as if he is “saving” him, is a bit of a concerning outlook. Saying they have no chemistry is borderline comical to me, as well. Have you SEEN the way they look at each other? They don’t even have to touch or say anything to be able to see how much love they share. 

Love is not without hardships or arguments. Relationships ebb and flow, they grow and they change. When you are separate people, living a life together, there is going to be messy bits. Just because we don’t see Stede and Ed talk everything through, doesn’t mean they don’t. So much time passes in between what we see, it can’t possibly all be shown. We fill in the gaps, we get things alluded to. It’s storytelling. Not everything needs to be spelled out. There is a planned ending for the show. Everyone involved loves making it and wants to continue the story. Saying all these negative things could really halt that process. There’s still plenty more to tell and to see. I think it’s important we get that season 3. Until then I will be continuously rewatching and hyper fixating! 

Thank you for reading my messy brain musings, please feel free to turn more poison into positivity!!!!

[xlounzrhot]

🃏Joker's Kaard🃏

So...

Me and my friends were talking about our weird ships🚢right? And you know these are a closer circle of friends⭕so I'm trying my best not to be explicit and weird and so are they because they got some weird ships too😐and then it shifts to the Tobyverse🌼💖🌼Now I'm not one to judge👩‍⚖️they talk about the doge boi and the skeletons🦴🦴🦴and how Papayrus💀and Napstablook👻would totally have a ply relationship with Mettaton🤖and how Alphys would some reason have a crush on the human or whatever😑like I said I'm not Judge Judy.

Eventually then they mention sexyman Rouxls Kaard🏴‍☠️and even sexier man Jevil🤡and my brain🧠⚡automatically tells he to check to see if it's a thing...

Now obviously this isn't acceptable😒Not by any standards😠Gonna have to bump those numbers ☝➡⤴⬆👆(its also crazy both of them appear in 187 fics together but are only shipped in 12)

The idea of a stuck up 🎭theatre kid🎭who "Makes his own Rules" making out with some loser defeatist nihilists clown around town🎪who's whole idea is that there are no rules because he can "🎠Do anything🤹‍♂️" like why don't you do Rouxls🤨?

Jevil has so much potential because he's insane🤪but also incredibly lonely😥like who knows how this guy reacts to seeing his ancient as fuck fossil of a gay ex-boyfriend let alone someone like Rouxls who; *clicks pen* 🖊️📃🧐has no loyalty🗿is probably a coward🗿🗿melodramatic as fuck🗿🗿🗿has more ego than he can fit under the hat of his pirate cosplay🗿🗿🗿🗿😲and can probably be brought to tears if you bully him enough🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿☠️🗿☠️

🤔🤔🤔Tbh Jevil would probably bully him a lot by purposely doing his "puzzles" wrong🧩

This is why I can't get wips done😅I keep picking up new ones.

[plexxaglass]

I need to tell you all something

So, I’m a musician. An artist. I have music out there that’s pretty fuckin good. And the only reason I’m able to say that is because I’ve convinced myself that these songs I’ve been able to write and release were flukes. Because I haven’t really been able to write anything I care about in… well… years at this point.

I’m the kind of songwriter that can’t just sit down and be like, I’m going to write a song today!— no, that’s never been me. All of my publicly released works were songs that I wrote in about 15 minutes tops, and it literally felt like some kind of divine entity came to me and placed the song in my brain. Like a fever dream, every time. I need that kind of pure inspiration.

This past year, I was in Texas rehearsing for my prog rock side project that was doing 3 debut shows—honestly feeling kind of sorry for myself because in only a few days, I’d have to return to my normal life and my regular marketing job. All I’ve ever wanted was to just be a performing artist… a singer, a songwriter…

Wait, sorry, I swear there’s a point to this but I’m neurodivergent, so please bear with my side tangent for a second—

I live in one of the most expensive cities in the country. I was lucky for many years that, when I hit my breaking point with day job after day job, my partner insisted I take time to focus on my art. And during that time I wrote and released my pride and joy(s).

But reality catches up with you. Bills to pay, living expenses… it wasn’t viable for me to continue to just be an artist without a steady stream of income coming from it so, I went back to work, really went back to work, and got my first salaried position ever this past year. It’s fine. But I’m not passionate about it. And some weeks I’ve looked at myself in the mirror and wondered if I’ll ever feel really happy again.

But okay, the point, THE POINT.

I’m in Texas, with a day or two of downtime and I decided to put on this show about freakin pirates. Which normally wouldn’t be my thing, but I love Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby, and I heard some rumblings that the show was actually quite gay.

I watched the show in one sitting. And then I watched it again. And again. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it. I pestered every person in my life who matters about it, begging them to indulge my special interest so I could have more people to info dump on.

Finally after a couple months, and realizing that my newest brain rot was clearly not letting up, I decided I needed to put this passion to work. So, I am.

I decided to start a re-watch podcast, but that I would also write songs from the perspective of various characters per episode. I was kind of scared of this idea… I mean, I hadn’t written anything good in so long. Was I setting myself up for failure??

And here’s where I’ll get emotional writing this. We haven’t even started, and I’ve already written 4/10 songs… and they’re good. They’re… really quite good.

This little show— it’s so important to so many of us, but I’ve noticed that, in particular, artists are finding new inspiration because of it. I know it’s done that for me and I couldn’t be more grateful.

So, anyway. That’s kind of my little story.

I’m 31 years old and have spent most of my life finding my way, only to find it and be met with the grim reality of what it takes to live, and it’s beaten me down quite a bit. But I’m here and I’m writing songs about these characters that are so very dear to me. And every single one of them (yes, even Izzy… not Badminton) I see myself in. And it’s given me back what makes me happy. That’s kinda what the show really is, isn’t it? It’s about finding your belonging.

I can’t wait to share these songs with you and connect with more of this fandom. And thank you to those who have already welcomed me 🫂🏴‍☠️

[tinnedpineapple]

Hey friends! Wow, it's been an insanely busy couple of months, but I finally have time to breathe and update the world. Big announcement- Tinned Pineapple now has a stall at the very awesome @bohemeshops in Lawrenceville! Boheme is down by Dive Bar and Goodwill, and located right on Butler Street. So many cool artisans and vintage resellers in that shop, so go check them all out and visit our new area! Much work still to come on the space, but for now it's there and it's cute! Thanks as always for your support, and stay tuned for lots of new product coming soon to etsy! Especially keep your eyes peeled if you like those gay pirates... 👀🏴‍☠️ * * * #Pittsburgh #shophandmade #buylocal #supportsmallbusiness #BohemePittsburgh #Lawrenceville https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn5LKqdvORh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[stedelovesed]

Creating generative value

Or: Why We Need to Stop Worrying and Trust that Nathan Foad Will Be Back for Season 2

Gals, gays and theys, (swash)buckle up. What we were hoping, crying and begging for happened: in early June, our beloved gay pirate show Our Flag Means Death was renewed for season 2. We’re going to get our BlackBonnet reunion. Repeat: we are going to get our BlackBonnet reunion. Stede and Ed are going to be together again, and they are going to talk about their feelings, and they are going to be happy. This, I manifest. 

Of course, there’s someone else that we are all desperate to see - Lucius Spriggs, the Revenge’s scribe, played by Nathan Foad. David Jenkins, creator, writer and executive producer of OFMD, recently Tweeted an image of the season 2 premiere script to announce that filming for season 2 had begun. The Tweet was accompanied by a very cryptic caption: “Anyone care to have their shit fucked up? Because this is happening. 🏴‍☠️💔🦄 #OurFlagMeansDeath #justiceforluciusrip” Leon Miller, writing for CBR.com, reckons that Jenkins’ hashtag #justiceforluciusrip “seemingly confirmed that Nathan Foad's Lucius Spriggs did indeed die at the hands of Taika Waititi's Blackbeard” in the Season 1 finale, "Wherever You Go, There You Are." 

Devastating if true, of course. Foad’s Lucius was nothing short of incredible. At the risk of sounding cliché, he’s the heart of the ship; warm, gentle, supportive, and, as a viewer, so, so funny. We watched as he comforted Stede during the events of the eighth episode, “We Gull Way Back, as Stede battled with feelings of jealousy towards Ed’s old friend and former lover, Calico Jack. Lucius’s romance with Black Pete (Matthew Maher) is nothing short of joyous. It’s deep and complex and filled with love, desire and respect - just another example of how this show elevates and prioritises queerness. 

The final episode, though. Agh. My heart hurts to think about it. Ed is heartbroken and believes that Stede left him on the beach because he didn’t love him back, and his coping mechanism is to wander around the Revenge in Stede’s old robe and take sad baths. Lucius is there for him through it all, offering support and kindness to Ed. And Ed, heartbroken Ed, decides to push Lucius over the side of the ship and leave him to die. 

Brutal. I still can’t believe I even typed those words. If I had more space in this post, I’d explain, at length, why I believe that Ed was so utterly devastated with grief that having Lucius around was just a reminder of Stede, but I don’t, so I won’t. Nevertheless, I’m convinced that we haven’t seen the last of Lucius Spriggs. Sure, Nathan Foad hasn’t been posting on Instagram about being in New Zealand for filming like other cast members. Sure, David Jenkins’ Tweet and hashtag don’t really give us a lot of hope for Lucius’ survival. Here’s the thing, though: Lucius will come back for season 2, and here’s why.

First of all, for all the reasons I’ve mentioned above and more - Lucius Spriggs is the heart and soul of the Revenge. If there’s one thing OFMD knows, it’s how to give its viewers the warm fuzzies. Second, the absolute drama that will erupt when Lucius appears, alive and well, on deck after Ed thought he’d killed him - there’s no way that David Jenkins would deprive us of Foad’s exquisite facial expressions during a scene like this. Third - and perhaps this is the cynic in me - but we’re here talking about it, aren’t we? OFMD is a television show that skyrocketed in popularity through word-of-mouth. Fandom is one of the best media marketing tools there is, and even for that reason alone, the ‘surprise’ return in season 2 of one of OFMD’s best characters would cause the fandom to go into meltdown, even if it was just to Tweet, “I told you so #Luciuslives”.

[coffee-at-annies]

Call me Anne (she/her) and this is my sports sideblog. ~*~sports gay intensifies~*~

Current interests are Penguins hockey, Pirates baseball (off-season), with Ted Lasso, and OMG Check Please when they cross my dash.

Url is an old omgcp reference. Blog title is a joke, yes I know omgcp is finished, it’s not returning from war, that’s the point.

I try to tag. Most sports stuff is tagged. If you wanna blacklist, my hockey tag is currently #penguins hockey, my offseason hockey tag is #off season more like nap season, and my current baseball tag is #anne watches baseball.

During the season I liveblog games, the tags are #anne watches hockey, #pens lb. Games I make it to in person are #anne attends a game. Sometimes I chat with ppl in reblogs and those posts can get long. Sometimes I just wanna muse about random thoughts. Both categories of talking are all tagged #chit chat.

Feel free to talk to me about other stuff. My current ask game, #ask me stuff is music asks, forever ask game is send me an ask I’ll answer with a photo of my cats

Let’s Go Pens!🐧🏒

Let’s Go Bucs!🏴‍☠️⚾️

[amarshmallownamedo]

can you imagine a musical episode of our flag means death where Stede and Ed have a shanty-like song aboard each of their ships where they sing about hating and loving each other at the same time?

[botanicallyinclinednerd]

finished season 4 finale. two words for you: fucking hell (affectionate)

firstly, i would like to kiss every one of their writers on the mouth (/p) because this is a Good ending (and a necessary one if you're doing a show with a gay main character, in 2014 may i add) and they did an incredible job throughout the show....

putting the audience through an emotional fucking rollercoaster first and foremost was incredible. not to talk about james right now but i believed thomas was dead for three fucking seasons. and only after they pulled the same shit with the supposed death of madi & john i begun to come to my senses & to think about the foreshadowing they've been doing since the talk of this "prison" began and i want to bite into my fucking shoe right now because there probably were many more about many other things that i didn't notice. i think that i wouldn't be wrong in saying that this show needs to be properly analyzed. all the foreshadowing, the symbolism, the intimacy between characters (be it platonic, romantic or any other and/or combined way) --they are so well-written. i love this show and i'm never going to recover from it. hnnnngh!

the flow of the tensions & the releases were amazing and i think that especially the anticlimactic releases were made that way, intentionally; and i once again would like to walk into the fucking ocean. and i personally felt those moments throughout the show many times and it was fucking uncomfortable and i loved it because of that. they managed to construct their characters so well that the characters themselves are the ones to write the story, they are the ones to control where it leads. and they were like i could make them worse and they Did. and i am screaming crying throwing up over this.

not to rant this much but just from the cinematography & visual arts standpoint, this show is a beauty to look at. i want to draw oil paintings of it, i want to fancy-print screencaps and hang them on my wall just to Look at them.

watching this show hurts like hell but also. it's so good i can't ever let go of it now.

and also, on a personal note, i like my fictional men a little bit Deranged, bit traumatized & pathetic around the edges. (maybe that's why i am simply Fascinated by james but that's an ask for another day) but speaking just for the characters of this show, i'm not sure "like" covers the range of feelings i have for each and every one of them. i'm no apologist but i will call them babygirl, i will give them a hug, and i will hold them by the hand and take them to therapy, knowing the shit they've done. yknow? they are my Blorbos. except rogers, peter ashe, alfred hamilton & eleanor. and edward teach. and billy (i'm a bit sad about that). fuck those slimy bastards.

you were right, the queer rep ball is not dropped, even in the show's finale; you were right, this show makes you want to stare into the ocean. i am never stopping rotating this show in my mind. i cried over this show, and it was worth every goddamn tear. what in the fuck. very happy to have watched it -not regretting a single thing. thank you for recommending it to me!! <33

-🏴‍☠️

Wooo!! Congrats on finishing the show Anon!! Welcome to insanity!!!

I appreciate the writers so much because I never thought about them for a second until I finished the show. Cause like you said, the characters construct their stories, and there's so much delicate work the writers put into that and the foreshadowing and the mirrors and parallels and the themes, gosh I love this show. There are so many good dynamics and moments and ahhhhh

Every single moment of this show needs to be examined and dissected and it makes me very happy to have so much to unpack. They lowkey told us Anne and Jacks fates in SEASON TWO when Vane says that the two of them will probably be in charge of all the pirates one day, and it made me a bit insane when I noticed it.

Some of my favorite cinematic shots of the show is when they pan up from the water, usually its towards the start of the seasons and it always looks so cool.

The range of emotions on the characters is totally understandable. None of them are good people, the closest the show gives us to a "good" person is Featherstone, who is the epitome of "just some guy" I like some characters, hate others, love some and still others I'm neutral on.

I totally get loving characters at the end that you hated in the beginning. I did not like Silver at first, but holy shit was he too intresting to hate for long, and he became my second favorite by mid season 2. Vane also grew on my a lot over time, especially in season 3, when I hated him for a long time before that. And I fully agree on (almost) all those characters that you find slimy. I mean, you are correct, every single one of them ARE slimy, I am just a poor fucker who fell in love with Billy season one and never stopped. I think calling myself an apologist is a bit too strong of a word as I fully acknowledge that what he did was wrong and he is NOT a good person at the end, but the tragedy that is his character and his story just made me so sad that I couldn't bring myself to hate him, though I came close. I could go on forever about Billy but this ask isn't the best place for that lol.

This shows narrative started because James McGraw loved Thomas Hamilton and it ended because James Flint loved Thomas Hamilton and I love that very much. This show literally unburied their gays

I am so glad you enjoyed Black Sails!! All of the asks you've sent have been lovely and I would love to continue talking to you about it if you'd like!

[amarshmallownamedo]

Made some pins for my backpack 😂🏴‍☠️

[amarshmallownamedo]

I cannot wait to watch the 2023 eccc ofmd panel bit I'm at worrrrkkkkk all day 😭😭

[amarshmallownamedo]

Happy holidays (last day of OFMD S2 filming) 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️

[amarshmallownamedo]

RENEWED FOR SEASON 2

Everyone on Twitter is freaking out lmao

[amarshmallownamedo]

This the funniest fucking thing I have read about this show so far.

From this article.