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It’s been 19 thrilling days, but the OFMD Craft Fair is officially CLOSED! 

What started off as a simple idea (“what if we did something crafty to raise money for trans kids?”) blossomed into something greater than any of our wildest expectations. 

For those who like numbers, here are some fun ones for you:

1: the number of auctions we planned to hold

2: the number of flash auctions we ended up holding in addition to that

156: the number of people who donated crafts

214: the number of listings at the start of the fair

503: the number of listings at the end

842: the number of people who placed bids or made donations

$5,000: our original fundraising goal

$95,021: the amount we ultimately through auctions alone, all to benefit the Campaign for Southern Equality’s Trans Youth Emergency Project

At least $105,000: the amount we’ve raised so far through our donation form

Those numbers are all phenomenal, mind-blowing, even. But this auction’s success is about more than just numbers. It’s about a group of people who saw an opportunity to help and grabbed it. It’s about people stepping in to help any way they could. It’s about people sharing the excitement, boosting each other up, spreading the word of the event so that more and more people could join in. 

It’s about people coming together as a collective, because while individually we may be capable of small change, together, we can do something truly incredible. 

Thank you to every single person who was a part of the craft fair, whether it was through crafting, bidding, or spreading the hype. None of this would have been possible without you.

So… now what? The craft fair team is in fulfillment mode, working to make sure everyone is paid up and receives their items. We very much appreciate your patience through this process; as a reminder, it’s still just six of us, and we promise we’re working as fast as we can!

Additional donations We know some fans are keeping the generosity going and offering commissions to raise even more money, to which we say, FAB! You can continue to make donations through this link: https://bit.ly/OFMDcraft We will get a final count of the amount we raised through additional donations next week, but the form will stay open for now.

More crafts, please! While there will NOT be another craft fair, we’re gathering information from our crafters so you know where to go to continue to shop their wares or seek them out for commissions. More to come! 

Questions? As always, reach out to us at ofmdcraftfair@gmail.com if you have any questions along the way.

Thanks again, crew. Our family, our fight! 

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Just saving this for l8r… in case I need to do some more gay-ification of historical figures….

100% legit totally real facts about the historical stede bonnet

no the title is not a lie these are really REAL bc believe it or not, somehow the show made our stede MORE competent than the real one

sources: Real Pirates podcast (ep1, ep2, ep3, ep4, ep5), Dirty Sexy History podcast (with jeremy moss, bonnet's biographer, who LOVES the show, and said it changed his perspective on bonnet's and blackbeard's relationship PLUS he has the stedesrevenge handle on twt)

the library on the revenge was a real thing. the man really did that.

running away from his family to be a pirate

paying a salary to his crew

SHOWING UP IN NASSAU IN FRILLY GENTLEMANLY CLOTHES AND A POWDERED WIG

before bonnet's capture, he ran his ship aground and that's how the english caught up with him BUT the two english ships also ran aground (😭), so they fought each other with their flintlock pistols from behind their ships (until the tides turned and dislodged the english ships first. rip)

adopted an alias when he started pirating so people wouldn't know it was him but he raided ships near Barbados (where he's from), so that didnt turn out well. his solution? burning every ship from Barbados

he only succeeded in his early days bc merchant ships knew they would get off easier if they surrendered

ATTACKED A WARSHIP that whooped his ass so bad he almost died. the remaining crew steered the ship to Nassau where he met blackbeard

blackbeard stole the revenge from him but "allowed" him to stay on BB's ship (either as a guest or as a prisoner, it's not clear, but he def wasn't a crew member bc he didn't have any chores)

he was seen on deck running around in his gowns 😭😭

BB eventually reinstated him as the captain of the revenge and they sailed together for a while

"there is a 4 month period where stede and blackbeard kind of disappeared and no one really knows what they were doing" 👀

BB allowed bonnet to raid on his own which lead to him getting his ass beat by the Protestant Caesar. BB then proceeded to HUNT DOWN THE PROTESTANT CAESAR while flying the RED FLAG (which meant no mercy to anyone on board)

bonnet would raid ships and take what provisions he needed and give the other ship what he didn't need (essentially the library raiding scene lmaoo)

BB betrayed bonnet by raiding his ship and marooning his crew while bonnet was off getting a pardon

SO BONNET SWORE REVENGE AGAINST BB who was at the time, the most feared pirate

this led to him adopting another alias - "he also changes his name, at the time he goes by captain edward's. which is really interesting, I don't know if that's an homage to, you know, edward teach, but.. captain edward's with an "s", that's as if he's.. a possession of captain edward" ONCE AGAIN 👀👀👀👀

HE ESCAPED PRISON BY DRESSING AS A WOMAN

after escaping, he was promised a sloop by some rando. when the rando didnt deliver, bonnet "WROTE HIM A STRONGLY WORDED LETTER REPRIMANDING THE MAN"

that letter led to him being recaptured 😭😭

he was hanged while holding a bouquet of wilted flowers

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Christmas might be over, but we all have room for more cake, right?

Crime boss Ed is minding his own business when he receives a fancy fruitcake in the mail. When the intended recipient shows up at his doorstep, silly and spicy shenanigans ensue.

Fruitcake | Rated E | 6k | Gentlebeard

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NED! It’s sliver and over the top and you could probably kill it with a violin.

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If anyone is thinking "wow I want to read someone pouring their special interest into a fic" I made a thread on bsky with a bunch of recs! I have to credit @the-widow-olivia for the idea to make threads of related fics that are hard to search for. You shouldn't need an account or have to download anything to access the links.

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I would like to share with all of you the fics that I have read this weekend, and I think you should read them too. all ed/stede.

rated G/T/M:

and life is like a song by heavenorwhatever super short and sweet meet-cute in the rain. thank you kylie for the rec on this one, perfect cozy vibes.

hot to go by @piratecaptainscaptainpirates ed and stede are newly dating and ed gets sick and almost misses their date. lots of comfort, lots of snuggles, lots of love.

down with the sickness by @margaritaville are you the biggest baby ever when you get sick, like me and ed? he's so sassy when he's sick. absolutely loved this one.

the caretaker by @soupbtch danny, you absolutely broke my heart with this one. a look into the kraken era where frenchie offers ed some much needed compassion and understanding. and lots of pastries.

two of a pair by @jellybeanium124 asexual gentlebeard that made me cry (in the best way possible) and help connect the dots on a few things for me. thank you so much for this one, nina. <3

halloween sunset by @the-widow-olivia innkeeper era, historically inaccurate pumpkin carving, and spider-wrangler stede. short and sweet, slice of life with a side of seasonal depression and talking it through.

rated E:

front of house by @saltpepperbeard wanna see ed go feral over the captain voice and protective stede?? booyy do i have the fic for yoouu. jodi, this was, ough, yeah, so good.

undisclosed desires by @ralnex two of my favorite things, book author ed & stede and downright filthy stede, yes please and thank you.

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Ed and Stede meet when they’re partnered up for a Get Out the Vote campaign. But between knocking on doors, sparks fly. A fluffy little pre-election collab from me and @ferventrabbit!

This is my first ever collab AND it pushed me over 100k on AO3!!!

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One of my all-time favorite moments between these two.

Sorry I just needed to isolate this for my own purposes. This show is a COMEDY

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Please answer and reblog, trying to decide something 💚

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Now you can listen to Ed and Stede’s first Halloween as innkeepers! With your ears!

Happy Halloween! Please enjoy the podfic of "Halloween Sunset", a sweet story by @the-widow-olivia. Rated M.

"Ed and Stede set out to carve a jack-o-lantern for the inn, and Ed reflects on love in a season of change."

Soundcloud | Stream on AO3 | Written Work

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It’s pretty much Halloween, so… Enjoy some fluffy Gentlebeard pumpkin carving and reflections on getting through a darker season.

inspired by a prompt from Quaintly Fig’s prompt generator https://quaintlyfig-events.carrd.co/#somethin-witchy-afoot

Halloween Sunset, 3k, Rated M

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Drabble prompt: Feast - Tidy - Surface

Roach starts by wiping down all the surfaces in the kitchen (he likes his roommates, but they could tidy up a bit more). It doesn’t take long, because the kitchen is absolutely tiny.

That’s partly why he sent Wee John and Frenchie to the liquor store — he wants the kitchen all to himself. He checks his hand-written menu again, texts his mom to ask how much cardamom she uses. She texts back, “I use enough.”

He didn’t realize how much he’d miss her when he decided to spend Christmas with Wee John and Frenchie.

But at least tonight, they’ll feast.

OFMD Drabble Week Day 7!

Prompts are all from @ofmdjanuaury @ghostalservice, who has said we might get to do this again in future!

Reblog with your drabbles.

(Twitter post)

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OFMD Drabble Week Day 7!

Prompts are all from @ofmdjanuaury @ghostalservice, who has said we might get to do this again in future!

Reblog with your drabbles.

(Twitter post)

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if ofmd characters were middle schoolers the drama would be unprecedented. ed teach middle school popular girl getting your heart broke by the nerd who spends recess in the library I see you

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I haven’t really written Zheng before, so this was a fun challenge!

Drabble prompt: tender - chemistry - translate

Life would be a lot easier for Zheng if she didn’t have any chemistry with this guy. Or any guy. (Auntie had asked more than once: “Couldn’t you just try being a lesbian?”)

Thing was, Zheng might’ve been exaggerating a little when she told Bonnet she’d “dated” those guys on the wanted posters. It was mostly a whole lot of hot, regrettable sex. Whatever attraction propelled them into bed didn’t seem to translate in the light of day.

But Olu was different. Like that weird, soup-obsessed guy said, he was tender as hell.

Maybe it was worth it to try.

OFMD Drabble Week - Day 6!

Prompts from @ofmdjanuaury @ghostalservice.

Reblog with your drabbles!

(Twitter post here)

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OFMD Drabble Week - Day 6!

Prompts from @ofmdjanuaury @ghostalservice.

Reblog with your drabbles!

(Twitter post here)

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Yes!

But wait, there’s more!