TLDR; Rhys Darby; Con O'Neill; Nathan Foad; VIco Ortiz; Ruibo Qian; Anapela Polata'ivao; Bronson Pinchot; Andrew DeYoung and Andy Rydzewski; Gypsy Taylor; Cohen Holloway; Articles; TinyCrewBigRaffle2 Winners; Fan Spotlight: BrainBowie/OurFlagMeansFanfiction cast & crew interviews; Love Notes;
Well this is a new one...now I'm hitting the 10 video limit on Tumblr! Crazy! Apologies ahead of time for the buffering!
= Rhys Darby =
Rhys shared a clip of one of his recent performances, gotta love those sound effects!
He's also reminding us that there's shows coming up in UK and Ireland from May 30-July 3!
Source: Rhys' IG Stories
= Con O'Neill =
Con is going to be joining the Netflix series "Legends!"
Production is ongoing on Netflix's ambitious new crime drama from the United Kingdom, Legends. Created by Neil Forsyth, the new series has b
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky
= Nathan Foad =
Source: Nathan's IG Stories
= Vico Ortiz =
Our beloved Jim is keeping us fed with more OFMD BTS! This has Joel, Madeleine, Samba, and more! Check it out on their Paid Substack!
Source: Vico's Paid Substack
Vico's also been busy with more Today in Gay News!
May 22 / May 21 / May 20
Source: Today In Gay Podcast Substack
= Ruibo Qian =
Ruibo knows that we can't resist cat content, look at that fluffy belly!
Source: Ruibo's IG Stories
= Anapela Polata'ivao =
Guess what? Tinā won BEST FILM at the Seattle International Film Festival this year! CONGRATS AUNTIE!
Source: Tinā The Film IG
In addition, an absolutely stunning new mural was added in Ōtautahi!
And just a little behind the scenes of Anapela <3
Source: Tinā The Film's IG Stories
= Bronson Pinchot =
Our dastardly Ned Low was being Interviewed by Still Here Hollywood Podcast, and he had a pretty fun story regarding the late Space Mom aka Carrie Fisher I thought would be fun to share. I miss you Space Mom! You were one of a kind and everyone remembers you fondly!
Absolutely amazing reviews have been coming in for Andrew (OFMD Director) and Andy's (OFMD Cinematographer) new movie Friendship! They were kind enough to also share some BTS of the two of them on set!
Source: Andy and Andrew's IG Stories
= Gypsy Taylor =
Gypsy designed a really cute tattoo for a friend!
Source: Gypsy's IG Stories
= Cohen Holloway =
Pop pop has blessed us with a throwback to lock down and more goofy comedy, this time with Sam Neill.
As always, our dear friends over @adoptourcrew are keeping us up to date with articles that mention OFMD! Thanks Crew!
So, with tissue in hand, here are all of the TV shows that have recently been canceled—including where you can still watch them.
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky
= Tiny Crew Big Raffle 2 =
The Tiny Crew Big Raffle 2 winners were announced! Check out who won the awesome prizes below!
Baby Monkey Draw from Megan Vertelle!
Ed's Necklace from Harlams Emporium
Gentlebeard Pop Up Zine by @lumiilys!
Fixed up Tiny Boat
Ed v Snake Embroidery by Owl Trousers!
David Jenkins Signature
Also, thank you so much to the wonderful folks behind Tiny Crew Big Raffle @tinycrewbigraffle , I know all that was a lot of work and coordination and you really are stellar keeping up with all of it! Thank you for continuing to let us have a chance at winning wonderful pieces of OFMD History!
== Fan Spotlight ==
So tonight's spotlight is on the wonderful BrainBowie aka Petrichor aka GheyandWoke aka Chloe and the Our Flag Means Fanfiction group! Chloe set out on a mission to get her flagged signed by several of our beloved Cast & Crewmates including Dominic Burgess, Damien Gerard, Samba Schutte, Lindsey Cantrell, and Christopher Corbin! Thank you so much for sharing these with us Chloe, they are amazing!!!
Source: Petrichor's Bsky
Source: Brain Bowie's IG
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
During this awesome excursion, Chloe and the OFMDD team asked the cast & crew some very important questions!
Thank you so much to the Our Flag Means Fanfiction team for getting these questions answered! So fantastic!
First up Samba gave some ideas he'd love to see come to life with Roach!
Hey lovelies! Back again tonight. I swear I'm going to at least get caught up to June tonight if I can! There's so much going on right now with the end of May and the start of pride month.
This is a short one, but I did want to share this love note with you because I think it means a lot, especially during pride month. But please remember, if you don't feel safe, do what you need to feel that way okay? We're here celebrating pride with you in, or out of the closet-- but your safety is the absolute most important thing <3 Love you crew!
TLDR: David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Kristian Nairn; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Ruibo Qian; Anapela Polata'ivao; Tim Heidecker; Dominic Burgess; Christopher Corbin; Hugo Pierre Martin; Fan Spotlight: Tiny Crew Big Raffle Results Part 3; Our Flag Means Fanfiction Holiday Episode; OFMD Advent Calendar;
= David Jenkins =
David shared some gorgeous artwork from our crewmate @viccsart!
Source: David Jenkins Bsky
= Rhys Darby =
Our Captain sent us a lovely message <3
Source: Rhys Instagram Stories
They interviewed Rhys for the new Bad Jelly TV show!
The fabulous @catski22 was kind enough to share the interview text from TV Guide's article on Badjelly!
Source: Catski's Bsky
= Taika Waititi =
The video behind my favorite picture of the interview Taika and Jimmy O Yang
Speaking of commercials -- Our favorite attendant from the "The Best Revenge Is Dressing Well" and fellow crewmate, Hugo Pierre Martin, did the voiceover for a spicy commercial recently!
Kitten Rescue LA - Rhys' Charity of Choice - US$ 1,198.12 , CAD $7.20
One more charity to go and then some awesome BTS from Lindsey Cantrell (I ran out of photo room on this one sorry)!
Source: OFMD Buys Boats Taika / Rhys
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
New episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction is out! It's a special holiday episode, and one of the co-hosts, @ringasunn was able to get several crew members to send some holiday messages (Lindsey Cantrell, Con O'Neill and more!) You can listen in on spotify here or choose your favorite listening platform on their linktr.ee!
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram
= OFMD Advent Calendar =
So close! Sorry I'm so behind on these! Thank you so much to @tillychmo for hosting these wonderful Advent Calendar event and putting together these adorable Doors for each day!
The 20th Door features a fluff fic by our dear crewmate @politestmenace aka gaypirateofficianado!
The 21st Door features some lovely Winter Solstice artwork by the fabulous @deanbird.bsky.social!
The 22nd Door featured the brilliant @blueberreads! They made a innkeepers game for the occasion!!
The 23rd Door features an adorable drawing by the massively talented @gleafer!
Source: OFMD Advent Calendar Bsky
== Love Notes ==
Hey there lovelies! Wow, two recaps in one night! That's overkill! (JK I'm so behind, lol). I know we're deep into the holidays now, and some of the big ones have passed us by.
I hope you've gotten a chance for some down time. I know this time of year can be tough for various reasons, and especially this year given the political climate around the world.
Please hear me when I say, you are so very loved. Whether you had a good holiday, or a rough one. Whether you were swamped and busy, or got a break finally and got some rest. You are SO very very loved, no matter what you accomplished today, or this month, or this year.
I am seeing so many new folks poking their heads out in the fando-- which is absolutely lovely to see-- and if you're just joining us for the first time, or have been in the fandom since Day One of S1 or anywhere in between-- you too are loved.
We are Crew For Life, as Samba says, for a reason. This show brought so many of us together because of it's love, and it's light, and it's fond family. We all care about you so much crew, please remember that.
It's time for me to sneak off to bed, and hopefully I'll see you soon lovelies, going to be posting the David Christmas specials in the next edition.
TLDR; Happy Belated birthday to Guz Khan!; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Con O'Neill; Vico Ortiz; Kristian Nairn; Ruibo Qian; Gypsy Taylor; Samba Schutte; Minnie Driver; Anapela Polata'ivao; Christopher Corbin; Vote for Jes Tom in the Queerties; Articles;
In Person Events: Florida Super Con Guest Request; The Wee Con; Fan Spotlight: Our Flag Means Fanfiction: The Sprizzy Episode; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika;
Hey crew. I'm so very sorry. I have not been in a good headspace these past two weeks. Between my home life, and work, and everything going on here in the US, I have had to limit what I do in a day because I've been burning the candle at both ends and there hasn't been much left of me.
Thank you to everyone who was sweet and sent me love, I promise i'll respond soon. I've had the next 3 recaps half done for days but just haven't been able to get up the strength to finish them, and I do apologize for that.
= Guz Khan's Birthday Jan 24th =
Happy very belated birthday to Guz Khan! Our dear Ivan!
= David Jenkins =
David shared this amazing animatic by our friend @aimeekitty!
Wanna see it in action? visit Aimee's Bsky!
Source: David's Bsky
= Rhys Darby =
Issue #102 Part 2 of the Cryptid Factor went up on Patreon!
Get more from The Cryptid Factor on Patreon
Source: The Cryptid Factor Patreon
For those of you on Rhys' Paid Substack, there's a new "Darby Files" up for 01/20-01/26!
Also on Rhys' Substack is footage of the Sundance Film festival where he went to see the film Buttons' produced - "Prime Minister!" You can check out the BTS from it on his paid substack!
Source: Rhys Darby's Substack
More shots from his trip with Buttons!
Source: Rhys' Tiktok
= Con O'Neill =
More trailers for Con's show SAS Rogue Heroes are out!
So many new Podcast episodes of Today In Gay! Your daily dose of Queer News! Check Vico out on the Substack! (Sorry for the reverse image to links, I was combining pictures to make space!)
Jan 24
Jan 27
Jan 28
Jan 29
Jan 30
Jan 31
Source: Today In Gay Substack
= Kristian Nairn =
Kristian attended MegaCon London with his new hair style-- and got to chat with lots of fans!
Source: Adrianna Dagmara's IG
Kristian also shared this beautiful memory of Ofmd with us!
"Just found this while packing up ! Wee John wore a really lovely pin cushion on his wrist in S2, and this was one of the spare little guys who encircled it. Thanks @gypsytaylor , I miss you guys down there"
Source: Kristian's IG
= Ruibo Qian =
More beautiful music from our beloved Pirate Queen.
Source: Ruibo Qian's Instagram
= Gypsy Taylor =
Gypsy's been all over lately!
"Holding space with the Siegfried to my Roy @c_hristian 🐅 @sydney_festival Siegfried and Roy the Opera! CAMP! 🐅 so many fun sparkly costumes by @xtcostume and that TIGER!!! A very good cat.. gorgeous @erthaustralia 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 well done team little Bavaria 🇧🇪"
Source: Gypsy's IG
= Minnie Driver =
Minnie's chatting about her podcast! Wanna check out this episode? Visit her spotify!
You can now purchase tickets to see Tinā if you live in Aotearoa! Visit https://www.madman.co.nz/tina/ for more info and dates!
Source: Tinā Instagram
= Christopher Corbin =
Our wonderful "We could have made magic" man got a new haircut! Always so glad to see his bright smile.
Source: Christopher's IG
== Queerties ==
Thank you to @adoptourcrew for notifying us that you can vote every day for Jes Tom, one of our dear writers in the Queerties! Head on over there to support them!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Instagram
== Articles ==
Thank you as always to our dear friends over at @adoptourcrew for keeping us up to date on all the new articles and interviews of our cast & crew!
'The silliness of that show, and how it broke boundaries with comedy and absurdity, completely inspired me to to become a comedian.'
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky
The first half of the 2020s has been full of laughter thanks to great sitcoms like Abbott Elementary, Our Flag Means Death, and Ted Lasso.
Source: Adopt Our Crew IG
"They had chemistry since they met. They went through so much that got in the way of their relationship, so when they finally got together,
Source: Adopt Our Crew Bluesky
There's a good argument to be made that the best TV shows on Max are among the best of all time. Here's how the network's top 15 series rank
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky
== In Person Events ==
= Florida Super Con Guest Requests! =
Our friend Irene Adler and several other crew members have asked for some help in requesting guests for Florida SuperCon! You can request over and over and it'd be great if we could try to get some of our cast & crew invited!
Guest Request
Source: Irene Adler's Instagram
= The Wee Con! =
There's a fabulous new convention happening 31 Oct - 2nd Nov in Edinburgh Scotland! You can purchase tickets now on their kickstarter!
Source: TheWeeCon's Tumblr
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
OFMFF had their sprizzy episode for Sprizzy week!
Source: OFMFF Instagram
== Love Notes ==
Hey lovelies, I have been constantly thinking of you all the past two weeks. I am trying to keep my spirits up and share things when I can.
I hope you know that no matter what, you are perfect the way you are, and that the actions of a certain US president don't define you. AT ALL. Please remember that what's going on in the US is a dying breed trying desperately to gain back the control they lost with progress, and so many of you are doing so much to prevent it.
You're doing all you can. Remember to rest, people are still fighting even when you rest. I know it feels so hard right now, but please don't give up okay?
Love you crew, since I'm so behind I'll be doing some shorter love notes til I catch up again.
Today's gifs are brought you by the lovely @ofmd-ann, and @raggedy-spaceman and the current theme is how I'm feeling about the state of the US government.
TLDR; David Fane & Rachel House; Anapela Polata'ivao; Connor Barrett & Brian Gattas; Dominic Burgess; Damien Gerard; Christopher Corbin; Adopt Our Crew Lists; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Tiny Crew Big Raffle w/Lindsey Cantrell Interview and BTS; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Love Notes;
Continuation of Part 1
= David Fane & Rachel House =
Are you in Aotearoa and want to show your support to the Maori people? Our dear Fang, David Fane (and Mary Reed, Rachel House) shared how to's on how to make a submission on the Treaty Principles Bill. Check out more at Koekoeaa's Instagram!
Source: David Fane's instagram
= Anapela Polata'ivao =
Anapela was out at PerthFest with other members of the Tinā film!
Source: Anapela's IG Stories
= Conner Barrett & Brian Gattas =
Our Hornberry and Siegfried are out and about with friends for the holidays!
Source: Brian Gattas Instagram Stories
= Dominic Burgess=
Dominic, aka Jeffrey Fettering, aka the cat-content king of social media is back with more cats!
Source: Dominic's Bsky
= Damien Gerard =
Our Father Teach is on vacation for the holidays and he sent so much love our way!
Source: Damien's Bsky
= Christopher Corbin =
So you may remember, our "We Could have Made Magic" Pirate, Christopher Corbin played santa in a an NFL ad recently. He posted the progression from Chris to Kris Kringle, and I just had to share it because it made me giggle!
Source: Christopher Corbin's instagram
== Adopt Our Crew ==
Our absolutely awesome fan crew, @adoptourcrew put together some lists regarding our dear show, and it looks like 30 different articles featured OFMD as one of the worst cancellations of 2024!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky
They also put together a list of the Select 2024 Media Mentions! OFMD averaged at least one media mention per week! Holy cow!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky
== Articles ==
Thank you to @adoptourcrew as always for the many articles OFMD has been featured in recently!
When you’ve got nothing left to give, one of these series can soothe your soul.
Source: Adopt Our Crew Instagram
Our contributors award our annual Greater Goodies to the TV shows that can help you be your best self.
Source: Adopt Our Crew Instagram
Between Chucky, Our Flag Means Death, and Kaos, 2024 was a year notorious for having multiple shows end anticlimactically.
Not "gay" as in "happy," but "queer" as in "if I hear someone say they're 'in their [fill in the blank] era' one more time I'm going to scre
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Tiny Crew Big Raffle =
In honor of the Tiny Boats raffle, the @ofmd-buys-boats team had an Interview with our dear Set Dresser, Lindsey Cantrell! You can read the full thing on their substack-- here's a sneak preview!
They were kind enough to let me share the info here as well!
"Amy: What was your favourite set to dress?
Linds: What a hard question. The favorite that first comes to mind is John Bartholomew's Captain's Quarters. The scene where Zheng Yi Sao leads a raid on Bartholomew's ship, and then convinces him to join her crew.
The day we were going to shoot this scene was pulled up in the schedule, so during a few lunches and a few private rehearsals, I was brought over to the unfinished set to get my opinion on the status of its dress. What to add, where to move items, take away, etc. And it needed to get done quickly. We were pulling dressing from all over. Production Designer Ra and Art Director Troy really wanted it to be layered. They were discussing someone who'd lived in that space for ages. Our Set Dec team left the bones of it in a good place, but on the day we went to shoot it, we still scrambled a bit throwing items together for more chaos (some good ideas, some bad- ie: a stool ended up on top of a dresser?)
I still love the way the lighting was shot through those windows and how it all came together. Plus, didn't that charcuterie look delicious?"
Source: OMFD Buys Boats Instagram
"Amy: Speaking of the tiny boats, we’d be remiss if we didn’t ask about them too - how did you make them and how long did it take you? I can testify from making repairs to our broken ones that they’re fiddly little things!
Linds: Yes they are! The strain on my eyes that week! The bases of these tiny ships are custom lead molds created in the Propmakers Workshop. Next, painted and aged brown. Then, one by one I stabilized them and carefully drilled one tiny hole in the semi-center of each ship's base. Hoping each time that I didn't push too hard or for too long, potentially breaking through to the bottom. So I held my breath and got through all of that step. Off to the side, I had the makings for the tiny flags. I painted and aged what felt like a million toothpicks to start. Trimming off the bottoms of one end so they would sit flat inside my pre-drilled hole. I cut the different pieces of construction paper in a tiny triangle with one flat end, and put a line of glue on that side to place underneath a toothpick and rolled it over to hold. Some bits of my fingertips are definitely attached to the glue inside those tricky little flags. When my deadline was getting closer, I started to just begin placing the dried flags inside the bases the next day. Until I found some of them falling over by the time I came back from lunch. So then I realized I needed to add one tiny drop of super glue into the hole first. The final precise measure was making sure when I held the flag down to attach, that I was holding it straight up & down. Sounds easy enough, but if you're only looking at one side, you may be pushing the flag down and away. So if you check your other angles afterward, you'd notice it's leaning to that opposite side, as if the tiny ship is in a storm, someone told me. [...]"
Source: OFMD Buys Boats Instagram
Once again-- for the whole interview and additional BTS please check out their substack! Thank you so much @ofmd-buys-boats for not only giving us this wonderful gift but allowing me to share some of them as well!
= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =
Our friends over at Our Flag Means Fanfiction are looking for more co-hosts!
"Everyone is always invited to be a part of the podcast! Here are 3 ways you can be involved (if you can think of more ways, definitely share them!)
1) Narrate a fic for a minisode! Just get the author's permission first then e-mail the audiofile (mp3 or wav) to [email protected]. Everything you send in, I will put it on the pod.
2) Want to be on an upcoming episode? Just DM here or send an email and consider yourself included the next time we record.
3) Have a group of friends and want to make your own episode? Do that! Just make your own podcast episode using zoom then send the audiofile to [email protected] and I'll edit it (remove all the pauses, ums, and anything else you want cut out).
This is an all-inclusive, open-source, podcast. Everyone who wants to be involved, can be! #ofmd#ourflagmeansdeath#fanfiction"
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram
The next Gay Pirate News Hour airs on Jan 4, you can check it out on the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Youtube!
Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction Instagram
== Love Notes ==
I really am so sorry I'm so behind lovelies. I hope you all had a wonderful and restful holiday season. I'm going to share a few extra love notes tonight because I've seen some really lovely stuff the last many many days -- and I have so much to say and haven't had a way to do so.
The first I wanted to share is from TheLatestKate with the message I most want to send to all of you. This year has been a hell of a time, and you have no idea how very grateful I am that you were here to share it with me and so many others, and still are.
Source: The Latest Kate's Instagram
Life can be so damn hard and sometimes it feels like you just aren't making any progress... or your impact isn't as big as you want it to be.
I wanted to remind you though that the earth spins at 1000 miles per hour (1,600 km/hr), that's 24,000 miles per day (38625 km/day)... but sitting on it, it doesn't seem to be moving at all.
Now look at it from space, and you can see it rotating, you can see the light of the sun reflecting off of it. You can see all the lights on the dark side, and the clouds, and the winds, and vastness of the oceans.
That's what I see in you. That's what others see in you. We can see all the wonderful things you are, and how brightly you shine because we aren't living it second to second like you are. So please believe me when I say this-- you are capable of anything, and you are doing SO DAMN WELL despite this crazy life.
Our Pirate Queen shared this one (I couldn't remember if I'd shared it before, but here it is again if so!). Your softness, your creativity, all of that is your strength and I will die on that hill.
Lastly, I just wanted to say thank you for being a part of this little community called the OFMD fandom. This crew is phenomenal, and it has brought out so much love and healing in me (and so many of us) this past year.
You are beyond a doubt some of the kindest, most badass people on the planet, and I am so very happy I get to share what little bits of time I can with you.
I am slow to respond to things right now because of how crazy life is, but please know I'm here if you need me. I want so very much to see you succeed, and grow, and bloom in this crazy messed up world we live in. You are the change, and the softness this world needs, and I believe whole heartedly that each time you are kind to someone, you emit a wave of change that makes the world a better place.
Rest up lovelies. Happy New Year <3
TLDR; Taika Waititi; Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba; Dominic Burgess; Kristian Nairn; Christopher Corbin; Darby Family Foster Kittens; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Cast Cards/AuxilleryWardrobe Zine Reminders; Love Notes; Daily Darby / Today's Taika Gifs
Hey crew, today's a bit of short one, but I wanted to make sure there was some fun stuff up and about with everything going on.
== Taika Waititi ==
More shots of Taika directing Russell Crowe's show from a couple days back! You can buy tickets to the recorded concert and see at least a bit more Taika on the IndoorGardenParty website! Thank you to our crewmate @jimjim531969 for the screenshot!
Source: @JimJim531969's Twitter
== Florida Super Con: Vico & Samba ==
Samba and Vico are out at Florida SuperCon-- and as you can probably tell, they're having a great time! They're taking shots with all sorts of fans and other guests, including a certain set of What We Do In The Shadows TV Series friends! <3
Source: Samba & Vico's Instagram
== Dominic Burgess ==
Dominic is keeping us fed with more cat photos!
Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter
== Kristian Nairn ==
Kristian also sharing some beloved pets -- and this time, a new addition to his family, Calypso!
Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram
== Christopher Corbin ==
Hey! We haven't seen our "Magic" man Christopher Corbin in a while! He's out giving a tour to his bro Jim at Universal Studios!
Source: Christopher Corbin's Instagram
== Darby Family Foster Kittens ==
Today really is a feast for the eyes when it comes to kitties and pups! Rosie shared more foster kittens with us! I can't tell you how tempted I am to drive to CA and adopt some!
Source: Rosie Carnahan Darby's Instagram
== Articles ==
Thank you to ShowSnob for this article on why OFMD deserved an S3! And thank you to our friends over at NeverLeftPodcast for bringing it to the crew's attention!
There have been a few cancellations in 2024 that have been hard to stomach. One of them is Our Flag Means Death. It was canceled after two s
Source: Never Left Podcast's Twitter
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Cast Cards =
Our sweet @melvisik is keeping up the cast cards for us with another Emmy Submission! Albert Fox joins Mark and John "for Outstanding Music Composition in a Series for Mermen -AdoptOurCrew"
Source: @melvisik's Twitter
= Auxilery Wardobe Zine Reminders =
Reminder! The signups for the Stede Bonnet: Auxiliary Wardrobe Zine close in a week! You can still sign up until July 21! Sign Up Here!
Source: StedeBonnetZine Twitter
== Love Notes ==
Hey lovelies, today was a day all around the world. I hope you're all doing okay. A lot of stuff happened that could have left you feeling a lot of hard feelings. I know it's concerning, and I know it's scary, especially the unknown of it all.
If you can, today, take care of YOU. Take time to breathe, take time to eat well, and shower, and drink enough water. If you can, watch something funny, cry, whatever you need to do to feel okay.
When the world is uncontrollable, and feels unreachable, and the future unknown, one of the best things you can do is take care of yourself and your loved ones.
This is a good article on how to ground yourself, if you're feeling out of sorts. It says it's related to triggers but it can be anything really that you need to ground yourself from.
The most important thing in the world is that you're safe, and you are okay, so please take care of you. If you need support, reach out to your crew, we all care about you and your well being.
== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==
I think today we could use a little boost. So here's Taika laughing his ass off at Rhys' ANYWHO, and Rhys having a bit of a grumble about ZADDY. I love these two so much, it's ridiculous.
Gif courtesy of @ dallonismysavior <3
TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Gizmo Darby; Taika Waititi; Samson Kayo; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Cast & Crew Getting out to Vote; Fan Spotlight; Calendar Fundraisers; OFMD Fluffvember; PA: In Person Event Reminder: Calypso's Birthday! Love Notes; Daily Darby/Today's Taika;
Hey lovelies, this is once again gonna be kinda weird because major events have happened since I started these drafts.. trying to keep things vague enough for archival purposes, but also respect that things have changed since the 3rd and 4th. Sending all the hugs and love your way.
Kristian has designed some awesome jewelry! Check it out below!
Source: Kristian's Instagram
OH and in case you missed it- Kristian's got limited edition guitar picks and cool stuff up in his shop!
Source: Kristian's Instagram
= The Crew Got Out to Vote! =
A bunch of our cast & crew were out doing their civic duty!
In order of appearance: Adam Stein- Writer, Lindsey Cantrell -Set Director, Christopher Corbin -"We Could Have Made Magic" Actor, and Vico!
CW: Partial Vico Nudity!
Source: / Adam Steins Instagram / Lindsey Cantrell's Instagram / / Christopher Corbin's Instagram / Vico's Instagram
== Fan Spotlight ==
= Fundraiser Calendars =
= 2025 Gentlebeard Calendar =
A new 2025 Gentlebeard Calendar is available! Preorders are open from Nov 4-15! Check out this gorgeous work by some of your favorite artists, and make a positive impact as well! Check out @poorlyformed's Shop for more info!
Source: FidisArt Twitter
= All Fired Up =
Another awesome Charity Calendar Preorder is up as well! All Fired up Firefighter calendars are available for preorder over on Ko-Fi!
Source: Ko-fi / Orphaned Nebula's Twitter
== OFMD Fluffvember! ==
Perfect timing -- it's Fluffvember! I'm a little late with sharing this-- but there's some awesome fluff prompts going on over at ofmdfluffvember on twitter!
You can follow along on twitter or AO3!
Source: OFMD Fluffvember on Twitter
== PA: Calypso's Birthday ==
Reminder for all you PA folks! There's a Calypso's Birthday Event going on at Hardo's Haunt in Pittsburgh on Nov 9 at 6pm ET! More info on their instagram!
Source: Harold's Haunt Instagram
== Love Notes ==
It's weird sometimes writing love notes for past days. Today (the 6th) is so much different than the 3rd/4th and so I feel strange writing things when we all can change in a day. So tonight I'm going to mention something I'm seeing all week.... all the time even.
I have watched you all from so many platforms this past week, and I continue to be in awe of you.
I see people sending each other love notes from across the planet. I see artists who are drawing things JUST to help reduce people's anxiety and give them some distractions. I see people stepping out of their comfort zones and sharing WIPS because they want to make people smile in these hard times.
No matter what happens in this world, you are the good in it.
Please remember to tell yourself that. So much kindness, to strangers, to moots, to acquaintances -- people you've met in person, to people you've never met but talk to online.
You are the change this world needs. You are the kindness this world needs. They can't take that from you, only you have that power. You are strong, and you are brilliant, and kindness is your strength. Keep shining lovelies. You're doing all you can, and it makes such a huge difference in so many lives.
== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==
Just these two being the goofy dudes they are. Gifs courtesy of our dear @celluloidbroomcloset and @meluli <3
TDLR; Happy (Belated) Birthday Fernando Frias!; Happy Babe Day!; David Jenkins & Alex Sherman; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Ruibo Qian; Kristian Nairn & Nathan Foad; Guz Khan; Anapela Polataivao; Dominic Burgess; Christopher Corbin; Articles; Love Notes;
== Happy Birthday Fernando Frias! ==
Okay so I'm late again because that is my life right now-- but Happy belated birthday to Fernando Frias! (Oct 27th!) Fernando was not only our Director but also a member of the Siete Gallos!
Img Src: NPR
== Happy Babe Day ==
What more can I say? Happy Babe Day to all who celebrate!
Source: Samba's Twitter
Samba also posted another video (but tumblr only allows me the one per post!) so you can see that over on the repo if you don't have access to twitter.
Source: Samba's Twitter
== David Jenkins & Alex Sherman ==
Well, first off, our friend @/heyhayley on twitter coined a lovely new term, and David seemed to like it to! Gentlebabe it is!
Source: David Jenkins Twitter
Next up, David and Alex were kind enough to answer several fans requests for which writers came up with which jokes!
Source: David Jenkins Instagram
Source: Alex Sherman's Replies
== Rhys Darby ==
There is just all sorts of Rhys Darby news going on-- I don't even know how to keep track of it all!
First up, wanna see Rhys Curling? Check out @mon-ster-chen's post with the video!
Rhys tries curling 🥌
Source: itskatelambert / insta
Next up-- Another clip from Rhys' 25th Anniversary show is up on his Substack for subscribers!
You know I got you David!
Source: Rhys' Substack
== Taika Waititi ==
Taika and Rita were out at the World Series!
Source: Instagram
Source: Instagram
Rita's mother Vera is still posting pictures and videos from Japan-- here's some sneaky Taika shots from the trip!
Source: VeraOra's Instagram
== Samba Schutte ==
Samba recently voiced the shapeshifter Hemming on Monster High! It's available on Paramount Plus, Hulu, and Youtube as well as many others!
Source: Samba's Twitter
== Vico Ortiz ==
Vico talked more about voicing Tanlorin on ElderScrollsOnline! If you wanna check out some more BTS from the ElderScrolls Game, check out their Patreon !
Source: Vico's Instagram
Vico and Jack also shared some adorable pictures with everyone <3
Source: Rabbit Glitter's instagram
== Ruibo Qian ==
Instagram has decided it's done with me for the day and will NOT let me paste in any more videos, so here's a screencap-- but please visit the link to hear our Pirate Queen singing a beautiful song she wrote!
Source: Ruibo's Instagram
== Kristian Nairn / Nathan Foad ==
Kristian and Nathan had a VERY Busy weekend! First off, Kristian received such a beautiful token of love from all you crewmates who took pics with his new book!
Source: Kristian Nairn's Instagram
Next up, Nathan and Kristian were out at the MCM Comic Con in the UK, and as usual Nathan was keeping the silly vibes going!
Source: Nathan and Kristian's Instagram Stories
In addition-- our crewmates over at @adoptourcrew had correspondents at MCM Comic Con and they are working on a video/quotes from Kristian's Panel! Thank you to all involved in that!
Source: Adopt Our Crew's Twitter
== Guz Khan ==
Just Guz being goofy with the folks from Man From Mobeen!
Auntie is going to be joining Vela Manusaute on a new project!
"‘A Niu Dawn’ will see a creative collision of unexpected pairings, working to discuss and reframe the narrative of the Dawn Raids from a very urban perspective, to process some of the pain and enable our communities to focus on a hopeful and prosperous future for all people of Moana Oceania." - The Guerrilla Collection Website
Source: The Guerilla Collection Instagram
== Dominic Burgess ==
Our beloved Jeffrey Fettering is going to be on NCIS!
Source: Dominic's Twitter
== Christopher Corbin ==
You may remember our friend Christopher Corbin, aka "We could have made Magic" man from the Republic of Pirates in Season 1, and he's just out making goofy videos that made me giggle snort so I had to share-- thanks for the laugh sir!
Thank you to @adoptourcrew for sharing this very cute article on couples halloween costume ideas -- feature ofmd as one of the options!
These couples costume ideas will slay at any Halloween party you go to!
Source: Adopt Our Crew Tumblr
== Love Notes ==
Hoo boy. There's been a lot over the last couple days. Sorry again for the delays crew.. and thank you so much for all the kindness and love you've been sending to me and my dad.
I just wanted to say tonight that it's been so damn lovely seeing everyone happy again. Sure there's been some conjecture too as there always will be with big fan events, but for the most part-- the pure amount of joy and fun that came out of Babe Day and the S2 Finale Anniversary was something that recharged my tired heart with love. Especially with David, Alex, Samba, and everyone else who joined into the mix answering questions or sharing BTS.
The fandom feels electric and alive, and I hope we still stay that way going forward until we inevitably hear about S3 (I'm manifesting, you can't stop me!).
I truly hope your week is filled of fun, and joy, and love and that you get some much needed rest.
Take care Crew <3 Thinking of you.
