I love nearly all of Stede’s outfits, but the one on the left made me gasp a little with horror even the first time.
The neck detail is reminiscent of a jester’s cowl. Stede is dressed as The Fool. It’s how he feels. A joke. Sneered at within his marriage. Unknown to his family. A misfit. A clown. An irrelevance. In fact, he looks like a toy. Not real. A puppet?
We don’t know how authentic this memory is; we see a different one play out later, but that doesn’t matter. This is how Stede feels. And one day, he just cannot continue…
Cut to the second picture. Sure, we all love Stede’s increasingly-plunging necklines, but they are symbolically important. His new clothes are about freedom, embracing a newly-realised form of friendship, love, sexuality. And we see Stede’s flesh. He’s a hot-blooded, sensual, real-live human being, not a painted doll. He’s glowing with vitality. The thing is, Stede was always alive. It’s why he couldn’t go on any longer in a smothered state. And now he’s allowed truly to exist as his wonderful messy self.
Stede’s reborn. He’s in love with his ‘babe’, and is king (or queen) of his own life.
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.
So the gentlebabe came up to visit and honestly it was such an amazing time, even if it was under 24 hours with them, it was some of the most fun we've had in a long time! They're super sweet and just overall so so so kind to us, such a gentlebabe ♥️
