They're doing it with video games now :/

This is just awful, like absolutely no respect for creatives

The fact that they are refusing to transfer the Steam page ownership to the people who have the IP & game rights seems very legally actionable, especially over an action that takes only a few clicks... Almost sounds like WB wants to pull the video game version of what they did with Coyote vs. Acme for tax write-offs.

This is why we can't trust corporations with ANY form of media. They'll destroy it all if it means they get the most meager of profits in return.

This is actually some of the most evil shit I've ever heard. They won't even let the people who worked on the game be mentioned in the credits.

Talking on the phone with my mom I finally broke down and cried thoroughly about the cancellation. I think I'd been holding it in for the last two days, or two months. And honestly I've been wondering all along why this show means so much to me. I am not queer, I am not neurodivergent, I am not POC or disabled or any of the groups that this show has been so important for in terms of representation and being treated with respect and dignity. I understand and completely empathize with all of you, and fight for this show and your rights worldwide alongside you, but it still left me wondering why I myself have latched onto Our Flag Means Death. I suppose part of it is that despite being white and cishet and the privileges that have always come with that, I have been treated like an outsider and ostracized my entire childhood and teenage years, for being ugly and having "disgusting" interests (primarily liking insects, reptiles, other creepy-crawlies - aka the thing I literally do for my career now). I was bullied relentlessly from preschool through early college and became a very lonely introverted person - I still am. Undoubtedly Our Flag Means Death gave me renewed hope that I haven't missed some key window for finding love or relationships of any kind that matter, as I sit here typing this at age 28 having never dated anyone.

But it had to be more than that. And with everything that's happened the past couple of months, and the last few days, I think it finally clicked for me.

don't give up

First thing that's made me laugh all evening, so here ya go. ❤

Chaos Dad dropped in to give us some love.

Continuation of the original post where it says Show more:

You are powerful, you are admired.

In case you all aren't feeling seen today

CW: Regarding the lack of renewal.

I know we're all still raw, but I wanted to show you how many places have seen us and our loss today so far. Even IMDB made a post about it. Don't lose hope loves. These places know how much OFMD means to us.

It is what it is *throws up*

La vie en rose 🌹

Deep breath.

I am a solidly middle-aged fangirl, and my last real fan community before OFMD was the X-Files. (I feel like I am not the only one here who fits that description).

The news that we aren’t getting a new season of Our Flag Means Death is hitting me harder than I expected.

So I am thinking about Scully.

There’s this X-Files episode called “Clyde Bruckman’s Final Repose.” The plot is about a guy who can see into the future and tell people how they die.

Scully asks him, "How do I die?"

And Clyde Bruckman replies, simply, "You don't."

I've seen fans speculate that Scully winds up becoming immortal by the end of the series. But, 22 years after the end of the show's original run, that line has taken on a new meaning for me.

Scully doesn't die, she can't die, because I still think about her. Scully is immortal because there are fans still writing her into stories, still making art, still getting inspired by her and pursuing medicine and science.

You cannot truly kill a story. You can cancel a TV show. You can, if you're an asshole, make fun of fan creators and their ideas. If you're really an asshole (and a media conglomerate), you can send them cease and desist letters and tell them to stop making art that breathes new life into that story. But the story will not die.

I draw a lot of hope from the long, long history of fandom. The people who loved stories enough to keep them alive, even when it wasn't clear that there would ever be another "official" work in their lifetimes. The Sherlock Holmes fans. The Star Trek fans.

How does a story die?

It doesn’t.

The only explanation that makes sense to me is WB being fucking petty and making negotiations impossible like they did with Coyote vs ACME.

I hope they know they made another powerful enemy in us.

This is what I had been worried about all along.

Alright this morning I'm kinda pissed because this scene was finished.

Like, genuinely, I get why they cut most of the BTS stuff we've seen. Even the boyfriends line, as much as I loved it, was probably sandwiched in with other stuff they had to cut.

But this. That's a finished shot. It was carefully done and hit the beats it needed to so it was a perfect parallel to the Chain sequence, right down to the wink.

It's so obvious no one wanted to cut it. They had to because HBO was demanding episodes less than 30 minutes long.

I am so, so grateful for what we've got. But how many more sweet little moments and thoughtful parallels had to be cut for time? Simply because HBO was trying to fucking suck this show dry at every turn?

I've been feeling the exact same way - it's not a matter of just "we want more!" (though...yeah, that too), there are crucial narrative beats and characterisation devices that were wiped out for a weirdly finicky adherence to run-time.

I don't understand jackshit about how streaming works as a business model, but does hosting an extra 5-10 minutes for a finale episode actually cost that much that it would factor substantially into a budget?

It's sad. And actually makes me even more impressed by everyone who brought us this show, because they still produced something beautiful despite Max/WB/Zaslav nonsense.

What I keep thinking is what if you had to take the s1 finale (or any episode really) and cut it down to under 30 mins.

That would be SEVEN minutes gone. What would you cut?

Mary’s monologue? The blanket fort? Ed singing? The art show? Stede’s Fuckery? “His name is Ed”? Jeffrey Fettering? Stede’s children? “Murder’s a natural cause”? The Kraken transformation? Jim’s return and kiss with Olu? Miles From Nowhere?

Series 2 is an absolute gift and I am grateful for every second of it, but yeah, there are crucial narrative beats that absolutely would elevate it to even greater heights if the writers/editors had had room to let the episodes breathe just a little bit.

Something something late stage capitalism and the depressing knife fight we’re all stuck in for the scraps of stuff we actually want under this hellscape

I am selling this original embroidery piece on etsy for anyone interested!

If you have any questions about it you can dm.

You see, a life left on hold’s never paid for

So toss me a dream, something stable

Two lovers entwined look so pretty

You’re there, you’re mine; I’m lucky

— Love Is a Fool (Again) - Matt Berry

[ID: A digital painting of Ed and Stede from Our Flag Means Death. They’re side-on - Stede on the left, Ed on the right - and visible from the shoulders up, both in white blouses and embracing in the open ocean. Stede has his arms around Ed’s shoulders, positioned slightly above him as he tilts down into a kiss. Ed’s head is tilted up, hair fanning back into the water, and one hand is just visible holding onto Stede’s back. Ed also wears a sword earring. Both have their eyes closed. /End ID.]

it was meant to be a parallel

the long panning slow mo shot. the whole crew doing different things. ed and stede grinning at each other. ed coming back (he never left)

remind you of anything??

i’m dead btw

If you know you know.

... Extrapolating from incomplete data be like...

This reply deserves to be in its own reblog lmao

they're married 🫶

Post-wedding reception photos