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Amerigo Vespucci propaganda:

support ship yuri!!!

Revenge propaganda:

The Revenge won an Art Directors Guild award! And it has real secret passages built into it! You can see some of the design plans here! #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Ra Vincent #ADG #Set Design #Fire David Zaslav

via @jilliansauers

https://assets.adg.org/media/submissions/2022-10-23_15-56-03/OFMD_Art_Presentation.pdf

link

Thank you, that's genuinely interesting! Too bad tumblr didn't end up being the next pdf, then I would've been able to just add that whole slideshow to the post :)

Samba Schutte (from OFMD & Pluribus) did a behind-the-scenes series with one focusing on The Revenge. The second is a clip from the show showing one of the secret passages.

Samba's BTS of The Revenge

Secret passage at :55

Amerigo Vespucci propaganda:

support ship yuri!!!

Hey lovelies, whelp my computer screen is dead again and I can't afford to replace it again right now. So I'm going to do my best to work with my external monitor for these. I am also going to finish up the New Uni Con post when I can, but may skip June to November, depending. Here's some more recent stuff from our wonderful cast and crew!

== Rhys Darby ==

In case you didn't already know it, Rhys and Rosie are goofballs, and Rosie sewed these shirts for the two of them for Halloween!

And great news - Hoff Roading is now available to stream on on SBS On Demand & Three New Zealand if you're in AoNZ, or you have a VPN with the rest of the world! Rhys also did another absolutely adorable interview about his dreams! Check it out!

If you haven't heard, our dear captain is doing Cameos again!

He's also been updating his paid substacks with poetry! Sands of Time / Sands of Time 2

== Taika Waititi ==

Taika recently directed this Disney Short called The Best Christmas Ever!

Like Anapela and David Fane below-- you'll see Taika was also at the New Zealand Screen Awards recently!

Source: Instagram

== Con O'Neill ==

Con has been posting lots of sweet shots lately!

Source: Con's IG

And-- he's going to be headlining the new short Film - ANON!

Source: Con's IG

Con also did another Momentus event with @ringasunn called Dear Izzy with Con O'Neill! If you missed the event you can check it out on Youtube! It's definitely 18+!

== Samson Kayo ==

As you can see, Samson is keeping up with his regular greetings!

Source: Samson's IG

And great news! Samson was part of a movie called My Mother's Wedding and it's finally coming out! Check it out if you can!

Source: Samson's IG

== Nathan Foad ==

Our dear Lucius was a cast member in Daddy Issues Season 2 -- if you happen to have BBC Iplayer, you can check it out here!

Source: Nathan's IG stories

== Vico Ortiz ==

Vico recently also did a Momentus event for Garlic Soup Nation! Missed the event? You can watch it on Youtube!

Source: Momentus Youtube

== Samba Schutte ==

Some exciting news-- Samba is a big part of the new Apple TV show Pluribus that's finally streaming! Check it out here!

Source: Samba's IG Stories

Samba also recently had his latest Momentus event- did you get to attend? How was it?!

Source: Samba's IG

== David Fane ==

Along with Taika and Anapela, David Fane, our beloved Fang was out at the New Zealand Screen Awards making everyone laugh!

Source: NZSA IG

Oh and guess who stars in Zootopia 2? You guessed right!

Source: Instagram Other news from David -- 'Yesterday Island' starring David received the Comedy Vanguard Audience Award at the Austin Film Fest!

Source: Instagram

== Kristian Nairn ==

Happy Very Belated Birthday to our beloved Kristian! His birthday was on November 25th! He's also been sharing a lot of poetry lately on his Instagram!

Source: Kristian's IG

== Ruibo Qian ==

Our dear Ruibo has been very busy, especially with a lot of these gorgeous headshots. If you don't already follow her on instagram, I highly recommend it. She shares a lot of wisdom and love!

Source: Ruibo's IG

== Anapela Polata'ivao ==

Tinā, our wonderful Auntie's new film, is finally available to be streamed in the US on Angel!

Source: Tina the Film IG

And if you hadn't heard-- she won BEST ACTRESS in a feature at the New Zealand Screen Awards!!!

Source: Tina the Film's IG

== Madeleine Sami ==

For those of you who love Deadloch, Madz is back in Season 2 and it's premiering March 20th on Prime Video!

Source: Madeleine's IG

== Zayre Ferrer ==

By now, you know how much I love our beloved writer, Zayre Ferrer's work-- the short film they worked on now has it's soundtrack available on Spotify! Please give it a listen and send them some love! (Yes that is Alex Sherman in the background you see).

In addition, the trailer for Bembé is officially out!

Source: Zayre's IG

== Gypsy Taylor ==

I honestly didn't know Gypsy could impress or surprise me more than she already has-- but now illustrated a children's book called Row Row Row Your Boat (with monsters!)!

Source: Gypsy's IG

Gypsy's also been very busy lately, and she's been nominated for the 2026 AACTA awards for her costume designing on The Newsreader S3!

Source: Instagram

== Rachel House ==

I just can't get enough of Rachel's smile or serious face. Did you know she's also voice a character in Zootopia 2?

Source: Instagram

== Cohen Holloway ==

Taika and Cohen (Pop Pop) are together again in Educators Season 4 Episode 1!

Source: Instagram

== Fandom Spotlight ==

I didn't have a lot of room for photos left so I at least wanted to add a list of some of our fandom creators that have shops open this holiday season! Thank you to everyone who responded to my query on main! If you're looking for some fun OFMD or Queer Adjacent shops to check out, please check out some below!

@palaceoftheprophets - Palace of the Prophets Etsy and other info - (Thanks @skies-for-eyes-trees-for-knees for sharing!)

@danepopfrippery - https://danepopfrippery.com/ and their Redbubble

@swashbuckling-sweethearts - Kofi / Inprnt / Redbubble!

@fpwoper - Pixel Art Pirate Crosstich and more!

Do you have a shop/redbubble/inprnt/etsy/kofi open you'd like to share? Please send the info my way!

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies! It's been a while! I realize this was not as thorough as I'd like it to be but I hope to get another one out soon if time allows. I don't know how helpful they are anymore, but I hope you enjoy. I want you to know I've been thinking of you and rooting for you these past several months I've been off the radar without a computer screen. I miss this fandom so much, and even though I haven't been around, I've been sending so much love your way. Please remember to be kind to yourself this time of year, this is the time for rest and recovery. Take care crew <3

TLDR; Part 1: David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Samson Kayo; Nathan Foad; Part 2: Kristian Nairn; Dominic Burgess Zayre Ferrer; Guz Khan; Cohen Holloway; Gypsy Taylor; Hugo Pierre Martin; Damien Gerard; OFMD Articles; Fan Spotlight: You Only Frame Twice; Teal Oranges Garlic Soup Week; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Never Left Podcast; Love Notes;

Part 1 is here

= Kristian Nairn =

Quick check in from Kristian!

Source: Kristian's IG

Kristian has been busy lately.. and he's been writing a lot of poetry. Wanna hear some of it? Check it out below!

Source: Kristian's IG

Not enough Kristian for you? Well check him out rocking that guitar!

Source: Kristian's IG

Source: Kristian's IG

= Zayre Ferrer =

Variety did a feature on Inevitable Foundation‘s Visionary Fellowship filmmakers-- and one of the films mentioned was our dear Zayre's short film Bembé! Wanna check out the article? You can see the full thing here.

Source: Zayre's Bsky

I know these BTS photos were shared in July, but I had room so I thought I'd add them with the Variety article news! Special thanks to the Inevitable Foundation for all the BTS photos!

Source: Zayre's IG

= Guz Khan =

Guz looking quite serious with comedian James Acaster!

Source: Guz's IG

Guz was also on the Adam Buxton Podcast! You can check it out below!

Source: Guz's IG

= Dominic Burgess =

Our dear Dominic's queer short film, XY Premiered in LA on June 24 at the Dances With Films Festival!

Source: Dominic's IG

= Cohen Holloway =

Dearest Pop-Pop, Cohen Holloway, was out as a part of The Maori Side Steps Musical and performance group in June!

I haven't found a video yet of this years performance, but you can watch some of the original comedy show for free on MaoriPlus!

Source: TheMaoriSideSteps IG

= Gypsy Taylor =

The one, the only, Gypsy Taylor was nominated for a Costume Design aware by the APDFGuild for her work on "The Newsreader"! Good luck Gypsy! We're all rooting for you!

Source: Gypsy's IG

In addition, looks like Gypsy was working on a Kleenex commercial recently, and her designs are absolutely adorable!

Source: Gypsy's IG

= Hugo Pierre Martin / Damien Gerard =

Some of our additional cast members, Hugo Pierre Martin, aka Haughty Frenchmen, and Damien Gerard, AKA Father Teach have joined forces on Hugo's Neto Vampire Project! So lovely to see our cast members working together again <3

Source: Hugo's Bsky

= Articles =

As always, thank you to @adoptourcrew for sharing OFMD related articles! Chaos Dad had something to say about this one!

Source: David's Bsky / Adopt Our Crews Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= You Only Frame Twice =

One of the absolutely HUGE accomplishments this June by our endlessly talented crew was the Animated version of David's Post Season 2, Christmas/Easter Special (costarring Kevin Bacon). The co-captains and contributors did such an amazing job bringing this to life.

If you have a moment, once you're done watching, please visit their website and check out the amazing Co-Captains and Contributors and their works elsewhere!

Source: You Only Frame Twice Website

David was absolutely floored!

Source: David's Bsky

Zayre was also incredibly impressed!!

Source: Zayre's IG Stories.

= Teal Oranges Garlic Soup Week =

June 22-28 was Teal Oranges Garlic Soup Week! There were lots of prompts, and some fantastic submissions for them! Wanna check them out? Visit Teal Oranges Garlic Soup Week on Bluesky and Tumblr!

Source: Garlic Soup Week Bsky Art by: CritterColours

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

Time again for Our Flag Means Fanfiction-- this time with The Wee John Episode! Check it out below! Linktr.ee / Spotify

Source: OFMFF IG

Also, a special edition of OFMFF where the team asked Vico what they wanted to see Jim run into in fanfiction!

Source: Our Flag Means Fanfiction

= Never Left Podcast =

Need more podcast episodes? Well our friends over at Never Left Podcast have lots of new episodes out! This one featuring our darling @citrussyndicate and @mossgroves! Find them on their linktr.ee!

Source: Never Left Podcast

= Love Notes =

Hello lovelies. It's been a heck of a while. Every time I try to catch up, life decides to hamstring me again-- but you know what? That's normal. Life is chaotic, and we continue to see the world changing around us, not always for the best. I'm not around much right now, but I still see so many of you on IG or random notifications across the socials still doing such wonderful things. Whether that's fighting for change, advocating for those who can't advocate for themselves, spreading joy and sharing in the struggles of our crewmates, or creating light through craft, word, or art even on the darkest days. When life throws more at you, please remember lovelies that you are doing all you can, and you should be proud of that. There are those who will tell you you're not enough, that you should always do more-- but you know yourself best. You know your limits, even if the world has tricked you into thinking you don't. You are light, and love, and kindness and even when it doesn't feel like it, you are doing your best. Sending you so much love, hope to see you more often soon <3

Tonight's "picture" love note is from our dear Chaos Dad:

TLDR; Part 1: David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Samson Kayo; Nathan Foad; Part 2: Kristian Nairn; Dominic Burgess Zayre Ferrer; Guz Khan; Cohen Holloway; Gypsy Taylor; Hugo Pierre Martin; Damien Gerard; OFMD Articles; Fan Spotlight: You Only Frame Twice; Teal Oranges Garlic Soup Week; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Never Left Podcast; Love Notes;

Hey loves, I realized I only posted my update on tumblr, so here's the TLDR version-- New Uni-Con Recap is almost done, waiting on some last permissions. End of June is a combo post! May do a big old July Edition to catch up quicker, we'll see. Hope yall are hanging in there!

= David Jenkins =

Dearest David responded to some fans and shared a lovely gift he got from the crew at The New Uni-Con!

Source: David's Bsky

Some of our dear crewmates noticed David was wearing their necklace! I love with our cast carries and wears some of our crewmates work! So happy for you heyhayley!

Source: David's Bsky

David has even responded to some allegations that he is in fact just a catboy.

Source: David's Bsky

Dearest @treasureandrum.bsky.social posted a very lovely edit that showed some of the gorgeous light and dark parts of the show, and David adored it! You can watch it here!

Source: David's Bsky

Dearest Chaos Dad has been keeping up with his namesake after the New Uni-Con and been causing some trouble on bluesky. Love to see it David <3

Source: David's Bsky

Something I couldn't pass up with sharing, is he had a great time with the Jeffrey Fettering Weekend Prompt Generator.

Source: David's Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys spent most of the end of June doing lots and lots of comedy in the UK. The sheer number of pics from instagram he posted, and substacks has been massive! I'll try to get as many as I can listed!

Source: Rhys' IG Stories

Some Paid Substacks for these days! 06/25/2025 / 06/26/2025

A little video of Rhysie-Hood!

Source: Rhys' IG

And a slow-mo before Glasgow!

The Guardian featured Rhys in their 20 Golden Comedy Shows to see This Summer list for the Edinburgh Festival!

Tickets are still available for the upcoming Edinburgh shows!

Get tickets here!

Source: Rhys IG

= Rosie and Kitten Content =

I can't help myself when Rosie posts kitten and kitty content- so here's more updates on the Darby Family Kitties and Foster Kittens. So much cat chaos.

Source: Rosie's IG

= Taika Waititi =

Taika was out chatting at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity!

Source: Taika's IG Tags / Josh Kaplan's IG

Looks like there's some good and bad news for Taika, the Akira Live-Action movie has been scrapped by WB:

But it looks like he will be picking up new Mel Brooks Very Young Frankenstein!

Source: Deadline

= Con O Neill =

Con decided it was time for some thirst shot in London!

Source: Con's IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico posted some more OFMD BTS on their Paid Substack! Someone getting sung happy birthday 👀

Source: Vico's Paid Substack

Vico was also interviewed recently for their role in Spark, and talked genre and gender!

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky

= Samson Kayo =

Samson out and about having a good time on the field!

Source: Samson's IG

He was also out on BBC1Xtra talking about his F1 movie!

Source: BBC1Xtra

= Samba Schutte =

Samba was on the Stop Drop and Rawle podcast discussing some important current events regarding immigrants of the US. If you'd like to check it out visit the vid below or the podcast here!

Source: Samba's IG

Samba also decided to send us some lovely shots of him in the studio! He's been really knocking the voice acting out of the park lately!

Source: Samba's IG Stories

= Nathan Foad =

Just a quick shot of Nathan on this beautiful day.

Source: Nathan's IG Stories

And him having... fun? In the woods!

Source: Nathan's IG Stories

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Con O'Neill; Vico Ortiz; Kristian' Nairn; Zayre Ferrer; Leslie Jones; Guz Khan; Anapela Polata'ivao; Our Flag Means Pride Winners w/Adopt Our Crew; Fan Spotlight: Big Gay Energy Podcast; Never Left Podcast; Our Flag Means Fanfiction; Love Notes;

= Rhys Darby =

More Free Substacks up from Rhys' Legend Returns tour in the UK!

Source: Rhys Free Substack

Source: Rhys Free Substack

He was also recently on the Rich Fulcher Talk Box talking about Robots!

Source: Rhys IG

In terms of voice work, he also voice this adorable kakapo short.

Source: Rhys IG

Also, if you haven't heard, Great Big Cow, Rhys' son Finn's band is going to be live at the Troubadour on July 14th! -- and that means we get more Murray content!

Source: Rhys IG

= Taika Waititi =

Just Taika being Taika <3

Source: Rita Ora's IG

= Con O'Neill =

Con showing us his "bad" hair day <3

Source: Con's IG

= Vico Ortiz =

More OFMD BTS with Alex Sherman and lots of others on Vico's Paid Substack!

Source: Vico's Paid Substack

Vico's spicy short film Spark is finally available to rent/buy on Amazon! You can check out reviews here on Amazon! If you see it and enjoy it, please take a moment post a lovely review for our dear Jim!

Source: Vico's Bsky

Vico also joined Glaad and talked about their 'Rise of a King' show!

Source: GLAAD's IG

= Kristian Nairn =

Our lovely Wee John blessed us with a performance <3

Source: Kristian's IG

= Zayre Ferrer =

One of our dear writers, Zayre Ferrer had called out a couple months back for a casting call to put together the short film Bembé. Not only did they have a lovely time filming, but several of our OFMD family (Yvonne Zima, Vico Ortiz, Alex Sherman, David Jenkins) joined them on the project!

Source: Zayre's IG

= Leslie Jones =

Hey UK Crew! Leslie's going to be in Leicester Square Theatre in London On July 11! Tickets are still available!

Source: Leslie's IG

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Con O'Neill; Vico Ortiz; Kristian Nairn; Ruibo Qian; Leslie Jones; Guz Khan; Fernando Frias; Simone Nathan; Minnie Drive; Connor Barrett & Brian Gattas; Adopt Our Crew; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Jeffery Fettering Weekend, June Gay Pirate News Hour; Love Notes;

Hey luvs! I am sorry I am nearly a month behind... Ive been sick, dealing with urgency at work and had a surgery and recovery! I've been beyond busy. Gonna catch up as much as possibly can over the next few days, and I'll be working on a big New Unicon edition.

= David Jenkins =

Pirate dad's been commenting on Pirate Bot again!

Source: David's Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys has been all over the place in the UK at his Legend Returns show! He's also had some free substacks with photos up for those who follow him! June 5 / June 6

Source: Rhys' IG Stories / Free Substack

There's also a new episode of The Cryptid Factor out! Available on Spotify here! Or the video version is on their Patreon!

Source: The Cryptid Factor Paid Patreon

Rhys was also on an episode of Sporting Misadventures!

Source: Rhys IG

= Con O Neill =

A love note from Con prior to The New Uni-Con!

Source: Con's IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico was featured in Queerty!

Vico was also joined by Tenderoni to discuss their Drag The King Show!

Source: Vico Ortiz IG

They've also posted new OFMD BTS on their Paid substack!

Source: Vico's Paid Substack

= Kristian Nairn =

Ginx TV interview with Kristian Nairn!

Source: Kristian Nairn's IG

= Leslie Jones =

Leslie was on Ru Paul's Drag Race Season 16 on June 7!

Source: Leslie's IG

= Ruibo Qian =

Our dear Pirate Queen send a lovely little love note: "say no enough times that you remember your yes. i love you. ✨❤️♾️🐍"

Source: Ruibo's IG

= Guz Khan =

Guz sending love and encouragement for Eid Mubarak.

Source: Guz IG

= Fernando Frias =

Our beloved director, (and one of the Siete Gallos) Fernando Frias has directed the new Depeche Mode: M Documentary which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 5!

Source: Fernando's IG

= Simone Nathan =

A rare appearance from one of our beloved writers, Simone Nathan, out at a friends wedding!

Source: Simone's IG

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Nathan Foad; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Kristian & Samson; Madeleine Sami; David Fane; Minnie Driver; In Person Events: Two Acts of Drag, Please; Fan Spotlight: Mermay 2025; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins =

Guess who's coming to The New Uni-Con! You can still get your tickets at siren-events.co.uk!

Source: David Jenkins Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

New Paid substack is up with more behind the scenes from his Australian Tour!

Source: Rhys' Paid Substack

Also, while they are paparazzi shots, the fact Rhys is getting paparazzi shots is pretty awesome!

Source: GettyImages

The new season of Love, Death + Robots is available now! Rhys' episode is on the title card on Netflix, and I've watched it a few times now, it's pretty great! Read more in Variety here!

Source: Rhys' Facebook

= Taika Waititi =

Some super cool news-- Taika is signing some swag to benefit The Artz NZ to help fun future NZ projects! They're auctioning off this cool bundle here!

Source: IG / TheArtsNZ

= Nathan Foad =

Nathan Foad's full short, Triplets Baby is up on Youtube!

Source: Nathan's IG

= Samba Schutte =

Samba is sending out some birthday love to his friend and coworker!

Source: Samba's IG Stories

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico's still got tickets for their solo show in NYC from May 22-25! Get them here!

Source: Vico's Bsky

New 20 second OFMD BTS from s2 on Vico's Paid Substack!

Source: Vico's Paid Substack

= Kristian and Samson =

Kristian is finally wearing the crocs Samson got him from S1!

Source: Kristian's IG Stories

= Madeleine Sami =

Madeleine Sami was in New York for her birthday! Here's some shots she posted!

Source: Madeleine Sami's IG

= David Fane =

The Last Temptations of the Naked Samoans, live in Auckland! With Fang (aka David Fane) Oscar Kightley, Mario Gaoa, Shimpal Lelisi, Robbie Magasiva and Iaheto Ah Hi! Get tickets here.

Source: David's IG

= Minnie Driver =

Minnie has joined "Emily In Paris" season 5! She was out in Rome the last few weeks!

Source: Minnie's IG

= In Person Events =

Two Acts of Drag, Please! is a Siren Events sponsored event on 08/02/2025 @ The Pirate Castle In London, UK! In the area? Get tickets here!

Source: Siren Events UK Instagram

= Fan Spotlight =

= Mermay 2025 =

I wanted to take a moment to spotlight @googoogojob's exquisite works and prompt list! It's been amazing to see all their work as it's been coming out! Their artwork is always so ethereal and awe-inspiring-- please take a moment to check them out if you haven't before! You can follow them on all the platforms below! Tumblr / Bsky / Instagram

Source: GooGooGoJob's Tumblr

Source: GooGooGoJob's IG

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. Been a lot of crazy things happening out there. I truly hope you are staying safe, and you are getting some rest in all this. Please remember, you are worthy the way you are. You are beautiful and worthy of life and happiness, no matter what anyone says okay? We are gonna get through this. Take care of yourselves.

From our friend The Latest Kate:

The Latest Kate's: Shop , Patreon , Books and Cards , Mailing List

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Anapela Polata'ivao; Rachel House; Tim Heidecker; Will Arnett; Minnie Driver; Lindsey Cantrell; Brian Gattas; Articles; Fan Spotlight: Tiny Crew Big Raffle- Extension!; OFMD Zine Week; Love Notes;

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys sending selfies from his final few shows in Australia!

Source: Rhys' IG stories

Source: Rhys' IG Stories

= Taika Waititi =

Taika out at the Cowboy Carter Tour Day 1!

Source: Instagram

= Samba Schutte =

Samba's baking class is coming up soon on Saturday May 10th 10am! to benefit  @everymomcounts "We’ll reveal the never seen before audition process for Roach and YOU get the chance to audition for Roach with ME! Can’t wait! " You can still get tickets here!

Source: Samba's IG

= Kristian Nairn =

Kristian did some more photo shoots in Austria!

Source: Kristian's IG

= Anapela Polata'ivao =

More silly antics with Auntie, Beulah Koale and Miki Magasiva in support of Tinā The film!

Source: Anapela's IG

= Rachel House =

Dear Rachel was out and about with friends!

Source: Rachel's IG

= Tim Heidecker =

Our friend Doug, aka Tim Heidecker was on OfficeHours Live with Kyle Mooney!

Source: Ultimate Jam Sesh Youtube

= Will Arnett =

Calico Jack, aka Will Arnett has traded in his cowboy outfit for a Toronto Maple Leafs Jacket! He's been out watching hockey and showing his support!

Source: Toronto Maple Leaf's IG

= Lindsey Cantrell =

Happy 8 years Lindsey <3

Source: Linds' IG Stories

= Brian Gattas =

Our friend Siegfried, aka Brian Gattas will be on The Great North - Season 5 Episode 10 Ham to Lose a Guy Adventure! Other notable cast members that have been on The Great North - Rhys Darby and Nat Faxon!

Source: Brian's IG Stories

= Minnie Driver =

Our Anne Bonny, Minnie Driver was out at a My Master Builder showing!

Source: mmbtheplay and Minnie's IG Stories

= Articles =

As always, thanks to our friends over at @adoptourcrew who are keeping us up to speed on all the articles mentioning/related to OFMD!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Tiny Crew Big Raffle =

The TinyCrewBigRaffle team had a big announcement! The Raffle has bene extended 2 more weeks until Saturday May 17th! There's also another something special coming along to help with bringing in the donations! They'd love to get $20K in combined raffle donations by then! Want to help and get a chance to win some really cool swag? Visit https://tinycrewbigraffle.com/!

Source: TinyCrewBigRaffle's IG

= OFMD Zine Week =

Looks like there's a new Zine Week coming up on May 25-31!

Wanna learn more? Visit the OFMD Zine Week Caard!

Source: GhostalService's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey lovelies! That's it for April, I know I have some to catch up on from earlier in the month and I'll try to get to them as time allows. You got this lovelies, I believe in you. Whatever you're struggling with right now. You got this.

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Alex Sherman; Anapela Polata'ivao; Connor Barrett and Brian Gattas; The New Uni Con Updates (Pay it Forward and Autographs); Fan Spotlight: Our Flag Means Fanfiction: Love Notes;

Whelp, even after saying I was posting this yesterday I got called in and worked til midnight 2 nights in a row. So here it is today!

= David Jenkins =

David is settling into the dad life well! He's already out hustling rubes with the little one!

He also recently procured some teeny boys from the wonderful RebelSophie that arrived today!

Source: David's IG

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys has been super busy with his The Legend Returns tour! Recently in AoNZ and Australia!

Source: The Claire Hooper IG

Source: Squirrel Comedy

Source: Rhys' IG Stories

= Taika Waititi =

Taika has been super busy! He got to hang out with Andy Hearnden and meet his live long idol, Cyndi Lauper!

In addition, the very cool interactive piece he participated in is up for a Webby! You can vote for it here!

Source: Taika's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

If you haven't checked it out already-- there's going to be another Momentus event with Samba coming up on May 10! Individual Bananas have sold out--but you can still order the bandana by buying a ticket to his May 10th Class here! "Each purchase benefits @everymomcounts, working to achieve quality, respectful and fair maternity care for mothers all over the world🙏🏾"

Samba's also been back voice acting!

Source: Samba's IG stories

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico's sending us some thirst traps again!

Source: Vico's IG

= Alex Sherman =

Our beloved Alex Sherman just received his doppelganger in the mail! Made by the incredibly brilliant @amuseoffyre!!

Source: A Muse of Fyre's Ig

As you can tell he adores him, and he even got to spend a bit of time catching up with Samba!

Source: Alex Shermans' IG Stories

= Anapela Polata'ivao =

Our dear Auntie's new movie Tinā has won the Audience Award at the 2025 Perth Festival!!

Source: Tinā the Film IG

= Connor Barrett and Brian Gattas =

Our fabulous Hornberry, and Siegfried got some new headshots and psstt April 18th is Brian's birthday!

Source: Rob Mainord Photography

= The New Uni-Con =

Some news for The New Uni-Con! Amy was kind enough to set up a Pay-It-Forward option for the convention coming up in the UK!

Pay it Forward

By request, the Pay it Forward option is live!

How it works?

If you would like to attend TNUC either as Weekend (1 Auto), Day or Virtual Ticket but are being restricted by the price, you can sign up for a Pay It Forward Ticket. Funded by kind, and generous, members of the fandom, you'll receive gift vouchers for up to 50% of the value of your chosen ticket. Gift Vouchers will be assigned on a first come, first served basis. Once your ticket has been funded and you have been notified, you'll have 7 days to confirm you still want the ticket, or we will release your funding to the next person on the list. If you want to donate - you can purchase Gift Vouchers from the Siren Events Ticket Tailor Store (I've made available in £10, £20 and £50 denominations - if you want others, let me know). Enter the Gift Voucher Redemption Codes into the Pay It Forward Donations sign up form. If for any reason your Gift Voucher(s) are not used, we'll be in contact so you can either redeem them for extras / event merch, or roll them over to the next event.

Recipients sign up here

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Autograph Send-In-Service

In addition! There's some news on Autographs for the convention! The con will be offering the chance to order one of the photos from the event photo studio (which is the only place they'll be available-- Or, people can send in something (as long as it fits in a poster tube or a4 envelope) to have signed and then returned to them (for those who have specific art or prints they want signed)!

Source: Amy / Siren Events Discord

= Fan Spotlight =

= Our Flag Means Fanfiction =

New Episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction! This time around is our favorite badass one handed boss, Jackie! Check it out on Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

Source: OFMFF's Instagram

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies! I've missed you! I'll be working on doing a lot of catch up over the next week or so now that taxes are finally done! Tonight I just want to remind every single one of you how well you're doing. Shit is hard right now. So hard. We are experiencing things we never thought we would, and yet here you are, still here, and I'm so very proud of you for that. You are still here and that means so much to me and everyone else. That being said, please oh please take some time for you. Whatever you need to recharge some of your battery. Read a book, listen to your favorite song or album on loop, dance around your living room in your underwear, eat something tasty you enjoy, cuddle with your fur-family, hug your favorite person, visit your favorite place! I know that that's not always possible for everyone, so If you're not able to for any reason, please take some time tomorrow to close your eyes and imagine some of those things you love. Sit with the in your mind and enjoy them there for even just a few minutes. Our imaginations can change our brain chemistry-- and it can actually help with our anxiety.

Anything you can do for you-- do it! We need things to remind us of how good the world can be. Of the love and sillyness that's here, and that as bad as shit is, we can still poke our heads into happiness once in a while. Anyway, I'm rambling sorry... I hope you are hanging in there, and getting any ounce of rest you can Crew. Stay safe out there <3

TLDR; Rhys Darby; Kristian Nairn; Zayre Ferrer; Vico Ortiz; Jes Tom; Bronson Pinchot; Dominic Burgess; Nicola Dove; The New Uni-Con; Our Drag Means Slay; Love Notes;

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys' Tour is in full swing in Aotearoa and he's been featured in lots of articles and participating in Podcast and Radio Shows all over!

Source: Beat Magazine

One of the podcasts he was on recently was Wilosophy! You can listen below, but there's also some clips on IG! Our friends over at @adoptourcrew also put up some clips on their Bluesky as well!

Source: Wilosophy

Source: Rhys's IG

Tired of Rhys yet? ME NEITHER! It's like a gift every day! There's also a New Cryptid Factor Episode! #105 The Robot Host Issue!

Source: The Cryptid Factor - Paid Patreon

= Kristian Nairn =

Kristian just sending some love and hinting at some Spektrum updates!

Source: Kristian's IG

= Zayre Ferrer =

One of our fabulous writers, Zayre Ferrer is looking for "Los Angeles locals of all genders who identify as Afro-Caribeños, Hispanos & Latinos in their early 20s to 50s for various lead and supporting roles! Check out the casting info below!

Please email [email protected] for more information."

Buscando talento Afro-Caribeño, Hispano y Latino residente en Los Angeles, de todos géneros entre 20 y 50 años, para papeles principales y secundarios. Para participar, obtener más información o si tiene preguntas envié un correo electrónico a [email protected].

Source: Zayre's IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico's been very busy with Today in Gay and other projects!

Source: Vico's Bluesky

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March 18

March 19

March 20

Source: Today In Gay Substack

Vico's also been keeping us fed with more BTS on their paid Patreon! Here's a couple previews!

Source: Vico's Paid Patreon

Source: Vico's Paid Patreon

= James Tom =

Gonna be in San Francisco on May 6th? Why not stop in and see James Tom, one of our dear writers for their stand up! Get tickets here!

Source: James Tom's IG

= Bronson Pinchot =

Bronson, our villainous Ned Low, was out at "The Residence" Red carpet event with Netflix! I ran out of space for videos on this post, but Bronson also posted a video of him and his pup you should go watch here on IG for some serotonin!

Source: Bronson's IG

= Dominic Burgess =

Our dear Jeffrey Fettering, Dominic, is going to be in Hulu's GOOD AMERICAN FAMILY! Here's a clip!

Source: Dominics Bsky

As a bonus, Dominic is thinking of us and sending us kitty love <3

Source: Dominic's Bsky

= Nicola Dove =

More wonderful BTS photos and memories from one of our S2 Photographers-- Nicola Dove! These feature both before and after shots of specific scenes.

Source: FilmstillsAcademy IG

"Don't get too close to Rhys Darby with a sword. 😉 Behind the scenes on Our Flag Means Death S2"

Source: FilmStillsAcademy IG

== The New Uni-Con ==

Guess who's joining The New Uni-Con in London June 20th - 22nd? Why it's none other than, "Mr. Cool", Nathan Foad! Why is it I don't live in the UK again?

Source: Siren UK Events

== Our Drag Means Slay ==

My sincerest apologies to the Our Drag Means Slay folks, I've been so behind on these I'm not sure there's enough time to still send raffle prizes you'd like to donate-- but if so-- they're still accepting raffle prizes for their April 12 show in Chicago! They need them in hand by 04/10! All proceeds from the raffle, and part of the ticket sales go to The Lighthouse Foundation!

Source: Our Drag Means Slay IG

== Articles ==

As always, thank you to our amazing crewmates over at @adoptourcrew for keeping us up to date on articles featuring our favorite show!

Telltale-tv: The 15 Best Will They - Won't They TV Relationships

Source: Adopt Our Crew's Bsky

Max's #4 most-watched show is The Righteous Gemstones – here are 3 more great comedies with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes

Source: Adopt Our Crew Bsky

More of the OFMD Craft Fair featured on INTO!

Our Flag Means Death creator donates to a craft fair raising funds for trans youth - INTO

Source: Intomore.com's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Just a couple love notes for you lovelies. Please remember that you're doing the best you can, and you're going to get wherever you want to go one day <3

Love you crew <3

Source: Anxiety Positive IG

Source: Anxiety Positive IG

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

Been a while since we've had some silly gifs! Tonight's gifs are courtesy of the lovely and talented @fandomsmeantheworldtome and @soapbubbles511 <3

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Nicola Dove; Siren Events: Behind Our Flag; Love Notes;

Hey luvs, I know I'm super behind again-- I actually took a couple days off from work to catch up on all the stuff I have to get done around the house and online I'll do my best to be caught up over the next couple days! <3

= David Jenkins =

David's been keeping active over on bluesky and sending some love to our crewmate Danielle aka dbsaveofmd.bsky.social!

Source: David's Bsky

Also, he's joining the digital convention going on on April 5th via Siren Events! Visit the bottom of the recap for more info!

Source: David's Bsky

= Rhys Darby =

Rhys was out helping to manage the new AoNZ Sail GP team, the Black Foils! He even got to do his traditional Murray Role call!

Source: Rosie's IG Stories

Lots of solo shots and pics with Rosie and Theo out with the team as well!

Source: Rhys' IG

Other great news in Darby-land was Season 2 of Monsters At Work, where Rhys voices Roger Roger, won an Emmy for Outstanding Voice Direction! Congrats team!

Source: Rhys' IG

Rhys also announced returning to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! You can get tickets for Aug 1-10! at https://www.pleasance.co.uk/

Source: Rhys' IG

= Samba Schutte =

Samba was sharing lots of memories and friends!

Source: Samba's IG Stories

= Kristian Nairn =

Kristan was out at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on March 14 and 15 and he did a couple interviews/panels!

Source: Simon Cassidy IG

= Nicola Dove =

Our beloved S2 photographer was kind enough to post more /updated stills!

Source: Nicola Dove IG / 2

Annnnd Rubio and Samba had a little fun with them...

Source: Ruibo's IG Stories

= Siren Events: Behind Our Flag Event =

Hey all! Sorry this is so delayed on announcing but April 5th, 2025 - 18:00 UTC, the online Our Flag means Death Virtual Convention will be taking stage!

You can still purchase a ticket for the entire event here! Here's the schedule!

LIVESTREAM SATURDAY 5TH APRIL 2025 (UK 19:00-02:00) VIEW ON DEMAND FROM SUNDAY 6TH APRIL 2025

A SPECIAL 90 MINUTE PANEL WITH DAVID JENKINS

Saturday 5th April 18:00 (UTC) / 19:00 (BST / UK)

60 MINUTE BREAK - 19:30 (UTC) / 20:30 (UK / BST)

LOOKS THAT STOLE THE SHOW: BLACKBEARD

Saturday 5th April 20:30 (UTC) / 21:30 (UK / BST)

30 MINUTE BREAK - 21:30 (UTC) / 22:30 (UK / BST)

LOOKS THAT STOLE THE SHOW: MERMAIDS & UNICORNS

Saturday 5th April - 22:00 (UTC) / 23:00 (UK / BST) 

BUILDING THE WORLD OF OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

Saturday 5th April - 23:00 (UTC) / 00:00 (UK / BST) 

THE BEST REVENGE IS DRESSING WELL

Sunday 6th April - 00:00 (UTC) / 01:00 (UK / BST)

and last but not least, Kelly Ren Head Painting & Sculpting!

Source: Siren Events UK

== Love Notes ==

It's been a while lovelies! Jeez! What a year it's been. I tell ya one of these days things are going to calm the heck down and things are going to get easier, they just have to.

Today I just wanted to remind you that tomorrow can be so scary when things are uncertain. We never know what's going to happen--- but that doesn't mean we have to always look to the future. Sometimes, when things are hard, we need to sit here in the moment and process them so we can deal with tomorrow when it comes. Please remember to get some rest and be kind to yourselves lovelies. 🫶.

The Tiny Me in OSHA-approved Hi-Vis Gear Who lives in my brain and pulls all the levers: Boss, it's the fascism. You're completely gunked up with cortisol due to the fact that your entire daily life is now underscored with a haunting awareness of the rapid erosion of your rights, dignity, and any and all social safety nets, and you're also bearing witness to the most vulnerable people immediately being persecuted. This creates a natural stress response that basically means you're going to continue having memory and organizational problems, as well as emotional imbalances.

Me: BUT I HAVE A BULLET JOURNAL AND I MEDITATE NOW.

TLDR; David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung; Rachel House; Tiny Crew Big Raffle; OFMD Craft Fair Creator Feed; Fandom Spotlight; Love Notes;

= David Jenkins =

David agreed, it's time to bask in moonglow!

Source: Davids bsky

= Rhys Darby =

There's just so much Rhys Darby news now a day it's hard to keep track! If you're in AoNZ between March 27 and April 4th he'll be in town! Check out his site for tickets!

Just some adorable improv he did recently!

Also they're doing new merch for the AoNZ tour!

Source: Rhys’ Bsky

= Taika Waititi =

If you're out in AoNZ, you can now watch 6 Disney films re-versioned into Te Reo Māori! While this isn't directly related to Taika, he did write the first draft of the Moana screenplay-- and he's spreading the love of Reo Māori!

Source: Taika Waititi’s IG

In direct Taika news, he'll be joining Ellen Burstyn for the Drama 'Place To Be'! Check out the article here!

Source: Disney Australia IG

= Vico Ortiz =

Vico was out at the Queerties with the Today In Gay Team!

Today in Gay was also featured in Teen Vogue! Article Here.

Source: Vico's IG Stories

= Samba Schutte =

The date and dish has been updated fo Samba's upcoming class!

EVENT DATE: May 10th EVENT TIME: 10AM PT/1PM ET EVENT LOCATION: ONLINE

Tickets for Samba's May 10th class go on sale in April!

Source: Stands Website

Samba's short, 'Best Life' premieres at the LA Film Festival on March 27! Check out the trailer below!

Source: Samba's IG

= Andy Rydzewski & Andrew Deyoung =

Some of our cinematographer's and director's new work, "Friendship" was featured as a Festival Favorite at the South By South West 2025 Film Festival!

Source: Andy and Andrew's IG

= Rachel House =

Our Mary Reed, Rachel House was featured at the "All About Women" festival about gender, justice and equality on March 8-9! More info here!

Source: Rachel's IG

Rachel was also out at a Tinā screening, supporting our dear Auntie, Anapela Polata'ivao!

Source: Rachel's IG

== Tiny Crew Big Raffle ==

Great news! Tiny Crew Big Raffle is back! This time with a super amazing prize made by the props team of OFMD! The baby monkey was behind the bar at Spanish Jackiez and helped to really build the ambiance of the place! The monkey was donated by our fabulous S2 Set Decorator Megan Vertelle! The Raffle begins March 29th! To learn more and keep up to date, remember to check out their socials! Linktr.ee / Instagram / Tumblr : @ofmd-buys-boats

Source: Tiny Crew Big Raffle's IG

== Craft Fair Creator Feed ==

Our friend Archem aka @yerbamansa over on BSKY is one of the OFMD craft fair team members, and they have put together a feed for creators that participated in the craft fair and have shops or do commissions! This feed is pretty great because it has all the creators info so you can easily check out what they have up for sale! Check the feed out here! (Right now it's open in general but may go back to bsky logged in only, just fyi)! I also wanted to share some of the gorgeous graphics Archem made for our dear creators-- and the first up is the one, the only Pogo!

Source: Archem's Bsky

= Pogo NR =

As it shows above, Pogo does a lot of fabulous work (one of my fave Vianton artists!) and for the craft fair she not only donated multiple sets of smoochie stickers, painting, and fanfiction tags, but an amazingly stunning Mermaid Skeletons Tufted Rug! As ArchEm mentioned above, you can check more of her work out on these socials! Bsky / Etsy / Ko-Fi

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

= Pirate Pam =

Another one of our fabulous crewmates, Pirate Pam, donated a Custom Book Binding! Talk about gorgeous! I'm so impressed by all the talent on this ship!

Source: OFMD Craft Fair

Wanna check out some of her book binding work? This is only one of so many awesome ones you can check out in her thread on bluesky!

Source: Pirate Pam's Bluesky

= Dimply Owl =

Another of our wonderful crewmates, Ally, aka Dimply Owl donated these insanely cute Crochet Dumbo Octopuses! She donated multiple of them and if you missed them and you'd like to, you can order some on her Ko-fi! Wanna follow Ally on her socials / check out her fics? Visit AO3 / Bluesky / Ko-fi !

Source: Dimplyowl

= Deanbird =

Another of our magnificent crewmates @deanbird, donated several different items to the OFMD Craft Fair! Seriously check out how many! Wanna check out more of her fabulous work? Visit: Bluesky / Instagram / Ko-fi

So many people have already received their Invitations to High Tea and 1/2 of a Pyramid! Even David's impressed!

Source: David's Bsky

== Love Notes ==

Hey there crew. It's been a while. I'm sorry this edition is so small after such a huge amount of time. Trying to keep them to 2-4 days, but we'll see how that goes with how behind I am. It's been a lot lately. Home, work, the world, the fandom, just a lot's been happening all at once. I've been trying to focus on a few things that I've had to work on outside the fandom as well as taking some mental health breaks and that's been keeping me busy.

So tonight, for the love notes, I just wanted to take a second to say thank you. So many of you have been so kind to me and so many others over this past year + that I've been here. Even if I just get to see your name pop up on my notifications for a like or a reblog, or if we chat, or I just get to catch glimpses of your works across the various platforms, it brings me a lot of joy.

Some of you, I only really know through tags. Others I know from discord, or bsky, or instagram. Some of you I've never spoken to outside of tumblr-- but I can honestly tell you, you have improved my life by being here.

Others of you, I consider you some of my closest friends. Friends I've never met, miles away around the world, and your influence on me is so incredibly profound -- and even if we never meet each other in person, I will never be the same because of you.

I'm so very blessed and lucky to have found this place-- to have found you all. I know a lot of you feel the same way about the people you interact with here on the day to day.

That being said, the world is a complicated place. Sometimes things don't go the way we planned, whether on a personal, fandom, or global level. Sometimes people disappoint us, and spaces we thought fit us shift in shape. No matter what changes for you in this world, I want you to know that your kindness, and your interactions with me and everyone else have made a positive difference. Thousands and millions of tiny interactions continue to happen within our fandom every day. Some of them don't go the way we hope they will-- but the majority of them, are beautiful. Sometimes we have to learn from them, and they help us grow, and sometimes they nourish us in hard times. We are a community of wonderfully kind people who were brought together by chance. Thank you for being here. Thank you for making my life better, and this world a better place.