#saveourflag

S3 exists. The outline was done. Pre-production was planned for a may-september shoot in NZ.

We were going to get a renewal announcement very soon, but it was pulled at the very last minute.

Someone asked David to blink if we have hope. And he did.

Keep emailing, keep getting signatures, keep us trending! Comment on every HBO/max insta and twitter. Keep making posts, keep making art. We have a chance! Don’t give up! We have nothing to lose, guys! We have to try, don’t we?

Go follow @thecosypirate on twitter for more details on this. OBVIOUSLY this isn’t all 100% verified, but y’know, it tracks with everything we know and guess, so I’m ready to believe it. You don’t have to, that’s ok 💕

I felt that the last episode gave me a clearer understanding of how it was for a good friend of mine who transitioned. Watching Edward try to change from Blackbeard into Ed: adopting a new way of dressing (the silk robe), writing poetry and singing about his feelings, opening up and showing the real Ed.

At this point the crew accepted Ed just being Ed. Sure they were a bit confused at first, but when they chant his name “Ed Ed Ed!” it can be seen as their acceptance of him just being himself. Just as they accepted Jim as just Jim.

Ed seemed so close to turning into a seagull at that point. Embracing the feminine side of himself.

Obviously Izzy’s rejection of his transformation had a part to play in what happened next, but Ed also thought that Stede had rejected it too.

Even without Izzy’s rejection of him, and Stede’s perceived rejection, Ed wasn’t really ready to change. He needed the bowl and the magical words that Buttons had before he changed.

But most of all Ed needed to accept himself as Ed. It’s not just what others think at that point, it’s what Ed thinks about himself that matters.

So how is Ed going to change in the third season which we are all willing into reality? Can’t wait till we find out.

Download this and colour it, and then submit it to @renewasacrew here!

They’re putting together a video, submission deadline is Monday, it doesn’t have to be good, it just has to be there! Numbers count! 💕

YES YES YES! This is how I feel, too! Even if there’s only a slim hope, I’m fighting for it! It’s what Gandalf would do!

These are the kind responses coming through from emails! It really does look like REAL PEOPLE are seeing these! Keep going guys - be polite, don’t spam them, but send an email a day - send from different emails addresses, ask your friends and family to do the same!

WE ARE BEING SEEN AND HEARD!

The very worst that can happen now is that we don’t win - but we will know that we fought for it. And the creators will know how hard we fought for them 💕

Let’s go get our damned show back!

i've already seen people saying they're going to be even worse off if that's confirmed to not be happening once and for all, and as much as i admire everyone putting their all into this it's kind of making me more depressed 😭 it's absolutely okay to have hope and not want to give up and at least make enough noise that everyone knows you care/didn't want it to end but i also think looking into things that weren't there based on twitter likes and "codes" is what got some people into such deep disappointment in the first place. i know everyone likes to call it clowning but even then it's like... y'know...

we knew season 3 was only a "maybe" from the get go: a slashed budget, location change to manage costs, less characters on-screen, 8 episodes instead of 10 and a deliberately wrapped up finale in case this IS where it ends. to be honest i'm surprised so many people WERE so viscerally disappointed because i was not surprised in the slightest. i am incredibly sad but not surprised. basically i just feel like people are in their "denial" stage and if the time comes that we're told to stop it's not going to be pretty/people are going to get even more mad :( i'm not saying to crush hope bc it's not like series DON'T get picked up at all but maybe like... realistic hope?

Yeah, I get, it’s hard right how 💕

There’s no right or wrong way to deal with this, but I think we lose nothing by trying, right? We knew we were never guaranteed anything, and so did the writers which is why they were kind enough to write us a happy ending to s2.

But at least fighting for this will show the creators that we’re here! And I dunno, I think there’s always hope, and you shouldn’t stop feeling it just because it might not pay off - and the fight is what will get some people through this! But also, if you need to step away or try and come to terms with the end then you should absolutely do that ❤️ save your spoons if you need to! Block tags if you need to, that’s ok. Im trying to tag everything with #renewasacrew and #saveourflag but I do slip up sometimes, so you could block them if it’ll help you.

And y’know, if this the end then we have been SO LUCKY and we’ll still have what we’ve got! It’s ours forever.

But personally my hyperfixation has kicked in now and channeled all my energy towards doing everything I can (even though I really should take a break now because I’m gonna crash really soon! ) Even if it doesn’t work it’ll help me to know that I fought for it, y’know? I’ll be clowning til the end!

Yeeees, get them up! We've been through the worst already, literally the only thing that can happen now is that we're told the same thing again.

Hope is realistic too! We are being seen and heard, and shows DO get saved! We have a chance here, and we're taking it!