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candied-cae · 6 months

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I am super fucking pissed about Wee John in this last episode.

Why. The. Fuck. Was. He. Not. Included. AT. ALL. During. The. Escape??????????

Legitimately, where the fuck was he? I was fuming for a lot of that because he's my favorite character, so I was looking for him. While everyone was stripping the English of their uniforms and getting dressed up (at least partially) in disguise, he is the only character not included.

They make a point about Fang not getting a proper shirt, which already pissed me off enough, that he had to wear what was essentially prison stripes while everyone else was in uniform, but Wee John wasn't even there. He wasn't in the raid. He wasn't in the run down the beach.

He just wasn't even fucking there. And if it was something Kristian decided he didn't want to worry about hurting himself over, particularly looking out for his back and knees, I understand not asking him to run over and over again for reshoots. But the fact that he didn't even get dressed with them... and that's the second time he's been excluded from a plan apparently due to his size (remember that he didn't get to participate when The Revenge dressed up as rich boys for Nigel Badminton)...

It is legitimately breaking my heart. One of the things I love about this show is the love is gives to its fat characters and actors. Fang gets to have his tummy out 24/7 and he's treated like a snack by Lucius, Wee John got to have an incredible dress, Oluwande is the crew's most eligible bachelor, and we even got a delightful fat character in 2x07 who spent his whole time dressed in only some leather halters and pants...

But the fact that Wee John was singled out and left behind, and the fact that Fang was singled out and othered at that very same time... It fucking hurts. As a fat person who has loved getting to see so much love for fat bodies... it stung to see that the comedy couldn't even suspend its reality long enough to say "there are a few fat people in the Royal English Navy, so Wee John and Fang get to be dressed up too."

#Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #Have I already cried about this? Yes. I have.#It seriously hurts so much to see the character I most saw myself in separated from the entire rest of the cast over his size again #It breaks my heart so much.#I was literally asking my tv 'But where's Wee John?' all the way from the montage of them suiting up - all the way through Izzy's death.#Because he just didn't exist onscreen again until the LuPete marriage. I almost thought they were writing him out of the show there.#I hope to GOD that Kristian was the one to decide he didn't want to deal with the labor of that scene #Because I cannot imagine how he could've felt if he had to sit there alone and listen to people tell him 'Wee John just isn't in this part.#'Just for logical reasons though. Just cuz there's no way there'd be a uniform jacket big enough for him.'#Because I would've been gutted.#Wee John is big. Kristian Nairn is big. But he is not some unreasonable size.#And it feels cruel that he keeps getting treated like it.#Sending all my love to Kristian right now. I hope he doesn't need any of it. But he has it all the same.#Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #Wee John #Wee John Feeney #OFMD Fang #OFMD Meta #OFMD Critical

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candied-cae · 6 months

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it’s a really good thing i never let myself get too attached to izzy. rest well, strange little rat man. rest well 😔

#For real #I can at least be comforted by the fact that hating him through S1 + the rushing of his redemption only served to make me more resistant...#I am stubborn. And if a show is too obviously (and annoyingly) trying to make me like someone... yeah it has the opposite effect on me.#Just means the only part I teared up about was Ed being in emotional pain #I don't like Izzy but I do love Ed. So seeing him so broken up hurt. But watching Izzy die didn't mean much.#At least not to me.#So I'm just going to think about my own fanfics and get started reading some new ones.

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candied-cae · 6 months

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This. This. This.

I will be critical of decisions in the show, absolutely. I find it a true joy to dissect storytelling and theorize on what things I would've wanted differently, BUT I will never condone going up to the people who created something and getting mad at them for not meeting my personal standards.

We can have wonderful discussions - in our own circles - about how we felt, the good and the bad. But if a person does not ask for your criticism of their work, it is a cruelty to try and throw some in their face. Tell them your love, tell them how much you want S3, tell them all the things you still want to see before the story's over, but do not even attempt to make them feel bad for the things you were dissatisfied with.

Hey guys?

What we’re not gonna do is bash or harass the creators just because your favorite character was killed off.

It happens. It’s not the end of the world. And it’s not a good reason to shit talk directly or not.

#Cae Needs You All To See This Too #Lord knows I have a lot of feelings about this season that are not positive #But I would still never DREAM of going to the cast and crew's socials and trying to force them to listen to my opinions #What we can hope for and try to demand for - is a better budget for the renewal.#And we will demand the third season to be renewed just like we demanded for the second #David said this story was meant for three seasons and so it's our job to help him get it #So you can say your thoughts. I'm sure many in the fandom would love to read them. But don't tag people.#And don't say your negative stuff on their posts. Just send them the good stuff.#Send them the love and appreciation we hold for the parts of their work we loved.#Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #OFMD Meta #OFMD Critical

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candied-cae · 6 months

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Okay... I finished OFMD S2...

And yeah, as much as it breaks my heart, this season disappointed me in so many different ways. There are a few things I absolutely adored, but a lot of it felt like a disservice to a lot of the work S1 did to establish the universe and its characters.

Oluwande gave Stede advice like one whole time this season, even though that was a big part of the first. Him consistently being supportive was such a light, and it was pretty much replaced with him just being generally bubbly (and I fucking loved watching him be bubbly and joyful, might I add, but it's different).

Jim's complicated relationship with the idea of taking vengeance wasn't brought up at all. Jim's relationship with Oluwande was absolutely shifted, even now, I cannot watch S1 with the knowledge that they're going to be played off as "best friends who hooked up once" and see it, they HAD to have been intended as an endgame couple in the beginning.

Frenchie didn't sing even once, despite the fact that the very first scene opens to his voice! Frenchie as a character was shrunken a ton, in general. Ed leaned on him a lot in S1, that was gone. Wee John was shown as his best friend, but how many words did they even exchange this season? They let him do another grift, but it didn't include Oluwande so (personally) it felt cheapened.

Wee John didn't make a single fucking joke about fire! Even though there was a lot of fire this season, and he made like three separate comments about arson in the previous one?!?!?! And, again, he barely even talks to Frenchie at all!

The Swede was benched for half the episodes, Buttons became a bird halfway through and possibly won't be coming back at all, Ivan was killed off with a one-liner, and Izzy died as a completely backwards version of himself that we were given almost no show of him transitioning into.

Izzy, who practically stole a bunch of other character's "moments" while they rushed through his redemption so they could kill him at the end and hope they got everyone attached to him enough to care. Izzy got to sing, Izzy got to play advisor to Stede, Izzy got to do drag with John, Izzy whittled a gift for Lucius instead of Pete, Izzy pretty much interrupted every single scene Gentlebeard had... It's just... frustrating.

Season 1 was revolutionary to me, but Season 2 just felt far more average in comparison. I don't know, I was so excited, and rewatching season 1 is still exhilarating, but season 2 just doesn't do as much for me. I really feel like it was the wrong choice to spend as much time as they did with Izzy when they still skipped almost the entirety of his "redemption," condense so many of the other characters to make for time, but still make sure we could fit in some incredible jokes.

One of the only things that didn't change for me, was the humor.

But about half of my favorite things just didn't exist these last 8 episodes, so I need to go drown myself in some fanfics.

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candied-cae · 6 months

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All of this + the scene in season 1

Like, it was significant enough that I remember someone messaging (if I remember right) Alex Sherman and asking if that was intentional, to further signify him as a racist (at least a little bit, or unconsciously and ignorant) after he tried to sell out the Revenge to the British - you know, pretty much the most historical symbol of colonization - and the deal he strikes is that he can “take responsibility over Ed” while he does so. And Alex had to say, paraphrasing, “No no no, there were other scenes of Izzy being a dick that were cut for time, he didn’t especially abuse the crew members of color, that was just the only scene we kept to show he was an asshole and a bad captain.”

So, like, they are at least a little bit aware of the fact that season 1 Izzy had some hints at racists acts/intentions, and then adding in these two scenes from season 2? Like, y’all didn’t try to keep an extra eye out after last season? Didn’t want to make sure you didn’t lean into that as you raced through a redemption arc that didn’t even show the audience a real learning curve, we just jumped right into an emotional break down and everyone loves him?

Idk. I really, really don’t like the way they handled Izzy, and season 2 just keeps making it worse and worse, in my humble opinion.

They really needed a lot more time, and they really needed someone watching out for these things if they didn’t want to keep him in an antagonist position who’s going to be served his comeuppance by the end. It’s weird. And I’m so happy when I’m not the only one seeing these things!

ngl the writer's room of ofmd has disappointed me for sure in one way, and it's that they have now let izzy make two racist comments without karmic punishment or a response from anyone else. like, first he's calling ed a wild dog, and then he's cracking wise about mistaking ed for roach?

come on. come on.

comparing an indigenous man to not just a dog but a wild one in need of putting down, and then saying "oh i thought you were one of the other brown people on the ship" come on. come on.

if he's going to have this rushed redemption arc (the bones of which are alright, but the execution of which is poor), they could at least not have him be a racist throughout it.

#Cae Needs You All To See This Too #Izzy Critical #I was noticing these things too and it just feels slimy #There are more than a few things I'm disappointed with season 2 about #And some of them are my fault for expecting a lot and being a fanfic writer who wrote my own wishes for season 2 #And I definitely feel like the comedy and stuff is still there #Hilarious as always and a lot of the jokes land well #But a lot of the little things are really feeling... just ignored or forgotten?#Oluwande and Jim's relationship feels like it was completely changed from season 1 #Ivan was completely written out with a one-liner - the Swede is only in a few scenes - Jenkins said Buttons might be gone for good #Frenchie still hasn't sung once - but Izzy has #We haven't seen Frenchie and Wee John hang out at all #Oluwande just isn't in any position of semi-authority/advising Stede like he did in season 1 #Even though he was even voted to be the next captain afterward!#They gave Frenchie another grift scene but it doesn't wrap in Oluwande again which would've been a fun call back #Idk - There's more that I wish was done differently #I think they prioritized the comedic stuff a little too much and shifted focus away from the anti-racist and anti-conformity stuff #Which is a shame in my opinion #Cae Has Lots of Feelings About Our Flag Means Death #Our Flag Means Death #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Spoilers #Our Flag Means Death Spoilers #OFMD Spoilers #OFMDS2 #OFMD s2 spoilers #Izzy Hands #Israel Hands #OFMD Meta

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candied-cae · 7 months

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Please, spread this like wildfire

We have almost 1,000 interactions with the link to the White House from twt analytics. We are demanding their attention, and we cannot stop.

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Joseph Biden, in a recent address, acknowledged that the "overwhelming majority of Palestinians had nothing to do with Hamas". I believe this time, right now, is our chance to try and break through our decades long, wrongfully given, support of the Ethnic Cleansing of the Gaza Strip. So I urge you, anyone with even just the time to spare, to try. Plead. Demand. At the worst, you tried and lost a little bit of time. At the best... maybe some people don't die.

So, I wrote a twt thread with instructions/advice for American Residents to reach out to their local representatives as simply, easily, and quickly as possible, and I wanted to share that same info here. I promise I only wants a few minutes of your time.

You can use this White House Contact Page to send one message to Biden and another to Harris. Just fill in your info and you can either write your own message, or feel free to copy and paste mine (it'll be at the bottom of this post)! The focus is first demanding that the US withdraws its support of the Israeli State.

Next, you can use this Common Cause page and instantly get all the information to reach out to your local representatives, it even tells you which committees they sit on! Just put in your address and it'll use that to find which jurisdictions you're in and provide links to all their contact pages. Again, fill in your info, some of mine also required a Topic, so I selected either "Foreign Relations/Affairs" or "Civil Rights and Humanities" and put in my message.

I clicked through all of mine, sent in my messages, used the exact same ones for all of them, only adding an additional note for my most direct representative as I grew up in the same town and wanted to express that to hopefully assist in drawing on his humanity, and it only took me about 30 minutes to get through.

Personally, I wanted to scream and rage and throw my whole beating angry heart at them and their gross, racist bigotry that allowed them to not only neglect the issue of the Israeli Occupation, but fund it. The US has been aiding Israel in their ceaselessly cruel genocide against the Palestinian people, and I'm sure it lights a white-hot fury in many of us. But, I wrote this plea with as much restraint and grace as I could bring myself to allow, if only for the sake of them possibly listening instead of tuning it out.

My statement -

Subject : We Cannot Support a Genocidal Ethnic Cleansing

To the Office of _________ -

I am pleading with the governing powers in place to help the people of Palestine. The government in Israel has said not only with their actions, by committing multitudes of War Crimes and breaking the Geneva Convention repeatedly, but even in their own words that they intend to entirely decimate and wipe out the citizens of Gaza. They have already killed and injured thousands in only these last few days - to say nothing of the past 7 decades they have spent doing the very same - and this devastation is a human rights violation like something we have never seen to this degree being supported and under-reported. Especially by the American Government, which has always held its citizens to the belief that they are a good and just organization that stands for humanity wherever it can.

We have already lost so many innocents in Palestine, but there are still so many that can be spared and saved if our government can withdraw its support of the Israeli Occupation. If they can inform their citizens of the truth that has been happening for so, so very long.

The U.S. has been wrong in its history of supporting and ignoring the cruelty that has been taking place for so long. But only by righting ourselves, by admitting and accepting that the financial aid we've sent has, at this point, become a sunken investment without the extermination of the Palestinian people. It hurts to lose so much money, it hurts to admit we've been on the wrong side of history, but the only way to stop the damage from growing exponentially worse, is to address it honestly now.

This is not about Judaism. This is not about Jewish people by ethnicity or religious affiliation. This is not about Nazism or Antisemitism.

This is about the colonizing power of the IDF that has been ignored and allowed for almost a century.

Please. Try to save some of them before it's too late.

This comes from a concerned citizen who is feeling extremely devastated by the state of things currently.

As a human being, who I hope cares for the lives of fellow human beings, we cannot allow this to happen. Least of all with our seal of approval.

-[Your Name and any Salutations]

#Please Repost #If there are any other questions do not hesitate to ask for help!#I will offer whatever I can to assist in making sure we can get as many voices to ring #From the River to the Sea Palestine Will Be Free #Free Palestine #All my heart goes out to the people of Palestine #To the people currently in Gaza and to their friends and family who cannot help them right now #And though many of us don't have the spare money to donate to their aid #and many of us might not be in areas to attend protests #and many of us know it's difficult to get the people in power to listen to helping the most people if it doesn't bring in money #And the US has already put in so much of an investment. It's going to take a lot of voices to get them to accept that loss.#But we have to try #I believe we just have to #Palestine #Palestinians #Pro-Palestine #Palestinian Support #Politics #American Politics

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candied-cae · 7 months

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I'm going to keep bumping this periodically.