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More meta! This article is an excellent deep dive. It says everything I've been feeling down to the core about why this show is so groundbreaking and why it means so much to so many people.

#our flag means death #meta

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The day after the storm 🌩

#echo walks #spring

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04/20/2022 - It’s been a minute since my last update, but I’m still working on my edits for NTGBH! Right now my focus is on editing/expanding chapter 4. I’ve added 1.2K words to the chapter, so it’s coming along nicely. Slowly, but with a lot of love, as always. 

I’ve definitely been distracted by OFMD, but that’s been good for my heart and for writing inspiration. (OFMD is like the revelation of meeting a partner who’s a decent, caring human being when you’ve only been with abusers your whole life. Just like. OH. So this is what it feels like... to not just be seen, but to be loved. And I want my storytelling to be like that, too. As much as I can make it.) 

IRL continues to be Too Much and I’m very grateful for my Tumblr fandom refuge. 

I hope you’re all taking care of yourselves as best you can. For anyone who needs to hear it: Remember that you matter ♡♡♡

I’ll be back again soon with more updates and probably lots more OFMD reblogs lol 

#blog psa #my fanfic #ntgbh fanfic check in

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listen im seeing a lot of people being like "oh my god thor might have a crush on Peter quill because of that scene in the new love and thunder trailer!" like no. Absolutely not. It's disney and it's never gonna happen. HOWEVER disney queerbaiting people with Chris Pratt might be the funniest thing they've ever done

#yes let's please stop entertaining studios that are well known for queerbaiting #even if this is a taika movie #please don't pretend disney would allow him to be that free with one of their cash leads #please protect your hearts and minds from that kind of ruthless marketing #and instead laugh off their blatant manipulations #ESPECIALLY when they're playing off queerness as an uncomfortable joke #without any intention to represent queerness in a whole and legitimate way anywhere else in the story #it's called homophobia #get over it so you can tell better stories #looking at you marvel

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You know I'm here for the meta. And this show has so much to give.

#our flag means death #ofmd #meta #blackbeard #masculinity #Youtube

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taika waititi and his people are working hard to heal us from the brain damage we collected over the years from all the queerbaiting we had to endure

#yes #our flag means death #ofmd #taika waititi #david jenkins #storytellers like this are healing my heart

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I edited this video like my life depended on it. I am not the same person as I was before this show.

#our flag means death #ofmd #music video #fan edit

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Two weeks later and I'm still sitting here just utterly besotted by Our Flag Means Death.

The thought that keeps ricocheting around my head: the trajectory of this plot is so kind. The creators cared about the story they were telling, they knew the story they were telling, and they told the story they promised to tell.

In an era where so much media is queerbaiting and intellectual combat and gotcha gimmicks and disappointment - this story just. Invited us to the table, presented us with a lovely, hearfelt meal, and asked us to partake. And not just partake, but enjoy!

It feels just so impossibly generous. And I can still hardly believe it.

#i'm never gonna recover from this #and i dont want to #i'm never gonna give queerbaiting the time of day ever again #just gonna subsist on this beautiful show for the rest of my days #oh but don't worry I am still working on the fic lol #will have an update soon #ofmd #our flag means death #my rambling #my heart

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and what makes Ed happy?

#our flag means death #fanart

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#my future husband is insane and i love him so much | OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

#stede is v silly okay #but don't mess with him #our flag means death #stede

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Let's talk about how Stede knew Ed's gait by sound only.

Cause I don't think we're talking about it enough.

#yes! #sobbing #our flag means death #meta

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fundamental Edward looks  ||  Our Flag Means Death

#fav #ed #our flag means death #look at himmmmmm #;;

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the red floral robe (gay) | OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH

#i'm not crying you're crying #our flag means death #meta #david jenkins #okay what is their ship name going to be #i mean relationship name #not their ship #you know what I mean #what is it? #sted? #blackbonnet?

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dinosaur of head empty no thoughts.

#omggggg #I'm crying #taika waititi #our flag means death

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#yes #bless you david jenkins #our flag means death

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Me thinking about Our Flag Means Death while in the shower and realizing that Taika Waititi just OWNED the Russos, who leaned so hard into the hype about one of them playing the MCU's "first gay rep" in Endgame in a forgettable blink-and-you-miss-it moment that had no bearing whatsoever on anything at all in the story. Meanwhile Taika is out here roaming the high seas in full pirate regalia playing an alt-universe Winter Soldier whose queerness is so central to the plot that the plot literally can't happen without it. And lemme tell you, my friends, I CACKLED. I'm fucking living!

#chef's fucking kiss #pirates fucking kiss?? #our flag means death #spoilers #I'm living #my heart is healing #taika waititi #david jenkins

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I didn't know how much I needed this show in my life until I saw it 😭💕 Thank you for the rec @battlebunnyteardropsinthesun

#finally a show where they AREN'T queerbaiting #that chemistry you feel? #IT'S REAL #thank fuck #our flag means death #it's brilliant #taika waititi #I see and appreciate your winter soldier aesthetic okay #love this fellow #thank you for the unashamed rep #storytellers like these are healing my heart #david jenkins