Am I the only one puzzled by why a high proportion of posts here seem to refer to a show I never heard of called Our Flag Means Death? Seems to have a very loyal and noisy following on here.
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It's surreal but great - with the wonderful Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby. If you like it, you may also like What We Do In The Shadows, both film (co-written by Taika Waititi) and tv series, if you haven't already seen it.
The answer to why is, itβs a great show with a very intense, and very queer, fanbase. We all moved off Twitter bc itβs impossible to have a good time there while queer, now (and because we donβt wanna prop up Nazis).
Also, weβre literally all yappers, so thereβs that too!
There are always going to be one or two absolute twats in any group but we have less of them that any other fandom Iβve been in. Come on in! The waterβs lovely!
fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles... what's not to love?
Hop on! We sail at dawn! ππ΄ββ οΈ
Ok, I knew there was a large overlap between the OFMD fandom and The Princess Bride fandom, but never realized this description fits them both perfectly. Thank you.
Fun fact: William Goldman was inspired by Ed and Stede too and wrote an unproduced screenplay called The Sea Kings about them. And there are a few nods to TPB in OFMD (watch the signage in episode 10).
Part of the appeal is that most of the characters of OFMD are middle-aged. It was so nice to watch a funny queer romance about people my own age, felt like home
I love when people casually post about OFMD and get all the responses! π
The show/fandom is basically the opposite of everything else going on in the world.
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Also, weβre literally all yappers, so thereβs that too!
There are always going to be one or two absolute twats in any group but we have less of them that any other fandom Iβve been in. Come on in! The waterβs lovely!
And this article from University of California, Berkeley points out one reason why...
Ten TV Series That Highlight the Best in Humanity - 2024:
https://bsky.app/profile/cindyb5.bsky.social/post/3leldkmzyz22l
Hop on! We sail at dawn! ππ΄ββ οΈ
The show/fandom is basically the opposite of everything else going on in the world.