I got Rhys Darby's birth time! So let's talk about astrology—the astrology of Our Flag Means Death and how the show's astrology intersects with the astrology of all of us: the fans! Joining this week is: Ringa Sunn (https://www.instagram.com/ringasunn/), Tessa, Chloe, and Me, Carly Heath (https://www.instagram.com/carlylynheath/). Also:  Chloe’s substack: https://splitscene.substack.com/ We want to hear from YOU the audience. “What’s the most gay pirate thing that has happened to YOU...

Prince Ricky, who is now an Admiral, has just been informed that Blackbeard, Bonnet, and Izzy Hands have sunk one of his ships. So that means Izzy is alive. Ricky now needs to return to sea to track down the nefarious pirates but has grown fond of the following of pre-teen girls who fawn over him now that he has this dark, outsider aesthetic. This is "The Specter of the Seas" read by Baby Kraken who does an absolutely amazing job. Be sure to give Baby Kraken a follow and all the...

We’re talking dark fics this week with Chloe and Tessa! Why do we like dark fics? What would we love to see? What are some of our favs? Have a listen and find out! Also:  Chloe’s substack: https://splitscene.substack.com/ Essay rec: Angst as an act of self love by Merlina Garance https://www.katherineblakeman.com/post/angst-as-an-act-of-self-love-by-merlina-garance Fic recs? Fic recs! serve who we serve by bemusedlybespectacled  https://archiveofourown.org/works/40632432 Muscles Better and...

Our conversation this week touches on fanfiction’s role in helping co-host Lacey Bond (https://www.instagram.com/joy.goblin/) deprogram from Christianity. And the more I marinate on Lacey’s story after listening to this again, the more I can’t help but wonder if fanfiction has helped a lot of people deprogram from things. Also covered this week: GENTLEBEARD! Samba revealing Froach was a thing! Still on my quest to get Rhys Darby’s birth time! And why I wouldn’t survive the apocalypse. Info on...

This is a fic that busted me out of my reading slump. 'The Island' by triedunture starts out with amazing tension and goes in the most bonkers directions imaginable. If you enjoyed this portion, read the rest at: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51960322/chapters/135346600 and give them a comment and a kudos. By the way, if you’d like to narrate anything for the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast, do that! Just get the author’s permission first, then e-mail your audiofile to...

This is the Blackbeard episode! Historical Blackbeard! Canon Blackbeard! We talk about it all with our co-hosts this week: Die Booth (https://diebooth.wordpress.com/), Irene Adler (https://www.instagram.com/_irene_adler/), Ringa Sunn (https://www.instagram.com/ringasunn/), Tessa and Me, Carly Heath (https://www.instagram.com/carlylynheath/). Other topics included: prophetic dreams, Calypso's Birthday, fancy boots, too many Sams, goth parties, and how to ask Rhys Darby his birth time. Fic...

I just love having deep conversations with fans of Our Flag and talking with them in-depth about the aspect of the show they connected with. Our guest this week is Tanya Dickson (https://www.instagram.com/tanyadickson.ig/), an actor and writer, who is absolutely obsessed with Blackbeard — played by Taika Waititi. Of course, we cover the usual fandom news and updates but we also chat about what it is that makes certain people drawn to Blackbeard as a character. I think you’ll find our...

This week I thought I’d share a few short OFMD Fanfiction recommendations that are complete and self-contained and fit the theme of “Wholesomeness.”  Both fics are narrated by Katie (LoopyDangerFrog - https://archiveofourown.org/users/LoopyDangerFrog/pseuds/LoopyDangerFrog) and are rated G for General audiences — head over to Katie's AO3 and give them a kudos and a comment of thanks!. If you’d like to give a comment or kudos on “do you know why we have the sunflowers" by profdanglais head...

Hey everyone! Carly Heath here. This week on the show, we’re talking with Ariana Perry and Amanda Catron hosts of the Never Left podcast which is described as a completely spoiled, totally unofficial deep dive into Our Flag Means Death. We’ll also be sharing an episode from their show— their episode 5: SWEARS! Episode Mentions:  Collins Dictionary Bugger over time Follow them on social media: (@NeverLeftPod on Twitter, NeverLeftPodcast on Ig, Never Left on FB). The links are in their...

This week’s epitizer is sure to give you ASMR vibes thanks to Tessa’s very tingle-inducing vocals. Ready for Anything by unopposablethumbs is an E rating and is tagged, among other things, “Izzy Hands loves his husbands, they are covered in blood, your honour they're idiots, and porn with a skiffle of plot.” Ready for Anything by unopposablethumbs - https://archiveofourown.org/works/52531744 By the way, if you’d like to narrate anything for the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast, do that!...

In the last episode of the Our Flag Means Fanfiction podcast, we dropped a big canon detail shared by Con O'Neill about Izzy Hands' ring, so, this week, we're delving into the aftermath of that big reveal and also sharing some brand new, never-before-heard context about the ring shared to Ringa Sunn from legendary TV writer Alex Sherman himself! Joining the pod this week are co-hosts: Irene Adler, Tessa, Ringa Sunn, Carly Delso-Saavedra, and Carly Heath (Yayvid_Jenkins on AO3). Check out...

It’s been the week of weeks here on the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast. We dropped the Fandom Lore episode last Monday and it exceeded all expectations as far as listener interest.  On this week’s Epitizer, I’m reading two fics related to the new lore reveal about Izzy’s ring. ‘If You’ll Have Me’ by Mthestan asks “What if Izzy wears the ring at his neck not because it's something he received but because it is a constant offering, a perpetual proposal, a silent question he asks every time...

Izzy Canyon? Lubeasacrew? The WALL... Our Flag Means Death has generated an unprecedented amount of fandom lore. (We definitely couldn't cover it all in this episode, so there will be a part 2 at some point). Consider this the beginning of "An Oral History of OFMD Fandom Lore." We also drop some real, canon, Izzy lore this week—approved by the legendary Con O'Neill himself! Ringa Sunn is back on the pod, along with newcomers Chloe and Neil (anneiled on AO3). Also returning: co-hosts Lacey...

On this week’s Epitizer, I’m narrating my most popular fic. It’s light. It’s fluffy. This is 'Whittle Me This' which is about Ed’s attempt to make things up to Lucius. Whittling doesn’t work. He tries other things. It eventually leads to them being attacked by the English Navy…. Izzy is alive through this whole thing. I imagine this as taking place in Season 3 after Izzy has crawled out of the grave and Stede/Ed have reunited with the Revenge. if you’d like to narrate a fic for an upcoming...

Fandom legend Ringa Sunn joins the pod this week! Friends, as you know, a few weeks ago David Jenkins said it was the end of the road for Our Flag Means Death. Real talk: where's everyone at with season 3? Do you think it still could happen someday or are you sitting with your acceptance shark? We discuss! Co-hosts Lacey Bond (Joy.Goblin), Carly Delso-Saavedra (WGA_fandomLove on Twitter and fangirlfoto on Instagram) and Carly Heath are also talking about the Steddy Hands ship this week!...

For this week’s episode, LoopyDangerFrog, also known as Katie, has granted us permission to share her narration of The Thoroughly and Entirely (Im)Proper Cuddling of Edward Teach by queenbee42. Katie’s narration is just SO GOOD. The emotion. The feeling… This is why she’s one of the best narrators out there. I won’t spoil anything about this story but… your socks are about to be officially knocked off. The Thoroughly and Entirely (Im)Proper Cuddling of Edward Teach by queenbee42 -...

Hey… hey… hey… Girl (gender neutral), how are you? How are we?  This week we heard some bad news: David Jenkins said it's the end of the road for Our Flag Means Death, and season 3 of the show has failed to find a home. We talk about the latest update. (And we plan to double down on this podcast to celebrate the 30,000+ Our Flag fanfics that will keep our pirate heroes alive.) Co-hosts Kate (YaFilthyNerds), Lacey Bond (Joy.Goblin), Tanya Dickson, and Carly Heath discuss the gentleman pirate,...

We’re doing something new on the pod! Our main podcast episodes are still bi-weekly but on the off-weeks, we’ll have recorded excerpts of our favorite fics! These are short episodes… mini-sodes, tiny pods if you will… Epitizers. How are these fics chosen? Really, truly, there’s no gate keeping on here. If you find a fic and you love it enough to record yourself narrating it and then get the author’s permission to send it in. So. In short. if you wanna record something for us! Go right ahead!...

While there may not be many fics about Prince Ricky Banes (played by Erroll Shand) in the Our Flag Means Death fandom, this episode is packed with so many theories, characterizations, and plot ideas that we're pretty sure AO3 will soon be flooded with Ricky fics after this podcast airs. Inspiration abounds! And we share some of the most unhinged ideas of all time. The co-hosts this week are Lacey Bond (@joy.goblin on Instagram), host of the Temple of Geek Podcast; Kate, who is known as...

So we’re talking about Jim this week!  Everyone’s favorite non-binary, polyamorous pirate. We love Jim. They are one member of the crew other than Ed and Stede who’s got a fleshed-out backstory. This week we talk about what more we’d love to see from Jim. Also: Season 3? Yes! We're manifesting it! We talk about the adoption efforts and so much more! Our co-hosts are Maya Gittleman (the brilliant writer and critic who wrote Act of Grace: Masculinity, Monstrosity, and Queer Catharsis in Our...

The sassiest pirate on the high seas is the subject of this week's episode! We talk about why we love Lucius, why we love Lucius and Pete's relationship, and why we also ship Lucius with every other member of the crew. It's been a light news week in the Our Flag Means Death fandom, but we still manage to clown. Our co-hosts this week are YA author Kylie Schachte, podfic narrator Katie (Loopydangerfrog on AO3), journalist Lacey Bond, fandom photographer and organizer Carly Delso-Saavedra,...

He’s everyone’s favorite chef – the man who can make a 40-orange glaze cake with nothing but a butcher knife and an open flame. We’re talking Roach in this episode! We’re exploring his backstory as well as what we’d love to see him do in Season 3.  It’s also been a wild week in the fandom and we recap everything from #Lubeasacrew to the billboards, trucks and planes. Hop aboard the Our Flag Means Fanfiction podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Also, it’s OFMD Aro/Ace Week!...

It was the shocker of the century! This week, prior to recording our first episode, we got the news that the wildly popular, hugely successful, and critically acclaimed Our Flag Means Death was allegedly canceled by Max. Of course, we believe in the power of turning poison into positivity, so we're going to keep on believing that Season 3 is happening (Because it will! We will make it happen!). We're also continuing with our podcast plans! This week, hosts Carly Heath (Yayvid_Jenkins on...