#SaveOFMD
#RenewOurFlagMeansDeath
I finished the afterglow robe today!!! It even has pockets!!!! No ombrรฉ liner because Iโm a coward about the dye bleeding onto the teal velvet.
Thank you for the birthday wishes! Me at 59 with joy in finding a new thing just under two years agoโฆ also thanks for the beautiful comments on AO3 the last few weeks. It makes me giddy that the work I am doing is seen and appreciated ๐
#SaveOFMD
#AdoptOurCrew
On grief: it is absolutely appropriate to cry and rage and feel like this is some sort of death. Every loss scratches the scab off of every other loss. As you grieve the possibility of S3, past loss will be closer to the surface. Be gentle to yourself and honor your feelings.
THANK YOU to the 102 authors who given me over 4 1/2 million words to read over the 187 podfics on AO3. There are 1200 tracks on SoundCloud with a total of 364K total plays. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!
The cancellation in January was devastating. I was afraid we were losing the crew. Since then, we grew in numbers and in connections and love. Iโm VERY sad. But I also know better now . It is about belonging to something and we belong to each other.
#OurFlagMeansForever
Made a banyan out of โฆ
@ThePirateRoo
โฉ amazing fabric!!! This the light cotton but there is a bunch of other typesโฆ upholstery might be my next one for some kitchen stool coversโฆ
The Amazing
@mossgroves_art
illustrated the most fluffy moment in any Fic that I have ever narrated! From
@WinterDiscoTent
โHic Sunt Monstrumโ written:
@polite__menace
I have said this before! He easily read the place cards in the table at the French party. The โXโ on the contract was a protest over the coercion of โsign or dieโ.
Rosie gave me a sweet merStede when she picked up Yarn Edward! He is ADORABLE and is swimming with my orchidsโฆ
#SaveOFMD
#AdoptOurCrew
so we can continue this love fest of creative community!!!
A new skill for me? Narrating Audiobooks! Iโve made 176 podfics of the wonderful stories from twitter and AO3 totaling 485 hours of listening! You could listen over 20 days without a break!
12/13 ๐บCalypsoFest๐บ
Giveaway Challenge
#3
:
Talent Show
The OFMD crew picks up skills on the fly. Has OFMD inspired you to hone a skill or explore a new experience?
QRT this post with your entry & tag
@RenewAsACrew
#RenewAsACrew
#OurFlagMeansDeath
#OFMD
for a chance to win!
For new moots! Here is a list of the (as of 9/23) 150 podfics on ao3 from the related works pageโฆ It is oldest to newest order so scroll to the โendโ for the current stuff. Also Iโm open to requests/recommendations! DM or comment on AO3!
๐๐ค๐.
So Iโve been poking at this for a few daysโฆ making an excel sheet of the stories I have made accessible as podfics. Title, author, link, run time, ratingโฆ so you could sort by any of those columnsโฆ is this going to be useful for folks? ๐งต 1/2
Did an art. It is Stede hands held in Marthaโs hands in chapter 14 of Hell or High Water by Mottlemoth. A motherless child, being loved by the mother of the man he loves.
I found a very funny 2 1/2 minute edit of sound clips from the show that I highly recommend. Drop what you are doing, put on headphones if in public/at work and enjoy!
#ofmd
#ofmdfanart
AO3 is down so I canโt post or link the work but I have recorded
@CobaltAugust
โHook, Line, and Sinkerโ a very funny catfish/mistaken identity/fuckery story. Iโll link the rest in a thread but there is the audio:
Yarn Edwardโs all packed and ready to go home to Stede! The krakens will miss him but he is really REALLY excited about seeing his mom and to get back to his usual activities!
#SaveOFMD
#AdoptOurCrew
@rosymegglemoth
Hi lurkers! I make audio works of the amazing fanfiction created by our crew. Take your favorite stories to the gym, commute or roadtrip: check to see if someone made a podfic!
@loopydangerfrog
made a spreadsheet! โฆ
#SaveOFMD
#RenewAsACrew
Podfic of
@manicfanfic
โMismatchedโ has begun!!! First two chapters up so if you need a cozy audio hug because itโs cold and rainy in NYCC or because you are not thereโฆ there you go. Written story: podfic: SoundCloud in ๐งต
Should I start doing take two Tuesdays? I love ALL the podfocs, but some of the back catalogue are specialโฆ like Iโm particularly proud of the vocal performance? (Is that narcissistic ๐คท) Or are written fics with lower hits and are great to revisit?
#AdoptOurCrew
I was trying to take a selfie with the โnorthern lightsโ shawl in
@Lyndzi
โdepression robeโ color way and my kids are judging meโฆ didnโt notice until after I snapped the pic.
@ofmdquotes
It isnโt an OFMD tattoo but OFMD finally gave me the courage to get this! It is a thing I would draw on a post it note in my kidโs lunch boxes to let them know they were in my heart. It is over my left radial pulse point.
Take two Tuesday: I offer the very recent podfic of Throat Goat by
@nomadsland42
. This may be the best voice work I have ever done. The carefully considered changes to Edโs voice and setting the songs were a new creative stretch. Iโm proud of this one!
Podfic complete! โyou are at the top of my lungsโ by
@slightestwind
is 6 hours of peaceful, gorgeous fluff with a bit of mid-story angst for sweetness. Set in a cabin in the woods.
#podfic
Iโm Lindie and I make fanfic accessible as audio but my other interests are knitting, D&D, my kids, cats and gardens. Love the folks Iโve met from OFMD, my first foray into fandom at the ripe age of 58.
now that ofmdtwit is up and active again, i want myself and others to find more moots!!! qt this with a lil blurb about yourself and some other interests you have outside of ofmd and letโs make some new friends!!! :-)
Podfic of Piรฑa Coladas by
@faeeebaeee
is now up to date! The Podfic is now 18 1/2 hours! AO3 link to the written story with images: link to the Podfic link to the soundcloud playlist:
So I have company while Iโm recording the last bit of chapter 3 of โParallel Placementโ. There may be some purring noise during the cave sectionโฆ so I edit and re-record or are you all alright with a bit of house panther noise?
Met my first โpirate in the wildโ (not at a con/fandon m space!!! I have been dealing with an issue on my Mac and the person recognized my wallpaper as Stede. (
@mossgroves_art
drew this scene from
@WinterDiscoTent
โHic Sunt Minstrumโ. Discussed the show while fixing the Mac!
#30DaysWithOFMD
day 3: first photo in my roll? Selfie with a cravat I made? Or screen recording of Bryeโs tictoc of โwhat makes Ed Happyโ. I downloaded tictoc that day!
Soโฆ SoundCloud has a new navigation pane that includes some finer details about your tracksโฆ it also has total number of minutes uploaded. I have 25,740 minutes of OFMD storiesโฆ. Thatโs about 430 hoursโฆ of amazing stories written by our absolutely fantastic authors!
#ofmds2spoilers
Iโm rewatching S2, 1-3โฆ the end of 2, the cannonball Jim swings toward Edโs head is the size of a bowling ball. The actual cannonballs are actually about the size of oranges. This sequence might be the beginning of Edโs hallucination/gravy basket experience.
Hey folks! Iโm starting work on two podficsโฆ Mid-Century Modern by
@Skriforesdice
and If You Were Mine to Keep by pamplemousse.
@mysterybees
Planning a chapter of each per day. MCM is 8 chapters and IYWMtK isโฆ 25.
#podfic
#ofmd
#OFMDfanart
Ooh! Today is the anniversary of the first Podfic! I uploaded the first chapter on May 23 and completed it a year ago today! Very thankful to sacrificethemtothesquid for trusting me with their amazing fic! Written work:
#podfic
Got my challenge coin/doubloon and pin!!! I canโt go to ECCC this year but it makes me really happy to have a tactile THING (the doubloon is really weighty! Thanks
@aimeekitty
Anyone who wants to sing along with the crew in the final chapter of Hell
Or High Water, here is the sample and it contains instructions about how to sing and record yourself. send your recording in a DM and if we arenโt connected reply here!
Happy Fic-a-versary to Hell or High Water! This fic started posting LESS THAN A WEEK after season 1 ended and remains one of the most complex and satisfying stories I have ever read! podfic posted for the beautiful graphic
Hey! I was having a conversation today about mentoring/supporting folks who are interested in making podfics. I have a work on ao3 and some video tutorials on YouTube and am always happy to help! More creators= more workโs accessible in audio form!
Piรฑa Coladas reminiscing on the timeline warms my heart! It is the first SMAU made into a podficโฆ I have learned a lot since thenโฆ and Iโm sure I missed a lot of subtle story points within the images, but it was a lot of fun to be part of the communal love and bonding!
Iโve said this before butโฆ the podfic of Throat Goat may be the best thing Iโll ever make.
@nomadsland42
wrote a beautiful story and collaborated on a lot of the performance of the characters and the music and sang on the final song.
Hey ofmd artists/writers, whatโs your favourite thing youโve created?
Not necessarily what got the most likes or hits, but whatโs YOUR favourite?
Day late, butโฆ I was and continue to be inspired to create audio works of the excellent stories that fellow crew are writing on AO3 and twitter. I have recorded and posted over 4 million of your words crew!!! 175 stories from short one-shots to 35 hour multiple chapter works.
Share something you were inspired to create because of Our Flag Means Death! We want to hear about your fic, your art, your performances, your edits. What do you like about it? What does it mean to you?
#OurFlagMeansDeath
#OFMD
#RenewAsACrew
I ordered TWO
#ofmd
themed yarns from
@Lyndzi
and she sent THREE!!!! Lighthouse, Jeff the Accountant and (squee!!!) Depression Robe!!! And noses! And a kraken!! Thank you for the belated birthday gift and the kind note! The yarn is so soft!!! So beautiful!!! And they smell good!!
New Podfic for you! The Gentleman Entertainer by
@BristlingBassoon
is a 40 minute Podfic Humorous AU in which the revenge is wrecked long before meeting Blackbeard. Stede and crew are waiting in a small town while repairs are underway. Stede hires himself out as a companion๐งต
In conclusion: this explains why OFMD Twitter began following
@ASTROGLIDE
in large numbers! And I can personally vouch for the improvement over coconut oil and whale oil.
IT IS DONE!!! Podfic of
@beabonnet29
โCreatures Great and Smallโ is 13.5 hoursโฆrural veterinarians falling love and finding themselves โฆ Iโm going to miss hanging out with these guysโฆ Writen: audio:
#SaveOFMD
#AdoptOurCrew
[REDACTED, REDACTED,REDACTED]โฆ damn it! Should have made a fandom accountโฆ I discovered that I love reading stories to you all! And I can put a little joy out into the world from my little home recording nook and it feels wonderful!
This is a FANTASTIC fic!!!! The view from Edโs POV is marvelous! And the sequence of his falling love with Stede while sketching his from a distance is โฆchefโs kiss! Watching Stedeโs hair โcapsizeโ โfloop!โ while he reads is great!
Instead of worrying about April fools pranks, letโs celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the beginning of Hell or High Water and the 1st anniversary of its close.
Soโฆ. Authors? Whatโs a good way to check in with a story that hasnโt updated in a bit without seeming like you are demanding? Itโs a favorite with a rare and unpredictable update schedule. So it isnโt anything out of the ordinary that itโs been a bitโฆ
Hey! Starting a new story!!! Stede makes treehouses, Ed retired from a high pressure job and wants a pirate ship themed treehouse!! โค๏ธ๐๐ดโโ ๏ธโ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
holy(???) shit(?!?) treehouse boys are getting podfic'd (!!!) by the great
@kninjaknitter
-- i'm mildly terrified to listen to someone else read my silly words but also immensely grateful. ch1 is up now, please check it out!!
Hey
#RenewAsACrew
what are our hashtags today to
#SaveOFMD
? I started two more podfics yesterday and want to include the correct onesโฆ posted about โpaint your palette blue and greyโ by
@tyleredupinblue
but saved โcreatures great and smallโ by
@beabonnet29
for this morningโฆ
Besides the obvious joy of watching the cast be joyful, these BTS videos are providing so many more details and angles of the clothing for cosplay!!!! AAAAA!!!! There are buttons? There!? Why? What the hell, Iโm getting a button maker!!!!
Oh! Another one full of queer joy!
@_smallestchurch
โturn on the lightโ.
โI think if you curate a queer space, with the queer community in mind, then it sort of โฆ becomes a queer space, even if you donโt hang a rainbow flag outside.โ
Lis WROTE YOU A LOVELY LETTER!! ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฑ๐ง๐
#AdoptOurCrew
#SaveOFMD
continuing my usual stuff! Podfic chapter 13 of Constellationism is up! If you arenโt reading this glorious modern AU, you are in for a treat! Also Creatures Great and Small is at 5.5 hours and they are finally together! About 1/3 done! Links + More in๐งต!
Podfic of โwork experienceโ by Elapsedspiral and shearwater is complete! Alternate meeting, Ed goes to the island and โquitsโ his blackbeard gig. Howlingly FUNNY!!! Written work:
#podfic
#OFMDfanart
#ofmd
soundcloud in ๐งต
Mismatched podfic is now at 12.5 hours and todayโs chapter (23) is a marvel of engineering to try to capture
@manicfanfic
amazing time skip music montage! 8 minutes of audio: several hours of trial and error. Written: SoundCloud:
Looking for fic recommendations to turn into podfics as my brain is slightly fried post con. Ideally 5-9k ish words, low angst, fluffy, M, T or G rated? Any favorites? Self rec welcome!
#HellOrHighWater
#HoHW
#ofmd
How!?! How moth goes from the absolute disaster of the meeting to this in a believable way, true to the characters and the story? Justโฆ. Iโm in shock.