Our Flag Means Fanfiction

We’re talking about our favorite whittler, he who has perfect aim, Blackbeard's right-hand man — it’s the Black Pete episode! On the pod this week is…. Gutis ( cheesecake3 ) - who doesn’t brag about things but can actually do them all Judy ( judysoranges )- who didn’t even know piracy was happening? And I'm Bel ( perilousnwicked ), a braggart myself, so I relate to Pete. Fic Recs? Fic Recs! The Ar...

Today’s episode of the Our Flag Means Fanfiction podcast is tailor-made for our oppositional defiant fandom friends! It’s the fuck the fandom police episode! We’re talking Fandom Karens (gender neutral), Pearl clutching, Fandom purity policing, gatekeeping, community moderators, fandom “elders” and basically everyone involved in fandom spaces who has an enormous stick of Brazilian Cherrywood inser...

We hope you still have some leftover festive cheer for today’s episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction. In the mood for some domestic fluff or a funny meetcute? Whether you’re a gentlebeardie or a rare ship enjoyer, we have you covered. Today's minisode is hosted by Gutis (AO3 & Spotify: cheesecake3, @mystictrashmoon everywhere else) who shares three podfics bursting with winter coziness. Fics in...

Is fanfiction important? Culturally relevant? A thing that will be studied generations from now? In 2000, Henry Jenkins, Director of Media Studies at MIT, published a piece for the MIT Technology Review in which he wrote: “Contemporary Web culture is the traditional folk process working at lightning speed on a global scale. The difference is that our core myths now belong to corporations, rather t...

The Our Flag Means Fanfiction crew is still clowning over Ra Vincent’s comments. Is there any validity to our hope? Rhys Darby is in a film about sheep solving crime. Could a talking sheep movie actually be good? And David Jenkins is choosing violence on bsky. Is he justified? These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast! Please help me provide...

Gutis is back on the podcast this week, talking with Bel and Lau about how to use AO3. Do you know about bookmarks, tags, gifts, skins and other AO3 tools? Consider this episode AO3 101! Please help me provide vet care to stray animals via my GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/74db2f0fd Follow our channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live: https://www.youtube.com/@OurFlagMeansFanfict...

It’s the 100th episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction - Woo hoo! On today’s episode we're bringing you 100 fic recs – all 100 submitted by listeners. In fact, opps, we got more than 100 recs, so we saved those and will share them on a future episode. Fic Recs? 100 Fic Recs! All of them are here: https://tinyurl.com/100FicRecs Follow our channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live:...

The CAST and CREW of Our Flag Means Death send us their holiday greetings for the fandom! Who is participating? A LOT of people. In fact we have 35 members of the cast and crew sharing messages for you! Will there be clowning? Eyeball emoji. Pirate flag. Settle in. A huge thank you to Ringa Sunn for organizing this because it was an undertaking! Want to see the video that has us clowning: https://...

Netflix has won a bidding war to acquire Warner Brothers. What does this mean for the potential of Our Flag Means Death Season 3?  David Jenkins has said Our Flag Means Death was cancelled because its gay. Was he just riffing or is there truth to this statement? And Rhys Darby is back on Cameo. What shenanigans should we pay him to take part in? These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate...

We’re throwing Angst your way in today’s episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction. In the mood for podfics with big feelings? Whether you’re a gentlebeardie or a stizzy appreciator, we have you covered. Fics in this episode: Scar-crossed lovers series pt 1 is "In the Silent Aftermath" by endofadream https://archiveofourown.org/works/45323893 podfic by Judysoranges https://archiveofourown.org/works/631...

I’m calling today’s episode the "Use Your Words" episode, because the idiots in the following podfics are all getting themselves into situations because they don’t know how to use their words. Two fics for you! A gentlebeard and a Lucius-centric fic about feelings. In this episode we have: Fuck Slow by WidogastsWebofFire https://archiveofourown.org/works/55464601 Podfic by Judysoranges https://arc...

Today we're discussing everyone’s favorite sexy, chaotic golden retriever: Archie (played by Madeleine Sami)! We're discussing what we love most about Archie, her role in Garlic Soup, and what we'd like to see Archie do in Season 3. This is also Andrea's formal proposal of marriage to Madeleine Sami. Follow our channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live: https://www.youtub...

We catch up with Our Flag Means Death cosplayers at DragonCon to discuss their theories for OFMD season 3 from the perspective of their characters. Also, Ringa Sunn asks them about the most Gay Pirate thing to happen to them recently. Come for the fandom, stay for the personal spicy details. Follow our channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live: https://www.youtube.com/@OurFlag...

Samba Schutte appears in Pluribus on AppleTV on Nov 7, what do we know about this new Vince Gilligan series? Rhys Darby has been super quiet these days, what secret things are happening behind the scenes?  David Jenkins says fan art bought him another season and put food on the cast and crew’s tables. What more can fans do to bring back OFMD? These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New...

Happy Halloween! In this spooky episode, join Ringa, Tessa, Lau, Andrea, and Judy for some historical pirate legends, a ghost or two, and of course MURDER! And you can learn the absolutely accurate, totally factual, not at all embellished in any way story of Blackbeard's death and his hole. Enjoy! Fic recs? Fic recs! Lau's: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62271843 https://archiveofourown.org/wor...

Today, we're talking about an unbelievably talented, amazingly gorgeous, gut-bustingly hilarious actor, writer and producer: Nathan Foad! The content we discuss is: Triplets baby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2CTxbrFDnw   Newark Newark https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoklPPHIuqv/ But really, the whole thing Happy Easter video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dPSN9PcrY4   Twitter videos...

David Jenkins called Stede a manic pixie dream guy. Why does the fandom lose their minds every time this mans says the obvious? Rhys Darby again expresses disgust with Our Flag Means Death’s cancellation. Can we bring it back for Rhysie? And a fan campaign to get the OFMD cast booked at upcoming conventions is ON. Are you doing your part to bring our favs back to the con circut? These headlines an...

Today, we are jumping into our favourite time of the year. It's when pod writers and artists around the globe roll up their stockings, strap in (or on) and get absolutely filthy and smutty. It's Kinktober time! How not to do kinktober - CaitVi https://fanlore.org/wiki/CaitVi_Kinktober_2025 The different Kinktober fests: Kinktober-2025 (tumblr edition) (this is the one Gutis is doing - Sanne too! (...

Today we delve into the world of Oluwande Boodhari (played by the exceptional Samson Kayo). The cohosts explore Olu's role as a grounding force in the series, including the importance of his relationships with other characters and the revelation that Olu is an excellent example of healthy masculinity and personal growth. The discussion also touches on fanfiction that expands Olu's story. Fic recs?...

Resurfaced from the archives, it's the Zheng Episode, originally aired Jan. 13, 2025. Today we’re talking about everyone’s favorite Pirate Queen—Zheng Yi Sao played by Ruibo Qian. On the pod this week is Randy Roy (aka bongbingbong on AO3), Molly (aka smurfsm00 on bsky), and Kelly (aka enjoytheparty on bsky). Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday Feb. 1st at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern. Fic r...

Today we're discussing PARENTING and all the ways this theme shows up in Our Flag Means Death as well as it's interpretation in OFMD fanfiction! Fic recs? Fic recs! We belong awake by suchgreatheights http://archiveofourown.org/works/44150742 Rinse and Repeat by Yellow Mustard https://archiveofourown.org/works/56162914 The Slightest Touch by Apple teeth https://archiveofourown.org/works/42070842 T...

Resurfaced from the archive, its PilotPirate's podfic of 'when life gives you lemons,' originally aired Aug. 19, 2024. It’s a gentlebeard lemonade stand meet-cute that’s described by fans as “Absolutely lovely and hot.” Ed Teach, new to the town of Revenge, stops by the lemonade stand across the street from his house every Friday. It's definitely because he loves Alma's lemonade, and definitely no...

Rhys Darby is posting cryptic things on Threads. What is “Coming Soon” and WHY can’t he stick to one social media platform? A new romance novel has a very Ed and Stede cover illustration. Why is the fandom in an uproar? And Samba is delivering baked goods to Vince Gilligan. What can we expect from his new series coming to Apple TV on Nov 7. These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour f...

Resurfaced from the archives, it's 'The Kissing Game' by veeagainst, read by littlefingies. Set during the period between s2e5 - The Curse of the Seafaring Life and s2e6 - Calypso's Birthday, venturing a little bit into canon events of s2e6. Ed wants to take things slow but he also really likes kissing Stede. He invents a game to try to make both of these things happen. Be sure to give a comment a...

We're diving into the complete Rhaikaverse to ship characters created by Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi and imagining them in different scenarios. From Flight of the Conchords to What We Do in the Shadows to Next Goal Wins, we put our favorite little guys into different scenarios all to answer the eternal question: Why are Rhys and Taika so juicy together? Art shout out: Smooch Week (run by Pogo &am...