Our Flag Means Fanfiction

Your two biggest Gentlebeardies and one Steddyhands are here to do Gentlebeard 2! Gentler and beardier! More gentle, more beard!  What about this ship speaks to people? Where do you want to see Gentlebeard go in season 3? We discuss it all in this gentlest beardiest episode yet! Fic Recs? Fic Recs! your name like a boat by mia_ugly, soft_october -  “Sailors call them watermarks. A g...

Resurfaced from the archives, please enjoy the Steddy Hands Episode, originally aired Mar. 26, 2024). It was Ringa's first episode with us! 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...

We spend the day chatting with the cast and crew of Our Flag Means Death! In this episode you'll hear from Christopher Corbin (Magic Man), Lindsey Cantrell (Season 2 on-set dresser), Samba Schutte (Roach), Dominic Burgess (Jeffrey Fettering) and Damien Gerard (Father Teach) as they meet up with Chloe to sign her prop flag. What do these folks want their characters to do in fanfiction and what do t...

Resurfaced from the archives, this is an episode that originally aired June 6, 2024. 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! Want to support me? Buy my YA novel, THE RECKLESS KIND, wherever books are sold: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668136/the-reckless-kind-by-c...

Today we’re talking about the our favourite navigator, lover of the sea, moonlight-bather, and sea witch — it’s the Buttons (played by Ewen Bremner) episode! Fic recs? Fic recs! Flagship Records by Temptress_of_Dalliances https://archiveofourown.org/works/64543384 Many Flags, So Much Death by Yayvid_Jenkins https://archiveofourown.org/works/47861683/ Epilogue (Buttons) On Having Too Much Muchness...

Chloe, Tessa, and Carly discuss the "Fluff" genre in Our Flag Means Death fanfiction. Chloe also gives us all the deets about Rhys Darby, Kristian Nairn, Matt Maher, and Vico Ortiz at Rose City Comic Con. Follow our YouTube channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live: https://www.youtube.com/@OurFlagMeansFanfiction Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday October 5th at 1P...

Rhys Darby gave a substantial nod to OFMD Season 3 in a recent interview. What did he hint at and what does it mean? 🤡 Samba has new merch and was hanging out with Alex Sherman. What shenanigans are they up to? 🤡🤡 And David Jenkins has revealed the final image of OFMD Season 3. Definitely don’t tune in if you don’t like spoilers. 🤡🤡🤡 These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour fr...

Resurfaced from the archives, we're replaying The Roach Episode to celebrate the much-beloved Samba Schutte. 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 fan...

Today we’re talking about the mysterious, the goofy, the probably sexy… Apple Jack (played by Kevin Bacon)! He's the newest addition to Our Flag Means Death canon/fandom and we are 100% here for him. Check out David Jenkins' Christmas Special Bsky Fanfic to see what we are talking about: https://bsky.app/profile/david-jenkins.bsky.social/post/3le3knq63xk2l Fic recs? Fic recs! Suffer Never - Aycie...

New thing! Every Wednesday, we resurface an old episode from the archives! This week's Midweek Repeat is the "Be Gay; Do Crime Episode" which originally aired Dec. 2, 2024. On this episode we talk with Molly, Dahlia and Tessa about crime, criminals and outsiders; and how nefarious law-breakers actually have a positive impact on society — especially when they’re sabotaging authoritarian regimes. Su...

Bel C is back with two more kinky fics for your listening pleasure. One is a Stizzy fic and one is an Omegaverse Gentlebeard. Get your pearls ready because these fics are spicy. Late Blooms by KalansPhantom https://archiveofourown.org/works/62618836 So Sweet When You Obey by spookyscarygenderfuck https://archiveofourown.org/works/64873927 Bel C’s podfics: https://archiveofourown.org/users/WhiskyTa...

Today we’re talking about the sexy woman, played by Leslie Jones, who has 19 husbands — it’s Spanish Jackie time! What does she teach us about relationships and calling out Stede's bullshit? Fic Recs? Fick Recs! Jaded and Satiated - Evelyn and Jackie. - https://archiveofourown.org/works/38355079 You Really Took Me - StrangeBlueGlow - Jackie and Izzy - https://archiveofourown.org/works/5850112...

Coyote vs Acme gets picked up for distribution. What does this mean for the future of OFMD? Rhys says he’d go gay for Henry Cavill. Is Henry indeed a Rhysie girlie? And it was the OFMD Behind the Scenes Virtual Convention! What are we learning from the show’s creators? These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast! Fic recs? Fic recs! Moments of...

This week on the podcast, Gutis, aka cheesecake3, is back with a couple of narrations for you! This week the theme is rare pairs — that’s pairings we don’t often see in fics — and Gutis has two short fics that will open your world to pairings beyond gentlebeard and steddyhands. They are: "Throwing Shapes in the Church of Dance" by Zuckerbaby_1 Archie/Zheng, rated T, 25min Podfic: ⁠⁠ ⁠https://archi...

We're celebrating Taika Waititi on this week's episode of the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast! We share clips of our favorite Taika moments and what we enjoy most about him. (BTW - This week’s episode was organized and hosted by Gutis aka Cheesecake3 on ao3. This is a thing you can do. You can get your friends together over Zoom or discord and host your own episode of the Our Flag Means Fanficti...

Today we're talking about the #ofmd polycule known as Garlic Soup! Jim (Vico Ortiz), Oluwande (Samson Kayo), Archie (Madeleine Sami), and Zheng (Ruibo Qian)! How it all began: https://www.tiktok.com/@vico_ortiz/video/7299857930948660526 Fic recs? Fic recs! Kelly's recs: The Truth in Me by Oluwandesorange https://archive.transformativeworks.org/works/51082054?view_adult=true Grown Up Hats by wrizar...

Real person fanfiction may be among the most controversial fanfiction topics, but if RPF didn't exist then we wouldn't have Our Flag Means Death! So let's dive in and find out why RPF enjoyers enjoy RPF so much! Ringa, Laura, Jasper and Bel all delve into the RPF controversy while discussing what RPF says about creativity, fandom and celebrity. Fic recs? Fic recs! Laura’s- https://archiveofourown....

David Jenkins’ Bluesky Christmas/Valentine’s Day episode is now complete. What did we learn and what are our reactions? Con O’Neill and other OFMD cast members read explicit fanfic during a charity event. How long will it take for us to recover? And the fandom has raised a gazillion dollars for trans kids during the craft auction.  These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from...

Bel C is back on the Our Flag Means Fanfiction podcast with another narrated fic for your listening pleasure. This time the vibes are Steddy Hands. In this post-season 2 fic, Izzy convalesces from the bullet wound, and Ed blames Stede for Izzy getting shot and gives him the silent treatment. Stede then comes up with a plan to bring harmony back to the inn. This is Dual Temptation by Sunspeckfreckl...

Con O’Neill, Vico Ortz, Kristian Nairn and Samba Schutte read fanfiction by Ringa Sunn and Tessa as part of the Momentus Event: “Izzy Into Me”. What pandora’s box of parasocial feelings and pearl-clutching discourse have they wrought through the fandom? On today’s Gay Pirate Debrief from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast, we discuss Con and Vico's intense interaction, Samba's amazing Stede voi...

Today we’re talking about the most sensitive member of the crew. The huggy squishy guy. It’s the Fang (aka Kevin) episode! And Fang is played by the legendary David Fane! On the pod this week, we have Bel C, Kelly, and Rue! Follow our channel so you get immediate notifications whenever we go live: https://www.youtube.com/@OurFlagMeansFanfiction Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday Feb. 8...

We’re getting more of Daddy Jenkins Bluesky fic. Where is it going and what does it mean? Rhys Darby is doing all the things right now — is he entering his famous era? And Con O’Neill is giving us words of encouragement. What are his Valentines Day plans for his fans? These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast! A video of this live show is av...

Today we’re talking about a dynamic that inspires a lot of feelings… none of them in the Bible. This is the Sprizzy episode, and we’re talking about Lucius Spriggs and Israel Hands—together, sexually . On the pod this week is Tessa, Bel C, and Rue. The photo for this week's episode comes from Aaron Epstein's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronepstein/ Fic recs? Fic recs! The Silk Coat by St...

For our minisode this week we’ve got 1 very tender fic and two smutty fics sent in by three brave and talented podfic narrators: PilotPirate, Cheesecake3 and BelC. The fics? The fics! Cold Feet by remreader Read by PilotPiratePods Be sure to check out PilotPiratePods on ao3 and PilotPirate on Soundcloud AO3 podfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55922362 SoundCloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/pt...

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 recs? Fic Recs! Zheng centric ficlets by bongbingbong https://archiveofourown.org/works...