Hornigold’s choice to wear a sail with dangling ropes (despite having an outfit underneath) made me think of this quote from Dicken’s A Christmas Carol: “I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will… “

You can argue all you want whether Stede Bonnet is a hottie; but these two stone cold foxes were rubbing their tits the second they caught sight of him.

Doing an OFMD rewatch, and giggling that they were *immediately* hinting this is an LGBTQ+ show. 😄

THIS SHOULD’VE BEEN THE SET OF “Our Flag.” And 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️. Obvs. (From Samba’s IG.)

From Rosie’s IG this morning. Shhh, no one tell her my Rhys Darby is a constant butt-offerer.

Lil WIP of chapter 9, In Suco Nasali, Veritas I am *certain* someone thought of this before, but I was remembering how my gay friends call each other girls’ names, as in: “Okay, settle down, Gina.” And I started thinking about “Who’s this Mary?” as a snide, gay-re:-gay comment. Thus:

This crossed my Facebook timeline in an article about Sarsgaard. Seems this could be another modern AU Ed Teach with a horny blond rando moving in on Stede’s man.

Modern AU Ed would totally be staring at the Stiddies like this. No arguments accepted.

I just need to tell you that, maybe three weeks ago, I had precisely ONE fic tab open, and I was genuinely worried OFMD fan writing was waning. And then the Big Bang hit, plus many new fics, and now I have 40-odd tabs open. I love you guys.

My phone has started “correcting” the word DICK to the word FUCK, and that’s a beautiful thing. (This is a nice little bump-set for the crew to spike with ONE particular screenshot.)

Ligs earning their keep, I see. (From an IG ad for the upcoming SBS series with Hasselhoff.) www.instagram.com/reel/DQYyh3d...

A teeeeeny, tiny little snippet from my WIP, “In Suco Nasali, Veritas:”

As seen on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:” Ed absolutely gets these slippers for Stede, and Stede loves them, but gets mad that he can’t find a silver pair for Ed.

Everything is Gentlebeard when you’re an OFMD fan, and a bit pervy. www.instagram.com/reel/DPtaIoP...

A Little Kinktober Validation: although “Rocky Horror Picture Show” is 50 years old, the only member of the youthful* main cast to have shuffled off is the decidedly uncool Meatloaf. Stay freaky, friends. * Of course, the two older fellows (narrator, Dr. Scott) died a while back.

If you had to pick an OFMD “Halloween” episode, it’d be “Art of Fuckery,” right?

Inspired by an older couple I saw languishing in traffic on a motorcycle, a very short Skyfic: Deeply Uncool

Jim Buttons 🤝 Biting Fingers

Took my 13 year old to her first concert (though it was really for me, musician-wise): Pulp at the Hollywood Bowl. She got her first contact high, first encounter with unhoused folks, her first Uber ride, first time walking L.A. in the dark… it all seemed fitting for Pulp’s gritty-glam style.

I don’t know how many of you play Lil Snack brain games online. Today they leaned into Talk Like a Pirate Day, including a word search with OUR BOYS. [I’ll grant I was never a huge pirate nerd before this show; still, I’m thinking they’d never have included SB prior to OFMD.]

Kitten Rhys Darby, giving me some fanfic inspo here, whether I want it or not. 🤭

I got soooooo spoiled for my birthday: lobster and OFMD. Sweeeeet. (And kitten Rhys Darby tried to join the meal.)

First day of middle school (7th grade) for our kiddo. Yesterday, in line at a store, a woman took one look at her and said, “I’ll bet you like musical theater,” then tried to recruit her into amateur productions. I love that there’s a “look” about such kids, and that theater teacher *knew* it. 😄

Stede: “Happy birthday, darling! You know, in my family, we have a tradition that the birthday boy gets spanked, once for every year of his life.”

Stede-coded Tupperware. Color name? Peacock.

Absolutely knows what he’s doing.

Husband put on OFMD S2E8. (😳) I’d just told him whose ass we were staring at, and opened up Insta to find… it’s Alex’ birthday today. What cheeky synchronicity!

We are changing out the bed frame in the guest room, and Rhys Darby just had to be the center of attention, as uzshe.

A lot of medical professionals are diagnosing this as CHF: chronic heart failure. I’m not a medical professional, though, so I say CHFE: can’t happen fast enough.

If a celebrity septuagenarian with a wild reputation, a reality show, an evocative moniker, and a long history of health issues had to die, why’d it have to be Ozzy?

@bonnypitty.bsky.social Very Elcore.

Remember during the Vietnam War, when it was “Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?” I think any time Deuce appears in public, it should be, “Hey, hey, DJT, how many kids did you rape with Epstein?” No, I don’t care that it’s an imperfect rhyme.

Ed 👏🏼👏🏼 ward 👏🏼👏🏼 Cat👏🏼👏🏼Boi👏🏼👏🏼Teach

Might turn this true story into a quick Ed/Stede AU some time: I hit two grocery stores this afternoon, and, as always, I strive to be polite and keep good vibes rolling. For example, I let a woman jump ahead of me in line because she came back for one item she’d forgotten.

Getting purple first on yesterday’s [6/19] Connections game was a direct result of reading @politestmenace.bsky.social ‘s Parry and Riposte series. 😁

I will play no more forever.* * This particular 2048. * The others are still game. * A third season *would* provide more tile images. Ahem.

@bonnypitty.bsky.social Not to mention what it did for OFMD fanfic, eh, El? 💙https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20241126-matthew-bourne-on-his-male-swan-lake-the-show-that-shook-up-the-dance-world-forever

Spatial awareness is not my strong suit, so I have yet to complete the Taika and Gentlebeard 2048 puzzles. It’s weirdly appropriate, though, that I have aced the Stede “somehow gets lucky despite gross incompetence” Bonnet version. I can’t even imagine what the next image might be!

Every time Rhys Darby posts a thirst trap photo, my first thought is always, “Okay, you handsome fucker.” 😄

With all of USA being a dumpster fire, I suppose a 5.3 earthquake in San Diego’s rural bits doesn’t merit a top headline. But I need you to know Rhys Darby went from napping with me this morning, to bravely freaking out, to cringing in the auxiliary wardrobe when it was all over. Lionheart.

All this talk of merStede’s red heart scales, and I only just now remembered: I wrote a fic in which Ed has a red heart tattoo… somewhere. 🫢 “Human Resources: Hiring, Firing, Training, and Discipline” archiveofourown.org/works/50017279

Spent my day the American Way!

I’m glad I caught a snippet* of Anapela Polataivao introducing herself and her movie “Tinā,” because I had been saying her name slightly wrong! The last name is five syllables, POH-luh-tah-EEE-vow. (*I’m sorry I can’t link. It’s lost to IG stories.)

Phew! “Marry Me” is complete! There’s always an uphill moment in writing, when I think I’ll never get there; but—voilà—the end. archiveofourown.org/works/635202...

From three years ago today. And I was right. 🩵

When Stede executes the forest fuckery (before he even knows what they are!), I *always* hear Oluwande’s first hoot as Stede whimpering. Every. Time. I even see that the closed captioning credits the sound to Oluwande, but… I dunno, maybe I just want to hear Stede whimper. 😏🤭

I went to a dollar store, of all places, and noticed a very attractive man my age. Bleached blond hair, very fit but not a musclehead, stylishly dressed… as I’m pondering this absolute unicorn being in my tiny town, /1/

I am officially and affectionately calling “The Giver” Chappell Roan’s cuntry song. 😜

My current fic, “Marry Me,” mentions Spanish Jackie as a wrestler. Call it intuition. (Leslie Jones, from Ron Funch’s IG.) archiveofourown.org/works/635202...

Well, I guess I’m 2 years and 365 days (there was a leap year, dickfuck) into my OFMD obsession. I’d been a casual fan of RD since FotC, always happy to see him. Why not watch this pirate sitcom? 1st episode made me chuckle, figured I’d give it another shot. I had no idea how much I would love it.