Day 24: I love this lovely letter, and I hope our boys are enjoying their innkeeper era until we (hopefully) see them again. Thank you to everyone who played along or donated to SAGE, Rainbow Railroad, or Cornbread and Roses, or agreed to have their art included. Happy New Year, Crew! #OFMDSAC

For Dec 24th a holiday classic reimagined by @heyitsalliemack.bsky.social 😍❄️🧣 Danny Kaye eat your heart out 😌 ourflagmeans.gay/2025/ Merry any-mas to the most savage, insane, vengeful pirate horde i know <3

Happy 25th of December, everyone! ✨♥️ We’ve made it to the final day of the advent calendar, and I have been waiting with bated breath to bring you both this door – and the surprise behind it! archiveofourown.org/collections/... A gift from me to you 🥰 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 23: MerStede appeared in S2E3 but Stede-Stede wasn't aware of him until Ed told him he saved his life. He was orange and sparkly and looked fantastic Picture MerStede hearing Ed say this, smiling and wriggling and having a great day like Stede-Stede, and behold: Lucia's MerStede! 1/2 #OFMDSAC

What better time of year to answer the question is Stede is a good boy? And WHO better to answer it than Edward Teach? 😌🎁🎅 Dec 23rd brought to you by the @flagmeanssteph.bsky.social & @citrussyndicate.bsky.social dream team! Check it out! ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Happy 24th of December ✨🥰 (WE MADE IT!) Behind today’s door hides a piece of artwork by @tillychmo.bsky.social where our boys are celebrating a very Scandinavian Christmas Eve! archiveofourown.org/works/61632724 Happy Christmas, friends! 🎄🧑‍🎄 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 22: Stede's motto may not work for every poisonous thing, but metabolizing pain and guilt into something positive is a useful life skill. I love everything Illustory makes from fanart to inspired originals. I just had to include this glorious piece! #OFMDSAC www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ca...

b i g day for moustache Stede fans (me) Dec 22: Brings a little NSFW nostalgia with this holiday banger by @unfunpleasures.bsky.social and art by @sweetpotato70.bsky.social 🧔‍♂️🕯️🍆🎄👀 ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Happy 23rd of December! ✨ Behind today’s door hides a wonderful piece of ‘slightly suggestive’ art from lovely @gleafer.bsky.social (“Ooh, saucy! 🐦”) archiveofourown.org/collections/... You can support her art here 🥰: www.patreon.com/Gleafer #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMDart

Day 21: Stede is very proud of his punch so definitely journal-worthy, and he likely gushed about the suit and complained for 3 pages about having to give it away before Ed got to see him in it. (Had to use the pic from @ourartmeanszepp's kofi since mine's blurry) ko-fi.com/s/e8a195995e #OFMDSAC

Dec 21: Brought to you by @sweetpotato70.bsky.social because who better to ring in solstice than a fancy little snow fairy? 😍❄️🧚‍♂️ ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

If you haven't played Estelle's game yet, change that today! It's so heartwarming and feels like an OFMD holiday special 🎁

Happy 22nd of December ✨ Behind today’s door hides … a GAME! The wonderful @blueberreads.bsky.social has made us “The Innkeepers” game 😍 Have fun! – and please shower Estelle with all your love for the game! 🥰🎉 eliakon.itch.io/the-innkeepe... #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 20: This line is the whole show. From the beginning, Stede wanted his ship to be a place where pirates could work out their trauma and grow as people. I Jenkins-ed the ship image from S2E6. It's impossible to see but I added stars around it so it looks like it is floating in space. #OFMDSAC

Happy 21st of December ✨ – and happy Winter Solstice! Behind today’s door hides a beautiful piece of art by the lovely @deanbird.bsky.social of Ed & Stede celebrating the winter solstice 😍 archiveofourown.org/works/61451590 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMDart

Dec 20th: Holidays stressing you out? Before you fight a christmas tree check out today's box brought to you by the amazing @sailorsruin92.bsky.social 🌲🤛😌🏴‍☠️❤️ ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Day 19: I Jenkins-ed the order again slightly. Stede does say they're prone to whims in S2E4, but it's Ed that uses the phrase "whim prone" in the next episode. I just wanted to use a different quote for tomorrow. #OFMDSAC 1/2

Happy 20th of December! ✨ Today’s door hides a lovely fast burn, tooth rotting fluff of a fic from @politestmenace.bsky.social & art by Sailor! – both of whom kindly offered to do 2 doors for the calendar 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/61467280 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMDfic

Day 18: Another episode that was hard to pull a quote from, just so much sadness in trauma in this one. But with the crew's help, Stede's plan was executed, and they escaped. He used his position and the tools available to him to save his crew. #OFMDSAC

Dec 18th: dino it's late in the day but when i saur what @clairegregoryau.bsky.social and @akans.bsky.social made for today's box i felt it in my bones. don't misssss 👀🦖

Happy 19th of December ✨ Behind today’s door hides a wonderful story from so-called Australia, written by the always lovely @butterscup95.bsky.social 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/61409599 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 17: Hardest episode to pull a quote from. Stede comes off snobby here, and I can see him complaining to his journal about it. He's a captain, and this must feel like a demotion to him. I didn't get a good photo of the map I printed (with tatty edges) but I used the one from the auction #OFMDSAC

Dec 17th! Brought to you by the incredible @gemagination.bsky.social! If you haven't peeped their seasonally relevant wooden boy moment yet. 😌👌 Check it out! ourflagmeans.gay/2025

Happy 18th of December! ✨🥰 Behind today’s door hides a wonderful piece of slightly ‘spicy’ Hermey & Santa art from the impeccable @citrussyndicate.bsky.social 🙌😍 archiveofourown.org/works/61427968 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

This is still running thru Saturday! We've got very few entries so far...zero actually, so your chances of winning are pretty big right now! Please help us help the folks at Transanta!

Day 16: I've always loved the fated randomness (random fatedness?) of the message in bottle concept, so this scene is really meaningful to me. I Jenkins-ed the scroll inside the bottle (it's actually permanent ink from the finale), but I included all 3 versions... #OFMDSAC 1/2

and on Dec 16th we were given the gift of whimsy thanks to @redwsailing.bsky.social and @aliassamm.bsky.social 😌 open today's giftie to check out this delightful story and it's fantastic artwork 🦚❤️😆 ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Happy 17th of December ✨ Behind today’s door hides a wonderful wee ‘West Coast Christmas’-fic (with stepdad Ed!) written by the lovely @ironstrangle.bsky.social 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/61008688 Hope you enjoy this adorable beachy-Christmas tale 😍 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 15: This scene is the perfect bridge between seasons. I love the backstory of David, Taika, and Rhys filming this scene, so intimate, trying to capture the perfect light before it's lost. Stede's determined. He knows what he wants and is going back to his love. #OFMDSAC 1/2

Todays advent is brought to you by @redwsailing.bsky.social and I! It's short and fun and... Well, I hope you like it. Enjoy, crew! Thank you for another year of getting through the ups and downs together. I love you! Yes, you!! Here's your present: ourflagmeans.gay/2025/ #OFMD #OFMDfanart

Happy 16th of December ✨ Behind today’s door we have the loveliest nod to the annual John Lewis Christmas ads, with a Lucius-centred fic from @caladria.bsky.social 😍 archiveofourown.org/works/61046929 Hope you enjoy this ‘OFMD JohnLewis’-celebration 🥰 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

@politestmenace.bsky.social and I cooked up something good for day 15! 😉

Day 14: Disclaimer: I Jenkins-ed the chronology on a few upcoming days for flow. Today's quote technically comes after tomorrow's in the episode, but the trinket order fits the vibe to transition to season 2, so I took a little poetic license. #OFMDSAC 1/2

I love our fandom's gorgeous art and inspired fic so much, and when someone jumps out of those formats into something so fun and inventive, it's just the best! Revisit this awesome RPG by @alimasin.bsky.social today!

Happy 15th of December + 3rd Sunday of Advent ✨🥰 It’s game-time! Behind today’s door hides a Holiday RPG by the lovely @alimasin.bsky.social (aka ‘snake_necklace’ on ao3), so get the 6-sided dice out & roll on! 🤩 archiveofourown.org/works/61307176 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

More advincha for Dec 14th with art by @gustavalbinoboa.bsky.social! That IS how looting works, mate.😌 If you're clicking around for the first time today, yesterday's raffle will be open 'til Jan 2nd. 🫶 ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Day 13: A bookmark seemed fitting for this quote since Stede escaped into his books. (This was my 4th attempt. I'm not a crafter, I'm an idiot 😞) The different adhesives I tried kept pulling the paper no matter how much/little pressure I used on the glass. Resin would probably work better #OFMDSAC

Happy 14th of December! ✨🥰 Today’s door holds a wonderful Lego-surprise from @politestmenace.bsky.social 😍 Please go shower them with love for it! 🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/61308400 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 12: Judging from his beaming smile, Stede would want to remember this moment when the crew responded to his call and response more positively than in episode 1. I didn't see much fan merch with this quote/didn't want to repeat too many types of items, so I ordered the lanyard custom. #OFMDSAC

Ready to see what's behind the door for the 13th? It's a raffle! Just make a $5 donation to Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition, email me a screenshot of the receipt, and you'll be entered to win one of these two wood panels! Drawing held on January 3rd. Links & FAQs below! ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Happy 13th of December ✨ – also known to Scandinavians as ‘Saint Lucia’s Day’ 🕯️🕯️🕯️ Behind today’s door you’ll find a wonderful piece of art by our very own @kuuttamo.bsky.social 😍 archiveofourown.org/collections/... #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath #SanktLucia #SaintLuciasDay

Day 11: Foot touch! Foot touch! Such a key moment in OFMD and in Ed and Stede's relationship, it was obligatory to include it. And I'm pretty sure Stede would want to memory-hole the rest of episode 8: 😴💥🤠☕🔥➰💎💎🦀🐢📏🥥🛌📖➰🕊😭😡👉🚣‍♂️😢🔭🏖💔🏸🚢 #OFMDSAC (Sorry I had to use Lee's photo since mine is blurry) 1/2

Happy 12th of December! ✨🥰 Behind today’s door hides a wonderful, pencil-drawn piece of art from @intheblanketfort.bsky.social 🙌 — please go shower them with love for it! 😍 “Ed Keeps Watch on a Snowy Evening”: archiveofourown.org/works/60967537 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Hi all! Some really very talented pirates have made something special to carry us from now to the new year! Something new drops everyday until Jan 1st. Check back daily for fic, and art and other goodies! Starting tomorrow Dec 12! ourflagmeans.gay/2025/

Day 10: Rhys' delivery is just such a joy! I just had to spell it that way. Adventures are important to Stede, and he didn't want to Ed to drift away if their days were becoming too monotonous on the ship. He wanted the day to be memorable, and I think he succeeded. #OFMDSAC 1/2

Happy 11th of December! ✨🥰 Behind today’s door hides a beautiful piece of art by @cufeilidh.bsky.social – Stepdad Ed, Christmas tree, & Tim Horton’s … what more could you want? 😍 archiveofourown.org/works/61233538 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

Day 9: The golden hour, sailing at sunset, twined ankles and kicky feet, laughing and regaling the legendary Blackbeard with your shark tales... I mashed-up the beginning montage and quoted scene since I think Stede wouldn't want to remember the dark bathtub confessional too long. #OFMDSAC 1/2

Happy 10th of December! ✨😍 Today’s surprise is brought to you by our very own @clairegregoryau.bsky.social — with a wonderful story about evolving your belief in holiday magic as you grow up ✨🥰 archiveofourown.org/works/61049830 #OFMDadventCalendar #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

so anyway. you guys are getting an advint calindah 😌

Soon. soooooon ourflagmeans.gay/2025/