The theme of this week was “shopping.” And the memes were immaculate.
January 21
We got a big announcement about a new crew member! Congratulations, Samba and Aria!
January 22
Samson called us the “best fandom” he has “ever seen”!
Crew were taking to the streets to get the word out about saving the show!
And creator David Jenkins reacted to the petition crossing the 77k mark!
January 23
The petition kept growing!
And an anonymous source at Max told Popverse about the marketing around OFMD.
January 24
BBC finally confirmed that the show would be returning for a second season in the UK! The first episode is scheduled for 10pm GMT on Monday, February 5 on BBC Two.
Many may remember, last time OFMD aired on the BBC, Kristian did “Wee John Wednesdays” where he chatted with a fellow cast member about the show. (If you missed them, they’re all on his Instagram!)
The 2024 Queerties nominations came in – and both Vico and OFMD got a shout-out! You can vote (for Vico and the show) once a day through February 22, winners will be announced March 12.
In the wake of last week’s #LubeAsACrew live-tweet event, Astroglide bragged about the event to the entire company.
BTW lube boss presented 3 slides about you guys and OFMD in the meeting to the entire company. 💜
— ASTROGLIDE 💦 (@ASTROGLIDE) January 24, 2024
January 25
The Guardian posted an article about fan efforts, and it was the most-read article on their site that day!
Cast continued to post about the show.
And poor Damien (“Father Teach”) discovered fics about his character.
January 26
David Jenkins proudly posted about Vico and OFMD being nominated for the Queerties.
Writer Alex Sherman is still interacting with fan posts on Twitter.
The JoCo Cruise, sailing in March with Vico, made a custom rug for them!
And Astroglide announced another live-tweet event, much to the delight of “Jeffrey Fettering”!
Dominic then gave us a beautiful gift of BTS from S1.
GalaxyCon announced OFMD guests in two of their other cons!
January 27
Max’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery is still not doing well…
Vico popped in to brag about their Queerties nomination.
New unofficial merch alert!
The petition surpassed 82,000 signatures!
January 28
The ad truck is still going in Los Angeles! Greens Coordinator for S2, Leanne Evans, spotted it driving down the road.
Popular Accounts Who Shared/Interacted with Renewal Efforts
Kate McLennan, co-creator of “Deadloch” (starring Madeleine Sami):
On-set photographer Nicola Dove:
Other Things This Week:
- Fan Events & Projects:
- EdIzzy Week is coming back on February 9.
- Some Twitter users put together “cheat sheets” (here’s the other one, and another one) for how to approach networks and help the campaign.
- A Tumblr user has a list of everyday renewal tasks for those in the US and not.
- The Astroglide fic event has been rescheduled to February 9, here are the prompts!
- Want to make a valentine for a potential streamer?
- Big thanks to Our Flag Makes a Difference for tweeting all about Palestine during this week’s #StrikeForGaza.
- February 4 is National Homemade Soup Day, use #StewAsACrew to join in!
- A Twitter user created flyers for the #SaveOFMD campaign.
- January 31 is #OFMDMissingScene Day!
- Cancellation/Renewal Articles:
- “It Goes Beyond”: Cancelled Max Show’s Fan Campaign Sparks Heartfelt Response From Creator (ScreenRant)
- Our Flag Means Death And The Fight For Queer Joy (Citizen Dame)
- Ritkán látott összefogás egy elkaszált sorozatért (Pinkdex, Hungary)
- Canceled Max Series Fans Take Over Times Square (Giant Freakin Robot)
- El creador de Our Flag Means Death reacciona a la increíble campaña de fans para traer de vuelta la serie (News ES Euro, Spain)
- Gone too soon: A tribute to the queer joy of Our Flag Means Death (The Spinoff)
- ‘Unhinged – in a good way’: Our Flag Means Death was cancelled. Its fans are fighting back (The Guardian)
- ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Season 2: Fans Petition to Save Beloved HBO Show (Bell of Lost Souls)
- Our Flag Means Death Petition Update; “You Guys F***ing Rock”: Jenkins (Bleeding Cool)
- Why Our Flag Means Death’s Cancellation Should Make You Angry (The Zillennial)
- Other Articles:
- Our Flag Means Death’s marketing was concerned about the shock of violence in the show (Popverse)
- Our Flag Means Death Season 2 Finally Confirms UK Release Date (Den of Geek)
- ‘Our Flag Means Death’ Season 2 Gets February UK Premiere Date on BBC (GeekTown)
- 15 Things We’ll Miss About ‘Our Flag Means Death’ (Tell Tale TV)
- Gary Farmer Has Seen It All (Vulture, he played Chief Mabo in 1×02)
- Our Flag Means Death | Series 2 Preview (BBC Two) (TV Zone UK)
- Taika’s “Next Goal Wins” will be streaming on Hulu February 15.
- Dominic Burgess (Jeffrey Fettering) was interviewed about his career for podcast “The Locher Room.”
- Rhys and his wife Rosie celebrated their 20 year anniversary!
- Leslie has been nominated for an NAACP Outstanding Performance Award!
- Kristin Schaal is asking for donations to World Food Program USA for Gaza.
And that’s the week’s news!
Until next time,
@OFMDCrew
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