So, I just called my mum because I was finally, finally, at a point with the OFMD news where I started to cry (it was Rhys' fault), and calling my mum is what I do when I'm falling apart, and I kept apologising to her for full blown ugly sobbing in her ear about this fictional show because 'it's silly' and 'it's not important', and she very firmly told me to shut up and said 'but it's not silly because it's important to you, and you're allowed to be sad'.
So I just wanted to share that, in case anyone needed to hear it.
And, I am so, so grateful that the writers ended s2 the way they did. They wrapped everything up the way they needed to so everyone was happy and safe, and they put Ed and Stede in a good place. They wanted a third season but they were prepared for the worst, and they gave us and the characters that kind writing just in case.
OK, we need to be strategic about another streaming platform or network picking up our beloved OFMD.
Everyone is begging netflix and prime - which is amazing and I love everyone in this bar - but how about we petition the FX network as well?
Taika already has a strong working relationship with FX because of What We Do In The Shadows and Reservation Dogs. He has been a cash cow for the network and, frankly, it would behoove FX to add more of his content.
Thanks OFMD for breaking me out of my art block after a miserable burnout last year.
My therapist told me I should remember what I liked about drawing and try doing some art for myself. Then OFMD s2 came out and suddenly I couldn’t stop drawing.
The creativity I’ve seen from this fandom (the art, fic, crafts, the baking!) has been incredible. There’s something so special about art that fuels more art, creativity feeding back into itself. The idea that stories can fill you up so much that it can’t help but spill out in your own stories and art and essays and gifs and whatever else form it takes.