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Trish

@slowpiracy.bsky.social

This is probably still my favourite moment. They're falling in love. They're becoming best friends. They're passing the time so well.

January 4, 2026 at 4:15 AM

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𝚛 𝚘 𝚡 𝚒 🦄 ❤️ 🏴‍☠️

@roximonoxide.bsky.social

🥹 10/10 shot

Stede Bonnet majestically pulling a dinghy into the ocean because he fucking forgot he was supposed to be on a dock somewhere ffs.

January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM

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Frog

@sweetteamotion.bsky.social

There are so many gorgeous shots in the show, but this!!! this is the one!

January 4, 2026 at 3:36 AM

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xray_vex

@xrayvex.bsky.social

and now, free

January 4, 2026 at 2:29 AM

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The Reluctant Rose

@reluctantrose.bsky.social

This. Always this.

This is a still from the show Our Flag Means Death. It depicts two men face to face underwater, caught between the light above and the darkness below. Ed has long, dark hair, is black-clad and barefoot. Stede is fair haired with a mermaid tail and a golden trident.

January 4, 2026 at 2:18 AM

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Nikki ✌🏻💜🏴‍☠️

@asyouwish311.bsky.social

This shot/scene will always make me tear up. It gives me the warm and fuzzies.

January 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM

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☠️ B ☠️

@robertaseaport.bsky.social

💖

Stede posing against the sky like a bodice ripper hero before going out in a little rowboat to find his boyfriend

January 4, 2026 at 2:47 AM

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kellykat53 🏴‍☠️❤️

@kellykat53.bsky.social

Impossible task but I’ll go with this one. Like Pirate Dad says, that’s a kiss.

Overhead shot of Ed and Stede laying face down on the deck of the Revenge. Their hands are tied behind their backs and they are surrounded by British officers. Ed is reaching his foot over to touch Stede’s.

January 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM

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Lacey 🏴‍☠️💜

@pirate-degen.bsky.social

always and forever 💛

#OFMD

Screenshot of OFMD S1E10, Mary is hugging Stede in soft lighting

January 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM

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Joe Quinones

@joequinones.bsky.social

Would love a single consequence.

December 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM

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Joanne Harris

@joannechocolat.bsky.social

E-books are reading.
Comics are reading.
Genre is reading.
Fanfic is reading.
Text-based games are reading.
Audiobooks are reading.
Braille books are reading.
Non-fiction is reading.
Picture books are reading.
There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.

January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM

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amy 🐳⛵️

@cannibalxing.bsky.social

I just miss them a lot

Screenshot of Dave Fane’s repost of Samba Schutte’s IG post of the cast of OFMD
S2 in costume but out of character posing for a photo on the deck of The Revenge. Text on image says “of all the ships in this show, Friendship was my favourite”

January 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM

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Dr. Lucky Tran

@luckytran.com

Make masks FIT and FREE! As we experience a record breaking flu surge and the ongoing effects of COVID, now would be a great time to ramp up efforts to make high quality N95 masks free and widely available. Really wish free mask distribution was a regular feature of progressive events for example.

January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM

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Pirate Reading Club

@piratereadingclub.bsky.social

Let's go, pirate readers, let's gooooo!
(The amazing @ginnedfish.bsky.social made this amazing infographic!)
#piratereadingclub 📚🏴‍☠️

Infographic for Pirate Reading Club at Bluesky.com
Dates of bingo: January 1 - March 31
@piratereadingclub
piratereadingclub.blogspot.com

Two bingo cards superimposed over Stede, with the Pirate Reading Club icon over his face. He’s showing Ed his bookshelves.

Stede: Pirate Reading Club! Only this time, it’s a bingo! Pick a card! Any card!  An image of Izzy reading a book.

Izzy: What if we want to do both cards?  Stede: I love your enthusiasm, Izzy! One is done, twice is nice!

Izzy: Well I can’t do two. Someone’s got to work around here.

Stede, exclamation points, indicating frustration: Well then why- yes, Lucius! I see you’ve got a look of curiosity about you!

An image of Lucius reading his journal: Erotica is a kind of literature.   Stede: Er… yes! I suppose it is!

An image of Wee John and Frenchie in their nook.

Wee John: Nook time gives us plenty of time to finish both cards.

Frenchie: Love books. No electromagnetic waves. Gotta watch out for word sprites tho.

An image of Frenchie pulling a book out of his coat.

Frenchie: Go, pirates, go!

An image of Stede, with the Pirate Reading Club icon over his face, reading to the sleeping crew.

Stede: …We read it through, as a crew!

Wee John: Stupid pirate readers pulled it off!  Roach: Is bingo a bloodsport? 
Stede: No, I’m afraid it’s not.

January 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM

Rachel

@remreader.bsky.social

I loved how so many of the doors were collabs, it was really nice to see all the artists & writers working together to make such wonderful treats for us ❤️❤️

𝚛 𝚘 𝚡 𝚒 🦄 ❤️ 🏴‍☠️ @roximonoxide.bsky.social · 3d

Happy New Years crew! 🗓️ 🎆🏴‍☠️ QRT this with your fav thing from the Advint Calindah— when it's midnight where you are it could help make 2026 your Kraken Era 😌🫶

January 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM

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Our Flag Means Death Frames

@ofmdframes.bsky.social

WE GOT TORTURED
AND WE SURVIVED

January 1, 2026 at 4:27 AM

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🪼mermaidinn is ready for summer now please

@mermaidinn.bsky.social

First (I think) vs last ofmd art of 2025! Quote with yours!

🏴‍☠️💕happy new year

Sketchy drawing of the revenge in blues and pinks

Sketch of ed and Stede leaning close togethr after kissing, Stede has his hand in Ed’s hair

January 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM

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darcylindbergh

@darcylindbergh.bsky.social

new years day is my favorite holiday. it just feels like the universe saying okay, take a breath. here is a distinct division of the past from the now. all that came before, and now we are here. it's not about resolutions etc it's just about taking a moment to say:

okay. we're okay. now forward.

January 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM