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Ruth | Temporal_discounting
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Ruth | she/her | just here for OFMD | temporal-discounting on tumblr | Temporal_discounting on AO3

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Ruth | Temporal_discounting @insane-foliage.bsky.social · Nov 12
✒️Fic thread ✒️

I write mostly Gentlebeard canon-universe fics - some spicy, some not.

I live for missing scenes and opportunities to ponder the 'what ifs' of it all.

On AO3: archiveofourown.org/users/Tempor...

#OFMDFic #OFMDFanfiction
A title card, featuring a shot of the Revenge sailing off into the sunset. It reads "Sometimes I write things: Fics by Temporal_discounting"
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gelatinousstand.bsky.social
Today's the daaaaaaaaay!

Please enjoy No Shenaniganry Allowed Aboard Jeff's Inn on the Sea, my Big Bang with @pogonr.bsky.social. Fake dating! Lots of pining! Extreme silliness! Smut! Ed and Stede being idiots for each other! Gorgeous art INCLUDING trademark sloppy smoochin! 💖

Enjoyyyyyyy 🥰
No Shenaniganry Allowed Aboard Jeff's Inn on the Sea - Chapter 1 - Juniper (GelatinousStand), pogo - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you've seen

Nine Inch Nails
The Rock Orchestra
Karnivool
AC/DC
TOOL
carouselsonfire.bsky.social 🥀Nat🥀 Ed Teach’s ADHD Spiral 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 @carouselsonfire.bsky.social · 8h
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you've seen.

Gary Numan
AFI
My Chemical Romance
The Birthday Massacre
Sisters of Mercy
insidesunshine.bsky.social InsideSunshine🌻 @insidesunshine.bsky.social · 10h
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you've seen.

Pom Pom Squat
King Hannah
Cameron Hayes
Royal Republic
Sonic Space Club
November 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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self-induljennt.bsky.social
I'm in my feelings about my longest fic tonight. I poured a lot of myself into them. My bad brain, my desire to evolve into something more than what I am, my hope. Anyway, I love my bus stop guys. 🥹🧡

#OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd
self-induljennt.bsky.social Jenn Lee overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · Feb 13
It's done. 🥹

Final chapter of Bus stop, Bus goes, He stays, Love grows just went up!

🧡🚏 archiveofourown.org/works/493658...

#OurFlagMeansDeath #ofmd #OFMDfic
Screen cap of a Our Flag Means Death fic summary, reads: Bus stop, Bus goes, He stays, Love grows Chapter 9: Ed and Stede (Hey Stranger) Summary: Ed and Stede's six days apart come to an end. This final stretch begins on a bus with a name.
May 19, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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youdrewaloveframe.bsky.social
Hi everyone who are part of this project: Monday 24th november is the deadline! So unless you have been granted an extension, we expect you to deliver your frames this weekend! If you can't do that, please contact us immediately. Link for delivery is pinned here. #ofmd #ofmdart #ofmdfanart
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
For #wipwednesday here's a snippet from my upcoming #FallFrontFriday festival fic.

We're taking a tour of season 1 via the medium of wanks. This is from chapter 1, set post ep2. Stede is enjoying some alone time with a bodice ripper...
Stede's brow furrows. He's never really understood the appeal of kissing in the french way. Seems remarkably unsanitary, really. It's certainly not something that he and Mary ever deigned to explore. He shrugs, refocusing once more on the page. Captain Daniels divests himself of his shirt, eliciting a gasp from Eliza. Stede palms himself through his breeches; his silk-clad toes curl as he rubs his hardness. Eliza's undergarments fall to the floor, exposing her breasts and their "rosy pink buds." Stede fumbles to turn the page with one hand, the other currently preoccupied with opening the fastenings of his fall front. He grunts in exasperation as the book slips from his hand and hits the floor with a thud. Shit. Well, at least now he has two hands available to tackle what suddenly feels like far too many fucking buttons. He makes quick work of freeing his arousal from the confines of his breeches, folding the flap of fabric away from his erection, before retrieving the book and hurriedly finding his place again.
November 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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happydaiz.bsky.social
The podfic of the very sweet little fic Jetpack Boyfriend by @alltomato1717.bsky.social.

What happens in Stede's head when he sees his boyfriend dressed for the retro future at work?
Podfic title card. The background is a photo of Taika Waititi dressed in a caramel leather jacket with matching fingerless gloves, and a jetpack strapped to his back. He's on a film set standing on a box and there's smoke all around him. Text reads Jetpack Boyfriend by aRealHumanBartender, podfic by happydaiz.
November 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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sevensugars.bsky.social
Collect Them All
#OFMD
The first time Ed and Stede kissed The second time Ed and Stede kissed The third time Ed and Stede kissed (and then fucked) The fourth time Ed and Stede kissed (and probably fucked again later at their inn)
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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butterscup95.bsky.social
Reposting my RBB for #TakeTwoTuesday in honour of my #OFMDBB25 coming out next week. 🥰💜
butterscup95.bsky.social Lucy 🧜‍♂️🏴‍☠️ @butterscup95.bsky.social · Jul 1
Introducing "Floating in Your Waves of Light", my colab with the amazing @smolbus.bsky.social for #OFMDReverseBang! The first two chapters are live, and I'll be uploading two chapters on Tuesdays and Fridays all month. Link, description, and tags are below. Enjoy! 💜 @ofmdreversebigbang.bsky.social
Title card for "Floating in Your Waves of Light - An OFMD Reverse Big Bang Fic, Words by butterscup Art by smolbus". Words are on a lavender background with waves. A lighthouse surrounded by flowers is transparent behind the title.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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ofmdframes.bsky.social
gentlebeard kisses now available in one convenient bundle
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
This fic is delightful, unhinged, silly, sweet, and just so much fun 💖💖💖
politestmenace.bsky.social R | Politest Menace 🏴‍☠️🍊 @politestmenace.bsky.social · 3d
Bored attorney Ed. Peak oblivious Stede. The AO3 window in the title card is no accident. Unhinged behavior. Have I intrigued you without too many spoilers?? Check out what @curiosityrocks.bsky.social and I made for #OFMDBB25! Summary/tags ⬇️

archiveofourown.org/works/74352541

#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic
Title card with an image of an open laptop that has an illustration of Stede and Ed’s eyes visible above an AO3 window in a browser. The text reads “The Bequest words by R | Politest Menace art by Curiosity Rocks An OFMD Big Bang 2025 AU E rated, Ed/Stede, 24k”
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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gaywatson.bsky.social
Never too soon to Take Two imho. 😌
Gonna share an early color sketch that I did right after getting matched, exploring the mood and vibe of Stede's POV of their shared Dream World. The final piece ended up a lot different, but I still really love this sketch 💜💙🩵💚
#OFMDfanart #OFMDBB25
Color impression sketch from the OFMD Big Bang fic "Clear Water to the Bottom." Completed in the very early planning stages of the collab, right after matching and getting the first bits of the story. Little Stede and his glowing mystery Dream Friend are tucked up together on a log. They are basking in awe at the huge purply-blue sky filled with stars and leaning ever so slightly toward each other. Little Stede is bathed in the calm green-blue glow of his Dream Friend, his aura reflected back in Stede's highlights. The colors of the piece are bright and prismatic while the edges and shapes are soft and bleed into each other.
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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tenderashell.bsky.social
#TakeTwoTuesday for baby’s first fic
tenderashell.bsky.social TenderAsHell❤️ @tenderashell.bsky.social · 5d
*drops this and runs away*

Thank you @politestmenace.bsky.social & @alimasin.bsky.social for your kind encouragement, it really means a lot to me

‘Roses Are Falling For You’ 💐
Rated T, 1.2k
archiveofourown.org/works/74169691
Buckets of cut flowers in a stand outside of my local grocery store, Stede’s setup would definitely be fancier but this makes me smile when I walk by
November 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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jeffsbuttons.bsky.social
Little bump now A03 seems to be accessible 🫣 🤞

I'm quite happy with how this chapter turned out. Always takes a lot for me to say that.

#OFMDFic #OFMDFanFic
jeffsbuttons.bsky.social Buttons (OFMD & TCF) @jeffsbuttons.bsky.social · 2d
Before AO3 breaks again, Tuesday lunchtime update of Something To Talk About.

Make way for the kraken....

🫣🫣

#OFMDFic

archiveofourown.org/works/669387...
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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knivesinfeet.bsky.social
Cleaning out my notes app, and apparently I DID at some point write alternative lyrics/a second verse to the Save Us, Michael Bolton version of "Jack Sparrow" 💀

cc: @happydaiz.bsky.social
This is the tale Of the dread pyrate Blackbeard A pirate so fearsome In his leather and kohl Cannonball to the head His brain is now couscous Life's a dick, and he wants his In Stede Bonnet's hoooooo-- NOPE
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
For #TakeTwoTuesday, a sweet little bit of canon era fluff.

The day after the french party, Ed teaches Stede to play the harpsichord. Stede has some feelings about it...

G rated, 2k

archiveofourown.org/works/60556876

Podfic by @littlefingies.bsky.social

archiveofourown.org/works/60625777
Harpsichord Lessons - Temporal_discounting - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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cheersm3dears.bsky.social
Is it too soon to #TakeTwoTuesday our #ofmdbb25?

Well.... 🤷‍♀️

Childhood dreamers reconnect as adults, just in time to alter a choice

Don't miss out on the art! @gaywatson.bsky.social and @self-induljennt.bsky.social did an absolutely magical job 🥰

🔗⬇️
a photo of an overlook on Diablo Lake, superimposed with text that reads: words by thisreader art by GayWatson & self-induljennt clear water to the bottom a 2025 ofmd big bang au clear water to the bottom GayWatson, thisreader, y2jenn (self_induljennt) Summary: Ever since Stede was a child, he’d dreamt of a beautiful, kind boy. Or well, he assumed the boy was beautiful. He’d never actually seen the boy. He just knew the boy was kind and gentle, in the faceless way dreaming so often is; he was the friend Stede always wished for in his waking life. Throughout his childhood, Ed had been kept company by a sweet and funny dream kid, always up for adventure. He would have stayed in this dream world forever and out of the chaos that was his home life if he could have—until the dreams themselves quit coming. Years in the future, when Ed makes a decision that will put a stop to his pain forever, a chance encounter with a suspiciously-familiar stranger interferes with his carefully crafted plans—so long as their dreams continue to bring them together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
Oh no, babe. He loves your chin, naked or otherwise 🥺
piratebot.bsky.social 🏴‍☠️𝔓𝔦𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔢 𝔅𝔬𝔱 @piratebot.bsky.social · 2d
Again with the beard. I'm sorry if my horrible naked chin disgusts you so much.
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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jodalyn.bsky.social
For this #TakeTwoTuesday , I would love to reshare my Whoops Weekend fic! A sequel story that can be read as a standalone, Ed and Stede continue messing around at the front of their inn…with their front door unlocked.

What could go wrong? 👀🍆

#OFMDFic #OFMD

archiveofourown.org/works/72662416
archiveofourown.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
On days like this, let us all thank the podficcers of our community 🙏
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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ghostalservice.bsky.social
hey while ao3 is down, here are some of my favorite OFMD fics downloaded as PDFs:

drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Be sure to tell the authors you love them while commenting is down!!

#ofmdfic #ofmd
OFMD Faves - Google Drive
drive.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ofmdframes.bsky.social
tell me… how did you two meet? 🧐
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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xrayvex.bsky.social
it was me
pencil sketch style drawing by xray_vex of a great white shark with edward teach's head/face. he's got a lit joint in his mouth with a wisp of smoke rising, and in this version of the drawing he's also holding a hot cuppa tea in his left fin. inspired by ofmd s2 ep 5, where lucius can't seem to stop drawing ed's face on everything from sunflowers to doggies bc ed is living rent free in his head
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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xrayvex.bsky.social
hmmm, i feel like i need to repost this again for some reason
xrayvex.bsky.social xray_vex @xrayvex.bsky.social · Dec 4
😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌😌
💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅💅
the Bugs Bunny "i wish all ___ a very___" image meme where he's dressed up in a tuxedo on black background. text reads: I wish all people who insisted that Taika hated being on OFMD a very -" and then the bottom part is two captioned screen shot images from the Entertainment Weekly video interview of Taika Waititi where he talks about being on OFMD and how much he loved it while holding a poster for the show. left image caption reads: "I had the best time of my life - I played Blackbeard." right image reads: "It was just like a fantastic couple of seasons of that show and I was just very very proud to do this."
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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politestmenace.bsky.social
Bored attorney Ed. Peak oblivious Stede. The AO3 window in the title card is no accident. Unhinged behavior. Have I intrigued you without too many spoilers?? Check out what @curiosityrocks.bsky.social and I made for #OFMDBB25! Summary/tags ⬇️

archiveofourown.org/works/74352541

#ofmdfic #ofmdfanfic
Title card with an image of an open laptop that has an illustration of Stede and Ed’s eyes visible above an AO3 window in a browser. The text reads “The Bequest words by R | Politest Menace art by Curiosity Rocks An OFMD Big Bang 2025 AU E rated, Ed/Stede, 24k”
November 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
insane-foliage.bsky.social
Ooh, I have a cheeky 'spend'. This is shortly after Ed learns that The Gentleman Pirate told him he could suck eggs in hell btw...

#WIPSnips
It doesn't take long. Ed comes into his fist with a stifled grunt. The muscles of his belly twitch as the warmth of his own spend splatters across the strip of exposed skin.
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM