Our Flag Means Death - Thread 4: Roll up, roll up! Come join us for more pirate obsession!

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Ahoy again mateys! Can you believe we are now aboard thread 4? Stick around for chat about this brilliant show, its cast, its music, fan edits, fan fiction and more than a little obsessing over our fabulous leads - pictures extremely welcome!

If you haven’t yet seen Our Flag Means Death, what are you waiting for? Go watch it (on BBC iPlayer), then come back and join us 😀

You may have heard that this is a comedy about pirates and think it's not for you. But it’s actually a show about self-discovery, healing and found-family with a love story at its heart. The joint leads are both damaged by abusive backgrounds and want what the other has. The show is about their healing and their respective journeys. It’s tender, romantic, funny, emotionally intelligent and utterly refreshing. It subverts genre expectations. There is comedy, absurdity and a good amount of heartbreak and despair - sometimes in the same scene! The acting is outstanding (Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby especially). But the writing, music, costumes, sets, the sheer attention to detail – for a show with only 18 half-hour episodes it is still keeping us talking, three full threads and many re-watches later.

If you think this might appeal, do watch it and come back and talk to us. It would be lovely if more were to join our crew. But be aware that it's a show that needs time. It’s structured like a theatre production, with a prologue and 3 acts. The 2nd lead arrives (briefly) in episode 3. Episode 4 is the start of Act 1, where the tone changes and the main story begins. You need to give it at least 4 episodes, and from there it just gets better and better. It still took me several more episodes to fully appreciate what I was watching, but by then I was hooked and had to immediately watch it all over again. And again. And again! If you like Good Omens, What We Do in the Shadows, Ghosts or even Bridgerton, this might well be the show for you.

(I’ve kept this spoiler free, but if you scroll down you will no doubt find many, so beware!)

Thread 1: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5008593-our-flag-means-death-its-utterly-brilliant-and-i-am-obsessed?reply=135294204
Thread 2 : https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5076581-our-flag-means-death-thread-2-still-utterly-brilliant-and-we-are-still-obsessed?reply=136060611
Thread 3: https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5101662-our-flag-means-death-thread-3-its-still-utterly-brilliant-we-are-still-obsessed?reply=137315706

Oh yay! We can both hobble on the dance-floor together Sunday 🤣

Saturday night is the biggy for cosplaying apparently. The competition night is Calypso’s birthday. It says the guests judge the best outfits. You have to actively enter to be included so we won’t be randomly judged for not contributing a great outfit. I love people-watching so will be making my own decisions on the sidelines. I’m expecting a lot of Wee Johns and Izzys.

That sounds ideal @MrsJellybee . I certainly won't be entering any cosplay competitions, but am very excited to see what sort of creations others come up with.

Given that he is actually attending, Sunday night’s theme should really be Realms of Rhys or Dominions of Derby or something.
Costumes would be a lot easier … some lovely knitwear for example… if less exciting!

@MrsBruin Dominions of Derby sounds like a grand tour of the Peak District 🤣

But, yes. Rhys would be a lovely idea. I guess they don’t want to single out a particular guest as higher status even though it’s obvious he is.

I’m off to think about the Realms of Rhys…

I had it in my head that Nathan Foad would be there. Have I got that wrong?

He was definitely announced. I haven’t seen that it’s changed

There's no picture of him on the home page, but you can still buy photos with him (solo and with Con), so it does look like he is still attending.

Phew! They don't have him down on the home page as a bonus guest so I was a bit worried, not that Rhys & Co aren't enough!

SHEARWATER!

Omg

I can’t read it until later!

Yay that was a good Shearwater update!

Are they out of the bath.

…………… No

You are kidding me

Is is a separate shower? Must go back and read room description.

@Phineyj oh, maybe you’re right. I can’t work out if it’s a separate shower. Maybe it is. They’re still wet-through though.

In my mind it's a separate shower!

And in my mind the bathroom looks like this!

images.app.goo.gl/61j5LY6z7hUyWLVw8

It says Ed curls his feet on the tiles (this sounds far more sexual than it is) so, yeah, separate shower.

At some point they will have to towel off!

I forgot it was a claw-foot bath. The last update was July.

Ok - but there’s “I struggled with this chapter” and - this has taken 3 months!! 🤷‍♀️

She said on X she’d moved house.

It’s a lovely, cerebral chapter whirling around the windmills of Ed’s mind (and body), but I really am champing at the bit now…

Ah that makes sense! But surely they HAVE to get out of the shower in the next chapter 🤣

I'm definitely ready for them to finish washing tbh.

I dunno… perhaps there’s a jacuzzi they can get into next… 🤣

Am I right in thinking Stede still has his trousers on? Whilst Ed’s ‘very naked’.