i spent many years watching actors cringe at/mock fans celebrating their work with art- jenna June 9, 2022Īnyways i think i have a cold and im still feeling warm over hearing taika talk about the soft gay porn from ofmd fandom in the most goddamn genuine sweet way possible. as a fandom elder it’s a pleasant shock to see a creative team engage with fan passion positively. Still processing how taika addressed fanart on that panel appreciatively (if mildly jokingly). I’ve never seen a cast just so comfortable and accepting of fandom culture!!! taika talking about NSFW fanart as a compliment and a privilege rather than something taboo and embarrassing just makes me happy, man- lib. Waititi making this statement meant a lot to many fans. Especially concerning the sexier elements of fanworks, which can face gatekeeping from their own communities.
After years of actors and creatives pointedly ignoring ships, or flinching and prevaricating their way out of fandom questions at conventions, it’s unbelievably refreshing for Waititi to volunteer this information out of the blue. Waititi thrives on generating fun chaos, but the sentiment here is genuine. The canonical ship, dubbed “Blackbonnet” or “Gentlebeard,” has seen a massive explosion of fan-generated art and fiction, with attention also paid to the other queer relationships on the show. “I love to go on social media and see all of the fanart, and see all of the, ah, incredible soft gay porn that’s been created around our characters and stuff,” Waititi said, adding cheekily, “I just really get off on it.” On Our Flag Means Death, Waititi’s character Blackbeard/Ed Teach falls in love with his pirate co-captain Stede Bonnet (played by Rhys Darby), and the two share a kiss and a whole mess of feelings by season’s end. But the quote heard ’round the world goes as follows: The innocuously-named “HBO Max Actors and Producers Roundtable” panel was about creating breakthrough characters and also featured the likes of Zendaya and Oscar Isaac.
Waititi was speaking this week as part of Variety’s Virtual TV Fest, and he had plenty to say about Our Flag Means Death. Then Our Flag Means Death star Taika Waititi-who also serves as an executive producer and directed the pilot-took his praise a step further by highlighting the more NSFW side of fanart that has emerged. That’s been wonderful to see, and a fair bit different than the treatment many fandoms have experienced when it comes to shipping and fanworks in the past. Since the pirate workplace romcom exploded in popularity, the cast and creatives have been outspoken in their support of fandom, with many sharing, liking, and interacting with fan creations like fanart, memes, and meta-analysis. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death helped deal a mortal blow to queerbaiting on television. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are: More information about the RTA Label and compatible services can be found here.
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