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Jillian Sauers
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Formerly MerakiRetreat and same name on twt. Combining lit nerd and fandom accts here.

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Georgia House Districts Map showing Athens, GA and both included and surrounding neighborhoods and towns. Four districts are outlined and numbered 120, 121, 122, and 124. Source: https://www.accgov.com/m/newsflash/home/detail/6691
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Monopolies are bad. David Zaslav is worse. Ellison is worse. This is key. Their (lack of) taste, politics, and greed have destroyed the entertainment industry. Netflix isn't perfect, but this is a small win for now

#FireDavidZaslav
#RetireDavidZaslav #BanishDavidZaslav

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Screenshot of Deadline article linked below with this sentence highlighted: "Paramount had offered Zaslav a role if the companies were to merge" Screenshot of Deadline article linked below that reads: "It's not clear what role Zaslav would play in a Warner-Netflix merger."
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Gentlebeard 🐶😾
Stede dressed in his treasure hunt outfit with a huge warm smile giving off dog energy Ed in his burlap-like probation onesie, half hanging off a rope ladder attached to the pirate ship The Revenge, giving off cat energy.
December 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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What are four Christmas movies to know you by?
Scene from All I Want for Christmas. Three kids are standing outside a diner in the snow looking up at the sky. Scene from The Holiday. Kate Winslet is dressed in a black dress accompanying Eli Wallach, dressed in a black suit, to receive an award. Scene from Scrooged. Karen Allen and Bill Murray are opening Christmas gifts on their sofa. Scene from Santa Claus the Movie. An orphaned boy is smiling next to Santa Claus dressed in a red suit with white fur trim. They are both sitting on his sleigh. A sack of gifts is visible behind them.
December 4, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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Stede in episode S2E1 kissing glass bottle that contains a letter to Ed.
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Resurfacing this beautiful timeline magic from the bad place where a lot of us met in 2022. Always thankful for our OFMD crew!
Twitter screenshot of two tweets from Thanksgiving 2022. An OFMD fan tweeting: "Happy thanksgiving I can't wait to read smut while sitting in the living room with my entire family" Samba Schutte's unrelated post showing up below it, appearing as if it is replying to the comment: "From our pirate family to yours, thank you heart emoji, praying hands emoji, star emoji #thanksgiving #ofmd"
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Yes! Like a whole treasure chest of confiscated items like the teacher's desk drawer in A Christmas Story
An opened drawer of a teacher's desk, filled with children's toys and novelties like a pair of black plastic glasses with a fake nose, wind-up chattering teeth, a yo-yo, a rubber frog and mouse, et cetera
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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There's even an Ed-coded butterfly!
A different angle of the same log pillow with the woodgrain pattern and a butterfly with different shades of purple wings.
November 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Thank you so much! I'm sorry, I really wish I could open it to everyone, but if you want to make your own, I can send my planning docs along. One tweak I would do over is getting one with finger holes not knobs. (Shakes fist at the knobs lol)
Advent calendar with red and green painted drawers numbered 1-24, with half-circle finger holes to pull out
October 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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I'm sorry you're in the hospital and on your birthday too. That's awful! 🫂 I hope you have a good birthday and you're able to come home soon 🎂💐 Thank you for #4!
Screenshot of Rhys' instagram. He is smiling and wearing his Pabuchan hat a fan knit for him, and it's captioned "Thanks St Louis" Screenshot of the Mermaid Day BTS that I think Samba recorded, but it may be a still from elsewhere. Rhys has the mermaid tail on already (only the tail) and he is beaming, bathed in golden light, really making the 6 pounds of glitter the costuming department used sparkle. Screenshot of Rhys' instagram. He is smiling backstage at a venue, with his chain and short beard. Notice I didn't describe a shirt because he doesn't have one on. It's captioned "Post show Darby #TheLegendReturns2025" Screenshot of sailor-foracaptain's post captioned "guys..." with a drawn heart over the exact - like golden ratio exact - meeting of Taika and Rhys' heads positioned like a heart at the Next Goal Wins premiere
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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The tiny font (where all the tricks are) to follow. Thanks for reading and considering donating to sageusa.org and rainbowrailroad.org.

#OFMDSAC

6/6
Each increment of $5 will count as an entry, and ticket numbers will be assigned in order of receipt. I'll spin a random number wheel to pick the winners on 11/12. The main prize is the calendar and contents, and there will be 2 prize packs with 12 of the items from the calendar, and a third also of OFMD-related goodness thanks to donations from some of the artists 🙏 The theme of the calendar is Stede's journal if he maintained it through both seasons. This limited the inclusion of some of my favorite characters, scenes, and quotes since Stede wasn't present for them. I wish I could have included more fandom artists too, but with a strict theme, I couldn't include some of my favorite designs. I am also limited with space (1.5" drawers) so I had to let go of some of my more ambitious ideas. I don't mean to erase any of our beloved characters. The focus is just on key moments in his journey that I think Stede would want to remember. But I understand if that choice leads to criticism. I'm also sorry that this is a US-only fundraiser. Between shipping and tariffs and detailed customs forms for multiple types of trinkets, it would be a logistical/financial nightmare. I love how global our fandom is, and I'm so sorry my country is like this. I'm happy to share my spreadsheets/design docs if you want to make your own and let you know where the pain points were so you can avoid them.
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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The theme is Stede's journal, with 24 drawers to pull out to reveal OFMD-themed trinkets (pins, stickers, jewelry, etc.).

You can make a direct donation of $5 or more to SAGE or Rainbow Railroad and email your receipt to OFMDSAC [at] proton [dot] me. I'll reply with your ticket number(s) 2/6
Front of advent calendar cover sitting on a black bookcase. The cover has a brown faux leather spine over a red made-to-order fabric from a photo of Stede's journal in the show. Interior photo of the advent calendar with 24 drawers with gold painted knobs and numbers. Each drawer has a quote from the show in a typeface similar to the show's logo in black over tan paper designed to look like aged paper. Interior cover with more freeform red fabric, the brown faux leather, and tan aged paper "title page" stating: "My Wonderous Journey: A Life at Sea A True Journal of the Life and Happenings of Stede Bonnet" The back of the advent calendar in the same red freeform fabric and brown faux leather.
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Good news: Yesterday was hinge day for the advent calendar, so I'll announce the fundraiser tomorrow 🎉

Bad news: I'm not a crafter, I'm an idiot. Turns out adding a door to a pre-existing object with drawers is beyond my skillset, despite visualizing, measuring, and sketching mock-ups... 1/2
Cartoon from The Far Side comic strip. A student pushes on an exterior school door clearly marked "pull" and a sign reads Midvale School for the Gifted.
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It's on the WB lot where the OFMD premiere was 😭
Instagram screenshot of the Warner Bros marquee for "It: Welcome to Derry" Instagram screenshot of the Warner Bros marquee for "Our Flag Means Death"
October 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Beause David Zaslav is a bigot who cancelled multiple diverse programs like OFMD and Rap Sh!t to free up cashflow for his ludicrous structured bonus. Zaslav, who couldn't even sit through Fleabag without closing his eyes like he was watching a scary movie

www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10...
Screenshot from Vanity Fair article about Zaslav: "In July 2019, the Zaslavs were on Geffen’s yacht, sailing around the Mediterranean with a crew that included Winfrey, King, and Lloyd and Laura Jacobs Blankfein. One night, they decided to screen the award-winning BBC comedy Fleabag, which was made by a production company that Discovery now owns but which Zaslav hadn’t gotten around to watching. A minute into the first episode, the group found itself in the midst of a hot and heavy sex scene. Pause! “So I put my hand up,” recalls Zaslav. “I go, whoa! So they stop it. And I said, ‘Okay, here’s the strategy. We either shut it off, or we put it back on and everybody only looks forward. We don’t look at each other until it’s over.’ ” (They opted for the latter.)"
October 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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It always makes me think of In Favor with Their Stars since Stede's portrait was based on it
(Using original alt text from the fic In Favor with Their Stars since it's how the author would want it described.) A rendering of "an impressionist painting of Edward Teach, from the collarbones up, in spirals of gray, green, purple, and brown. Text reads >>RENDER OBJECT >>OVERWRITE OBJECT 1B >>SAVE OBJECT 1C" Source: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41333706/chapters/104895192
October 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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It would fit right in on Ed's desk. (Wish I could find that bts shot of Blackbeard's quarters on the Queen Anne)
Ed saying "Love that," while smoking a pipe in his captain's quarters.
October 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Okay, the last teacup went out today, so here is a photo of my chipped saucer. I think we can possibly squeeze 9-12 pendants out of it, which would cover the waitlist if they were interested. I circled the main fruit images and maybe we can do some of the black and gold background too? 1/2
Photo of Muirfield Windsor Court saucer with chips on one side. Photo of Muirfield Windsor Court saucer with chips on one side with fruit from the design corcled and arrows pointing to the chips
October 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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🙏🏴‍☠️🤡
In our fandom clowning tradition, a photo shows the standard clown emoji with tufts of red hair, in clown makeup white greasepaint, blush, and red lips. It is turned 90 degrees on its side to appear like DJ's pfp.
October 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
Sweet Dee from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia performing a very low-energy stand-up set in front of a classic comedy club brick wall
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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They will come with their matching saucers, *not* the Tiger Yedi pattern ones, so they're not exactly the same as what is shown in the show, so just wanted to highlight that. 3/4
OFMD S1E7 teacup scene. Stede is holding the Muirfield Windsor teacup with a black and gold and fruit pattern, which is resting on a red banded Tiger Yedi scalloped saucer, which has a red x through it.
September 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Interest Check: So this happened last week. I was lucky enough to snag an ebay lot of the rare OFMD pattern teacups (Muirfield Windsor Court). These are *not* the ones used in production, just the same pattern. I checked estate sales/had the ebay alert up for forever, and it finally panned out 1/4
Photo of 6 Muirfield Windsor patterned teacups and saucers arranged in a triangle on a wooden table. Screenshot of ebay invoice showing $140.09 total price with personal info scratched out.
September 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The Muppet Treasure Island map is being auctioned off with other props from the Jim Henson Company
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Photo of an aged treasure map from Muppet Treasure Island. The auction estimate is between $3-5k.
September 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Not a fic or art, but wanted to share some whippies progress for #WIPWednesday. More will be revealed next month...👀
Photo of a small wooden drawer with a tiny gold painted knob and the number 15 in the upper right corner. In the center, there is a phrase printed in black ink that reads "His Name is Ed" in an Old English style typeface.
September 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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New rating system just dropped
The phrase "Fresh Peaches" is written in white lettering over a peach background in the Rotten Tomatoes logo font. The peach emoji is poorly photoshopped over the "c" in peaches to mimic the tomato image in the original logo.
September 23, 2025 at 4:09 AM