Is fanfiction important? Culturally relevant? A thing that will be studied generations from now?

In 2000, Henry Jenkins, Director of Media Studies at MIT, published a piece for the MIT Technology Review in which he wrote:

“Contemporary Web culture is the traditional folk process working at lightning speed on a global scale. The difference is that our core myths now belong to corporations, rather than the folk.”

Previously, he wrote in a 1997 New York Times piece:

“Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of by the folk.”

Anyone who either writes or consumes Our Flag Means Death fanfiction can feel this sentiment in our bones.

Today Shelby (@shelbs_art_06 on Instagram) discusses the sociological context of fanfiction.

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The Our Flag Means Fanfiction crew is still clowning over Ra Vincent’s comments. Is there any validity to our hope? Rhys Darby is in a film about sheep solving crime.

Could a talking sheep movie actually be good?

And David Jenkins is choosing violence on bsky. Is he justified?

These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast!

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Gutis is back on the podcast this week, talking with Bel and Lau about how to use AO3. Do you know about bookmarks, tags, gifts, skins and other AO3 tools? Consider this episode AO3 101!

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It’s the 100th episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction - Woo hoo! On today’s episode we're bringing you 100 fic recs – all 100 submitted by listeners. In fact, opps, we got more than 100 recs, so we saved those and will share them on a future episode.

Fic Recs? 100 Fic Recs!

All of them are here: https://tinyurl.com/100FicRecs

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The CAST and CREW of Our Flag Means Death send us their holiday greetings for the fandom! Who is participating? A LOT of people. In fact we have 35 members of the cast and crew sharing messages for you! Will there be clowning? Eyeball emoji. Pirate flag. Settle in.

A huge thank you to Ringa Sunn for organizing this because it was an undertaking!

Fic recs? Fic recs!

poking the bear by Juniperly https://archiveofourown.org/works/51015574

Bets Are Off by ClaireGregory https://archiveofourown.org/works/61610815

blue as cut sapphires and shining like gold by suchgreatheights https://archiveofourown.org/works/41672361

Stede of New Zealand? by Radical_Hysteria https://archiveofourown.org/works/61808872

David Jenkins' OFMD Christmas Special https://bsky.app/profile/david-jenkins.bsky.social/post/3le3knq63xk2l

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Netflix has won a bidding war to acquire Warner Brothers. What does this mean for the potential of Our Flag Means Death Season 3?

David Jenkins has said Our Flag Means Death was cancelled because its gay. Was he just riffing or is there truth to this statement?

And Rhys Darby is back on Cameo. What shenanigans should we pay him to take part in?

These headlines and more on today’s Gay Pirate New Hour from the Our Flag Means Fanfiction Podcast!

Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday Jan. 3 at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern.

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We’re throwing Angst your way in today’s episode of Our Flag Means Fanfiction. In the mood for podfics with big feelings? Whether you’re a gentlebeardie or a stizzy appreciator, we have you covered.

Fics in this episode:

Scar-crossed lovers series pt 1 is "In the Silent Aftermath" by endofadream https://archiveofourown.org/works/45323893

podfic by Judysoranges https://archiveofourown.org/works/63173347

serve who we serve by bemusedlybespectacled https://archiveofourown.org/works/40632432

Reminder: You are welcome to send in your own narrations of your favorite fanfics. Just get the author’s permission first and email the audio file to ourflagmeansfanfiction@gmail.com.

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Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern.

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I’m calling today’s episode the "Use Your Words" episode, because the idiots in the following podfics are all getting themselves into situations because they don’t know how to use their words.

Two fics for you! A gentlebeard and a Lucius-centric fic about feelings.

In this episode we have:

Fuck Slow by WidogastsWebofFire

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55464601

Podfic by Judysoranges https://archiveofourown.org/works/57288661

My heart beneath clouds breaks as the storm

https://archiveofourown.org/works/50754295

Podfic by WhiskyTangoForeigner https://archiveofourown.org/works/66595528

Reminder: You are welcome to send in your own narrations of your favorite fanfics. Just get the author’s permission first and email the audio file to ourflagmeansfanfiction@gmail.com.

Want more narrations of Our Flag Means Death fics? Check out the podfic database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dBUd6JdqCNF41FV18BAc564udYERfS6DtTz2vt5CNMA/edit?pli=1#gid=2083680243

Our next Gay Pirate News Hour will be Saturday Dec. 6, 2025 at 1PM Pacific/4PM Eastern.

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Don't miss our other podcast: Haunted Hollywood Hour! https://linktr.ee/HauntedHollywoodHour

Want to support me? Buy my YA novel, THE RECKLESS KIND, wherever books are sold: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/668136/the-reckless-kind-by-carly-heath/