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elky

@its-elky.bsky.social
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she/her | 18+ | 🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️🇨🇦 Queer 30s girl who found community and hope in some silly gay pirates. Crafter, dancer, occasional podficcer, and dreaming of writing.

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Juniper 🏴‍☠️🧜‍♂️ @gelatinousstand.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Everything is terrible but Stede can still give Ed forehead kisses and I just think that’s neat (I feel like I leveled up in a bunch of ways with this one!!)
Digital painting of Ed and Stede from ofmd. They’re on a green couch and Ed’s head is in Stede’s lap. Stede is leaning down to kiss Ed’s forehead. Ed’s eyes are closed and he’s smiling. He has the big beard and is wearing a lavender cozy sweater. Stede is wearing a blue sweatshirt and chinos
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Jenn overboard! @self-induljennt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Fuck, shows what I know," Ed says with a self-deprecating sort of grin. "I kind of just assumed wool is wool." "Not at all! Here, feel this." @thiefofcamorr.bsky.social comm'd @robertaseaport.bsky.social's wonderful Seaglass boys! B's "b" stands for "beautiful brain". #ofmd #OurFlagMeansDeath 🧡 🧶
Drawing of Ed and Stede from Our Flag Means Death in modern clothing and standing in front of a heavily stocked yarn wall. Ed is wearing a leather jacket and pants and a black tee shirt that's just short enough to show a little belly. Stede is wearing a plush light blue sweater and holding his arm out to Ed so that Ed can feel it. Ed's hand is on Stede's extended forearm. They're both holding mugs with cartoon yarn images on them. Behind Ed is a displayed sweater on a dress form. They're both smiling at each other and being totally gross about it in front of the yarn.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Y'all calibre is so good I am having an amazing time with metadata and I also got a case and the whole thing is so easy to take on the bus 🤩
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Welcome to Night Vale @nightvaleradio.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This meeting could have been a long, harrowing glare into the void.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I now own an e-reader, I got the colour version specifically so I could see any art in fics. Time to start downloading 🥳
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Discovering a hill that I will die on at 2am is not a great way to try and fall asleep. Discovering that that hill is the benefits of fluoride in toothpaste... At least it's on brand. Yes I will fight you, I have the peer reviewed evidence.
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queerdo john @queerdojohn.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
They're always gonna be in love
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Alexis - Free Palestine @alexis44.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
CHECK OUT THIS FABULOUS BOOTY I'M HAWKING After being stuck in shipping limbo, my @crewforlife.bsky.social OFMD gift exchange from @its-elky.bsky.social just arrived ❤️ Look at this embroidered rosy maple moth 😍 Thank you Elky for the bracelets and the charms, and the extra sweets
A black, white, red crew for life bracelet with an elk charm.
A pink and yellow dryocampa rubincunda bracelet with a rosy maple moth charm.
An enbroidered rosy maple moth with a pink ribbon.
A you wear fine things well charm with one hand taling a red piece of silk from another.
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Cuco the cat 🏴‍☠️🐈‍⬛ @mrpancot.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Hello, do you want some stizzy, because my boyfriend said we are they Izzy getting comfortable #OFMD #stizzy #izzyhands #stedebonnet #ourflagmeansdeath
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Steddyhands September @steddyhandssept.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
👀 Coming soon! 🧜‍♂️🐙🦄
Banner in a peach pink color, with graphics of tentacles, a mermaid tail, and a unicorn silhouette. Text reads "Steddyhands September" with a decorative line break beneath, then "September 1-30".
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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Process of Artemis II Eclipse Teapot (available tomorrow!)
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Who decided to put a 2 day workshop on the weekend after a 5 day conference. And who decided to hold that conference in a place where there's effectively no internet? I have had to hotspot my laptop to my phone all week and everything loads at 2003 speeds. At a university. In the city.
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OFMD Podfic Crew DoublePod🎧🎧 @ofmdpodfuckery.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Our DoublePod today is narrated by @its-elky.bsky.social and @ourflagislove.bsky.social. Princess by @flagmeanssteph.bsky.social. Go give them a listen and don't forget to click those kudos buttons! archiveofourown.org/works/86454161 archiveofourown.org/works/86457316
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Princess - Pod Fic - elky, OurFlagIsLove - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
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Jackson | 💙 @ourflagislove.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Suprise! go check out mine and @its-elky.bsky.social Pod fics of Princess by @flagmeanssteph.bsky.social for the @ofmdpodfuckery.bsky.social 2026 Double Pod Event! Mine: archiveofourown.org/works/86454161 Elky: archiveofourown.org/works/86457316 Written: archiveofourown.org/works/42462015
Princess
Written By:
SuchGreatHeights/FlagMeansSteph
Read By: Elky (its-elky.bsk)
& OurFlagisLove
Rating: Explicit
DoublePod Because it wouldn’t be the same with one
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's DoublePod time! @ourflagislove.bsky.social and I recorded Princess, by @suchgreatheights.bsky.social You can find mine at archiveofourown.org/works/86457316 And Jackson's at archiveofourown.org/works/86454161 🥰👸🏼
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Well I moved here 2 years ago and I'm still not sure how I did it. It doesn't feel like home. I'm still struggling to cook and clean. I'm struggling with work. I've made some local friends. I've got a beautiful community here, and at dance. On on, I guess.
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Juniper 🏴‍☠️🧜‍♂️ @gelatinousstand.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I just wanted to paint a happy Ed 🥹💖 (we won’t talk about what’s about to happen to the wolf that’s just out of frame) Lots of experiments again with this one. I feel like I’m learning new things with every piece, it’s great #ofmd #ofmdfanart
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
happy Pride Eve to all the people who are about to paraphrase this tweet from 2022 or repost it with my name removed as if it’s a thought they just had themselves
a screencap of a 2023 Instagram post from Jamila Jameel with over 1500 likes (including Billy Porter!!) it has a progress Pride flag striped background behind a screencap of my old tweet which reads 

Claire Willett
@clairewillett
for pride month this year can straight people focus less on "love is love" and more on "queer and trans people are in danger"
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aloc @aloc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
#happypride #gentlebeardcalendar2026 posting it only now bc it's June.
a drawing for June of this year's gentlebeard calendar, here supposed to be Stede as a pride knight and Ed as.. idk, pride princess? and Izzy the unicorn.
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aloc @aloc.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
u probably thought that MerMay is over? well it's not. #ofmdmerMay #ofmdmermay2026 #merstede
a messy sketch of Ed and Merstede kissing on the swings. Swings are in the water.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I saw The Fray last night and it was such an amazing energy. Truly the band that helped me put my feelings into words half a lifetime ago.
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🌾🐚🌊🎣 fisherman ed summer 🐡 mermaidinn @mermaidinn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
~~~wind~~~ #ofmd #ofmdfanart #ofmdmermay
Digital illustration of a tall ship sailing on turquoise waters, Ed Teach is at the bow looking out over the water, Merstede is diving in the ships forward wake
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Both the shower and toilet are taking ages to drain and I should get my landlords to call a plumber but my house is so messy and dirty that it's going to be overwhelming to clean up enough to let someone in and I feel very trapped.
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RiaRosella @riarosella.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Seems about right. #ADHD #adhdmemes #nuerodivergent
Off ramp meme with a twist

Road labeled: Doing what you need to do
Exit ramp labeled: Doing what you want to do 

Car flipped over and on fire labeled: ADHDers somehow doing neither
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Yikes being so unwell so far from home in a place you don't really know the medical system is the worst. Thankfully a call to my mum fixed everything because she remembered I might have one single emergency anti nausea tablet in my travel kit and I did and now I don't have to go to urgent care.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
AND they gave me (and charged me for) two litres of Greek yoghurt? It wasn't on the list, it wasn't a substitution. I don't even like Greek yoghurt 😭
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Oh good they delivered it upstairs and did not let me know so my landlords had to message me when they got home that they had to move the bags to get into the house. I left explicit instructions with how to get to my door.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I just put in my first ever online grocery order and it was so nice to spend the evening actually thinking about what I needed and building the list. Plus I'm getting heavy bulk items delivered which is good because my back has been very bad this week.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
I accidentally bought soft #resin and I don't really know what to do with it. It doesn't make a nice seal on some jewellery pieces I'm making (stays tacky-feeling). Anyone used it before and knows what to do with it? #resinart
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I suggested to a friend that maybe instead of rewatching the hockey boys we could watch the pirate boys instead and we got 3 eps into S1 and she loves it! Kept saying how funny it was while I tried very hard not to narrate over the entire thing 🤣🥰😍
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Ooooh!
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thank you for the love, pals. I woke up to news of passing an exam I took on the weekend (we thought we would have to wait a month for results) and apparently that decompressed me a LOT. I kind of function this week?!
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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Process of the Artemis II Earthset Plate Thanks for following this body of work, it was an inspiring project for me! #sciart
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Can feel myself sliding down the sneaky hate spiral. Got enough sleep, ate good meals, went for a walk in the sunshine, looked in a bookshop, did some LEGOs, listened to an audiobook. Still feel like I'm sinking.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
There is clearly a gap somewhere around my doorframe because critters are getting in and because I am me, I could very calmly guide a wasp back outside but am on the verge of a panic attack trying to evict a slug. I can't with goo tubes. I just can't.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Prep sessions are all done, this time next week I will officially have completed the next portions of my dance teaching exam. So excited to get my weekends back tbh.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Only one more prep session and the exam and then I get my Saturdays back and I can't wait. And then if I pass the exam I will be qualified to be a supervised dance teacher and then I can sit more exams in a few years. I should be excited but I'm so done with the whole process.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Everybody go send @fullofhope137.bsky.social some love, because she's amazing and she deserves it, but also because it's her balloon day 🎈🎈🎂🎁🍰🎉❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Croc ₊+ @petitcroc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#projecthailmary #fanart #art
Digital drawings of Rocky and Grace from Project Hail Mary. Bottom drawing is showing Rocky with a paper hat with 'SAVIOR OF THE UNIVERSE' written on it. Top drawing is Rocky and Grace leaning against eachother and looking up.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
I am reading that Ryan Gosling is wearing glasses wrong but I have never felt so seen (pun intended) by someone wearing their glasses that way? I can't think unless one of the arms is tucked under my chin or dangling off one ear?? #ProjectHailMary
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Oh good I'm so glad my friend finally got her Christmas card over 10 weeks after I sent it. That combined with 2 packages I send getting returned to sender through what I assume is post office error makes me worry so much for my gift exchange partner 😭
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I went to an Irish trad sesh tonight and ended up actually singing a little and being brave enough to harmonise a bit. Big steps for me this week 🥺
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wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Sometimes people show up for you when they didn't have to, and I am learning to say thank you instead of insisting I am not worthwhile. It's a hard process, but it does feel good to be loved.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I absolutely want to fly across the world to be at my friend's wedding and it's exactly what I want to do with the just in case money I have, but it's almost certain that my ex and his other ex will be there which I can be an adult about but hoo boy do I want to look like a snack when they see me.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
My parents flew back across the world last night and mum said "you're doing a good job" as she got in the taxi and I spent the next half hour absolutely bawling my eyes out because I struggle so much and I worry every minute of the day that I'm failing.
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I am so grateful for my gorgeous gifts!!! Piha beach sand, a keychain, a coin, and a beautiful card with lighthouse wax seals! Thank you @korps.bsky.social for the beautiful consideration you put in for @crewforlife.bsky.social gift exchange 🥰🥰🥰
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I think actually it's a problem that I gave myself a good grade in getting a massage because the therapist couldn't believe how tight my muscles were, and she couldn't believe how much pressure I could stand (and now I have bruises) and she thinks I'm interesting.
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Nikki ✌🏻💜🏴‍☠️ @asyouwish311.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Behold! The starry version! Due to the fact that I only had 2 sheets of cardstock like this, the ones I put in the market will only be white and black. This one's special! (I'll probably just keep it)
OFMD themed paper lantern cut out of paper with constellations on its
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elky @its-elky.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm too awkward to ask out the boy I like so instead we're going to dinner and a musical together this weekend because we both like musicals and therefore it's not a date, or something.
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