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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

CW: food I made these lovely orange, lavender, black tea cupcakes with a very gay orange and honey buttercream at work today. Happy Pride Month to you, dear pirate. 🌈💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of orange and honey flavored buttercream frosting in seven colors: yellow, orange, purple, green, blue, indigo, and red. The different colors are next to each other on plastic wrap.

My photo of orange, lavender, and black tea flavored cupcakes with swirls of rainbow colored, orange and honey flavored buttercream on top.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

An incredible tree! It looks like a map of rivers and tributaries or like a nervous system. Nature rocks fr. Here is a tree I quite like that's near my mom's neighborhood. I visit it whenever I'm walking the dog.

My photo of a very large and old tree in a front yard. The tree is some type of evergreen. It has a wide trunk that splits off into many, many thick limbs that grow slightly out from the trunk and then straight up. The foliage on the tree is short, green needles. There is a chain link fence in the foreground and a house across the street in the background.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Shout out to all the very talented fic-writing pirates in our crew. You truly do get us through the days. Praise Calypso, we are blessed! 🙏💛🏴‍☠️

Screen shot of Joel Fry as Frenchie in season 1 of Our Flag Means Death. He is wearing a patched light denim jacket, striped shirt and long, loose yellow scarf. He is standing on the deck of the Revenge addressing a member of the British Royal Navy (off-screen). There is another British sailor standing in the background.
The subtitle reads:
"Bit of fan fiction...about Captain Bonnet."
["You're a fan of your captain?"]
"Yeah, yeah. Huge fan. Can't stop imagining him in all different scenarios. All totally made up."

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Raise your motherfucking glasses or feel Her absolute wrath! 🩵💚💙🏴‍☠️

Screenshot of Kristian Nairn as Wee John in drag as Calypso in season 2 of Our Flag Means Death. Calypso is dressed in an ocean blue velvet gown with mesh and jewels across her chest and a sea grass colored tulle boa. Her face is lovely with dramatic sparkly blue eyeshadow and high arched brows and a little rouge on the cheeks. She is standing on the staircase of the upper deck of the Revenge giving a very regal and dramatic look to the camera.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Travel day and new things happening at work so my anxiety is up and my stress level is high, but I'm wearing my armor (pictured below) and basking in the moonglow of pirate love I've been able to absorb over the last few days. Thank you for loving this show and each other so hard!💜🏴‍☠️

Photo of my left wrist with 4 bead and word bracelets made by fellow pirates. One says Insane Foliage, one says Crew For Life, one says Whippies, and one is orange and teal with a dagger.

Selfie of tired me, a white nonbinary person with glasses and short brown hair, wearing a black tshirt with Frenchie's flag from season 2Our Flag Means Death; it is a pale yellow cat with its head thrown back and claws out and red eyes against a darker yellow sunburst pattern with a hand-sewn look. I'm also wearing a silver-colored pendant that is a pirate ship surrounded by a giant wave.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

This poem from last year is like a lovely dream Ed might have had shortly after the end of 'Mermen', before the time jump of what would (will!) be season 3. Happy #mermay, dear pirate; may you have pleasant visions of beautiful mermen, today and every day. 🧡💛💜🖤🧜🏴‍☠️

Screenshot of a poem I wrote last year:

Last night
I had a vision of you,
the merman of my dreams,
with your sweet shining face,
and oh! that delicious marmalade tail
shimmering like seaglass in the distance;
I glimpsed it
through the circles of my hands,
like a spyglass to my eye.
The color of sunsets, the color of gold;
iridescent, opalescent, oh Mother of Pearl!
I followed your light away from the storm,
I followed your love and it led me back home.
I opened my eyes and watched a sea breeze
flutter your curls as you slept next to me.
Do you know what you are,
precious ocean’s delight?
A gleaming treasure caught fast
in a net of moonlight,
like the night we stood close
and you kissed me with your eyes;
how they sparkle like your tail
on the horizon in sunlight,
guiding me, drawing me
into calm waters,
or towards the shore
of our hearts’ desires.
Last night
I dreamt
of your mermaid tail,
lovely and golden
as your hair
and your smile.
This morning I'll kiss you,
easy as breathing;
we'll watch the sun rise and go for a swim.
Let’s wander asea, take me down deep.
With our souls intertwined, long may we roam.
a.f.baxter
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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Here is a picture of Mr. Opus being cute as hell on the kitchen floor and a picture of the sun being pretty gay the other day. I hope your mood shifts so that you don't have to feel so bad right now. 🫂💜

My photo of Mr Opus, a tuxedo cat with a little white half-mustache, lying on his side on a wood floor in front of a cabinet and a dishwasher.

My photo of the sun high in the blue sky behind the tiniest and wispiest of clouds. There is a circle of rainbow around the sun and a few more little white clouds in the sky. You can see the shadow of a rose bush limb and an evergreen tree in the foreground.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

You all wanna do something weird? Let me see your most unhinged screenshot. (scrolled past these two gems within minutes of each other)

Screenshot from FB Marketplace.
The listing on the left has a picture of a twilight sky with a prayer hands emoji; the text underneath says "FREE
Free Prayers!!
Gresham"
The listing on the right has a picture of a brown short-legged table on its side; the text underneath says
"FREE
Free coffee table
Portland"

Screenshot from FB Marketplace
The listing on the left has a picture of Drake sitting with what appears to be a blue and white striped barber's cape on, holding a book up and open in his hands and looking at the camera; the book cover is photoshopped as The Book of Mormon; the text underneath says
"FREE
Free book
Hillsboro"
The listing on the right shows a well-used blue plastic cutting board on a wooden countertop; the text underneath says
"FREE
Cutting boards
Beaverton"

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

A few more lights because I love them so much and want to share. I love your light, too, dear pirate. Let it shine! 💜🏴‍☠️

My photo through my binoculars of a very distant Tillamook Rock Light. You can mostly see the inside of one of my binocular tubes. But, you can also see ocean waves breaking and a large rock in the distance that has a white structure on it.
Tillamook Rock Light is 62-foot brick, basalt, and iron square tower with a round lantern and a two-story, rectangular concrete foundation. It is located on a giant rock in the Pacific Ocean about 1.2 miles offshore of Tillamook Head.

My photo of Buckroe Beach Lighthouse at Buckroe Beach near Hampton, Virginia. It is a short, white, conical cobblestone tower with a black lantern. It was part of an amusement park mini golf course in 1897. The history of that park and this town is incredible, please look it up sometime!!

My photo of Erie Land Light. It is a 48-foot 10-inch conical sandstone tower with a black lantern attached to a small sandstone structure. There is a sidewalk in front that leads to a door in the side structure. There are small pumpkins on either side of the door. There are trees in the background and the sky is overcast and rainy.

My photo of Old Point Comfort Light at Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. It is a 58-foot white octagonal sandstone tower with a green (maybe copper?) lantern. It is surrounded by low shrubbery at the base. In this picture, you can see a holiday wreath, garland, and red bows decorating the lantern. The lawn is winter brown and there are a few landscaped trees and shrubs around.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Some lighthouses for the timeline. As you know, dear pirate, technically, you're supposed to avoid lighthouses so you don't crack up on the rocks. But, you can always use their light as inspiration for a good fuckery. Your imagination is so beautiful; thank you for sharing it! 🫂💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of Admiralty Head Light at Fort Casey in Washington. It is a 30-foot white brick conical tower with a black lantern. The tower is connected to a two-storey Spanish-style residence. There is a little picket fence surrounding purple flowers at the base of the structure. There are picnic tables in the yard and evergreens in the background.

My photo of Battery Point Light in Crescent City, California. It is a 45-foot brick cylindrical tower with a red lantern on top of a small granite single-story keeper's house that is white with a red roof. It is situated at the top of a rocky hill. There is a path to the left of the house and a small shed structure and a carved whale to the right.

My photo of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton, North Carolina. It is a 210-foot conical black and white brick tower with a black lantern on a red reinforced concrete foundation. This photo uses a black-and-white filter so the base appears grey. There is a white farm fence surrounding the lighthouse with a gated walkway leading to the door in the foundation. Part of a brick storage structure is visible to the left of the lighthouse. There are trees and an overcast sky in the background.

My photo of West Point Light at Discovery Park in Seattle, Washington. It is a 23-foot white brick and stucco square structure on top of a white stucco house-like structure with a red roof. There are also two fog horns visible on top of the building in front of the light. It is situated on a small rocky hill that juts out into Puget Sound. There is green foliage and grey-brown driftwood visible.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

And some brighter raindrops for the secret pocket in your heart in case you need some balance. Proud of you. 🫂💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of streaks of tiny raindrops on a car window. The bluish sky with whitish clouds, a rainbow, and some trees are blurry in the background.

My photo of a pale yellow okra blossom with a dark crimson center and some raindrops on its petals. Green foliage is blurry in the background.

My photo of a group of small daisy buds just beginning to open. A large raindrop completely envelops one magenta bud. Green foliage, a small bale of hay and three small yellow-orange pumpkins and gourds are blurry in the background.

My photo from the side of a pink Gerber daisy with raindrops on the petals. The flower is wide open with some petals curved backwards. Green foliage and lawn are blurry in the background.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Some raindrops for the timeline. Moody and magnificent, just like you, dear pirate. 💧💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of an almost heart-shaped, pale pink rose petal with raindrops on it. The petal is laying on a white -painted wood porch railing, the ground is blurry in the background.

My photo of raindrops scattered across the front windshield of a car. The wet road, pointed evergreens, and gloomy grey sky are blurry in the background.

My photo of large raindrops covering the front windshield of a car. Tall skinny trees with a few autumn leaves left on them and a grey sky are blurry in the background.

My photo of four white, dome-capped mushrooms of various sizes with raindrops on them. The mushrooms are growing on the bark of a mossy evergreen log in the woods. Trees and a gloomy sky are blurry in the background.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

A few more reflections to take with you, just in case. You've got this. 🫂💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of two water lily blossoms, one closed and one opening, and their reflection on the smooth water of the pond. The closed bloom is dark green brown and the opening one is green on the outside and white on the inside with pink at the tips. There are some green and brown lily pads and next to the blooms and in the background.

My photo of the smooth water of a lake reflecting the dusky sunset and wispy clouds, as well as the shadows of trees and the lights of a park.

My photo of a large puddle in the winter woods. You can see leaves and rocks under the water of the puddle, and you can also see the shadows of the trees and their bare branches and the shadow of a person's (me) legs and torso reflected on the water of the puddle. At the bottom of the photo, you can see the toes of my muck boots.

My photo of the hills of islands as the sun sets behind them. The orange-yellow sun is partially obscured by shadowy clouds and is reflected in the water of the bay.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Some reflections for the timeline. You're not alone, dear pirate. You belong to a crew. Love you. 💜🏴‍☠️

My photo of the reflection of pier pilings in the ocean water under the pier as the water meets the sand and recedes

My grey-scale photo of large, sharp-angled rock and rocky hills in the distance reflecting on the very smooth, clear water of a lake. The rocks and reflection create sharp geometric shapes with shadow and light.

My photo of gold, red, and brown leaves just under the flat water of a slow-moving creek. The leaves still in the tree limbs above are reflected on the water.

My photo of a small red sailboat with white sails moving slowly across a smooth lake. There are green hills and a few trees in the distance and the sky is blue. The sailboat and the hills and trees are reflected on the water.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

An Earth Day photo of my garden 10 years ago at my mother-in-law's house. The bird station isn't very tidy in this photo, I'm aware. Looking at this picture gives me so many joyful memories. 💜🌷🌼🪻🌿🐦🐦‍⬛🐿️🦎

Photo of my garden at my mother-in-law's house 10 years ago on Earth Day. The right half of the photo shows flowers and plants in planters, pots, and containers of all sizes and shapes. There is a tiny, blue bird ath in the middle of the frame. The left half of the photo shows a DIY built bird feeding station made from wooden pallets, old wooden shutters, and two large crape myrtle logs. There are two hanging feeders with seed and suet, and multiple dishes on top with nuts and fruits.
The background shows a Greek lawn and a wooden privacy fence.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Went to visit friends for a week and came home to this lovely treasure haul from the #fandommarket, like coming home to a warm hug and a bowl of soup. Love y'all so much! I don't remember who the artists are, please feel free to tag yourself or someone else if you recognize anything! 🎉💜🏴‍☠️

Photo from my phone of items purchased from the Our Flag Means Death Fandom Market benefitting the Immigration Rights Council.
There are two small cards depicting pieces of Stede's treasure map from season 1 of the show, a black sticker with pink text that says 'KINDNESS IS PUNK AS FUCK #CREWFORLIFE', a black cord necklace with a silver colored medallion that in a ship surrounded by giant ocean waves, a black bead bracelet that says 'Crew For Life's with a ship's wheel charm, an orange and teal bead bracelet with a small dagger charm, and a small plank of wood (about two inches long) with a ring on one end to put it on a chain.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My first embroidery, inspired by all the fiber artists in this extremely talented crew constantly blessing my feed! It's no rosy-maple, but I'm still feeling the Stede vibes from this luna moth. It was so fun to do, I absolutely get why y'all love doing them. Stitchin is bitchin, y'all! 💙🩵💛🏴‍☠️

Photo from my phone of my first embroidery project. The photo shows a thumb and forefinger holding a wooden hoop with fabric stretched inside it. The fabric has a luna moth stitched in light and dark blues with brown trim and accents beads; there are yellow stitched stars surrounding the moth.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

These clouds I saw the other day got me missing the Revenge and our crew. 😢🌊💜🏴‍☠️

Photo I took with my phone of a cloud shaped like ocean waves with blue sky above. There are power lines running down the right side of the photo

Photo I took with my phone of a cloud shaped like ocean waves with blue sky above. There is the top half of a tree in the foreground and power lines running down the right side of the photo

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

There is a pet and garden supply shop down the road from our neighborhood called Fang! and it just makes me so happy every time I go by it. Went in today and imagined Fang and his buddy Ivan tending plants and petting customers' dogs. Izzy tends the terrarium and bristles at children. 💜🖤🩷

Photo taken with my phone of a mural on the side of a building with a bit of the blue sky at the top of the photo. The mural is olive green and light pink with dark green foliage and yellow and white flowers and a blue and pink butterfly and a green inch worm. There is a white speech bubble in the middle that says 'Fang!'.

A photo taken with my phone of a mural on the side of a pet and plant store building. The background is greens and pinks. There is a cat, a dog, and a chicken, all with large eyes. There are yellow and white flowers throughout, as well as red berries. There is a white speech bubble coming from the chicken that says 'Fang!'
There are garden beds along the sidewalk next to the building with plants basking in the sunshine.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I got this shirt immediately after reading the book. And, tbh, it really is like an extension of my OFMD collection. They're just everywhere all the time. 💜🏴‍☠️

Photo of my Automatic Noodle t-shirt that I bought after reading the book of the same name by Annalee Newitz. The shirt is black with a pink and blue neon-style decal of a simplified Golden Gate Bridge above the clouds and below a robot hand holding chopsticks picking up noodles (yellow).

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

#ofmd I'm constantly finding traces of love, like water, that have seeped from this show and fandom into the crevices of my life, carving through walls and forming rivers of care that run all the way to the very same sea where sails The Revenge. all for love, m'dears 💜🏴‍☠️

Screenshot of my poem entitled Belonging; dedicated to the Our Flag Means Death fandom, creator, cast, and crew.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Izzy and Wee John were on my mind so tough last year.💙🦄🏴‍☠️ It gave me such a warm, fuzzy feeling to hear the tidbit about them from the 2nd Behind the Flag v-con this year. I was so happy to hear about the intended connection between them. I'll eventually get back to them, such a special place for me.

Screenshot of a file in my phone's drive entitled In Which Izzy Finds Belonging. The screenshot shows the titles of five documents in the file in order as follows:
1. In which Izzy Finds family (modified Mar 13, 2025)
2. Izzy (modified Mar 21, 2025)
3. Izzy/Wee John notes (modified Mar 29, 2025)
4. The Mirror Scene- (modified April 11, 2025)
5. Wee John (modified Mar 21, 2025)

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence. I really want "Walk Gile's length." to be the 2nd sentence 😅, but technically it's the 1st complete sentence. That would make the 2nd sentence "Where it rejoins Alameda, turn right." From Portland Stair Walks by Laura O. Foster

Text from Portland Stair Walks by Laura O. Foster, page 42, first paragraph (the beginning is the continuation of a sentence from the previous page):

"pitched roofs with gables facing the street, an asymmetric composition, and facades of brick combined with stucco.

Walk Gile's length. Where it rejoins Alameda, turn right. Before you walk on, look across Alameda to a large home. It's the Autzen mansion, a Tudor beauty built in 1926 for Thomas J. Autzen (1888-1958). He made millions in the family business, Portland Manufacturing Company. When Thomas was 17 in 1905, his dad sent him to the Portland's World's Fair to show manufacturers a new product: a three-ply plywood made of Douglas fir. Demand exploded and the company's fortunes were made. In the early 1950s, Autzen and his son Thomas E. created the Autzen Foundation. Its large gift to the University of Oregon in the 1960s helped build Autzen Stadium, home of the Ducks.

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Avery, quitting retirement and going back to the sea 🐙💜🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @magicinkwell.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

This is what they can't auction for money or strip for parts. This is where the love, the power, and the magic live. This is how I hold you in my heart. #crewforlife 💜🏴‍☠️ A Love Poem to a Fandom: (which you have likely read before; but have a gentle reminder of the love I have for you 💜🏴‍☠️)

Belonging

There is a thing I cannot name,
ever indescribable,
residing in my chest and frame,
power undeniable.
It holds me firm and strong and true,
revealing not its nature,
but guiding me straight on to you,
urging me ever braver.

It put your courage in my soul,
this power with no title;
so fiercely did it take control
and show me love so vital.
This lantern lit, this act of grace,
this gift so incandescent
shone like the moon upon my face
and gave me life transcendent!

I long to share this nameless truth,
to forge a chain unbroken;
and with the fire of inner youth
pass on this force unspoken.
I could be family, if you wanted;
your fight is my fight, too.
Whenever your spirit feels daunted,
know this:
You belong to The Crew.

a.f.baxter
💜🏴‍☠️
#CrewForLife
022025

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