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Deniz
@denizb33.bsky.social
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Writer, reader, knitter, more!
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Deniz_B
blog: http://www.thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com
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Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · Dec 27
It occurs to me that I should migrate this post!

Links to my books! A thread

First, #SummerFire
#contemporary
#romance
#travelromance
#CarinaPress
#Harlequin
thegirdleofmelian.blogspot.com/2020/12/summ...
denizb33.bsky.social
Added to the S2 fill-in fics list!
Soooo many brilliant #OFMDfanfics on this list!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Faungtie!
A wee interlude of when Fang helped Auntie...
archiveofourown.org/works/75069576
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Ficversary day for our collab!
@brainzgoblin.bsky.social
@clairegregoryau.bsky.social
@communionnimrod.bsky.social
@dracothelizard.bsky.social
ElapsedSpiral
evilgiraff
@fpwoper.bsky.social
@janesane.bsky.social
@mistercrystal.bsky.social
@nomadsland.bsky.social
@anneofavonlea11.bsky.social
Zigster
denizb33.bsky.social Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · Dec 2
Ta da!

Neither Ceasing, Nor Desisting the anthology is here!

A wide range of authors has covered every crime on the back of the wanted poster:

archiveofourown.org/works/51821002
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Deniz
polagblue.bsky.social
Missing the hit show #ofmd and this cutie #StedeBonnet 🥺⛱️🌊🏴‍☠️
Stede Bonnet in the style of Victorian lady by the sea, he is wearing a salomon suit, pink breaches, stockings, shoes with bows, and is holding a parasol
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Five animals I've seen in the wild

Hermann's tortoise
reindeer (well, not quite wild)
deer
black bears (the Tennessee kind not the Canadian kind)
boars

Also possibly a Mediterranean monk seal but I can't remember well (this would have been in 1995)!
mustardwrites.bsky.social YellowMustard @mustardwrites.bsky.social · 1d
Five animals I've seen in the wild ✨

Quokkas
Kangaroos
Dolphins
Sea Turtles
Snakes
the-widow-olivia.bsky.social Liv @the-widow-olivia.bsky.social · 1d
Five animals I’ve seen in the wild (in no particular order)

Puffin
Sea turtle
Feral horse
Capybara
Black bear
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
It's ficversary weekend for these! ❤️
mediocrepirate.bsky.social alice 🐱🏳️‍⚧️ misses wee con @mediocrepirate.bsky.social · Dec 2
me and @denizb33.bsky.social have fics about that 🥺

grey november:
archiveofourown.org/works/60942844

white december:
archiveofourown.org/works/60969286

#ofmdfic
ajmckay.bsky.social AJ McKay - chaos packed into skin🏴‍☠️🦄🧜‍♂️🐙🐿️ @ajmckay.bsky.social · Dec 1
Question of the day…

Are you a “I love snow” person or “I hate snow”?

How about the crew?

Me, I fucking hate snow. So does Ed.
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
Ficversary day!
archiveofourown.org/works/605861...
Stede and Ed meet at Lucius and Pete's destination wedding. This is their first week together--and the rest of their lives

Written for both #OFMDfluffvember and sleep week!
I also used two @quaintlyfig.bsky.social prompts!
#OFMDfanfic
Stede and Ed meet at Lucius and Pete's destination wedding, in Finding My Legs This is their first week together--and the rest of their lives Notes: Written for both fluffvember and sleep week! Sleep Week on tumblr I also used two quaintlyfig prompts! Take a Whiff: fig, bonfire, eucalyptus In Every Life: Stede is an artist / Ed has never had good sex / they’re assigned as roommates Chapter 1, fluffvember day 24: "butterflies / 'can we take it slow?'"; and sleep week day 1: naps
November 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Reposted by Deniz
opalautumn.bsky.social
And finally, some Gentlebeard for you. There are four pictures of them in the fic, but this is the one I like the most 4/5
A digital drawing of Ed and Stede from Our Flag Means Death. Ed is sat down, wearing blue trousers and no top. Stede is stood in front of him, one hand buried in Ed’s hair, the other resting on his leg. Stede is wearing a dark top and has overalls tied around his waist. They’re surrounded by stars
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve attended

The Divine Comedy
Roxette
Crowded House
Blue Rodeo
Springsteen
clairegregoryau.bsky.social ClaireG 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈 @clairegregoryau.bsky.social · 2d
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

Foo Fighters
Oasis
Crowded House
Pearl Jam
Bastille
amladydragonfly.bsky.social Pirate Nana🔪🏴‍☠️☠️🦄🐙 @amladydragonfly.bsky.social · 2d
introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen

My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult
KMFDM
Jane’s Addiction
NIN
Ministry
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Reposted by Deniz
mahnah.bsky.social
Halloooo, I have an inprnt and a kofi! 🥰💛✨️

ko-fi.com/mahnah

www.inprnt.com/gallery/mahn...
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
Stede's rushing to get ready for his first Pride...
Rated E!
archiveofourown.org/works/74439371
#OFMDfluffvember
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I posted my zine fic!
archiveofourown.org/works/74439371

Stede's rushing to get ready for his first Pride... 🔥 ensues...
#OFMDfanfic
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
The fic is now on AO3!
archiveofourown.org/works/74439371
#zinefic
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
#TwoForThursday? 🤣 Why not!
denizb33.bsky.social Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · 12d
2717
The Golden Age of Space Travel
Stede Bonnet set out to find adventure as a new comedian at the edge of the solar system.
Things did not go as planned...
#OFMDBigBang!
Podfic: @mystictrashmoon.bsky.social!
Art: @opalautumn.bsky.social!
archiveofourown.org/works/74132691
@ofmdbigbang.bsky.social
Title card for Once In Your Life, podfic by cheesecake3, art by Opal_autumn
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
Ficversary day for language fics! French, German, Turkish drabbles! With translations!
archiveofourown.org/series/3857725
At the Inn: One Day, One Week, One Month (Une journée, Eine Woche, Bir Ay) - Deniz_B - Our Flag Means Death (TV) [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
#WiPWednesday
Lonely Stede!
The last thing he did before boarding was finally called for his flight and he went on wifi mode was to open a tab for the latest Blackbeard fic, posted that morning. He'd been waiting for this all day. He made sure to hit "entire work" and to keep the page open. Trudged up the steps, shuffled along to his seat, stowed his bag, settled in with his airplane pillow, and stuck his face in his screen. He barely noticed the plane taking off, hardly said a word in greeting to his fellow passenger. He just started to read, and that was it, he dropped right into Blackbeard's world. Soaked up his word choice, his voice, his humour. Barely even blinked back his tears as they began to roll down his cheeks, quietly and steadily. Everyone had their favourite authors; everyone identified with one or both of the leads on the show, Raven or Mermaid, and at least one of the secondary characters. And the way Blackbeard wrote about them...Stede didn't actually see himself in the Blackbeard fic version of Mermaid, not the way he did in other fics, or his own stories. But the way Blackbeard wrote about their relationship... Every single time, about a third of the way in, Stede would come across a phrase–so simple, so innocuous–and it would awaken the *longing* inside him, and the tears would flow. Blackbeard must have someone truly special in his life, someone kind, to be able to write such love. To make kindness sexy. To speak of forever, and mean it. Stede longed so much for that, it hurt.
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
So this sort of maybe fits 🤭
Stede gets a new job, thanks to meeting Ed through his...talking costume 🤣
archiveofourown.org/works/738199...
#LuciusIsABurger
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Aww, we just got to 100 kudos 🤗🤗🤗
denizb33.bsky.social Deniz @denizb33.bsky.social · Oct 26
Helloooo!
Today is the ficversary for my first ever #OFMDBigBang!
I was sooo lucky to work with @mahnah.bsky.social, it was the best BB experience I could've asked for ❤️
archiveofourown.org/works/511347...
Art by mahnah of Ed and Stede silhouetted against a golden sunset; Stede's hand is on Ed's cheek, Ed's hand is on Stede's arm
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I got stuff!
The robe!!!
And Rhys cards 🤗
#LongLiveOFMD
Christmas card by Rhys Darby Depression robe by Boho Robes on Etsy
November 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Reposted by Deniz
ourflagmeansfall.bsky.social
Come read this for today’s prompt!
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Now up on AO3! 🤭
archiveofourown.org/works/738199...
@citrussyndicate.bsky.social
@orphanednebula.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
denizb33.bsky.social
I have a poem in Middle English!
(@archiveofourown.org still waiting for the added language)
#OFMDfluffvember
#fluffvember
archiveofourown.org/works/74438911
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
#TakeTwoTuesday and ficversary day!

Ed cooks and Stede eats. Feelings ensue.

An interlude with the innkeepers.
archiveofourown.org/works/51629131
#OFMDfluffvember
#drabble
#OFMDfanfic
archiveofourown.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
I have one!
#OFMDfluffvember
#theweecon
I used a prompt from the drabble workshop!
@dracothelizard.bsky.social @fpwoper.bsky.social
archiveofourown.org/works/74709911
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
denizb33.bsky.social
Just sharing him again because, look!!!
#OFMDfic
#OFMDBigBang
opalautumn.bsky.social Opalautumn 🏴‍☠️🐇 @opalautumn.bsky.social · 12d
And here is my absolute favourite character, Jeffrey! Fettering! as a Perelandrian. He has my whole heart ❤️ and you have to listen to the podfic to get the full J!F! sound experience 3/5
Digital drawing in pinks and yellows of an alien with tentacles and five eyes on stalks. They look like a mixture of a jelly fish and a rosy maple moth. They’re grinning widely with their hands raised, a la Jeffrey! Fettering!
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM