OFMD fans: I have the perfect thing to soothe your troubled souls and it is the cult British panel show Taskmaster.
Taskmaster does not have pirates. But it does have:
A massively neurodivergent and queer fanbase
Relentless homoeroticism
"Daddy"
A terrifyingly competent non-binary assassin
Madeleine Sami being hot as hell
A kiss the fandom can't stop thinking about
Romantic Mermaid Content
You love that David Jenkins embraces fan art? Taskmaster creator Alex Horne regularly seeks out and talks about kinky RPF about himself.
You love how OFMD is refreshingly earnest and non-cynical and features a diverse group of people working together? Come on over and cheer for teams of grown-ass adults collecting spoons with a magnet or trying to drag a gargantuan duck to a pond without touching the pineapples.
But the best, the best, the best thing about Taskmaster is that there is just so much of it. Series SEVENTEEN starts airing in a few weeks. There are THIRTEEN international spin-offs, two of which are as good as the original. The entire thing--the entire thing--is available for free on the show's official youtube channel.
No waiting, no angst. Taskmaster is sweet and silly and fluffy and endless. Taskmaster wants you to be happy. And you deserve to be happy.
I mean it when I say that Taskmaster UK series 12.04 is THEE best episode of taskmaster.
it's got the best Greg intro, and the best alex skit. Victoria Coren-Mitchell gets penalised for making a pun and learns to ride a bike during a task. Morgana has a breakdown, Guz has a revelation and Desiree gets high beamed in the crotch. And Alan Davies briefly looks cool.
Make and wear a popcorn necklace with at least five pieces of popcorn and then do the opposite of the following: You must under no circumstances not avoid not making the bell not ring. The task is over when you have either rung the bell or not rung the bell and said "I did the right thing" three times. Fastest to not do the wrong thing wins. If you don't do the right thing, you lose five points.
[ID: Five screencaps from Taskmaster. The studio screen shows a pile of golden French fries, as Morgana Robinson says, “Carbohydrates - they’re the building blocks of society.” Greg Davies replies, “You’re a very charming woman, but good luck.” Morgana says, “Are you serious?” Grinning, Greg replies, “Deadly.” Morgana protests unhappily, “Chips are dope!” End ID.]
July 2012. In a triumph for LGBT Representation, perennial hack and noted transphobe James Robinson establishes that the new, young Alan Scott (Green Lantern) of the New 52 Earth 2 is gay — and celebrates by burning Alan's boyfriend to death literally seconds after Alan proposes, so Alan can feel bad.
August 2020. In a triumph for LGBT Representation, writer James Tynion IV establishes that Earth-0 Alan Scott is gay by revealing that the guy standing next to him at the beginning of his first appearance in ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #16 (July 1940), killed in the train wreck that led to Alan discovering the Green Flame and becoming the Golden Age Green Lantern, was Alan's boyfriend. (Don't worry, he still dies horribly, so Alan can feel bad!)
December 2023. In a triumph for LGBT Representation, writer Tim Sheridan and artist Cian Tormey launch a new six-issue miniseries that celebrates Alan Scott's coming out by delving into the decades of official blackmail and murdered lovers that kept the original Green Lantern miserable and closeted for almost 85 years, so Alan can feel bad!
Look, it's fine that DC wants to establish that Alan Scott is gay. He wouldn't have been my first thought among the original JSA (short list: Charles McNider, Terry Sloane, Ted Knight, Al Pratt), but I can see it. However, DC's approach to it has been nothing short of ghoulish, and this new miniseries looks to be even worse.