#streaming crew

[yorkshireraven]

Back to Shay and... what's going on?  

@starprincesshlc @suraht

#lp #let's play #streaming crew #broken age

[cataclysmic-cathexis]

Absolutely obsessed with the Astroglide Twitter account live reacting to their first OFMD watch:

This some fully unhinged internet nonsense and I fuckin love it

#astroglide winning the social media account manager award #renew as a crew #lube as a crew #Ofmd #lubeasacrew #our flag means death #save Ofmd #save our flag means death #hbo max #stream on max #take notes yall

[doodleswithangie]

@danielhowell, thanks for making a show that's equal parts devastatingly hilarious and achingly poignant 🖤🧡

[Image Description: Stylized fanart of Daniel Howell performing his stage show. Inked in black with a gradient orange background behind him, Dan screams into his microphone, "WE'RE ALL DOOMED!" End ID]

#daniel howell #dan howell #we're all doomed #we’re all doomed #wad #dan and phil #dnp #phanart #artists on tumblr #doodleswithangie #500 #i watched the film premiere on sunday and drew this during the stream #because this image from the opening has been stuck in my head since i first saw the show in october 2022 #i cannot understate how impressed and proud i am of dan and his crew and everything this show means to him and to his audience and to me #there's a lot running through my mind still but yeah. i loved it #oh danny boy

[codes-and-stuffs]

oh fuck offfff okay fuck offfffffffff i love these guys so much

#i missed most of their streams today but like a sweet conversation to come in for #qsmp #qsmp morning crew

[dukeofash]

Wayne's no good very (breaking) bad stream was so fucking good.

#the rtvs crew in general are so inspiring #always one-upping themselves with the production of those event streams #creative and inspiring group #watching Holly hop between two characters was so good too #didn't seen benrey in the trailer Big Mistake #dukes thoughts

[saltpepperbeard]

listen. i know it’s been said numerous times, but listen.

all these streaming services are sitting on an absolute goldmine. they have a fan base who will absolutely explode to trending status over a 12 second long bts clip. they have a fan base equivalent to a bunch of fireworks who will explode so brilliantly at a moment’s notice. they have a fan base who will come running over any little bit of anything.

not to mention it’s an lgbt goldmine?? a dei goldmine???

it is absolute treasure.

AND YOU REALLY THINK SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT???

#OFMD #OFMD Season 2 #SaveOFMD #Adopt our crew #streaming services psssspppspspspspspsp

[virgo-79]

The thing people need to get is that it's about more than a queer pirate show.

Art forms are being strangled because of how corporations are allowed to be run. Because the people in positions of power don't give a fuck about creativity, storytelling, or the impact of media on people. It doesn't matter to people like David Zaslav what the companies they're running deal in. They're in it to squeeze out all the money they can and they don't give a shit what gets thrown away in the process. There is no appreciation or respect for what their companies are supposed to be focused on.

Capitalism kills art and it needs to be put on a leash, and these streaming services need a slap in the face. For fuck's sake, there was just a strike over this. The writers weren't going to take the greedy bullshit these companies were serving them, and audiences shouldn't either.

#go watch steph sterling at the jimquisition -- the same shit is happening in the video game industry #streaming services #capitalism #ofmd #renew as a crew

[bizarrelittlemew]

i was hoping to make a post like this under happier circumstances, but here goes.

as some of you know, everything with the cancellation and renewal campaign has happened right on top of the worst part of my mom's cancer treatment (plus the show was cancelled on my actual birthday 💀). i won't go into details, but it's been tough. lots of ups and downs, mostly downs, luckily ending (for now) on as much of an up as circumstances allow. the whole thing has been weirdly tied to the cancellation for me, kind of amplifying every feeling. the grief got mixed up, and there was so much of it - mourning the loss of the kind of future i thought i'd have with my mother and the time we might not get, mourning the end of a show that means so much to me and is such a big part of my life. different types of grief, sure, and of different magnitudes, but in one big ugly swirl. i sort of had a breakdown right at the start of february, and it was because of news about my mom, but it morphed into my brain telling me everything i'd ever written was shit and wanting to delete it all. stuff like that, spilling over.

anyway. i was holding off on writing this post to see if the show got picked up by someone else. but i still want to say it. because what also spilled over was the support and community from this fandom, and being in this space (despite the rough times and high emotions) helped me through it, because of all of you here. whether we talk regularly, or you left a comforting reply or simply a like on one of my posts about having a hard time (i tried to keep them few), or wrote a nice comment on a fic, or said something funny or nice or insightful in the tags of a gifset, or was active here (or on twt) in any way, talking/sharing/creating stuff about the show - THANK YOU.

you all helped me through all the ups and downs, and i am so grateful. thank you for being here, listening, distracting, helping me feel some joy despite the horrors. i love you and i love this incredible show and all it has brought and will continue to bring and inspire, and although it should go without saying, i'm not going anywhere. just do me a favor and give yourself a big ol' hug from me, and know that you made a difference for some random guy on the internet (but in reality for many more, and for this fandom as a whole, just by being here and being you) 💕

#🐭📓 #oh wow this got long #i grieved so much in january and never truly got my hopes up even though i of course wished something would happen #that the second “cancellation” message did not hit me as hard as it did for others - like i'd already absorbed that reality #but no matter what. all the effort was worth it - even for just the slightest chance of renewal and showing the cast and crew all the love #and seeing the fandom rally and all the fun moments we found along the way in a shitty situation none of us wished to be in #and for the record - i don't think this means there is no possibility of anything happening in the future #i just think the current/immediate negotiations fell through due to the current streaming landscape #you never know what can happen even if nothing happens for years #it's just that it's not happening right now and we shouldn't be at the edge of our seats. but instead settle into long term fandom mode #instead of constant campaign mode. keep showing all our love for the show and letting it inspire us and move us #and keep supporting the cast and crew in their next works #there is so much more to come from the same creative minds #and i for one am looking forward to experiencing it with you all 💗 #ok i will stop rambling now skdjfhdjks

[lolli-popples]

I'm realizing that there are people who have only watched the GIGS Phasmo streams and not JITS, meaning that they do not know of Joker and his 100 tripods.

Don't quote me on that number, he might have more than 100.

#jits and gigs #team gigs #gigs phasmo #team jits #jits phasmo #jits crew #gigs stream #goodtimeswithscar #grian #impuslesv #skizzleman #mister joker #tango tek #lollipopplestalks

[phatcatphergus]

Pac and Fit watching and tubbo becomes more and more emotionally dependent upon them and Sunny as the days progress and how he sends himself into a panic if he loses sight of her or them for more then a minute to the point that they once left to grab something from the factory while he was distracted with working on the hole and when they came back he was in hysterics thinking that they finally left him

#I’m thinking about how tubbo panicked over Sunny’s bed yesterday #the way bad and Pac immediately came running will be in my mind forever #but I think losing Fred makes him so dependent on the other people he cares about and is terrified that he’s going to lose them too #or worse decide that he’s not worth their time #after all fit and Pac have eachother and kids and sunny has other parents that are far more qualified then he is #what happens when they come to the same realization that the other islanders have #this stream made me so normal guys #qsmp tubbo #tubbo #qsmp #qsmp sunny #sunny #qsmp fit #fitmc #qsmp pac #pactw #morning crew #they’re so emotionally dependent on each other #they have separation anxiety you guys #we gotta make angst out of it

[yorkshireraven]

Dexter needs to find a way to repair the robot and get off the planet 

@jklantern @starprincesshlc @suraht @ynknownnumber

#lp #let's play #lanstar #streaming crew #dexter stardust

[tryinghardtobeoptimistic]

Thank you for everything my Captain 🫡

So that's it... Rhys finally post something... it hurts so much, so fcking much.

Thank you so much Rhys, thank you for Stede Bonnet, I'm so happy I discovered this show and was introduced to you.

THANK YOU 🙇

#You will always remain with me Stede Bonnet #*salute* #Thank you so much everyone - the casts crew writers all the ones who worked so hard for this show THANK YOU #Will keep praying that this show will be pick up by another network platform streaming sites THEY FCKING DESERVE ANOTHER SEASON #Rhys Darby #LOML #Stede Bonnet #OFMD #Our Flag Means Death

[alsoknownasallison]

I'm seeing all of the "we should be glad it even happened" posts, fuck that. getting a good queer show shouldn't be a fucking miracle we have to cherish. we asked for 3 seasons and we couldn't even get that, I am so sick and tired and you should be too.

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #blackbeard #stede bonnet #stream on max #renew ofmd #renew as a crew #save ofmd #ofmd cancellation

[haloberry]

Last Frubbo update for the night.

So, Fred is stuck in a hole with Quackity going to come everyday for new information. Until, Fred runs out of information or until Fred lies/picks a fight and Q kills him off.

Bc q!Tubbo is such a smart guy, he practically already knows where Fred is due to the unconventional naming of the Warp stones. He couldn’t get to the spot bc Q broke it. But, it doesn’t matter as cc!Tubbo is going away for Twitch con Vegas for at least a week. Telling us Fred is trapped until further notice.

We don’t know how Fred got kidnapped, but with context clues it was probably on a Friday night/Saturday morning giving that he wrote the date letter to Tubbo stating for TOMORROW Saturday. I have a feeling actually that he was stolen from the mail site, due to the lights being flicked off when Fred usually’s on top of that..

So, Fred is trapped. With no help unlike last time with q!Aypierre. He’s loves Tubbo, with basically confirmation that it’s romantic love, and is only telling Quackity information because Q keeps threatening Tubbo’s life.

Fred was also very protective whenever q!Tubbo’s name got mentioned during that interrogation. Spitting insult after insult whenever Q tried to mock him about it. Fred also thinks Tubbo hates him bc Q said that he did. Though we all know that’s not true, it was still funny to see Fred saying “Guess we both have nobody now.”

So yeah, god fucking damnit. But Fred is a fucking King and I swear I really just want q!Tubbo to go and come rescue him. Like i said, idgaf what atrocities either of them commit, I just want them to care for each other. And if that means Villian Tubbo arc and Fred actively-murders-people-arc, then so be it!

#qsmp #qsmp tubbo #qsmp fred #qsmp lore #frubbo #can’t wait for the Vegas stream tho #PLZ I want morning crew to have a complete photo together #if quackity does stream more of the Fred interrogations I’ll update yall #just keep in mind I’m a shit translator lmao #qsmp quackity

[2000snotebook]

They updated Darius's page on the wiki... what if I cried

#toh spoilers #the owl house #they are a FAMILY #addae.txt #for the eberwolf thing it was mentioned on a crew stream(??) that darius and eber were found brothers #i wish they'd confirm these things in text and not by word of mouth that's so tricky to access #but it's there!

[iamadequate1]

Don't Stream on Max

Ragging on Max is fun, isn't it? This is going to be long since I brought tables. Here's a kiss GIF to get people's attention!

Let's be real: if HBO/Max has a cancellation rate this high and is the only streamer with a cancellation rate approaching these numbers, we're long past the point where fingers can be pointed at the shows individually, trying to invent unique "failures" in each one separately... except for Zaslav's baby, The Idol, that show deserved it. If there is an oddity like this, deduce down the common factor, and the common factor here in all these "failures" is WBD/HBO/Max. WBD does not know how to run a streaming business, and yet, it is charging consumers the highest rates in the industry.

✨Cancel Max now✨

Remember that WBD sponsored article from Vulture? Remember?? Specifically...

And then there was the final strike against last month’s canceled trio of titles: their production costs. As noted earlier, all three series went into development circa 2019-2020, at a time when competition for hot new shows was beyond intense. Streamers were handing out ridiculous deals in order to land coveted projects and agreeing to license fees and production budgets that were usually only reserved for big, established blockbuster hits. So a series like Rap Sh!t, which had the feel of an indie production and used iPhones to tell its story, ended up costing Max twice as much to license as HBO’s critically loved, niche comedy Somebody Somewhere, per a source familiar with show budgets. Our Flag Means Death, the same sources say, had a license fee three times that of Somebody.

First of all, they picked the smallest show they could in order to justify ~scary~ words like "twice" and "three times" without any danger of being specific, but they also picked a show that was "renewed" and I can find no evidence it's being worked on anymore!

But 2019-2020, let's discuss that. The merger was finalized April 8, 2022, and Max, the illicit love baby between Discovery+ and HBO Max, launched on May 23, 2023. On its face, Max has the second largest sticker price of streamers, and that sticker price is mostly built from that HBO prestige, but I'll build to that...

Let's say Zaslav had to let 2022 roll, so let's look at 2023, shall we? HBO/Max had 11 shows debut in 2023.

Velma (Max - renewed + lol)

The Last of Us (HBO - renewed)

Fired on Mars (Max - Purgatory)

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (Max - Renewed)

Clone High (Max - Purgatory as new season is coming in)

The Idol (HBO - cancelled)

Warrior (Max - cancelled + moved to Netflix)

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (Max - renewed)

Young Love (Max - Purgatory)

Scavengers Reign (Max - Purgatory)

Bookie (Max - Renewed)

Wow! Not even half confirmed renewed, and one of the success stories is Velma. HBO also only debuted two series that year: TLOU was in development since 2020, but The Idol was still in early stages when Zaslav wandered in. Since he didn't put a stop to it, The Idol remains Zaslav's sole contribution to HBO, especially since according to Wikipedia, the show went under a "drastic" overhaul in April 2022, the month of the merger.

There is an article going around citing that Max has a 26.9% cancellation rate, and that seems.... off? It is still far higher than every other streamer, but it's still lower than what's expected from what we've seen of WBD/Max. If you look at Max's original programming list and HBO's original programming list, something's not adding up. I tried to follow the source back, but it wanted money, so I'll do it myself! I suspect that the glut of mindless reality shows, exploitative docuseries, and miniseries really brought that percentage down.

I'm just going to look at the cancellation of actual scripted shows, ignoring miniseries (that's just a big movie on purpose and no concern about #FinishOurStories), series that haven't aired an episode yet, non-English series (most don't have Wikipedia entries and are a messier thing to research), and co-productions (as Anne with an E showed, sometimes the partner can be responsible for cancellations -- this unfortunately leaves off series like Gentleman Jack). I also limited myself to series that had/about to have a season debut after the merger date (April 8, 2022).

(I've got the 'tism, and I enjoy making spreadsheets.)

Drama:

Comedy:

Anthology:

Continuation:

Adult Animation:

Kid/Family:

(Note: I used "ended" if I immediately saw that it was the creators who ended the show on purpose.)

HBO Breakdown:

Max Breakdown:

Combined:

HBO/Max is hovering around a confirmed 50% cancellation rate. I don't expect shows like Tokyo Vice and The Sex Lives of College Girls to last past their seasons that are about to premiere, and I expect many of these other "renewed" or "pending" shows to disappear into the ether.

Let's talk money. What is the monthly cost to subscribe to streamers? To make my life easier, I'm not going to list out yearly costs.

Streamer | Cost/Month with Ads (USD) | Cost/Month without Ads (USD) Apple | n/a | 9.99 Disney | 7.99 | 13.99 Hulu | 7.99 | 17.99 Disney/Hulu Bundle | 9.99 | 19.99 Max | 9.99 | 15.99 Netflix | 6.99 | 15.49 Paramount | 5.99 | 11.99 Peacock | 5.99 | 11.99 Prime | 8.99 | 11.98 Starz | n/a | 9.99 Discovery+ (on debut) | 4.99 | 6.99

Disney and Hulu together without bundling would be 15.98 with ads and 31.98 without ads, so each bundle is 62.5% of what it would have been with a double charge. If Max would be a similar deal, the HBO and Discovery pieces separately would add to 15.98 (ads) and 25.58 (no ads), so assuming no Discovery inflation (and, lbr, the starting pricing was already too high), the HBO piece would be 10.99 (ads) and 18.59 (no ads), putting HBO as the most expensive streaming option.

It's hidden, but Max is a bundle. Discovery+ and HBO do not have overlapping shows or audiences; it's really like if ESPN and Disney tried to sell itself as one service without telling anyone.

Since I tossed out the reality pieces, the cancellation rates I have above are the HBO pieces. If you're paying for Max, you're paying for the most expensive TV option, while paying for the highest turnover in TV productions. If you're subbed to Max for one show, it would be cheaper to just buy it from a digital store or, you know, 🏴‍☠️

So, circling back to the initial quote: sobbing about being beholden to the wacky 2019-2020 greenlights, when those greenlights are the only reason people are subscribed to the service in the first place is certainly a choice! Especially since now that the only "originals" Max is offering up are on par with Velma and The Idol, and the prestige TV that were underway at the time of merger (ex, TLOU and that upcoming HP show) maybe justify a one month sub-and-binge per year. With this obscene cancellation rate and creator disrespect, they aren't going to nab any more big projects, but they sure want you to pay them like they are.

Look, I'm not getting into the labor and worker treatment parts of this, and I'm not getting into the media representation parts of this or how non-white/straight/male shows have to meet impossible standards. Both of those are also egregious and part of a much, much larger discussion. Just from a purely consumer point of view, Max is a bad product.

Cancel Max. It is not worth your time to care about anything they put out.

Anyway, some petitions for shows that this failed streamer dumped recently. Max won't pick any of them up again, but you can show other streamers that there is interest for them to pick up the shows!

Our Flag Means Death

Rap Sh!t

Julia

Winning Time

Warrior (S4 has not been confirmed with Netflix)

#petitions at end #our flag means death #ofmd #save ofmd #adopt our crew #david zaslav #hbo max #max #don't stream on max #rap shit #rap sh!t #julia hbo #winning time #warrior #the gilded age #the gilded age should help out their Gay Twitter brethren