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Our Flag Means Death cast says that the fan community is "bigger than the show"
At Rose City Comic Con 2024, the show's cast that they're in love with what fans have done with their work
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Max’s Our Flag Means Death might only have sailed for two seasons before cancellation, but the show’s fandom continues as strongly today as it did when new episodes were debuting — and that’s something that the cast are deeply appreciative of, as they told an enthusiastic crowd at Rose City Comic Con 2024. In fact, according to one cast member, the show’s fan community is “bigger than the show.”
“I think that there's so much humanity in our show, and it's so deeply reflecting of all of you,” Vico Ortiz told fans during the Saturday panel. “We see you, you see us, and we are a mirror of each other. And I think that the show portrays humanity in a beautiful way: the rawness, the tenderness and vulnerability, the exploration, the celebration, the intensity, the heartbreak, it’s all there. It's all raw, and that's part of being human, and that's why this show resonates with so much of [the cast] and y'all.”
“One of the things that show is, is community: a bunch of people getting together, who you wouldn't necessarily think belong together, who are isolated, and they form a little family. That's also I feel like what happened on set. You know, none of us knew each other, or very few of us knew each other before we started the show and we got together, and formed a beautiful working relationship and sort of bonded with each other. And I think that also weaved its way into the vibe that gets sent out to you,” added Matthew Maher. “As I said to a few of you guys, what you guys have made is really, actually, bigger than the show. The community you’ve created is exponentially larger and more generous. It started with us, but you guys have made it into, really, this universe of people. That’s what’s so nice about seeing you guys. It’s getting to re-meet the show on such grander terms. It's really amazing. You guys are amazing.”
A show cancelled all too soon that proved to be the foundation of an extensive, welcoming fan community? That worked out pretty well for Star Trek, back in the 1970s, and ended with six movies featuring the original cast and multiple spin-off series. OFMD, consider the bar set. (And, perhaps, a pathway laid for the future, too.)
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