I Feel Like The Person Working With Sir Has To Be Ethan Because So Much Would Make A Lot More Sense If

ofmd wasn't "profitable" enough but I didn't even get the feeling hbo wanted to make money off of it. They didn't promote it when s1 dropped, and the promo for s2 was erratic at best. They don't sell merch. Or physical copies. There's no bts documentaries other than what actors (shoutout to Samba ilu) make themselves in their spare time.

It took more than a full year for me to be able to watch s1 legally! I still can't access s2 legally anywhere! It's not that ofmd is unprofitable, it's that hbo refuses to profit off of it, because - well, because profiting off of it would mean investing work and money into it.

And like. Of course, when you compare it to the juggernauts hbo holds rights to, like GoT, ofmd is small fishes. But.

How on earth do these clowns think cult classics happen?

A Game of Thrones was first published in 1996 and didn't make it on the NYT beststeller list until 2011. The first edition of the first Harry Potter book was 500 pieces. And yeah, TV shows are different, but if you look at today's media landscape, would things like Star Trek, or Buffy, or Doctor Who stand the slightest chance? These things take time, is my point. A piece of media doesn't become a massively profitable, beloved classic over night. It takes time and effort to build that kind of franchise.

And the thing is! Nobody who makes these decisions even likes stories. I'm convinced that whoever is in charge at hbo, at amazon prime, even at disney, thinks storytelling is dumb and for idiots. They think it's enough to just slap the name of something people love on whatever garbage they spit out, for it to be profitable. They think it's the brand that sells: Look this has "Lord of the Rings" on it! Look, this one has "Game of Thrones", you like Game of Thrones don't you? Watch my show, boy.

But this isn't how this works. It's not the name that sells (unless, I suppose, you're the MCU, and even there one gets the impression the trick is finally stopping to work), especially not when the product is bad. People aren't idiots.

But it's not about making something good. It's not about making a meaningful piece of art, or telling an engaging story. ofmd served its purpose; it drew in all the subscribers it ever would, so there's no point in letting it go on. Even in the s2 that we did get, this is evident: the penny pinching is palpable, it's clear that the studio didn't want to spend any more money than absolutely necessary on it, and then cut the budget by 40%.

It's not about art. It never has been.

And it's not even about profit, because to be profitable eventually, stories have to be allowed to thrive first. You tell a good story first, and success happens later, often much, much later.

And ofmd was incredibly, astonishingly successful. It was the most in-demand series for weeks after the s1 finale. But even that wasn't enough, it's never enough, ofmd could have made record-setting profits and it still would have been cancelled, because -

Well, I don't know. Because we live in a bad time for art. Because Orwell was right, and stories have become commodities, like shoelaces. Because. Well. It's not about telling a story, is it?

What's the point of a story? What's the point of making something for the joy of making it? What's the point of a piece of art, existing, if it cannot be transferred into numbers for the stockholders?

idk how to end this. I hope David Jenkins finishes the story he wanted to tell, even if just for himself. I hope, against all odds, that weird, fun, heartfelt, beautiful little stories like ofmd continue to happen.

But goddammit.

All these people going against Gabi gonna piss me off. He did one good thing for selfish reasons and suddenly everyone is on her ass as if she hasn't saved so many more people with her team. Guess my crucible theory was right though cause he is definitely witch trailing her right now.

I love his switch up so much. Especially Trents confusion.

AND THE CROWD GOES MILD❗❗❗ anyways

Our Flag Means Blep

I'm so glad the sir Margaret scene that was teased is earlier in the season. I'm so ready for this!!!

imagine having the angela bassett on your show and ruining her character just bc you’re out of ideas

I really hope they tell Trent. I get wanting to wait for evidence but he's slept with this women I feel like he deserves to know who she really is and that she is taking advantage of him.

New promotional stills for episode 2x18 “Missing While Heather“ of Found.

a very yuriyaoi halloween to all 🎃👍

FOUND Season 2: Missed Opportunity

So, my mom had a theory during the early episodes of this season of the show Found. It was so good that I wish I could have shot it to the writer’s room to run with it. She basically suggested that Lacey’s mom was Sir’s accomplice all along. Like, chick was bat💩 crazy this entire time and helping him because she is in love with him. It would explain why he could move so seamlessly in and out of that baby’s room after their escape. She could also be crazy jealous of Gabi and secretly plotting her downfall because Sir will never love her the way he loves Gabi. I hate to pit us against each other but this would have been too good. Oh yeah, and did I mention that Sir is actually Lacey’s biological father in this scenario? (BOOM 🎤 drop)

It would explain why he took her originally and why her mom never really seemed all that shook about it. It would also explain why he let her live the second time around. His sister being the accomplice doesn’t explain how Sir had so much inside information about the agency before she was introduced on the show. He had their files like he had a man/woman on the inside. Lacey’s mom being the accomplice would explain that. It also would be a very interesting arc for Lacey to have to navigate. She would be utterly destroyed and the actress would really have some serious trauma to navigate in that role. Perhaps even question her own morality with Sir as her father. So juicy.

But alas, opportunity missed.