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💌 Love Notes, Part 1

(Originally posted on Jan 8)

Hey Lovelies, I know 01/09/25 is going to be a very mixed feeling kind of day for everyone. It's the anniversary of the first time S2 was cancelled. It's going to bring up a lot of sad feelings, and you should absolutely sit with those feelings and embrace them. It was a rough time for all of us. There's no shame in feeling that grief again.

I know I didn't show it much, but I cried so many times. Seriously, like SO MANY TIMES. My parents asked me if someone whacked me in the face with a shovel (which, thanks folks, I feel so pretty) but it was true - I was devastated. It was a slow burn for me too because I wanted so very much to keep up hope. Seeing you all really push for the show helped keep me going - and helped me learn more about how to cope with that kind of grief (and it was grief for so many of us because the show meant so very much - and changed some of us at our core).

No matter how tomorrow makes you feel though, I do want to remind you what came of it. This beautiful community rallied together and did some absolutely AMAZING things this past year (I wish I hadn't been sick this past two weeks cause I wanted to get you some stats).

From billboards, to faxing, and calling in to Max, and Netflix, and Amazon, and Apple TV, to raising a SHIT TON of money for SO MANY charities - to making beautiful works of art and fiction - to making our cast and crew (not just the actors) feel loved and impactful - this cancellation brought SO MANY OF US TOGETHER.

People stepped out of their comfort zones - talked to people they didn't know, reached out to streaming platforms and learned to use their voices in ways they'd never done before.

We all built our own little communities within the fandom, bit by bit - and those little communities have spread so much love, and kindness, and made life worth living for so many of us.

#OFMDRecaps #OFMDLoveNotes #Crew4Life #LongLiveOFMD