A panel of HBO Max executives sits around a table watching a nervous, quivering intern scroll through tumblr. They see respected user “lesboflint” saying that she hopes Our Flag Means Death gets cancelled if her favorite character doesn’t win a poll about fictional pirates. The CFO sighs. “Cancel every gay show we’ve ever made,” he says into his Apple Watch. “Take David Jenkins out to the shed and shoot him in his gay head.”
Do you ever see some fandom drama on your dash and it makes you feel like you’re in a little boat on the ocean and a mysterious dark shape floats underneath you












