The Jim Episode (plus dozens of reasons to clown)

So we’re talking about Jim this week!  Everyone’s favorite non-binary, polyamorous pirate. We love Jim. They are one member of the crew other than Ed and Stede who’s got a fleshed-out backstory. This week we talk about what more we’d love to see from Jim.

Also: Season 3? Yes! We're manifesting it! We talk about the adoption efforts and so much more!

Our co-hosts are Maya Gittleman (the brilliant writer and critic who wrote Act of Grace: Masculinity, Monstrosity, and Queer Catharsis in Our Flag Means Death and who also has a story in Night of the Living Queers), YA author Rosiee Thor (who recently penned the 9th Firefly novel, Aim to Misbehave), Tragically Nerdy (TragicallyNerdy on AO3) who writes a lot of Jim fics and curates a rec list on Tumblr, Tony who makes jewelry at Blue Box Imaginarium, Carly Delso-Saavedra who organizes a lot of fandom activities at WGA_fandomLove on Twitter and fangirlfoto on Instagram, and writer Carly Heath (Yayvid_jenkins on AO3).

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Recs? Recs!

Non-fic recs:

People of Earth - David Jenkins' first show

Vico Ortiz's library of audiobooks: https://libro.fm/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=Vico%20Ortiz

Smited, Smote, Smitten: A Reading on Queer Longing in Good Omens - https://reactormag.com/smited-smote-smitten-a-reading-on-queer-longing-in-good-omens/

Fic recs: (a lot of copy-paste from various threads/platforms. Chaos abounds:)

Tragically Nerdy's OFMD fanfic recs: https://thetragicallynerdy.tumblr.com/post/710005335236231168/nerdys-ofmd-fanfic-recs

the art of gift giving - Nanashio7 https://archiveofourown.org/works/38408644

Tenderness, Above All by JackUntilJune - rated E - https://archiveofourown.org/works/46304167/chapters/116577169

suck the rot right out of my bloodstream by @nevershootamockingbird –https://archiveofourown.org/works/38345155

some say it’s a blessing by @swallowtailed – https://archiveofourown.org/works/39307941

what you take with you (what you leave behind) by @lovewithagirl – https://archiveofourown.org/works/44284234

make your peace with weariness and let it be by anirondack – https://archiveofourown.org/works/38584641

be gay, do crime by ophelia5wims - https://archiveofourown.org/works/51555949/chapters/130306189

plumbing the depths series (the tentacle fics) - https://archiveofourown.org/series/3806947

authors: yerbamansa - https://archiveofourown.org/users/yerbamansa/pseuds/yerbamansa

revenge ranch au by yerbamansa- https://archiveofourown.org/series/2935209

alfalfairy - https://archiveofourown.org/users/alfalfairy/pseuds/alfalfairy

oluwandesorange - https://archiveofourown.org/users/oluwandesorange/pseuds/oluwandesorange the

bear au by oluwandesorange: All things grow https://archiveofourown.org/works/50937190/chapters/128685031 Transformative

Work by mia_ugly, pinehutch -https://archiveofourown.org/works/42039948/chapters/105551742

owlinaminor https://archiveofourown.org/users/owlinaminor/pseuds/owlinaminor

mintpepper - their account got orphaned, here's the jim/olu series tho - https://archiveofourown.org/series/2861110

aletterinthenameofsanity - made a promise when i left for the coast series - https://archiveofourown.org/series/3778762

I'm not sure if these were mentioned on the show, but here are some other recs from the OFMD Fic Club on Discord:

The Road Not Taken by @connor / chris - rated E - connor also has a ton of other good Jim centric fics! https://archiveofourown.org/works/53421676

Revenge Ranch AU by @ArchEmily (yerbamansa) - the entire series is gold - https://archiveofourown.org/series/2935209

Tenderness, Above All by JackUntilJune - rated E - https://archiveofourown.org/works/46304167/chapters/11657716

From Yerbamansa:

selfish self-recs: we co-wrote this one (E): https://archiveofourown.org/works/42752001 v

ery canon-divergent one-shot inspired by harols & maude: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49069066

jim/olu-centric series i've been writing since may '22: https://archiveofourown.org/series/2935209

today's take two tuesday! https://archiveofourown.org/works/45504388

the one i think emi has in mind (E) first jim/mary https://archiveofourown.org/works/46139878

tragic's jim-centric kinktober (E, obvs) https://archiveofourown.org/series/3762382

also the die hard AU!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/52597312--

How to get away with murder before summer vacation - https://archiveofourown.org/works/51431443/chapters/129969703

la jayaera (a fast and furious au) - https://archiveofourown.org/works/51710863/chapters/130727716

emi's surgeon boys has a deeply excellent jim as ed's mentee, amazing arc (E) https://archiveofourown.org/works/44037846

From #1 Sandwich Enthusiast:

E, modern au (medicine), jim/olu + jim&ed https://archiveofourown.org/works/44037846

E, canon era (between s1 and s2), jim/olu and jim/frenchie https://archiveofourown.org/works/42039948

M, pacrim au, jim/olu https://archiveofourown.org/works/42068700

M, canon era (end s1-s2e1), character study https://archiveofourown.org/works/50714188

E, modern au, jim/mary https://archiveofourown.org/works/46139878

T, modern au meet cute, olu/jim https://archiveofourown.org/works/47252701

From Draco the Lizard;

look at you love, you've got that golden glow https://archiveofourown.org/works/50703832 (E. Obv.)

ttps://archiveofourown.org/works/49116367 - Really hot and explicit Jim/Oluwande/Izzy

In the shameless self-rec category: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47011936

More shameless selfreccing in which Jim pegs Stede: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53034379 (E, obv)

From Claire G:

Big Jim action hero hours in the Jurassic Park AU: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43072248/chapters/108234405

And carrying through the Siete Gallos storyline and the unfinished family history questions in Here Be Monsters (rated E): https://archiveofourown.org/works/40394250/chapters/101189568

From DenizB33:

Ooh, may I rec mine? (Archie pov though) https://archiveofourown.org/works/50699413

From Nomadsland:

I always love to plug my little character study of Jim in between S1 & S2! https://archiveofourown.org/works/50714188