TealOranges

TealOranges is the non-binary ship between Jim Jimenez and Oluwande Boodhari from the Our Flag Means Death fandom.

Canon
Jim and Oluwande met each other way before joining the Revenge ship. Jim was looking for a way to earn a living after they ran away from their hometown, where their dad was murdered by a gang of mercenaries called, Siete Gallos. So Oluwande helped them find a job as a waitress in a tavern owned by Spanish Jackie. There was the man Jim wanted to kill to avenge their father. The problem was that Jim didn't know the man was one of Spanish Jackie's many husbands, her favorite one in fact. So this forces Jim to escape to the Republic of Pirates, running for their life. And Oluwande was alongside them, supporting them all the way.

After their escape, the two of them join Stede Bonnet's crew on his ship, the Revenge. Jim put on a fake beard, a wax nose and a wide hat, and pretended to be mute for their identitiy to not be uncovered. In one of their many adventures with the crew, the ship accidentally breaches on an island, and Stede tells the crew that they should use this time there as "a vacation." Once they get some alone time, Jim is finally free to speak and tells Oluwande that they'll go take a bath. But while they do so, they get discovered by Lucius, who they threatened to not say a thing.

After a misunderstanding with the island's native inhabitants that confuse Stede with a colonizer, they let them leave. And as the ship is being put back into the sea, the tribe’s chief approaches Oluwande and asks him to stay with them as he sees him as a valuable potential member. Oluwande declines, however, saying that there's someone really important to him in the ship, as he looks at Jim in the distance. The chief understands it instantly and tells Oluwande that he is in love. Oluwande denies this and tries to repeat to himself that Jim is just a friend to him.

Eventually, they meet Spanish Jackie again, and all the time Oluwande is constantly anxious as he sees Jim getting themselves into all kind of dangerous situations regarding Spanish Jackie.

When Jim meets her Nana, who is a nun, once again, she invites Jim and Oluwande to eat with her, to which Oluwande happily agrees with. Nana is really excited to meet him, so she starts sharing all sorts of stories from Jim's childhood. She then tells Jim in Spanish that Oluwande seems like a very sweet guy, and asks Jim if he is their husband, or if they're just "living in sin." Only for Jim to let Nana know that Oluwande speaks Spanish too. However, Nana immediately likes Oluwande and they become friendly with one another easily.

Later, when Nana finds out that Jim killed one of Spanish Jackie's husbands, she tells Jim that she's disappointed in them since they didn't get to kill all of them. Jim is very hurt by this, so they walk away. Oluwande is quick to follow them since they tell Nana that that must've really hurt Jim. After following Jim, Oluwande finally reaches them and finds them in an open field, where Jim is admiring a tree. They tell Oluwande that their parents plant that tree and that they used to leave in that field. Then, Jim opens their heart to Oluwande and tells him all about their story and their family's murder. Oluwande is deeply shocked to hear this, so he tells Jim that if they want, he can be their family now. They get closer and closer, and as they lean their heads together, going for a kiss, Stede suddenly appears, yelling, and interrupts their romantic moment.

However, when time to aboard the ship once again came, Jim decided to stay behind, something Oluwande immediately notices. When he asks Jim if they're coming, Jim says that they decided to finish the job, not for their Nana, but for themselves. Oluwande, supportive as always, tells Jim to take care. When Jim answers "you already know me", Oluwande says that that's exactly why he told them to take care. And with this, they part ways. After Jim's departure, Oluwande is seen very sad and melancholic all around, looking at places Jim used to be and thinking about them, sometimes feelings lonely at night.

When they reunite again, once Jim appears in the ship once again, Oluwande beams after seeing them. Jim mentions that the room they used to sleep in looks different. But after some silence, Oluwande declares that he really miss them while they were gone. After this, they share a passionate kiss.

However, the two of them get separated once again when Blackbeard leaves Oluwande and the rest of Stede's old crew on a desserted island, while Jim remained on the ship, seemingly without their knowledge or consent.

Fanon
TealOranges is one of the most popular ships within the Our Flag Means Death fandom. This is due to the fact that it's part of the three canon couples of the show. But fans of the ship started loving the couple as soon as they were shown confiding in each other in the show.

The ship currently has 296+ works in AO3.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Jim's favorite color is teal, but originally Jim would be lying about this and their favorite color was going to be purple. Vico Ortiz, who plays Jim in the show, said that they're happy this got changed because it can be interpreted that Jim's favorite color is teal because of Oluwande's teal earring.