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在伊甸園裡的磨蹭蹭~~

It was requested of me to do a DTIYS picture.. so here you go, have a scene from page 7 of "A Siren's Kiss" You're more than welcome to draw anything of my boys, please tag me so I can see your work 💖

Wake up, Good Omens fandom! We're doing something special!

Ineffable May 10

May 10 is both what is often cited as the date the book published (in 1990) and it's the day St Dunstan in the East Church (Neil's inspiration for the scene) would've matched up with the episode 3 Blitz scene (1941).

Bring on your fan works set between '41 and '90!

New or already shared fan works alike, they cover nearly 50 years of Crowley and Aziraphale knowing the other would absolutely, without a doubt save them. That's 50 years of "you can't deny this feeling".

40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. There's so much you can do with those eras, for Aziraphale and Crowley, other angels and demons, and even many of the humans! Especially in bookverse.

Or do something AU and toss canon to the wind!

(I personally love that 1967, another Hard Times cold open scene year, is when London decided to turn the remains of the Blitz scene church INTO A GARDEN. Crowley definitely had something to do with that.)

You can use the tag for any Good Omens celebrations you have on May 10 but especially for showing those fan works set between 1941 (the Blitz scene!) and 1990 (when the book came out!)

AND HEY!

ANY HELP getting the word out is super. I am but a small fan with an even smaller reach. I want anyone who wants to participate to have a chance to hear about it! Thanks SO SO MUCH!

And speaking of thanks: THANK YOU @flantasticclaude for your enthusiasm for this sudden fandom event, and stepping in to make the above wonderful, rainbow-filled graphic to get the word out.🌈😇😈

Let's all have an amazing fandom celebration on May 10!

Hello mr. gaiman, how much of what we'll see on GO2 is cgi compared to the first season?

-sincerely, a practical effects fan

There's an enormous amount of practical effects in Season 2. We built so much of it.

When we were writing it, I prided myself that that it wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of CGI that Season 1 did.

And now it's almost done, I'd say there are about 1,500 CGI shots in Season 2, as compared to Season 1's 1000 shots. But I think a lot of them are going to be harder to see as CGI.

(Watch this video about Season 1 CGI. We've built a lot more Soho than existed on season 1, for example, but we are still having to place it in London.)

Lost Hat (A short comic) 

This was the scene that inspired me to draw the comic. The idea has been in my head since June, after the release of the Good Omens episodes. It went lying in my folders for a while, but I’m glad to finally have it finished!  Thank you for reading :)

In honor of the news about season 2 and the fact that I'm finally reading the book I made ineffable husbands bookmarks!!! Feel free to make your own using the image below!

In honor of the news about season 2 and the fact that I'm finally reading the book I made ineffable husbands bookmarks!!! Feel free to make your own using the image below!

Folks let me talk about Crowley and sunglasses, because I have a lot of emotions about when he wears them and when he doesn’t, and Hiding versus Being Seen.

We’re introduced to the concept of Crowley wearing glasses even before we’re introduced to Crowley, by Hastur: “If you ask me he’s been up here too long. Gone native. Enjoying himself too much. Wearing sunglasses even when he doesn’t need them.”

Honestly Crowley’s whole introduction is a fantastic; we learn so much about his character in a tiny amount of time. The fact that he’s late, the Queen playing as the Bentley approaches, the “Hi, guys” in response to Hastur and Ligur’s “Hail Satan”. I like this intro much better than the one originally scripted with the rats at the phone company, but I digress.

Crowley wears sunglasses when he doesn’t need them. Specifically, he still wears them around the demons, and when he’s in hell.

You know where Crowley doesn’t wear glasses? At home.

We never once see him wearing glasses in his flat, except for when he knows Hastur and Ligur are coming. That’s an emotional kick to the gut for me. Here’s one of the only places Crowley’s comfortable enough to be sans glasses, and when he knows it’s going to be invaded he prepares not just physically with the holy water, but by putting up that emotional barrier in a place where he wasn’t supposed to need it.

An argument could be made that Crowley actually never needs glasses. We’re shown that it’s well within the angels’ and demons’ powers to pass unnoticed by humans. Crowley and Aziraphale waltz out of the manor in the middle of a police raid, and going unnoticed by the police takes so little effort that they can keep up a conversation while they stroll through. Even an unimaginative demon like Hastur apparently doesn’t have trouble with the humans losing it over his demonic eyes. The humans in the scene at Megiddo are acting like “this guy is a little weird” and not “holy shit his entire eyeballs are black jelly”

That means that Crowley’s glasses are a choice, just like Aziraphale’s softness. Sure, he could arrange matters so that nobody ever noticed his eyes, but he doesn’t want to. Crowley wants acceptance, and he wants to belong, and he’s never, ever had that. He didn’t fit in before the Fall in Heaven, he doesn’t fit in with the demons in Hell. With the glasses, and with the Bentley and his plants and with the barely-bad-enough-to-be-evil nuisance temptations, he’s choosing Earth. This is where he wants to fit in, perhaps not with the humans, but amongst them.

Even after Crowley is at his absolute lowest, when he thinks Aziraphale’s dead and he’s on his way to drink until the world ends, he takes the time to put a new pair on when the old ones are damaged. He needs that emotional crutch right now, even with everything about to turn into a pile of puddling goo he’s not ready for the world to see his eyes.

Which is why I swore out loud when Hastur forcibly takes them off.

It’s about the worst thing that Hastur could have done. Rather than leading with a physical threat, his first act is to strip away Crowley’s emotional defences. It’s a great writing choice because god it made me hate Hastur, even more than all the physical violence we see him do.

It’s also the moment that Crowley really truly gets his shit together, and focuses all of his considerable imagination on getting to Tadfield and Aziraphale to help save the world. He’s wielding the terrifyingly unimaginable power of someone who’s hit rock bottom and realised it literally could not get any worse than this. He doesn’t put another pair of glasses on after discorporating Hastur, and he spends the majority of the airbase sequence without them.

He puts them back on again, I think, at the moment that he really lets himself hope. When he thinks ‘shit, there may be a real chance that we get through this to a future that I don’t want to lose’.

The vulnerability is back, and he needs Adam to trust him. In Crowley’s mind being accepted by a human means he needs to have his eyes hidden. Someone give the demon a hug, please.

Interestingly, there’s only one time in the whole series that we see Crowley willingly choose to take his glasses off around another person. Only one person he’ll take down that barrier for, and even then he’s drunk before he does it.

Dear God/Satan/Someone that makes my heart ache. Crowley’s chosen Earth, but he’s also chosen Aziraphale. He’s been looking for somewhere to belong his entire existence, and it’s with the angel that he finally feels it.

When the dust settles and the world is saved and they finally have space to be themselves unguarded, I like to imagine Crowley takes off the glasses when it’s just the two of them; the idea of being known doesn’t scare him quite so much anymore.  

Finally !!! I did it. I'm so happy to have news and pictures of the new season.

Last Cat Omens in my approximative style, for the next one I'll use references.

Cat Omens once more !!!

what's something (spoiler-free) that you're really excited for people to see in Good Omens season two?

The Whickber Street Traders and Shopkeepers Association monthly meeting.

Thanks to @caspianthegeek J'ai craqué... Here is a murmillo Aziraphale, an armatura disliked by Caligula, he was jealous of there populatiry. Now we know why...

You can find the reference here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murmillo#/media/File:Mirmillon.jpg

Mr Cortese and Mr Harrison GO Tutors (AU?) PIC as a thank you to all the peeps who just wow. MADE FICS. (And art)

This is a Mr Cortese and Mr Harrison Crowley and Aziraphale fan post. I don’t know what else to call it.

(Sorry I’m really slow reacting to things and it takes me a bit of a run up to catch up, and in general- I’m very very rubbish at conversation and replies? It’s a combo of nerves and executive disfunction.)

Recently I posted a thing about the Tutors- Mr Cortese and Mr Harrison and my interest in more fics about them, and SO MANY PEOPLE CAME UP WITH FICS. (Really fast. Goodness. I am jealous of your creative speed.)

Anyhoot- below is a TUTORS FIC LIST and you’re welcome to add to it!

Most of these are sexy. Be warned.

Afficher davantage

Finally done !!! Pencil and colored poster for the GO Venom AU created by @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff . You can read it here : https://archiveofourown.org/works/35181100/chapters/87657910…

Thank you @ineffablepenguin and all the illustrators, i've got the book today and it's beautiful. 😍 https://www.instagram.com/p/CckeDd8qw3s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

My very own kinda-art-nouveau Good Omens poster ^_^

Demon Aziraphale #goodomensfanart #goodomens #aziraphalegoodomens #aziraphale https://www.instagram.com/p/CcQzDBDqwXG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I don't know if you've read the GO Venom AU by @theladydrgn and @sylwritesstuff but I'll recommend it greatly.

I've made the poster inspired by the Venom's one.

You can read the fic here :

Eden!verse Masterpost

AO3

Link to all of the Eden!verse fics

Russian translation of Eden!verse (WIP) by Sonnet23

   also on Ficbook

Chinese translation of A Memory of Eden by xxxbeike

    also on Lofter

Podfic of O Little Town of Bethlehem by GoLBPodfics

Summaries

Summary of A Memory of Eden

Summary of the “Bridging” Oneshots (all in the same post)

Crime & Punishment

What Glue Has Bound Together, Let No Angel Tear Asunder

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Summary of The End of Eternity

Summary of The Inheritance of Eden and In the Beginning

Handy Diagrams

The Hierarchy of Angels & Archangel and Archdemon Organization Chart

The Seven Circles of Heaven Diagram

The Gate to the Individual Heavens (from The End of Eternity)

Playlist

Eden!verse Playlist by me (covering the entire series)

Books

I turned the series into a set of printed books!

Art

From A Memory of Eden:

Crowley Being Taken to Heaven, by curiouslissa

Crowley Being Taken to Heaven, by ognivik

Aziraphale’s Fall, by portraitoftheoddity

The Clock Scene, by sous-le-saule

The Clock, by me

Aziraphale Finds Crowley’s Feather, by curiouslissa

The Burning of the Journals, by me

Aziraphale with Crowley’s Feather, by veller13

Death of Aziraphale, by cozy-aziraphale

Aziraphale’s Death, by los0sev

Aziraphale’s Death & Crowley Grieving, by Xail

Crowley’s Poor Heart Breaking, by me

Crowley Being Generally Heartbroken (some more), by me

Crowley Tearing Out His Feathers, by La-rainette-verte

Crowley Tearing Out His Feathers in the Church, by me

Just Let Me Fall, by me

The Waterfall Scene, by me

Crowley with the Scarf, by arishka-endy

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, by me

From O Little Town of Bethlehem:

Stay Close to Me, by ekalita-blr

From The Inheritance of Eden:

Heaven’s Library (Cover Art), by me

The Fab Four (Ludwig, Hamilton, Houdini, & Otho), by me 

The Words to Spells, by me

The Martyrium, by me

Crowley as a Mexican Black Kingsnake, by me

Crowley in the Holdall, by me

Serpent!Crowley Saving Aziraphale at the Bookshop, by curiouslissa

Death Cometh Amongst the Lilies’ Bloom, by me

Crowley’s Gift for Aziraphale, by curiouslissa

Crowley and Aziraphale Dolls, by sonnet23

Noli Timere Messorum (Don’t Fear the Reaper): A Visual Metaphor, by me

From In the Beginning:

God Shaping Phanuel, by patolozka

The Fall, by sous-le-saule

From The Redemption of Eden:

Cover Art, by me

Bert’s Brandy, by me

The Many Fashions of Ishtyr, by me

Fics Inspired By Eden!Verse

‘Twas There That We Parted, by DoctorTrekLock

The Abduction of an Angel, by DoctorTrekLock

The Tsar’s Hat, by Sonnet23 [also available in Russian]

Art: Aziraphale in the Tsar’s Hat by slipperyyy

Art: Story Illustrations by curiouslissa

Extras

Crowley and Aziraphale’s Midfarthing Cottage

Sigil Around the Tree of Life (from The Inheritance of Eden)

Graph of the Use of the Word “Beautiful” (from The Inheritance of Eden)

Heavenly Arithmetic (from The Inheritance of Eden)

Crowley as a Christ Figure (from The Inheritance of Eden)

I visited some of the real-life locations of places mentioned in Eden!verse

It's the cover for my first fanfiction ^^ https://archiveofourown.org/works/36466282/chapters/90930823

I created a 3D model and floor plan of Aziraphale’s bookshop in Good Omens!

I really wanted one for reference and it seemed like many others did too, so I put together my best approximation of where everything is. Beneath the color version, you’ll see I’ve included two simplified, labeled versions of the plan. The verbal labels are so you know what the object is. The numerical labels are there to make it easy to find more information about the object. I’ve put a numbered index below the cut that features the relevant reference images I used for each object and some more information about why I put it where I did/why it’s relevant/etc. I want to be very clear that I did not add anything to this from my own imagination; every single item and feature represents something I actually saw in the shop.

If you have any questions or want more information about this, PLEASE do not hesitate to ask! I put so much time into figuring it out and I would be more than happy to be a resource for anyone who needs it. Also, if you notice any errors, let me know and I’ll update the post. I hope this is helpful!

Update: Here’s a link to an interactive view of the shop! It takes a moment to load. You can click the “3D” tab in the top right to view it in first person and walk around inside. Double click a spot on the floor to move there and pan around by clicking and dragging. The oval symbol next to the person walking gives you a birds-eye view.

Update 2: Here’s a higher quality rendering of the first person perspective! Update 3: I made an alternate first person render here complete with a ceiling, light fixtures, and ambient lighting from outside. This one is optimized for making it seem more like you’re actually there, whereas the previous one is for maximum visibility. This render also has some minor accuracy improvements, which are detailed under the cut in the relevant sections. (The first interactive link with the birds-eye view updates automatically.) Update 4: In case you’re interested in Aziraphale’s books specifically, I’ve made a catalogue of those here.

Afficher davantage

Older GO asks (and answers!) from Neil Gaiman’s inbox

SO, I have been wading in Good Omens meta for months now, and I often see things come up that Neil has actually addressed in asks. Trouble is, his ask box is deep and intimidating, and since season 2 was announced all the pre-season 2 asks have basically been buried. But I went hunting long ago for basically anything GO-related and I took screenshots of a bunch. So I thought I’d present them here, roughly organized, in text form, for the benefit of anyone else who’s curious.

Of course, none of this is meant to invalidate headcanons or whatever; Neil himself is firmly against doing so. But I’ve personally had no issue accepting author’s word with this series, since Neil has not, as yet, done anything that made me want to shout at him or eat a couch in frustration, which is a refreshing change from the writers in most of the fandoms I’ve ever been part of. So, for what it’s worth, here are the answers. At least some of them; I know I’ve missed a lot.

(And yes, they pretty much all relate to the angels and demons, Crowly and Aziraphale specifically. There were very few asks that DIDN’T concern them, and none that I have saved. Of course, the ask box is still open…)

Afficher davantage

Happy New Year, the best fandom ever!)

Happy holidays and merry Christmas @lady-divine-writes . I'm your secret santa from the event organized by @mabsgatos .

I hope you like it this little moment of softness with the ineffable husbands : Nap time at the cottage

Hello hello!

What an adventure it was to get these done!!!!! But finally, I present you my 2022 Good Omens calendar!

Here the details: 💙

1) The calendars are A3 size and cost £27 + shipping (more on it in a sec)

2) You can order one or more by sending an email to wisesnail.art@gmail.com (until the 15th November).

3) In your email, please provide your full name and address, and your PayPal email address. Please state clearly that your order is for a Good Omens calendar.

4) All payments must be done via PayPal, by the 15th of November (so that I have the time to coordinate the shipping). I will send a PayPal invoice to the email address provided in your order.

5) Please note that I ship from the UK and there might be extra charges if you live in Europe, compared to how things worked in the past.

6) I will ship the calendars using Royal Mail, with the trackable option. According to their website, the difference in costs between tracked and untracked shipping is around £2, and I don't think it's worth to risk it for such a small amount. Sorry if this causes any problems.

Shipping to the UK £7.65

Shipping to Europe £11.70

Shipping to the USA / Japan/ Canada /rest of the world £18.10

6 months (more maybe) later, the DiTYS offer by @ii-vegas-ii.

Using watercolors, oil pastels and marker pens

Open Letter to the Good Omens Fandom

Fellow Good Omens Fans,

The past few weeks, maybe even a month or longer really, things have been tense. There is a lot of drama going on within the fandom and I thought it was time for me to say something. 

What on the Almighty’s green earth is happening here?

When I first found the Fandom, it was after I saw Good Omens on Amazon Prime. I saw an Angel and a Demon completely mess everything up (”Just imagine how awful it might have been if we’d been at all competent.”) but still save the world from Armageddon. I saw an Angel and Demon who were friends, even if their respected sides were not and I saw them love one another (”To the World”). I also a kid deciding that his life, family, and friends were more important than power. I saw a witch who decided to break free from her familial expectations and burn the second book of prophecies. I fell in love with all of them and I found the most amazing group of people who loved this tale too, everyone was open and loving and welcoming writers and artists and readers and musicians… Queer friendly and cheered one another on. It was awesome. 

I slowly became brave myself and decided to take a stab at writing fan fiction and frankly reading that story now make my eyes hurt, it was bad. But again, there were cheerleaders out there who rooted for my writing and I have never felt so much support in my life. 

Then, things started to change. I think I was subconsciously effected by the shift because I stopped spending a lot of time in the Facebook groups and I never really got into Twitter until recently. My favorite writers and artists were no longer active in the groups. One of the most supportive writers (and beta) was kicked out of a group. Writers who weren’t the Select Few were getting less and less readers and support. Artists who also weren’t the Select Few were getting less support and love. Whispers started about bullying and blacklisting writers.

 Now I am, as someone who loves Good Omens and these characters, is stressed about everything that has been happening. It is difficult to write when you hear about “Two Pies” and if you’re going to be next in someone saying you’re copying them. It’s horrible to see this amazing group of artists and writers fight for Power… The Select Few can destroy a new, inexperienced writer or artist; just the fact that they only interact with one another’s fics and art creates a line of Us and them. Gatekeeping is a term that I just recently learned but it fits the bill on what is happening within the Fandom.

It hurts my heart. 

The only person who should have any say within this Fandom is Neil Gaiman. (Terry is no longer with us but if he were, he too would be right next to Neil) Us writers and artists should be grateful that Neil likes that we create. We could love a tale that the Original Writer would try to shut us down for creating fan fiction but instead we have the lovely Mr. Gaiman. If you want to be technical, we’re stealing from him his characters to tell stories that we want to tell and put them into situations that, perhaps, Neil wouldn’t want them in. But he lets us and supports us. 

I don’t want to walk away from this Fandom. It has helped me make it through my own issues with Depression and ADHD, survive Covid, stay a float when things got hard. I have made a few friends that I can’t imagine not talking to on a regular bases because of this Fandom. It gets so hard with the power struggles and the cattiness and watching people want to stay on top just as much as they want to keep people down. 

It hurts my head.

I plan to continue to write, at least my most recent WIP and I plan to continue to read whoever’s fics and look at whoever’s art. I enjoy them, kudos them, might write a comment if I have time and then read some more. But something has to give, this Fandom is going to destroy itself because of people sense of Self importance. We should love and support one another. Enjoy the gift that we have in Good Omens and Neil. The Select Few are not Gatekeepers if we don’t let them be Gatekeepers. 

Everything Hurts.

Lets build each other up. No one else will do it for us. 

Much love to you all.

Stormie

Good Omens Fic Rec List 12b

Avast, ye swabs, it’s more pirate fics! The second in a two-part series. Other recommendation lists can be found on my blog by searching the archives under the tag #fic recs. Enjoy!

1. Age of Sail by @melayneseahawk Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21158090 Rating:  G Word Count:  743 (one-shot) Aziraphale has been tasked by Heaven to accompany a small group of migrants to an island, when their ship is attacked by pirates. And who should be leading them but a certain red-haired demon, who makes an offer to let the ship go if Aziraphale agrees to be a hostage. Short and sweet, with hidden feelings bubbling dangerously close to the surface.

2. Sailor’s Omens by @nevernooitniet Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22162207 Rating:  G Word Count:  8,033 (one-shot) Human AU. Aziraphale is the disgraced younger son of a merchant family, and utterly useless aboard his brother Gabriel’s ship, so he spends most of his time reading belowdecks. Then they’re attacked by pirates, and Aziraphale is taken prisoner by the enterprising Crowley. Though Crowley’s considered by his crewmates to be a rather substandard pirate because he lacks the necessary bloodthirst, he’s clever and resourceful, and he and Aziraphale bond, eventually leading to Crowley offering to share his cabin. Also features the bloody-minded Hastur, who is one step away from flinging the both of them overboard, and Gabriel, who turns out to be nastier than any pirate. This one was so cute and funny, I loved it.

3. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by @soft-october-night Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18400820 Rating:  M Word Count:  3,929 (one-shot) Human AU. Aziraphale and Crowley start out together as boys aboard ship, but time and circumstance, and the grinding hell that is the Royal Navy, lead them on different paths. As a member of the upper crust, Aziraphale is expected to bring honor to the family name, and so he rises through the ranks, dutifully performing his job. Crowley, whose prospects are considerably more limited, takes up piracy. As their paths cross over the years, frequently in opposition, their love for each other only grows, until they’re meeting in secret. Aziraphale wonders how much his suffering heart can stand, worrying about getting caught, worried about Crowley getting caught, the risk of disgrace, dismissal, execution. Can their relationship end in anything but tragedy? Beautifully written, full of passion and exquisite details.

4. White Tide by @fourthvvall Link:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/19880215 Rating:  E Word Count:  12,709 (one-shot) Aziraphale is kidnapped by pirates and due to be executed. He doesn’t dare use a miracle to escape for fear of severe reprimands from Heaven. Fortunately there happens to be a sneaky serpent of his acquaintance on board. Crowley can’t simply free him without at least a little teasing, but once they’re on deck in the quiet night, Aziraphale finds it almost impossible to leave. At least not without some serious conversation. Great banter and beautifully expressed emotions.

5. bluewater love by vol_ctrl Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21861685 Rating:  E Word Count:  5,419 (one-shot) Crowley and Aziraphale are secretly married. They make plans to meet, when their respective duties allow, on deserted islands where they can indulge their love for each other in private, away from the watchful eyes of Heaven and Hell. The latest meeting nearly goes awry, however; Crowley is late, and when he arrives, Aziraphale realizes he’s wounded. Much caregiving follows, and, unable to keep their hands off each other and at Crowley’s insistence, some sweet lovemaking, too. So passionate that their combined supernatural energies whip up a tropical storm. Loved this one for the depth of feeling, and for the lovemaking-wildly-affecting-their-environment trope, plus I’m a sucker for secret marriages.

6. New Horizons, Old Troubles by @unproblematicme Link:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/29404503 Rating:  E Word Count:  44,961 (10/10 chapters, complete) I’ve recommended this before and I’m quite happy to do so again, for this most excellent Human/Omegaverse AU. Aziraphale is an omega, leading a quiet, peaceful life among friends as an herbalist, when his world is turned upside down. Forced to flee from Gabriel, an alpha who won’t take ‘no’ for an answer, he seeks shelter aboard a ship. A ship that happens to belong to Crowley, an uncompromising pirate captain and also an alpha, on the hunt for a valuable artifact, and who doesn’t think omegas are good for much other than a quick tumble. He won’t allow them on his ship, so it’s a good thing Aziraphale is clever in the use of herbal concoctions to hide his true nature. He gets a job as ship’s cook and makes himself even more useful with his knowledge of maps and reading, but being in such close proximity to the dashing captain is heading into dangerous waters. High adventure and growing passions, top marks for an action-packed read!

Please all fans of Michael & David, recommend me 5 or even 10 movies/shows to watch from them? 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Sheen movies/films

Tennant movies/films