I Was Very Anxious And Afraid To Speak About This, But I Realize That My Last Posts Weren't A Good Or

I was very anxious and afraid to speak about this, but I realize that my last posts weren't a good or sufficient way to address what happened. I want to be open about the things that were posted about me and some other community members in February.

However, I don’t want to make this about anyone else who was involved in this conversation, because they are not responsible for anything I said, just as I cannot take responsibility for the words of others and the interpretation thereof. This post is solely about me taking responsibility for my own words.

In a private conversation on discord I made a joke about Aziraphale not understanding asexuality (in a rather aphobic way) that sounds very much like a Sexual Assault joke.

I Was Very Anxious And Afraid To Speak About This, But I Realize That My Last Posts Weren't A Good Or

I want to make one thing very clear to the people who don’t know me as closely: I don’t enjoy non-con in any way, neither art nor fic, I don’t believe that ace people need to be “proven wrong” and I’m sorry if I came across this way.

Secondly, I know that making jokes about these topics is very much not funny to a lot of people, but this was clearly a joke made in a safe space among friends and not a public statement of any kind. We all have different filters when talking to those close to us compared to speaking in public. This was never supposed to be an attack on my ace followers and doesn't mean I hate ace people, or that I don’t care about what victims of Sexual Assault go through. To everyone who felt hurt after seeing that screenshot, to everyone who feels disrespected or unsafe because of what I said: I’m sorry.

In the one-and-a-half years that I've been part of the Good Omens fandom, I've always strived to be kind and welcoming to everyone and I will continue to do so in the future as I very much appreciate this about the Good Omens Fandom. I don’t harass, bully or discriminate against anybody and it's sad to see that people would believe such things about me.

On the other hand, I'm honestly shocked how far some particularly bad actors would go, including posting screenshots of private conversations (including the above screenshot), attempts of doxxing me and even trying to compromise my college education by attempting to contact my university in order to slander me, as well as actively sabotaging my thesis project. Something else that clearly crossed all lines was the harassment of completely unrelated people who are in some way associated with me. Dragging innocent people into the drama, for example other artists whose work I reblogged or the mods of a subreddit I posted on just because they tolerated my presence, is not justifiable and absolutely unacceptable, and I do not want anyone to go through these same things I just described.

If you, based on the joke I made, this statement, as well as my general online presence, have the feeling of no longer wanting to support me, you’re free to block me and cancel your Patreon subscription, but this kind of toxicity goes a step too far.

In the future, I want this blog to continue to be a safe space for joy, inspiration and creativity. Especially in times like these with fascism on the rise in many places in the world, we need to stick together and stop tearing apart our own communities. To anyone who read this far and heard my side of the story, thank you for listening.

To everyone that was lucky enough to miss the entire situation: I realize that people do come here for art and fun and not drama, which is why this is the last time I will speak about it.

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1 year ago

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@squish-bird @maxdrawthings AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WILL WOOD

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1 year ago

This is adorable *reblog

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1 year ago

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(bts video courtesy of Samba Schutte)

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1 year ago

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!❤❤❤

[Mabli on Michael Sheen's lap and in front of them dolls of Aziraphale and Crowley]

Mabli: Daddy.

[Michael points at Aziraphale] Daddy. [and then he points at Crowley] Who's that?

Mabli: Mmmmmm. Uncle David.

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1 year ago

🤞

Good Omens: We Interrupt This Broadcast For-

Y'ALL IT LOOKS LIKE AMAZON HAS GREENLIT THE SCRIPTS FOR SEASON 3!

I did not initially know what exactly this meant, but @youryurigoddess shared this image with the update over on Twitter along with a great explanation of what that means! I've summarized it in a couple lines later in this post, but definitely check out their thread for more details!

(Also a big thank you to @youryurigoddess for noticing this post, since without your Twitter post I'd never have seen it at all! I didn't see it posted on Tumblr, or Mr. Gaiman's Twitter, and I haven't yet gotten my hands on a Bluesky invitation.)

Word of Neil has officially confirmed that Amazon Prime green lit the Good Omens 3 scripts pic.twitter.com/PEdXUBYp7s

— 𝓨𝓾𝓻𝓲 𝓖𝓸𝓭𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓼 (@youryurigoddess) November 21, 2023

Basically, the scripts were already commissioned previously, but having them greenlit means that Mr. Gaiman & Crew took the scripts to Amazon to make the pitch, and Amazon was into it!

It's a process, but it sounds like it's moving along just as we've all been hoping! 🤞

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maxdrawsthings

1 year ago

Hi Mr Gaiman!! On this Trans Day of Visibility, (at least where I am) Do you have anything you’d like to say to your trans and queer fans and fellow writers?

As a trans person who recently got super into good omens, the portrayal of the divine beings as inherently gender nonconformist and often gender neutral has been extremely refreshing given all the hate going around these past few years. So i, personally, want to thank you for that :}

I see you. Trans friends, trans family, I see you.

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