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“Pratchett went back to older throwaway jokes (like dwarves being apparently unisex) and used them as metaphors to discuss social change, racial assimilation, and other complex issues, while reexamining the species he’d thrown in at the margins of his world simply because they existed at the margins of every other fantasy universe. If goblins and orcs and trolls could think, then why were they always just there to be slaughtered by the heroes? And if the heroes slaughtered sentient beings en masse, how heroic exactly were they? It was a long overdue start on redressing issues long swept under the rug by a parade of Tolkien successors who never thought of anyone green and slimy as anything but a notch on the protagonist’s sword, and much of the urgency in Pratchett’s last few books seemed to be related to them. “There’s only one true evil in the world,” he said through his characters. “And that’s treating people like they were things.” And in the last of his “grown-up” Discworld books, that idea is shouted with the ferocity of those who have only a few words left and want to make them count. Goblins are people. Golems are people. Dwarves are people, and they do not become any less people because they decide to go by the gender they know themselves to be instead of the one society forces on them. Even trains might be people, and you’ll never know one way or the other unless you ask them, because treating someone like they’re a person and not a thing should be your default. And the only people who cling to tradition at the expense of real people are sad, angry dwellers in the darkness who don’t even understand how pathetic they are, clutching and grasping at the things they remember without ever understanding that the world was never that simple to begin with. The future is bright, it is shining, and it belongs to everyone.”

— John Seavey, The Evolution of the Disc (via pornosophical)

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Slightly angsty one beneath the cut!

Fingers crossed you've all recovered from the absolute joy that was DT presenting at the BAFTAs (his kilt is going to fuel a lot of fanfics). Now if we could just see Michael again...

I'm off to have a nice day out with my partner - hope you all have a restful day too 💜

Last meme post

Angst below!

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Stop normalizing the grind and start normalizing whatever this is:

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I got carried away. Again.😫

Btw I'm still deciding which bird will best suit Aziraphale🤔

Ah! A VERY SPECIAL gift for you all right here!💖

Because everyone needs a ✨Jim✨ in their lives🥹💖 (bread ring included)

Notes: Can I just say that pidgeon fit so damn well Gabriel as a bird omg the messanger of God but also a symbol of protection in various cultures~

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I did a sketch of an idea I had in my notes for @ineffable-wives-weekend :)

I might make this more refined later on, but I have a headache rn so not today

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Lovers, to bed; 'tis almost fairy time.

A Midsummer Nights Dream; Act 5, Scene 1

Happy Valentine's Day from the ineffable fairy glade, where Azirafae has caught a curious little elfin Crowley watching him - and has invited him to come a little closer...

for my sweet darling @ineffabildaddy 🩷🩷🩷

view full size for best quality, close-ups below the cut!

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better way to avoid rain.. I think?

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You fucking wish the author was dead. The author is on twitter

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REMEMBER WHAT YOUR FANGS ARE FOR

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David's 2025 BAFTAS outfits 😊

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Happy Hump Day my ineffable fam - taking a break from our regularly scheduled angst to bring you some GO silliness instead 😁

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Keep your messaging simple:

“Trump fired everyone in charge of airplane safety, and a week later planes started crashing into each other.”

That’s it. That’s the messaging. Don’t get bogged down disputing Trump’s false claims. Just blame him, in short and repeatable sentences.

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“You wouldn’t like it.” Crowley said to Aziraphale when he asked him about “the velvet underground”. Did you ever listen to it? I think it sounds like feelings Crowley could have from time to time 🫣

So another GO inspired artwork. This time with traditional media. So less detailed, I’m sorry. But it was fun to draw an almost kiss of the two. 🥰

Love this fandom!❤️ give me more to draw!

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The BAFTA Film Awards (2025)

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I turned my favourite GO fanfics into mini books

As part of my larger mixed-media project, I created these mini books as a big kudos to the wonderful authors who created these masterpieces.

a lighthouse (burning) by @books-and-omens

Black and silver for the storm, blue endpapers for the raging seas and cracks on the spine for that big lighthouse mystery and the erosion of trust that goes hand in hand with it.

Read the fic here

Strange Moons by @racketghost

Lots of death, military uniforms and significant emotional moments in the sunlight (or its absence). Hence skeletons, green and gold.

Read the series here

A Memory of Eden by @improbabledreams900

A more traditional design for the most emotionally devastating fanfic I have ever read. Big embellishments didn't seem fitting for a story that doesn't sugarcoat the realities of life (and death) in any way.

Read the fic here

To make the mini books, I used the printables provided by Thicketworks Studio that I redesigned in Canva for my purposes. (The link currently doesn't seem to be working, but hopefully it's just a glitch.)

Bonus: Aziraphale's tiny spectacles (made from a garden wire)

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Just some husbands, being soft.