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I keep forgetting to post on tumblr so here’s my newest piece!

took about 21 hours and 20 mins total

Edit: yes this is a drawing!! Glad i was able to make it realistic enough for people to think this is a photo at first glance

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The process of creating a portrait of Crowley.

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We’ll be okay.

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*slams reblog*

Hey OP, this is incredible!!!! Thanks so much for taking the time to make this - Ab Astris is still one of the fics I’m proudest of, and this is so so lovely.

Before the Fall, StarMaker and Aziraphale were in love. They promised each other forever because they thought they’d have it. But then StarMaker Fell, and Aziraphale lost the memories of ever having known him.

This is the story of a demon who loves an angel. This is the story of an angel who falls in love with a demon. This is the story of losing love and finding it again.

Words: 87,456

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up

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however annoyed by an elden ring boss you are, remember, they're more annoyed by you. you're a lord or god or something, 15ft tall because you're a legend, hanging out behind your Fog Wall and some goddamn little duende saunters in with 5 different glowing effects around her. she rings a stupid little gnome bell and summons the ghost of some other weird cryptid. she hits you, ok not much damage, no problem. you hit her and she seems about halfway dead. she has a little sippy of her Duende Juicebox. She has precognition of how you move so she dodges 12 swipes in a row. you finally hit her again, this time hard. she takes a little sippy of her Duende Juicebox. she's Rudely stubbing your toe this whole time because she can't reach any higher than your shin. she seems to only know like 2 moves. you completely lose track of how many Sippies of her Duende Juicebox she takes after her seventh. as you tire, she seems cheerful and full of energy, ever sipping on her goddamn Duende Juicebox. you finally kill her. she enters through the fog again. this continues forever until you die

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*reposts link to my Season 2 fix-it-fic for Definitely No Reason At All*

Growing Pains

Summary: Crowley goes to therapy, because he needs it. This is a story of hurt and healing, and eventually finding out what it means to be happy.

Rated: T

Words: 61,487

Status: Complete

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In light of the Good Omens production delay news, I just wanted to echo what a lot of people have been saying. I do not support Neil Gaiman, his actions, or his refusal to own up to them. I hope, for the sake of Terry Pratchett’s memory and also out of a selfish want for a happy ending, that the story of Good Omens can be finished without him producing the series. I hope they are replacing him as showrunner, and I hope that is the end of this news.

Like many others, I looked up to Neil Gaiman as an example of a writer who was unafraid to include explicitly queer representation in his works (among other aspects of his writing). I have loved his work for years. This news over the past few months has just been another reminder that a lot of men, especially wealthy white men in positions of power, can and do routinely abuse that power and cause immense suffering to others. I stand with the victims, because I will never defend anyone who has done the things he has done, regardless of how much I used to admire their work.

Anyway. Let’s hope that we get a good update soon. And in the meantime, let’s reach out to each other. Fandom is built for times like this.

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“You can’t leave this bookshop.”

“Oh Crowley,”

“… Nothing lasts forever.”

Happy (late) GO2 Anniversary ‼️😄

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so it’s been a year since EVERY, and I am still deeply unwell about it thank you for asking

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Hey, I got mentioned twice in this post, and I am in very good company!! I do also write canon-compliant and canon-divergent fics, but human AUs were how I got my start (write what you know, and all that). Jack linked TBLP above, and @flameraven mentioned this one, my little WWI oneshot.

On my list of personal favourites are Slow Show and Old Vines, which are repeat mentions in this post (and anything @sevdrag writes is wonderful, for those who aren’t aware). Additional ones include Shotgun Wedding by @charlottemadison42, which I have read and re-read so many times I could practically recite it, South Downs by @summerofspock (Scottish Crowley my beloved), and basically anything @ineffablefool writes, including INNW.

Human AUs are not for everyone, but they’re a source of joy for me as a reflection of my own wee human life!

I wonder how long the "I don't read human AUs" idea holds for the average Good Omens reader. For me it was about a month before I decided to give this "Slow Show" everyone keeps talking about a try. After that it was off to the races.

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Growing Pains // Chapter Eleven

(Now Complete!)

Eighteen months later.

There had been a picture of a cottage on Aziraphale’s desk in the bookshop ever since the Apocalypse hadn’t happened the first time. On the day Aziraphale and Crowley moved to a town called Peacehaven, it was waiting for them. 

Read more on Ao3

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This has been a long and storied ride, my friends, but we have come to the end of this tale. I hope that it has been a source of comfort for you, or at least that it has given you at least a fraction of the healing that I have gained by writing it.

I won't take up too much of your time, and I'll let you get to reading, but I'd be remiss not to mention the incomparable beta skills and friendship of @infinitevariety. Without Dee, this fic would not exist. Thanks a million, friend.

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Growing Pains // Chapter Eleven

(Now Complete!)

Eighteen months later.

There had been a picture of a cottage on Aziraphale’s desk in the bookshop ever since the Apocalypse hadn’t happened the first time. On the day Aziraphale and Crowley moved to a town called Peacehaven, it was waiting for them. 

Read more on Ao3

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This has been a long and storied ride, my friends, but we have come to the end of this tale. I hope that it has been a source of comfort for you, or at least that it has given you at least a fraction of the healing that I have gained by writing it.

I won't take up too much of your time, and I'll let you get to reading, but I'd be remiss not to mention the incomparable beta skills and friendship of @infinitevariety. Without Dee, this fic would not exist. Thanks a million, friend.

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did I just drag Adam Young into the last chapter of my S2 fix-it fic because I need him for plot reasons and also because I think it would be interesting to see him be an adult? perhaps

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Now discounted!!

Hey pals - I’ve dropped the price on these bad boys because I’d like to shift some of my back stock and make room/budget for a new set of prints. Normal prints are £8 each, misprints (each has a slight imperfection, but the design is still clear, just not up to my standards) are £5.

If you’re not based in the UK but are interested in a print, shoot me a message and we can work something out!

Quick peek at a new print! Limited edition of 8 will be up on my Etsy this week, I’ll reblog with a listing when it’s live!

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I think I'll take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me~

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having to tell people hozier is the ‘take me to church guy’ instead of ‘the intimate irish singer that sings of oppression and religion and devoted love’ is our lowest point as a society