#∆featuring hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

[bookish-bitch]

∆ Agrajag ∆

A flag for the antagonist Agrajag from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy

Intended use for fans, kins, irls/das, introjects, those who identify with the character or enjoy such and so on.

Alternatively;

A flag for those who's gender aligns with Agrajag and all themes associated. Ones gender may feel like a reincarnating or shape shifting beast with many forms destined to return with a new appearance to fight the protagonist.

Requested by @hewasanamericangirl

Tagging: @sanguinaryfreaks and @the-church-of-strabismus

Please see the pinned post for our dni

[just-spacetrash]

watching the 1982 hitchhikers guide tv series and like. how did they find the actual canonical identical perfect actor for ford prefect and still had to whitewash trillian

[helmstone]

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams now available to order

42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams now available to order

Due to be released August 24, you can now order a copy of 42: The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams. If you were one of (very) many backers of the Unbound project, you may well have your electronic copy today, and can scroll to the back for the dubious honour of seeing your name in print. I’m buried among dozens with my surname, so there we go. If you don’t know, here’s the…

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World 1967

"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single. In April 1968, it topped the pop chart in the UK where it also became the biggest-selling single of the year, but it performed poorly in the US because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it. ABC Records' European distributor EMI forced ABC to issue a What a Wonderful World album in 1968. It did not chart in the US, due to ABC not promoting it, but charted in the UK where it was issued by Stateside Records and peaked at number 37.

The song gradually became something of a pop standard. An episode of The Muppet Show produced in 1977 and broadcast early in 1978 featured Rowlf the Dog singing the song to a puppy. In 1978, it was featured in the closing scenes of BBC radio's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and was repeated for BBC's 1981 TV adaptation of the series, as well as being used for the teaser trailer to the 2005 film version. In 1988, Armstrong's recording was used in the film Good Morning, Vietnam and was re-released as a single, reaching number 32 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in February 1988. It peaked at number 1 in 1988 on the Australian chart.

"What a Wonderful World" received a total of 90,6% yes votes!

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

You mentioned something about sharing books with no romance? Would you be willing to?

- another aroace who's sad that everything has romance in it (and even what doesn't everyone gets shippy)

OKAY get ready

These are just books that don’t feature a romance, but they may have a side romance. I didn’t include books that I dont remember super well or fandom specific books. I included my rating on a scale of 1 to 5 so you can know the general quality (in my opinion). I did not include any books I rated 2 or below.

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson (5/5)

The Martian by Andy Weir (5/5)

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu (3/5)

Ratman’s Notebooks by Stephen Gilbert (5/5)

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen (3/5)

Loveless by Alice Oseman (4.5/5)

The Silence of Bones by June Hur (4/5)

Pretty much anything by Agatha Christie (generally 4/5)

The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly by Stephanie Oakes (3.5/5)

Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen (3.5/5)

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman (5/5)

Girl In A Bad Place by Kaitlin Ward (3/5)

Wild Bird by Wendelin van Draanen (3/5)

The Dark Lord Clementine by Sarah Jean Horwitz (4/5)

oh the cat’s back (55555/5)

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (5/5)

Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz (3/5)

[fordprefects]

Calling all fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy!

You may be interested in joining The Heart of Gold, the largest H2G2 (and general Douglas Adams) fan server on Discord!

Server features include:

An active, welcoming community

Discussion spaces for all things H2G2 and beyond, including designated Dirk Gently and Doctor Who channels

Channels to share your ideas and creations, including (but not limited to) fanart, fanfic, headcanons, and memes

Starboard, custom emojis, level-up roles, and more

Minecraft server and custom Cards Against Humanity deck

Server events, such as Discord game nights and watchalongs

And so on!

Our server is also now proud to be partnered with ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha, the official Hitchhiker's Guide fan club!

Join us today!

[theygotlost]

austin's awesomesauce playlist masterpost 2.0!

Fandom

Samuel Vimes (Discworld)

Soul Music (Discworld)

Moist von Lipwig × Adora Belle Dearheart (Discworld)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Zaphod Beeblebrox (THHGTTG)

Disco Elysium

Golden Kamuy

Black Sails

Catch-22

(loosely inspired by) Malcolm in the Middle

My OCs

Caoimhe Bishop (Sentimental Value)

Bishop × Harper toxic yuri

Prudence, Julius, & Oleander

Dex

Genre

💥 The Punch - Alt/dark pop

🎸 The Crunch - Contemporary energetic garage rock. it's fast, it's fun, and most importantly, it's CRUNCHY

🚀 The Gunk - Early Beck and similar. the idiosyncratic blend of indie folk, electronic, and white boy hip hop unique to the Y2K era

🎹 Piano Party - Power pop with a boogie piano flair

💎 - Contemporary blues rock

🎺 - Funk, soul & blues faves (classic and contemporary)

🌟 - Fun synth/dance pop (mostly female artists)

👽 - Electro/hyperpop/EDM

💅 - Cunty rap by women

☣ - Industrial/hardcore rap

🤘 - Rap rock/metal

Artist Compilations

Best of TMBG - All my favorites by They Might Be Giants

Doomtree Mastermix - All my favorites by Doomtree and its members (P.O.S., Dessa, Mike Mictlan, Sims, and Cecil Otter)

Seasonal

🎃 - Halloween mix

Merry Crisis - For a silly and irreverent Xmas

In the Bleak Midwinter - A more somber and reflective Christmas observance

Bonus

They're Pretty Underground, You Probably Haven't Heard of Them - A collaborative collection of our favorite obscure artists. Feel free to ask me for a new collaboration link if it won't let you contribute!

Hot Swingin' Mommas - A reconstrution of a mixtape my dad burned in the early oughts. features some lesser known female indie singers

[intercal]

the funniest thing about hitchhikers guide to the galaxy is that despite featuring a whole litany of characters originating across vast sspans of space and time, everyone is still British

[jiangwanyinsimp]

An Incomplete (and Very Long) list of thing Edwin Payne missed while he was stuck in Hell

This list emerged because I was talking about how he would have missed the end of World War One and then the list kept going. It is not complete or in order, and is provided simply for posterity

ww2

spanish flu

the hindenburg disaster

the rise of public radio

Irish independence

fast food as a concept

the hinterkaifeck murders

the extinction of the california grizzly

the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb

television

jet aircraft

supersonic aircraft

the moon landing

THE OFFICIAL FOUNDING OF THE SOVIET UNION

the jazz age

surrealism

the first woman to swim the english channel

the BBC

Amelia Earhart

Tintin

the discovery of Pluto

the crash of airship R101

the founding of porsche

the geneva convention

UK abandonment of the gold standard

the discovery of 22 elements on the periodic table

technicolor

Australia starting and losing the Emu war

the creation of the Royal Christmas message

the Great Depression

FM radio

the first canned beer

pre-sliced bread

the recognition of stress as a biological condition

the extinction of the thylacine

the destruction of the Crystal Palace

the first full feature length animated film (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

the nylon bristle toothbrush

Batman

the last use of the guillotine for an official state execution

Gone With the Wind (the book AND the film)

the founding of Greggs

Looney Tunes

the discovery of the Lascaux cave paintings

Agatha Christie's works

Cheerios

the discovery of nuclear fission and all subsequent nuclear discoveries

the airplane ejection seat

The Little Prince

LSD

the lifting of the prohibition of married British women working as teachers

the disappearance of flight 19

the first formula one grand prix

Mensa

the invention of the magic 8 ball

the Doomsday Clock

the AK-47

the first commercial microwave

the Kinsey reports

the first time Idaho Fish and Game parachuted beavers into the wild

humanity's entry to space

the beginning of the broadcast of the Archers (the longest running present day drama by number of episodes)

the Korean War

the polio vaccine

the first nuclear powered submarine

The Lord of the Rings

Moomins

transistor radio

the TV dinner/ready meal

ICBMs

the entire life of Elvis Presley

Kermit the Frog

My Fair Lady (the film and musical adaptations)

Grace Kelly's wedding

the Entire Life Of Marilyn Monroe

the Beat Generation

Eurovision

Helvetica typeface

the peace symbol

the Cod Wars

computer games

Dyatlov Pass incident

Barbie

Missile Mail

the Declaration of the Rights of the Child

the MOSFET

particle accelerators

the Beatles

the recovery of the Vasa

the first Six Flags

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Catch-22

the Vietnam War

Silent Spring

The Rolling Stones

the night of the long knives

Vatican II

James Bond

the Cuban Missile Crisis

Thích Quảng Đức's self-immolation

the "I Have A Dream" speech

JFK Assassination

the smiley face

Mary Poppins (1964)

IntelSat

the last British execution

high speed rail

the first time "fuck" was said on british tv

the Moors Murders

the Grateful Dead

the British parliament decriminalizing homosexuality

most of the literary career of Pablo Neruda

Fleetwood Mac

the Parker Morris Standards

the end of steam passenger travel in the UK

Led Zeppelin

Earth Day

the first temporary artificial heart

the first person to row an ocean solo

Woodstock

the Zodiac Killer

the nationalization of Rolls-Royce

decimalisation of UK currency

the first e-book

the first microprocessor

DB Cooper

the first email

the Biological Weapons Convention

Watergate

the start of the Troubles

The Joy of Sex

all attempts to climb Mount Everest and the eventual first ascent

ABBA

the invention of the Rubik's Cube

the Moorgate tube crash

the first Cricket World Cup

the global eradication of Smallpox

Star Wars

the Tenerife airport disaster

the discovery of the rings of Uranus

Red Rum winning three Grand Nationals

the Concorde

the start of the broadcast of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Jonestown

Synthetic insulin

the Thorpe affair

the release of God Save the Queen by the Sex Pistols

Monty Python

the election of Margaret Thatcher

Star Trek

Iron Maiden

the incident where the dingo ate a baby in Australia

the end of iron and steel production in the UK's Black Country

the first London Marathon

Charles and Diana's wedding

the church of England votes to elect women to holy orders

the 1981 UK tornado outbreak

the first child born by IVF

the Falklands War

the raising of the Mary Rose

the invention of ciabatta bread

the discovery of the Titanic

the King's Cross Fire

Top Gun

Lockerbie bombing

[xx-blueboy-xx]

Oooooh Gabriel’s guide to Sam Winchester I must know 🥺

WIP Ask Game!

Sooo!!!

The title is a reference to "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" - and there is a reason for it!

Here is a little synopsis of the fic I have:

Gabriel, in a last ditch effort to save his life - goes careening through space and time. Searching for his one and only: Sam Winchester.

Sorta.

He really should have told the hunter about his feelings, before he went off and nearly died. Now, he is stuck jumping through universes and alternate-timelines, until he manages to discover the soul his own was anchored too.

So: basically, the plot is season-13 divergent where as Gabriel is being stabbed by Alt!Michael he tries and does his "fake death" trick but due to a lack of grace (and Alt!Michael's doing) something goes awry. Anddd, so, instead of ending back with OG!Sam in the bunker in the OG!Supernaturalverse he crash lands himself straight into an AU!

The fic follows him hopping between universes as he attempts to track down his Sam - meeting a bunch of AU!Sams along the way! And each chapter is titled realted to something he knows about Sam/learns what is different about the AU!Sams he meets! (and are numbered like a list)

I was planning on finishing it for GBB but, life happened and I didn't get around to it + had to drop out due to a lack of time. It is currently sitting at about 23k words with 4 complete chapters!!

Which are, because i genuinely love this fic and I will finish it someday (there is 2-3 more chapters I have planned and a lit of editing)

1. Sam Winchester is Not A Coward

- which is taking place in the world where Dean visted during his jinn dream! Lawyer!Sam who because of OG!Dean's visit entire timeline was set astray... (so the supernatural still exist in this world he just didn't know about it obv - because all the ppl they saved died)

2. Sam Would Die For Dean

- this is also taking place with Lawyer!Sam

3. Sam Likes Two Spoonful of Sugar in his Coffee

- in this one Gabriel meets a coffee-shop no real monsters Sam! Who is a huge fan of the books "Supernatural" (but they feature the Ghostfacers as the two brothers)

4. Sam Winchester is Warm

- Still with coffee-shop Sam! And it features Gabriel meeting his own alternative (who is basically just Richard Slieght)

5. Sam Winchester is Not An Evil Son of A Bitch

- the unstarted chapter but !! It's BoyKing!Sam :) and Gabriel meets his own alternative from this world too!

6. Sam Is Perfectly & Beautifully Human

- Gabe ends up in a Reverse!verse and meets angel!sam and hunter!gabe (unstarted only plotted)

7. Sam Is A Survivor

- Sam is dead. That's it. That's the world. (plotted only)

8. Sam Is Everything

- Gabe finally makes it home!!! 🎉 To his Sam!

I am like spoiling the whole thing but it has veen a while since I touched it so, jt's nice to explore it again/think about it once more. Life just got soooo busy when I was working on it.

Anyways! Have an excerpt because, well, I have a lack of self control!!

(From Chapter 4, the last few hundred words of the WIP)

“I don't owe a traitor anything. All you need to know, dearest little brother: is that you are never getting home. And that I am tired of being nice. I tried my best to give you a happy ending. But, perhaps, I should show you one of the bad endings, hm? Maybe that will make you appreciate my gifts more.”

“Bastard! You know over the millennia, you would think someone would have managed to remove that stick from your ass!” he screams at nothing hearing his own voice echo off the walls, and spiral down the staircase: his true voice is leaking through a bit as well. Ever since Asmodnoues he hasn’t had such good control over it as he used to. Having spent hundreds of years in a vessel had made him a master of control. He doesn’t receive an answer to his quip, feeling the world tilt before it swirls. Melting around him, the walls and ceiling dripping. Feeling as if he is being thrown by an invisible hand he finds himself stumbling into an entirely new environment. His vision swims and he feels his grace flare out around him defensively only for it to be - locked. Not gone. But locked inside of his body. He feels shackles around his wrists and his blazing golden eyes snap to them. There are Enochian runes carved into strange flickering-smokey bracelets. They vanish, but their effect is as strong as ever.

He has been bound. To what, or who, well that’s to be seen. Gabriel flares his wings out feeling them stir the air around him from their incorporeal state. He doesn’t fly. His shoulders slump in defeat and he finally starts to take in where he is. In some kind of grand throne room.. It looks nicer than it had in a long time, there is a strange familiar touch to the layout. Every ruler of Hell loved to reshape the place. Large black-marble columns, very Greek in style around him lining the long-hall. Beneath his feet a plush red carpet was rolled all the way to the base of a massive throne, carved from bone. Human skulls line the top of the throne, placed delicately upon spikes, hollow eye sockets glaring with small red-burning fires in them.

The archangel feels like he has lost the ability to process as his gaze first finds the shining black-dress shoes upon the man sitting in the throne. Gabriel’s eyes reveal the long-blue tail whipping behind him, deep-red spikes lining it, and he can see carefully folded leathery-wings behind his back, the spiked tips blood red while the wings themselves fade from black into a navy blue. Two long-horns protrude from the man’s head of wavy-brown locks spiraling straight up in spires. On earth, these kinds of things would be unseen on the vessel. But not in Hell. Blazing yellow eyes glow as they take in the sight of the archangel, who finally processes the face that bares the sharp-toothed grin being sent his way.

“Well, well. Look what the cat dragged in?”

The Boy King, steps down from the throne of Hell.

[cxyotl]

making my own schlatt and y/n fic bc i keep getting it recommended to me on the schlatt tag and im inspired ^-^

y/n stares into jschlarts weezer blue eyes. he blushes. “y/n………….. what is yuor favorite song from radiohead’s 1997 album ‘OK Computer’, featuring 12 songs that explore man’s relationships to technology in the modern age, an album that threw the band into fame by consisting of hit songs such as ‘No Surprises’, ‘Karma Police’, and ‘Exit Music (For A Film)’?” you flush, and tuck your long brown hair behind your ear… “i-i-i really like ‘Paranoid Android’, jslop… the callbacks to Douglas Adams best-selling book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ create an intriguing narrative that the listener is pulled into. Thom Yorke’s connection to Marvin (the “Paranoid Android” in Adams’ novel) is made clear through first person lyrics that portray Yorke’s inner monologue and reaction to society around him. I as a listener can see where Marvin- and by extension, Yorke- comes from, feeling like he is built for a greater purpose than he is given the opportunity to present to others.”

[all-the-things-2020]

All-The-Things-2020 Fan Fiction Masterlist

So I’ve decided to create a pinned Masterlist for all of my finished fics. Some of them are posted only on AO3 right now but I will migrate them here to tumblr as I have time.

Pedro Pascal Characters

Year of Fandom Crossovers Masterlist

Masterlist of all the fics I wrote this year as part of the Year of Creation Challenge.

Din Djarin x Reader - A Sprig of Silver & Blue

A holiday inspired one-shot featuring Din and The Child (written before we knew Grogu’s name).

Din Djarin x OFC (Tala Pavan) - Deeds Not Less Valiant

Completed series taking place after season 3. Demisexual Din finds out that maybe romance and love has a place in his life after all.

Din Djarin x OFC (Mariana Loxli) - Finding His Way series Masterlist. AO3 link to 1st title in series

Non-canon compliant series that takes place following season 1. It is canon-compliant up to that point and then diverges. Din and The Child meet a former Imperial slave who changes their lives for good. Featuring cameos from Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Chewbacca.

Din Djarin - The Man in the Shiny Mask (Futurama crossover)

Futurama script bringing Din and Grogu into the 31st century where they meet the crew of Planet Express.

Javier Peña x OFC (Cassidy Yates) - No Better Place

Completed series taking place in Laredo after Javi leaves the DEA. Featuring horses and some smut.

Joel Miller - Kindred Spirits (Anne of Green Gables crossover)

Joel and Ellie’s relationship reimagined on Prince Edward Island.

Joel Miller - Joel’s Pony Party

You are planning a birthday party for your six year old niece. Turns out the guy who runs the pony party place offers you more than just a pony ride.

Dieter Bravo - Fifty Shades of Orange (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy crossover)

Dieter ends up on the Heart of Gold and Arthur still can’t find a decent cup of tea.

Dieter Bravo x Orignal Female Character (Emily) - Late Night Talking

Regular person Emily meets celebrity Dieter Bravo. Romance ensues, along with plenty of humor and angst.

Frankie Morales - I Need a Pilot (Star Wars crossover)

Everyone’s favorite helicopter pilot transported to the Star Wars galaxy, with cameos by Finn and Poe.

Ezra x Reader - Lost, Only to Be Found (The Last of Us crossover)

Ezra and Cee in the Last Of Us universe. This one has a bittersweet ending.

Ezra x OFC (Claire) - All Our Future Prospects.

Ezra and Cee meet a corporate scientist and they all learn the importance of found family.

Marcus Moreno - Not All Heroes Wear Capes (Star Trek: the Next Generation crossover)

Marcus tries to revive his Starfleet career after losing his wife.

Non-Pedro Pascal Characters

Legolas - A Grey Ship Sails.

How Legolas and Gimli came to leave the shores of Middle Earth after the death of Aragorn.

Samwise Gamgee - Into the West. AO3 link

How Samwise the Brave followed Mister Frodo into the West.

Poe Dameron x Finn - Family Is More Than Blood series Masterlist.

Pure Stormpilot fluff, featuring a few crossovers with characters from the Finding His Way series. Also a hint of Reylo.

[exceptionally-stupid]

I want to make a Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy video game. I know, book-to-video-game adaptations are usually shit, but hear me out:

One of the key features of H2G2 was the world building, and the technique used to make it so entertaining was to go off on wild tangents that become largely irrelevant to the story within 3 pages, but still stick out in your mind. I’ll never forget the description of the dragon planet. Was it at all relevant to the story? No. Did Eccentrica Galumbits, the triple breasted whore of Eroticon 6 ever make an appearance? Absolutely not, but she was mentioned in every single book.

The game doesn’t have a central storyline, but rather acts like an anthology. You play as a newly hired editor to the guide, whose sent to explore the galaxy for things to write home about. You go planet hopping, meeting new people and collecting things, exploring new places, take notes, just filling out and completing funny side quests. These grant collectables, stories, and even methods to reach planets or places you haven’t been to yet.

For every few quests you complete on a planet, your character writes something about the place to hitchhiker headquarters, who publishes it for the player to read in the guide.

Game play consists of a whole variety of things, like combats, rhythm and dance, racing, a whole thing.

[futa69]

You're already a fan of the ancient astronaut theory.

Here's a list of books, movies, TV shows, and video games featuring ancient astronauts. (revised)

▪︎Edison's Conquest of Mars (1898)

▪︎The Call of Cthulhu (1926)

▪︎Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1930)

▪︎At the Mountains of Madness (1931)

▪︎Childhood's End (1953)

▪︎Forbidden Planet (1956)

▪︎Quartermass and the Pit (1958)

▪︎The Twilight Zone (1959)

▪︎The Sirens of Titan (1959)

▪︎The Flintstones (1960)

▪︎Doctor Who (1963)

▪︎Hercules Against the Moon Men (1964)

▪︎Known Space (1964)

▪︎Star Trek (1966)

▪︎2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

▪︎Chariots of the Gods (1968)

▪︎The Bible & Flying Saucers (1968)

▪︎Horror Express (1972)

▪︎Rendezvous with Rama (1973)

▪︎Land of the Lost (1974)

▪︎The Spaceships of Ezekiel (1974)

▪︎The Outer Space Connection (1975)

▪︎Space: 1999 (1975)

▪︎The Sirius Mystery (1976)

▪︎The Earth Chronicles (1976)

▪︎Star Wars (1977)

▪︎Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

▪︎The Manna Machine (1978)

▪︎Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

▪︎Battlestar Galactica (1978)

▪︎Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978)

▪︎Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)

▪︎Alien (1979)

▪︎Hangar 18 (1980)

▪︎Valis (1981)

▪︎The Thing (1982)

▪︎Xevious (1982)

▪︎Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)

▪︎The Transformers (1984)

▪︎Cocoon (1985)

▪︎Bio Booster Armor Guyver (1985)

▪︎The Legend of Zelda (1986)

▪︎Predator (1987)

▪︎Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

▪︎Red Dwarf (1988)

▪︎The Gods of Eden (1989)

▪︎Moontrap (1989)

▪︎Spriggan (1989)

▪︎Total Recall (1990)

▪︎Babylon 5 (1993)

▪︎The X-Files (1993)

▪︎Stargate (1994)

▪︎Neon Genesis Evangelion (1994)

▪︎Fingerprints of the Gods (1995)

▪︎Encounter with Tiber (1996)

▪︎Final Fantasy (1997)

▪︎Earth: Final Conflict (1997)

▪︎The Fifth Element (1997)

▪︎Space Island One (1998)

▪︎Naked Pictures of Famous People (1998)

▪︎Dilbert (1999)

▪︎Futurama (1999)

▪︎Star Ancestors (2000)

▪︎Mission to Mars (2000)

▪︎Halo (2001)

▪︎Ice Age (2002)

▪︎Alien vs. Predator (2004)

▪︎The Orion Zone (2007)

▪︎Mass Effect (2007)

▪︎Assassin's Creed (2007)

▪︎Outlander (2008)

▪︎Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

▪︎Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008)

▪︎Spore (2008)

▪︎Knowing (2009)

▪︎The Fourth Kind (2009)

▪︎Ancient Aliens (2009)

▪︎Borderlands (2009)

▪︎The Great Airship of 1897 (2010)

▪︎Dark Void (2010)

▪︎The Ancient Alien Question (2011)

▪︎Cowboys and Aliens (2011)

▪︎Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

▪︎Paul (2011)

▪︎John Carter (2012)

▪︎Prometheus (2012)

▪︎Iron Sky (2012)

▪︎Man of Steel (2013)

▪︎Beyond the Sky (2018)

▪︎Resident Alien (2021)

▪︎Moonfall (2022)

▪︎Prey (2022)

▪︎65 (2023)

[angie-words]

Good Omens Fandom Love Letter 2024: Day 1

Over on Instagram, @/elnorawhittaker has put up some prompts for sharing love for and in the GO fandom:

As I don't put my GO stuff on IG or twitter, you lovely folks are going to have to put up with my ramblings instead 😅 I'm going to tag them as #GOLoveLetter2024 but be warned, I will get sentimental, I'm sure

Day 1: How I discovered Good Omens

Terry Pratchett. I'd read Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by the time I was 13 and I craved more of that wickedly smart sense of humour.

Someone, I don't recall who, suggested Terry Pratchett would be a good author to read if I liked Adams. The Discworld series was intimidatingly large, but then I found his books featuring Johnny Maxwell. They were filled with warmth, love, and a sense of humour so sharp you'd cut yourself on it if you weren't careful. I still vividly remember parts of Johnny and the Dead, and how Pratchett's musings about grief and death and joy were a great comfort to me when I went through several bereavements only a few years later.

Pratchett's work was something very human, and comforting for it.

Looking in my local library for more of his stories, I stumbled across a book called Good Omens. I opened it up and was just absorbed from that very first part: “It was a nice day. All the days had been nice. There had been rather more than seven of them, and rain hadn't been invented yet”.

It felt like home.

In my AU fic, I base a lot of what Azira goes through on things that have happened to me. So, I couldn't help myself but give Azira that same experience of discovery: having him recall being a child who didn't understand why he wasn't like everyone else, and finding a solace in the pages of a book in a library, a comfort that would last throughout the rest of his life.

[briarghast]

I'm not dead!

I haven't been posting much lately, but that's just because I've been juggling some different projects and was getting tired of posting old art, and definitely wanting to start posting more game dev stuff.

So what have I been working on?

Like most summers, I joined the PIGSquad Summer Slow Jams game jams. The first one I did with CMDC Studios. It was my first time jamming from the programming side rather than art/3D. We managed to make a cute little shop sim game that you can play for free in about 5 minutes and had a blast learning more about Godot and GDScript!

For the second jam, me and a couple friends broke off to do our own thing, and well... The results were rough. I loved the idea, kinda Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy meets The Big Lebowski as a retro two stick shooter. We definitely ran into scope issues and you can tell we were still trying hard to learn the engine...

But we've been working on it! Rather than just shifting gears back to our long standing project, we felt like there was enough there that we should polish it up, at least enough to make it playable lol.

So I've been digging into some VFX strategies, making more art assets, and working with the main programmer to try and hammer out as many of the glitches as we can. We're hoping to have a decent playable beta build by the end of the month so we can start getting some feedback, show it off a bit, and from there maybe add a few more features before calling it done.

The buggy as hell alpha build is up currently on itch, if you're curious and/masochistic. It mostly runs and you can get a basic idea for what it's going for...I'll post more updates on it as we roll them out.

I also plan to make all the tilesets available for free once we're done. I'm not the best at pixel art, but it'll be there if anyone wants them. Having free assets available makes it way easier to get into game dev, and I definitely wouldn't have made all the stuff I have if people horded their knowledge and assets, so thank you to all the free assets creators and teachers out there, I hope I can someday help people the way you all helped me.

I have a few other projects on the back burner, but my day job has been keeping me busy. I've had to prioritize, and this post is getting pretty long, so I'll post about those later when I have more to share.