#GML God

[goodgirlgonebard]

fic recs — my faves of 2024! 💛 ✨

inspired by @strawberrypinky — thank you for including my baby Dealbreaker and for being a source of positivity in this space 💛

I haven’t been able to read a ton of fics this year because I’ve been writing my own like an absolute insane person (with a 355,813 word count on AO3 for 2024 as of the time of writing this and an untold number of words in my Notion app) but the ones that I have read I have adored and I wanted to take a moment to say thank you and share them!

If I have commented or left kudos on your fic or WIP this year, know that I loved it ❤️ even if it is not on this list because I did not remember it off the top of my head.

All of these are BG3 fics!

Longfics

A Gift, A Curse — from @elemit

Important tags: dead dove, coercion, non-con, manipulation, torture, abuse

F Dark Urge x Ascended Astarion

Is the fic that got me hooked on Astarion fics! I cracked this bad boy open when it was already at about 130 chapters in March and binged it in a single weekend. I have devoured each and every chapter ever since 🤌🏻 This story is woven together in a way that is so unpredictable to the reader, and yet with so much care and attention given to it. I will be tuned in until the very end.

Sonnet of the Lone Cardinal — from @brain-rot-central

important tags: dead dove, manipulative relationship, dubious consent, mental instability, more

F Dark Urge x Ascended Astarion

One of the most beautifully written pieces of dark romance I have ever laid my eyes upon ✨ The very first chapter of Sonnet dives right into a compelling story and dynamic between Tavaria and Astarion, and by the second chapter I already found myself feeling for Tavaria as a protagonist. I’m rooting for the pairing, but I’m rooting for her more and in fanfiction I think that really speaks to the authors ability to craft the story.

Midnight Chimes — from Doviekins on AO3 (I could not find them on tumblr, but if you’re here, hi!)

important tags: trauma, depression, anxiety

F Tav x Astarion

I discovered Midnight Chimes after Doviekins commented on GML about writing to allow a Tav to have a genuine reaction to Astarion’s act 2 confession scene. The aftermath of that scene is where the plot of Midnight Chimes begins, and I think it is such an interesting and angsty look into how that confession really could put a fissure in Astarion & Tav’s relationship. I love stories that give the protagonist a real personality and real emotions, and this one definitely checks those boxes ❣️

One-shots

Stories I enjoyed for plot purposes only… obviously.

The Learned Observer — from @obsessedwhyyes

Gale POV watching Tav & Astarion get it on at the campfire… dear god 🤌🏻

You Will Know — from @deadly-diminuendo

AA being a freaky weirdo obsessed with Tav 😫

Sweet Dreams, Darling — also from @deadly-diminuendo

Something I did not know could be so exciting…Somnophilia 💤 But genuinely I love the premise of this one and all of deadly-diminuendo’s fics are extremely well-written!

I hope to be more of a reader in 2025, though I hope to continue writing at the pace I have been so, we’ll see if I can balance the two 🫣 shoutout to every single person who has published work made from your own brain this year whether it has gotten a lot of attention or not. You’re doing great 💛

[misshebah]

PROGRAMMING IS HARD

a fangame im working on!!! im on my own, im making majority of music in logic pro, making new sprites for the game in clip studio paint, AND coding it in GML!! and, yes, i am aware the text looks off. god, why did i think this would be a piece of cake?

ANYWAY concept art bc yes.

more info about player because i love em.

player is around just about a teen. they’re much older than frisk.

unlike frisk, who wears their soul on their sleeve (hehe pun-intended), player is able to hide their emotions, which makes monsters uneasy around them.

player is able to… save? yes, they can, but frisk can easily overwrite their save, as frisk has more determination then they do.

player can team up with sans in order to stop frisk from committing genocide, but it’s hard to gain his trust.

[greeknerdsblog]

So this is a very silly question but I am actually pretty new to greek mythology and most of my exposure to greek mythology has been youtubers (besides a certain popular retelling and also a certain popular musical) and as much as I like them most of the time they sort of present the myths in a comedic way and it is not particularly accurate like the Iliad video made by Overly Sarcastic Production they.....they did patroclus dirty😭 they basically said he "died in 5 mins after going to the battlefield"Which is certainly not true like ofc he fought and there were like fun moments when he fought like how he made cebriones' eyes pop out how he just fucking pulled out the spear from his body when euphorbus stabbed him and his speech to hector is *chef kiss* (excuse me for getting so defensive over patroclus). I guess they needed to keep the video short but they did my guy dirty😭😭😭😭😭. So yeah this is also a problem with youtubers which makes them unreliable because they really cant get into too much depth and miss out the fun stuff.

But yes i just wanna ask where shall i start. There is so much to explore and I want to explore but the community can get very alienating because they have the tendency to shame others for not knowing something or the other but I am still curious and I love the fact that there is so much to know everyday

Thanks for the question. <3

If I had a coin for every time people missed the point of Patroclus' character, I'd be rich.

Ok, I will recommend good sites for information, books to read, and YouTube channels about ancient Greek mythology that I think are good for beginners.

1. Good information site that will tell you whether it is Greek or Roman and also the author. You're better off using this instead of Wikipedia

● https://www.theoi.com/

*There is all sorts of information about myths, gods, heroes, and information on ancient texts and where they are available to read.

● https://www.maicar.com/GML/index.html

2. Channel for Greek literature, especially classics that explain in detail about The Iliad and The Odyssey

●https:youtube.com@moanincsi=pLclZBSK2Q6HtWvr

*As much as I love The Iliad and The Odyssey, they are difficult reads and can be boring, especially for new readers. However, if you want to be familiar with major myths and understand how ancient people honored their dead and gods, you have to read them. :)

The best translation is by Robert Fagles

[a-lonely-goldfish]

God Learns Ships

(No beta, we die like real men)

"Carlson!" The room was quite so perfectly quite before the literal embodiment of unstoppable power came in the room. Carlson never quit understood God. God had all control, power, and knowledge at the tips of his fingers yet he was a totally dumb ass. It kind of made sense how god was a totally dumb ass, for better content.

"Carlson are you even listening?" God winded once again computer in hand. Being snapped out of Carlson's inner dialog he looked up from his work, it was less work and more of tutoring humans until something interest happened. "what is it?"

"Not even a hello? Someone's moody have you been hanging out with Lucy? Anyways do you know what a ship is?"

"that was way to many questions, slow down". This was another thing he didn't quit understand about God at first. You would think God would command respect, be the type of person who could get what they want with a glance. But if anyone was picking it up by now god was not that at all. Who ever wrote the bible sucked at their job.

"first of all, i don't care. Secondly I haven't seeing that theirs no breaks from work in heaven. And I thought you remembered what a ship was, you were the one who made them to carry diseasea ."

"No no no, I'm pretty sure that's not what it means" God puzzled shoving the computer in Carlson's face. On the screen there was some type of sharing site. Some place where one can share content and ideas seeing at the top of the screen there was a user name and icon. The icon was of some green figure with a blob on top of it, oh wait that's Shrek with Danny Davito throwing in back on him.

"how did you get a computer?"

"I'm God"

Oh right

He looked at the computer again. There user seemed to of posted some ligature. It seemed like it was meant for simple intellect. At the end of the post there was art of two humans holding hands while looking into the sun.

The post didn't make much sense. At the top it read "I made some art of InkTober!!?!?? Uwu. I tried very hard :))) today's prompt was favorite ship and hand holding! So i did insufferable husband's! owo" Then there was the fan art of what was the "insufferable husband's". The name sounded like a comedy special on free form from some single women about her cats. Under the text its self was the art.

Carlson could now see why it was confusing. What's this site? What's InkTober? Is it a knew cult? Who are these insufferable husband's? Who wed them? What was a ship? Why was it called that? why do humans hold hands? whats an Uwu, actually its probably something cursed”

"any ways this human was talking about a ship, but not the disease kind. Just look at it"

"I have since you shoved it in my fac-"

"Okay Jesus I get it". And on que "yes Father?". "Can't you see were doing something here? why do you always have to come when somethings important". You would think after God saying Jesus so many times he would learn not to say it since it summoned "the biggest disappointment ever".God could do many things, but having parenting skills was not one. Poor Jesus. Carlson probably taught and supported him more then God did in the short time he knew him.

"Wait he might know something. Jesus do you know what this is?" Carlson gestured to the computer.

"the people? No I do not know them. Are you doing the thing again we're you make everyone I know try and murder me.

"No you fool I mean what a ship is. Like in this context." God became more agitated by the second

"oh I don't know how to read you disabled me from reading because you didn't want me to interact with people so i would become an outcast to society"

"ughhh you're so annoying" with a snap of Gods fingers Jesus could read again.

After scanning the post for a minute Jesus figured out the jigsaw puzzle. "I believe they mean ship as in relationship, and the husbands are the ship."

"and InkTober?" Carlson was amazed how he didn't realize that sooner, but ashamed of him self for being on the same brain cell as God.

"Oh it seems like a type of festive tradition"

"Carlson write that down, I want a holiday after me were people just draw me"

"its not like people do that already, by the way thanks Jesus" Carlson was probably the only one who dare thank Jesus in Gods presents.

"okay now scram, you're upsetting my vibe by just being here". Just like that, Jesus was gone.

"oh so god why were you looking that up?"

"oh well because apparently someone shipped us"

"wait what-". Then it happened. God pressed the back button to show smutty smutty fanart of Carlson and God on the same cursed sight. How and why where running through Carlson's head. Why him? Why can't the world spare him. He knew he needed to put his eyes in bleach ASAP.

Carlson tried to move his head in an attempt to not take in anything else, but it was to late. His brain already memorized everything in exact detail to haunt him for life. The art itself was him, Carlson was sinning in sin with sin. sin with more sin under sin. AND THEIR WAS GOD SINNING. 

Carlson was actually going to throw up.

“HOLY SHIT WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU, JESUS”

 On que “You needed me Carlson-”

“LOOK AWAY BEFORE ITS TO LATE”

Hope you enjoyed, dont forget to subscribe to Gods Mad Lab of TIkToK

(also i believe this is the community's first fanfic as of may 21 2020)

[golden-buddle]

It Has Come To This.

I have joined the official GML Discord Server due to a error that no one else seems to have.

[no26gainbridgehonda]

.... it is seriously taking all of my self control not to skip everything for the next three days and brainstorm and write a GML fanfic-

Gods mad lab is such fandom material please someone help me

[gods-mad-lab-shitposts]

What was said: "Be Gay, Do Crimes"

What they heard:

Terrance: "Your gay, Do Crimes"

Anti: "Your existence is a Crime"

God: "Not being gay is a Crime"

Jesus: "Help the gays do Crimes"

President: "Your gay husband does Crimes"

Carlson: “god is going to start some shit again”

[metaphoricallystraight]

Welcome to my God's Mad Lab Fan Blog!

[pocket-lizart]

Oh Boy, it's Father's Day. Time to try earning the non-existing appreciation from your father.

[katesattic]

This dude is the only reason I use TikTok. Now he’s put his God series on YouTube.

[guiltywisdom]

Some things about translation of a very famous Bible quote

“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Mark 10:25)

ENGLISH  Camel → Rope

ARAMAIC gml → gml

GREEK     kamilon → kamiilon

Jesus probably spoke Aramaic in everyday life while the New Testament was written in Koine Greek. The word for rope is the same word for camel in Aramaic and the words for rope and camel are very similar in Koine Greek. 

“It is easier for a rope to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.” (Mark 10:25)

Ultimately this change doesn’t really alter the meaning said but it’s interesting nonetheless!

[beingrobingivesmemagic]

May I introduce you to God's Mad Lab?

Ok Bible headcanon that adam and eve weren't kicked out of the garden for eating an apple, it was more of a "baby birds gotta leave the nest" thing

God's basically that parent with a fully grown kid who's like sweet child you have to get a job and move out i need my space

[writtenwhalien]

So I’ve added all the requests to my masterlist “upcoming works” section. Unfortunately they will take me a while because I’m not writing any of them as drabbles so they need more time and also I’m more busy these days so it’s just difficult for me.

But I’m prioritising the requests before the new PJM mafia series, so I have delayed the posting date of that. God knows when I’ll get to write my fantasy/royalty AU but I’m so excited for that too 🥺

Also, the anon who requested the umbrella drabble, I combined your request with the idea I have for a bodyguard AU, so I hope you like it lol.

I am still writing the GML epilogue, I’m 12k words in and there’s more to write. I have no idea how long it’ll be though.

Anyway, I hope you’re all safe and having a good week! ❤️

[marion-the-storyteller]

Watch "God discovers dating | GML 179" on YouTube

I'm just gonna say nothing

[lifblogs]

It is an absolute fucking crime that there isn’t a God’s Mad Lab fandom.

God’s a pretentious asshole who doesn’t get morals because HE IS GOD, he is EVERYTHING

His ex-boyfriend is Adam (who’s allergic to apples)

Gabriel used to work for God, but he wanted to do soul-searching or something, so he hired a human intern

Human intern is named Loki, but because his father’s name is Carl, God calls him Carlson, and Carlson does not try to correct him

(It has been hinted at that Carlson is a Norse demi-god)

Carlson willingly let himself die while physically in Heaven so he could have angelic powers and forget his human life

Jesus is the son of an abusive father (aka, the guy with a capital G who wants to be called daddy at times) who regularly sends him down to Earth in order to make him go away, and usually a lot of shit happens, like death, and screaming

Jesus has no idea what sex is, and his version of Netflix n’ Chill is sitting on the couch with a refridgerator, but he had a massive three-nippled, four-armed angelic/demonic partner anyway

Jesus is dating the Anti-Christ (I watched 121 episodes, so at this point I can’t even remember if they’re just friends, but Jesus is the only one that can communicate with him)

God kept the Anti-Christ in a basement

When God isn’t insulting Carlson he regularly hits on him and tries to seduce him... despite not having genitalia (he just steals Carlson’s)

Carlson is regularly called weird things like “slut,” and “butterflakes”

Carlson is losing his mind and feels empty inside and doesn’t know what’s happening anymore or what existence truly is, but he gives great advice

Lucifer’s in permanent timeout in The Pit, and God just lied that he doesn’t know how to get him out

God thinks Lucifer’s new name is “Santa”

God wants to get with Mother Nature

Mother Nature wants to get with Lucifer

Lucifer wants to get with Mother Nature

Sometimes God wants to do an Apocalypse team-up type situation with Lucifer

God regularly drinks blood and feasts on hearts, so to answer an interviewer, no, he is not vegan

God is going to war against Hell over a cake

[garp20-evie]

Disney’s Hercules vs Greek Mythology

In 1997 Disney released Hercules, a child friendly adaptation telling the popular story of the Greek mythological God. When comparing the film to the mythology there are many similarities and differences to note, especially as the story of Hercules had to be adapted in order for it to be child friendly (Portsche, 2018).

In the Disney movie, Hercules’s parents are Zeus and Hera, this is only partially correct- In Greek mythology, Zeus is presented as being a womaniser and is known for countlessly cheating on his wife, Hera, often resulting in demigod children. Hercules is the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, as the Gods were known for travelling down from Mount Olympus to the human world, often resulting in the creation of demigods (Barton-Steel, 2018). Throughout Greek mythology, Zeus is always presented as a loving and doting father to Hercules, but Hera had become the nasty step-mother, who having lived through watching her husband have countless affairs vowed to make Hercule’s life a living hell before he was even born (Angus, 2017).

In both Greek mythology and the Disney movie, Hercules must complete difficult tasks in order to become a God. In the Greek mythological story, there are twelve tasks that Hercules must complete in order to become a God and be reunited with his father, Zeus. Whereas in the film, they only show some of Hercules’s tasks, such as killing the Hydra. But, it is in risking his life to save his love interest, Meg, that finally turns him into a God- and even then he wishes to stay mortal to be with Meg (Portsche, 2018).

Meg has a huge role in the Disney movie, unlike the Greek mythological tale, in which Meg, also known and Megara, is Hercules’s first wife which he later kills by Hera’s orders (Portsche, 2018). Meg is a mortal woman, and she dies in both movie and mythology, with the only difference being that in the Disney movie, Hercules saves her life (Portsche, 2018).

In the opening of Disney’s Hercules, the audience is introduced to the Muses- five Goddesses who lead you through the film through song and narrative. In Greek mythology, there are nine Muses and they are all the daughters of Zeus.

Sources:

Portsche, M., 2018. Hercules: Mythology Vs Disney. [online] Medium. Available at: <https://medium.com/all-things-disney/hercules-mythology-vs-disney-cd4e73ea22b2> [Accessed 1 September 2020]. 

Fanpop, Inc. “Walt Disney-Figuren Photo: Walt Disney Screencaps — Hercules & Pegasus.” Fanpop, de.fanpop.com/clubs/walt-disney-characters/images/36420496/title/walt-disney-screencaps-hercules-pegasus-photo.

Parada, Carlos. “The Original Hercules and Disney’s.” Hecate — Greek Mythology Link, www.maicar.com/GML/DisneyHercules.html.

Angus, H., 2017. Disney’S 1997 Hercules: Movie Vs Mythology. [online] Medium. Available at: <https://medium.com/@nerdypoc/disneys-1997-hercules-movie-vs-mythology-cdc96fb3c51f> [Accessed 1 September 2020].