#Sometimes autocorrect and Tumblr tags work together

[radiates-confusion]

Did I skip yesterday, absolutely, forgive me, I took a day off from doing work.

I'd didn't do much today, just decided I'd go at it and see if I could improve my depth control and my shake-Ness at all. Read up on how to make straighter lines, improved on that front. Still struggling a bit with going deep enough though 😅

Oh well, improvements were made.

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Get to know the author!

name : you can call me Opal

pronouns : she/her

preference of communication : I don't really care one way or the other, but I'm more likely to see it on discord. Tumblr doesn't always like to give notifications. Sure, discord has its issues too, but it's less frequent at least.

most active muse : Right now it seems to be Elijah here LOL other than that it's Marius over on @stvrlyte .

experience / how many years : I mean, I've been roleplaying really most of my life on and off. One on one with my friend all through school and on websites like ne.op.ets and g.ai.on.lin.e when I could. It didn't become a consistent part of my life, and on Tumblr too, until like 2017 I think?

best experience : there have been some incredible people I've met that we've had such cool plots and threads. It's hard to pick just one when all the awesome people know exactly who they are 🥺🥰

rp pet peeves : I wouldn't say I really have much. Like, the typical people who don't cut posts knowing they and their partner write literal novels or it's just a hundred sentence responses, or people who do the whole re-like and re-follow thing repeatedly to get your attention.

fluff, angst, or smut : except for smut, I'm good with whatever comes my way! Fluff and angst go sooo well together.

plots or memes : I do prefer thought out plots to memes, buuuut memes can LEAD to good plots so? Who am I to choose? I just go with the flow.

long or short replies : longer. It's so hard to know what to write when you don't have much to work with. We don't need to write novels each time, but I expect at least a little more than just a reaction.

time to write : I am a night owl, I work tues-sat 2-11pm (EST) so really I write whenever I can. Sometimes things are primarily written on mobile, so if there's a weird spelling mistake or a word that doesn't make sense, I'm sorry but Google autocorrect is a real bitch sometimes LOL

are you like your muses : I think my muses all have characteristics that come from me, something that makes them easier for me to portray, but as a whole I am not lol they are all different from me. Elijah here, especially.

Tagged by: my babes @wynterlanding and @velvetnviolentviolets uwu ❤️

Tagging: anyone on the dash who wants to do it uwu

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1k mutuals appreciation

before i start i want to say a ginormous THANK YOU to everyone who’s complimented my work, followed me and to all my mutuals because you’ve all given me a tumblr family and the funnest friends ever. you all really made me feel like i was important to you, and you made me want to keep writing and being able to improve with a bunch of writers around me really motivated that. i feel special around you guys and that’s something everyone should be able to experience. for real, i love you. all of you. 

@katie-avery lets start with one of my oldest mutuals from our boy band days🥺 kit kat u have been a rock in my life, and are undoubtedly one of the purest people i’ve met. it warms my heart to know you can come to me, because i always feel comfortable talking to you, you make me feel loved and safe.

@maybe-maybanks and @snarkystarkey the moms of the og wdw girls HAHAHA i know we don’t talk as much as we used to, but you both have really been amazing people to me, and i’ve aspired to have your energy and kindness (and talent) towards everyone. it’s crazy that i’ve known you for a year and a little longer, because when i type cool and weird the first words that come into my autocorrect are coolkidcorbyn and keepseaveyweird.

@sunflowermotel mads. maddie. love of my life. same thing. you are SO INSPIRING. your writing is utter perfection and you are one of the calmest, most comforting people to talk to. you’re like home, you make me feel safe and loved. also you’re drop dead gorgeous and i want to remind you. your comments when i tag you in obx fics even though you’ve never watched obx make me so happy. side note: go watch obx. i’m not messing around, mads, i WILL make this happen. 

@drew-starkey ari i have loved you since FOREVER and it has been inspiring watching you grow and change and become who you are now. i love hearing from you, and i love talking to you. your sweetness and ability to make everyone feel better lights up the faces of everyone you touch. i’m so happy i can say i’ve known you since you were a prettymuch blog. 

@5sos-seavey  @heartbreak-hemmings i know we’ve lost touch over the past few months, but i miss u and my boy band gals SO MUCH. you were both constantly there for me, and i always loved supporting you. i hope all is well, and you’re happy.

@jjmaebank nikki my QUEEN my absolute QUEEN i don’t know how you do it. you’re one of Those People, you know? you have an energy that just attracts people to you! you talk to people as if they’re your best friend, you make them feel special. you’re absolutely hilarious, and it’s so easy to talk to you. i STRIVE to be like you.

@ceruleanjj mattie u r my daily dose of seratonin i sWEAR. YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE WHO LAUGHS AT MY JOKES AND IT MAKES ME SO HAPPY!! ur obx tik tok drafts are ducking hilarious and u better send me the new one u said u would. also, WATCH NEW GIRL. you’re one of the funnest people i’ve ever talked to, and you get me and my shitty humor like we’re soul sisters.

@adoreyoudrews LIL I LOVE YOU UGH. you’re the sweetest person ever and you’re SO FUN! i see you as a kind of mentor. shoutout to you for putting me in the beans chat you have ALWAYS helped me feel welcomed since i met you! you’re like the cool older sister everybody wants, i love being your friend!

@midnightmagicmusings okay jade i have so much adoration in me for you. you are by far one of the most compassionate, kindest people i’ve been able to talk to, and you make me feel loved when you text just to check up on me. i also love when you pop up on my for you page, i get to be like ‘oh my gosh that’s my friend look at her’ 

@pogue-writings cort, u beautiful bitch. i know we haven’t known each other for very long , but you are so PERFECT. like everything about you screams queen, idol, icon. you’re sweet and put together and don’t even get me STARTED on the writing. cort, my dearest, nobody is perfect. but u come a hell of a lot closer than anyone i know. 

@milaonthemoon dude u are like next level boujee. you’re SO pretty, first of all, second of all you just give off diamond, gossip girl, badass vibes. we haven’t talked much outside of the gc, but you are hilarious. and seriously, i LOVE being able to say we’re mutuals. 

@lavenderpope juana juana juana u make me laugh SO HARD  i swear i’m super bad at talking to you and talking in the group chat in general but you are so fucking funny the things u send are sending me asldlaksjdfj the day you haven’t managed to make me smile is the day hell freezes over.

@rudypankwow maddie the last of my beans i know we like just met, but you seem like such a genuine person. since i’ve started writing for obx and made more friends in this community i’ve always seen you as one of the like super cool, out-of-my-league mutuals so now that we’re friends i feel very in awe of u sometimes. maybe i’m just geeking. 

and to all the mutuals who i don’t get to talk to very often but whom i still adore, i LOVE YOU, you’ve all been so kind to me. @jjtheangel @myjjbaby @rudys-pankow @jjouterbanks @jjswifey @driverpicksthe-music just to name a few. if i didn’t tag you, i’m sorry, i’m just a little pressed for time right now, but i promise i am thinking of you and thanking you for getting me to 1k! excited to keep going with u guys. 

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Good Omens Fandom Welcome Pack (4/3/17)

Yo my dudes!!!! So I got a message from @dirktective-assassina who just found out that there’s a good omens fandom so I figured I’d try and pull together some resources as an up to date fandom welcome pack :D It’s pretty long and comprehensive so I’ve put it under the cut.

So first things first: the ship name of Aziraphale/Crowley isn’t Crowaphale or anything like that but is Ineffable Husbands. We also sometimes use Air Conditioning (like A/C if you see?) although this is less used now than it was, largely because of the way tumblr tagging works versus livejournal and it’s a bit of a hassle to traipse through posts of people’s air conditioning not working, but there are still posts on that tag and it's a good way to find older fan-works. Other wise we generally just tag as Good Omens.

As with a lot of fandoms with a slightly longer history, livejournal used to be the main site for the good omens community and we transferred across bc, let’s face it tumblr is a hell site but it’s also a hell of a lot more accessible than livejournal. However, there are still a lot of things going on with livejournal!!! my main resource there is the Lower Tadfield Air Base: Fighting off Armageddon since 2003! The Good Omens Holiday Exchange is also organised on livejournal, I’ve linked to this year’s entries :)

Which brings me onto fic!! (Some of these fic will be explicit but they all have warnings at the beginning). Two fics always recommended in older fic rec lists are The Sacred And The Profane, and A Diamond Sky Above Titanic (although, personally, they’re not really my favourites). Also, The Lower Tadfield Air Base has a good fic tag :) Finally there’s this post which also adds some extra links and info on joining the good omens fandom, it also has a gen fic section if that’s more your cup of tea.

My main source of fics however, comes from our Lord and Saviour, Archive Of Our Own. Just take note when you’re using the search tool you fully type in Aziraphale/Crowley rather than letting it autocorrect you to Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) then you’ll only get 217 works in comparison to the 1178 fics available and all the fic of Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens) is filed under Aziraphale/Crowley anyway. If that makes any sense?

Personally, I’ve been horribly remis in tagging my own favourites because I’m fairly useless. However, I know I love Fridays by ylc. If you like human! aus then I also really love Ordinary People by daeger which has a wee Jewish painter Crowley :D

Ruby Tears by @not-a-space-alien is also a really good fic in highlighting the fandom’s perspective on Crowley: essentially in that he’s a HUGE FUCKING NERD who tries so hard to look cool and suave and is actually just very vulnerable and sweet and loving. Aziraphale, on the other hand, is very much an oblivious banana that’s too self-obsessed to really recognise this and has an incorrect view that Crowley is The Adversary and should be thought of as such. There has been A LOT of AMAZING meta on this, I would really recommend @futureevilscientist‘s essay on The Arrangement as p. much essential reading. They also have a tag for meta which I also really recommend.

My final fic to recommend is HAS to be the Crown of Thorns series by @irisbleufic (often shortened to cot). For me, this is The Fic, you know, and I feel like it really defines the Good Omens fandom in many ways. It’s based on the fanon that after the events of the apocalypse, Aziraphale and Crowley moved into a cottage on the South Downs together. All the details of the fic are in the introduction :D Other Iris fics to recommend are Regulars and What to Say (and How Not to Say It) if like me you’re trash for 3rd person pov. Finally as someone from York I’m honour bound to mention Promises to Keep.

We also have some Amazing artists in the fandom, people like @kogla and the like are just so great to have posting content for us!! basically just turn to the good omens tag and follow some of the suggested blogs (see below) we’re always posting everything :D One of my faves is this one by @6utton (who also gives me my raffles fix). @lunasong365 has also sent me this beautiful video and their playlist of other videos :‘) You also have the good omens tag on the hell site of deviantart

Also in terms of art, @askajcrowley is utterly brill, they don’t post much anymore but when they do I cry because they’re great.  If you want a really interesting view of how fandom has changed over time, go back through their posts as far as you can, it’s seriously worth it. In terms of fandom changing, the Good Omens fandom has generally imploded; it did used to be a very big active fandom, with a lot of ask blogs and a much greater focus on the other characters besides Aziraphale and Crowley. The current day fandom does feel bad about not talking about the other great multifaceted characters but we don't tend to do much to rectify it, as not-a-space-alien highlights in this post.

The older fandom also used to have A LOT of discourse surrounding fancasts. Oh God. Suffice to say if I ever see another post casting Bajkfbgjgiug Cskjfbgkjfba/Tom Hiddleston in all the roles I will actually throw up. This trend lead to our Worst Meme, Cage Omens: in which all the characters are played by Nicholas Cage. This meme likes to make a reassurance every now and again, so FOR GODS SAKE DONT SUMMON IT. (We all secretly love it).

Speaking of fancasts, we should probably mention adaptations. When the news of the latest adaptation came forward, a lot of us were very apprehensive because We Have Been Here Before. Lots. Like 5 Times. (I think in like ‘02 there was going to be one with Robin Williams but It was just after 9/11 and everyone ran as fast as they could from apocalypse based media). However, this one does look like it’s going ahead and will be airing next year maybe :) We do also have the beloved radio adaptation, which we will all suggest had it’s flaws but was also p damn brill. (The BBC sometimes replay it around Easter?)

However the discourse over fancasts did actually raise some pertinent points to do with race, with a lot of people feeling really uncomfortable with how white the suggestions were for characters that have no explicitly stated race. This is especially the case in regards to Aziraphale where there might be inbuilt preconceived conceptions of a white angel. This post and @a-poc-alypse‘s commentary on the subject I think is really important. I think the fandom now makes a concerted effort to try and produce more diverse art and the like, and I think we are better than we were, but it is something we have to actively work towards rectifying.

Other discourse of far, far less importance is in regards to their wings. Essentially, a lot of older fanart has Crowley with bat like wings which a lot of the fandom disagrees with, and there’s a lot of discourse about the colour of their wings too. Traditionally, Aziraphale is depicted with white wings and Crowley with black, but as is oft pointed out within the fandom, the colour of their wings is not stated and, given the significance of heaven and hell just being names for sides with no tangible distinction, and that demons are of angel stock, this separation has been questioned. Basically, the consensus now is play around with it!!!!! My head canon is that Az has owls wings and Crowley has duck wings :D

As for Hogwarts Houses, no one actually knows tbh either of them could fit into any house I think? We've had a lot of discussions and I think the ultimate conclusion we’ve come to is just go with what you want. At the moment I think I like Gryffindor Crowley and Ravenclaw Aziraphale. Some good Harry Potter AUs are Potter Omens by sadaf, St. Joseph of Cupertino, Home Life and Social Habits of British Muggles, and the Legacy of James Bond by Interrobam, A Look into a Magic Mirror by athousandelegies, and Saturday by Elvendork.

This leads to another point which is the links Good Omens have with other fandoms. There are Obviously the links with Supernatural given that their Crowley was literally named after ours, but there are also a weird amount of Wolfstar (Remus Lupin/Sirius Black) crossover fics and a lot of them involve them all sleeping with each other?? Anyway. I’ve also noticed that p. much all the Raffles fandom tend to be Good Omens fans too.

Finally you have the Shakespeare/Marlowe fandom so there are a lot of jokes in fandom at the moments about Crowley/Shakespeare (ship name: Snakespeare). I’m laying the blame firmly on @macdicilla and this post.

Music!! I LOVE @ajcrawly‘s The Ritz Does Not Admit Nightingales but 8tracks is useless for UK pals atm. Every playlist of Good Omen will have Queen and A Nightingale Sung in Barkley Square, I’m sorry I don’t make the rules.

And then there are the blogs!!:

@audiomens (with transcripts of the radio 4 adaptation)

@incorrect-good-omens-quotes

@thisbutgoodomens (taking posts and making them Good Omens, tag them if you think there’s a post they would appreciate!!)

@goodomensheadcanons

There are the blogs I’ve mentioned above, like @not-a-space-alien and @macdicilla (you can’t have one without the other), and @futureevilscientist, @irisbleufic, @kogla, @lunasong365, @askajcrowley, @a-poc-alypse, @ajcrawly

Also worth following are, @milkythefrozen, @pridoo, @maniacalmole, @ladylier, @thisisadecisionimayregret, @la-petite-robe-jaune, @sous-le-saule, @rocksalive, @nemeankitten, @everything-good-omens, @fyeahgo and tbh there are heaps more, I’m sorry if I’ve missed you off, I have a memory worse than like 99% of the population (according to my educational psychologist). If you want to be added just put a reply or message me or smth :D

Finally, I’d like to thank @not-a-space-alien for their welcome kit, @futureevilscientist for theirs, @ladylier for giving me ideas to talk about, @lunasong365 for showing me their playlist, and @a-poc-alypse for pointing me in the direction of their tags.

Okay. I think that’s it?? If you have anything further to add just post it below or message me or put it on the tags or replies whatever basically. If you disagree, or I’ve got something wrong, or you want to be added/taken away as a source then don’t hesitate to tell me!! (but please don’t send me hate, I’m trying my best and I’ll work hard to compensate)

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