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[zonzolik]

@weirdly-specific-but-ok let's good-omen-ize this post, shall we?

Get drunk, make out, laugh until you're sore, cry until you're sick. I want to do it all. Let's get through this crumbling world together, happy valentines day.

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

for whom good omens is being written

Hey maggots and the rest of the fandom, it's the Good Omens Mascot here. Today I read a post about this tweet:

The accompanying video genuinely made me cry. And I've been thinking about this for a long while, as far back as February, when I saw a lot of conflicting opinions on what people wanted from the third season. It really is true that no matter what you do, some people will be dissatisfied. But what matters is that Neil is writing this for Terry.

And I was reminded of some paragraphs from the Good Omens TV Companion, which I'd read in Amazon's sample excerpt of the book. I know this is a long post, but I really truly do think you all need to read these, I've done my best to select only the most important parts. Here you go:

'His Alzheimer's started progressing harder and faster than either of us had expected,' says Neil, referring to a period in which Terry recognized that despite everything he could no longer write. 'We had been friends for over thirty years, and during that time he had never asked me for anything. Then, out of the blue, I received an email from him with a special request. It read: “Listen, I know how busy you are. I know you don't have time to do this, but I want you to write the script for Good Omens. You are the only human being on this planet who has the passion, love and understanding for the old girl that I do. You have to do this for me so that I can see it." And I thought, “OK, if you put it like that then I'll do it."

'I had adapted my own work in the past, writing scripts for Death: The High Cost of Living and Sandman, but not a lot else was seen. I'd also written two episodes of Doctor Who, and so I felt like I knew what I was doing. Usually, having written something once I'd rather start something new, but having a very sick co-author saying I had to do this?' Neil spreads his hands as if the answer is clear to see. 'I had to step up to the plate.' A pause, then: 'All this took place in autumn 2014, around the time that the BBC radio adaptation of Good Omens was happening,' he continues, referring to the production scripted and co-directed by Dirk Maggs and starring Peter Serafinowicz and Mark Heap. ‘Terry had talked me into writing the TV adaptation, and I thought OK, I have a few years. Only I didn't have a few years,' he says. 'Terry was unconscious by December and dead by March.'

He pauses again. 'His passing took all of us by surprise,' Neil remembers. 'About a week later, I started writing, and it was very sad. The moments Terry felt closest to me were the moments I would get stuck during the writing process. In the old days, when we wrote the novel, I would send him what I'd done or phone him up. And he would say, "Aahh, the problem, Grasshopper, is in the way you phrase the question," and I would reply, "Just tell me what to do!" which somehow always started a conversation. 'In writing the script, there were times I'd really want to talk to Terry, and also places where I'd figure something out and do something really clever, and I would want to share it with him. So, instead, I would text Terry's former personal assistant, Rob Wilkins, now his representative on Earth. It was the nearest thing I had.'

(...) As Neil himself recognizes, this is an adaptation built upon the confidence that comes from three decades of writing for page and screen. But for all the wisdom of experience, he found that above all one factor guided him throughout the process. 'Terry isn't here, which leaves me as the guardian of the soul of the story,' he explains. 'It's funny because sometimes I found myself defending Terry's bits harder or more passionately than I would defend my own bits. Take Agnes Nutter,' he says, referring to what has become a key scene in the adaptation in which the seventeenth-century author of the book of prophecies foretelling the coming of the Antichrist is burned at the stake. ‘It was a huge, complicated and incredibly expensive shoot, with bonfires built and primed to explode as well as huge crowds in costume. It had to feel just like an English village in the 1640s, and of course everyone asked if there was a cheap way of doing it. 'One suggestion was that we could tell the story using old-fashioned woodcuts and have the narrator take us through what happened, but I just thought, “No”. Because I had brought aspects of the story like Crowley and the baby swap along to the mix, and Terry created Agnes Nutter. So, if I had cut out Agnes then I wouldn't be doing right by the person who gave me this job. Terry would've rolled over in his grave.'

And, finally, this paragraph:

"Once again, Neil cites the absence of his co-writer as his drive to ensure that Good Omens translated to the screen and remained true to the original vision. 'Terry's last request to me was to make this something he would be proud of. And so that has been my job.'"

I think that's so heartwrenchingly beautiful, and so I wanted you all to read this, too, just in case you (like me) don't have the Good Omens TV Companion. It adds another layer of depth and emotion to this already complex and amazing story that we all know and love.

Share this post, if you can, please, so that more people can read these excerpts :")

Tagging @neil-gaiman, @fuckyeahgoodomens and @orpiknight, even if you've definitely read these before :)

[cawdra]

Aziraphale the type of guy to read a book with slight erotic tension and get flustered n hide it from anyone who walks in on him reading it

Crowley the type of guy to examine a playboy centerfold in a bus stop

[patoslover]

One hour (less than) within the maintenance lockdown and this hell happened already, how are we feeling y'all?

@queermarzipan @lxvenderjewel @ivory--raven @styx142 @myfranticscribbles @empressumbreon @frogs-go-ribbit @cawdra @thearoacemess @goodomensduh @sounds-void-fishy @arkytiorlecter @random-doctor-on-the-internet @apophid-I-eat-everything @harbinger-of-existential-dread @an-ace-on-the-case @goblin-named-sam @1800ineedshelp @chaoticgenderflood @ivory--raven @aroaceblackhole @three-smiles-and-a-unicorn @coppicegate @zonzolik @falling-raine @dashoulinas-fandom-dump @koboldkatalyst @arkytiorlecter @friday-im-in-love-with-crowley @good-usernames-were-taken @weirdly-specific-but-ok (tell me if I forgot anyone)

Someone tell me if I forgot to put something of that talk here, it's all remarkable tbh, pure gold.

[an-ace-on-the-case]

Alright all my silly little geese, just thought I'd let you know I won't be on tumblr for the next three weeks after today. I won't be able to access it for a while, and the reasons why would take a long time to explain, just know I'm ok. So don't panic if I don't reply or anything, I'm not dead I swear.

ok now I have to tag all of you, how are there so many???

@marie-menace @hoarder-of-dragons @sollunaastra @randomvoices @prettycottagequeer @dmc1155 @dashoulinas-fandom-dump @zonzolik @chocolatecoffeeshot @aazrael-reaverr @goblin-named-sam @1800ineedshelp @spicypotstickerbliss @friday-im-in-love-with-crowley @falling-raine @koboldkatalyst @good-usernames-were-taken @howmanyholesinswisscheese @arkytiorlecter @gyrovagus-bibliophile @aroaceblackhole @queermarzipan @madfangirlontheloose @random-doctor-on-the-internet @greenchrysanthemum20 @tranloan-blog2 @goose-shoes @styx142 @myrskytuulia @coppicegate @samlikeslawnchairs @anomymous @theverycoolfish @patoslover @despisedtoolofsatan @ivory--raven @anacttohidetheirenvy @maje3ycu7cake @goodomensfanbase @garnetgoose0-0 @eybefioro @radiates-confusion @flowey-the-lanternflower55 @finleyforevermore @rainforestferns @zealousobservationbread @turtleneck-crowley @apollos-dodgeball-target @weirdly-specific-but-ok

Love you <33333

[mystic-mae]

Maggot Server Incorrect Quotes pt 1

@wispedvellichor @aroaceblackhole @falling-raine

thanks for telling me to post these

[its-a-me-asmi]

*clears throat* (I typed throats by accident, let the record show that I have only one throat) (*little red riding hood wolf voice* all the better to deepthroat you with, my dear Crowley)

Good Omens fandom and maggots and those who are both, we have converted many to our cult fandom of this wonderful show. I should probably state here that I am on the shady sideblog of @weirdly-specific-but-ok, my main blog. Uh. Yes. Hi.

As Mascot of the fandom, I would like to congratulate you all on your efforts towards this worthy cause, and cheers to everyone who finds a post with a new good omens fan/someone who hasn't watched the show and instantly tags me so I can destroy the OP's sanity. Wahoo!

Now, one fan of this show, however, is in a certain river of Egypt. Who is this fan in denial? Well, many of you maggots know and love @random-doctor-on-the-internet, Ash, for those who've seen them on the server.

Now Ash here has made several beautiful fanarts of Crowley, quotes Good Omens more than I do, wears three lovely Good Omens pins, has a corner of their wall devoted to Good Omens, has engaged in many discussions of Good Omens, is a fan of Neil's work, and married the Good Omens Mascot (yours truly) ten times.

AND YET: THEY INSIST THEY ARE NOT A GOOD OMENS FAN.

They said they would admit to being a fan if I made a public apology for calling them Aziraphale-coded, when they believe they are more Beelzebub coded or Anathema coded.

Let the record state that I am doing no such thing. What I am pointing out is the fact that they agreed, essentially, that they are a good omens fan, the only thing keeping them from admitting it is whether or not I make the apology.

I'm simply presenting the facts to you, the People, about Ash's affair with Good Omens. Now. Is Ash a Good Omens fan?

@arkytiorlecter @howmanyholesinswisscheese @queermarzipan what do we think?

[tryan-a-bex]

The new Asmi fanfic is out!

And in case you missed the first one:

I hope you like them! (If you are in it and want me to change your part, please let me know, it’s not written in stone!)

@weirdly-specific-but-ok @howmanyholesinswisscheese @eybefioro @sounds-void-fishy @dandelionjedi @robinprinceofchaos @chaos-frog @zonzolik @apollos-dodgeball-target

(If anyone knows better links for Mox and The Cat please let me know! Thanks!)

[mindrottinglystupid]

My Stars

You, Maggots, are my stars,

You are the light guiding me through the dark nights

The constellations I study to distract myself from where I am

I love you more than I can ever express

You are the sand that keeps the ocean afloat,

Or the roots of a tree in a storm,

The gravity holding my universe together,

Every star, one of your homes

I love you more than the universe's lust for destruction

I thought of where I wanted to be,

And I thought of you

In our homes

In our stars

[sideblog-of-the-maggotdom]

IMPORTANT QUESTION MAGGOTS

WHAT SHOULD NEIL AND HAMPTER'S BABIES (THE HAMSTER/TURTLE BABIES) BE CALLED?

[queermarzipan]

Bestie please I love you but that post by weirdly-specific is so long and you put it on my dash repeatedly so many times

i'm crying anon i'm sorry but i had to. we were at war. i will tag all future occurrences with #asmi has a fandom ok you can blacklist it i'm sorry

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

Uhm hello Mr. Mascot... I would just like to know the details of your kidnapping by the Good Omens fandom? And also was there ever a ransom?

OHOHO HELLO MAGGOT. THERE WAS NO RANSOM. I WAS ALONE AND NEW TO THE HELLSITE, AND HAD NO ONE WHO WOULD PAY THE RANSOM.

THE GOOD OMENS FANDOM KIDNAPPED ME AND THEN THEY BECAME MY NEW FAMILY. I LOVE THOSE CRAZY FUCKERS AND I WOULD KILL FOR THEM.

AS FOR THE DETAILS WELL... SOME OF IT IS ON MY PINNED POST? BUT ALSO IT WAS A HECK OF A LONG SAGA MAYBE I SHOULD MAKE A POST DESCRIBING IT FOR EVERYONE WHO WASN'T WITNESSING IT LIVE.

[suzypfonne]

@weirdly-specific-but-ok

Asmi's S2 E1-3 RANT, INCOMING!

[patoslover]

Fuck, I just remembered, I still owe you two the storyboard drawings for the animatic* @good-usernames-were-taken @weirdly-specific-but-ok , you mind if I post them here or you'd like it better to send those in dm?

*I know I made a reblog for the 10k post but I can't recall what it exactly said rn, although I know that if I search enough I could find it but I'm just so lazy man-

Anyway, they're many, MANY drawings (and I still somehow haven't finished it), here's a little preview, OH and before I forget, it's made in MSPaint so it's pretty shitty quality tbh

[ritz-writes]

*sees @weirdly-specific-but-ok made a final fifteen quiz*

fine. okay. totally fine. im not scared of you

see. very not scared, me

okay lets see what i get

...

UHM

FUCKING OW????

omfg i actually started tearing up HELLO???? WHY IS THIS SO SPOT ON I DONT LIKE THIS ANYMORE

[cawdra]

Guess who's back

Back again

CAwdra's back

From the dead