#go fandom

[zelpharofficial]

Good Omens doodles coz I love em so so much <3

[yetrop]

They didn’t so much fall asleep as saunter vaguely into a resting position after several bottles of wine, many failed card tricks, and a meandering conversation about ducks.

[fyreheart13]

Oh, you know. Just some angels. I actually did these paintings like four years apart. And I love them. "Fallen" (Crowley) and "Desire" (Aziraphale)

[klikandtuna]

So @suzypfonne sent me a BubuDudu comic and I was like “I could GOmenize the crap outta that” and then I did. Apparently this is just a thing I do now~

[lilmonstha]

I'm sad cuz the third season of Good Omens will only be a 90 minute movie, but at least I have my fanarts...

[aydracz]

The GO bench in St James Park has been replaced with a different one

Very sorry to report that the sanded down bench they returned at the original spot in St James Park is actually NOT the OG fandom one.

There are some very prominent features the OG bench had. Most importantly, the shape of the back of the bench, the armrest shape, and the height of the bench itself:

OG bench (pic taken last year):

The new bench, unfortunately, has a different back shape (the tops of the left and right wooden planks at the back):

I did some ineffable detective work in St James Park this weekend of 25th January (with the help of @0xlilith and @fuckyeahgoodomens and @fuzzywhispersbear) and examined all the benches in the near vicinity and subsequently all the benches in the park, in case they just moved it to a different spot. They did not.

I now have a special photo folder in my phone featuring some of the possible candidate benches in St James Park, because that's what you do if you are a GO fan on a trip to London.

All the potential candidate benches that fit the shape criteria didn't meet the "recently cleaned" criterion or the "at least a bit visible carving scars in the right places" criterion.

(A very useful graphics made by @fuckyeahgoodomens)

It is, of course, possible that I am wrong and the bench is there somewhere and has been cleaned so well that not even the carving scars are visible. I just recorded all the Clues as I collected them and this is the logical conclusion:

I think it is realistic to consider that the OG bench was damaged beyond salvation and as such, was removed permanently. I feel like maybe some of the carvings were too deep and beyond repair. I might be wrong, they just might be rotating the benches and our bench is just sitting somewhere in storage, waiting for being cleaned and returned. (It is probably not in different park because all benches have a SJP at the back and I think they make sure to not mix them up).

I, personally, am actually fine with fans writing on the bench. It is within my personal limits of what is OK. But some of the fandom love was maybe too vigorous. And as a whole, I think that this shows us that we might try to treat the new bench with a bit more respect. By refraining from carving in it with a knife. By using plain pencils to write our little notes so that they don't destroy the bench, are easily cleaned and are not visible to regular visitors of the park, only for people who know what they are looking for. Use it as a scavenger hunt place (my personal favourite) to leave little trinkets and gifts for other fans (but hide them well so that they don't visually disturb regular visitors).

I am not openly promoting vandalism here. I am just being realistic and I seriously have nothing but love for the people who left their permanent mark on the bench. (And I would HATE for this post to be used for hating on these fans. Pls don't.) I believe we can find a sweet spot of showing our love for the bois and not damaging the bench beyond salvation.

And I think the management of St James Park is showing us that they are just doing their job and they don't hate us (hopefully).

Why? Because the heart padlock of Aziraphale and Crowley is still there. Someone even added another padlock and a little fly! And these things didn't disappear. I think this hopefully demonstrates that fandom activities in moderation are allowed.

The bench is a symbol of fandom love and as such, I don't think it can be lost. It is what we make it. There is a new lovely bench at the spot and it attracts GO fans just like the previous one did. And while I know many people (including me) will grieve the piece of fandom history that might have been lost, I think that this is an opportunity for a fresh start.

We'll be OK. This place still feels loved.

[thedoctorajcrowley]

I am truly a nobody in the vast fandom that is GO. I stand on the periphery reblogging things with thirsty tags and reading fics. However, I love this book and show with my whole heart.

I am standing here holding both ends of the dialectic: I am sad, devastated that we won’t get our 6 episodes and all the lovely bits that will need to be cut. I am sad we won’t have more than 90 minutes of David and Michael acting out the characters that they and we love so dearly. I am exhausted that another fandom has been hurt by the bad actions of one man. And my heart aches for the victim survivors.

And, too, I am relieved and grateful that those who could fought bts for us to even get those 90 minutes. I am grateful we get to see Terry’s dream ending and David and Michael together on our screens again. I am aware (though realize I don’t know the full details) of how close we came to getting nothing at all. 90 minutes is a short movie but I remember so much can happen in a movie and all the world building has been done.

Outside and beyond this dialectic, I want to express gratitude to the fandom. The bits that I see from where I stand on the edges is a delight. I see people giving others permission to mourn and permission to celebrate and the nuance to recognize both can be true at the same time. I see posts encouraging others to have faith that those bts love this story as much as we do (if not more) and as a result we are not facing total cancellation by Amazon.

I see fans stepping in to provide comfort and reassurance where before we may have turned to the one man who nearly wrecked this all for all of us. Many looked up to him as a type of parent figure, especially queer people who may not have had a supportive parent in their own lives. And I see the fandom as a whole stepping into the void that was left. He didn’t make GO and the fandom the magical place it is, the fans have done that.

And for that, I am endlessly grateful.

[worrynoodle]

[10.7.24]

Here's a link to a petition to

Save Good Omens

By @miriamkemuri

Please give it a sign and a share!

[milky-rot]

In bildad we trust 🙏🏳️‍🌈

[taurus-spacecraft]

Finnished it;)) im really proud, my first sort-of comic page im a fan of aziraphale in the "emotions" panel

[meanwhile-at-crowleys-flat]

Today Crowley plays spin the bottle using an empty bottle of Talisker. Every time it stops spinning, it points to no one, and Crowley looks at the space someone should be and sighs.

[yetrop]

Self explanatory.

Linking a fundraiser below that other GO fans set up for survivors of sexual abuse:

[ladydragons-world]

Don't be shyyyy,micut

[xkoiinu]

My little collection of photos from when I finally visited THE bench in St James’ Park (please excuse the poor quality, phone camera angles are not my friend!).

These were taken the day after the S3 finale got announced, so it felt quite poignant to me. It’s somewhere I’ve been meaning to visit for ages, and to get to see it at last was so special. It was almost impossible to capture the sheer number of messages and quotes that had been left - we are truly an incredible fandom! Although I heard recently that the bench has now been sanded down, the heart lock is still very much there, and I’m sure it won’t take long for new text to be added ❤️

I saw David Tennant in Macbeth the night before these pics were taken (it was phenomenal!) and then was lucky enough to see him again the next day doing a talk on Shakespeare with Greg Doran. To top it off, I got to meet many fellow GO fans while I was there as well, including @phoen1xr0se who was very lovely!

It was an incredible 48hrs to say the least 🥰

[maaikeatthefullmoon]

Two Consenting Bicycle Repairmen

I usually use Ineffable Spouses to refer to my favourite pair, but the phrase two consenting bicycle repairmen (from the novel) isn't used nearly enough (thanks @inezrable for pointing this out!).

So I made some fun designs, as I said I would, to rectify this. 😁

There's tonnes of options for products for each of them, from magnets to t-shirts, hoodies to duvet covers. Stationery, too! Gotta love stationery. *snorts in stationery nerd*

Anyhoo, you can find them here: Two consenting bicycle repairmen Lavender bicycle shipping design Text-only shipping design