#god this is Barely a goodomens post. but whatever

[mommyashtoreth]

Re: lrb, even outside of the context of Neil Gaiman's Less Savory political beliefs (which we SHOULD be talking about and criticizing and disavowing), the way so much of this fandom treats him, the pedestal he's put on, is just. odd to me? I'm not a huge Fandom Person but I've watched shows before and idk I've just never seen this level of adherence to the writer's word being law. I see a Lot of people treat Good Omens like it's some kind of Intentional Queer Allegory, this High Gay Art For The Modern Age, which is extremely funny bc Good Omens famously did not begin this way lmao. I talk about this a lot but I'll say it on here too: author's intent is not the end-all be-all of what meaning can be found inside a work, and this applies to All authors not just ones I disagree with politically lol. Like I wrote a ten-paragraph, over 2,000-word essay about my own weird gay reading of the goomens s2 finale, but I don't want to give that credit to Neil Gaiman! I say in that essay that I don't know how intentional my reading was, and honestly I don't Care abt how intentional it was lmao. If Good Omens means something to you as a gay person I think that's Your doing, Your interpretation, Your ability as an audience member to find meaning in the art you engage with. My gay experience paints how I engage with art and I am an active participant in that engagement. Isn't that just Better than pretending that Neil Gaiman wrote Crowley to be the type of guy to post about "anarchist transsexual forest communes" all along? I thought this was the whole point of "fandom" lmao I thought this was about Us. Not some guy

[ineffablefool]

Reasons why I am basically Aziraphale, a list which might not be Nice but which is at least fairly Accurate

Shorter and rounder than the people I generally hang out with

Soft(TM)

Eyes that are close enough to blue if the eyes of Sheen’s Aziraphale count (I feel like most of the time his look more brown?)

I, too, latch onto the clothing that I like and wear it as long as possible.  Me being human, that’s more “buy many of the exact same item” than “keep single jacket in good condition for 180 years”, but I work with what I’ve got.

Generally male-presenting but not binary-male entity who is effeminate and emotional but still can generally depend on getting “he” and “sir” in public?  oh look it’s everything i want.  that’s my gender.  my gender is Aziraphale Goodomens.  does this make me the Midwestern Pansy.  (can I reclaim “pansy” if nobody’s ever used it against me because I actually have not ever been able to depend on getting “he” and “sir” in public, it’s kind of the opposite.)

Also basically a middle-aged adult who just really wants to keep the nice routine he’s worked out by this point (yay here’s the post I was referencing)

Books!  Lovely lovely shelves and stacks of books!  I will live amongst them for the rest of my days, and read them over and over again.

Tea and cocoa and things yes.

Tasty foods also yes.  There’s gonna be sushi?  Sign me up!  When do we leave!

t a r t a n (or plaid, but they’re close enough, I can love them both)

Wants very much to be kind.  Fighting very hard against core of selfish bastard.

Oh geez is what I’m doing right.  I mean there’s Right and then there’s right and then there’s what the rules say is right but who even made the rules and uh.  oh god.  I’m probably screwing it all up aren’t I.  oh boy oh geez

Got some nice Trauma from previously-trusted authority figures in my past and it’s still got me kind of Messed Up

Just really.  want to have a quiet nice time.  please I’m soft and I love my comforts.

In long-term relationship (platonic sham marriage, even though I headcanon the Ineffable Husbands as very much romantically-involved, but whatever) with someone who

wears sunglasses even when he doesn’t need to

is really into houseplants

buys me tasty things and books like all.  the time.

always does the driving when we’re in the car together (and I frequently have things to say about said driving)

definitely has a much more actively-used Bastard setting than I do

I also appreciate snakes

Counterpoints

Hair all wrong.  Grow it out a little more and dye it red and it could pass for Crowley’s instead.

How does anyone wear those many layers and not die?  I can barely scrape together the energy for Midwestern Dad fashion.  Getting in and out of 1793 Paris would have been no problem, I would happily throw on some simple rags for some crepes.

Atheist.  In my defense, might be otherwise if I had once literally had a conversation with God about that sword She gave me.  Half-point here.

Probably could not have upright posture even if you paid me

Probably not immortal (technically have not yet confirmed)

If I could smile that sweetly I would just sit in front of a mirror and never leave okay