#laurashapiro

[good-omens-fanfic-be-like]

Maybe he could tolerate that kind of praise today. Maybe he would even -- he shivered -- like it.

From As Time Goes By (E) by Laura Shapiro (laurashapiro).

[the-haiku-bot]

I am just surprised

I didn’t see it before.

It was always there.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

So I've been wrong the whole time.

I've always noticed that Crowley never bothered to learn people's names, but I always thought he basically liked being around people and enjoyed that aspect of the work.

And I thought Aziraphale found people annoying (customers are the worst part of owning a bookshop) and just wanted to be left alone to read.

Turns out, Aziraphale's the extrovert. He knows everyone in his community. He likes them. He wants to hang out with them. He wants to perform (badly) on the stage, host a party, help people -- always, he wants to help people. It's central to who he is.

And Crowley's the introvert. He wants everyone to leave him alone. He wants to be with his plants and his car and Aziraphale and that's pretty much it. He will find some enjoyment in helping others but, now that there's no Arrangement, he's not interested in going out of his way. He just wants to be alone with Aziraphale, a universe of two.

It's easy to see why they can't work it out yet.

I am just surprised I didn't see it before. It was always there.

[ineffabildaddy]

last line challenge

thank you for tagging me, @eybefioro @ineffable-rohese @celestialcrowley!

rules - in a new post, show the last line you wrote (or drew) and tag as many people as there are words (or however many as you like)

alright, here goes:

Crowley's claws scratched lightly at Aziraphale's thighs. "Again, angel, again, need-"

teeheehee<3 there's some totally human-shaped sex going on here clearly

no pressure tags for people i haven't seen tagged yet: @voluptatiscausa @crowleyslvt @laurashapiro-noreally @thescholarlystrumpet @hakunahistata @malachitegrey @aspiring-pansy @greenthena @gingiekittycat @robinwithay @createserenity

[karasbroken]

I found this looking at relationship tags on AO3 and was so overwhelmed I had immediately had to add it to the Farscape music Mondays queue. The thumbnail is blank because of a password (see the cut) but it's a Aeryn Sun/Kara Thrace (from Battlestar Galactica, where my username comes from) ship video!!?!

Take the extra effort to view it, it's worth it.

The song is Hurricane by Joan Osborne, and the creator is laurashapiro (who might be @laurashapiro-noreally). The editing is amazing, these gals are flirting, frelling, and fracking and it's perfect. The cuts are so smooth you think it's the same show. "Two pilots walk into a [space] bar" completely done with their men and ready for action. So hot, so believable, I am very on board this ship. You might want to watch this one in a private place.

It's password protected so I'm sticking that here: showme

I'm going to link the AO3 entry too, so you can go show the creator some love.

[stellacartography]

Toe the Line (Rated E)

Words: 18,505 Chapters: 8/8

As Crowley and Aziraphale dine at the Ritz they are treated to a particularly reminiscent parade of chef's specials that spark memories of the past 2000 years. Crowley quietly panics his way through each course, drowning his anxiety in rather large amounts of alcohol. Aziraphale is helplessly drawn back into his own memories of their time together in the world they both love and every time they walked right up to the limits of their association.

Fandoms: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

Relationship: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Snake behaviours, Crowley is deep down still a snake, Food and drink, Drunken ineffable spouses, Rome 41 AD, Council at Nicaea, Wessex 537 AD, The Invention of Fireworks, How did Crowley make Hamlet popular?, Teaching an angel to tempt, Dancing Lessons, Portland Place Gentleman's Club, Ambush predation, diversion, camouflage, Thanatosis, Constriction, Mimicry, Sexy Snake Pile, Ritual foot-washing as temptation, Snake musk is not lube, Don't try this at home kids, Season one fix-it of a sort

Written for the @go-minisode-minibang with art by @willow-tea

Acknowledgements and tags below the cut

A thousand thank yous to my friends who attended the @ficwritersretreat2023 and listened to my reading of chapter 5. Your laughter made this happen. Thanks to @fearlessdiva930 for your help with the menu. I had lost all my original research outside of the story itself and your assistance was invaluable. Thank you @kinkykinker for the first beta and @cumberbatchedandgatissmitten for the second round and coaching. Thank you @basketcasebetty for coordinating the bang.

Tagging @copperplatebeech @keirgreeneyes, @seriouslymarythough, @cirquedereve, @laurashapiro-noreally, @totallysilvergirl, @hubblegleeflower, @sevdrag

Reblogs are love and are much appreciated. <3

(Psst! Hey, @mevima! I finally finished it. Only took 4.5 years.)

[gayvecchio]

Short, one-shots under 5k

Stained by Jenn

mornings most of all by ifreet

were no crime by sionnain

Four A.M. in Chicago by mireille

Somewhere Else by Azar

Our Dancing Days by sdwolfpup

On Golden Pond by Belle_Evans

You're just my type by deathbyOTPin123

Repeat by SLWalker

Untitled by Jenn

On a map the gap's three fingers by belmanoir

Medium length, 5k-10k

Acharnement by pqlaertes

Reconstruction by brynnmck

Ray Vecchio, Sixty-Four, in Canada in the Summertime by Scribe

Long, Slow Drift by belmanoir

Red Ruse by Cherilyn (Ankh)

Heart Held Out Like A Tin Cup  by brynnmck, sdwolfpup

This Error by Laura Shapiro (laurashapiro), Pares (kormantic)

No Son of His by m. fae glasgow

Come In From the Cold by Nos4a2no9

Longer stories, 10k+

Disposable Teens (teachers au) by Jenn

Cold Heart (Twin Peaks Crossover, ft. Fraser/Cooper) by Dorthy Marley

Through the Night, Behind the Wheel, the Mileage Clicking West by neverfaraway

I Miss You, etc. by portlandwithyou

Bye Bye, Bookman by Muriel_Perun

Long Way Home by Justine Bennett, Morgan Dawn

Double or Nothing by brynnmck

The Diner by rose_malmaison

Power Out by NewEyes

The Poker Night Series (four stories in total) by Ruth_Devero

Shooting Star by Lazuli_Kat

Burn this Town to the Ground by vailkagami

Prodigal Mountie by amaruuk

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Good Omens fic recs #37

you're gone, and heaven cries by Imagined - A/C, 15k words.  This is so sad and so vibrant.  Aziraphale hasn't spoken to Crowley since 1862, and he ends up working as a nurse on the front lines of WWI, writing Crowley letters he doesn't intend to send.  There's a wonderful original character here, another nurse, who helps flesh out the story and tries to help Aziraphale when he can't help himself.  There's a little happy ending-ish coda as well so you get that breath of fresh air at the end.

A Portrait Drained of Blood by solsides - A/C, 5k words.  This story has an extremely funny Crowley POV that really works for it.  Crowley, his usual demon self, gets turned into a vampire and he tries to lean into it, mostly to annoy Aziraphale, but it's not the best plan.

no such dear delusion by solsides - A/C Ineffable Wives, 3k words.  A gorgeously sad Ineffable Wives piece that centers on the suffering lesbians of history.  Crowley beats up cops, Aziraphale keeps love letters.

bastard cobas by SpicyReyes - A/C, 2k words.  This is a very cute story about Aziraphale giving Crowley an incredibly ugly plant and Crowley trying to be secretly nice to it (so his other plants don't hear).

A Virtue of the Brave by juliet and laurashapiro - A/C, 32k words.  This is a stellar Through the Ages fic in which they confessed how they felt about each other early on, and also have been having sex for quite a while, but of course can't be openly together so we still get that delicious angst.  There is a great f/f sex scene and Aziraphale's first temptation in this, which are some of my favorite things.  (There's also some great m/m sex scenes as well but the f/f is rarer so I like to mention it.)  The thread through the story is Aziraphale wanting and hoping Crowley to be redeemed as an angel again -- this was written pre-S2 so all the more impressive for the writers to tease it out here and resolve it with a skilled and difficult conversation.

[twilightcitysky]

Honest Angel by Twilightcitysky

3000 words, rated E, complete

“That’s why you decided to drive a scooter to the Downs? You wanted to break laws?” “I planned to trespass, too,” Aziraphale said conspiratorially. “Mr. Haverford’s estate has a lovely view of the ocean.” Crowley burst out laughing. He couldn’t help it. But Aziraphale blushed and looked twitchy. “I suppose it would seem funny to you,” he muttered. “It’s just… angel, you like being the good one.” He ought to, he’d lorded it over Crowley often enough. “I can do unexpected things.” Aziraphale turned to face him. His expression was a strange mix of contemplation and terror: a first-time parachute jumper looking out the open door of the plane. “I know that, but you don’t–” “And I can go fast,” Aziraphale said. His eyes dropped to Crowley’s lips. Crowley’s stomach swooped. “Angel–” “I can break rules,” Aziraphale whispered. “Especially the ones that don’t make sense anymore.”

Read it here on AO3! Thank you to @copperplatebeech for the banner!

I'm going to try tagging a few people when I post fic on Tumblr-- since things get lost so easily here and I always appreciate being tagged by others! If you'd like me to remove you from (or add you to) my tag list please let me know. And if you create something that you'd like shared, always tag me!

@hasturswig @kanna-ophelia @princess-spock @cinnabarmint @ashfae @tyrograph @siriosa @amberly333 @octoberspirit @madbethsb @valquainton @unuora @marsch00 @laurashapiro-noreally and of course @copperplatebeech who has been trying to get me to do this for months. Love you babe.

Thank you so much if you reblog!

[leviosally]

Vanishing Acts

Okay, so a few months ago, I had a fun little idea to do a fic telephone collaboration, and pitched the idea to the server. We finally finished up, and I could not be happier with the result! Special thanks to @laurashapiro-noreally @nieded @werpiper @ajconstantine @ziggyz-eyepatch @vecieminde @nemznemz for writing with me!!

Who ordered Magician Aziraphale historical vignette with a side of fluffy cute bickerflirting?

Read it here.

[wordsinhaled]

couldn’t resist a doodle of the lovely femme crowley in her 80s jacket from laurashapiro’s “Through the Glimmering Light” (everyone go read the series if you haven’t already!!!)

@laurashapiro-noreally thank you for writing the entire “Leaves of Grass” series! i’m nowhere near as skilled as many of the incredible artists in GO fandom but your imagery of crowley in this outfit has been living in my head rent-free since i read it ❤️

Crowley’s short hair was spiked up and she had trimmed the sides close. Her eyes, not yet covered, were lined thickly with black. She wore at least five rings in each ear in rainbow hues and a battered black motorcycle jacket studded with safety pins and various patches, badges, and stickers. Her t-shirt said “SIREN” in large orange letters, somewhat challenging to read as they dipped diagonally over her modest bosom.

She turned to fetch her glasses off the counter and Aziraphale noticed the tattered ACT UP flag pinned to the back of her jacket. “This is the original jacket, though. I didn’t think you kept these things.”

i also think crowley would love this particular pin circa 1980… “Whatever happened to gay lib? IT WENT DISCO”…

[laurashapiro-noreally]

Vid: Don't Want No King

Fandom: Democracy

Vidder: @laurashapiro-noreally

Artist: Dennis Coats

Hello, it's my first vid in about six years! I made this for Field Team 6, the only partisan voter registration organization in the US, and they really get results. I've been volunteering with them this cycle, and when they tossed me this song and said "want to make a music video?" I said "now you're speaking my language!"

I gave myself feels, making this. Hope you get some too.

[lavraiemonchichi]

My fic on ao3

I'm slattern on Ao3

October 2024: Neil Gaiman Sexual Assault Link Round Up

July 2024: Here's my post about gaiman's abuse - I'm going to keep talking about it.

Post Allegations Fic:

The end. My story about the abuse

Dinner Date. Ineffable Wives PWP on the sofa after a dinner out. part of Another Mother Tongue

Previous Fics, Oldest to newest.

The Seeker Who Sets Out Upon The Way: My 8 story, unfinished, super emo queer religious time travel porn. slightly canon divergent probably

Amazing related fic: Reading Room & Olive Branch by @werpiper

PodFic by Literarion of the 7 completed stories.

Fan art: Boundless & This Amber Daydream by the incomparable @tyrograph and for The Lily by @laurashapiro-noreally (embedded in the fic) who also commissioned this amazing piece for Drop by Drop by @naniiebimworks

Another Mother Tongue: Queer, mostly lesbianish pwp one-shots in historical settings.

Good Deeds, standalone about abortion :)

rocket man: recent, pre season 2 story, not part of either series

Post Season Two Fic:

Cold-Blooded: PWP CNC with snake form Crowley 🐍with incredible ink drawing from @velvetminefield (NSFW click)

Aftermaths: Immediately after the end of Season 2 - started with indulging myself in Crowley's misery, now 3/6 chapters, including Aziraphale's POV in Heaven.

An Invitation to Dance: The I was wrong dance but they fuck.

you can find moodboards, inspo quotes etc on tumblr under the tag #the seeker who sets out upon the way and #la vraie monchichi

[ineffablebookgirl]

🎶✨ When you get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. Then, send this ask/tag 10 of your favourite followers ✨🎶

Thanks for tagging me, @inconveniently-discorporated !

1 - "Swan Upon Leda" by Hozier. Just lots and lota of feelings and I can't wait for the album to come out!

2 - "The Heart is a Muscle" by Gang of Youths. This really captures a hopefulness and resilience and emotional self-empowerment that I love.

3 - "The Water" by Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling. Pretty much any music about water or rivers has my heart.

4 - "Sky Full of Song" by Florence + the Machine. Just. Hngggg.

5 - "Saturn" by Sleeping at Last. Existential agnst is my jam. Sometimes.

This is just making me realize how much my music habits are dependent on mood and phase of life, and I'm kind of in a liminal space right now, musically.

No pressure tags: @skyisverybored @turniptitaness @naefelldaurk @sarahthecoat @sevdrag @uniquelyhilarious @darkcomicsbookslibrariesthing @ineffable-shenanigans @skinnyscottishbloke @lumbrellacoffeemug @soarts @koriquo @lazulibundtcake @laurashapiro-noreally

[gayvecchio]

Thank you @pigtailedgirl for tagging me!

Rules: List five things you never get tired of writing. it can be tropes, themes, characters, phrases, whatever brings you joy. then tag five people!

I'm going to name things I enjoy writing in due South fic specifically.

Ray Vecchio. I love writing for him in general, but really love exploring post-Vegas Ray.

Reunions. I never get tired of getting Ray Vecchio and Fraser back together.

Getting together/First Time fics

Pining and longing, especially when it's mutual

Father/Son dynamics. This show is rife with stuff to explore there.

no-pressure tagging @marley-manson, @flownwrong, @laurashapiro-noreally, @sdwolfpup, and anyone else who wants to do this!

[possibility-left]

Good Omens fic recs #28

carol of the bells by drawlight - A/C, 17k words.  In that first holiday season following Armageddon, Aziraphale and Crowley slowly draw closer.  This is a series of lovely vignettes with a happy ending.  Drawlight's prose is as always vivid, colorful, and sharp, but this story is also immensely cozy and warm.

Four Cups of Wine by boreaowl - A/C, 56k words.  This is another lovely Jewish story.  Aziraphale and Crowley get invited to a Passover seder by chance and make friends with the hosting rabbi and her wife (great OCs).  They respectfully experience Jewish life through the year and try to figure out their mental health issues and their own relationship in the wake of Armageddidn't.

The Bentley Takes a Holiday by GiggleSnortBangDead - A/C, 4k words.  A very cute story in which Crowley unfortunately has to ride the bus (from his and Aziraphale's cottage), makes some friends, makes some enemies, but mostly wants to get home to his angel.  Very fluffy and sweet.

This must be the place by Laura Shapiro (laurashapiro) - A/C, 10k words.  After the lockdown phone call, Aziraphale writes a love letter and invites Crowley over, trying to be brave.  This turns into a slow, romantic seduction that I enjoyed very much.

mourning doves by sleepyimpulse - A/C, 22k words.  Sometime after the end of S2, Aziraphale Falls... into Crowley's living room.  They struggle, Crowley's angst I think is especially poignant here, as they try to figure out their friendship/relationship/existence and Aziraphale recovers.  The language in this is gorgeous.

[ineffableclassics]

After the nightingale sang, before a naked archangel arrives in Soho – four years passed. What happened during that time?

Words: 11,754

Status: Complete

Rating: Teen and Up

By @laurashapiro-noreally