#oh god soon it’ll be the 10kpocalypse anniversary…

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awwww asmi!!!! this is so sweet! this community we have- (a group, a group of the like 200 of us) has been so fun to be in and i’ve really connected with a lot of people through this community. it’s nice, to be a part of the maggots. irl friends are hard to interact with and being in the maggots server made me feel so happy and, well, included. i can’t believe it’s already been a year. it feels like it’s been a month! the maggots are amazing and i love yall

SURPRISE GET TAGGED @harbinger-of-existential-dread @littlewoggysaffle @lord-of-crabs @falling-raine @styx142 @queermarzipan @magicclemons @aroaceblackhole @lxvenderjewel @wispedvellichor @achilles-in-a-blanket-burrito @garnetgoose0-0

THERE ARE TOO MANY MAGGOTS TO ALL TAG SO KNOW EVNE IF YOH ARENT TAGGED I LVOE UOUA LL SO MUCHHHH ACCEPT ITTTTTTTTTT IM SORRY IF I NOTIFIED YOU AND YOH DIDNT WANT ITTTTTT really im sorry if you didnt want to be notified by this post or if this is the wrong tone or skmething i just really love you all 🥺🥺🥺

well, it's been a year since i found you all...

My dear maggots,

This is a long letter, but I owe it to you, and I hope you read it. One year ago. That's when I made that fateful Good Omens post. I'd joined tumblr a couple of weeks before that, in some part for Drarry, mostly for some kind of community.

You see, the month before, I'd just dropped out of college, not even halfway through the first year. I'd been isolated by nearly all the students, and the administration took their side. Of the few I'd considered friends, only one checked in on me after. My high school friends were busy with their own college lives. It's a long story, and a sad one, but this isn't about that story.

Hopped up on reading too many tumblr screenshots on pinterest, I threw myself into the hellsite, and finally was able to talk to a couple of people. Some of you have run into my I need a friend post. For once, I had some kind of interaction. And then my dash was flooded with Good Omens and so I made a post trying to figure out what the fuck was going on with the gay angel and demon.

I was in freefall. I'd long since passed the edge of the cliff and fallen over, and everything in my life was upended, and everything that I'd valued about myself, I'd lost. I was in freefall, and you caught me.

Delighted by my utter dumbassery, apparently, you crowded around me and offered theories and fanart and posts and lore. You laughed at my stupid jokes and pulled me in to watch the show with you. You read my summaries and named me the Mascot of your fandom. You were all so, so kind.

Which is why I adore the Good Omens fandom, and why I'll never leave, even after what Gaiman did. Because yes, I'd interacted with him before things went down, and sure, he was involved in the journey, but this isn't about him. I didn't even know he existed before this year. This is about you, and me, and the community that we created. He doesn't get to take that away.

And then, even once I'd watched the show, you stayed. You became my family. You adopted me into your fold. You began to talk to each other, too. Some of you made friends, some of you found qpps, some of you fell in love with each other, some of you found family. And you thanked me for it, but I don't think you understand, it was thanks to you. You did this. You found a sad, lonely boy with a weird unhinged sense of humour, and you saved him. If you were saved yourself, well, I am very, very, glad. Because you deserve that. You all do.

Whether you've never interacted with me with words or whether we've had hours long phone calls, whether you found me out a year ago or last week, whether you're part of the good omens fandom or not, it doesn't matter, I want to say thank you. You should know that no matter what else happened, you are so deeply good. And kind. And you helped me.

I'm in art school now. You were with me while I was searching for a college. While I wondered if I should even join one. You were with me the day I did the entrance exam. You were with me on my first day, and every day after that. When I was at the hospital or at home or on holiday. I knew I was never alone. Because I had you.

You never have to be alone again, either. You gave me a family, and I will do everything I can to keep it safe. I love you, so, so much.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

~ Asmi