#omen by hp

[kazualaf]

Setup photo dump

[animentality]

[loz-tearsofahomo]

"not everything has to relate back to a fictional gay couple" I am in your walls as we speak.

[chocolatepot]

Ugh, I feel so conflicted about Good Omens all the time now - like, every time you see a piece of fanart I've reblogged, just assume there's a solid minute of indecision about queuing it.

Part of me wants s3 to get canceled (and s2 of Sandman as well) and everyone to just forget about his cultural impact, because it would fucking serve him right. Part of me is like, well, these things don't just represent fame and money to him, they're jobs for hundreds of other people, and a big break for at least one or two - plus it's Terry Pratchett's legacy, supposedly the plot they'd worked out together. And then I get suspicious of myself and accuse myself of only wanting to see how GO was going to be wrapped up.

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

I've read so much fanfiction in the past few years that sometimes I forget that I am not, in fact, a white middle-aged British man. Is this a universal experience.

...

On a related note, I spend so much time on tumblr that now I don't know which timezone I'm running on, because it sure as fuck isn't Indian Standard Time. I woke up at 3 in the afternoon yesterday and it's now 7 am, I'm going to sleep soon. Which of you maggots gave me your timezone?!

(I did a little googling and it seems that I'm living healthily according to the timezone of Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. I don't know what to do with this information. The rest of this week, I mostly match up to London time.)

[pizzaback]

If you backed the Good Omens graphic novel on Kickstarter you are eligible for a refund until Friday, February 7th 2025 by using the contact form on the Kickstarter page or emailing the Terry Pratchett Estate at kickstarter@terrypratchett.com

Regardless of what you choose to do with this information, please know that Neil Gaiman is not directly financially benefiting from this Kickstarter campaign or sales of the graphic novel - all of the funds go to the Terry Pratchett estate.

[saltykoalamusic]

You ever look at someones artstyle and just know that they either draw or used to draw yaoi/smut. Like I can't explain it, you just know it in your gut.

[dragonbornphoenix]

Here is a helpful article on how to use a site skin on AO3 to hide or warn for works that include tags about AI (except for ones that are saying they've used a spell checker or grammar checker). A friend in my Starsky and Hutch fandom found this after a group discussion we had about AI generated stories. The instructions are easy to follow and it works just fine.

[sneverussape]

nothing lasts forever.

no…i don’t suppose it does.

[ali-houston]

[kazualaf]

Back on that MWII Ranked Grind 🫡

(New Setup Pic too)

[godmotherpm]

just wanted to share with someone but none of my friends are into good omens or doctor who or 4th part of harry potter so you know David Tennant like only one year younger than my dad but i would do anything for this man and when i say anything i mean ANYTHING I WOULD SHOOT MY OWN KNEES I MEAN DUDE I LOVE MY KNEES BUT WELL FOR DAVID TENNANT!..

[eliaskew]

Found a post on Reddit talking about possible Marauders AU's and thought I'd throw my own hat into the ring so, here are some, specifically british shows/movies I think could be adapted into brilliant fics and AU's.

The History Boys-

A group of Sixth Formers from a poor area in Yorkshire achieve the highest grades in their A Levels that the school has ever seen. Consequently, the principal makes them stay an extra term so that they can prepare to get into Oxford and Cambridge universities (the most prestigious universities in the UK).

There's a wide variety of characters, including an eccentric "general studies" teacher who takes the boys on "special" motorbike rides and feels them up at stops, a young history teacher brought in to get them ready for Oxford, despite being a fraud, and the boys themselves who are all colourful and weird in their own ways.

The story has tragedy, heartbreak, exam stress, lots of very British banter and an excellent commentary on Queerness and Queen relationships. It's the British answer to the Dead Poets Society and has adaptations on the BBC.

The Full Monty-

Another British film, once again set in Yorkshire (both around the canon time period too). After the Thatcher administration, hundreds of miners in Yorkshire lose their jobs, as do many factory workers.

This film follows a dad attempting to raise money so he can fight his ex-wife in court for joint custody of their son, his best mate who feels insecure about his weight, a depressed young queer man looking after his mother and a few others besides as they try and fail to look for jobs now their steel factory is bust.

They see hoards of women watching male strip shows and decide to give that a try as a way to raise money. Hijinks ensue including stripping, intimidation of repo men, running naked from the police, terrible dancing, hilarious auditions for the troupe and more.

It's a commentary on class, desperation and male friendships which remain wholesome throughout. There is also a queer relationship between two characters which while not particularly explored in the film could be explored in an au.

The Importance of Being Ernest-

Oscar Wilde's most famous comedy where two upper class gentleman pull a long con on the people around them by each pretending to be a fictional "Ernest". Of course, the core of this revolves around the women they're interested in:

Jack Worthing invents a brother named "Ernest" for the people of his country home, while his friend Algernon Montcrieff creates an invalid friend called Bunbury. Both characters invented by these men as reasons to skive off their duties and pursue romantic encounters.

Jack is interested in Algernon's cousin, who has a fascination with men called Ernest and Algernon hears about Jack's ward and, seeing her as a way to raise himself out of debt, pretends to be Jack's non-existent brother "Ernest" to get in with her.

It's a comedy of errors entirely befitting of the Marauders era with a lot of British tongue-in-cheek humour, romantic moments and convoluted deception.

Derry Girls-

A more modern entry than most of the others on my list. Set in an all girls school (minus James the wee English fella) in Ireland it follows a group of girls and James as they go through the trials and tribulations of living in Ireland during the Troubles, school life, religious guilt and sexuality. Again, it's incredibly funny, heartbreaking in moments and highly relatable. Definitely a good choice for an AU, especially if one wanted to focus more on the friendship side than the relationship side of the Marauders fandom.

Sex Education-

Fairly self explanatory, a group for British pupils at a Sixth Form College discovering their sexualities, learning about sex in a way that wasn't taught at school. Very queer, very funny at points with moments of family troubles, harder topics and exam stress. Modern day as opposed to Derry Girls which is set in the 90's so more wiggle room if you're someone who prefers modern au's. Large and diverse cast with individual stories and character growth so another one that's perfect for including the entire Marauders Ensemble.

Good Omens-

An Angel and a Demon are both sent to earth, one to bring miracles, the other to tempt people to sin. Along the way they get to know and care about each other, forming a pact where they will occasionally help each other out on jobs since they're effectively cancelling out each other's usefulness.

6000 years later and the Antichrist is born, Crowley (the demon) has the idea for them both to raise the boy together so that he neither turns out good OR evil, which Aziraphale (the angel) agrees to. However, due to an entirely human mix-up at the Antichrist's birth, they end up raising the wrong boy.

And the Actual Antichrist begins the end of the world. Crowley and Aziraphale have to work together to find him, and stop it, despite the risk of their respective sides catching wind and punishing them.

This is essentially a very British 6000 year long slow-burn between two male presenting entities and would be ideal for an enemies to lovers situation.

The Holiday-

In fairness, I think I have seen someone do an AU of this film but I can't remember the name of the fic so I'm going to put this forward anyway.

A british Publisher finds out that the man she's in love with is marrying someone else after leading her on and becomes incredibly depressed by this. At the same time, in America, a producer has caught her long-term boyfriend cheating on her and though she is devastated by this, she cannot cry. Instead of both of them wallowing in there maudlin, they decide to go on holiday and end up swapping houses for a while.

There are cultural differences each must overcome including the british lady's drunke, widower brother stumbling into her house while she isn't there and entering a relationship with the American, and the British lady encountering an American composer whom she quickly falls for despite him being in a relationship already.

Very sweet, very touching with explorations of romance, self and belonging. Another wide cast of characters but more focused on the romantic aspect of the four leads.

BBC Ghosts-

Specifically the British version of this, because while the American version is brilliant, this is focusing on British media.

Allison and Mike are a married couple who are struggling with their finances. When a distant relative of Allison's dies they're gifted her Manor house in rural England with plans to turn it into a BnB and earn some money. The ghosts inhabiting the house, varying from a Tory Politician who died in a sex scandal, to a woman burned as a witch and a caveman who died on the grounds- aren't very happy about this and do their best to scare them away.

An accident leaves Allison dead for a few minutes before modern technology is able to bring her back and from that moment onward she is able to see and speak to the ghosts.

Various hijinks ensue where the ghosts and Allison must learn to get along despite the issues with the house, the failing BnB business and Button House being put on the map through various historical discoveries.

This would be another great one for an Ensemble feel, historical discoveries and shenanigans around the different ways each character was raised (and subsequently died.) Incredibly funny, very British humour and very on brand for the Marauders.

And finally: Twelfth Night (or really, any Shakespeare, Twelfth Night just happens to be my favourite and I'm incredibly biased)-

Another comedy of Errors. Sebastian and Viola, twins from Medici (if I remember correctly) are caught in a storm and shipwrecked, both believing the other is dead. Viola washes up on Illyria having been saved by a local captain and decides her best bet at survival is to put on Sebastian's clothes and pretend to be a man so she can seek employment under Duke Orsino.

Duke Orsino is head over heels for Countess Olivia, whom is mourning her family and also hates the Duke. Viola, as Cesario her male disguise, falls for Orsino, Orsino sends them to court Olivia in his wake, Olivia falls for Viola/Cesario and then Sebastian washes up with his pirate "friend" and all hell breaks loose and no-one is able to tell one from the other.

Theres a side plot involving the members of Olivia's household sending a man insane because he's a dick which is just as funny as the rest of it.

Very funny, lots of deception and a brilliant exploration of relationships, self-discovery, identities and queerness. It's not a stretch to see Viola/Cesario as trans, Orsino and Olivia as queer and Antonio (Sebastian's pirate "friend") as gayer than a bottle of crisps.

Plus, I think there should be more Shakespeare Au's and this one, while the plot is complicated, fits the Marauders characters brilliantly well.

[dokkywokky]

Now, I want to stress that I'm not an old school monster hunter fan. I'm not exactly *new* either; I started with World and I've really only played that and Rise. Now, I played world at Launch on a shitty Intel gaming PC that was about five years out of date by the point I wanted to test the game out. So I know what normal capcom potato graphics are supposed to look like.

This is not that.

I don't know. WHAT HAPPENED. (Say hi to my Hunter, Jade, by the way.) This? This mess? This is supposed to be a gunlance.

This was apparently what became of the tutorial Chatacabra. Now, I'm not harping on Wilds. This is the best Gunlance has ever felt, the visdev is (probably) gorgeous, and I love the UI design and character creator. The VAing here is excellent, and from what I was able to see that wasn't completely fucked, the lipsync and character animations were great. Unfortunately, it somehow got worse over time??? I'll let my live reactions speak for themselves.

This is some Vinesauce Corruptions tier shit. It's hilarious. In fact, I found it funny enough to try and stream it to a couple of friends who happened to be on call, and while we were dying laughing at *whatever the fuck* this was, five minutes later, this happened.

Apparently this is an uncommon issue some folks have had with Wilds. So, y'know. On one hand, watch out. But on the other hand, definitely stream this if you get these weird-ass corruption graphics. It's great.

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

mmgh good omens mascot here, why is every beautiful queer relationship either not canon or sad or both

CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME SOME HAPPY QUEERS PLEASE? TO DISTRACT ME FROM CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE I WATCHED LOKIUS EDITS AND THEY'RE ALL SAD AND JOHNLOCK AND THEY'RE ALL SAD AND BOTH AREN'T REALLY CANON AND MY FANON OTP DRARRY ISNT CANON AND REALLY APART FROM HEARTSTOPPER WHAT HAVE I ACTUALLY GOT

[theflikchic]

Can't wait for the entire Internet to suddenly decide that everything Neil Gaiman wrote was actually super bad and ultra misogynistic and that anyone caught wearing a piece of Coraline or Good Omens merchandise/cosplay is now equal to a Nazi. That's gonna be fun.