CW: Discussions of Neil Gaiman.
TW: Neil Gaiman
Hello again Good Omens fandom and community. A gentle reminder as it’s now gone one year since the allegations against N*il G*iman were made public (how has it only been a year when it feels like a decade ago already?). As a fandom community I know we hold Good Omens and the characters close to our hearts, and this past year has been an extremely troubling and upsetting time. We are never going to please everyone with our condemnation of the author and our remaining in the fandom. I understand that. But I feel it’s important to remind everyone of what he is, what he did, and why we should still be talking about it. New people enter the fandom all the time and it’s important that they are aware of what he did so they don’t fall into idolisation and parasocial traps.
As I have said before I no longer support NG, his extended works, or his narrative. He has become a dark stain on what was once a beautiful community. We are still vibrant and beautiful and supportive of each other, but there will always remain a dark cloud now.
I know I continue to post enthusiastically my thoughts about the finale, meta analysis, headcanons, and sharing of other ideas and beautiful artwork. Because I still want this place to be the happy place it started off as before the whole entire world started going to shit.
But it’s important to remind everyone now and again of what happened and what he did so they remain informed. So for those of you new to the Good Omens community (and I’ve seen quite a few of you recently), please remember we do NOT stand with NG. He is an horrifically abusive and manipulative person and it is important that you do not revere, admire, idolise or respect him in any way. He has lost that privilege when he placed his hands on a woman without permission. He is nothing to us now. He has been cast out of this community and he will never be welcome back. Ever. He doesn’t get to play the waiting game and slink back in when he thinks the heat has died down. We will be waiting and we will tear him apart if he steps foot in any fandom community again. We will remember. We will not forget.
If you are brand new to Good Omens and you somehow have no idea what I’m talking about, or you have a vague idea but still don’t know the story, then I highly recommend watching Vera from Council of Geeks YouTube videos on the matter. She has made five videos and they’re all very thorough and informative without going into the specific and horrific details of the allegations. (I’ve linked the first video in the series).
I don’t expect everyone to made a comment about NG. I don’t think you should have to. But it’s still important to acknowledge what happened, what is continuing to happen and what you can do moving forward.
If you feel like you need to do something, then I highly recommend visiting the website Take Back The Night, which provides support to those affected by sexual violence.
https://takebackthenight.org
Always much love to this fandom, my followers and my mutuals. You make the internet a better place.
