I was peckish...

Amanda, she/her, ineffable

[bisasterdi]

Announcing the next big event from GO-Events, the GO Book Fest. Sign-ups will begin here on December 3, 2020, at 12pm EST. 

Deets For this fest, you can claim a published work of the written word (in any language, and any genre) and use that as inspiration to create a new Good Omens work. AU and canon works are both fine for this event. Your book does not have to be fiction, or prose even, it just has to have been published in book form. (So, published plays are fine, books of poetry, non-fiction, etc.) It would be rad if you would stick to works that are primarily known as published, written word and not novelizations of works in other forms of art. (With the exception of stage plays that are often read in written form, such as the works of Shakespeare.)

The Fine Print A word about uniqueness of assignments: Because of the difficulty of choosing a sign-up time that isn’t massively inconvenient for some group of people in our international fandom, I prefer to make assignments non-unique by default and not based on how quickly you can fill out a form. 

So, you will be asked for a first, second, and third choice on the sign-up form. In addition, you will be asked the following assignment preference question: 

If another person signs up and requests the same book as my first (or possibly second) choice, I would prefer to:

Switch to my next choice that isn't also chosen by another person

Share the assignment with the other creator(s) (and create separate works)

I would prefer not to participate if I couldn't have my first choice and have it be unique to my work

As you can see, the default would be that you would sacrifice your first or possibly second choice to have a book unique to your work, regardless of how early you sign up. This seems to be the fairest to me, and was voted more fair than the alternative in a poll I ran on the GO-Events discord, so this is what we’re going with for this one.

tl;dr: Again, you can begin signing up on December 3, 2020 at 12pm EST (approximately 24 hours from when I am first posting this notice) at the form located here: https://forms.gle/tAvcV45N3Trb64Ww5

[bisasterdi]

One Step at a Time, a new GO POV Pairs work written by @soapasaurus and @bisasterdi.

Summary: Now that they’ve heroically saved the world from the machinations of heaven and hell, what are a retired angel and demon to do? Aziraphale and Crowley come to realize that the world they love is still very much under siege—but should they get involved in sorting out humanity’s problems? And if they did, what do two supernatural beings know about fighting social injustice, climate change, and other destructive forces that make it seem like the real apocalypse is just around the corner? Some things are too big to simply “miracle” better, and the road ahead seems unimaginably long. But as humans have always known, all journeys start one step at a time, and a friend walking beside you makes all the difference.

@soapasaurus is writing Crowley POV, @bisasterdi is writing Aziraphale POV, and everything else is a shared effort between the two of us. The work is a mixture of epistolary and regular prose, and we'll be exploring what an angel and a demon might be able to help with now that they're permanent Earth residents.

Title taken from this wonderful quote from Ruth Bader Ginsberg: "Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."

[ineffableandco]

David Tennant and Michael Sheen at the BAFTA 2020 presenting the award for Best Mini Serie. They did it Staged style 😍

[neil-gaiman]

One day, when I'm dead, someone at the Gates will ask me if I did anything to qualify for admission to Writers' Heaven. And then I'll list all the books I wrote, and all the good deeds I tried to do, and the worthwhile causes I supported, and they will just stare at me, unsmiling and unimpressed. And finally, in desperation I'll say "Well, I was the first one to put David Tennant and Michael Sheen together..." And the unimpressed expression will become a huge and delighted smile. "You did that?" they will say. "God LOVES them!"

They probably still won't let me in to Writers' Heaven, but I will take that one thing with me as my fragment of Grace, as I trudge down the stairs to Writers' Hell.

[fomagranfalloon]

Cut to adjacent Actor's Heaven: Stephen Fry, director of Bright Young Things, featuring DT & MS, "Pardon?"

[neil-gaiman]

God apparently says it doesn't count unless they were both in a scene or on the screen at the same time. (Also Stephen Fry is going to Writers' Heaven anyway, for being Stephen Fry.)

[bisasterdi]

Posted as a part of the @go-events Good AUmens AU Fest, I’m pleased to announce that my Pet Shop AU, Fur Get Me Not, is now available to read on AO3. The story is complete and can be read in its entirety.

Summary: Crowley's been doing just fine since he left London for a slower and quieter life in the country. He's the owner of a pet shop in a small village, spending his days in the shop helping people and their pets and his evenings...well, his evenings are quiet. It's all fine until the day Adam Young bursts through the door to his shop, his Godfather Aziraphale struggling to keep up. Up until the day he first met Aziraphale, Crowley thought he'd live out the rest of his days in solitude. Now? He's not so sure that's what he wants anymore.

Thanks to @soapasaurus for the amazing beta work, as always.

[bisasterdi]

Fur Get Me Not: Coming June 5

I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be posting a pet shop AU on June 5th as a part of the Good AUmens AU Fest! Crowley is the owner of a pet shop in an English village in the countryside, and Aziraphale is Adam Young’s godfather who brings Adam into the shop to adopt a cat. (Hijinx ensue.) Here is a short preview!

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"Adam, dear, you really do need to pay more attention," the uncle said, and Crowley had somehow expected him to be annoyed or angry. He'd seen a lot of that, parents snapping at their kids when they made innocent mistakes, but this was different. The man's voice was gentle, almost soothing, as he corrected Adam, and Adam nodded solemnly up at him before engrossing himself with feline antics again.

"They're all brilliant. No idea how I'll pick just one." Adam's fingers curled around the wire separating him from the cats, chewing on his bottom lip.

"I'm afraid your parents were quite clear on that point. One cat and only one cat." The man looked at Crowley for the first time, a beatific smile spreading over his features and practically lighting him up from the inside. "I do appreciate the assist. I have rather a difficult time keeping up with this young man."

"I think there are track stars who would have the same trouble, so no shame there," Crowley said, smiling down at Adam before looking back up at his uncle, only to be hit full in the face with the particular gentle grace the man had about him. "I'm Crowley, the owner of the store," Crowley's voice supplied, while the rest of him was busy being knocked over backward by how immediately he was drawn to this man he'd seen for the first time only moments ago. The twenty year-old Crowley who was burrowed somewhere deep within his older counterpart was screaming something like, 'What d'you say the two of us get out of here and get a drink,' but the wisdom that had come with age allowed him to keep a lid on it.

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I’d love it if you’d give this a read when it’s time to post it on June 5th. :)

[go-events]

Upcoming Good Omens Event: POV Pairs

[bisasterdi]

go-events‌:

Signups will soon begin for the event that will follow Good AUmens AU Fest, the POV Pairs event. For this event, you will create one or more works based on a very broad, canon-compliant prompt along with a partner based on a pair of characters. You will work either with or parallel to your partner–each of you creating SOLELY from the point of view of your assigned character within the pair. You can sign up solo to be paired up, or sign up with a partner. Pairings, for solo signups, will be based on your preferred POV pair/character, your “ways to work” preferences, and prompt preferences, all of which you will have an opportunity to choose on the sign-up form for the event.

Signups, due to the complexity of the pairings and assignments, will occur over five days, beginning Wednesday, May 20, at 12 noon EST and ending on Monday, March 25 at 12 noon EST. Because of the enormous number of factors that will determine your POV pair, your prompt, and your working preferences, and your assigned partner, there is no real advantage or disadvantage to signing up at any point during the sign-up period. (Please note that multiple pairs can be assigned the same prompt, so don’t worry that you’ll lose out on a prompt you really love.)

If you are a participant, you can begin work with your partner on your prompt as soon as you receive your assignment. Works will post on Tumblr/AO3/your other platform of choice during the month of September.

Link to the form (which again, will open on May 20.)

The FAQ for this event is in the works. Contribute to it by submitting the questions you have about the event via ask. Anon asks welcome.

I am reblogging this post to note that the signup date has changed to Wednesday, May 27 at 12 noon EST.  A channel has been added to the GO-Events discord to help people pair up prior to signing up for the event solo (you will still be able to sign up solo, however) and I'd like to push out signup an extra week to give people time to find partners there. If you are not currently a member of the discord and you'd like to join to find a POV Pairs partner, here is an invite link: https://discord.gg/dKaADvq and the channel for looking for a POV Pairs partner is #pov-pairs-matchmaking.

Thank you!

[bisasterdi]

Did it work?

reference: https://www.pajiba.com/web_culture/whats-with-the-did-it-work-legs-meme-blackpinks-lisa-goes-viral.php

[viktoriamodestablog]

[princip1914]

Made this yesterday for a server I’m in, then woke up this morning so grateful for the new online friends I’ve made & welcoming spaces, so putting it here too

[neil-gaiman]

Free short stories, essays, audio and video all by me at

https://www.neilgaiman.com/Cool_Stuff

[bisasterdi]

Looking for quality content to enjoy during your Social Distancing Fun Hours(tm)? Check out this.

[go-events]

GO-Events Now Beginning Prep Work for Good AU-Mens Event

Beginning sometime in mid-March, the AU event will begin. In preparation for the claims process, I need to gauge interest for the various AU concepts that have been brainstormed up to this point (with the help of the crew at the GO Rom Com Discord, thanks pals!) so that we can make sure our claims list will have the options that participants will be excited to work with. (Written AND visual arts projects welcome!)

We’re going to be breaking the most popular concepts up into sub-themes, but before I can do that, I need to know what the most popular concepts are! That’s where you come in. If you are a likely (or even possible) participant for the AU fest, please fill out the below survey to help me create the best claims list possible. One survey per person, please, so that the results don’t get skewed.

Click to take survey!

[bisasterdi]

This survey has been a smash hit and I’m getting some amazing data. I will leave it open for responses for another 24 hours from right now (3:00 pm EST on 2/19) and then I will move forward with more news about how claims will go, when they will open, and everything else you might like to know. Thank you! I hope to see a lot of you in the event when we kick it off.

[rainydaydecaf]

Aziraphale’s phone rings.  He answers, expecting it to be Crowley.  But to his surprise, it’s a demon he’s never met.

“I’m Crowley’s replacement,” the demon says.  “He’s not done anything impressive lately, and Downstairs doesn’t like how ineffective he is at keeping you in line.  So now he’s shuffling paperwork and scooping up hellhound shit while I do his job for him.”

“Ah… I see,”  Aziraphale says icily.  “Well, I most assuredly do not look forward to working with you.”

The demon laughs.  “Feeling’s mutual.”

Twenty-four hours later, the demon is very surprised to find himself discorporated in his sleep.  He can’t explain what happened, he has absolutely no idea.

“Don’t let it happen again,” Beelzebub says, annoyed, and sends the demon back up.

After a mere three days, the demon ends up discorporated again.

A new replacement is sent up.  This one lasts for a week and a day.

A third replacement is sent up.  This one lasts for exactly four hours.

Three demons are sent up next time.  Two manage to stay alive for at least five months.  In that time, they botch four very important temptations, and the citizens of London inexplicably find their daily lives much improved in thousands of little ways.  Traffic and pollution are nonexistent, injury and illness are miraculously avoided.  Church attendance is up five hundred percent, and every politician and CEO is struck by the urge to donate as much money as possible to charity.  There’s a general feeling of contentedness and goodwill in the air that wasn’t there before.  It feels downright heavenly.

Suddenly, Beelzebub is having a very hard time finding anyone to take Crowley’s post.  Bribes and threats make no difference.  The rumors have spread and only grown more disturbing in the telling.  Not one demon is willing to go up there and face the cold, calculated, merciless wrath of the angel known as Aziraphale.

Crowley absolutely loses it when someone gets around to telling him.  “Y’know, I could’ve warned you,” he says gleefully.  “Been working with him for thousands of years.  I know exactly how much of a bastard he can be.”

After running the numbers and seeing how many souls they’ve lost to Heaven in the past year, Beelzebub gives up and concludes that trying to replace Crowley is a massive waste of resources Hell can’t afford.

After one year, Aziraphale receives another phone call.  He answers, with bated breath, and nearly shouts for joy when he hears a familiar voice.

“Hi, angel.  Lunch on me?”

[bisasterdi]

Ghostwriter, rated E

Summary: With the ghostwriting job that pays his bills on the line, struggling author Aziraphale is given one last assignment to prove himself: Write a tell-all 'autobiography' of notorious playboy Anthony J. Crowley. They certainly don't get off to a great start, but with Aziraphale's job and Crowley's only form of financial support on the line, they'll both have to hang in there long enough to finish the book.

If Crowley's family--notorious in the seedy underbelly of organized crime--and the law enforcement investigating them don't get in the way, then the very real feelings that spark between them will.

Beta: @soapasaurus - Who, as always, has been invaluable from earliest brainstorming, to word salad fixing, to along-the-way problem solving. Thank you so much, you’re amazing and fun and I’m really glad we’re working together on things. <3

Notes: This work is a Good Omens Holiday Swap (@goodomensholidayswap) pinch hit for @thebasisofoptimism. As this giftee has been patiently waiting for this belated holiday gift for so long, I’m going to start posting it serially now that the work on this fill-in gift is pretty far along. I'm trying to hit two of the three prompts given.

Prompts I'm working from: 1. To read about first kisses and declarations of love is really nice always in any kind of setting. 3. Or how about a human AU that is not 'they meet in high school / uni'.

I hope you like it, @thebasisofoptimism! 

The first chapter is now available on AO3. I will be posting the rest of the work quickly as my amazing beta, @soapasaurus and I finish polishing it.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Calming video by Michael Sheen 

As someone suffering from anxiety disorder I find it truly amazing and love it. ❤ ❤ ❤

[bisasterdi]

I am a Certified Cynical Person (tm) but also a very small and compact ball of anxiety. I love the Sheen but I was skeptical about this feeling helpful to me in any way, and I let it roll through the whole video at least twice before I even unmuted it.

If you, like me, are skeptical about things like this being helpful but probably could use some anxiety reduction, unmute this and give it a try. I actually do feel calmer and I’m so infinitely warmed by the idea of someone with a busy professional schedule and a tiny newborn taking the time out to share this with us. If nothing else, his commitment to his desire to be helpful will give a little boost to your desire to be a person in the world today.

[bisasterdi]

Aziraphale/Crowley: There’s No Place Like Home

A Good Omens Holiday Swap pinch hit for @forlorn-kumquat

@forlorn-kumquat​, I’m terribly sorry about the wait, but here is your pinch hit gift! I brainstormed ideas with my excellent beta, @soapasaurus​, for all three of your prompts. In the end, we both decided that the idea of having Crowley and Aziraphale help Newt and Anathema with house/flat hunting and keeping it canon compliant was just too funny to pass up. (I had to adjust the prompt a little to fit it into canon, I hope that’s okay!)

There’s No Place Like Home, Rated T

When Anathema and a soaking wet Newt show up on Aziraphale's doorstep one night, one angel and one demon appoint themselves the young couple's flat hunting consultants. Who better to assist than two immortal beings who have spent centuries around London, after all? They won't stop until a suitable living space is found, no matter the obstacles. (And if Aziraphale realizes a few things about himself along the way, well, that's just gravy, isn't it?)

tags: Crowley/Aziraphale, Newt/Anathema, Ineffable Husbands, Ineffable Spouses, Fluff, Humor, Occult and Ethereal Beings to the Rescue, not really, But they try bless them, Flat hunting, Home, Realizations, Aziraphale POV

Thanks to: @soapasaurus​, for lightning-quick betaing, brainstorming, streamlining, and general hilarity. <3

Find it here on AO3

[go-events]

Future GO Fanwork Event Plans

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Quick recap for anyone not familiar with the ongoing GO Rom Com Event: FAQ | Masterlist | Discord where you can read more/ask questions

After the Rom Com event is over, this blog will be transitioning to “GO Events”, and we’ll run five events over the course of 2020 and into 2021. (We ran a few surveys to gauge interest in lots of different event ideas, and these decisions were made based on the data gleaned from those results.)

Support/betaing/brainstorming/etc. will be available via our discord chat server for every event. Betas are not compulsory, but strongly suggested. More details about each event will be coming up closer to the event dates, but here is a quick rundown of the general concept for each event:

GO AU Fest: No angels or demons, AUs only, using GO characters. Fic, art, and other media welcomed. Prompts will be assigned via claims. 

GO POV Pairs: Beginning with a list of canon-compliant story ideas, creators will sign up as an Aziraphale or a Crowley. Prompts will be given out to pairs via claims. Those pairs can work together or separately (you will specify a preference upon signup) but everyone will create a work to their prompt done solely from the POV of their chosen character.

GO MystAU: From a list of mystery genre plotlines (submissions accepted via Tumblr/Discord) participants will claim one and create a work based on it.

GO OTP Prompts Fest: We’ll collect writing/art prompts from places such as the OTP prompts generator and other prompts lists. Artists and writers would claim a prompt from the resulting list and create a work based on it.

GO Book AU: We’ll compile a list of classic books, and then participants will claim one to adapt using GO characters. (This event has been positioned late in the event cycle because I believe it may take the most planning on the part of the participants. We will likely start the claims process long before the previous event has wrapped up to give everyone extra time to brainstorm and plan.)

MystAU and the OTP Prompts events were both high scoring as far as votes and 1st/2nd/3rd place rankings went, but also had a high number of low rankings. When their rankings were compared, I found that many people who liked one of the ideas disliked the other. When we run these events concurrently, hopefully people who aren’t interested in one will feel drawn to the other, and we can have more participants and works to enjoy.

At the conclusion of the Rom Com event, the name of this blog and the discord will be changing to transition into the next series of events. Thanks to all who participated in the survey(s), and I hope to see many of you either creating or enjoying all the works we’ll be creating for GO in the next year. 

[calamitywoman]

“Aziraphale gave the boy the power to insist on his own choices, and Crowley gave him the desire.”

Hi everyone! It’s been forever since I’ve uploaded something GOmens related. This piece was inspired by and done for the fic Balance written by @bisasterdi  for the @goodomensbigbang ! It was a really wonderful experience and read, so go read it and leave lots of love on it! Thank you to the Mods for this amazing Big Bang, bringing amazing people together to collab and create something unique that everyone in the fandom can enjoy.

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[bisasterdi]

Very fun working together on this!