About Fifty Yards East Of The Ritz

[fourteen1427]

Here's a lil cryptic crossword to jumpstart the new year (set by @sn07 and I)!

The crossword is mainly Good Omens and Doctor Who themed (with a tiny bit of Inside No 9 as a tribute, since it is what got us into cryptic crosswords in the first place). Hope this helps you with the clues!

Give it a try if you like these shows and please feel free to share it with anyone you know who may be interested. (I, for one, will try and @neil-gaiman )

Happy new year everyone! I bet you are going to have a really great year!

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I was joking with a friend about combining The Good Place and Who Wants To Live Forever, because the lyrics actually makes a lot of sense when you think about it.  

So here you go, a very gloomy version of The Good Place.

It does not contain spoilers, but please consume with caution if you haven’t watched the show, otherwise it will leave you with a very wrong impression of the show.

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Good Omens Ver. - My Favourite Things (cover with adapted lyrics)

So this is an attempt to impress the Almighty, and possibly Mr. @neil-gaiman , and anyone else who may see this video. 

Lyrics adapted by Fourteen @fourteen1427 and SN @sn07

Audio recorded and mixed by SN 

Video edited by Fourteen  

Original “My Favorite Things” (Sound of Music) is composed by Richard Rogers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. 

Backing Track: http://youtu.be/yE6Tbasv9gU

And I would like to thank @sn07 for allowing me to spell ‘favourite’ with a U. I know it was a big step for you my dear, and I couldn’t be more proud. 

(Art by our wonderful @tio-trile)

[neil-gaiman]

There is so much creativity and so much joy in our Good Omens random fandom. I’m thrilled, and so are the cast and the people who made it…

[fourteen1427]

If we were totally honest with ourselves, we would have to admit that we were hoping Neil could see our little project, but when Neil actually saw it and said these lovely words, the excitement was so overwhelming that (I'm pretty sure) sn was hyperventilating for 30 min straight. We are so lucky to be sharing the same world with Good Omens. Thank you (all of you) for making it happen.

[neil-gaiman]

Hey Neil! First of all, love Good Omens. Secondly, my friend thinks you are the one in the cinema with Crowley, and she recognised you solely from your “posture”. Is she right?? Because I watched it again and think she might be!

She is right. Also I am all of the noises the bunny rabbits (and the head frog) are making in that scene.

[neil-gaiman]

Hi!! I’ve got a email saying I will receive the script and the companion book tomorrow. I will try to resist the temptation of reading the script before seeing the series, but is it ok to read the companion book? Does it contain any spoilers? Also, I’m going to London on 29th May to hear your talk on Good Omens, can’t wait! All the best & see you soon!

The Companion book shouldn’t give spoilers. More a tour of treats ahead of you.

[fourteen1427]

Good Omens Ver. - My Favourite Things (cover with adapted lyrics)

So this is an attempt to impress the Almighty, and possibly Mr. @neil-gaiman , and anyone else who may see this video. 

Lyrics adapted by Fourteen @fourteen1427 and SN @sn07

Audio recorded and mixed by SN 

Video edited by Fourteen  

Original "My Favorite Things" (Sound of Music) is composed by Richard Rogers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. 

Backing Track: http://youtu.be/yE6Tbasv9gU

And I would like to thank @sn07 for allowing me to spell ‘favourite’ with a U. I know it was a big step for you my dear, and I couldn't be more proud. 

(Art by our wonderful @tio-trile)

[fourteen1427]

I put this video here and thought no one would ever find it, so I simply put the credits at the end of the video and didn’t bother to write a description. 

Now that people are starting to watch it, I feel bound to say that this video is inspired by Hannibal || Glitter & Gold - Voordeel, the background music is Glitter & Gold by Barns Courtney.

All materials used are in tags. Message me if you want to know where a specific scene is from!

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My Easter be like...

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Fight Club

[neil-gaiman]

Crowley & Aziraphale’s New Year’s Wishes

From http://www.harpercollins.com/author/AuthorExtra.aspx?displayType=essay&authorID=3417

Crowley: 

Resolution #1: I must accept that Super-Gluing valuable coins to the sidewalk and then watching events from a nearby café is not proper demonic activity.

Resolution #2: The same applies to rearranging the letters on wayside pulpits.

Resolution #3: Try to come up with something as good as cell phone ringtones, following one last stab at convincing Downstairs that cell phone ringtones are right up there in the whole Human Misery stakes. And iPods. Has anybody Down There even said thank you for iPods? Or “Googling yourself?” Frankly, I deserve some kind of award for “Googling yourself.”

Resolution #4: I must encourage greedy people to use the term, “Low-hanging fruit,” because that’s just like old times.

Resolution #5: This year, I will get a desk near the window.

Resolution #6: I will try to understand why Hell is a no-smoking area. I just think it’s ridiculous having to stand around outside the gates, that’s all.

Resolution #7: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design, because it upsets everyone.

Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself.

Aziraphale:

Resolution #1: Spread peace and love and glad tidings of great joy throughout the world. Also try to get out more.

Resolution #2: I will be charitable to people who use the term “core values,” however difficult this may be.

Resolution #3: Notwithstanding Resolution #2 (above), I will redouble my efforts to have the utterance of the phrase “core values” classified as a deadly sin. I believe Himself is with me on this one.

Resolution #4: I will try to be nicer to the customers. They want to buy books; I want to sell them. It can’t be that hard. (Memo to self: Regular opening hours? Mark prices on books?)

Resolution #5: I will try to be polite to Gabriel, no matter what the provocation.

Resolution #6: Find out exactly what an “Internet” is.

Resolution #7: Really must resume dancing lessons. Learn the “Galloping Major,” the “Gay Gordons,” the “Mashed Potatoes.” Possibly even the “Twist”?

Resolution #8: Thwart Infernal Wiles (ongoing).

Resolution #9: I will try to understand why Heaven is a non-smoking area.

Resolution #10: On the orders of Head Office I will encourage the belief in Intelligent Design – despite the fact that the human airway crosses the digestive tract. Who thought that was intelligent?

Resolution #11: Feed the ducks.

…

PS: If you are a person who wrote Good Omens, do not EVER look at the Tumblr Aziraphale tag to find a nice picture of Crowley and Aziraphale to put into a New Year’s blog. There are things you can never unsee.

[neil-gaiman]

There are 17 of them altogether. I’d give a prize to anyone who could correctly identify which are mine and which are Terry’s, except there are a few I can’t remember.

(Thinks. Goes and finds the original email chain. It’s from December 2005.)

Ah. Terry wrote 4 Crowleys and 2 Aziraphales. Then I wrote 2 Crowleys and 6 Aziraphales. Then Terry added another 2 Crowleys and another 3 Aziraphales,  including one I would have sworn was mine. 

So now I know.

If anyone can correctly identify whose are whose (and I’ve done a fair bit of the work for you in the numbers above) post it here, and if I notice a correct one, I’ll find something fun and Good Omens related from the edit suite to send you.

(This is definitely not the sort of official contest that needs rules and stuff. It’s not the kind of thing you can “win” by picking every combination and posting it, because I’m going to be checking the replies to this, and that’s just going to irritate me. It’s more of a vague curiosity stop.) 

Artwork above by mizzkatonic

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Criminal Minds - Simple Song

Made this vid about a year ago.

Simple, yes, but sweet.

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Deadpool - Payphone

Made this about 2 years ago. It was my first proper editing project. Not perfect but it meant a lot to me.

❤️