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I'm in too many fandoms
@gabe-dasha
Literally what you just read. I'm a nerd and I like obsessing over things as a break from reality. This blog is my outlet. Welcome to my personal madness. It's always summer here! 🌲🌳🌾🌿☀️🌫🌡 Age? 903. Place of birth? Under a rock. Pronouns? Spin the wheel, my gender is not relevant to the plot >:)
It's been over a year, so I think it's time for a new welcome post...
🎉WELCOME!!!🎉
The name and bio of the blog mostly speak for themselves, but here is a quick note of explanation with pretty much everything you need to know about me (more under the cut):
I came on this site to vent about fandoms and recently also share my art or fanfiction. These are the fandoms that you may encounter on this blog:
Good Omens 🪽 (and related universes. Also I'm a massive Aziraphale fan and kinnie)
Doctor Who 🕰
Elisabeth das musical 🪭 (plus other German-language musicals)
The count of Monte Cristo ⛓️💥
Dracula🩸
20 000 leagues under the sea 🐙
Sherlock Holmes 🔎 (and BBC Sherlock)
Narnia 👑
Various musicals, like the Phantom of the Opera 🎭, Hamilton 🇺🇸, Wicked 🐒, Epic 🌊and so on
Side blogs:
@imjustagoldfish - a blog dedicated to Mycroft Holmes (from BBC Sherlock), to whom I relate for reasons. Sadly currently inactive, since I got sucked into other fandoms
@gallifreyanposting - a blog for posting all of my Loren Sherman's Circular Gallifreyan translations and designs. It's very much active, so come and say hi. We have a pretty cool gang there :)
Fanfiction:
You can find me on ao3 under the name Gabriel Dasha. I don't have too many fanfics in my CV, but I am constantly working on new ones as ideas keep haunting me. For now you can read and enjoy:
⛵️ There is a good God in Heaven who looks after honest folk (The Count of Monte Cristo)
It has been 14 years now since Edmond Dantés became the captain of the Pharaon and married the love of his life, Mercedés. Their lives couldn't possibly get any better. Their children are being raised in a house full of love and joy. But every now and then Dantés remembers something from a world long forgotten.
Or
An AU where Villefort had the decency to let Edmond go
💀 Every day a little Death (The Count of Monte Cristo, Elisabeth das musical)
Edmond Dantés is well acquainted with Death. But now that he has promised Mercedés not to kill her son, he feels closer to it than ever. It's time to decide. Will he run again or will he face his demise at the hands of the vicomte?
⚔️ Those damn golden eyes (Good Omens)
After Archangel Aziraphale escapes from his prison in Heaven and suffers the consequences, Crowley is left to face the armies of Heaven on his own (although is he really?). As a last ditch effort to tip the scales, he challenges the self procclaimed general, Michael, to a duel for the fate of humanity, during which his whole life flashes before his eyes, literally...
In other words: my humble take on the Second Coming, containing everything that I know is not likely to happen in the actual finale.
Frequently used tags:
#dasha answers - for asks
#earth's fluffiest protector - for obsessing over Aziraphale
#dasha unfiltered - for my real-time reactions to shows I watch or books I read
#dasha does music - for me recreating tunes
#good omens aikido AU - for updates on my WIP, which is sort of self-explanatory
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I'm a Catholic with pretty strong feelings about my religion and God, but do not for a second think I'm one of those "burn the gays" Catholics. No. Come on guys, I'm literally a Good Omens fan. All are welcome here. This blog is a safe space for everyone and anyone (unless you're agressive towards me first, then I will have to kindly ask you to leave)
Ryland Grace and his popularity as a character feels like such an important step in repairing the cultural tsunami left by the long running trope of every genius character needing to be an insufferable asshole to everyone in a ten mile radios about it.
Conversely, Eva Stratt is doing wonders for repairing and inspiring a appreciation for commanding women with dubious moral convictions who are fully willing to bend laws for the greater good without hesitation.
For someone who doesn't like watching horror/thriller/suspense I do seem to enjoy those particular doctor who episodes that are about a crew stuck on a spaceship/base/station and something is killing them off one by one and the doctor has to figure out what it is, what it wants and how to stop it
I'm back from the dead because I decided fuck it I don't care about anyone else's opinion on the finale. I will not read any post about it that is longer than 20 words. You hated it? Good for you. You have a very detailed analysis on why it sucked? I ain't reading it, sorry. You loved it? I don't care either lol have a meme and shut up
Currently adopting a new attitude ☝️ because why the heck should I give up my love for this story and these characters? My brain wasn't done processing them yet, so I'm not gonna let myself be chased out of the fandom again into this limbo where I can't love Good Omens but I also can't fall in love with anything new. I'm staying, but I'm putting on noise cancelling headphones :)
Things I learned from reading the Broadchurch book that weren't in the show or I just forgor (mostly about Hardy, so beware):
Also spoilers for Broadchurch season 1, you have been warned
- Hardy almost had a panick attack when he first saw Danny's body. It says that he had to use some kind of breathing technique to calm himself down.
- Ellie and Joe wore their blue and orange jackets to be visible to their kids in public in case they got lost. There is a sentence that goes along the lines of "they sacrificed fashion for the sake of the boys' safety"
- Ellie is at war with slugs that randomly go on the carpet in her house at night (there is a shot or two referencing it in the show, but the book remarks on it way more often and in greater detail lol)
- Hardy doesn't drink coffee because of his condition. He knows his heart would give out if he had any caffeine. When Ellie is offering him a cup, he refuses, although he is tempted by the smell. Ellie is upset, because she thinks Hardy is just being mean.
- Hardy hates being on a boat, because the rocking reminds him of symptoms of an attack. He literally feels like he might collapse soon. The water "is mocking him".
- Beth's grief is described in even bigger detail, so that's a thing...
- When all of Broadchurch goes to Mass and Hardy (fresh out of the hospital, with stitches on his head and some of the blood still in his hair) goes there too to observe everyone, his entrance turns a lot of heads and the description goes "he himself looked like something that’s just crawled out of a grave". No, not even someONE, someTHING lol
- Maggie from the Echo has a partner called Lil, who is mentioned quite often (mostly the fact that she's angry with Maggie for coming home late). When Susan Wright threatens Maggie by saying "I know men who could r*pe you", she then also adds "and your 'friend' as well".
- Later when the two of them tell Ellie about this and she sort of tells them to look into Susan on their own, because she has to work on Danny's case, she thinks to herself "Middle-aged women are threatening each other with r*pe. What has this town come to?"
- At Jack Marshall's wake, when Hardy sees Becca Fisher talking to Paul, he thinks to himself "if I'd known her standards were so low, I'd have shot my shot too" (unfortunately it's probably what's left of the scene "do you want to relax here... with me... tonight?" because it didn’t make it to the page)
- Reading the flashback that explained it all was just as disturbing as watching it had been the first time round. My reaction is still "What the actual fuck"
- When Hardy breaks to Ellie who the murderer was, he has a passing thought of comforting her by telling her about Tess, as an "I know what it feels like to be betrayed by the person you love/are literally married to", but then decides against it, because he comes to the conclusion that being cheated on is actually nothing compared to your husband being a child murderer
- I almost cried at the section that described the Latimers' goodbyes to Danny right before the funeral yay
- I still don't know what the heck was going on with the psychic dude (Steve Connolly). Yes, Ellie tells Beth that he was convicted for car theft or whatever and Beth comes to the conclusion that he is actually a fraud looking for an opportunity to get famous by saying "I told you so" to the police after they've solved the case. But then there is a scene of Steve going to the church and asking Paul whether he hears the voice of God or not. Paul says that he doesn't and Steve feels even more lonely, interpreting it as the vicar not believing him either. Also he knew about the Sandbrook pendant and also that Hardy had been in Broadchurch before. As I said, the psychic dude remains unexplained...
Folks, the unfortunate time has come. I'm stepping away from this blog. Not a decision I've made easily, but I've not truly been in the Good Omens fandom for a while and now need to be putting my energy elsewhere.
If anyone would like to pick up where I'm leaving off please send me a message @infinitevariety. It would be great if a few people were interested, because I can tell you it's a lot to manage on your own! I'm happy to be around for a handover, any ongoing questions, and help with tagging, etc. This has been my passion project for over five years now, I'd like to leave it in good hands.
I've been avoiding the Good Omens fandom like the plague ever since the finale, but this has been one of the accounts that still brought me comfort.
Dear Mod D, you will be remembered and you can be sure I'll still be browsing through the fics you've recommended. Know that your project was, is, and will be loved by this fandom
