Phoenix Rose

ineffable author. grown adult. she/her.

[phoen1xr0se]

Hi and welcome to my blog! 🖤🩶🤍

I'm Phoenix Rose, a 40-year-old teacher, writer, lighthouse historian, lone parent and cancer warrior with a severe Good Omens hyperfixation. I was presented with the honorary title of Good Omens Fandom Mom during Pride Month for all the hugs and reassurance I gave out, and I haven't really stopped doing it ever since!

So whether you've ended up here because you read my work on AO3, you need a little support, you love seeing endless reblogs of GO fanart, or you just like having a Good Omens safe space devoid of negativity, I'm glad to have you here.

My works on AO3:

Don't Fall Away From Me - post S2 fix-it fic, M, 222,907 words

You Don't Dance - The Story of 1941 - 1941 minisode, T, 24,316 words

Remember, Remember - fireworks night one-shot, G, 1,926 words

An Angel For Christmas - Christmas AU, T, 80,656 words

There Is A Light & It Never Goes Out (WIP) - human AU, E

Here are my bookmarks if you want further recommendations of stuff to read!

Here is my ko-fi page if you wanted to tip me.

Here is the link to my Good Omens Ask Game.

If you'd like, send me an ask! 📝

Or drop me a DM 💌

I promise I don't bite (unless you ask nicely).

And remember the one golden rule on this blog... be kind.

Lots of ineffable hugs and love,

Phoenix 🌹

[faetomes]

Wish I had more time to work on this, but I wanted to get in, at least, one art piece representing pridemonth🌈 before June is over.

I love these two so much.

Happy Pride! ✨️🏳️‍🌈

//friendly reminder that Neil Gaiman sucks!

[scribblerinthestars]

My friend Toga @aroaceling made this meme and it is 100% accurate.

[nature-travel-photography]

The Netherlands - Author: SoftlyUnhingeddd

[phoen1xr0se]

*immediately starts sobbing*

[ruhaniya]

"you should be at the club" i should be by the sea. i should be in the mountains. i should be at the moon. i should be awestruck and rendered speechless by the majesty of the natural world. if you even care.

[tigeristired]

i think 'I trust you with my life but not your own' as a trope is one of the ones that can always fuck me up no matter what

[marvellouslymadmim]

"I trust you with my life because you are good and kind and noble--I know you will not hesitate to do everything in your power to save me.

I do not trust you with your own life because you are good and kind and noble--I know you would not hesitate to sacrifice yourself to save me."

THAT is where it's at!!!!!

[divinitydemon]

Sorry for the lack of art lately. Found myself emotionally and creatively drained after the finale. But anyway, I still can't stop thinking about The Hands.

[Please don't reupload my art!]

[phoen1xr0se]

Probably the most vulnerable thing I’ll ever post.

This is, by far, the most likes and interactions I have ever had on a comment I left on a random video. And I’m glad it got the attention, got noticed, because it really is true. Every time I have been close to that really bad, dark place, I don’t tell people - but if you’re thinking that I don’t reach out, that’s not true. I remember one day in particular where I really had convinced myself that everyone would be better off without me; and everyone I tried to get in touch with left me on read. They had shit going on, I get it… but I wonder if this digital landscape means we take connection for granted, replace actual human connection with brief social media check ins, assume someone is fine because they posted a photo of themselves smiling on a beach somewhere, figured a quick “hope you’re having a great day” is a valid substitute for sharing authentic connection, vulnerability, humanity.

I’m not sharing this to make anyone feel bad - especially those who know me best - but just to remind everyone that in this world we are starving for connection. We are aching for authenticity, for human vulnerability, to share experiences and feel a little less alone. So go beyond the superficial in your next chat with your friend. “No, really, how have you been doing? I want to know.” Be willing to get a little uncomfortable; a little raw, in the hopes it might just save a life.

And next time someone asks to hang out… 🤷🏻‍♀️

[ravioliet]

never kill yourself. you have to fill your mutuals dash with shit they don't care about forever, okay?

[phoen1xr0se]

please. stay.

[cliopadra]

Had a lot of time to kill between my last lesson of the day and a work meeting, so I made a silly “companion” portrait to that one Aziraphale repaint from September 🧍

[olentowrites]

This is what I do with every comment I get btw

[ineffabildaddy]

i will probably never be over the job minisode. it's the good omens flashback of all time.

"hugs and kisses, god." the goofiness between aziraphale and crowley, even as they argue. the look on az's face when he turns the birds back into goats. crowley watching aziraphale demolish that ox rib over a goblet of wine like it's the most riveting thing he's ever seen.

but most of all... "i'm a demon. i lied." that final scene by the water is more than just a turning point for aziraphale - it's also a turning point for crowley. this is probably the first time he's ever actually admitted that he really is one of a kind.

no one is out there doing it like bildad. until, that is, aziraphale realises it's possible (although a terrifying prospect at first) to 'go along with heaven as far as he can'.<3

[handyowlet]

CW/TW: Assisted Suicide/Assisted Death (as was Terry Pratchett’s preferred term)

Read these today and they resonated too deeply not to share.

“Point Me to Heaven When the Final Chapter Comes” by Terry Pratchett

“We have been so successful in the past century at the art of living longer and staying alive that we have forgotten how to die.[…]

Now, however, I live in hope—hope that before the disease in my brain wipes it clean, I can jump before I am pushed and drag my evil Nemesis to its doom, like Sherlock Holmes and Moriarty locked in combat as they go over the waterfall.

In any case, such thinking bestows a wonderful feeling of power; the enemy might win but it won’t triumph.[…]

I hate the term “assisted suicide.”[…]Suicide is fear, shame, despair, and grief. It is madness.

Those brave souls lately seeking death abroad seem to me, on the other hand, to be gifted with a furious sanity. They have seen their future, and they don’t want to be part of it.[…]

I am enjoying my life to the full, and hope to continue for quite some time. But I also intend, before the endgame looms, to die, sitting in a chair in my own garden with a glass of brandy in my hand and Thomas Tallis on the iPod— the latter because Thomas’s music could lift even an atheist a little bit closer to heaven— and perhaps a second brandy if there is time.

Oh, and since this is England, I had better add “If wet, in the library.”

Who could say that is bad? Where is the evil here?[…]

What [those seeking death] are doing, in fact, is buying themselves a feeling of control.[…]

Life is easy and cheap to make. But the things we add to it, such as pride, self-respect, and human dignity, are worthy of preservation too, and these can be lost in a fetish for life at any cost. I believe that if the burden gets too great, those who wish to should be allowed to be shown the door. In my case, in the fullness of time, I hope it will be the one to the garden under an English sky. Or, if wet, the library.”

“The Richard Dimbleby Lecture: Shaking Hands with Death” by Terry Pratchett

“It’s that much heralded thing the quality of life that is important. How you live your life, what you get out of it, what you put into it, and what you leave behind after it. We should aim for a good and rich life well lived, and at the end of it, in the comfort of our own home, in the company of those who love us, have a death worth dying for.”

[phoen1xr0se]

It feels fortuitous that this has reached me now.

Cheers, Sir Terry. I’ll see you soon. Hopefully we can sit down for a chat and you can tell me the real vision you had for Aziraphale and Crowley.

[minairentaraa]

NOT mine I found it on pinterest, but God did it make me laugh. So. Have a laugh, everyone

[qoolk]

It was a rough time without Bentley

[hug-your-face]

via @swatercolor [insta]

[hug-your-face]

This is the best tag I've ever received on a post, I think