The Good AUmens AU Fest is an event of over 100 authors and artists, all producing new alternate universe works based on a prompt that was assigned to them. They’ve been at work since early March and the works will debut during the month of June. This is the first of five weekly masterposts.
Works arranged by date posted
June 1
Fairy Tale AU: Choose Your Princes Wisely by @zehwulf
Time Travel AU: Hard Way Home by @curseundone
Soulmate AU: A Snake with a Halo by @sivan325
Cooking AU: Sweet Temptations by @soft-october-night and @weatheredlaw
June 2
Single Parent AU: A Fine Line (Between Love and Hate) by @bpash89
Apartheid-era South Africa AU: Weeping by @sani-86
Hitman AU: Steady, sure hands by @halfofmysoulistrees
June 3
Spies AU: Unremarkable by @sameoldsorceress
Ghosts/Supernatural AU: The Roads We Walk Together by @thetimemachinejellyfish
Art Heist AU: the art of stealing (hearts) by @asideofourown
Professors AU: Classics and Moderns by @joyandotherstories
June 4
Avatar the Last Airbender AU: The Burning Sky by @braver-stronger-smarter
Single Parents AU: Crazy Ineffable Thing (Called Love) by @tawnyontumblr
Beach AU: Don't Cry Over Spilled Coffee by @waffleironbiddingwar
June 5
Pen Pals AU: He Loves Me by @eveningstarcatcher
Pet Shop AU: Fur Get Me Not by @bisasterdi
Spies AU: Covert (mis)Communications by @ineffable-human
June 6
Angry Customer/Employee AU: Will Call by @sabine-aubergine
Tattoo AU: Indelible Marks by @theeinkibus
University AU: Celestial University by @freyjawriter24
A collaborative playlist for the Good Omens human au fic Weeping by Sani86. And everyone is welcomed to add whatever songs they think will fit to the list!
Hey so I’ve been following and reading along this Good Omens human au fic called Weeping by @sani-86 It was for the GOAumens event which I heard about too late, alas. I totally would’ve entered lol but anyways, its a good, very interesting take on a human au. And personally, its always very interesting and refreshing to see fics taking place somewhere else that isn’t as prevalent as others in fandom.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24509140/chapters/59165197 <----you can read it here.
I got just enough of a desire the other day to create a playlist for the fic and right now its only 8 songs long. I also decided to make it collaborative cause why not let other fans add in whatever songs they think will fit? Feel free to add any songs you think will fit! The more the merrier! And its a good way to discover other songs too that someone else might’ve not though of.
I just want to list the songs and the reason why I think fits sani’s fic. And there may be a little spoiler here and there to whomever haven’t read the fic yet so beware of that lol
Weeping - Karen Zoid and Vusi Mahlasela
The author requested this one be added, its an anti-apartheid protest song. And it makes sense right? Seeing how, as she explained it, where she got the name of the fic from. I looked up the lyrics and they are very good, I like them. If you read the fic then, like me, you can see why it fits.
http://www.weeping.info/Weeping-lyrics.html
The Last Time - Lee Ann Womack
Did you know the whole fic is also a country song? Well it is, its multiple country songs written in fic form. But did you know that there is a song that encapsulate the time before Ezra left for school in 1975 not knowing that would be the last time he’ll see Anton for years? A song that describes Ezra after he returned from school on to discover that Anton had left without saying goodbye? Well there is and its called The Last Time.
If the aforementioned The Last Time was loosely reformatted into a rock version, then you got Re:re lol. I feel like the whole gist of the song and the sentiment fits Ezra during the years he hasn’t seen Anton. The pain he felt and the longing he had for the one person he called his most best friend he had in the world.
Still Into You - Nathan Sharp aka NateWantsToBattle
Yep, another awesome song from Nathan Sharp. This time this song is for when Ezra and Anton meet yet again in 1983 and spend a lot of time together. Like as if they haven’t been apart for 6000 8 years.
Like Weeping, this song is about the oppressive government. This song though, talks about the oppressive government in general, or at least from what i can interpret from the lyrics, that uses tools to oppresses the citizens via the media and whatnot. To sow fear, division and hatred among the citizens to the point of complacency. Granted I’m an outsider here, but from what i can tell...it fits.
Oh come on, how can I not add this song to the playlist? Forbidden lovers in a society that says they cannot due to their place in society? An Azi/Crowley historical human au fic that takes place in a country in the early 80s underneath an oppressive government that separated Ezra and Anton based on shit they can’t control? And they love each other despite the utter bullshit of the world? Yeah this song fits, its a no brainer.
sani-86 replied to your post “For the ask thing.... I bet you eat out a lot and know a bunch of...”
Ooh, Aziraphale would be very upset with you for referring to poke as deconstructed sushi 😜
What’s funny is that personal platonic Crowley did refer to it a few weeks ago as basically sushi, and because of the research I did for Aziraphale’s little tirade in the linked-to chapter of INNW (“Wh — deconstructed sushi?! Even putting aside the very different flavor palates between the two, the idea that you could classify traditional poke as sushi when it plainly shares its roots with the general class of Polynesian fish salads...”), I was able to respond that actually, it wasn’t, really! Although in my case it was much more of a “let me share this fun fact with you” than a tirade. I have never agreed with Randall Munroe on everything, but he really did get this completely right.
