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This might be your last chance to read this SMAU in its natural habitat (the twitter). @soft-october-night will keep writing it somehow probably no matter what, but here it is in what might be the final hour of the hellsite.
Ed and Stede meet when they’re both nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars. Then we do a lot of photoshop and have a lot of pirate feelings.
Getting the Hang of Thursdays, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy AU we all needed by @soft-october-night
You have travelled far, child. There are not many that come out this way. But you are brave, heedless of the legends and the stories. It is safe. It has always been safe. Why should you not go out to the Jackal?
- Amelioration, a Hyper Light Drifter fic written by @soft-october-night for the @pulsehldfanzine and illustrated by me.
You can read the full story right over here!
Good AUmens AU Fest Masterpost - June 1-6
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
Sword and overgrowth
overgrowth answered!
sword: is there anything you always carry with you?yeah i keep a pikachu trading card in my wallet lol
Hi I’m so sorry to ask this, I don’t know if anyone else has. But it’s the middle of the night and I was reading all four of your OFMD fics because you write so beautifully….and I got the end of chapter 3 of “your name like a boat” and had my legs swept out from under me when I realized it’s unfinished.
I never want to pressure writers, you do amazing work for fan communities and you certainly never “owe” us anything. I’m just wondering if this fic is orphaned or on hiatus.
Thank you so much!
Ohoho. Last night while you were writing this message I was studying the blade doing final edits on the last chapter.
Both @soft-october-night and I had A Summer with some really good and really bad things in it, but this fic is absolutely not abandoned and this last chapter is a whole beast. Thank you for asking without pressure, thank you for reading and being so lovely, and uh - give us a few days 👀 .
GO Rom Com Spotlight: @soft-october-night
Here is the second interview of our special two-fer GO Rom Com spotlights for Valentine’s Day. The amazing @soft-october-night (soft_october on AO3) has claimed Desk Set to adapt for Good Omens in the Good Omens Rom Com Event.
For reference, here’s a little background about the source material!
About Desk Set: Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) is a library reference clerk stuck in a dead-end relationship with a boring television executive (Gig Young). Her life is thrown into turmoil when computer expert Richard Summers (Spencer Tracy) enters it. He has been assigned with automating her department, and she is fearful that Summers' new computers will automate her out of a job. She despises him at first, but eventually each of the two start to fall for the other's charms and strong personalities.
We spent some time chatting about how the adaptation is coming so far, as well as future plans for it! Now, get to know @soft-october-night a little better!
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goromcom: So, you chose to adapt Desk Set as your rom com. Has this movie been a favorite of yours, or is there some other reason you chose it? Full disclosure: I really love this movie, and I think it's underrated as a Tracy/Hepburn movie.
soft-october-night: I LOVE everything Tracy and Hepburn, they're one of my favorite on screen couples. They have a fantastic natural chemistry while being totally separate characters, and the love that they have for each other bleeds through every frame. Desk Set is particularly charming to me because they're not totally at odds with each other like in Adam's Rib. Their falling for each other is natural and sweet. I think that easy camaraderie and love they have for each other would translate perfectly to a Good Omens story.
goromcom: What's your favorite moment of Desk Set, and are you looking forward to presenting it in your adaptation? Any loose plans for that scene that you can share?
soft-october-night: I'm a huge fan of the rooftop scene where Tracy is suitably awed by Hepburn's amazing mind, as well as the scene in her apartment where misunderstandings that might not be misunderstandings at all keep happening as more and more people start showing up. I'm absolutely putting both of those scenes into the fic, and they're the ones I’m looking forward to the most. (Especially the apartment scene. Gabriel is Aziraphale's manager, and is HORRIFIED Aziraphale is CONSTORTING with a CONSULTANT that might DESTROY the WHOLE DEPARTMENT!)
goromcom: (I also love the rooftop scene!? “Oh no, it’s too silly...were Harry and Grace Goldfish?” “No. They weren’t. They were rare tropical fish. Like you.” SWOON.)
Do you plan to stick very closely to the beats of the original story, or make bigger changes?
soft-october-night: I’m sticking to the general story beats and going full AU. (To anyone who knows my writing, I know this is a real shocker, haha.) Since this will take place in 2020 instead of the 50s, obviously I'm changing some things around in terms of what, exactly Crowley's character is doing in this office. (He's developing software instead of a computer, but everyone is still terrified that the software is going to replace them.)
goromcom: What's an interesting decision you've made in your planning so far--a notable casting decision, a changing of venue, or some other plan you have to paint Good Omens all over your rom com?
soft-october-night: The biggest decision I'm making is taking away the whole "Hepburn's character is in love with her boss" thing. Gabriel is going to be the manager, and instead of waiting around for a ring, the conflict between him and Aziraphale will arise from Gabriel being more of a Gary Cole in Office Space type manager, and Aziraphale trying to do the right thing and dedicating his life to a company that doesn't care much about him. (Crowley shows up and reveals it doesn't have to be that way, and things CHANGE.)
goromcom: Sounds like a solid plan!
Now, to wrap up, I am blatantly stealing this last question from The Good Place: The Podcast, but here goes: Tell me something "good". It can be something big or small. It can be a charity you think is doing good work, or you can talk about how great your pet is.
soft-october-night: This was a rough week, so here's three good things: Dunkaroos are coming back, I'm visiting a very good friend and fellow writer next week, my partners and I have four gerbil children named Macaroni, Cheese, Doodle, and Smores and they're perfect baby angels who love to chew and scamper and eat pumpkin seeds
goromcom: Ah, the gerbils sound adorable. <3
Make sure you have your pack of Dunkaroos ready when the GO adaptation of Desk Set debuts, coming soon.
for the GO asks, 5 and 15!
5) What things would add if there was a second season of Good Omens?Huh, that’s a good question. I mean I would probably watch a second season of gomens if the same writing/directing team was working on it, simply because I don’t know if anyone else could do a second season justice. So that being said, I think I’d add a bit of a sleuthing aspect to it? Crowley and Aziraphale make awful detectives, but I’d be very into watching that happen. Like they did an awful job of it, so i’d love for them to play B-reel to a more talented cast of characters while they just wander the english countryside, making blind guesses at where to go next.
15) If you could play any character made up or just take an actor's place who would you choose to be? Why?Uh I’ll admit to not entirely understanding this question, BUT i’d really wanna be like a St. James Park jogger who always runs past these two idiots and wonders how long they’ve been married while i go home and wallow in solitude, lol.
