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dracofidus-deactivated20200523

If you EVER think Anthony Head is anything less than an angel then you’d best remember that I have always been a huge fan of his and we’ve always had a little contact over the years and he heard I’d come out as Trans and was having a hard time and that I was kind of sad that the photos I had from conventions with him were of me with long hair and no binder and they were all signed to “Sarah” and so he invited me to spend the day with him at his farm and he picked me up from the station and we just hung out and had lunch and he insisted on paying and took loads of photos and had them printed on photo paper the same day so he could sign them to Jay, along with other photos of him as Giles and Uther and he literally spent five hours chatting with me and got all of the pronoun stuff right every time and then he dropped me off at the station, gave me a final massive hug, waved me through the ticket barrier and insisted I message him when I got home so he knew I got back safe. (More HERE)

starlightandtears

Wow wtf HIV/AIDS was discovered by Flossie Wong-Staal, an Chinese-American woman, and she’s the reason the HIV test even exists. AND THEN she invented the molecular knife that lead to treatments for HIV/AIDS. And she’s STILL ALIVE. We don’t hear about the contributions of Women of Color enough, my word. Madness.

vodcar

Flossie Wong-Staal - Wikipedia

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flossie_Wong-Staal

yungcrybby-anonymousbosch666

you can always tell a major breakthrough is made by a woman, a woc or any poc because it’s either completely ignored or never credited like it just happened by itself

fellshish

reading other comments on the fic you’ve just commented on is like. asynchronous book club meeting 🫶

Award winning actor Hudson Williams 👏🏻🎉

Couldn't be happier for him even if it does feel very parasocial to say so 😅

#canadian screen awards #hudson williams #leading performer #2026

0ldstoneface

Rethinking the tags

As a fandom, we're going to have to rethink our tagging system so s3 enjoyers and s3 haters can curate their reading time without being triggered or constantly put down by tags. I even heard some people saying they won't read anything published after the 12th of May, which breaks my heart for all the new writers who are coming to the fandom after the movie!

I personally don't want to think that any of my canons fics ends up with the movie so I'm going to tag them with "so sad s3 was cancelled" (technically we didn't have a full season). Nevertheless, if you people comes up with ideas on how to tag that sentiment in a way that's both funny and not disrespectful to anyone, I would love to hear them! 😁

Let's all make lemonade even if we don't agree on the quality of the lemons!

sixshotsinatumbllr

I agree with OP. I think that if we can begin to curate safe spaces for S3 enthusiasts and S3 avoiders, were we can tag and read fics that support and resonate with our own experience of S3, then we are doing some work to heal the divide in the fandom at the moment. We've had an event and a response that has split us, and we need to be respectful that there are needs around this. We were such a beautiful caring fandom and I reckon we can get back there. This is a step.

aethelflaedladyofmercia

I’ve also been thinking about this, though I’m not very good at funny tags. I think starting with something neutral is best especially since I know a lot of people are still hurting over S3.

So something like “not season 3 compliant” (is there a stronger word for non-compliant we could use?) is a good tag imo. It also conveys “yeah not touching that” while not suggesting this work is going to be hostile towards people who did like S3.

I also have been thinking of something like “Good Omens Classic” for things based only on S1/the book/Radio Omens, things that don’t incorporate anything thing major from the added continuity. For me, even though I mostly liked S2, nah, I think I’m primarily interested in writing in that world as I saw it back in 2019/2020. (And tbh I feel more able to write silly fluff in that world than in the extended one.)

Honestly I feel that’s important because like… regardless of how I feel about S2 and 3, I still want this to be the fandom of first kisses at the Ritz and Crowley having ladies nights with Anathema and Tracy, and countless retellings of the events of GO only A&C are ducks or refrigerator salesmen or faeries or [insert authors favorite conceit here]. And I don’t think I’m the only one who still wants to create, and read, and play in that version of GO.

Or maybe I’m just nostalgic for the days when we were a lot less divided as a fandom.

wordfather

not my circus not my monkeys but thanks to my mutuals i know some of the lore

crowleysnotanangel

I’ve been unloading and ranting all of my feelings about GO3 to one of my friends for the past several days. Today she said, “I know you’ve been really upset about your show, so I got you this.” And then she handed me this fucking card.

@hillbilly---man, this was harsh. I also haven’t laughed so hard in a while.

remoteganache

So.. I've done a thing!

I've written a story called Wingman about our Crowley and Aziraphale - and a duck!

It's based on a film called "Love Birds" featuring Rhys Derby and Sally Hawkins and the film is SO Good Omens coded it's unreal! Hence my inspiration to write the story.

And below is the absolutely gorgeous artwork of @siobhans-world thank you so much for being my BETA and for the absolutely incredible artwork for this story! It makes me emotional every time I look at it, it's just perfect - it's really brought the story to life for me. Thank you for your encouragement and for ALL your help with the story and for your awesome suggestions! I couldn't have done this without you and your support ❤️

If you want to have a read, link is below:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85265671/chapters/225166111

siobhans-world

Happiness is drawing Crowley kissing a duck 🦆 You have to subscribe to my best friend's fic! It's so good 😍

theineffablecon

With thanks to those that requested it, we are organising a sympathy card for Rachel Talalay following the loss of her husband and would like to invite Good Omens fans to sign:

Add your message to Rachel Talalay's card.

This is simply an opportunity to extend condolences and kindness during a difficult time.

Whatever opinions or disagreements people may hold, harassment is unacceptable. We do not condone that behaviour, and it should never define this fandom.

Compassion costs nothing and it is reflective of the community many of us want to be in. If you'd like to sign, please do so by Sunday 24th May - otherwise, please scroll on by.

fellshish

hi we are on the post apocalypse bus together can we hold hands

aureliusssss

This made me giggle

Credited here: link

fellshish

i’m not a fan of the good omens finale but what i refuse to do is go into finale lovers’ positive posts and go rain on their parades. i think our fandom can survive this if we don’t try to tell others what to feel. and yes that goes both ways.

then eventually we can go back to peaceful parallel play and even sharing toys

askaniritual

i just don’t think “is dude gender neutral” is that productive of a conversation because a word can be gendered and still used regardless of gender. i call my male friends girlypop and my female friends man but i don’t think anybody would agree that those are somehow not gendered terms.

the real question is just “would you be willing to apologize and stop using a word if somebody told you it made them uncomfortable?” the answer to which in a surprising number of cases is no mostly because it seems like overall ppl r more upset abt getting accused of transphobia than they are abt being transphobic

sickbitterandcoveredinglitter

Like a month ago I messaged a craft group about accessibility for wheelchairs and the answer I got was “there’s a lot of stairs but we have cute boys who can carry you”. And it’s…not good. As a wheelchair bound person I largely depend on people when I want to go out and do *anything* so I’m used to it, I laugh it off, make an annoyed post about it and off I go. But I wanna just say a thing real quick.

Even if I wasn’t gay, wasn’t a survivor scared of men, getting help as a disabled person is just…Not a pleasant thing to us! Imagine for a sec how you’d feel being carried up a flight of stairs. You’re a grown person. You’re being touched in an awkward way. You’d rather do it yourself. You’re So Uncomfortable. It’s not where I look for the beginning of a romantic relationship. So like…could abled people stop doing this thing where they think helping us in a condescending and infantilizing way is cute? Cause I’m real tired. Just get me a ramp or lift and I’m cool. I don’t need a dating service when I’m just trying to go about my day

sickbitterandcoveredinglitter

If you’re abled please reblog it cause like…the more ppl knows the better

antarctic-arcanine

If I ever share anything that was AI generated it is purely by accident. I hate that it's getting harder and harder to tell and it makes me want to never use the internet again. It definitely had its faults, but man I miss the internet of the 2000s so much.