The Pen Is Mightier

Fanfiction writer, call me Robin! Currently a Good Omens blog mostly. Find me on AO3 at what_a_writer_wields, and feel free to interact with me and my work any time! 

[zophiezakai]

"They don't suspect a thing."

[whatawriterwields]

Never learned what Tumblr Live is, glad it's leaving though

[djvalid]

Pine Ridge Reservation is in desperate need of donations. Forecasts are calling for -27° conditions before wind chill and most homes rely on wood burning stoves to keep warm. firewood is in short supply and not easy to come by, on top of being expensive

if you have the money to donate, please consider sending some their way

https://www.onespiritlakota.org/donate

[mythosphere]

"Blorbo from my shows" no. Blorbo from my BA. Blorbo from my major. Blorbo from my primary source document.

[starry-eyed-psychopomp]

The common fan perception of Aziraphale in Ineffable Wives AUs is that she would present as pretty stereotypically feminine, corresponding to male-presenting Aziraphale’s effeminacy. However, I’d argue that that effeminacy is thematically specific to that male-presenting form, with the fact that Aziraphale revels in this visibly queer style in spite of how humans often look down on him for it being extremely relevant to how he views his life on Earth as liberation from Heaven’s strict gaze. This overtly queer presentation would immediately make him stand out to humans, precisely what he isn’t supposed to do as Heaven’s representative on Earth, but he leans into it anyway as a pure expression of the identity they try to stifle in all angels. This message would be lost if Aziraphale just leans into normative femininity when presenting as a woman. Therefore, in the case of Ineffable Wives, Aziraphale should be perceived as a butch lesbian. In this essay I will

[raining-stars-somewhere-else-de]

love writing. writing is awesome. it’s a shame that it involves writing though

[whatawriterwields]

Me writing chapter 1 of my thesis: it's okay if it's weak and clunky and poorly outlined, it's just a first draft

Me writing chapter 2 of my thesis: it's completely fine if it's garbage badly written badly formatted non insightful drivel, it is just a first draft

Me writing chapter 3 of my thesis: IT IS TOTALLY 100% ALL RIGHT IF IT IS THE WORST THESIS ANYONE HAS EVER SEEN AND MY ADVISOR WILL THROW UP IMMEDIATELY UPON EYE CONTACT WITH IT BECAUSE IT IS JUST A FIRST DRAFT!!

Me editing my thesis: oh this is pretty good actually

[anthonycrowley]

just found fanfic written on clay tablets in cuneiform and then the pictures were uploaded to ao3 the good omens fandom is insane

[anthonycrowley]

this is the fic if you were wondering

[fan-art-ic]

THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY. DEDICATION TO THE BIT

[whatawriterwields]

Ok, here’s OFMD but I’ve never watched it

Blackbeard is a pirate with a beard that is gray and not black and his name is Ed

He likes to dress up fancy and one time he braided his beard

Stede Bonnet is a gentleman but is also an unhinged murderer dude

Blackbeard doesn’t like killing people, he does still do it a lot but afterward he gazes sadly at the moon with his big brown eyes and thinks about his lover

Stede ran away at one point and Blackbeard got depressed

Blackbeard shaved his beard. Now no more beard

It is very gay. I think all the pirates in the whole story are gay

There is someone named Izzy and everyone is angry about him

Blackbeard puts on leather clothes underwater and this seems unlikely to many of you

Stede is a sexy sexy mermaid

One of them gets his sword stuck in a person he’s killing and so he can’t run to the other one right away and this is very funny

They say modern slang

They run a hotel poorly at the end

[whatawriterwields]

Do you think there's gonna be a scene in s3 when one of the angels asks Aziraphale to show them the trick of surviving hellfire without disintegrating. And Aziraphale will have to pull off some wacky hijink to keep Heaven convinced he is still in fact immune to hellfire

[headspace-hotel]

bumbled be thy bees

[stars-bean]

12 Days of Good Omens | 25th December ↠ one scene

[whatawriterwields]

Perfect

Aziraphale stopped in his tracks as he was passing by the back door.

He’d been busy all afternoon, working on his inventory of signed first-edition manuscripts; he was far more interested in keeping an accurate count of them now that there was no chance he’d have to sell them. They were safely tucked away on the cottage bookshelves, now, old leather and paper and ink, poems and novels and letters from centuries of history, and Aziraphale had started sifting through them again, enjoying the memories they brought back to him. He was carrying an old bound volume of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories when he found himself arrested by the sight outside the window.

Crowley had been out gardening. Or at least that was what he’d claimed he’d be doing when they finished lunch, when he wandered out back into the brilliant sunshine. But he wasn’t gardening now - instead, he was sprawled out on his back in the grass, his wings fully manifested and spread beneath him, his eyes shut as the sun shone down on his face. Contentment seemed to radiate out from him, rivaling the sunlight his skin absorbed, catching Aziraphale in its glow.

Aziraphale’s heart ached at the sight. It still ached, sometimes, just seeing Crowley like this.

Read the rest on Ao3

[sun-glasses-at-night]

Can't wait for them to finally have their picnic 🥂🧺✨ (WIP)

[whatawriterwields]

SEASON 3 RENEWAL BABY *pops champagne bottle*

I knew it was very unlikely not to get a third season, but damn they made us wait a while didn't they

Off to write a fluffy south downs cottage ficlet to celebrate

[robinwithay]

i was thinking about south downs scenes for the end of s3 again earlier and like. when it's either crowley (removing his gardening gloves) going up to aziraphale (reading a book in a lawn chair) or aziraphale's shadow moving over crowley (knelt on the floor tending to some plants) like a wing for a moment and either of them extending a hand to the other and saying "time to leave the garden, angel/dear"...and the other taking their hand and standing to walk back to the cottage with them...and they both look up because it starts spitting rain as they're walking back then it starts pouring suddenly and they run back to the house laughing and still holding hands??? then what.

[catchymemes]

[whatawriterwields]

No you're supposed to love your friends you idiot