Open Letter To The Good Omens Fandom

Open Letter to the Good Omens Fandom

Fellow Good Omens Fans,

The past few weeks, maybe even a month or longer really, things have been tense. There is a lot of drama going on within the fandom and I thought it was time for me to say something.

What on the Almighty’s green earth is happening here?

When I first found the Fandom, it was after I saw Good Omens on Amazon Prime. I saw an Angel and a Demon completely mess everything up (”Just imagine how awful it might have been if we’d been at all competent.”) but still save the world from Armageddon. I saw an Angel and Demon who were friends, even if their respected sides were not and I saw them love one another (”To the World”). I also a kid deciding that his life, family, and friends were more important than power. I saw a witch who decided to break free from her familial expectations and burn the second book of prophecies. I fell in love with all of them and I found the most amazing group of people who loved this tale too, everyone was open and loving and welcoming writers and artists and readers and musicians… Queer friendly and cheered one another on. It was awesome.

I slowly became brave myself and decided to take a stab at writing fan fiction and frankly reading that story now make my eyes hurt, it was bad. But again, there were cheerleaders out there who rooted for my writing and I have never felt so much support in my life.

Then, things started to change. I think I was subconsciously effected by the shift because I stopped spending a lot of time in the Facebook groups and I never really got into Twitter until recently. My favorite writers and artists were no longer active in the groups. One of the most supportive writers (and beta) was kicked out of a group. Writers who weren’t the Select Few were getting less and less readers and support. Artists who also weren’t the Select Few were getting less support and love. Whispers started about bullying and blacklisting writers.

Now I am, as someone who loves Good Omens and these characters, is stressed about everything that has been happening. It is difficult to write when you hear about “Two Pies” and if you’re going to be next in someone saying you’re copying them. It’s horrible to see this amazing group of artists and writers fight for Power… The Select Few can destroy a new, inexperienced writer or artist; just the fact that they only interact with one another’s fics and art creates a line of Us and them. Gatekeeping is a term that I just recently learned but it fits the bill on what is happening within the Fandom.

It hurts my heart.

The only person who should have any say within this Fandom is Neil Gaiman. (Terry is no longer with us but if he were, he too would be right next to Neil) Us writers and artists should be grateful that Neil likes that we create. We could love a tale that the Original Writer would try to shut us down for creating fan fiction but instead we have the lovely Mr. Gaiman. If you want to be technical, we’re stealing from him his characters to tell stories that we want to tell and put them into situations that, perhaps, Neil wouldn’t want them in. But he lets us and supports us.

I don’t want to walk away from this Fandom. It has helped me make it through my own issues with Depression and ADHD, survive Covid, stay a float when things got hard. I have made a few friends that I can’t imagine not talking to on a regular bases because of this Fandom. It gets so hard with the power struggles and the cattiness and watching people want to stay on top just as much as they want to keep people down.

It hurts my head.

I plan to continue to write, at least my most recent WIP and I plan to continue to read whoever’s fics and look at whoever’s art. I enjoy them, kudos them, might write a comment if I have time and then read some more. But something has to give, this Fandom is going to destroy itself because of people sense of Self importance. We should love and support one another. Enjoy the gift that we have in Good Omens and Neil. The Select Few are not Gatekeepers if we don’t let them be Gatekeepers.

Everything Hurts.

Lets build each other up. No one else will do it for us.

Much love to you all.

Stormie

Good Omens Fanfic Friday (13 Dec 2024)

Sorry, Right Number (2K; Rated T) by @waitingtobebroken

Human AU. Apparently @waitingtobebroken recs are just going to be a weekly thing with me now. Aziraphale calls a phone sex line in this dialogue-only short. For business reasons, of course.

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And I Did (85K; Rated E) by @di-42

This post-S2 just finished, and it's a wonderful story of the Supreme Archangel working with Grand Duke of Hell, Crowley, to stop the Second Coming. Has some great original angels and demons, and a *very* satisfying ending.

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Reading Circle Summons (34K; Rated T) by @joyandotherstories

A companion fic to Slumber Party Summons (29K; Rated G), where instead of Crowley getting summoned, a group of older women accidentally summons Aziraphale. He and Crowley become friends with the ladies and join in their reading circle activities. The story includes excerpts from their monthly book choices, some of which are deliberately and hilariously bad.

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Abyssal (40K; Rated E) by @snae-b

Human AU. Another excellent and terrifying sci-fi story from @snae-b. This time Aziraphale is an oceanologist and Crowley is a submersible pilot whose (secret due to fraternization policies in the contract) relationship is already established when the story begins. They're on the last day of their two-month stint five miles below the ocean. The rest of the team has already surfaced, and Aziraphale and Crowley are looking forward to twelve glorious hours alone. Except, they're not alone, and something is hunting them.

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aezara

4 years ago

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aezara

4 years ago

An affectionate angel and his blushy demon husband 💕

Choose a song. Any song. Could be multiple. Anything that makes you think of Good Omens. Then make something

We're taking anything and everything, it's all love here. Art, fic, gifs, manips, comics, video, headcanons, whatever you might like to create that's inspired by a song we will reblog it and adore it

Please @ this blog in what you post. I will also be checking the #jukebox omens, tag, but Tumblr is notoriously challenging so an @ would be better. You're also welcome to link me in dms if tagging isn't how you want to play, that's all good

The launch date is the 20th of December! Running until the 20th of January

We are accepting old and new work, but I strongly encourage you to make something new! It'll be a joy to have so much music about

Further details and FAQ will be under a readmore on this post

Get dancing!

Jukebox Omens Is A Community Event That Is Open To All!!!

You are welcome to post before the 20th of December but I will not reblog it until then

Some goes for old work, you're welcome to link it to me in advance but I won't reblog til the 20th. Could be nice if you want to link me ahead of time tho, we can start with a rush!

NSFW is certainly allowed, I will be tagging appropriately so no one is exposed unwillingly

On that note, angst and whump are also welcome. The only line I draw in content allowed will be work that I deem bigoted or designed to be cruel, but I will be surprised if I see anything like that

In terms of content guidelines I'd ask that, if it is not clear in the work itself, you mention or link to the song that inspired you. I'd like everything to stay reasonably on brand, ya know

If you're sending in headcanons you're welcome to submit/ask this blog rather than post on your own if that's what you're more comfortable doing, but I think it'd be nicer to reblog from other people

There is no limit to people involved or gatekeeping due to quality, everyone is welcome

If I don't reblog your work after a couple days, send me a direct link on DMs, it will absolutely be an oversight and I would hate to miss someone's contribution!

All interpretation of the characters are welcome, tv show, book designs, personal headcanons, go for it

Foreign language songs are totally okay! Up to you if you want to provide a translation, or just let the vibes speak for themselves

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aezara

4 years ago

Softness in colors I'm trying my hand at watercolor pencils. Merry Christmas to all #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusbands #goodomens https://www.instagram.com/p/CJPIWIgFWI-/?igshid=ujqymx7o56rw

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aezara

1 year ago

So in case anyone wonder what I got up to in December and January, BEHOLD.

As a wee birthday surprise for @ashfae, I built Aziraphale’s bookshop as a book nook :) It also lights up:

It is entirely possible I got carried away, but that’s half the fun :D I’ll pop a few of the progress pictures and what i used below, so I don’t entirely flood your timelines, so you can see the sticky mess I made :)

Afficher davantage

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aezara

1 year ago

Hello, mods! I'm not looking for recommendations, just asking a question if you have the time to answer it: how do you keep track of all the fics you've read? There is a truly impressive and garguntuan amount of recs on this blog, and they are all tailored to each individual's ask. What is your process of recording and retrieving the information about each fic?---How do you know which fics to note down, and what do you note down about them? -Thank you for reading

Hi! I posted here about how i organise my extensive AO3 bookmarks to help me find and filter for fics I have already read.

Of course, not all the fics recommended on the blog are fics the mods will have personally read. When searching for fics outside of my usual reading range or things I just hadn't thought to search for the process is a bit different.

It always starts with tags. You can throw in a bunch of tags to filter on, but the more tags the fewer results. So sometimes I use only one or two tags, or swap around the tags I'm looking for. Excluding tags, too, if I'm looking for one thing and not another.

Depending on what's being requested it is often more useful to use the "search within results" function towards the bottom of the filter options. If it's something without a specific tag, or to search more broadly and not limit the search to the tags.

If the request is a very specific one or centred on a small detailed rather than a broader concept, it will often involve opening a fic and either giving it a skim read or ctrl+F to search the entire work for key words to discover if it includes the kind of scene I'm looking for.

Whether a fic is "good" or not is subjective, so I won't rule anything out if, for example, I personally don't like it. If I find an abundance of fics I will try to judge which ones fit the request more or which ones appeal to me the most--which ones I would want to read. (This is how my "to read" bookmarks are continuously growing and feels like a super perk of the job, honestly.)

And this is why it can sometimes take quite a long f*cking time to compile a list of fics for an ask. But I enjoy it, which is why I'm still doing it. I've re-watched series two about seven times now, just having it playing in the background while I'm searching for fics.

I've been so efficient recently, in fact, that the queue is looking very healthy. So we're going to up the number of posts published a day to two. There's still over 400 asks in the inbox, though, so it's still a wait of months for any asks to be published!

- Mod D

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