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Good Omens (hello again)
I just went back and reread the Good Omens fic I wrote in 2003-4. That was quite a weird experience. Not bad, just weird. I thought I'd finally put it on AO3 because people have asked, and upload it with the caveat that it's book canon. But actually there's very little in them that goes against TV canon. I wonder if that's partly because it was a very good adaptation? It's at least partly because I never wrote anything very long or involved in GO fandom, and my stories were often about underpants or porridge or snake babies, and other silly things.
Yeah, now I do want to write something long an involved. My writing efforts have changed a lot in the years since then, going from always short to always long, possibly reflecting the change in why I write. Not that I have written very much in the past year, really.
Anyhoo, I have a metric shit ton of feelings about GO right now. That adaptation has pleased me a lot. As I was saying just this morning, it's really quite something to go back to an old fandom but with a shiny new set of mental imagery.
Yeah, now I do want to write something long an involved. My writing efforts have changed a lot in the years since then, going from always short to always long, possibly reflecting the change in why I write. Not that I have written very much in the past year, really.
Anyhoo, I have a metric shit ton of feelings about GO right now. That adaptation has pleased me a lot. As I was saying just this morning, it's really quite something to go back to an old fandom but with a shiny new set of mental imagery.
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I do love some of the things Neil Gaiman has done. I can't adore the Discworld more than I do and I have never cried as hard after someone's passing than when Terry Pratchett diEd. But I sort of hated Good Omens. Which I should have expected because I bought the book before reading it in the library, which is something I've never done again after that because it wasn't the first time that I bought a book by an author I loved (or a CD from a band I was a big fan of) to then discover it's their crappiest work (for me, I mean) to date.
So, well, yeah. I'm not into canon, so I'm not into fanon, BUT I'M VERY MUCH INTO YOUR WRITING PROWESS AND IT PAINS ME THAT YOUR COMEBACK HAS TO BE IN THIS FANDOM I'M UTTERLY UNINTERESTED IN, DAMMIT!!!!
I will consider overcoming my misgivings if you decide to publish a link here, though. But I can't promise anything.
(I am really glad you are all happy with the TV adaptation, though. They tend to be tricky. I'm happy to see one of the co-authors is deeply involved.)
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So much love for Discworld. Is there even just the tiniest hint of a sliver of a chance you’ll watch the tv adaptation? Because you might like it more than the book *tempts like Crowley*
It’s so very lovely seeing fandom being happy all over it. It’s a good adaptation and the best part is how the Aziraphale and Crowley relationship is expanded and properly fleshed out as it wee.
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Glad of your re-emergence anyway!