Sunshine Challenge - Prompt 4 Good Omens
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meridian_rosePrompt 4: Fanwork Recommendations
I'm going to go with new fandom, Good Omens, the tv adaptation. Includes some fic recs, fanvid recs, and a couple of fanart and craft recs. I got a bit carried away so this took some time to put together but I had fun doing it :)
Background and a couple of tumblr posts
I've read the book at least twice and will read it again. I was initially sceptical seeing the first pics when the show started filming and remembering how the Discworld adaptations have been watchable but not truly for me capturing the novels (often leaving out bits I especially liked in Hogfather and inventing unnecessary backstory/dreams in Going Postal for example.)
Having Neil Gaiman as showrunner is perhaps why the show stays much closer to the book in style and content and the additions feel in character. There are still a few missing things (why Queen songs appear so frequently, the minor Horsemen) but overall this is beautifully done.
This post talks about the poster's love for the book and the show alike.
This post asks Can you seriously imagine what the Annunciation must have been like, with the Good Omens version of Gabriel? and proceeds to give a new version of the verses in question.
And here are gifs of all of Crowley's hairstyles. My favourite is the 2012 half-ponytail :) That style won an online poll.
Neil Gaiman, ally
I mentioned before that Neil Gaiman has had to put with some harassment on Twitter by people demanding he say Crowley and Aziraphale are gay men having sex; some of the tweets and his considered responses and support for his stance are here collected into a tumblr post. He also got hate for being too PC which he took as a compliment.
I've reblogged some ace friendly good omens posts at this tag including making a quotation post from a medium article expressing how rare it is to see a "deep, devoted love [that] does not have to involve sex".
Fanfic Recs
So I've been finding Good Omens fanworks that lean platonic or romantic rather than overtly sexual. People having been good at tagging the explicit works which makes it easier. I've been working my way through the hurt/comfort (& whump) tags and the holy water tag at AO3 and there are a lot of fics!
I'll rec 2 specific fics, first my absolute favourite.
Five Times Aziraphale Saves Crowley (And One Time He Fails) (30448 words) by Captain_Kieren
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Michael (Good Omens), God (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Five Plus One, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Angst, Fluff, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Crowley Whump, Hurt Crowley, Hurt Crowley (Good Omens), Protective Aziraphale (Good Omens), Demons, Holy Water, exorcised, thrown, stabbed, Aziraphale loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), two dumbasses in love, Idiots in Love, Post-Apocalypse, Rescue, Exorcisms, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Minotaur - Freeform, hurt aziraphale, Protective Crowley (Good Omens), First Aid, Blood, a couple of complete dumbasses, honestly theyre so dumb, but i love them anyway, BAMF Crowley (Good Omens), BAMF Aziraphale (Good Omens), Sickfic, sick crowley, Flirting, literally just constant flirting, Asthma, Sort Of, demonic asthma, Wings, Angel Wings, Temporary Character Death, Sad with a Happy Ending, First Kiss, Slow Burn, the ultimate slow burn really if you think about it, Knuckle kiss, Asexual Relationship, Asexual Characters, Cute boys, just a pair of sweethearts really
Summary: Basically what it says on the tin.
This is amazing. This is what I want in a Good Omens fic! I'd have read 10 times or 100 times!
All the hurt/comfort, Crowley whump, Aziraphale concern, healing, and (nonsexual) love.
I can't rec this one enough.
I admit I'm more for "hurt!Crowley" than "hurt!Aziraphale" but this second rec is the latter and amazing.
The Bitter Chill of Being Forsaken (4430 words) by Cardinal_Daughter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Metatron (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fallen Angel Aziraphale (Good Omens), Love Confessions, Suffering, Pain, Minor Body Horror, Blood, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Romantic Relationship, Platonic Relationships, Comfort, Bittersweet Ending, Requited Love, Post-Apocalypse
Summary: “Well I’ll be damned,” Aziraphale said once.
This fic has Aziraphale whump, angry and protective Crowley trying to comfort him in the way no-one did for him. Ends without sex scenes (though "every way" of love implies that will follow) and I think can be read as romantic or qpr.
I'm still adding to the bookmarks but all the other Good Omens fics, mostly but not all, h/c and/or whump are in my Good Omens bookmarks
Fanvids
A couple of Crowley-centric to begin with
crowley || bad guy || good omens by clara gently
Crowley | 99 problems [Good Omens] by GossipVal1
Mind the lyrics here but this is a great vid with some fantastic finger snapping to the beat editing
I always love crack vids!
Good Omens Crack #1 by Zehstern
Not every snippet in this is a winner but there's 11 minutes and enough good ones to make the rec list
Good Omens CRACK by Fruitablish
Good Omens Crack #2 by KatMoony
You can't not have Queen vids in this fandom!
Crowley & Aziraphale ][ Don't Stop Me Now || Good Omens by Spellbound
0:30-0.34 alone make this a rec
Good Omens [Bohemian Rhapsody] by Alexandra Rowland
Highly reccomended!
Good Omens ][ Under Pressure by Spellbound
This uses the music as background and focuses on showcasing and comparing some of the best dialogue of the show
There are more vids in my TV Good Omens youtube playlist.
Other
Good Omens - Holding out for a Hero by Armageddon With It
The vid summary "There is only one reason why Aziraphale hasn't been discorporated, yet. And that reason is Crowley." Short but sweet. Clever editing (and great lyric matching in places) shows a constantly kidnapped and imprisoned almost damsel-in-distress Aziraphale being rescued by his hero, Crowley.
The Chattering Order of St. Beryl - Brand New Baby Smell | Prime Video
Official but crack video described as an "unholy a cappella" featuring the Chattering Order of St Beryl with a cameo by Neil Gaiman and using the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has such lines as "Our evil prayers were answered by the coming of our Lord, He doesn’t have the teensy little hoofies that we thought, He’s blonde and cute and handsome like a little English Lord, But his evil will emerge!"
Fanart
A beautiful fanart of the duo stargazing, do you remember which ones you made. Alt link screencap
This is a mini comic for the meme "Sometimes I can still hear his voice". Alt link evernote
And not so much fanart as craft, crocheted figures of the angel and demon, lovingly posed and photographed with captions. Alt link evernote.
I'm going to go with new fandom, Good Omens, the tv adaptation. Includes some fic recs, fanvid recs, and a couple of fanart and craft recs. I got a bit carried away so this took some time to put together but I had fun doing it :)
Background and a couple of tumblr posts
I've read the book at least twice and will read it again. I was initially sceptical seeing the first pics when the show started filming and remembering how the Discworld adaptations have been watchable but not truly for me capturing the novels (often leaving out bits I especially liked in Hogfather and inventing unnecessary backstory/dreams in Going Postal for example.)
Having Neil Gaiman as showrunner is perhaps why the show stays much closer to the book in style and content and the additions feel in character. There are still a few missing things (why Queen songs appear so frequently, the minor Horsemen) but overall this is beautifully done.
This post talks about the poster's love for the book and the show alike.
This post asks Can you seriously imagine what the Annunciation must have been like, with the Good Omens version of Gabriel? and proceeds to give a new version of the verses in question.
And here are gifs of all of Crowley's hairstyles. My favourite is the 2012 half-ponytail :) That style won an online poll.
Neil Gaiman, ally
I mentioned before that Neil Gaiman has had to put with some harassment on Twitter by people demanding he say Crowley and Aziraphale are gay men having sex; some of the tweets and his considered responses and support for his stance are here collected into a tumblr post. He also got hate for being too PC which he took as a compliment.
I've reblogged some ace friendly good omens posts at this tag including making a quotation post from a medium article expressing how rare it is to see a "deep, devoted love [that] does not have to involve sex".
Fanfic Recs
So I've been finding Good Omens fanworks that lean platonic or romantic rather than overtly sexual. People having been good at tagging the explicit works which makes it easier. I've been working my way through the hurt/comfort (& whump) tags and the holy water tag at AO3 and there are a lot of fics!
I'll rec 2 specific fics, first my absolute favourite.
Five Times Aziraphale Saves Crowley (And One Time He Fails) (30448 words) by Captain_Kieren
Chapters: 6/6
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Michael (Good Omens), God (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Five Plus One, Hurt/Comfort, Whump, Angst, Fluff, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Crowley Whump, Hurt Crowley, Hurt Crowley (Good Omens), Protective Aziraphale (Good Omens), Demons, Holy Water, exorcised, thrown, stabbed, Aziraphale loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), two dumbasses in love, Idiots in Love, Post-Apocalypse, Rescue, Exorcisms, Greek Mythology - Freeform, Minotaur - Freeform, hurt aziraphale, Protective Crowley (Good Omens), First Aid, Blood, a couple of complete dumbasses, honestly theyre so dumb, but i love them anyway, BAMF Crowley (Good Omens), BAMF Aziraphale (Good Omens), Sickfic, sick crowley, Flirting, literally just constant flirting, Asthma, Sort Of, demonic asthma, Wings, Angel Wings, Temporary Character Death, Sad with a Happy Ending, First Kiss, Slow Burn, the ultimate slow burn really if you think about it, Knuckle kiss, Asexual Relationship, Asexual Characters, Cute boys, just a pair of sweethearts really
Summary: Basically what it says on the tin.
1. Holy Water
2. Exorcised
3. Thrown
4. Stabbed
5. Demon Hunter
+1. Betrayed
This is amazing. This is what I want in a Good Omens fic! I'd have read 10 times or 100 times!
All the hurt/comfort, Crowley whump, Aziraphale concern, healing, and (nonsexual) love.
I can't rec this one enough.
I admit I'm more for "hurt!Crowley" than "hurt!Aziraphale" but this second rec is the latter and amazing.
The Bitter Chill of Being Forsaken (4430 words) by Cardinal_Daughter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)
Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens), Metatron (Good Omens)
Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Fallen Angel Aziraphale (Good Omens), Love Confessions, Suffering, Pain, Minor Body Horror, Blood, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Romantic Relationship, Platonic Relationships, Comfort, Bittersweet Ending, Requited Love, Post-Apocalypse
Summary: “Well I’ll be damned,” Aziraphale said once.
Eleven years later, he is.
This fic has Aziraphale whump, angry and protective Crowley trying to comfort him in the way no-one did for him. Ends without sex scenes (though "every way" of love implies that will follow) and I think can be read as romantic or qpr.
I'm still adding to the bookmarks but all the other Good Omens fics, mostly but not all, h/c and/or whump are in my Good Omens bookmarks
Fanvids
A couple of Crowley-centric to begin with
crowley || bad guy || good omens by clara gently
Crowley | 99 problems [Good Omens] by GossipVal1
Mind the lyrics here but this is a great vid with some fantastic finger snapping to the beat editing
I always love crack vids!
Good Omens Crack #1 by Zehstern
Not every snippet in this is a winner but there's 11 minutes and enough good ones to make the rec list
Good Omens CRACK by Fruitablish
Good Omens Crack #2 by KatMoony
You can't not have Queen vids in this fandom!
Crowley & Aziraphale ][ Don't Stop Me Now || Good Omens by Spellbound
0:30-0.34 alone make this a rec
Good Omens [Bohemian Rhapsody] by Alexandra Rowland
Highly reccomended!
Good Omens ][ Under Pressure by Spellbound
This uses the music as background and focuses on showcasing and comparing some of the best dialogue of the show
There are more vids in my TV Good Omens youtube playlist.
Other
Good Omens - Holding out for a Hero by Armageddon With It
The vid summary "There is only one reason why Aziraphale hasn't been discorporated, yet. And that reason is Crowley." Short but sweet. Clever editing (and great lyric matching in places) shows a constantly kidnapped and imprisoned almost damsel-in-distress Aziraphale being rescued by his hero, Crowley.
The Chattering Order of St. Beryl - Brand New Baby Smell | Prime Video
Official but crack video described as an "unholy a cappella" featuring the Chattering Order of St Beryl with a cameo by Neil Gaiman and using the tune of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has such lines as "Our evil prayers were answered by the coming of our Lord, He doesn’t have the teensy little hoofies that we thought, He’s blonde and cute and handsome like a little English Lord, But his evil will emerge!"
Fanart
A beautiful fanart of the duo stargazing, do you remember which ones you made. Alt link screencap
This is a mini comic for the meme "Sometimes I can still hear his voice". Alt link evernote
And not so much fanart as craft, crocheted figures of the angel and demon, lovingly posed and photographed with captions. Alt link evernote.
Good Omens
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Date: 2019-08-15 03:18 pm (UTC)Well done!
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