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#good omens is on here 3 separate times and i could not be happier about it

Top 23 of 2023

Have you been aching to get your hot little hands on 52 weeks of data around original posts, likes, reblogs, and searches, all weighted and ranked and tied up into categories with a nice little bow on top? Well, today’s your day! It should come as no surprise that Artists on Tumblr reign supreme: from stunning traditional art, jaw-dropping digital art, fanart, sculptures, textile art—you name it, basically—this year’s list shows that Tumblr truly is the home for art and artists. Thank you, Artists on Tumblr, for enriching our dashboards day after day. 

Rounding out the top three, we have two iconic shows: Good Omens is live-action, and The Owl House is animated, but both have a heck of a love story at their core. The second season of Good Omens blessed us with not one but two ineffably exquisite ships, while the final season of The Owl House broke and then healed fans’ hearts in equal measure. Thanks, @danaterrace! Actually, come to think of it, the Good Omens finale kinda did the same in reverse. Thanks to you, too, @neil-gaiman! We can’t wait for season 3. 

Speaking of heartbreak and healing, Our Flag Means Death’s second season offered both in droves. The entire cast gave stellar performances, and fans couldn’t have been happier to see the kinds of representation the show displayed. Last year’s #1 topic, Stranger Things, may have dropped a bit, but trust us, you wouldn’t know it from the amount of meta, fanart, and fics in the tag. And did you hear about the live-action adaptations of both The Last of Us and One Piece? They were a preeeetty big deal this year, too. Check ‘em out if you haven’t yet (lol, of course you have). And we’d be remiss not to mention the hugely dedicated fans, fanartists, and fic writers devoting their time to all things Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Y’all deserve a little pizza, as a treat.

2023 was also a year for blockbuster movies, which of course hasn’t escaped anybody’s notice here on Tumblr. Barbie smashed box offices worldwide and left us reeling with every re-watch. How can one describe Greta Gerwig’s pink-filled opus? It certainly is one of the movies of all time. Meanwhile, with its incredible animation and soundtrack, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse introduced us to a whole new multiverse of Spider-People, opening the portal to a veritable flood of incredible OCs. And then, of course, we got a fresh perspective on an old classic when cinephiles introduced Martin Scorscese’s cinematic masterpiece, Goncharov (1973), to a new generation of film aficionados who resoundingly agree that it is, in fact, the greatest mafia movie ever made. We’re so glad this underrated film finally got the acclaim it has long deserved.

In the realms of gaming and tech, the long-anticipated Baldur’s Gate 3 has basically become everyone’s new favorite D&D/dating sim combination. Of course, the Pokémon franchise, games, shows, and Hatsune Miku collabs remain perennial favorites. Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, sorry, we mean of course X, made waves across the internet. Similarly, the Reddit blackout drove Redditors to new venues, and Tumblr users welcomed the folks from r/196 with open arms—we’re huge fans of your memes, y’all, and you fit right in. Welcome, we’re glad you enjoy the chaos. Here’s a fun fact: if we included post metadata in Year in Review rankings, #polls, introduced in January of 2023, would have been the #5 topic on Tumblr this year. Phenomenal. 

And, oh right. Taylor Swift had kind of a big year, what with the albums, the epic global tour, and the movie and stuff. Fantastic work, @taylorswift, the Swifties on Tumblr thank you for everything.

This is Tumblr’s Year in Review.

Artists on Tumblr

Good Omens

The Owl House

Barbie

Pokémon

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Critical Role

Goncharov

Taylor Swift

Genshin Impact

Stranger Things

The Last of Us

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Elon Musk

196

Star Wars

Our Flag Means Death

Crowley | Good Omens

LGBTQ

Cottagecore

Baldur’s Gate 3

One Piece

Aziraphale | Good Omens

[calico-eden]

Just saw the strike news, Neil!!!! I’m so happy for you and all the other writers! It feels like a big win for everybody. Now that it’s officially over how are you planning to celebrate? (And does it mean you can start writing Good Omens once again?) Congrats again on helping prove the pen is mightier than the robots (and big business).

Yup. It's back to work. Expect a lot less social media for a while.

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Seriously still can't believe this happened to me today 😭❤️

he is so...🥹

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Long shot, but I'm looking for some Good Omens fic recs!

Can anybody recommend me any fics that continue off from season 2's ending (either directly or with a time-skip)? Either ongoing or completed is good for me!! I like longer fics but I read shorter ones too.

Preferably with no smut/explicit scenes as it's not really my thing :D

Thank you in advance if anyone has anything they'd like to recommend to me!!

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This is besides the point but I absolutely LOVE the term ineffable sibling

One of my favourite little details in Good Omens is the gestures Aziraphale and Crowley make when they do miracles!

I don't know how to make gifs, so I can't exactly show it, but a lot of the time Aziraphale sort of pulls miracles down from Heaven and Crowley pulls them up from Hell. I think it's more clear in season 2 but tbh I haven't rewatched season 1 in a little bit so I don't quite remember if it's the same there

Idk I keep thinking about it, I haven't seen many people mention it and I think it's really cool

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YES THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This scene is the clearest example of it!!

One of my favourite little details in Good Omens is the gestures Aziraphale and Crowley make when they do miracles!

I don't know how to make gifs, so I can't exactly show it, but a lot of the time Aziraphale sort of pulls miracles down from Heaven and Crowley pulls them up from Hell. I think it's more clear in season 2 but tbh I haven't rewatched season 1 in a little bit so I don't quite remember if it's the same there

Idk I keep thinking about it, I haven't seen many people mention it and I think it's really cool

[calico-eden]

One of my favourite little details in Good Omens is the gestures Aziraphale and Crowley make when they do miracles!

I don't know how to make gifs, so I can't exactly show it, but a lot of the time Aziraphale sort of pulls miracles down from Heaven and Crowley pulls them up from Hell. I think it's more clear in season 2 but tbh I haven't rewatched season 1 in a little bit so I don't quite remember if it's the same there

Idk I keep thinking about it, I haven't seen many people mention it and I think it's really cool

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To be fair I have only been a part of the Good Omens fandom for a month 😭😭😭

Desperately trying to avoid everything Our Flag Means Death related (I haven't been able to watch it yet) and failing because the Good Omens people and the OFMD people are the SAME PEOPLE

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Desperately trying to avoid everything Our Flag Means Death related (I haven't been able to watch it yet) and failing because the Good Omens people and the OFMD people are the SAME PEOPLE

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I AM THRILLED

I am so incredibly excited for this YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE 😭😭

It takes two half miracles to hide an Archangel, but three to do a foreword (and surprise bonus afterword): thanks to you all smashing the £2m stretch goal on the Good Omens graphic novel Kickstarter, we're delighted to add the ineffable *trio* of Michael Sheen, David Tennant & Jon Hamm.

We're in the last few days of the Kickstarter. Get your copy today.

[calico-eden]

Hello Mr Gaiman just wanted to say I find it marvelous how every time someone asks you if you've heard of a certain person, be it an author or an actor or whatever, and somehow you don't only know of them but you know the person in real life ams call them your friend always gives me a little giggle! and as someone who's very shy and finds it very hard to make and keep friendships, do you have any tips on how to make more friends?

Go to places where the people are. Not the famous ones, but the ones who will be famous thirty years from now. And hang out with them.

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Sitting here watching s2xe5 and it’s the scene where Crowley is asking Aziraphale why his French is so bad and he says “I went to Monsieur Rossignol’s night classes in 1760”.

I decided to Google if this was a real person since the name wasn’t familiar to me, and instead I had my giant gay heart stomped on by Neil Gaiman once again.

The French word for nightingale: Rossignol

It’s the language of romance and Aziraphale took night classes with a Mr. Nightingale. I CAN’T BREATHE.

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good omens making me care about some celebrities is the weirdest thing to happen to me considering i've gone my entire life not being able to recognise a single famous person even if you stood them in front of me

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Came to the conclusion that I am an aroace lesbian today (after a very long time of consideration). Weirdly enough, the thing that prompted me to think so deeply and do more research about it is that I read a Good Omens fanfiction with several aroace characters in it...

Related a bit too hard, it confirmed things for me. I've identified as ace since I was like 14, and I think I'm definitely on the aro spectrum somewhere (probably demiromantic, but I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what fits best). Looking back on my life, it explains a lot. It explains how I've only ever fallen in love once and how I never had any romantic crushes growing up.

I do feel a bit worried, even though this makes me feel more... normal... about how I experience (or rather, mostly don't experience) romantic love. I do worry I'll never find a partner if I don't experience romantic feelings again, especially given that I have an aversion to most forms of romantic touch :(

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Aziracrow cats sketch!

Aziraphale is inspired by a ragdoll even though I didn't draw him quite as fluffy, while Crowley is inspired by an American Shorthair (basically the first thing you think of when you hear "black cat").

I drew this while listening to the GO2 soundtrack hehehe

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I saw an Aziracrow edit featuring clips from The Last 15 Minutes Of Episode 6 on Tiktok and went in the comments. There are a lot of people going "THEY KISSED?? I GOTTA WATCH THIS NOW"

I hope these people are prepared to have their hearts shattered into a million pieces lmao

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the reveal that gomens 2 is like a bridge season between two massive plots is so fucking funny

like part one: dozens of people in a literal race to stop armageddon fifteen minutes before it happens with heaven hell and humanity all battling it out with flaming swords and a kraken and brian cox as the personification of death.

part 2: we are forced to have A Conversation About Our Relationship after being yelled at by the lesbians across the street