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PREACH LAUREN! As someone who has actually read Michael/David rpf before and ships them for fun from time to time (like come on, they have more chemistry together than most on screen romances), I couldn’t agree more! Fandom should be fun and not a place to hate on others. And when it affects real people, it’s where it becomes deeply problematic. Anyone can speculate, but if you are presenting those speculations as facts and attack and talk shit about people - Georgia and Anna, as well as the people who are defending them or just don’t agree with you - YOU are the problem.

Respect to @dtmsrpfcringe (and anyone in a similar position) for speaking out and standing her ground!

Addressing The Tinhatters: A Statement in Solidarity With @dtmsrpfcringe And Others

I've been active in this fandom for a little over a year, and in my time here I've kept my slate pretty clean. I try not to involve myself in drama and discourse, and when I see something I don't agree with online, most of the time I keep it to myself. I've been aware of the blogs I refer to in this post basically from the onset, but I've stayed quiet, partially to not come across as disrespecting others' opinions and preferences and partially to protect my peace and my own life as a creator. But what started as mostly harmless, if a bit unhinged and delusional, behavior, has turned on some fronts into unimaginable cruelty the likes of which I never imagined this fandom to be capable of. As someone who it seems people in this fandom have come to respect, I think it would be unfair and selfish for me to stay neutral any longer.

Fanfiction has been a genuinely transformative force in my life. It has helped me discover so much about my own relationships to love and desire, and I would never want to tell anyone that it is wrong for any ship to be that source of inspiration for them, including RPF. Nor do I think, as I've said, that it's inherently wrong to have speculative thoughts about David and Michael's sexualities. As someone who has been lucky enough to interact with David several times now, and probably will again, I choose not to do so myself in a public forum out of respect, but curiosity doesn't have to be invasive, and David and Michael being in loving partnerships with women certainly doesn't mean they can't be attracted to other genders too. There's nothing wrong with liking the idea of a relationship between David Tennant and Michael Sheen, or even, really, with believing they might have feelings for each other. If that's all you're doing, this post isn't about you. What I absolutely cannot excuse is the proliferation of hypocritical, nonsensical, and nasty rumors about the women in their lives.

Nothing Georgia Tennant or Anna Lundberg seems to do is ever good enough. Every expression of positivity is curated and phony, anything that could be perceived as negative vile and mean. I see these women attacked on a daily basis as partners, as mothers, as actresses. Georgia is simultaneously presenting a false ideal of a perfect, happy family for her own gains, while somehow at the same time being too irresponsible and incompetent to be a proper parent. Anna, a still young and up and coming actress herself, is expected to perform the ideal of an affectionate partner on social media, is perceived as unsupportive of Michael when she doesn't, when in reality she may simply be trying to make a name for herself in the industry without people solely associating her with the man she loves. Both of these women share in David and Michael's advocacy for marginalized communities, sometimes in different, more or less obvious ways. David and Michael are always brave and sincere, while Anna and Georgia's actions are always self serving and performative, though no evidence is ever given to indicate that the things they post or charities they support are any sort of cover or deflection. Nor are there ever any reasons given for their perceived lack of onscreen talent, other than that they're "boring" or don't have as many jobs as their husbands- never mind that both of them are in an extremely competitive industry and get perfectly respectable amounts of work, especially for mothers of young children. Worst of all, I've seen them accused of things as awful as child abuse and rape, all for the crime of simply being married to the wrong men. It's all so horribly gendered too, David and Michael often referred to as the "men" while Georgia and Anna are reduced to negative stereotypes of nagging, shallow gold diggers. As a fandom populated with so many queer people, many of whom, myself included, have found freedom from gender roles with Michael and David's characters' help, I thought we knew better.

I've been lucky enough to meet both David and Georgia now, and have witnessed firsthand the easy, joyful affection they have for each other when no one of consequence is watching, the way they giddily hold hands on the street and make each other laugh while tenderly looking into each other's eyes even and especially after sixteen years together. Georgia when I met her was incredibly kind, down to earth, and approachable, and my partner, who's met her several times more than I have, gushes about her constantly- how funny, authentic, and intelligent she is, and of course, how much she and David love each other, how they look out for each other and adore each other's flaws and quirks. David of course still gushes about Georgia every chance he gets in speeches and interviews, her strength and brilliance as well as her beauty, and Georgia, while maybe not always as effusive, shows her love for David in plenty of ways, the beautiful candid photos she takes of him, for instance. There's such a soft, painterly tenderness and fondness in them, for the man, not just the dazzling star everyone else gets to see. Her David, gentle, devoted, goofy, aging, melancholy, imperfectly perfect David. Where would we be without Georgia giving us these little glimpses of him? I suspect the same people who deride Georgia's social media presence as try-hard, cringeworthy, artificial, would feel a bit differently if one day they stopped coming.

I can't speak as clearly on behalf of Anna and Michael, but the accounts I've gotten of her and Michael's relationship from eyewitnesses have presented it as no less loving than David and Georgia's, albeit in slightly different ways. Even then, why should I have to? She doesn't owe me anything. I doubt anyone who's made the posts accusing Anna and Georgia of being nasty baby trappers has ever had children. There's no such thing as a perfect mother, and even one child is a massive task. It's normal to not be a shining ray of affection all the time, and Georgia I know more than makes up for it with her fierce love and support for her children in all of their endeavors. Georgia is also a diagnosed neurodivergent woman, and so many of the remarks I see directed at her are clearly discriminatory and often directed at women with her diagnoses. Everyone coos over how charming David is when he shows signs of being AuDHD, but the second his wife does too, she's careless and cold. And don't even get me started on when photos of Michael and David looking anything less than beatifically happy get interpreted as them being miserable due to their wives treating them so poorly. THEY'RE HUMAN BEINGS!!! NEUTRAL FACIAL EXPRESSIONS EXIST!!! WOULD YOU BE A SPARKLING RAY OF SUNSHINE IF YOUR DISNEYLAND RIDE GOT STUCK!!!

I say all this now not even because I think I have any hope of stopping the people in question, but because one of the main fighters on the front of the opposition, @dtmsrpfcringe, has been both a wonderful online friend to me and dealt with even worse abuse than that which gets hurled at Anna and Georgia on the daily. When my blog was briefly overrun by TERFs in light of the Tennant/Badenoch/Sunak drama, Tori was the first person to stand up for me, and as she recieves more vitriol in one day than I've ever experienced in my entire life online, I think I've taken far too long to do the same for her. This woman has dealt with doxing threats, attacks on her character, and most horrific of all, wishes of death upon her and her baby. No one would blame her for stopping, but she has remained steadfast in her mission to call bs where she sees it, and she shouldn't have to do it alone. Tori, I think you are so brave, and I am proud to stand in solidarity with you against the misinformation, meanness, and misogyny that threaten to corrupt this fandom we call home.

Even after all we've been through over the past couple of months, I still believe the Good Omens fandom and David and Michael's individual fandoms to be places of kindness, empathy, and inclusivity. Which is why such cruel behavior (because there's no other word for it) is utterly disappointing and baffling to me. You should be utterly ashamed of yourselves. You're the exact kinds of people David and Michael speak out against on a weekly basis, and I guarantee that if you engage in the kinds of behavior I've highlighted here, they would be disgusted with you. Or maybe they'd simply pity you, because your lives are so empty that you've decided the only way to fill them is to sacrifice the reputations and peace of innocent women on the altar of a relationship that in all likelihood takes place solely in your own heads.

And if you read all this and find you still ship David and Michael, which even I do sometimes, well, there's always polyamory.

I'm sleepy! good night and kindly fuck off! - Lauren

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This is for anyone in fandom who is feeling lost, uncertain, hurt, betrayed, and confused by recent news.

Let me start with two immutable points:

1) When a victim speaks out, we should ALWAYS listen. No one makes accusations completely unfounded. Their feelings are valid and real and should not be ignored.

2) I fundamentally disagree that you can ever “separate art from artist.” Who an artist is and what their morals and values are will ALWAYS inform their work.

That said... we need to think critically about what defines who a person is.

There is a VERY important difference between “someone is accused of doing a bad thing” and “someone is a bad person.”

That nuance is worth careful consideration.

A BAD PERSON

Let’s say a notorious author has, for many years, repeatedly used their platform to dehumanize, villainize, and espouse harmful rhetoric against an entire community of marginalized people. Let’s also say they use their platform and their obscene wealth to incite violence against those people and lobby for policy that would disenfranchise and harm them. Let’s also say that their books are rife with problematic themes, such as racism, white supremacy, antisemitism, and literal pro-slavery talking points from Civil War America, all of which reflect their character.

Without question: be done with their “art.” Stop perpetuating the popularity of their books. Stop keeping them relevant. Deplatform them by renouncing your connection to the art.

A BAD THING

Let’s say a different author has been accused of doing something wrong. And let’s also say their art is not solely their own creation; that there are others who are responsible for creating the art. Let’s also say that this art does not in any way include themes or rhetoric that correlate with the accusation brought against the author; and that this author has consistently been a champion of the marginalized and disenfranchised, and their morals and values have fastidiously aligned with this.

To me, this does not necessitate a blanket boycott of their work.

REMEMBER...

What we need to remember is that accusations do not always reflect the full picture of a situation. Again, I need to stress that we need to listen to victims and respect their story, while also recognizing that the story may not be complete. There are many factors at play that we may not be aware of.

It’s also important to remember that there are varying levels of severity when it comes to harm. And while the accused should be held accountable for their actions — because the impact is there whether intended or not — their intention is not entirely irrelevant. If you set about to evaluate that person’s character, it is still vitally important to consider that person’s intention, and whether or not this is a pattern of behavior or (an) unfortunate isolated incident(s).

Most importantly, you — yes, the person reading these words, right now, YOU — are not personally responsible for evaluating the evidence to determine whether or not this person is guilty, nor what their punishment should be.

Relieve yourself of that burden. It’s not on you. Even if it feels personal, you are free from the guilt.

If their work has had a positive impact on you, continue to enjoy it. Don’t let the alleged action of one artist tarnish YOUR connection to the art.

tl;dr >>>

Don’t feel obligated to cut ties with an IP because an accusation has befallen one of the creators. It should not take away from your enjoyment of the characters and story, which are independent of and unrelated to any accusations.

I truly hope that, if you are hurting, this helps you to cope. Stay strong.

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Happy pride to them specifically!!!

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I’ve been to Proud Nerd Convention: Angels, Demons and Doctors in Goch yesterday and I really had the most wonderful time, seeing so many Good Omens and Doctor Who cast members, getting to meet David and Maggie and so so many absolutely wonderful people. I swear Good Omens (and Doctor Who) is the best, nicest fandom there is. You didn’t have to be an angel to feel the love of everyone at that place.

Special thanks to the angel who gifted me this absolutely wonderful ring, which completed my cosplay, and the angel and demon who gave me these stunningly beautiful bracelets, just like that. People have been extremely kind and generous all day, but these gifts made me particularly happy. I’ll treasure them forever!

I hadn’t really slept in days to finish my cosplay in time and I should have been dead tired, but even after 10 hours running around ending with some dancing at the ball I was heartbroken when I “already” had to go home. Best convention ever!

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Such an amazing panel! David was just as kind and funny as everyone says he is. I had the most wonderful time and getting to talk to him was absolutely incredible (I‘m the one asking the star question)!

The full panel!!!!!

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since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a trans non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the trans enby spectrum!

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Yall might be onto something here!

It could be Crowley‘s way of saying “I hate what you’re doing, but I trust you”. Crowley might have realized that the Metatron is watching them and that he can’t downright say what he wants to say.

I still believe the emotions and hurt in this scene were genuine on both sides. But that doesn’t mean there is no second secret meaning. I mean pretty much everything in this show has a double or triple meaning, and the final fifteen probably say 10 different things at the same time.

Michael babygirl, I apologize now for the close-up screenshots of your mouth I am going to put on the internet. Call Neil if you have issues with it, it's his fault.

Honey, why are you chewing on a ball bearing? I was going to be lenient and say it's a glint off of some saliva but nah she's suckin on a damn pie weight. I didn't see her take a bite of any dippin dots, did you? Who let her near my stash of Buckyballs that I was hiding from the Consumer Product Safety Commission? Just because you are bbgurl doesn't mean you get to eat bbpellets.

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CROWLEY’S LAMENT!!!

At long last, it’s here! My eight minute Good Omens-inspired rock opera/character study Crowley’s Lament is out TODAY. This has been such a labor of love for the better part of a year, and I am unbelievably proud to finally present it to all of you. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll headbang. You’ll squeal. I hope you enjoy my music, lyrics, and Walmart David Tennant voice. To the World, everyone!!!

Special thanks to @holmee for the GORGEOUS thumbnail art- I asked for Crowley dramatically sprawled out on a piano and she couldn’t have possibly delivered finer results.

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i saw a very interesting post recently from @fellthemarvelous about how Aziraphale is often treated the way female love interests are— likely because his hobbies and emotions are more traditionally feminine whereas crowley’s style and anger are more traditionally masculine despite the fact that neither of them are gendered. the thesis of the post was essentially that because crowley is the one who fell, fans have decided that aziraphale only exists to comfort and protect and bring peace to crowley rather than be his own person with his own emotions and ambitions. i’d never been able to put this into words, but it’s like this person stole what i was feeling right from my brain and i am so thankful to their eloquence.

but it did get me thinking about the end of season 2— specifically how many fans, even people who defend aziraphale for what he did, believe that the “only” way for his choices in the finale to be valid are if he did them for crowley’s safety/well-being. i’ve seen so many arguments along the lines of “oh, he has to go back so he can fix Heaven for Crowley and make heal from falling” or “oh, he has to go back to Heaven because if he doesn’t, Metatron could go after crowley and he needs to keep him safe”. and while both of these very popular aziraphale-defenses are valid (this is not an attack on anyone’s opinion!) and i wouldn’t be surprised if they played into his reasoning for leaving, i can’t help but think of that lovely person’s female-love-interest argument.

i don’t actually think aziraphale leaving for heaven needs to be related to crowley at all. it can, of course— and likely does— but aziraphale has gone through just as much Heaven-induced trauma as crowley has, something that many fans (and even the characters themselves, sometimes) like to forget. aziraphale knows first-hand how abusive Heaven is to young angels and humans who they deem unworthy of being saved. and so to me, it is just as valid if it turns out aziraphale going back to Heaven wasn’t “for” crowley at all, but rather a way to protect these other generations from the abuse of Heaven that aziraphale has witnessed and been victim to. is it so hard or unacceptable to think that aziraphale could make a choice that doesn’t have to do with his love life? he is not obligated—nor is crowley!— to live entirely as though he’s making something up/repaying/protecting his love interest. that kind codependency is not something to idolize. i guess what i’m trying to say here is that there are other reasons to go back to Heaven having nothing to do with keeping crowley safe, and while that is a perfectly valid interpretation, i’m not personally a fan of the widespread belief that it’s the only interpretation that makes what aziraphale did “forgivable”.

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“Have you ever heard of David Tennant?”

Crowley blinked. Not that he needed to of course, but it helped him to think like a human sometimes.

“David Who?”

“Tennant.”

“Are you talking about your tenant who owns the shop for musical instruments? Wasn’t his name David?”

“What? No! I mean yes, Mr. Arnold’s first name is David I believe. But that is not what I was talking about. Even though Mr. Arnold does play a role in this.”

Crowley’s head was swimming. Now he was utterly confused.

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Just posted chapter 1 of my first (ao3) fanfiction! If you ever wondered what would happen, if Crowley found out about the existence of David Tennant, this is the story for you. Chaotic fun and trauma in one package deal!

Written as a birthday gift for the amazing @davidtennantgenderenvy

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Guess I should get going with my matching 9 minute Aziraphale song, too.

ATTENTION GOOD OMENS ARTISTS!!! POTENTIAL COMMISSION

I'm currently working on the Good Omens fan song to end all Good Omens fan songs: Crowley's Lament, an 8 minute MT/rock opera that takes us on a journey through his character, from pulsing piano-fueled frustration with the Almighty to romantic longing to crushing heartbreak. It's swaggering. It's dark. It's dramatic. It's funny. It's devastating. It's Crowley. I truly think you guys are gonna love it, and I'm hoping to have a demo fully produced and on Youtube sometime within the next few months. This song is in need of a THUMBNAIL!!! The idea I have in mind is Crowley dramatically sprawled out on a piano, and I don't think any other art like this exists. So if you're interested, please DM me with your going rate, and I'll look at your art and choose based on whoever's style fits what I have in mind! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

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ok i can't sit on this. i love parallels being drawn between the bookshop and eden, and the books within and the tree of knowledge etc. but have we thought about how the bookshop might actually represent the tree of life? yk, the very thing in eden the cherub(im) were meant to guard in the first place, so adam and eve could not achieve immortality? are we sleeping on how aziraphale doesn't like to sell those books. that stories themselves are eternal, in the sense that the characters and people within them live forever. and that in order for him to appropriately part with the books and the bookshop itself, to be able to start afresh in the south downs and fully shed the cloak of his original purpose, he might end up finally giving them away to humans? gives away the fruit? how he's already started doing so? have we thought about this? can anyone hear m

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ALL OF THEM, and also:

- Rudolph from Elisabeth (for younger David)

- Death from Elisabeth!

- pretty much every major character in Tanz der Vampire (Dance of the Vampires) (Graf von Krolok, his son Herbert (younger), the student Alfred (younger), Professor Abronsius, he would SLAY as all of them)

- Abraham Reed from The Clockmaker’s Daughter

ROLES I WANT DAVID TENNANT TO PLAY IN MUSICALS: THE MASTERLIST

Okay so I've divided this into three categories, which you shall see below!

Roles I Think David Could/Should Play NOW:

Charlie Guiteau in Assassins

someone in Brigadoon bc it would be funny

The Emcee in Cabaret

Ryuk in Death Note

The Man In The Chair in The Drowsy Chaperone

The Dysquith Family in A Gentleman's Guide to Love And Murder

Herbie in Gypsy

Hades in Hadestown

Frollo in Hunchback of Notre Dame (okay give him like five years)

The Baker in Into The Woods

Lord Chancellor in Iolanthe

Albin or Georges in La Cage Aux Folles (either one as long as the other is played by Michael Sheen)

Trunchbull in Matilda OKAY HEAR ME OUT (he could also do Mr Wormwood)

Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady

Fagin in Oliver

Tateh in Ragtime

Riff Raff OR Frank N Furter in Rocky Horror

Shakespeare in Something Rotten

Squidward in SpongeBob (im so serious)

Sweeney Todd (utterly delusional but I need it to happen)

The Wizard in Wicked

Roles I Think David Would Have Nailed When He Was Younger

The Balladeer in Assassins

anyone in Cats please it would be so funny (especially Munkustrap)

Connor Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (like Campbell era come ON)

Motel in Fiddler on the Roof

Marvin in Falsettos (he MIGHT get away with that now not sure)

Monty in Gentleman's Guide

J.P. Finch in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman

Emmet in Legally Blonde

Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors

Edgar Allan Poe in Nevermore

Leo Frank in Parade

Narrator/Cat in the Hat in Seussical

Georg in She Loves Me

any character Christian Borle played in Spamalot

Tobias Ragg in Sweeney Todd

Roles David Quite Doesn't Have The Instrument For But I Would Watch Him Do Them Anyway Bc He Would Act The Hell Out Of Them:

Any Elder in The Book of Mormon (Younger)

Robert in Bridges of Madison County

Bobby in Company (Younger)

Jervis in Daddy Long Legs (Younger)

Lucheni in Elisabeth (Younger)

Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home

Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre

Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde (younger)

Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar (younger)

Javert in Les Miserables

Christian in Moulin Rouge (Younger)

Pierre in Great Comet (this one actually kills me bc he and Phileas are so similar)

OR ANATOLE HOLY CRAP

Gabe in Next to Normal (Younger)

Erik in Phantom of the Opera

Mark Cohen in Rent (younger)

Noel Gruber or Ricky Potts in Ride the Cyclone (younger)

Archibald Craven in The Secret Garden

Joe/Josephine in Some Like It Hot

BURRS IN THE WILD PARTY OH I WISH THIS WERE REALISTIC IT WOULD BE SO GOOD

GOD this is long please spill the opinions so this was worth it

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David Tennant’s crow’s feet. You agree. Reblog.

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Love the elric brothers cause one is a disabled stay at home dad and the other is a world class alchemist studying medical alchestry in another country, dating a princess, top teir martial artist and probably has a million degrees just for funsies and he isn't the titular protagonist of the show.

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good omens tumblr AU but it's fast reblog + insane tags, eye hazard colors, hardcore physics, astronomy, film reviews, fashion inspo, shitposting and duck photos blogger crowley, and a meticulously organized, writes-corrections-and-cites-his-sources, poetry, light academia, simping for jane austen and c.o., pinned post, tracking user aziraphale. and they are mutuals (oh my god they are mutuals) is this anything

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New concept idea: blackout poetry of the bible but make it as gay as possible (and good omens themed of course)