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Okay. Just this once. Take 2 of the Gavotte.

We are in a discreet gentleman’s club in Portland Place, in the 1880s, and somebody has invented a moving picture camera rather ahead of schedule.

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YOU THERE! YES YOU! FIC READER!

I just read a fic from 2013 and left a comment on the end. The author responded within 3 hours.

Please leave comments on fics. It doesn't matter if you don't know what to say I literally made a joke about a space worm. Please comment on fics it'll make the authors day even if its from 9 years ago.

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Good Omens 2 + Text Posts

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Helloooo!

I thought about Ineffable Husbands and I really want to write some more scenarios with other alternative ships and how would they meet 😍

Well, I thought about them (if you have anybody else on your mind, comment!):

Fantasy Husbands

Barty Crouch Jr x Lucian

Illogical Husbands

Alec Hardy x William Masters

Political Husbands

Aiden Hoynes x Roland Blum

Bloody Husbands

Peter Vincent x Aro Volturi

Baroque Husbands

Giacomo Casanova x Robbie Ross

Space Husbands

10th Doctor x Arthur

Rock Husbands

John Helm x Thorne Jamison

Bright Young Husbands

Ginger Littlejohn x Miles Maitland

What couple would you like to see first?

I actually thought about the whole story about all them which would show their ‘adventures’ 😂 Would you like to read that?

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One reason I think it’s important that tumblr understands that AO3 emails spark dopamine and not serotonin other than the fact that I’m a neuroscientist who is very tired is because dopamine is part of the reward system.

I honestly think that emails from AO3 affect the reward system very similarly to gambling. When you get a sudden, random reward (AKA a comment on your fic), it feels great, and you want that again. But as the gambler writer, you have very little control over when the rewards come in or how many. There are games fandoms where you might have a higher chance of getting a response, or tropes, pairings, etc, but in the end, the reward is up to fickle fate (or possibly fantastic marketing on your part if you know how).

Randomly received rewards are incredibly addicting.

Similarly, not receiving a reward when you think you should get one feels very, very bad.

People who are more satisfied in their lives are less susceptible to the highs and lows of gambling and other addictive behaviors. If you are finding your relationship with you AO3 stats page or AO3 emails is unhealthy, it might be worth it to 1. turn off email notifications (so the randomness of the reward is removed) 2. Pick a time each week to check for comments (now it’s on a schedule) and 3. See if there are ways to improve your life elsewhere so that your mental health does not fluctuate with the whims of strangers sending you comments.

It’s not a moral failing to like attention. I have no judgment for people who get into a negative cycle with these things. This is for your mental health. Writing can be so rewarding for so many reasons, and I really just want to see other people find the joy in it.

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Good Omens + more Parallels

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Good Omens + Parallels

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Good Omens 2 + Text Posts

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HOW TO HELP MAKE GOOD OMENS SEASON 3

(it needs to be greenlit by Amazon)

rewatch S2 over and over (from start to end, have it playing in the background, it especially counts in the first 14/28 days)

introduce new people to Good Omens, have them watching S1+S2

write to Amazon that you want S3 and for them to negotiate with writers and actors on strike

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the good omens fandom going unhinged in the tumblr tags

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HOW TO HELP MAKE GOOD OMENS SEASON 3

(it needs to be greenlit by Amazon)

rewatch S2 over and over (from start to end, have it playing in the background, it especially counts in the first 14/28 days)

introduce new people to Good Omens, have them watching S1+S2

write to Amazon that you want S3 and for them to negotiate with writers and actors on strike

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My thoughts while watching Good Omens season 2 that no one asked for

New paragraph usually means change in scene

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Good Omens is back - Behind the scenes

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What about the viewership numbers for renewal tho?  What is the best way to watch it that benefits the show most, that is most effective for getting s3 greenlit?

Honestly? Watch it as much as is physically possible in the first two weeks. Play it on repeat on every gadget and gizmo that plays Amazon Prime Video. Get everyone you know to do the same. If it won't be a while before you get to watch it, have it all play through anyway. If you are watching it slowly, a measured episode at a time, then still play it all through to the end of episode 6 on something.

Everything is led by the data and the only data anyone at any of the streamers truly cares about is minutes watched and "completion rate".

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David ❤❤❤ (here you can buy pin ❤)

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Happy 2-year anniversary to Staged! Two years since Michael and David acted in an RPF fanfic that was written about them buying time until they can finally get back to each other…

Two years since Michael told David that them playing Twister together would be “too sexual”…

Two years since David told Michael “You’d love to have me”…

And two years since Michael and David realized they couldn’t be without each other…

Thank you to Staged and thank you to Michael and David for being one of the few good things to come out of lockdown. So happy we could witness this part of their story… 💗