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Dude this page is a lifesaver Google is really bad for working out the order to read them in

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He secretly likes the wellies Aziraphale gave him.

They remind him of DUCKS.

Yes, that is an old Az shirt.

Demon (retired) Crowley, gardening.

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Neil Gaimain about writing Good Omens with Terry Pratchett (x)

Neil: His line to me when we were writing “Good Omens”, he would phone me up and he’d say, I’ve just done this and it’s made it 17% funnier. I’d written this whole meeting between the International Express man and Pollution and I’d mentioned that, you know, ‘he and his wife went down there sometimes when they were courting to spoon’ and Terry added the line, ‘and on one memorable occason, fork.’

Rob: On one memorable occasion.

Neil: On one memorable occasion, and it‘s made it 17% better. In fact, in that case it may have made it 100% better.

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Celebrating Terry Pratchett Day.

On what would have been Terry's 76th birthday, we are filling today with Pratchett joy and invite you to join us.

We'd love to see your routes through Discworld on the #terry pratchett day tag - you can download images to share your favourite books and recommended place to start in Discworld via terrypratchett.com.

You can also find recipes from Nanny Ogg, templates to recreate your own favourite Discworld cover, and ways to get involved for all ages. Whether online or offline, we hope your day is full of Pratchett magic!

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I started drawing them so long ago, I'm ashamed to even say when, *lowers my head and screams internally*

Anyway, want some process of the coloring?

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Everyone liked the color charts I test printed for Basilisk so much, I felt compelled made a nice version! Great for anyone that has an interest in Risograph printing, historical pigments, or weird medieval marginalia.

(buy it here)

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Today is Sir Terry Pratchett's birthday. So, why not celebrate with some of the easter eggs we have in Good Omens that are all about him.

Mind how you go.

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How to chase 60-80 degrees year-round

by u/hodsophia

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Do you know anywhere I can read about parchment practices of the middle ages?

raymond clemens + timothy graham's introduction to manuscript studies starts with a section about writing supports that covers parchment manufacture and other writing surfaces before going on to talk more about how manuscripts and books were constructed and assembled

the irish hand by t. o'neill is a nice introduction to irish manuscripts but to be honest it's more focused on specific books rather than their production and on writing systems more widely. it's a nice one for seeing glimpses of marginalia and notes written inside books though

here's a blog post about decorating flaws in parchment to make them part of the page. the BL has a number of posts on their conservation blog about working with medieval parchment and the various preservation challenges it can pose. this is however mostly looking at them from a modern conservation perspective rather than a medieval creative perspective

here's a useful overview of parchment with close-up pictures. the other pages on this site look like a good place to start with learning about making and using manuscripts in general.

unfortunately this is primarily not a topic i learned from books/written sources so my reading recommendations are a bit thin on the ground

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i missed the poll but am enjoying reading up on the #parchment problems. i did know that parchment and vellum were made from calf, sheep, or goat skin, probably because i saw and loved the artwork in things like the book of kells (it was part of an exhibit i got to see!) and also being in the SCA. i get why people could think it's a roll of stiff brown paper, though, because in the baking aisle, that is exactly what you can buy. (and the little fluted cups for muffins) not sure what it's like to write on, never tried it.

another cool thing i learned in the sca, is that contracts (ie, master-apprentice agreements) could be written out twice on one big piece, witnessed that they matched word for word, signed, and then cut apart with a wiggly line. the unique wiggles from cutting it freehand mean that only those two matching contracts, physically match each other. when the contract is fulfilled, the two pieces are matched up.

i'm gonna shut up about this soon i'm just so curious because it was brand new information to ME that this was brand new information to so many other people and idk which of us is the weird one here

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okay what did i miss

(yes some of these overlap and some are suppositions. for example if parchment is always used for ephemera, rough drafts, notes, and never re-used or re-purposed, we can also assume that the author is unaware of wax tablets as a concept)

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The International Phonetic Alphabet consonants found in English, with keywords and relevant parts of the mouth highlighted and colour-coded. (Source.) 

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Crowley sat back on his heels and looked across the garden at Aziraphale. His pretty angel was settled on one of their benches with a book. One lovely plump hand cradled the book, the dimples of his knuckles like soft, warm, hollows of shade. The other turned pages steadily, the freckles left by Crowley's kisses (just because they were called angel kisses didn't mean that it didn't work the other way around too) glowing golden in the late afternoon sunlight.

For @ineffablefool (Saw your post, wrote you a thing, hope things improve for you soon)

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The journey from “god was wrong to cast out Crowley” to “god was wrong to cast out anyone” to “god can’t be wrong or right because wrong and right don’t come from god, they come from us” to “we were wrong to just accept the Fall of our brethren without questioning or challenging it” to “we can make it all anew, make it right, together”

(to maybe what god wanted all along was for us to question and to challenge)(but that isn’t for us to know and it never will be)(to all we can do in the face of divine ineffability is define our own Purpose, who we are and what we value, and hold to it and to each other as tightly as we can)

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#congrats on your participation trophy 🏆

+ BONUS

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This may sound mean, but...

If you send me an ask containing links to Good Omens fan fiction you think I should read, I'll delete it. Do it again and I'll (regretfully) block you. This is a general blanket sort of thing -- I don't want to read it, legally I can't read it, no I won't make it into the next series, and, no matter how pure your motives, it's crossing a line.