#i forgive queue

[ineffabildaddy]

i'm not truly bothered by aziraphale haters because i love aziraphale twice as much as anyone could hate him. so there

[tartan-tart]

it ain't much but it's honest work, my offering for femme azi friday!!

[aziraphaleswings]

also god it really is unhinged how openly queer this story is like. aziraphale and crowley pitched as enemies and then cozying up and drinking together. knowing each other well enough to accurately be able to tempt the other to saving the world. "oh it's a new cologne :)". god.

[ineffabildaddy]

to be fair to the people who say stuff like that, i sometimes assume that what they mean is: "i want to engage my mind in something that is peaceful and fulfilling in a calm, low-effort way", in which case... literally yeah, watch some fucking fish swim around for a while. put on a crackling fire youtube video or white noise or go to the park and watch the ducks. go to a coffee shop and do nothing but look out the window.

i think we as a society, especially young people but older people too, feel as if we have to be engaging with media every second of every day. like, my mum (who is 56) spends every moment of her day that doesn't involve working or talking to people listening to the news, or other talk radio, because she "doesn't want to miss out on anything". similarly, i've got friends my age (25) who can't, like, brush their teeth or walk 2 minutes to the shop without something playing in their headphones. then there are the booktokers who feel unfulfilled if they haven't read 200 books in a year.

we want to keep our minds occupied all the time, but in a passive way, not necessarily in an active way, and this does mean we end up going to tv or podcasts or audiobooks for the purpose. this way, we are being constantly bombarded with new information, which is often stressful and dramatic, and sometimes 'problematic', too.

i used to do everything with either music or a tv show on in the background. now, i listen to music for maybe an hour a day, i watch tv for maybe half an hour a day, and the rest of my life outside of work and socialising is done in silence.

i feel loads better.

when i first started doing this, my mind would race every time there was some sort of silent moment, and now i've sort of trained myself, simply by having quiet time more often, not to think about anything while i'm going about my business other than the task at hand, unless i believe i have a particular topic that needs going over in my head. i'm overall a lot calmer, a lot less anxious, because of it.

i'm not saying this is the sole reason people make claims like this. or at this change u made would improve everyone’s lives in a similar way (i understand why we’re like this). and i do agree, as someone who studied story structure at university-level, that stories need conflict, they need tension, they need problems. but maybe we don't need to be consuming new stories at the rate we currently are.

"i want more media with zero drama, no tension, and zero problematic characters and i am not joking"

Great! Here are my recommendations:

[ineffabildaddy]

i find it really interesting (not in a negative way!) when people fancast fem!aziraphale for the would-have-been s2 60s minisode or similar with other actors cause look

i think michael would take one look at a fem!aziraphale script and go "not only will i do that myself but i'll absolutely kill it too"

[ineffabildaddy]

i think it might be lost on some good omens fans who've either never been in a fandom before, or have only been in very big fandoms for that matter, how truly lucky we are.

we have new fan content to see at any time of day or night, no matter what else is going on in the world. there is a constant, and i do mean constant stream of new art, new fics, new meta, new gifs, new shitposts, new discussions, new video edits, new links to other websites where those things also exist... one could scroll through good omens tumblr all day, every day, and they wouldn't run out of new things to look at, due to the rate at which things are being produced, and the number of people who are producing them (i say this as someone who basically did this while recovering from top surgery back in 2023, when season 2 had not long come out). it would take a person an awfully long time to see all the good omens fan content there is to see, and that's just on this one platform.

most fandoms, for active media or not, cannot relate to this phenomenon. it's crazy, in the most wonderful way. i think we are this way bc we truly do have great source material, shot and performed by brilliant people, and therefore it is the kind of source material that attracts passionate, analytical obsessives (this is a compliment to all of us, not an insult!).

there'll come a time after s3 when things will slow down, i know that. so i want us to all appreciate how much we have now. at least once a day i stop and think about how grateful i am that this fandom became part of my life, and i hope you have that inclination too, at least once in a while.<3

but this doesn't happen by magic. you need to reblog, not just like; comment, not just leave kudos; share and rec, not just enjoy independently. with fandom, you get what you put into it, and the more you get involved the more fulfilment you'll get out of it. trust me on that<3

[ineffabildaddy]

this is what my usual icon is btw

[lislemons]

naruto characters as posts that remind me of them pt 2 (please don’t murder me for the shisui one thanks)

[iliothermia]

💗 SHOP REOPENING 💗

I'm back, and the shop is updated.. Handmade patches, coin pouches, pencil pouches, tote bags, wooden bookmarks are here.. New stickers and prints too. 💗 And.. A singular 27" Muncher caterpillar is left.

And finally.. I offer tattoo tickets now. You can find them all in my shop! Thank you 💗

[ineffabildaddy]

happy macbeth cinematic release day from me and this board outside my local independent cinema (the arthouse in crouch end, north london)!!! i'm about to go inside and watch. cannot wait!!

[ineffabildaddy]

shoutout to my hardcore fans🥰 @omens-for-ophelia @foolishlovers @voluptatiscausa @portraitofalonelydyke @queer-reader-07

conveniently i am hardcore fans of yours too😌

when in doubt about whether or not to make a thing, do it for your 3 hardcore fans.

[happyheidi]

By Coyhand

[wanderingibon]

hunter vanguard 🌌

[ineffableigh]

oh my GOD MY HEART this is the most beautiful thing

I’ve read the cutest fic ever by @toedenandbackagain and decided to draw a comic based on it! Please, read it:  https://archiveofourown.org/works/19840567

[bebagerie]

i fell in love with a war

[ineffabildaddy]