#vs hob and aziraphale

[poly-space-nerds]

yesterday i made a post about Hob and Aziraphale both finding out about each other and I raise you something even funnier.

Hob was friends with Aziraphale and Crowley at completely different points in his life and they both knew him with different names. So Hob has to sit down when he walks into the bookstore and sees two of his old, should definitely be dead by a hundred years apart, friends ask ‘Bobby?’ and ‘Robin?’ at the same time.

[freytful]

Rereading good omens to prepare for season 2, and Neil is doing the same trick of introducing a group of personifications of abstract concepts and spending a long time on each before only doing a short one for Death. Its the same trick again. 

[ennas-aesthetic]

Hob "I worked in the printing industry since its conception, and I keep rare bible misprints for sentimental value" Gadling

vs

Aziraphale "That Mr. Gadling better stop hoarding the Rarest Bible Misprints to himself or so Help Me God" Fell

[cactusspatz]

June recs

June was full of Neil Gaiman fandoms: first I rewatched Good Omens S1 (S2 on Friday!!!) and then plowed through my backlog of fic to read, and then I watched The Sandman. So there's six Good Omens recs, two Sandman recs, and one lone but lovely Goblin Emperor rec.

GOOD OMENS

Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by Nnm / @mouseonamoose Amazing story about Crowley going to therapy, from his therapist's POV. The author clearly knows their stuff and Aubrey is a vivid character in her own right with her own journey to go on. This one's been recced all over, but it really is that good.

dearly departed by attheborder / @areyougonnabe In which Crowley gets discorporated and many shenanigans ensue - the London occultist underworld, lust-demons, Hell bureaucracy, Aziraphale vs loopholes, fake marriage, and of course, a happy ending. Slightly morbid at times but a fun hilarious romp.

Temptation by out_there / @out-there-tmblr Lovely look at Crowley tempting Christ (as he mentions to Aziraphale), and the lasting effect it has on him.

the deft, sweet gesture of your hand by deadgreeks / @mortuarybees Post-S1, Crowley turns up injured at the bookshop and Aziraphale takes care of him. Such a tender romance, such warm h/c. Poetry! Knitting! Pining! Ferociously protective Aziraphale!

Hell to Pay by battle_cat / @fuckyeahisawthat "In the midst of the Great Fire of London, Crowley does an emergency good deed too undemonic for Hell to ignore." Wistful h/c.

Lead me to the banquet hall by obstinatrix & wishwellingtons In which Crowley doesn't eat around Aziraphale because he has too many Feelings about it - and then Aziraphale finds out. Creative, delightful, hot, and well-characterized!

You can also find my older Good Omens recs on Pinboard!

SANDMAN

Spite (Is As Good A Reason As Any) by Blue_Sunshine In which Hob doesn't just build an inn and pine after 1989, but hires Johanna Constantine to help him track down Dream. Great AU in many directions, and the Hob-Johanna friendship is a complete scene-stealing delight. (If you like them as much as I did, there's another WIP that just finished: Totus Mundus Agit Histrionem, which kicks off with Johanna rescuing Hob from a demonic possession.)

Passing the Time by Anonymous Dream passes time in the fishbowl by quietly terrorizing his guards. (The author tagged this 'Dream is petty and terrifying' and I couldn't agree more.) Viciously funny but also a little heartbreaking.

GOBLIN EMPEROR

Between the Grave and the Well by Sphragis "In which Iäna Pel-Thenhior catches a fever and Thara Celehar catches feelings." Gorgeous hurt/comfort-y get-together that really captures the characters and the world.

[qqueenofhades]

Any predictions/wish list for the plot of Season 3 of Good Omens besides the obvious?

Things apart from the obvious (i.e. Ineffable Reunion + Proper Big Damn Kiss(es) + Happy Ever After in the South Downs Cottage) that I would like to see in GO season 3:

Proper clarification of just how much of an AU we were operating in during season 2, and how much it affected the plot. We know that at the end of s1, Adam rebooted reality into a universe where he had never been the Antichrist at all; did that have more serious knock-on effects or change past canon in a way we don't know, and was any of the weirdness of s2 plot/pacing/characterization attributable to that? Is the Book of Life actually a thing or just something Heaven made up to manipulate Aziraphale?

For example, we barely saw or heard from God OR Satan in s2, after they were a big part of s1; is this related to in-universe fuckery or something else?

Since Beelzebub has also left to Alpha Centauri or wherever they and Gabriel fucked off to at the end of s2, there's likewise a vacancy for Duke of Hell. Would I enjoy it if Crowley took over that role and tried to keep hell out of the Apocalypse Sequel, while also being driven mad by petty infernal HR dilemmas? Yes. Yes I would.

Basically, I think Supreme Archangel of Heaven Aziraphale (who doesn't really want to be there and doesn't want to take part in what he has to do, but thinks it's his duty to try to get heaven to do it Better/save humanity) vs. Duke of Hell Crowley (actively trying to stop the apocalypse/save humanity/get back to Aziraphale to inform him what an idiot he's being) has EXCELLENT dramatic/comedic potential, and I need it.

On that note, are we going to see Gabe and Beez again? After Aziraphale and Crowley helped them out in such a HUGE way, are they going to return the favor?

Aziraphale finally standing up to Heaven by himself, without Crowley's help, making an active CHOICE to reject them and what they teach and to prioritize his life on earth/personal happiness/love for Crowley.

I don't know if this will involve Aziraphale full-out Falling, which would also be juicy, but he's gotta have that existential conflict in some shape or form.

FERDINAND KINGSLEY AS JESUS. People mentioned it as a possibility, and I saw it at once and Perceived the Vision. Plus it makes total sense. We know that Neil loves to cast the same actors in multiple NGCU properties; Ferdinand has actually played Jesus before; WE WOULD ALL OBVIOUSLY ENJOY IT FOR MANY REASONS. It would also make any future Sandman/Good Omens crossovers ESPECIALLY hilarious.

Hob, Catholic medieval peasant: OKAY JESUS IS WHO NOW.

Anyway. I need it.

[bestshipsmackdown]

Round One Masterlist

Side One

Side One: Group One: Round One

Mike Wheeler x Will Byers from Stranger Things vs. Caitlyn Kiramann x Vi from Arcane

Side One: Group Two: Round One

Evan Buckley x Eddie Diaz from 911 vs. Naruto Uzumaki x Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto

Side One: Group Three: Round One

Percy Jackson x Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson & the Olympians vs. Buffy Summers x Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Side One: Group Four: Round One

Kazuki Kurusu x Rei Suwa from Buddy Daddies vs. Shibasaki Aizo x Someya Yujiro from Honeyworks[Confession Executive Committee]

Side One: Group Five: Round One

Gimli x Legolas from Lord of the Rings vs. Reki Kyan x Langa Hasegawa from Sk8 the Infinity

Side One: Group Six: Round One

Perfuma x Scorpia from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs. Caleb Widowgast x Essek Thelyss from Critical Role

Side One: Group Seven: Round One

Phoenix Wright x Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney vs. Jonathan Harker x Mina Murray from Dracula

Side One: Group Eight: Round One

Will Solace x Nico Di Angelo from Heroes of Olympus vs. Bakugou Katsuki x Todoroki Shouto from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia]

Side One: Group Nine: Round One

Gon Freecss x Killua Zoldyck from Hunter x Hunter vs. KJ Brandman x Mac Coyle from Paper Girls

Side One: Group Ten: Round One

Adora x Catra from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power vs. Howl Jenkins Pendragon x Sophie Hatter from Howl's Moving Castle

Side One: Group Eleven: Round One

Akira Kurusu/Ren Amamiya/Joker x Goro Akechi from Persona 5[Persona 5 Royal] vs. Crowley x Aziraphale from Good Omens

Side One: Group Twelve: Round One

Kim Dokja x Yoo Joonghyuk from Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint vs. Dustfinger x Resa from Inkheart

Side One: Group Thirteen: Round One

Edward Nygma x Oswald Cobblepot from Gotham vs. Enid Sinclair x Wednesday Addams from Wednesday

Side One: Group Fourteen: Round One

Korra x Asami from The Legend of Korra vs. Magnus Chase x Alex Fierro from Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

Side One: Group Fifteen: Round One

Hiyori Suzumi x Yujiro Someya x Aizo Shibasaki from Honeyworks[Confession Executive Committee] vs. Eda Clawthorne x Raine Whispers from The Owl House

Side One: Group Sixteen: Round One

Lance x Keith from Voltron: Legendary Defender vs. Nancy Wheeler x Robin Buckley from Stranger Things

Side Two

Side Two: Group One: Round One

Rose Lalonde x Kanaya Maryam from Homestuck vs. Kaz Brekker x Inej Ghafa from Six of Crows

Side Two: Group Two: Round One

Jack Harkness x Rose Tyler x The Ninth Doctor from Doctor Who vs. Will Parry x Lyra Silvertongue from His Dark Materials

Side Two: Group Three: Round One

Dean Winchester x Castiel from Supernatural vs. Wylan Hendricks x Jesper Fahey from Six of Crows

Side Two: Group Four: Round One

Luz Noceda x Amity Blight from The Owl House vs. Dream x Hob from The Sandman

Side Two: Group Five: Round One

Hikaru Indou x Yoshiki Tsukajinaka from Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu vs. Bakugou Katsuki x Kirishima Eijirou from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia]

Side Two: Group Six: Round One

Troy Barnes x Abed Nadir from Community vs. Tara Maclay x Willow Rosenberg from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Side Two: Group Seven: Round One

Yasmin “Yaz” Khan x The Thirteenth Doctor from Doctor Who vs. Merlin x Arthur Pendragon from Merlin

Side Two: Group Eight: Round One

Fred Jones x Daphne Blake x Velma Dinkley x Norville “Shaggy” Rogers from Scooby-Doo vs. Nomi Marks x Amanita Caplan from Sense8

Side Two: Group Nine: Round One

Imogen Temult x Laudna from Critical Role vs. Nana Osaki x Nana “Hachi” “Hachiko” Komatsu from Nana

Side Two: Group Ten: Round One

Michael “Mike” Wazowski x James P. Sullivan “Sulley” from Monsters, Inc. vs. Rapunzel x Eugene “Flynn Rider” Flitzherbert from Tangled

Side Two: Group Eleven: Round One

Link x Zelda from The Legend of Zelda vs. Captain Kirk x Spock from Star Trek

Side Two: Group Twelve: Round One

Gideon Nav x Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb Series vs. Laura Moon x Mad Sweeney from American Gods

Side Two: Group Thirteen: Round One

Marinette Dupain-Cheng[Ladybug] x Adrien Agreste[Chat Noir] from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Chat Noir [Miraculous Ladybug] vs. Eddie Kaspbrak x Richie Tozier from It

Side Two: Group Fourteen: Round One

Yang Xiao Long x Blake Belladonna from RWBY vs. Bugs Bunny x Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes

Side Two: Group Fifteen: Round One

@bracket-bracket x @thecompetitionshowdowntournament x @ultimate-poll-tournament from tumblr.com vs. Death[El Lobo de la Muerte] x Puss in Boots x Kitty Softpaws from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Side Two: Group Sixteen: Round One

Todoroki Touya[Dabi] x Takami Keigo[Hawks] from Boku No Hero Academia[My Hero Academia] vs. Morticia Addams x Gomez Addams from The Addams Family

[blakbonnet]

Tagged by @alameins @skysofrey thanks 😘

3 ships:

ed/stede (literally on my mind 24x7 even my boss has started asking me if the gay pirates are okay)

bilbo/thorin (i recently found out that the hobbit movies came out 10 years ago and...🥲 okay)

toss up with dream/hob or crowley/aziraphale tbh (both are very minor fixations right now no im not going to go in and fall into these ships)

first ever ship: im pretty sure my first conscious/active ship (enough to read fics etc) has to be something rapunzel/disney but the first ship i kinda remember rooting for as a kid is frog and the toad 🐸

last song: the chain (live 1977 where theyre fighting lmaoo)

last movie: im pretty sure it was the school of good vs evil with friends on a drunken night

currently reading: The Sandman but I should start rereading Good Omens soon

currently watching: Severance (seriously what is this show it's blowing my mind honestly)

currently consuming: im having my morning tea and yes, i've just woken up

currently craving: more bts and a name reveal for the lesbian pirates

no pressure tags: @beardedblack @ella-doe @flightoftheconnie and whoever wants to do it

[ao3feed-ineffablehusbandz]

The Beating of Will Shaxberg

The Beating of Will Shaxberg

by DianOfTheCity_County

Hob Gadling is insane: the saga continues part two electric boogaloo. Hob and Crowley are drinking buddies (insert we cry together about our unrequired *requiered* love lifes) they both hate Shakespeare who has the entire intellectual attention of their beloveds. Wouldn't it be great to punch the bastard? Wait! Destiny is a cunning bitch. ENTER SHAKESPEARE.

Words: 1697, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Dream of the Endless | Morpheus, Hob Gadling, Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens), William Shakespeare

Relationships: Dream of the Endless/Hob Gadling, Dream of the Endless | Morpheus/Hob Gadling, Crowley (Good Omens) & Hob Gadling, Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Additional Tags: Crack, Humor, Attempt at Humor, Ups I did it again, Hob slut shaming William Shakespeare, I know that is rich, Bisexual vs bisexual violence, Crowley is the demon on your shoulder if you want to punch Oscar Wilde or William Shakespeare, Jealous Hob, Jealous Crowley (Good Omens), divine intervention to save William Shakespeare, Alcohol, Tavern Brawl, inappropriate use of the lost works of William Shakespeare, I’m going to win the hearts of the Marlowe fans being a Shakespearean fan, Stratfordians interact, no beta we die like hob doesn’t

From https://ift.tt/3cz2hZ8 https://archiveofourown.org/works/45118822

[chaos-monkeyy]

Blog tags

Hey folks! I’m bored and I thought it might be helpful for people to know some of the main tags I use on my blog. Obviously there are others, but these are the main recurring things I post about / the bare minimum I try to use whenever I post or reblog something! I think I’m fairly consistent about it, cause I want it to be easy for people to find what they like or filter out what they’re not interested in seeing, without all my stuff getting eaten by hellsite censorship.

Also this is probably just a good overview of the type of shit you can expect to see from me on here 😂 New followers, you uh... might wanna take a look first and see what you're getting yourself into here xx

- Content tags -

#chaosfic - my own writing, usually links to my fic on AO3, sometimes WIP updates and excerpts n shit.

#patreon - any posts I make here about my Patreon creator page.

#chaos answers and #chaos babbles - my ask replies or posts about my writing, fandom stuff, random thoughts. the lines blur here depending on my mood.

#smut - explicit post content or link to a fic with explicit sexual content (sometimes it's only #smut-adjacent).

#(kink) [current] and #kink [prev]- more hardcore than just smut, blanket tag for whatever random kinks I write (or just #kink-adjacent for talking about kinks without a lot of detail).

most kinks or AO3 archive warnings I don’t tag, but I do put a cw in the post before anything detailed. Except for...:

#omo - holding / wetting / desperation fic, discussions, asks (it’s the pee content folks; and sometimes it's just #p/iss).

#chisscest , #in/cest - incest ships.

#its TMI time - real life sex things (whether my own or not).

#dark fic - trying to remember to add this when I do something with heavy non-con (the DDNE level stuff), or angsty/whumpy major character death, etc.

- Fandoms -

#star wars - I try to tag by original trilogy vs sequels too, but sometimes often I forget.

#the witcher - mostly Witcher TV show, but also the occasional pretty game things

#stargate atlantis - my random fics about Sheppard x [Anyone], plus way too many thirst posts and a smattering of fan art and gifsets

#stargate sg1 - I used to use stargate sg-1 apparently, too, but I can't seem to get a link for that one.

#the stormlight archive (...or #stormlight archive. sigh.) and #mistborn, often accompanied by #cosmere cause there’s likely to be spoilers showing up a lot.

#loki and #loki series; along with #mcu for the broader fandom. #still mad about it = Mobius M. Mobius thirst.

#good omens - thar be spoilers, helpfully tagged as 'good omens spoilers' / 'good omens season two'.

#our flag means death - I didn't start using the OFMD abbreviation at the start and it's too late to go back now.

#multifandom - often in ask replies or games where I blather about my fic or headcanons.

other fandoms that show up on a somewhat recurrent/intermittent basis: 

#assassin’s creed - #the expanse - #midsomer murders - #dresden files or #the dresden files (consistency? who dat?) - #critical role - #the sandman .

- People and ships -

(a lot of these I'm not actively into anymore though)

#shepdex - #ronon dex x #john sheppard .

#JohnTodd [current] or #john x todd [prev] - sheppard and #todd the wraith .

#lokius - #loki x #mobius .

#dreamling - dream of the endless x #hob gadling .

#ineffable husbands - #aziraphale x #crowley .

#thranto - #thrawn x #eli vanto .

#thrakif or #thra’kif - thrawn x #ba’kif .

#geraskier - #geralt x #jaskier .

#mcshep - #rodney mckay x sheppard .

#winterjones - #ben jones x #jamie winter .

#henry cavill and also a lot of #joe flanigan and sometimes #jason momoa .

#blackbonnet - #stede bonnet x #blackbeard .

#izzykraken, #blizzy, and occasionally #beardhands when I'm being dumb - #izzy hands x blackbeard .

- Other -

#writing - stuff about writing.

#writing problems or #writer problems - (silly) stuff about writing!

#fic rec and #fanart / #fan art - other people’s stuff (see above note re: consistency).

#cats - what it says on the tin.

#random - non-fandom stuff I reblog or things that just don’t really fit anywhere else.

#polls - my polls, other people's polls, polls for all!! (I like polls).

other things I can think of offhand that I sometimes reblog or have Opinions about: 

#commenting, #fandom, #shipping, #fandom etiquette, #gender things (though this tends to go onto my sideblog now, when I remember it exists), #ao3, #ao3cotd, #ask games, #tag games

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