[neil-gaiman]

o0moxxie0o-deactivated20210309 asked:

Hi I just finished outlining a novel and now I'm worried it's bonkers. Did you ever worry that something you wrote was too much, or just have second thoughts about what you're planning? I'm going crazy over this thing.

I assume that unless it’s bonkers I’m not doing the work.

[neil-gaiman]

sasukeuchihaisreallycool asked:

I just finished watching Good Omens and I can't express what it feels like to see such a diverse cast being so popular in the media. Seeing Crowley and Aziraphale being in a relationship and the nonbinary characters, not having their gender be the main focus and no one treating each other differently. I've never felt so normal. I'm a trans man and I haven't felt that good and that ordinary in a long time. I just wanted to say thank you for giving me something comforting

You are so welcome.

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localbisexualdisaster asked:

Heya Mr. Gaiman! I was rewatching Good Omens and I got to the part with the crucifixion scene (which is beautiful and heartbreaking btw). After Jesus is raised on the cross, the camera focuses on a woman that is depicted the way Mary Magdalene usually is (pink clothing and teal head covering). I know there are some scholars that believe that Mary Magdalene was Jesus’s wife, so was there a specific reason that the camera focuses on her, or am I reading wayyy too deep into this?

Because it was the Crucifixion.

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runawaymarbles asked:

how was Aziraphale locked up in the Bastille in 1793 when it was destroyed in 1789? Am I missing something

Because sometimes I don’t double-check everything I should. (Originally the scene occurred outside, in the Place de la Revolution, and I did all my research. And then when budget cuts forced it inside and I did a hurried rewrite, I forgot to check my dates on the fall of the Bastille.)

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noone172838939393-deactivated20 asked:

did david tennant really have to walk into a burning bookshop? was the set just on fire?

Yes. And yes the set was indeed on fire. But everything in film is done as safely as possible, and according to stringent rules, and he was in no Danger.

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sweet-like-the-ocean asked:

Hello! I am re-watching Good Omens and I had a question: When the kids are talking about aliens, and Brian says that he would say "Exterminate" if he was an alien, was that a Doctor Who reference?

Yes.

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smartbutuncertified asked:

Hey. I just wanted you to know that your Aziraphale helped me figure out that I'm a man. He's all soft and bookish and I know he's not a man, but I've never seen anyone male-presenting act like me and be respected. It was really helpful. Thanks.

I’m glad he helped.

[neil-gaiman]

ton-ami-starkey asked:

Why did aziraphale say miles per hour if they're in London,, where the metric system is used,,

Because they are in London (and for that matter in the UK) where speed and distance are still measured in Miles and Miles Per Hour.

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thunderdome-s asked:

Hey Neil! I was reading Coraline a few days ago. Why Coraline's father asked her to list blue things? Like, doors and windows I understand, but why blue things?

You’ve never had to find something to occupy a small child, have you?

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philosophical-momo asked:

Idk if anyone’s asked this yet. But. I was wondering about the years. I just started watching Good Omens and the opening of the first ep made think about it. Like. Why is it BC and AC. I know it’s before Christ and after Christ. Why is it so catholic and every one just accepted it? There are other religions. Why start at a big number and go down to zero. Then add AC as it goes up again. Wouldn’t it make more sense that when people became aware they’d start at year 1 and go from there?

Well, in a story with Christ in, about the arrival of the Antichrist, set in a world in which the Earth actually was created in 4004,BC, using BC and AD to show time seemed to be a lot more appropriate than, for example, using BCE or CE, or just saying how many years ago something was.