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turbomun asked:

Hello Mr. Gaiman, thank you for taking the time to read this. There's something that's always bothered me about Anansi Boys and I wondered if it's going to be addressed in the new show. Basically, Fat Charlie's fiancee has sex with his brother because she thinks it's him, and that's rape. True, she likes his brother's behavior better, but at the time she doesn't even realize he HAS a brother. And then she ends up marrying the man who raped her by misrepresentation. Will there be any alterations made to this plot point? I think people may be more sensitive to it now than when the book first came out.

Well, yes, absolutely. Although you’ve left out the bit where Spider is punished in the book for what he did, by having his tongue torn out and being tortured, and his determination to make up for what he did by saving Rosie’s life, which is why she forgives him.

The plot doesn’t change, although the writers are making things like that much clearer in the text. (He did a very bad thing, and very dearly does he pay for it.)

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glompme asked:

Hello, have you been tempted or able to slip in references to Sir Terry Pratchett or his other works into Good Omens? If you have in season 1 I completely missed them.

Yes, you did. You missed all of them.

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stede-bonnets asked:

Hi, Neil. As someone who lives in Scotland, I can say that it's currently blowing a hooley out there. Is it too windy to set David on fire right now?

Oh, David’s Scottish. Things like that won’t stop him being set on fire – although obviously we’ll need to move him further away from anything that’s inflammable, for safety reasons.

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brightstrangeworld asked:

is this what you wanted? ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?

Very happy. Yes. Would you mind if I occasionally just answer Good Omens 2 questions with photographs of your arm?

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earthmoongirl asked:

I just finished listening to The Sleeper and The Spindle - It is absolutely wonderful! May I ask: did you have any say in the casting? The voices fit so perfectly.

I think I suggested Niamh Walsh as the sleeper. (I have a tendency to suggest Niamh Walsh when we get completely stuck casting people, which is why she’s in so many of my things. She was Greta the German Spy in Good Omens, Nuala in the Audible Sandman, and the young Ethel Cripps in the Netflix Sandman.)

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hohohoe-panda asked:

Why not set Michael Sheen on fire?

Are you mad? He’s one of our finest actors, and a wonderful, wonderful person. The idea of setting a National Treasure like Michael Sheen on fire is purest insanity. No, if anything like that was needed, we would get stunt-people in, or use CGI to fake it or something like that. Or possibly, if David Tennant wasn’t doing anything that day, we’d just set fire to him instead.

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i-only-ever-asked-questions asked:

There is always a lot of fuss about Aziraphale's bookshop but what of Crowley's flat? We haven't heard anything of it. Will it show up in GO 2? What about his houseplants? his statue?

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rubykenobi asked:

So, wait and see corresponds to "wait and you will see"? (Positive option of course)

Yes. Of course, there is no promise as to what you will see, after you have waited.

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canteen-culture asked:

Hi Neil! Lot’s of love 💖

What do you like the most about David Tennant?

He’s a wonderful man. He’s one of our finest actors. He’s really funny. He’s astonishingly Scottish. He’s a great father to his kids. He’s extremely flammable.

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chiefcrownprincess asked:

Mister Gaiman, because I think you are the funniest person on tumblr (who gave you the right?), I can't help but wonder if the entire "good omens season 2" thing is just a big joke that might be getting a little out of hand, especially with the whole setting David on fire and everything. Can you really guarantee that there will be a second season of GO?

I guarantee nothing. Probably the cast and crew are just gathering in Scotland to play Canasta.