hugtheteadrinkthekitten asked:
neil-gaiman answered:
No. We knew they could do it.
iloveuspiderman asked:
neil-gaiman answered:
Mostly because the show needed focus, and because it solved the narrative problems of neither of them being in episode 3. That way the bandstand scene came as the culmination of the first half hour of episode 3, and tipped us into episode 4. And once I’d done that, it had its own rhythms. (I’m sure there is a way of talking about writing that’s more exciting than this, which sounds like everything is a half-unconscious set of problem-solving equations.)
the-trans-anon asked:
neil-gaiman answered:
It all depends on what you think happens here:
And, occasionally, serious men in dark suits would come calling
and suggest, very politely, that perhaps he’d like to sell the shop itself
so that it could be turned into the kind of retail outlet more suited to
the area. Sometimes they’d offer cash, in large rolls of grubby fifty pound
notes. Or, sometimes, while they were talking, other men in
dark glasses would wander around the shop shaking their heads and
saying how inflammable paper was, and what a firetrap he had
here.
And Aziraphale would nod and smile and say that he’d think
about it. And then they’d go away. And they’d never come back.
Just because you’re an angel doesn’t mean you have to be a fool.
If you think murder happens… well, then murders have been committed. (But Aziraphale didn’t kill those men. You did.)
babygirlanakin asked:
neil-gaiman answered:
Are you sure you don’t have Prime Video where you are? Right now, the only places that don’t have it are Mainland China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Syria per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Video. (Which makes me wonder how we are getting so many people watching it in Mainland China.)
I am from mainland China. Personally living abroad right now and watched the series through Prime subscription, though my friends back home generally have these options to watch the series:
1) Pirate download, since most people don’t have any other means to get the material. We also have groups voluntarily translating the subtitles into Chinese, enabling it to reach a wider audience. (But we do want to watch it legally!! Very much!!! Many people love the book and the TV series with utmost passion. Many friends of mine have already bought the script and the companion book.)
2) Connect to VPNs or other proxies to change the IP address, so we can stream it on Prime with a foreign IP.
That’s fascinating. Thank you!
phloxfox87 asked:
neil-gaiman answered:
Audible.com have it up – https://amzn.to/2KtaY0w and it’s available on CD – https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00SLTI9SM?ie=UTF8&camp=213733&creative=393177&creativeASIN=B00SLTI9SM&linkCode=shr&tag=eauciuen06-21
Like honey… we hear it alright? sfkjgsfkg
DO YOU MIND IF I STOP THE CLOCK?
She glanced up at the boggle-eyed owl.
“What? Oh. Why?”
I AM AFRAID IT GETS ON MY NERVES.
“It’s not very loud, is it?”
Bill Door wanted to say that every tick was like the hammering of iron clubs on bronze pillars.
IT’S JUST RATHER ANNOYING, MISS FLITWORTH.
“Well, stop it if you want to, I’m sure. I only keep it wound up for the company.”
Bill Door got up thankfully, stepped gingerly through the forest of ornaments, and grabbed the pine-cone shaped pendulum. The wooden owl glared at him and the ticking stopped, at least in the realm of common sound. He was aware that, elsewhere, the pounding of Time continued none the less. How could people endure it? They allowed Time in their houses, as though it was a friend.
- Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man
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