[tio-trile]

All the countdown pictures together! Congrats again for the Good Omens premiere!!

[thatgirlonstage]

Literally everything Aziraphale-as-Crowley says and does during the trial scene is the FUNNIEST SHIT when you think about the fact that it’s Aziraphale actually doing it, like

—he suggests house plants to spruce up Hell because that’s what Crowley has around

—his attempt at Crowley’s Demonic Gay Swagger

—the “can I take off my jacket” line is both very in character for Crowley and somehow EVEN MORE IN CHARACTER for Aziraphale-as-Crowley going “well I know I’m facing imminent destruction if they see through our scheme but I’m not going to RUIN Crowley’s new JACKET”

—sasses Archangel Michael so much that I’m convinced he has definitely been waiting to sass Michael for god knows how many centuries, that was PENT UP

—calls the Archangel Michael “dude”

—gets in the bath without??? Taking his socks off??? How did that even work, like logistically, did he straddle the tub and fall backward into it like the most dramatic bitch possible or???

—just starts casually flicking holy water at the demons while making vaguely menacing threats about how powerful he might be in the most Extra way possible

—listen Crowley has his moment of fun roaring hellfire at the angels but otherwise his trial is relatively subdued, he seems mostly focused on just getting through it and getting out, but Aziraphale goes fucking HAM, I think he’s been waiting all 6000+ years of his existence for the opportunity to cut this loose and he’ll be damned if he wastes even a second of it

—and/or Aziraphale is convinced that being as extra and dramatic as possible is so integral to Crowley’s personality that if he doesn’t milk it for everything it’s worth no one will buy that it’s really him

[marveliciousfanace]

You know what, I’m gonna say it.

Crowley and Aziraphale being asexual in cannon and them having and enjoying sex are not conflicting ideas. There are sex-positive and sex-neutral asexuals. These are characters who do not need to eat, or listen to music, or indulge in anything related to human forms of pleasure, but do so anyway because they like the way it makes them feel. Theres literally zero reason why sex can’t be one of those pleasures, even without sexual attraction (because sexual attraction does not equal sex drive or even enjoyment of the act).

I’ve seen a lot of posts (hell, I’ve even reblogged some of them) about choosing between headcannoning Crowley and Aziraphale as asexual or headcannoning them as sexually active, but you know what? Theres literally no need to choose. They can be both at the same time.

Headcannon whatever you like, but as an asexual who’s been made to feel guilty for even liking to read/write smut fic (because “real” asexuals must eschew anything sexual, according to some people), I’m done feeling like I have to choose with these characters. They can be ace, they can be sexually active, they can be both at the same time if I want and those are equally valid interpretations.

[daughterofelros]

Can we just…

Not be assholes? I’m talking about all the outrage that’s out there about Good Omens and “queerbaiting” right now. Because Neil Gaiman hasn’t said that Crowley and Aziraphale are gay. He’s endorsed and encouraged a queer reading of the text, and he affirms they are in love, and that should be something for us to delight in.

Because frankly, there are a whole lot more ways to be queer than to be two cismen making their dicks interact.

So can we all just remember that a relationship and a loving partnership doesn’t require intercourse to be valid, that not identifying with a gender means that a real person or a fictional character may not, in fact, feel that the identity of “gay” best describes them (cool if they do use that label though!), and that sexual and romantic identities are actually separate things.

I might want to go write some super kinky fan fiction where the two angels use their powers to make their bodies have genitalia, get it on, and then enjoy a different set of genitalia because magic angel sexy fun. I’m certainly happy to read that Fic. But I’m not mad I didn’t see Neil Gaiman write that fanfic on his tumblr.

We should all be capable of recognizing the Decidedly Queer Love Forbidden Between Angels And Demons that Crowley and Aziraphale Canonically Share, without being shitty and claiming that that relationship is less valid because sex isn’t depicted or overmuch implied for characters who don’t hold a human conceptualization of either gender or sexual identity.

Authorial intent only goes so far for me, but it bothers me that segments of fandom have decided to be upset that although the remaining living author has been clear that he views these characters as in love while in bodies that are largely perceived as male and face persecution and death as a result of that love, has endorsed queer readings of the text, and encourages fan fiction that explores further possibilities… folks are making him out to be anti-gay, or not supportive enough.

I’m glad that the world has changed a lot since I first started engaging in fandom. I’m excited that there canonically queer characters starting to be published and filmed as the heroes of the story. My excitement in fact, cannot be contained. But the idea that an author is a bad mean person who should be cancelled for endorsing queerness without using the specific label of “gay” because it would be out of character for the non-human characters to define themselves in terms of human sexuality which their bodies do not automatically experience? That’s some nonsense. I think we can be better than that (and not go about invalidating vast swaths of the Queer community to prioritize the interactions of imaginary penises in our narrative of what defines queerness.)

[flickerghosts]

Can we take about how gone on Arizaphale Crowley is

Like how many times has he offered to whisk them off onto a different planet

Worrying over the angel, often

Or just small things he knows Arizaphale will like-removing the paint splatter, saving his books, saving him in general.

Getting shitfaced drunk and being absolutely devistated when he thinks Arizaphale’s dead

Then trying to somewhat cover it up when he pops back into the bar.

Like

Honey

Just

Tell him already.

[iwilltrytobereasonable]

Fun Things To Find On Gaiman’s Likes Page: Pining Edition

[writing-prompt-s]

You drop a small piece of food on the floor, and decide to kick it under the oven/couch/whatever because you can’t be bothered to pick it up. As you’re walking away, you hear a very quiet “Thank you!” from under it.

[bethanythemartian]

“No problem,” I say, the words passing out of my mouth on autopilot, before my brain engages and I freeze.

I turn, and look at the fridge. It seems to be the same fridge that was here when I moved in. 

I mean, I’m also kind of embarrassed. I never do that, I know that’s how you get roaches, but my back hurts so bad that getting up and down is next to impossible, much less bending over. “Um, you holding up okay down there?” I ask.

There was silence. 

“I know that we’re probably the only apartment in the building that doesn’t have a bug problem. That’s, well, that’s you, right?”

Again, silence. But I know I heard it.

“Listen, I can’t really bend over right now, but if you’re down there and hungry, like, there’s half a rotisserie chicken in there that’s about to go bad. I was going to throw it away, but if you could use it-”

“Yesssss. Please.” 

Well. Whatever it is, it’s well-mannered, anyway.

Keep reading

[skepwith]

These two bastards … 

Michael Sheen and David Tennant

[the-l-crazy]

We can run away together. Alpha Centauri! Lots of spare planets out there, nobody would even notice us.

[iwilltrytobereasonable]

Things I Immediately Thought Of TM

[vladtheunfollower]

Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen on the set of The Lord of the Rings

The world was blessedly free of honest men and wonderfully full of people who believed they could tell the difference between an honest man and a crook.

Going Postal, Terry Pratchett  (via thefankid)