Watch: Roxette - Crash! Boom! Bang! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoXrd3_3fYI&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook
It’s important to recognize the difference between “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because I’m willfully ignoring how suspension of disbelief, fantasy, and sci-fi work and just trying to be obnoxious about how unrealistic this is”, and “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because there are actually some intriguing worldbuilding possibilities if we use them that can add another dimension to the story”, and “I’m nitpicking scientific facts because considering the real-world implications of how this would happen are FUCKING HILARIOUS”
“Old School Slash is a term used by fans to describe a previous generation of slash fanfic. The term sometimes crops up in discussions like Was Fanfic Any Different in the Olden Days?.
Some Tropes and Characteristics
The following tropes are associated with “old school slash,” though some of these may also appear in more recent fanfics:
- We’re Not Gay; We Just Love Each Other
- often a large amount of angst regarding the character’s m/m attraction and intimacies
- Big Guy, Little Guy
- the rampant use of epithets
- a fixation on the longer, slimmer penis of one man compared to the thicker, shorter penis of the other man
- a dismissal or denigration of previous relationships with women
- a focus on anal penetration
- many First Time to m/m sex fanworks
- Prostate Introduction
- the three-fingers scissored description, and I Want to See Your Face
- other?”
good god, having a body is exhausting, there’s so much maintenance and no warranty
David Tennant, Michael Sheen and Neil Gaiman at the openng of the Good Omens Experience pop-up bookshop in Greek Street, London
aziraphale has resigned himself to quietly pining over crowley and crowley’s doing the same except he’s mad about it

“Aziraphale collected books. If he were totally honest with himself he would have to have admitted that his bookshop was simply somewhere to store them. He was not unusual in this. In order to maintain his cover as a typical second-hand book seller, he used every means short of actual physical violence to prevent customers from making a purchase. Unpleasant damp smells, glowering looks, erratic opening hours - he was incredibly good at it.” — Good Omens, Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett

