In The Basement

Today is International Transgender Day of Visibility!

Here’s a list of some of the amazing Trans Creators we have over here on GOAD and their socials. You can also find loads of trans themed works on AO3 as well! To the World 🏳️‍⚧️🥂

@gahellhimself-blog — whom you may know from his incredible comic Teach-Me (featuring trans Crowley) and so much more incredible art! (Find him on Patreon and Instagram!)

Terraific — who has written some lovely prose as a longstanding member of the writers guild! (Find them on AO3!)

@e-rated-beardo — if you haven’t noticed the regular reblogs on our account on beardo’s fic, Scorn and the Saintmaker, (featuring trans Aziraphale), then you should go check it out, it comes with delicious art! (Find him on AO3!)

@randomshitwithwinter — we recommend you take a look at his latest WIP, Are you a mic pack? which also features trans Aziraphale and the joys of being out! (Find him on AO3!)

And finally, seamstrex_divine42 (aka, midwestern_gothic) who is working through his very first WIP with the GOAD Writers Guild, The Isolated System a post S2 rebellion epic fic filled with Heavenly world building and conspiracies. Keep an eye on our tumblr for their posts!

(this barbie is shameless and she can't stop drawing them doing ✨stuff✨)

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I'm kinda late (I tried to post it yesterday, but ✨life happens✨)~

not very angelic things are happening here..

slightly nsfw

Hello, fandom, be it GOAD-ers or the Good Omens fandom at large.

We know that the current period has been very troubling for a lot of us; thus, we would like to take some time to talk.

Specifically, about bullying and doxxing people.

First of all, as per the latest announcement of our subreddit:

Good Omens After Dark embraces all.

Eeeeeeeveryone. All beliefs, all creeds, all genders, all sexualities, and all arrangements in our favorite ineffables and in the goblins who create and enjoy them. We each have our preferences of course (and yes we like to have some friendly slapfights maybe about some BAMF Azi or Top Crowley for example) but that’s the thing. Friendly. Everyone is welcome in on the joke, because we rarely take much seriously here. That’s what has always made this a fun, unhinged sort of place. 

We work hard to keep the culture of this place going, and we don’t get paid for it. It’s a lot more work than you might think, especially because we all have lives on the outside, but we do it out of love for what everyone brings here: porn, but also the sense of community and creativity (with a heavy dash of ridiculousness and maybe some dumbassery.)

This, however, also means the following:

We fully understand defending your loved ones when faced with injustice and bullying. However, bullying back, or worse, doxxing for the sake of protecting somebody is unacceptable.

Our sub and this Tumblr (which follows the subreddit's line of thinking and working) has always been and will continue to be a strict anti-shitters community. We are here for the porny fun that the fandom has to offer, and will not condone any shitty behaviour within its community.

If we see you being shitters (other than the fun, kind way that we shitbird at one another) where we have some kind of control, we will take serious action.

now is a good time to evaluate your relationships with celebrities or internet personalities. this is just like, a healthy thing to do in general; I do it on a regular basis when considering the celebrities whose work I like. take a minute to think about how you feel about those people, and ask yourself how personal your attachment is to them. if you feel attached to them as you would a friend, family member, or partner, you may need to confront that.

if a celebrity you like turns out to have done something reprehensible, that doesn't make you a bad person for liking them in the past. you likely didn't know. if you loved neil gaiman's writing, and even if you still do, you don't have to feel guilty about it. however, you may want to reevaluate continuing to support them financially.

I deliberately said "celebrities whose work I like" earlier, because that's an important distinction to make- a celebrity's work is just their job. you can admire their work, and it can be very important to you, but at the end of the day, they are not their work. people will talk about "separating the art from the artist" when someone does something awful like gaiman, but I think this might even apply to celebrities you admire. for instance, I'm a big fan of tom waits' music. he has a very entertaining stage persona and is an extremely talented artist. as far as I'm aware, tom waits hasn't had any major controversies. but even so, it's important for me to remember that I adore tom waits' artistry, not tom waits himself. I do not want to become personally attached to someone I do not know.