O. B. Livion

good omens text post meme, part 4 (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)

David Tennant reads the bookshop scene from Good Omens during Playing in the Dark: Neil Gaiman and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Posting here to memorialise this even after the BBC takes it down from their website. Originally performed 12th Nov 2019 at the Barbican, London. 

Like, no matter how you ship them, from ‘platonic’ to ‘pining’ all the way up to ‘married since the Garden’...

Benedict friggin Cumberbatch was in Good Omens and y’all were too distracted by the Angel and the Demon to care.

*sits on the bedside*

*tucks u in*

*reads u a story*

*sees ur asleep*

*smiles*

*whispers*

“responding to hate with more hate is not the answer. the answer is a firm stance and a fleshed out argument with facts from reputable sources while remaining mature and composed even against wild and threatening opponents.”

*kisses ur forehead*

*tiptoes out so i don’t wake u up*

*turns the light off*

Jane Austen:

They understand consent, are kind and considerate and respectful and far far better because they're written with a female gaze instead of the mainstream patriarchally dominated capitalism.

“I wanted to challenge politically the kissing scene, which traditionally either has the surprise kiss scene thanks to a rain shower for instance, or the obvious kiss scene thanks to mustard on the corner of the lips, for instance, and it is generally carefully scripted as ‘They kiss.’ Or ‘They passionately kiss.’ And then it’s on the actors’ shoulders. It seems to rely a lot on them because it’s their bodies and fluids and interaction, but it shouldn’t be. It’s fake. It’s not about finding the magic. Actors should always be part of the elaboration of an idea, especially with intimate scenes. So I wanted to craft a scene that would embody the sexiness of consent. People who are questioning the idea of asking for consent in France, they do exist. They are brave fighters for the culture of French gallantry who say that asking for consent would not be sexy, it will break the mood. Some of the French critics thought the film lacked flesh, precisely because to them eroticism is about conflict. […] At some point I came up with the idea of them having to unveil their mouths like they would undress themselves. So I put a scarf, justified by a strong wind, pressed on their lips and thinking you would see their heavy breathing through the moving cloth.”

jane: all that for a rich husband? i’ll get sick D:

mrs bennet:

“then how are you this evening… mrs darcy”