The angel you knew is not me.

And all my dumb ass hears is "Avocado" because to german ears, a T that is not aspirated is a voiceless D (a.k.a. a T but in german you pronounce all consonants voiceless at the end of a syllable, so D and T can sound the exact same here).

As last thursday, I'm stealing this idea from copperplatebeach via curiouspupsicle! Even though I almost forgot about it this week because I'm so busy aaaah

🐍The snake that would not crawl🪽

🪽 5k words 🐍 Fairy Tale 🗡️

Once upon a time, an angel sets out to cut down the serpent that was prophesied to spread evil among humanity. But soon, the angel must learn that no creature is evil by birth, and that there is more to the serpent than heaven has foreseen. And so they set out together, to find the stars and help whom they can along the way – no matter the cost. Their sacrifices will be worth it, if only the angel is able to keep his promise to the serpent: That they will find the star that shines the brightest, and have it show the poor creature a place it can finally call home. – An original fairy tale, written to be reminiscent of a translation of the brothers Grimm. –

My personal story behind this fic

I used to have my own blog for original fairy tales, but I never did much with it. I love writing fairy tales, and I love reading fairy tales. To the point of me having a university master's degree in fairy tales lmao But while uni was mostly about the Brothers Grimm and other german fairy tale authors, I grew up on - yes, Grimms too - but also Hans Christian Andersen.

So I wrote The Snake That Would Not Crawl as a homage to Good Omens, Andersen and the Grimms. I tried to make it sound a bit Grimm-ish, but I was also writing in English and not German, so I don't know how well that translated. I used a lot of German syntax on purpose, but it might just read badly translated to native speakers - I can't really tell.

I was very hesitant to tag this story because I knew it would make people not read it, but I have to be honest. It's not most people's cup of tea, and I know that. The ending is very Andersen-inspired, if you know what I mean, which isn't good for fanfic. But it was what I wanted to write and I did not want to compromise on that.

And then, just a few days back, someone made this awesome podfic of this fairy tale!! Thank you, Enter_Witty_Username_Here!! I'm still blown away!

The Fairy Tale Bang

This was the first (and to this day only) story for a Bang ever! When I read that there was a Good Omens Fairy Tale Bang, I couldn't not enter and write my own fairy tale.

And it was awesome! Everybody was super nice and hearing about what the others were writing was fascinating for a fairy tale fan like me! And EVERYONE there was a fairy tale fan!

I got paired up with an artist I didn't know yet, angela345, (not that I knew anyone in that bang) and since I am an awkward person who has trouble being social, I was really nervous. But they were very kind despite me being really weird, especially on a call lol (Thank you again, angela!!!)

And now you can see their cute art and my fairy tale on ao3. If you like fairy tales, please give it a look!

previously: one click and I was able to tag the post and send it.