If you have told me when s2 of Good Omens was coming out that I would not be very interested in watching the ending of the story, I woul call you a fool.
But here we are.
I will probably pirate it, because I'm genuinely curious. I still have a lot of love for these characters. I have fanart at home, made by my best friend, because this series was our thing. I am like Aziraphale, she is like Crowley. It was a whole joke.
I have a lot of Gaiman related stuff at home. I'm not getting rid of it. It has sentimental value.
I got American Gods for my 18th birthday from a friend I don't have much contact with now, but I still love and cherish our years together so much. The first gift my boyfriend ever got me for my birthday was the complete Sandman comic book set. It was such a beautiful gift. I have Gaiman's books illustrated by Chris Riddell, who is my favourite illustrator and I still love his artwork. I will always love Coraline and Stardust, especially since a lot of people worked on these movies, not only that pos. And Laika is a great studio that actually made Coraline as great as it is.
Unfortunately, that man is a good writer. A lot of good artists are awful people. That's just the sad reality. I love a lot of things that were made by bad people. I think in those cases you just need some distance. I don't believe in separating art from the artist. Art is always an expression of self, in some way. But I believe even the worst people in the world are capable of doing or making good things. We want to put everything into neat boxes but life just doesn't work that way. And I completely understand if someone doesn't want to interact with problematic artists' work at all. It's completely up to you. But don't feel guilty for enjoying things that are good. However, what you should feel guilty about, is financially supporting a monster or excusing someone's actions because you like their work. Or simply ignoring the elephant in the room and proceeding like nothing happenned. I guess that's where I draw the line.
I haven't been on tumblr when that whole thing happenned. After the tortoise podcast I still had some hope left in the man, because we know who is the author of this podcast. But that was so foolish of me. Sometimes we idolize the wrong people, I guess. I feel so sorry for these women and I admire their strenght. To speak out against someone who has been so beloved, knowing you will receive so much backlash, I can't even imagine. They're the victims here and we shouldn't lose that focus.
But man, as a former fan of Neil, and a woman myself, I felt so betrayed. And knowing how much of his fans were also women, young people, queer people. How he presented himself as a feminist while doing all those things. How close he was with the fans (which seems so disgusting now, knowing all of this). I think it's valid to feel hurt by him.
