Do All Things With Love

For these past couple of weeks I have been trying to sort out how I feel about the Gaiman situation. It is beyond any doubt by now that he is a rapist and a predator who deliberately has been seeking out very, VERY young women, star-struck women, women who adored his work, or – even worse – depended on him financially or regarding housing and then coerced or even forced them into behaviour they did not want nor consented to. As in all such cases my unconditional solidarity is with the women harmed. My disappointment is nothing in comparison to what these women had to endure. Yet, it hurts. It feels like betrayal. Because I believed in the persona Gaiman presented to the world, and heck I LOVED his work! I still love it. I will neither dispose of the books nor dump the DVDs. For the time being I have removed his books from the shelves and put them away where I can’t see them. Which feels weird, because his books – especially those beautiful graphic novel editions – always had special places on display for everyone to see. I have thought a lot about whether at some point I will go back to reading them. I might. Because they have not ceased to be great books with wonderful messages, even if he never meant them. But they still are. This is not Harry Potter. Now, the elephant in the room (at least for me) is: what about Good Omens Season 3? Do I want it made? Will I watch? Will I be able to enjoy it? The answer to all three is: yes. The heck I will let him spoil that for me! At this point the script should be nigh to finished. He is bound by contract, as are all other parties. I do hope that as we speak behind the scenes negociations are underway, and my preferred outcome is: Prime buys all the rights, Gaiman is not involved in the making, and we will enjoy the fuck out of the result of the work of hundreds of creative people required to make such a show. And Gaiman will have to silently watch from the sidelines with no way of joining in or reveling in the attention he used to get out of this and Sandman. It may be selfish, but yes, I want to see how the story ends for Crowley and Aziraphale. But for him to not be able to join in and participate in the joy and the obsessing and the overall nerdiness will be punishment and I am all for that. It is possible I change my mind as time passes. But at the moment, this is where I am with this incredibly disappointing and terrible affaire, and I just had to get it out.