catscraftsandcommentary: Terry Pratchett, you goddamn genius wordsmith. The world is poorer for your absence.
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From December 2017: An Unsent Reply…
neil-gaiman: Here’s a written but unposted snapshot of where I was at in December 2017. So no, I didn’t think GOOD OMENS was going to be a successful slam dunk, and be received with love. I worried. But I hoped. Paraphrase of the OP, because it seems unfair to quote them, or identify them in …
The socially acceptable answer, it seems, is: “I had no idea how successful it would be!” as that’s what everyone always says when asked. But given the long-established love for the book, DID you expect all of this *waves hand to take in the fandom*? And when building the show, did you have it on your mind how much it would mean to so many young people to see such varied representation… or were you simply adding representation for representation’s sake? If that makes sense. (Also, I love you.)
neil-gaiman: I really only had one objective. I wanted to make a Good Omens TV series that Terry Pratchett would have wanted to see, and it had to be one I was happy with too. So, no, I didn’t expect any of it. While we were making it, the general noise from fandom was pretty …
lj-lyall: “I commend my soul to any god that can find it” is such a metal line I wish it didn’t come from a character whose full cannonical name is Moist von Lipwig
A flaw in dwarfish nature from a human point of view is their tendency to take things literally. This is a result of their subterranean life. In an environment where there are things always ready to explode or collapse it is vitally important that information be passed on clearly and honestly. The human language, with …
agardenandlibrary: Magic has a habit of lying low, like a rake in the grass. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett
pinkskadan: Me reading this on the Libby app on my phone, imagining Pratchett thinking this up or just hearing it from a friend and then chuckling as he found someway to shoehorn it in and make his audience read this joke and then squint and say “hrmmmm”
zetablarian: crowleysglasses: neil-gaiman: laveyinthehouse: “If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of …
astrangertomykin: me: it’s nearly 3am i have work in the morning my brain: how was crowley going to get to alpha centauri
bitchwannatryme: randomslasher: writing-prompt-s: Image prompt “Gary, I realize it’s your first day, but we do have a dress code.” I literally can’t tell who is talking to who, and I don’t want to change that for a second. Mort, Terry Pratchett, 1987
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