Some exceptions include humorous or sarcastic dialogue. For the most part, we rarely sense Gaiman’s lens. In Norse Mythology I was struck by how simply and clearly Gaiman narrates these tales. LM: I’d just reread parts of Gaiman's American Gods, a novel full of lush descriptions of fantastical places like carousel rides in amusement parks, lusty sex scenes with voluptuous goddess, and detailed fight sequences. That was the void between the ice where everything gets started in the ancient Nordic cosmos.
A cow licked an ice block to free the ancestors of the gods.ĬSP: Try saying the word “ Ginnungagap” ten times without stopping. When it comes to anime fan videos, however, it appears that Gaiman might need some time to process.These gods come from a cold, hard world, one with little pity. While receptive of fanfic, he prefers not to read it, having said in 2003 a blog post: “I can just about get my head around the concept of Crowley-Aziraphale slash, and would rather not read it thanks.” He regularly responds to asks on Tumblr, sometimes reblogging fan art and videos (of both Good Omens and his other works). Gaiman himself engages regularly with fans, both with the initial wave of fandom and with the new one. The shipping name of Crowley and Aziraphale - Ineffable Husbands - that regularly makes the top three of Tumblr’s Fandom shipping list has roots from before Tumblr was even a platform. When the Amazon series rolled around, the microblogging platform was ready to welcome a new wave of younger fans as they discovered the book and the show for the first time.
As with most fandoms after the LiveJournal purges, much of the Good Omens fandom migrated to Tumblr. The early 2000s saw groups of Good Omens fans populate LiveJournal, writing fanfiction about the main pairing (Crowley and Aziraphale, since the book is basically a love story between them) and rendering fan art of the characters. It’s no surprise, though, considering the legacy that the book itself had on fandom culture. Though it lost the throne to Taylor Swift in August, Good Omens - and related ships and characters - continue to proliferate the lists week after week. The adaptation, in which an angel (played by Michael Sheen) and a demon (David Tennant) team up to stop the impending apocalypse, maintained a three month streak as the number one trend on Tumblr’s Fandometrics buzztracker. Good Omens debuted on Amazon Prime in May, but a low-boil fandom kept the show in the conversation well beyond the typical streaming show window.
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