Happy Birthday Good Omens

[elisi]

Happy Birthday to the Good Omens universe. ^_^

I bring you a fic: Factory Settings

100k, post-S2. Basically an attempt at S3. Huge in scope and ambition. It is very long, but the chapters are very short. It's like catnip and you'll just keep reading. <3

Comments

[astrogirl]

Sorry about the late response, no idea where the week went...

No worries! You're getting a quick reply, though, because you happened to catch me at an idle time. :)

I guess there's the (2nd) Therapy Fic...

I bounced off that one pretty quickly, I'm afraid. The first one did a bunch of things I found really interesting and good, and a bunch of things that really just didn't work well for me. The 2nd one looked to be more of the same and then some, and I found I just didn't have the patience to sit through all the stuff I find unconvincing or sloggy to get to the good stuff again.

Aziraphale going to Heaven on his own/Crowley coming with him/Aziraphale NOT going - all have heartbreak in there.

Absolutely! And it seems hard to avoid that, no matter what you do. At one point after S2, I was considering writing a Metatron-free version of the ending, just because I'm really curious what that scene would look like if Crowley actually got to say his piece free of interruption or heartache. But one of the reasons I ended up not doing it is because it might look like a fix-it, but it would still leave certain now-obvious things about Aziraphale and his feelings about Heaven unaddressed and unresolved in a way that seems like it'd fester. The only truthful-feeling way I could think of ending it was with a nagging feeling in the back of Crowley's mind that there's another shoe still waiting to drop sometime, and that lacked appeal, somehow.

But I still think the ending was a cop-out from a Crowley POV.

Fair enough. I think there's a certain element of personal taste there, as well as a question of how much we as readers can be satisfied bringing stuff into a particular story when it's not explicit on the page. Which is something that I find varies a lot for me just from one story to another, really.

Didn't mind that, for me it was the random typos. ;)

I found myself able to forgive those without too much difficulty, although in a lesser fic (or, for that matter, a shorter one) they probably would have bothered me a lot more.

[elisi]

No worries! You're getting a quick reply, though, because you happened to catch me at an idle time. :)
Excellent! Ditto. :)

I bounced off that one pretty quickly, I'm afraid. [...] I found I just didn't have the patience to sit through all the stuff I find unconvincing or sloggy to get to the good stuff again.
I can confirm that it's been v v slow, but it looks like it's now taking off (Chapter 12?). Also not fluff. *g*

But one of the reasons I ended up not doing it is because it might look like a fix-it, but it would still leave certain now-obvious things about Aziraphale and his feelings about Heaven unaddressed and unresolved in a way that seems like it'd fester. The only truthful-feeling way I could think of ending it was with a nagging feeling in the back of Crowley's mind that there's another shoe still waiting to drop sometime, and that lacked appeal, somehow.
I hear ya. Proton, Owls & I have the beginning of a draft for a [crack] fic, but alas getting 3 people together to write is not working very well. But if we do it, it'll be fab.

Fair enough. I think there's a certain element of personal taste there, as well as a question of how much we as readers can be satisfied bringing stuff into a particular story when it's not explicit on the page. Which is something that I find varies a lot for me just from one story to another, really.
Oh totally. But Raphael is SO well done, Crowley seems almost an afterthought. I mean, obviously he isn't, but... how does Crowley feel about Raphael? Do they integrate? Can Crowley trade on Raphael's self-confidence and self-assurance? He lost a huge chunk of himself [according to this fic] and getting that back should *matter*. From a personal perspective, The Fic very much turned around Thirteen's mindwipe and Crowley getting those memories back and how pivotal that was to his character development/making peace with his Fall/understanding that the Emperor God was 'naked'. And here just... crickets. Why go to all that truly amazing effort without doing anything with it? (I'll stop now. *g*)

I found myself able to forgive those without too much difficulty, although in a lesser fic (or, for that matter, a shorter one) they probably would have bothered me a lot more.
I didn't mind them much (they clearly were just typos, the author could WRITE), but again it highlighted the speed.

[astrogirl]

Also not fluff. *g*

I would be rather surprised if it was. :)

I hear ya. Proton, Owls & I have the beginning of a draft for a [crack] fic, but alas getting 3 people together to write is not working very well. But if we do it, it'll be fab.

Ooh, well, I look forward to it, then, if and when!

And here just... crickets. Why go to all that truly amazing effort without doing anything with it? (I'll stop now. *g*)

LOL. Well, I do totally understand the annoyance there, I think, even if I don't share it. You know, maybe what that fic really needs is a sequel...

[elisi]

Ooh, well, I look forward to it, then, if and when!
Same!! Am preoccupied at the moment...

LOL. Well, I do totally understand the annoyance there, I think, even if I don't share it. You know, maybe what that fic really needs is a sequel...
Or just an addendum. But hey ho, nothing can please everyone, so I am glad that you loved it. :)