#The False and the Fair

[princip1914]

I am completely ecstatic to share this gorgeous hand bound copy of my Good Omens human AU The False and the Fair made by @nieded.

Even though Ni sent this to me about a month ago, I still can’t quite believe that it exists, that someone would go to all this effort to make something so beautiful with my words. Wanted to do a little photo shoot to share this with y’all, since something so lovely shouldn’t just be kept to myself. Thank you Ni!

(Adding for the record: I love seeing my work transformed by the fandom, but I do always like to be asked in advance before art/bound copies/podfic etc is made of my work. If you're interested in doing something like this please do reach out!!)

#I meant to post this weeks ago #and got derailed by season 2 #and also by how inadequate words feel to express how I feel about this wonderful gift #go check out Nieded’s fic as well #my friends are so talented #good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale/crowley #art #princip writes #the false and the fair #TF&TF #good omens human au #Appalachian gothic

[ineffable-writer]

hiiiii, sorry to be a weird little weirdo but i just saw a post where you talked about your accomplishments as a writer/teacher and how still love fanfiction so i just wanted to say oh my GOSH, that was very very very nice to hear as a highschooler who’s afraid they'll never write anything but fanfiction haha. anddddd also, continuing on with being a weirdo, in said post you mentioned that one of your favorite works of fiction was an ineffable husbands fic ad i was wondering if you could maybe drop a link 👀

Dude, fanfiction is SO important and top-fucking-notch. There is nothing wrong with writing solely fanfiction! (And there's nothing wrong with writing thinly-veiled OC that's heavily based on things you're into, for that matter. Published authors do it all the time.)

The fic I was talking about is The False and the Fair by @princip1914, which is genuinely a gorgeous work of literature. It's set in West Virginia, which is where my family is from (I've spent a ton of time out there) and god, the sense of place is extraordinary. It beats out work that I've taught when it comes to sense of place. And the relationship between Crowley and Aziraphale is nuanced and complicated in ways you don't really see often in romances, and it's done so well. Gods, it's just gorgeous.

I know they're going to write a non-GO novel based on it, but honestly, they could probably change a few names and publish it without worry if the traditional publishing industry wasn't such a butt about first publication rights. In any case, if you want to read it I suggest downloading it from AO3 (for personal use only), since the author might take it down in the future. (That's what the author suggests, but the suggestion is in the epilogue, so I'm saying it here.)

Anyway--as a fellow weirdo, I'm so glad that was validating! Keep on being you, my friend. You've got this.

#the false and the fair #fic rec #fic recs #ask box #writer writes #slice of irl #writing advice

[fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic]

Good Omens Fic Rec: The False and the Fair

Growing up in the shadow of West Virginia’s Eden Mountain, Aziraphale Wright always expected to work for the family coal mining company. Anthony Crowley, the son of a down-and-out miner, was going to become a pilot and leave town forever. Now, thirty years later, neither of their lives have gone as planned, and an unexpected inheritance brings them back into one another’s orbit. Aziraphale hopes that they can move beyond their shared past, and a high school arrangement that ended in disaster, but he has secrets of his own that threaten their fragile reconnection…

Length: 173,064 words

AO3 Rating: Explicit / Spice Level 🔥🔥🔥

Best for: Long Sitting, Angst, Heavy Topics, Comfort, Beginning is safe for public, transitions to at home reading later

Triggers: HIV, Character Injury

Read it here, fic by Princip1914

Note: This work is archived locked. You will need to be logged into AO3 to read this story.

*Minor Spoilers* I have not put together a top fics list, but this could be my #1. I read this about a month ago at least and I'm still thinking about it. This is not the first Appalachian AU I've ever seen, but it amazes me how we can make our blorbos fit anywhere. This is the best take I've seen though. This story is melancholy, slow, beautiful, thick with heavy mountain air. The setting is gorgeous. The parallels to canon excellent and unique. Even when it hurts, it's gentle and beautiful.

Crowley is at his best. He is kind, and able to find forgiveness even when he's been hurt so badly. He lives a simple, isolated farm life, but has found peace. It's lonely yes, but he doesn't live in despair. But Aziraphale? Oh Aziraphale. My heart aches for him. He does live in despair. In regret and shame, overwhelming guilt and self blame. This is my favorite Aziraphale depiction. It's a distinctly different character from the show, but that's because his life here shaped him. He's his own fully realized character. He's not the canon Aziraphale just plopped into West Virginia. He grew up there, it's in his bones. He is completely different, and yet fundamentally the same Angel we know. One more thing I want to commend, this handles Gabriel so well. Oh, he's a villain and he does some awful things. But it's the realistic kind of villainy, motivated by greed, status, and conformity. He's not cartoonishly evil. This is a man who exists in our world.

Normally I would talk about the plot, I really don't want to here. I think this one is best going in with no expectations and letting the story take you where it needs to go. If you can read this in one long setting I think it is worth it. There are plenty of moments you can take breaks, but if you can spare the time I think fully immersing yourself in this world is best.

Read it here, fic by Princip1914

#good omens #good omens fanfiction #good omens fanfic #fanfic rec #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #human au #long #heavy topics #angst #three flames #the false and the fair #appalachian au #teen au #Princip1914 #past partner #books au #antique au #faves of the blog #gardener au

[prolix-principality]

The False and the Fair - Princip1914

Wow, this was an incredible trip. Very hard to reconcile American versions of these two, though.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25944682/

Good Omens: Aziraphale, Crowley, Agnes (deceased), Gabriel, Bee (Beelzebub), Anathema, Sandy (OC), misc characters 37 chapters; 173,064 words. ~ Growing up in the shadow of West Virginia’s Eden Mountain, Aziraphale Wright always expected to work for the family coal mining company. Anthony Crowley, the son of a down-and-out miner, was going to become a pilot and leave town forever. Now, thirty years later, neither of their lives have gone as planned, and an unexpected inheritance brings them back into one another’s orbit. Aziraphale hopes that they can move beyond their shared past, and a high school arrangement that ended in disaster, but he has secrets of his own that threaten their fragile reconnection… ~ Warning: read the tags, additional chapter-by-chapter warnings, nsfw, food, alcoholism, death/suicide/accidents/murder, sickness/hospitals, some violence/various injuries/blood, kids in danger/doing shady shit/imbibing drugs/child abuse, smoking (cigarettes), (brief) home piercing/vomit/hunting and animal deaths, FBI/Cops, transphobia/homophobia/fatphobia/classism/brief other bigotry/internalized/(brief!) slurs used, dreams, rimming, unhealthy sex/intoxicated, (brief!) mentions of native displacement/human and animal excrement/childbirth/blackmail, semi-confusing timeline, minor typos

#gomensfr #ficrec #our own side #aufr #epicfr #smexyfr #adventurefr #angstfr #slow burn #romance #The False and the Fair

[theminecraftbee]

man. genuinely actually. they fought through every phase of the herald. they had to claw their way through every challenge the gods could throw at them. through wendarr, and the challenge of speed. through velara, and the challenge of the horde. through tenos, and the challenge of rarity. and through idona, and the challenge of damage.

and in the end, the ones left standing are the ones who have been here since the beginning.

you start to wonder if the gods play favorites too, see.

#hermitcraft vault hunters #GG EVERYONE. WHAT A FINALE. #(also to be fair in stress and iskall’s case it probably is ALSO that they’ve done it before that fight is ROUGH on your first few tries) #(but in FALSE’S case… I really do think the gods play favorites.)

[gayestbinnie]

ok but irl when glenn got stuck in the parking garage and was having his thing he said that he called rob after to debrief about it. rob immediately was like “i know this story because he called me to tell me right after it all happened :)” sooooo…. since the plot of dtamhd is based on that… then…………..

#probably won’t follow the exact events this exact buuuuut yeah anyways #i make nothing but false predictions #a real false prophet #iasip #macdennis #to be fair this a an exaggerated retelling of what the said

[magpod-confessions]

I want to interact with the fandom less I think. Nothing wrong with it of course, actually I love all the art & theories I see(even if I don't agree with all of them but it is all fun) my problem is that I feel like I don't use my brain to think of stuff like I could have a theory but I scrool in the fandom abit and I forget it or something. Basically I want use that big brain of mine to think about the horrors without outside influence. But I keep coming back cuz I know no-one who I can talk about this podcast with

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#thats fair! you do you anon #tho it can also be helpful to get other input. take a popular theory then try build on that or find ways to prove it false #idk could be fun #magpod #tma #tmagp #the magnus archives #the magnus protocol #magpod confession

[frogsareserotonin]

Calliope petrichor is actually the ultimate emily pc because she’s acquired not one, not two, but three familiars

#AND NONE OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY FIMILIARS #anyways licorice and honeysuckle have my heart foster you’re on thin ice (still wary from false-ter) #naddpod #caliope petrichor #ba2mia #c’est moi #AND ALSO HER JOURNEY ISNT DONE YET #whose doing it like her #unrelated but I do hope the frog pal gets his own little pal at some point it’s only fair

[dr3amofagame]

Ok there are a lot of things I don't understand about Wilbur and Dream's interactions, but one of the main things that I don't quite get is the whole breaking into the prison and burning the disks with Tommy , like ok why was Wilbur so convinced that by threatening to kill himself he was gonna make Dream do what ever he wants ( burn the disks)

And well we can say that Dream was just agreeing to whatever the hell the wanted because he wanted them out of his living room ( and because he didn't need the disks) but like ,Wilbur didn't know that, what made him so sure that Dream wanted him alive especially after the prison break ( Dream didn't need his help anymore) to the point that he thought he could use it ( his life ) as leverage

Did Dream want to keep Wilbur alive, if so, then why? I don't know man, seems like the only person that would be losing in this situation is Wilbur himself.

I got more questions but like this is what confuses me the most. Idk just don't get it

Honestly I'm going to assume you know about these reddit posts, but while like I think that people should be able to draw their own conclusions to a text without strictly subscribing to what is said by the authors, like, cc!Dream and cc!Wilbur did give explanations behind what happened in this stream that I think are worth checking out: x x

A lot of people perceived cc!Wilbur's comment specifically as speaking for c!Dream in a way that was uninformed and therefore dismissed the post, which I think is...unwise? Like, cc!Wilbur literally says that he's posting from the perspective of his character's thought process, not an out of character word of god on what c!Dream actually values and believes. Further, he literally clarifies that his character isn't entirely correct and is an unreliable narrator.

But looking between the posts and looking at c!Dream's behavior, I mean. What we can say, rather definitively, that c!Wilbur was right about is that c!Dream didn't want to lose that feeling that he had leverage over c!Wilbur. Like, he's pretty damn desperate not to lose it, actually. c!Wilbur "believes that Dream has nothing if not himself"--a perspective that obviously leaves out c!Punz, considering c!Dream's secrecy in terms of this one particular ally, but is otherwise I mean. Like. Correct? cc!Dream emphasizes repeatedly that c!Dream doesn't want to lose "that feeling of control over Wilbur," that c!Dream's power over c!Wilbur is "just in his head," that he's holding onto it even though "it's seemingly gone after the exile reveal." The rest of the server's story only throws this in sharper relief--c!Wilbur literally fucking leaves the whole damn server and c!Dream is cowering in the prison worrying about him A MONTH LATER.

When c!Wilbur makes the assessment that c!Dream is going to hold onto the perceived leverage he has over c!Wilbur tightly, EVEN WHEN SAID LEVERAGE DOESN'T EXIST, to the point of doing almost everything c!Wilbur tells him to? He's 100% right. c!Dream doesn't want to break the illusion. When cc!Dream gives the two examples of what c!Dream wouldn't do, he mentions that c!Dream wouldn't "kill himself" or "give over the revive book," which, I mean. Is literally just saying the same thing twice. Which, again, just goes to show how far c!Dream is willing to go in order to keep holding onto a feeling of control, that--once again! Is emphasized by both ccs AND by the literal text (as we can see that c!Dream at no point is able to actually use the "leverage" he has over c!Wilbur from reviving him to do LITERALLY ANYTHING AT ALL) as not existing in any meaningful manner. This isn't a case of c!Wilbur having an inflated sense of self-importance or a case of him pushing his way into this conflict recklessly w/ a delusional belief that his pitch will work. This is a case of c!Wilbur (as is like, usually the case with him and c!Dream) reading c!Dream like an open book and getting exactly what he fucking wants by force, literally shouting down at c!Tommy and c!Dream until they both comply.

(And it's worth pointing out that like. This whole thing does have a visible toll on c!Dream. He's extra jumpy and defensive in the stream on the same day after Inconsolable Differences, says he went for a stroll outside the prison (something he basically Doesn't Do after he gets the prison back in Daedalus) explicitly to "keep his mind wandering," he bristles at the perception that he's being accused of a terrorist--the exact wording that c!Wilbur uses against him when he makes him write the book in the prison. c!Dream's behavior, while not yet pushed to the point where he starts lashing out in self-defense, was pretty obviously off as soon as c!Wilbur started making demands--he grows quieter, more still, visibly less comfortable--honestly, not at all unsimilar to certain behaviors that we saw in the prison arc.)

And I mean. At the end of the day. Why wouldn't c!Dream want some reason to believe that c!Wilbur would work with him? Why wouldn't he want some kind of leverage? The guy is pretty obviously worried about him, if not outright scared of him. He was ranking c!Wilbur with the likes of c!Sam and c!Quackity when he mentions him in the Finale, for god's sake. c!Wilbur was the person that first called him the tyrant that c!Dream ends up believing he has always been. c!Wilbur was the originator of L'manburg, which c!Dream blames for the literal loss of his home. c!Wilbur is like. Extremely charismatic, extremely good at convincing people that he's well-meaning, that what he's saying is right, that this-person-is-the-enemy and you-want-to-stand-for-freedom and that so-and-so is a cause worth dying for, isn't it. c!Dream was The-Man-That-L'manburg-Opposed from the minute that c!Wilbur decided so and this narrative would follow him literally for the rest of his life.

So yeah c!Dream wanted to keep c!Wilbur alive out of the delusional belief that doing so would mean he has leverage over him. Why he wants that leverage (even though he never uses it and the fact that it literally doesn't exist), I mean.

#my asks !! #c!dreamisms #like id say that if there's anywhere c!wilbur makes an error in judgement here #it's prooooobably in assuming that c!dream still has his eyes set on fucking with c!Tommy for the sake of his goals #because honestly i've always read the whole staged finale false ending of it all and giving him the discs as just. #kinda avoiding the kid that's made himself a constant thorn in his side over those two vinyls since forever #but then again maybe the main reason why we didn't see that much post-prison c!discduo #was because c!dream was literally just too busy holing himself up in the prison obviously unwell scrawling over the walls unintelligbly #but in assuming that c!dream will prioritize keeping him alive like. he was spot on. he was absolutely 100% accurate #dream would prioritize everything except like basically his own literal life to keep a feeling of control over wilbur #that was completely unbased in reality #the main question i had at the time was whether or not c!wilbur actually believed that c!Dream had that power over him or not #and after rereading the reddit post a few times and just looking at the end of the server i feel like. it's pretty fair to say #that like. he didn't. c!wilbur was kinda aware that c!Dream's feeling of power was just a feeling imo #and that these false concessions of agency to c!Dream were the most effective way to get him to do what c!Wilbur wanted #[stares at my vassal demons] #anyway

[sincerely-nines]

i cant believe that all this time it was tango who buried jimmy in the hole lmaoooo

#i had no idea tango was teamed up with false #i just saw false bury jimmy and thought yeah absolutely fair

[princip1914]

not an adk, just to say how much I have appreciated your West Virginia story. It is a rare jewel. I am looking forward to the non-ff novel. I really do hope you are working on it as promised. Thank you for sharing your talent and passion with the world.

Thank you so much for such a lovely message! The False and the Fair (my Good Omens human AU set in West Virginia, yes I know it's an odd concept) was such a joy to write and holds such a special place in my heart. I love hearing from people who are still discovering the fic even though it has been finished and out in the world for several years now! Truly messages like this make my day!

I am still planning to use some elements of the fic in a standalone novel, but this is still a long way away and I'm ok with that. I love the fic as it is--existing for free in a fandom space--but I am also excited about the idea of producing a more sharpened version of it as I feel I have grown a lot as a writer since the time I posted the first chapters. I'm also working on some other original fiction these days and very busy with a big work transition...so there's a lot going on! If there are any updates about my fiction, they will be here on my Tumblr blog :)

Thanks again for the kind words! For those interested, you can check out the fic here: The False and the Fair.

(If the link doesn't work that is because it is archive locked and you will have to log in to read it).

#good omens #princip writes #good omens human au #the false and the fair #princip's fic #asks #ineffable husbands #aziraphale/crowley #appalachian gothic

[commanderpigg]

I was Aerith this Halloween! (FF7 Remake version)

it's incredible how quickly she rose to the top ranks of my favorite characters list 😚

I posted the final pics on my Twitter but here's some unedited ~Tumblr Exclusives~

#idk if the alt text works or not but i put additional comments in there #anways this was for ikebukuro halloween which is basically a huge cosplay fair #a bit hectic but i had fun hanging out with friends!! #the highlight was a couple of girls coming up to me to say what huge fans of aerith they were #and how i looked just like her 😭😭😭 #my day-of eye makeup could have been better but thats cuz i tried messing with false lashes 😬 #anyways maybe ill try to get like an actual photoshoot of this one day 😉 #it me #my cosplay

[woahjo]

u ever have a friend where when u text them they are kind and pleasant and inquire about things and then when u see them in person they behave like you just tried to pry the garbage they rummaged for from their hands like a raccoon in the city

#i have a friend who acts really sweet over text and doesn't tease often #but then i see him in person and he's the most cocksure... never make a mistake in front of him friend #can't even stutter in his presence #one time he noticed that sometimes i curl my upper lip when i smile and started exaggerating the expression whenever i smiled at him #like okay so not even joy is safe (it doesn't bother me) #but i texted him today and he responded with 'what's up hot stuff' like who are you??? #anyway i fall for it every time like okay false sense of security.. so anything is fair game let's talk about how we're BOTH balding #cal.personal

[theminecraftbee]

i'll stop posting endless screenshots now btw it's just a very fun episode and i am CONVINCED that if i just show all of you the silly outfits enough times. you will also come watch. that's all you need right you just need to see the silly outfits right please ethoslab is in bunny ears that's a draw right please,

#to be fair i am also really easily swayed by the silly outfits. #also i just think everyone should see false in the silly boots and stress in her fairy outfit

[thieves-never-say-die]

Neal is absolutely insufferable after being copy-catted

#he’s such a lil shit about it #I mean fair. it would be very cool to be talked about in a college course #do you think Parker has ever appeared in a college syllabus? #or is she too elusive #I feel like she doesn’t make as big of a splash as Neal #Hardison has 100% hacked his name into college syllabus before #(adding completely false information just for fun) #white collar #m speaks

[corvidcall]

sometimes you see a bad tweet and it makes you upset all day but you cant interact with it in any way because then twitter will just be encouraged to show you more bad tweets. but it did ruin my whole fucking day

#anime life #the tweet was something like #'MAYBE when trans women talk about how bad testosterone is its because of their own trauma #and its not about trans men because literally nobody was talking about you guys oh my god' #like... ok...? #but trans men can still HEAR you tho.... #i don't think its fair to act like trans men are self obsessed professional victims or whatever just because you said something shitty #like yes it's from your trauma and not about trans men but. yknow. #if i post about how ugly my fat body is #just because its coming from a place of trauma and societal abuse doesnt mean my comments don't hurt the other fat people who hear it #anyway i think part of why it's stuck with me all day is because it made me feel so sad #sometimes it feels like no one cares about me but me yknow? #like no one cares about trans mascs but other trans mascs #and no one cares about fat people but other fat people #and no one cares about disabled people but other disabled people #i KNOW that isn't true!!! #factually that is false #but sometimes it really feels like people only care about me in as much as they care about telling me i better not start thinking i matter #as much as they do (people whose lives and problems and societal marginalizations ACTUALLY matter) #and then if you try to talk about your problems to explain how theyre real you just get made fun of #oh well. time to get under my weighted blanket and get real small #and try not to get entirely black pilled by the world lol