#isn't that right Neil?

[striving-artist]

This does not help anything. at all. the ruling sucks.

However. the ruling isn't that people can refuse gay people service. The ruling is that any public business can refuse service for anything that can be called freedom of expression because of religious views.

Which means that if a business owner claims to hold religious views preventing them, they can refuse any work they want.

Again, this is not helping anything, but mannnn, malicious compliance and church of satan and angry people are going to have a blast following this one through.

#scotus #us politics #for real though? #church of satan does things like have a statue of baphomet #put on a government site #bc if we're including religion #you gotta include all of them #right Clarence? #its not about helping any ONE religion?? #you respect all of them right?? #so you'll be fine with pentagrams and quotes from lavey #hanging on the wall next to the ten commandments #isn't that right Neil?

[obsidianbit]

I love this gay ass show with its literally life ending injuries that heal immediately, but only when convenient to the plot, and its ridiculous use of modern phrases, and its laughing in the face of historical accuracy, and its kissing the face of the fans instead of trying to outwit them, and the way everyone involved in the show seem to go 'I KNOW RIGHT! I'M EXCITED TOO!' instead of mocking the fans

#i have so many feelings #i can't quite express the way everyone involved seems to want us to love the show #like when you love something so you show it to a friend and vibrate with excitement while you watch them love it #so that you can scream about it together #it feels like djenks and the writers and the cast and the crew are in on the joke *with* us #which contrasts so sharply to the way so many fandoms find themselves to *be* the joke #the joke being how much we love the show #the fact that everyone involved cares *so much* about the show is really obvious #not just this is a fun show but this is a *meaningful* show #i truly have never felt so much like i have a community as i have with this show and the fans of it #it is also one of the only shows i can think of (maybe some of neil gaiman's adaptations?) where the trademark over analysing and meta #and theories of the fans isn't ridiculed #this ties back into the being in on the joke thing #back when we didn't know blackbonnet was going to be *canon* canon #and djenks reaction to us freaking out that we were RIGHT was basically #well yeah? #i want to write a love letter to everyone but i don't know how #ofmd #mine #our flag means death #david jenkins #ofmd s2 #ofmd 2 #kissing david jenkins on the mouth

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 16

PREVIOUS

Sweeties is very busy tonight but they get a table relatively quickly. He sees some people looking at their group all dressed in the ‘required’ attire for going out to Eden’s and reminds himself that maybe it’s for the best that people remember him tonight. It MAY help the police find his body in a shallow grave somewhere if they can piece together his last few hours.

Nicky stops by the salad bar and grabs three packs of crackers. He hands one pack to FF who just stares blankly at it before shrugging and figuring his stomach needs something so he opens the pack and just eats the crackers.

Nicky looks at him with an abundance of fondness that he doesn’t understand but shakes his head and hands a laminated menu over to him to order dinner from. “I know you’re not drinking but you still gotta take your meds before we leave.” Nicky reminds and FF nods. He reaches into his pocket to confirm that they’re there and feels something cheap and plastic.

Oh god, he forgot to take his Happy Meal Toy out of his pocket. No one needs to know that.

He shoves his hand into his other jacket pocket and the sandwich baggy with his single dose for his Ulcer is right there.

He starts to look at the menu when he realizes that everyone else already knows what they’re going to order since they apparently come here regularly. He tries his best to never be a regular at any place where they can see him and repeat his order back to him (Hello CVS girl, yes thank you for holding some Pepto for him. No he is very brand loyal and would not like to try Tums thank you.)

FF stands behind the art of the panic pick.

He has cultivated this ability over his many years of panicking. He can look at a menu and pick an item that might not be the thing he most wants on that menu it is something that he can eat or drink. Then while he has that pick queued up and ready to fly if a member of the waitstaff comes over before he’s actually read what’s on offer he has his panic pick.

A place like this has GOT to have a burger.

He finds it under the sandwich section easily enough and now he has his panic pick as he peruses the rest of the menu.

The waitress comes far faster than he had anticipated and slams waters down at each of their spots. “What can I get you?” She asks and before anyone says anything Nicky and Aaron slide over the two packets of crackers that she takes before looking at the empty packet in front of FF, “Just two?” She asks.

WHAT KIND OF CODE IS THIS?

“Just two.” Nicky says grabbing his trash and handing it over to her.

She shrugs, “Anything else on the menu I can get you boys?” She asks.

They all make their orders and Nicky, bravely, steps in to remind him he likes his burgers well done when the waitress asks.

“Sorry, I should have warned you.” Nicky laughs bumping his shoulder against FF’s “This place has this stuff called cracker dust, it gets you high but it’s not addictive.” He says.

Every single 80’s PSA goes off in FF’s head all at once.

NICKY “FLIPS TURTLES BACK ONTO THEIR FEET” HEMMICK DOES NOT LOOK LIKE HOW THE ‘JUST SAY NO’ ADS HAD SAID HE WOULD.

There’s not a trench coat! He wasn’t even wearing a hoodie with the hood up! There’s no sunglasses! Nicky had given him a baggie for his ulcer meds but IT WAS A SANDWICH BAG.

“I see.” He says out loud.

“Do you wanna try some.” Aaron asks. He double checks and yeah Aaron is still in the same club clothes he had left the house with. He has on a hoodie but the hood is down.

He does as any 80’s teen sitcom protagonist does by the end of the episode.

“No thank you.”

He thinks Mr. T would be happy that he said No. That ad had been especially nerve wracking as a kid when Mr. T ‘shakes some sense’ into the camera.

“Alright, no worries. Neil and Andrew don’t do any either.” Nicky says quickly.

The drugs come with the food and Nicky and Aaron pocket them before handing over cash to the waitress who just counts it right there. He focuses on digging into his burger and realizes it has jalapeños on it but Nicky volunteers to eat them with his nachos and lets the conversation weave around him as he polishes off his burger and takes his ulcer meds. “Oh cool, hand me the bag so I can keep our stuff in there.” Nicky makes a grabbing motion with his hands and FF just hands it over.

He zones out as he eats his fries. He wonders if Great Gran is upset watching him or if she’s happy that he said no to drugs. Maybe he should have said yes, then he could at least be blasted out of his mind when Andrew dragged him to the basement.

Well, it’s too late now.

The waitress comes and clears out their plates but picks up her notepad and pen again. “So, what ice cream do you boys want tonight?” She asks and looks straight at FF.

But FF is prepared.

Ice cream places are easy. His panic pick is a given, it’s Vanilla. Every ice cream joint has it so he barely even notices how his heart rate kicks up to 190 BPM and his palms grow instantly sweaty.

“Vanilla.”

“Sorry Hun, we’re fresh out.”

OH GOD. QUICK, SAY SOMETHING ELSE.

“Surprise me.”

NO YOU IDIOT SAY CHOCOLATE.

“Surprise you?”

RETRACT, IT’S NOT TOO LATE.

“Yeah. Surprise me.” He repeats and he can FEEL Nicky vibrating with laughter next to him.

“Alright Hun, I’ll surprise you.” She winks at him and he blinks back at her.

The rest of the table all order (They’re all normal people who order strawberry (neil), the special with chocolate (Nicky), Lemon Sorbet (Aaron), and Brownie Fudge (Andrew).

“Surprise me.” Nicky whispers to him.

“I panicked.” He whispers back.

“Yeah obviously.” Nicky snorts but pats him, “It’s fine. The worst is you might end up with Pistachio or something.” He pats FF on the back.

FF likes Pistachio and the world loves to make FF suffer.

“Here you go hun. We just got this in, it’s Mango.” She says setting down two scoops of a bright orange ice cream down in front of him, “With a little surprise.” She winks again as she sets the other ice cream down.

They all get started.

Why is the Ice Cream kind of spicy?

He eventually puzzles out that the waitress has served him a Mango and some kind of pepper (probably habanero) ice cream. She smiles when he thanks her for the surprise, tries not to let it show how much the spice is KILLING his stomach let alone the acid of the mango.

Andrew has his eyes narrowed on him and he’s sure the man doesn’t want him to make a scene at a place that seems to be a frequent haunt for the family. So he eats every last bite and ignores how his lips tingle.

“Ohhh it must have been good. Maybe we should get you her number.” Nicky says looking at his empty bowl.

“No, I’m good.” She was pretty but considering the acid currently swirling in his stomach she probably thought he was an asshole for asking for her to ‘surprise him’. Even if that wasn’t the case, what if she thought it’d be cute to serve him this spicy ice cream as a cute couple thing? His stomach can’t take that.

“Aw man you’re no fun.” Nicky pouts.

They pay for their meals and the waitress hands him his receipt with a wink. He nods back at her before shoving the receipt into his pocket next to the Megamind toy. “Have a good night.” He says.

“You too Hun.” She says.

They head out for Eden’s and in a way the ice cream is a blessing because his stomach hurts enough that he barely even notices his anxiety about being at the place where Andrew most certainly is going to stab him at least once by the end of the night.

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The requests to be added to the tag list got spread out across a few  different mediums on this one so if I missed you I swear it wasn’t malicious I’m just brunch dumb at the moment. Remind me in the replies!

As stated before if you’re up here and I spelled it  right but you  didn’t  get a notification there might be something  switched around in  your settings that won’t let me tag you properly?

#fluent freshman au #I swear they're going to be at Eden's next time #The Ice Cream discourse made me laugh enough that I ended up writing about Sweetie's instead lol #The majority of you looked at my boy and saw Vanilla and you are not wrong #The Waitress: Marge those boys brought someone new and he's funny. He told me to surprise him for the ice cream flavor. #Marge (manager): Well what are you going to surprise him with? #The Waitress: Well he got the burger with Jalapenos so he must like spice. We got that new flavor in right? Can I dig into early? #Marge (Manager): sure #Andrew watching Nicky and Neil whisper and bump shoulders: I'll definitely show him the Speak Easy once Nicky and Aaron are fucked up #I would like to thank my buddy Kim for helping me workshop the most damaging ice cream flavor to FF #Originally was googling weird ones but truly few could be worse for his tummy #And he left his tried and true pepto at home. This really isn't his night #AFTG #AFTG AU #AFTG OC #AFTG Fic #AFTG shitpost #my fic #FF - PT. 16

[meadow-dusk]

©️ Tom G O'Neal, 1969

#losers<33 i love you for all time #Dallas isn't cropped out for any nefarious reason I just could not take the watermark off of him because it was RIGHT on his face #Neil Young #Stephen Stills #Greg Reeves #Graham Nash #David Crosby #CSNY #Crosby Stills Nash & Young

[fangswbenefits]

I can safely say that between Miguel and Astarion, the fandom is a whole lot worse with Astarion.

It's probably because, with Miguel, the hyperfixation might just be vapid and "oh, he's just the hot guy of the month", but since people who really fall hard for Astarion tend to have devoted a lot of time by playing the game, there is this gatekeeping tendency around his character that just breeds the most insane discourse.

And more often than not, it boils down to some attacking real people over a fictional character and treating him like a real person...

#ruby rambles ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ #I should be sleeping but this shit keeps bugging me cause I keep running into it especially on twitter #that poor girl who got attacked left and right for getting Astarion's scar tattooed on her only for Neil to like that tweet... #then they conveniently ignored the fact that Neils is appreciative of those who connect with his character and show love #this is a real person who isn't harming anyone and is just showing their love for the character ffs

[thedreadvampy]

every time something from Neil Gaiman's tumblr crosses my dash I'm so concerned about the people writing and to him like. why have you outsourced your imagination to this man? asking shit like 'what does Morpheus sound like in this scene' or 'what does this dialogue mean' or 'what's the backstory to this moment' like BABES. THIS IS WHAT BARTHES WAS TALKING ABOUT. YOU'RE MEANT TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS YOURSELVES THAT'S WHAT MAKES ALL ART A COLLABORATIVE CREATION OF MEANING. if the author wanted something to be explicit in the text they can make it explicit in the text and if it's not explicit in the text YOU CAN MAKE IT UP.

what really gets me is I 100% prommy these kids regularly use 'death of the author' to mean 'i can enjoy works by problematic creators' which 1) yes I agree you can and should (using some discretion re who it profits and what's replicated in the work) but 2) THAT'S NOT WHAT IT MEANS LITERALLY WHAT IT MEANS IS. NEIL GAIMAN'S POST HOC OPINION ON SANDMAN OR GOOD OMENS IS A NO MORE LEGITIMATE FACT ABOUT THE TEXT THAN ANYONE ELSE'S INTERPRETATION. the text has left his control it belongs to the reader now, you get to decide and debate what it means.

#red said #i know i keep making posts like this but IT KEEPS HAPPENING #like you are not toddlers you do not need daddy to hold your hand and walk you through the story #if you're mature enough to meaningfully engage with a story for adults then you are mature enough to interpret it for yourself #and to understand that ambiguity or vagueness or an invitation to imagination are features of storytelling not bugs #hmmm actually I'm gonna tag this #neil gaiman #sandman #good omens #bc. some of you people need jesus or more relevantly literary and critical agency #like you understand that a story isn't a partial view into a reality that's as 3d as our own right? #the play doesn't carry on backstage #you're not MISSING OUT on a fundamental truth of the fictional world that's obscured by the shape of the story it ONLY exists in the story #you're SUPPOSED to construct the context and detail out of the clues you're given in the text and build your own world #and draw your own conclusions #it's not a Real World That Only Neil Gaiman Can See Into it's a STORY he wrote SPECIFICALLY TO INVITE YOU TO IMAGINE #like it's YOURS. YOU'RE meant to fill in the gaps. ART IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TEXT AND THE READER. #THAT'S what death of the author relates to #what part if any the author has in that other than what they put in the text

[musicallyfomentingchaos]

OFMD Season 2 PSA

Unlike Good Omens, we don't have Neil Gaiman to make sure we have our shit together. So we've got to prove we can do it without him.

TAG YOUR SPOILERS

T A G Y O U R S P O I L E R S

Remember that, just because you got to watch the new episodes right away doesn't mean that everyone can. People have jobs and kids and shit. People might just want to wait to binge the whole season at once. THAT'S OKAY. THAT SHOULD NOT SENTENCE THEM TO SPOILERS.

Y'all this is easy. I'm using ofmd s2, ofmd s2 spoilers, and ofmd spoilers. Let me know if I should add anything to that list. Watching these episodes blind has been one of the greatest joys of my fandom experience. DON'T BE THAT GUY WHO RUINS IT.

TAG YOUR SPOILERS OMG

Also this is your friendly reminder to block those spoiler tags!

#our flag means death #not tagging spoilers so everyone can see #spoiler free fandom #ofmd #neil gaiman #do right by neil #I know this isn't his but make him proud anyway

[fallenstarzz]

That's it. I'm taking the "it's easier to remain heterosexual" line away from all of you until you learn how to behave.

#not only has every joke about this already been made they are all objectively wrong #if you can't understand why PR advice in 2006 would be to not be openly gay when you want to get into the national team of your sport #your are out of touch with reality and also patently unfunny #i want you to think back how many times that comment was actually brought up after that scene even when Andrew and Neil got together #that's right. none. bc it's not establishing Kevin's homophobia it's establishing the fact that he was brainwashed by his media training #and also it's heavily implied that he knew of Jean's bisexuality and his crush on Jeremy #and that he has 0 issues with it and even playfully teases Jean about it. #tsc2 might even prove me wrong but it will not make your 'haha isn't Kevin such a homophobe' jokes good #in other news can someone please teach me how to clean my TikTok algorithm

[altruistic-meme]

hihihi 24,57 and 78 for the fanfic asks!!! <333

hiiiiiiiiii

24. How do you choose whose POV to write in?

i think it usually depends on the story i want to tell!!! for instance, (wit)jitp is written from Andrew's POV because i wanted it to be a story from the perspective of someone who wasn't the protagonist. he's the POV character but the story is about Nathaniel. when it comes to the Parallels AU, Dare(d) was the first story planned and from Wilhelm's POV because Dare(d) is meant to be a sort of coming-of-age love story. meanwhile NSTK, the other half of Parallels, is told from Simon's POV and is more of a drama.

that said, most of my Young Royals fics are from Wilhelm's POV because i relate to him a lot more than i do Simon, and most of my AFTG fics are from Andrew's POV because i find his thoughts easier to write than Neil's. so ease of writing definitely plays a part too.

57. How conscious are you about including symbolism or foreshadowing in your fics?

i answered this here but i am not known for being willing to shut up :)

i think i WANT to include more symbolism in my fics than i do, and i think that may be a big driving force for "the scars are poems". i want that story to be drowning in symbolism and meaning. but even just in general i think i want to try to pay more attention to opportunities and chances to play with symbolism more often!

78. What motivates you during the writing process?

often it's just the anticipation of what reactions my writing might get! one of the things that goes through my mind most often when i'm writing something is "will people see this? will this line hit them as hard as it hit me? will they understand the double meaning here? will they think about why they said that? will they wonder what that meant?" and i may never get answers to those questions but sometimes i do!! and it makes me so happy!!

i love finding out that my writing made people feel things, too. i write a lot of sappy shit, and i've been writing a lot of more sad and emotional fics recently, and it makes me so excited when people say that my writing touched them in some way.

so. yeah. it's so funny because i do write things for myself but such a big motivation for me is other people's thoughts lmao

[ fanfic writing asks ]

#someday i will actually WRITE the parallels au fics and then it'll all be over #also i love that tsap is more of VIBES than PLOT right now #but it's ok we'll get there #i thought for a minute that figurative ghosts was also from neil's pov but it isn't kskdshgs it's also from andrew's pov #idk what it is #askers #ask game #iworshipsappho #shh ac

[mcblooop]

I....I'm free I finished good omens 2, I unblocked all the tags

I understand.

unfortunately.

#if there isn't a season 3 im gonna lose it like Actually #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens #neil you are a cruel man #im going to scream im chewing up dry wall im howling at the moon #im shaking [REDACTED] for being so fucking [REDACTED] I [REDACTED] [REDACTED] so much right now #aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAAaaAAAAHHHH #I think I need to sit in a quiet room with my head between my knees for 2 to 3...minutes/hours/days/years we'll see #dont mind me #i think thats my post tag its been a while #it was really good and really Really fun and compelling...but it came at a Cost #i will now rewatch it until i stop Feeling

[shufflerock-jam]

i call myself delusional but then like. theres people like this

#neil isn't gonna fuck you #you know that right #jesus christ

[thespineoftherighteous]

potentially? unpopular opinion but fanon Matt is not Matt.

he's wonderful but real Matt is not as nice or soft or dumb.. especially regarding his relationship with Neil

#my one regret in life is making neil and matts tag the himbo and delinquent because i was blinded by the hinbofication of Matt by fanon #good tag but it's not really right #and this isn't a thinkpiece and im not telling people what to write but he is. canonically not soft or stupid or whatever #i think a lot of it is because he's made to be Neil's 'bestie' which. #i fully think they are best friends but Matt doesn't need a whole new personality for that #they're very close in the books‚ even with Matt's real personality‚ and I think that's more relatable and realistic

[castiel-ten]

whatever you think of neil gaiman please stop sending in asks talking to him like he's your tumblr pal. he is a CREATOR not your mutual bestie. he put a ton of fucking time and passion into season 2, and while he may be on tumblr, you should not be telling him how ~evil~ he is for making a good piece of fucking art. there are boundaries here. it doesn't matter if you're "joking" because that tone does not come across correctly when he's probably getting hundreds if not thousands of asks rn! this isn't a cute game, he is a real person with feelings. I know it's exciting to interact with the creator of your favorite media and this may be foreign territory to you, but you gotta remember to be respectful

reminder #792385 that celebrities are people with a consciousness just like you

edit: DO NOT FUCKING HARASS PEOPLE WHO HAVE SENT THOSE KINDS OF ASKS TO NEIL. Leave them alone. Accidents happen. We all just need to regroup and think about our words and actions. CHILL

#go2 #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #gos2 #neil gaiman #this isn't just about neil either btw #hell there's an ex phannie thing going on right now that is making me livid

[kebiday]

of course ppl have no obligation to care about characters they don't like... & fandom is about doing what you want and having fun... & it's inevitable for fanon to simplify the cast into little cardboard cutouts...

but i Do wish that ppl who pour a lot of love & effort into analyzing + developing the relationships of + having empathy for the circumstances of the main characters would extend more than a fraction of that to other characters. like my favorite girl kevin day 🐈‍⬛

#ok. i admit i might like side characters a bit too much. b/c i hate to see an interesting situation go to waste and i ♡ making things up #(<- guy who literally has a tetsuji & kayleigh section in their rambling thoughts doc) #but i do think it's a fair gripe to have abt characters w/ the plot relevancy of say. kevin 🐈‍⬛ #this may turn into a kevin complaints tirade i'm afraid #we have all heard it before... but i think of it often... #like. I Get that 90% of the time he appears he's either 1. reeling from recent trauma 2. engrossed in special interest or 3. plot device #and of course it's hard to conceptualize him as having other desires based on canon b/c he literally isn't developed enough as a character #to be shown with them. And tkm cuts off right at a point where he'd be reeling from another major change (abuser being killed) #so the easy solution is to take what we see in canon (snapshot of him as he behaves in an extremely turbulent situation) (from neil's pov) #(with all of its biases & skewedness) and leave it at that + only write abt him in ways that don't make things difficult for main charas #+ further boil it down into spineless & anxious yet bitchy & ascetic exy alcoholic w/ no relationships. #hm. lemme say this. of course this isn't true everyone who hcs kevin as aroace #& it makes sense to relate to a character who isn't too focused on any relationships as someone who's acespec #so i don't dislike the hc at all. but at the same time i do think that sometimes ppl hc him as aroace for reasons #that aren't coming from the best/most genuine of places: one being that it's easy #ppl don't have to think of him having desires that aren't explored in the snapshot of canon we're given #or really write him in any complex relationships (even platonic ones). like he's out of sight & out of mind #he's not a threat to andreil as a couple/the ot3 tension from kevin being surgically cut from the romantic narrative #can also be dismissed as accidental (?) #lastly this is a reach sure but ppl do like assigning any character w/ vaguely neurodivergent traits as acespec #'how could they be in/even be interested in relationships if their social skills & interests & behaviors are like That' & etc. #i am not sure... sometimes the fanon just rubs me the wrong way... i am just talking to myself on my blog. #mimithoughts #kevin

[thedreadvampy]

also let's be honest I'm like 50% less interested in Things Neil Gaiman Makes if Dave McKean or Chris Riddell or Charles Vess aren't anywhere to be seen like come on man. what can I say. I'm an illustration guy.

#all the Neil Gaiman comics i give a shit about at least tangentially involve Dave McKean #Sandman. Signal to Noise. Arkham Asylum. That's it. #other than that also: McKean's Coraline is best Coraline. Mirrormask OBVIOUSLY. #and where Dave McKean isn't the best fit Chris Riddell usually is #his Coraline is also ok but not as good as McKean's bc McKean is right for the tone #however he MAKES the Graveyard Book and Fortunately The Milk #but like. back to Dave McKean and Sandman #did he ever do interior art for Sandman? he did not. and yet his artwork is definitionally Sandman #it and the lettering are the most utter aesthetic throughline #the interior art is hugely variable. Some of it is gorgeous (always loved the art for the Emperor Norton story and for Ramadan #and Brief Lives is really nicely and characteristics drawn) #and some is. not. (The Kindly Ones is fucking unreadable fight me) #and a lot is good but not to my taste (like. i think The Wake art is meh but that's. personal preference. it's objectively good comic art) #but like if I see a Dave McKean Sandman cover I'm like ah. sandman. #(this is why i am so lucky to have a full set of original singles) #(that means i have every McKean Sandman cover in hand including the ones that aren't in the trades) #(also have a signed McKean variant cover of Overture #no 1) #(i swear I'm not an annoying Comics Guy. I'm a trade paperback person i just love Dave McKean more than almost any other artist alive)

[noridal]

I know you could solve this through a google search but I personally find it much funnier trying to guess how old @neil-gaiman is only judging by the clues provided by his tumblr account and that one picture in the Coraline book I was gifted on Christmas.

I was ready to swear he was so old. Then the pic made me think he's younger than expected.

Which was confirmed by the tumblr account (because of course what kind of boomer would run a tumblr account?) but then seeing how the fans addressed him and the sheer amount of works he mentions he must be, once again, fairly old.

Then I find out his tweets where he's roasting people like a king and I'm ready to swear is no older than 30.

Speculation isn't one of my strengths as you can guess but I like to think of Neil Gaiman as an ageless entity that haunts social media, and discovering his real age would strip my own personal reality of amazement and pizzazz.

#At this point I'm too afraid to ask #age is just a number #Right? #Neil Gaiman #i hope this is relatable #If it isn't I'll embrace my fate and embarrass myself