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[go-events]

Presenting the GO adaptation of Bridget Jones’s Diary, Anthony Crowley’s Podcast by @themisspool​! Crowley starts a podcast, and don’t you need to know what THAT would sound like? Only way to find out is to dive head first into the story!

#goromcom #goromcom work presentation #themisspool #bridget jones's diary #good omens #good omens fic

[darkpurpledawn]

Ten Very Specific Happiness-Inducing Things (in which I try to be the tag I wanna see on my dash)

1. The smell of pool chlorine combined with the feeling of warm humidity

2. Smoothies that include the magic combination of mango, avocado, lime juice, and cayenne pepper

3. The way 2D movies used to animate magic in the Disney Renaissance era

4. Vertically ribbed jewel toned knit v-neck sweaters with a thin white stripe around the neck and cuffs that have half length sleeves

5. People failing at key changes when singing along to songs in public as a group

6. That moment in early novels when the narrator says “We will not here enumerate his many failings, among which were” and proceeds to list them

7. The fact that the words "vermilion" and "viridian" refer to nearly opposite colors

8. Discovering that someone on Pinterest has made an aesthetic board for a dozen favorite fictional characters

9. Embroidered velvet

10. in the spirit of owning one's cringe, moody black and white photography that makes it look like sea animals are flying above land

would love to see others' lists, ZERO pressure at all, OF COURSE. tagging @persnickety-pen, @silent--sonata @jessicafish, @gottagobuycheese, @runningturnip, @themisspool, @internetkatze, @narumikaiko, @fremulon, @imperiousheiress, @princip1914, @forineffablereasons, @mochacoffee, @mintly, @racketghost, @antikate, @mllekurtz, @caffeinechic, @redfacesmiley, @books-and-omens, @heavens-bookshop, and anyone else who wants to have a go!

#tags #not good omens #specific things

[infinitevariety]

Crowley’s mouth hung open and his whole body twitched like he might be about to bolt out the door—or the window. Aziraphale, by contrast, felt a deep, solid stillness settle over him. That was that, then. Demonstrably sexually interested in men after all. But not, he thought, and glanced over to where Lyle was doing an expansive morning stretch with all of his stupid abs, going Aziraphale’s speed after all. That was fine. Nothing he hadn’t expected, really.

Let’s Not by @themisspool

#ineffable husbands #ineffable husbands fic #ineffable husbands quote #ineffable husbands rec #ineffable husbands fic rec

[mllekurtz]

I was tagged by @mia-ugly and @themoonmothwrites ❤️

Rules: answer 17 questions about yourself and tag 17 people you want to know better.

Nickname: Je, Jess.

Zodiac sign: Aries, but no. Horse in the Chinese zodiac, but apparently I should be "active" and "positive" and "energetic". Horoscopes just don't work for me. I'm smack dab in the middle of the INFJ and INTJ spectrum in the MBTI test. That is accurate!

Height: 5'11

Hogwarts house: Slytherin, even if the more clueless tests often mistake me for a Ravenclaw.

Last thing I googled: "horse chinese zodiac"

Song stuck in my head: Dance with me tonight because I've just rewatched Music and Lyrics.

Amount of sleep I get: I used to be the person who couldn't function on less than 8 hours of sleep. Now I consider myself lucky when I get 6 straight.

Lucky numbers: 4 and 9.

Dream job: listen, people are talking about a writing/horticultural commune and they'll need someone who knits them pretty scarves. I'm available.

Wearing: my pyjamas, ie shorts and a Mozart t-shirt. The one I wear to his concerts.

Instruments: no.

Random facts: I used to read 80+ books a year, now it's mostly fanfiction. I made my first internet friends at 12 in a LotR forum. I used to be a fansubber. I love flying, the takeoff is my favourite part. Jane Goodall was my childhood hero.

Tagging @bestoftheseekwill @saretton @sabine-aubergine @singasongrightnow @jammintwamp @themisspool and whoever else wants to do this and hasn't already!

[vebirascanvas]

the piece I made for the fic If it’s not broken (it’s about to be) by the lovely @themisspool​ for the event of the @goodomensbigbang​ 2019

Due to adult themes the full drawing can be viewed embedded in the fanfiction and under

#good omens big bang #good omens big bang 2019 #good omens #Vebira draws

[go-events]

GO Rom Com Spotlight: @themisspool​

The most excellent @themisspool​ (also Rokikurama on AO3) has claimed Bridget Jones's Diary to adapt for Good Omens in the Good Omens Rom Com Event.

For reference, here’s a little background about the source material!

About Bridget Jones's Diary: At the start of the New Year, 32-year-old Bridget (Renée Zellweger) decides it's time to take control of her life -- and start keeping a diary. Now, the most provocative, erotic and hysterical book on her bedside table is the one she's writing. With a taste for adventure, and an opinion on every subject - from exercise to men to food to sex and everything in between - she's turning the page on a whole new life.

We spent some time chatting about how the adaptation is coming so far, as well as future plans for it! Now, get to know @themisspool​ a little better!

* * *

goromcom: A little about you! You know how if you open a Tumblr chat with someone you haven't chatted to before, Tumblr tells you two things they post about? I wanted to tell you that yours reports that you post "about #1920s art and #art nouveau". Oh, those are great styles! What do you especially like about them?

themisspool: Hah! I'm terrible at tumblr, so I didn't actually know that. I've always loved the art of the 1920s and art nouveau; something about how it's simultaneously geometric and full of fussy detail really appeals to me. P.G. Wodehouse is one of my favorite authors, just because of his style. After reading LieutenantLiv/JustKeepTrekkin Good Omens fic "Celestial Bodies" set in the 1920s, I was off and running with merging that interest and Good Omens.

goromcom: Oh, yes, I think it’s a lovely style as well. But let’s move on to your rom com project! 

You chose to adapt Bridget Jones's Diary as your rom com. Has this movie been a favorite of yours, or is there some other reason you chose it? 

themisspool: Bridget Jones's Diary is a long time favorite of mine! I greatly enjoyed the book as well. I also chose it because I like playing with unusual formatting, and the "diary" aspect is a great way to incorporate unusual formatting into a fic.

goromcom: I really like it when authors get creative with online presentation of their works, so this should really be a treat. What's your favorite moment of your movie, and are you looking forward to presenting it in your adaptation? Any loose plans for that scene that you can share?

themisspool: It’s definitely when Bridget quits her job and publicly humiliates her boss/ex in front of all of their co-workers. I'm greatly looking forward to that scene, though I don't want to give too much away! All I'll give are three little teaser details: Crowley works in social media, I needed a contemporary analog for then-Global Bad Guy Saddam Hussein, and I'm American.

goromcom: Can’t wait to see who the mystery bad dude is... Other than adapting that scene, do you plan to stick very closely to the beats of the original story, or make bigger changes?

themisspool: I'm somewhere in the middle, I'd say. Bridget Jones's Diary is itself a loving modern AU of Pride & Prejudice, so Bridget's family is a big part of the movie. I'm downplaying that aspect and instead enlarging the love interest's (Mark Darcy/Colin Firth) role. Otherwise, while I'm changing a lot of the actual scenes, in terms of what actions play out and what dialogue is used, the emotional beats are staying fairly consistent.

goromcom: I think I can ask one more question for a final tidbit from you without asking you to give too much away. Other than what you’ve already outlined here, what's an interesting decision you've made in your planning so far--a notable casting decision, a changing of venue, or some other plan you have to paint Good Omens all over your rom com?

themisspool: The big decision that seems to have surprised people is that I'm casting our beloved Anthony Crowley as Bridget Jones! He just has "Big Gay Disaster" painted all over him, and I have trouble seeing Aziraphale as anything but an intellectual. That makes Aziraphale Darcy our resident love interest and socially awkward upper-class do-gooder.

goromcom: Lovely! And now I am a woman of my word and I’ll stop myself there before I entice you to give too much away. Into my last question. I am blatantly stealing it from The Good Place: The Podcast, but here goes: Tell me something "good". It can be something big or small. It can be a charity you think is doing good work, or you can talk about how great your pet is.

themisspool: I love this question because it's so important to seek out the "good" things in the world right now, when everything seems to be crumbling into a flaming trash heap. (See earlier: Rokikurama is American.) I subscribe to the philosophy that some good things decrease world suck while other increase world awesome. Mijente does really essential work with migrants, particularly those imprisoned at the America-Mexico border. National Novel Writing Month increases world awesome by helping so many people start (and keep!) writing.

goromcom: Such lovely things! 

And while we’re talking about lovely things, it’s not long now before we’ll all get to read the GO adaptation of Bridget Jones’s Diary!

Bonus preview: Movie poster!

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