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There is not a single idea in the world that has not been done already.
I'm writing a book, and studying world mythology has been a humbling and inspiring experience.
My idea of creation being sung into existence: Done. Tolkein.
My idea of twins born out of order, where the first twin arrives much later than the second, because the first twin needed to make the world hospitable for their sibling first: Done. Yoruba culture.
My idea of a man-eating monster species who lies that their name is something that means "help me!" or "don't kill me!" in their own language, because they think it's hilarious to make human diplomats unknowingly beg for their lives: Done. Rakshasa.
Last week, my 6-year-old came up with the idea of a magical cup that refills itself: Done so many times across so many cultures.
But she doesn't know that. She's very pleased with her idea and is having a grand time with it.
No matter how clever or unique you think your idea is, someone, in the thousands of years of human history, has done it before.
You should still write your story.
Don't let the people who got there first discourage you. See their work as an opportunity for study. Read their story. See what they did with it, how they handled certain ideas, which themes they did and didn't explore. Don't be afraid to model your own ideas after ancient mythology. There is a reason humanity keeps revisiting certain stories over, and over, and over.
Sometimes a magical cup that never runs dry is just what a story needs.
Tell the voice in your head complaining that your ideas are derivative to piss off.
hhhi Neil
*flops down into your inbox like a deflated cat*
you ever think you have some super original idea, one which you really really wanna turn into a novel, and so you get super excited about it and you start planning and plotting and making up all these things, and you start writing it, but then it turns out it's already been done before so now you feel like you have no option but to run from the Obviously Very Real Copycat Lions that will maul you to shreds if you keep writing your Copycat Story, or is this just a newbie thing?
because. i was -wellistillambutyouknow- really excited about this story i'm working on, especially because it's sort of based on irl experiences i've had so even if the characters aren't real, it does get really personal. but it turns out someone has already done a very very similar concept and i can't help but feel exponentially bummed out, but more than anything, astronomically underleveled for this thing, because this person is already a well known writer and i'm Mr. Nobody From Nowhere. and yea i guess i know i'm just being dramatic and The Copycat Lions are probably not real. but. anxiety is a bitch mann
Sincerely,
my imposter syndrome
Write your story. It won't be anyone else's story.
#writing#creative writing#original writing#stuff your brain gremlins in a closet until they agree to be helpful
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"Hard on the buttocks, horses. Major design flaw if you ask me."
This is your reminder that Crowley doesn't like riding horses because he has no ass. No ass at all. He has the physique of a svelte noodle. But instead of admitting he's the problem because he has no ass, he blames it on the design of the horse, because he can't take accountability for anything, not a single thing, not ever.
#good omens#manifest some cheeks ffs#girlboss gatekeep gaslight#nothing is ever his fault everrrrr#crowley
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If, in the season premiere, Aziraphale could recognize that Gabriel was Gabriel even when he'd never seen Gabriel be that emotionally open and accessible before... and if Gabriel remarked that recognizing someone off of how they look is only one of the main ways you can tell if you actually know a person... then what of the fact that, in the season finale, five angels-- including Aziraphale-- all initially fail to recognize "The Metatron" when he arrives?
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It occurs to me as I'm watching this that maybe the reason the archangels seemed so intimidating and creepy in S1 and have morphed into such incompetent buffoons in S2 is because Notmageddon forced them all off-script and they're completely lost now.
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You know you're fucking up when the gal that's supposed to be THE demon, THE temptress, THE Serpen of Eden, is looking at you like this after you tell them what your God is doing
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On the road to Season 3 - Day 115
Aziraphale and Crepes...
Master post : here
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Hey look it's the fanfic my fanfic is based on
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I love that after failing to find the Antichrist and the whole Anathema incident, they stopped at a diner on the way back to London.
Just two ethereal/occult beings who don't need to eat or drink, racing against a ticking clock to stop the end of the world, but Aziraphale needs his cake and Crowley needs his coffee, dammit.
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I don’t know which author needs to hear this right now but even if you never update your wip i would never regret reading it a time of joy is never wasted
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An in no way definitive list of the things in Good Omens 2 that haunt my dreams.
The fast forwarding/rewinding sound effect in Ep1 when we are zooming in on the bookshop for the first time when Aziraphale receives Maggie's letter.
The double car honk that Aziraphale distinctly and worriedly looks out of Maggies record shop window toward. When else do we hear double car honks? 1. When Gabriel arrives in Soho, 2. when Muriel arrives in Soho, 3.???
When Shax threatens Crowley in the Bentley the plants in the backseat start shaking and squealing with fear.
The shattering/tinkling sound effect when Aziraphale gets out of the Bentley after returning from Edinburgh. Then when it happens the second time he looks confusedly back towards the noise. WHAT IS IT.
The presence/absence of Gabriel's statues cross in his flashback sequence.
The worth of a life, 5 pounds vs 90 guineas in 1827; 7 pounds 5 shillings vs 27 pounds 5 shillings in 1941. (adding this gem from @unabashedlyshadowynightmare : the cost of a flavoured latte in present day)
"high fidelity" and it being mentioned many times
The puppet resembling Crowley being named "Marv McGreedy" and the one resembling Aziraphale being named "Rodney Ryan".
The fact that Crowley revealed the body swap to Gabriel.
Shax bringing Crowley his mail at the ball.
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So on my last rewatch I noticed how Aziraphale is gently amused (though never condescending) to Muriel and their "I'm a human police officer" routine.
But then, in the very same episode, without a trace of irony or self-awareness, our sweet angel dons his very best 1949 journalist cosplay and announces "I'm what's known as a newspaper man!"
He is just as excited, and almost as naive, as Muriel here -- down to not reading the big THE RESURRECTIONIST sign on the wall of the pub. "Gimme the facts!" He quips giddily. Might as well be saying "Wot's all this then?"
He's been here six thousand years but he is still an Eldritch being in a human suit and a giant goofball with no interest in keeping up with the times and it is fascinating and lovable that he can recognize Muriel's ridiculousness and not see his own.
How very like all of us.
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S-smash 🥵
AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY [REAL]
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