Just watched Narnia with my friend a few days ago and he legit said that Narnia is cool bcs it's like...an American Isekai and I've never been the same since
“Why are you like this?” Rhaya demanded, the question curving up into a lilting whine as she took a quick step forward – less out of enthusiasm for the suggestion and more in case she needed to physically intervene in the face of Michael’s newfound sense of adventure in all the wrong places.
“Counterpoint: We don’t test out any rumors of a curse or at the very least not put our grubby, bare hands all over anything without checking to make sure one of us isn’t about to get instantly disintegrated by necrotic magic.”
The druid took another step towards him for good measure, her posture tense and hands raised placatingly. She loved investigating things and being downright nosy as much as the next person, and the promise of treasure and other unique items was always tempting, but there was a limit to how daring she was willing to be. Between all the cursed objects they’d come across and the ongoing issue with her captain’s cursed bloodline (or whatever the hell it was he had going on; something about a lich? They still weren’t entirely sure), she’d had more than her fill of dealing with curses.
“Okay. Admittedly, I’m the last person to be preaching on recklessness, but exactly how cursed are we talking here, on a scale from ‘feel a little sick for the next hour’ to ‘get possessed by a demon god’ kinda deal?”
no but the thing is. they KISSED. on screen. it was a real scene, not deleted, not removed from a script, it HAPPENED in front of the world's eyes. and AND the actors are normal about it and the whole cast and crew is normal about it and it's not vague and it's IMPORTANT. no matter the rest of it and what came after it, it happened!!
We as a fandom don't talk enough about this scene. The way Crowley just casually tells Aziraphale he was worried about him makes me want to cry forever ok
Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney at the British Library event Why We Need Fantasy 20.11.2023 :) ❤
Neil: Good omens Season One was, for me, an exercise in adaptation. I'd taken something, and I wanted to turn it into something else. Good Omens Season Two, on the other hand, was just an absolute joy, because now I knew I have Jon Hamm, and I can get him to do this stuff, and he's going to be walking naked through Soho at the beginning, and everybody is going to think they're going to hate him, and instead, he's going to be this marvelous, goofy figure that they will all love but kind of hate themselves for loving, but not know if he's a bad guy, but they'll love him anyway. And over here, I will have my Crowley, and I know that I can get David Tennant to do anything now, there is nothing that he will not go for. And so I can ask him to do things that are even more ridiculous. And then over here, I've got Michael Sheen, and everybody in the whole world just wants to..., you know, it is now forgotten by humanity that once upon a time, Michael Sheen was thought of as that actor who plays the really creepy people.
Roz: Yeah. I saw him in Kingdom of Heaven the other night and thought, oh, that was Michael Sheen.
Neil: That was Michael Sheen.
Roz: The evil priest that gets killed.
Neil: He used to play... I mean, he used to play creepy people, and everybody knew that if you want a good, slimy serial killer person, you go for Michael Sheen. Currently - I got a phone call from him the other day - a little Marco Polo video message from him with the strangest haircut I've seen, and I get strange messed... you know, hair, but this one, and he's playing Prince Andrew, so he's absolutely capable of still bringing in the creep. But, you know, Michael having just become this cuddly, cinnamon roll creature of pure love and joy and knowing that everybody was just going to want to cuddle him for six episodes until I let him break their hearts. I'm sorry. Perhaps he will-
Audience member: No, you're not.
Neil: Not even the tiniest bit. There is no sorrow in that.
Roz: I was in hospital when I saw Good Omens Two and the moment I finished watching it, I texted you and said, 'You magnificent bastard.'