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[nny]

Hello, peepholes.

I'm feeling rather ridiculously cheerful today, for no real reason. I suspect it might be related to various Good Omens oddnesses that have been popping up today; for such a short book, one that I've read far too many times, it still has the ability to utterly brighten my day. It's nice to have something to identify with like that, something that serves as infallible escapism.

That is, so long as you take a step back from the fandom and endeavour not to get wank on your shoes. Apparently the debate over the covers has made it onto fandom wank, which... oh for heaven's sake, I haven't the time to care, to be honest. Every single person has a different perception of how the characters look, that's rather the delight of having a book for a fandom. People have free liscence to see the characters how they want. I suppose book covers do add a touch of legitimacy to an artist's view, but they aren't any kind of set-in-stone reality of how Aziraphale and Crowley look - you don't like them, don't buy that copy. Choose another that has a closer interpretation or, even better, one that doesn't even have Aziraphale and Crowley on the front, if it offends your sensibilities so.

I, personally, am rather delighted with the new covers, as I've previously indicated. They're not how Aziraphale and Crowley look in my head, no, but they're charming. So I shall sit happily on my cloud of good cheer, today, and do my very best not to take too much notice of the fandom at large.

You're quite welcome to join me, you know.

Comments

[indy-go.livejournal.com]

I'm rather bemused by it all. I'm with you, kid.

[varadia]

*steals your cheerfulness (well, borrows) as needs it for incipient boss-meeting*

And I'm with you on the cover thing, really.

I just--don't get why the brouhaha.

Maybe I'm slow.

[wikdsushi.livejournal.com]

OMG no! O_O Aziraphale would never wear those shoes! HEATHEN! kthxbye.

I don't get the wank, either. As much as the boys don't look like the Boys Wot Live In My Head, I can't help but think that they'd be amused. And then Crowley would go out and play Reservoir Dogs for a while and Aziraphale would mutter something about the last time he needed running shoes having been a time before they had been invented. However, they'd both rather appreciate the book and the wine.

[tropes.livejournal.com]

Dude.

I think the entirety of lower_tadfied and stjamespark had their senses of humor surgically removed at birth, sometimes (TM Meggo). Everything is Very Serious.

=))

Man. Do people even look at book covers? I thought that what was inside was the interesting part. XD

[rowanberries.livejournal.com]

*Joins calmly with a cup of tea*

Apple?

[ms-ntropy.livejournal.com]

They should make the dust jackets reversible. That way people can have both without buying both books.

...

What? It's a good idea and you know it!

As for me, I'm just excited for a hard bound edition.

[ajodasso.livejournal.com]

I think it would have been neat if they made it a single wrap-around cover :)

[flyakate]

I agree, wanking about the way the cover looks is kind of sily, it's just cool that there's a pretty pretty hard cover so that more people will go "oh, I've never heard of that book, I'll buy it!" All your GO belong to us, man.

I'm also with irisbleu about the coolness of a wrap-around cover, otherwise I'll have to choose. Angel or Demon? I don't know if I'm strong enough... *smirk*