[NINE] Love Like | GOOD OMENS
Channel: Nine Aetharia
Date: 2020-05-01

No pop filters, we die like men. 

It's May 1st, anniversary of the Good Omens novel - 30th anniversary, in fact, with a fandom still harkening from when the text was first published in 1990, going strong and welcoming new fans that were introduced to the story from the amazing TV adaptation.

Good Omens is a fantastically hilarious story, the sort that makes you laugh until you're in tears but also makes you think about things you've never considered before. It's spawned many adaptations (after years of having a stop-go relationship with us having a live action one - I was still in disbelief that the TV one was happening until it was playing on my screen) - ranging from a radio drama, a musical, and of course, a TV show. (No, we do not talk about the screenplay. 1992 Crowley has no rights and we agreed on that.)

But Good Omen's longevity in fandom space and recommendation circles isn't just thanks to the recent burst in adaptations. The story has kept finding new fans and new readers even before then, with books being lent and borrowed - sometimes never returned because we all know this book's curse, or of course, returned but there's always some form of damage. I have three copies of the book for this very purpose and will collect more if only to have at least one decent-looking copy.

Good Omens' longevity is, in part, thanks to the fans. The longevity of a material always is. It's the reason why a story can never seem to die. Fans, from the very beginning, have written stories and made art and kept this story alive and going. Like Irisbleu, a long-standing writer in the fandom who has written so, so many brilliant stories, has said - even without the TV adaptation, this fandom would have kept going. The fans kept making new material, and the new fans who discovered it continuously added to the pool. And now, with the adaptations, more people have been introduced to it, so there's so much more of us now.

So, this is Love Like. It's a love song set after the apocawasn't, with our duo in South Downs. But I also wrote it as a thanks for the story existing in the first place, because GO is so personal and precious to so many people, not just myself. It's a thanks to the people who've adapted it, who've put in so much work to recreating the material in other forms, which is why you see a lot of designs of the duo here. There's references to fanworks littered all over, like daegaer's stories of Crowley pretending to be a captain during the war; the fanon that angel Crowley has brilliant, Eden green eyes pre-Fall; all the fics with A/C having to face the final war anyway.

There's so much of the original text and the fanworks that I hold dear to my heart and I wanted to celebrate that, even if it's just a small part of the fandom as a whole. For the 30th anniversary, I wanted to do that, even with a shipping song.

So thanks, to everyone, in the fandom, and in the cast and crew of all these lovely adaptations. 

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LYRICS
As ocean waves rush to meet the shore
My heart rushes through the open door
While my feet stumble trying to keep up
But then you catch me, saying, "Welcome home, love."

Made a note to never fall from grace
But I'll take this one just to see your face
And if this world should take it all from me
But this love stays, then, it's all I need

Once upon a time
Doesn't exist for you and me
Cause darling, 'once' is too fleeting
If you'll have me, I
Will love you past eternity
We give forever its meaning
And still outlast it all

Cause I love you
Love you
Love you
Like it's what I was born to do
And I love you
Love you
Love you
Like I invented love with you

As evening fades into the early dawn
I ask myself if I deserve it all
I lie awake wondering if I'm asleep
If in my fantasies, I've drowned in deep

Love, there will be times
When I will question everything
But know that I still adore you
To think that you're mine
Is something straight out of my dreams
I never thought it could come true
But your smile says it all

And we could be ordinary people
Or we could be anything but
You could find me under the steeple
Or I can find you left to rot
I could search for you forever
If our fate demands more tears
Or we could be total strangers
Held close over the years

We could face the war eternal
After all is said and done
You could masquerade as a captain
Sitting in a trench beyond
And we could be all we can be
Or we could be nothing more
Either way, it doesn't matter
Cause you know despite it all

I'll still love you
Love you
Love you
If it's all I will ever do
I will love you
Love you
Love you
If the earth would cry out for you

I will love you
Love you
Love you
Everyday I will promise you
That I'll love you
Love you
Love you
Like I invented love with you

And I love you
Love you
Love you
Like it's what I was born to do
And I love you
Love you
Love you
Like I invented love with you

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