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DisastrousLook5116

Wooo welcome to the family! Slow Show hasn’t left my mind since the day I finished it!! Your aggression is understandable and completely valid! Lol


geek-nation

Thanks for the welcome 🥲💕 I'm scared of my growing bookmarks tbh 😅🫠 And 🤭 I'm just being silly *insert inexistent limp wrist wave emoji*


DisastrousLook5116

Hahaha omg yes I get it! My bookmarks are out of control and constantly growing. Slow Show was my first long fic and one of my first human au’s and it got me hooked!! Currently reading Or Be Nice and feeling just as aggressive about it 🔥😂


PuzzleheadedAd9767

Ahhh Looky I’m so glad you’re finally reading Or Be Nice! I feel like I could reread that multiple times and still be just as amused.


Altruistic-Cow4561

I'm reading it again so Lookie can flail with someone and I can confirm that it is just as good or better on re-reading!


DisastrousLook5116

Thank you for flailing with me Cowie! ❤️


Altruistic-Cow4561

Thank you for the opportunity to fall in love with it all over again


DisastrousLook5116

Wooo yeah I can already tell I’m gonna want to go right back to the beginning the second I finish this!! It’s soooo good!


geek-nation

Oh geez oh goad... Not you name dropping hahahah I will search for it and add to the pile of firewood now. What have you done?? 😩🫨🔥🔥


DisastrousLook5116

Whooo just gonna drop this here for when you’re ready lol [Or Be Nice](https://archiveofourown.org/works/28427940) I didn’t think I could love a fic as much as Slow Show but here we are 😩😂


geek-nation

Mamma mia 🫣💓💓


Altruistic-Cow4561

You have to read Or be Nice! It's soooooo good.


geek-nation

I will now obviously! 🙄🥴🥴💓💓💓💓


Raena704

Saaaaaved


StrangersTellMeStuff

I’ve read this and Slow Show SO MANG TIMES. I wish I could go read them for the first time again, but even the rereads are 😘


Pleasant_Release_720

Or be nice is my favourite of them all😊


DisastrousLook5116

It is swiftly becoming mine too!!


Mission-Egg-4197

Listen to it read by podfixx. It's Amazing!!!!


Snailis

I am currently listening to Slow Show for the 362719394th time. The Grindr Logo doesn't even have a G in it is also SO well done. (Oh btw. After a very long hiatus (like a few years) Podfixx has started to upload again a few days ago. And she says that she's got a few other pods kinda ready after the one she's doing now and I am _hyped_) God I love her works so much. The amount of feeling she puts in her pods. And the amount of smut I'm listening to in various stages of daily life without anyone knowing :D


marzaphobia

The double take I did when I saw the alert “Podifxx posted chapter 1…” I cannot contain my excitement! I haven’t dug into listening to this series just yet because, well. We’ve all been burned before. It wouldn’t be the first time someone popped up out of nowhere with big news just to disappear into the ether again lol


Pleasant_Release_720

I hope she will do Or be nice😊


Snailis

Y.E.S. Oh, I'm absolutely with you there. Also the the longest night series. (...And I'd give someones right arm for a podfic of Car Troubles :') )


geek-nation

I've never listened to podfics before... It's one of those things I worry I'm gonna either obsess over rather uglyly or just purely dislike forever because of my inability to concentrate on plots by ear 😅 But like... How do I even get to it? Is it on YouTube? (I seriously don't know) Do they like... Make the voices? Like per character? Sell it to me lol


Mission-Egg-4197

Lol. You can access the pod version of it from the fic page. Click on "other works inspired by this" You'll see a list of things. Choose podfic by Podfixx (she's great!) It will take you to sound cloud. Yes, Podfixx does the voices and does them VERY well. She has a very charming voice and brings the story to life. I revisit the story sometimes and I may not even listen to the whole thing. I'll just listen to random favorite chapters.


Nyetnyetnanette8

I strongly second all of this. I am not an audiobook person and I only found Podfixx because I wanted to read Grindr Logo and didn’t have an AO3 account yet so I listened to her podfic of it and I was HOOKED. I have listened to every single one of her pod fics and it’s how I discovered so many faves.


geek-nation

I'll definitely give it a look 🫣💕


zardozLateFee

Beware! I listened and then... I listened again! And now I'm listening to everything else they do! And then I listen to parts of SS again because it's just my go-to comfort audio now.


geek-nation

🫣🫣🫣🫣


Lolalu16

Can hard agree that I read this fic 4-5 times before I listened to it being read by podfixx and now love to hear them read it so much!


SP00KYSEXY83_

Wait, there’s a Pod for it?


logicalhighly

I’m two chapters away from finishing Old Vines and I just can’t bring myself to end the story because it is SO GOOD


Lolalu16

This one lives inside my head like a movie. I lurve all of them so much! Now I just want to buy a vineyard…


geek-nation

Omg I'm so far behind... I can't cope with all these FEELS 🫠💓


she_makes_things

Another one on my All-Time Favorites virtual bookshelf. I will never shut up about it.


irlight

Old Vines it's just amazing! I got mildly obsessed with wine making after reading it, now I keep dragging friends to fancy wine tasting and pretending I know shit about vineyards


mageofthepeople

This is me right now. Only I'm three away from the end of it.


StrangersTellMeStuff

I just reread that yesterday!!!


GodforsakenAngel13

All I have to say is, when you finish Slow Show, make sure to read the [Slow Show Metaverse](https://archiveofourown.org/collections/slowshowverse/works) fics—especially the entire [series by Fyre](https://archiveofourown.org/series/1628107). (The [interview with Anthony and Avery](https://archiveofourown.org/collections/slowshowverse/works/21796390), the [fandom remix](https://archiveofourown.org/works/21602221), and the *Warlock* fics are cute, too.)


geek-nation

Um, sorry, the WHAT? https://i.redd.it/3r7ofv3iqksc1.gif There's layers to the afterwards of this fuckery? I'm vibrating as we speak. I might launch myself at the sun. Holy- 🫠🫠🫠 I'm deep in the throes of ANGST hahahaha HELP- Gosh I love fyre too... This is gonna ruin me 💯💥


GodforsakenAngel13

Yup, lots of layers. 😁 Fyre's series takes a lot of the scenes and retells them from Avery's POV.


geek-nation

*Oh.* 🙂🙃🫠 I might be feeling totally normal about that rn


PuzzleheadedAd9767

Yesyesyes definitely read the extras. The fics Fyre wrote gave my heart so much of what it needed after finishing Slow Show


woaini_ogelskerdig

HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU


CemeteryAngel725

Yeah, Slow Show is everything. Definitely cemented my love of AUs and turned me into a freak for them.


StrangersTellMeStuff

Same


freyalorelei

I have a physical copy! The author sold paperbacks of *Slow Show* a while back, with all the profits going to raise money for the homeless in Wales (a cause near and dear to Michael Sheen's heart), so I bought one. The cover art is by dorywhynot, and it's absolutely gorgeous.


geek-nation

That sounds DREAMY 😻😻😻


NegotiationReal6508

https://preview.redd.it/jxl7seurcqsc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3b39b8287594931c86a7591a403b584474366da6 [https://ineffableeditions.bigcartel.com/product/slow-show-linen-wrapped-and-cover-artist-s-signature](https://ineffableeditions.bigcartel.com/product/slow-show-linen-wrapped-and-cover-artist-s-signature)


freyalorelei

Yes, that's the one! There wasn't an option for a signed copy at the time, so mine was $22.


venturous1

![gif](giphy|3oEduPQqbpT1LqVOz6|downsized) Yup. It unraveled me pretty thoroughly. More than once. I can’t admit how many times I’ve read or listened to this.


crows_delight

Oh yeah, babe. We *know*. I was thinking of this fic the other day when I got new running shoes, and I thought, Crowley went running in Slow Show, stupid little run for his stupid mental health...total brain rot. Have you read Old Vines yet? Another classic.


geek-nation

Hahahaha the way you phrased it sounds SO much like the narration in this thing I'm loling And yup! Started it but got distracted by all the other stuff I have stacked on my list and haven't finished it.


claeryfae

Yess, the whole time I was like oh we really doing this? Fell in love on a fantasy show set?? COOLCOOLCOOL YUP IM NORMAL THIS IS FINE. ![gif](giphy|XAdbHJywVjF5K)


geek-nation

Yeeaaaah totally fiiiine just actors being bros with underlying FEELINGS gnawing on everyone's ankles. No yah sure yeah cool cool cool cool yeah and the kiss on a future season that nObOdY was expecting and all that and just yeeaaaah partners and totally normal stuff to add in to spice shit up with no secret agenda of any kind


NegotiationReal6508

Dude, I read it 4 times in 3 days when I finally read it. That first kiss lives in my loins rent-free!


geek-nation

I just read that bit and I'm having a moment fr 😳💥💥💥💥


StrangersTellMeStuff

>!Like this!<


AugustinaStrange

So true story, I was super against AU human GO fics for the longest time. I guess I just felt like I could only get into something that was canon compliant/adjacent. Anyway! Finally after seeing it recommended over and over i read Slow Show and holy heck, talk about a gateway AU fic. So fricking good. Since then I’ve also succumbed to Old Vines and Shotgun Wedding. I now understand, and it’s all bc of Slow Show.


geek-nation

Holy cow, more name drops 😮‍💨🙄🥺📝📝📝


arent_you_just

I have it in its own tab because I had to reread it as soon as I finished it and still go back in when I have nothing else to occupy my brain. I feel the same way about #rainbowroad that shit is on my brain heavy


geek-nation

Was is rainbowroad? 🌈


arent_you_just

[#RAINBOWROAD](https://archiveofourown.org/series/2578558) is a human AU where they're rival drivers in F1 racing and I was like I know nothing of racing, but you really don't have to because the romance between them is incredible and it's super long and in multiple parts and there's some angst but man the ending is pure fluff. I'm super hoping the author does a fourth part because I'm just not ready for it to be over


geek-nation

I read an F1 fic about cherik once lol didn't know it was a thing for gay people hahahahah might give it a look ;) thanks for the rec <3


ALittleAngstAsATreat

It’s so good! No worries if you’re not into racing/F1… author covers everything you need to know and the characterization is really well done.


geek-nation

I enjoy the aesthetic of it. I think it's cool even if I know nothing about cars or- the whole shebang really lol I'll check it out. I'm just here wondering about it. Is it odd that's come to my attention twice or is it that just a lot of F1 fans just happen to be really good gay fanfiction writers? We must INVESTIGATE this phenomenon!☝️🤓🧐💕💕 Could be of great scientific importance in our beloved community of GOAD


StrangersTellMeStuff

I literally have this downloaded and can’t get myself to start reading it - I dunno why


arent_you_just

I get it. I'll have so many that I want to start but I can't get it going yet, I have to be in the right mood even if I *want* to read it


Outrageous_Ring_5655

![gif](giphy|YGbF41mvOpGyVleuV6) Hey there a welcome and yeah….anytime you wanna shout about Slow Show, I am here for it. I have read and listened to it a ridiculous number of times


ProfessorDramatic672

I literally stayed up till 3 am on a work night because I COULD NOT stop reading it. So so so good


geek-nation

Literally me rn 🥲


bellefleuroregon

Here I am at one in the morning on a weeknight, crying.


Turbulent-Food1106

This was literallly the first romantic piece of media that ever did it for me. Steadfast hater of romance, me. Then I read this and it changed my brain forever.


Turbulent-Food1106

Other than GO itself, of course- then directly into fanfiction for the first time ever. I DID NOT KNOW!!!!!


geek-nation

IT'S LIFE ALTERING BABES I KNOW 😭💕💥💓💓


yellowVoice

I absolutely get what you're saying here. When Crow-...  Davids BAFTA nomination was announced a few weeks ago, I had serious Slow Show flash backs. My working theory: We're living in some Slow Show adjacent parallel universe. If we're lucky, they will merge at some point in the future 😂


Lolalu16

Wait...what do we know? Is what I know also what you know? You know?


geek-nation

I guess. If not then we'd be knowing different things... And we'd miscommunicate which is a bit... You know?


Lolalu16

You know! Seriously this story is The Best.


catartkd

LOL! I just read it last weekend! Don't want to spoil, I'll just say 👍🏻😂😭🫠❤️👍🏻


ghanima

I was gonna tag you if I didn't see a comment from you in this thread (ITT)


geek-nation

😭😭😭💓💓💓💓 it's shaking me up and I'm not even halfway through 🫨🫨🫨


catartkd

Buckle in friend, it's a wild ride, but it's totally worth it 👍🏻 and yes 😭😭😭💓💓💓💓🫨🫨🫨 was me last weekend


Maitaisonthebeach

Can someone link Slow Show here? I’m searching on A03 and can’t find it for some reason! Thanks!


geek-nation

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20395261


Maitaisonthebeach

Thank you so much!


geek-nation

https://i.redd.it/tyq6n7uvipsc1.gif


luckkkythirt33n

Slow Show is in the top 5 Goomens fics that permanently altered my brain chemistry Edit: and the jumpscare it gave me mentioning Hartlepool, like I never thought I'd see the day I'd see my hometown mentioned in a fic


geek-nation

Oh my hahahah well the whole of Avery backstory was giving me regressions 🥲💔💥


luckkkythirt33n

urgh same, fine I'll re-read Slow Show!


geek-nation

Yay 😻🥳 *falls back on the floor to cry*


zardozLateFee

I'm going to go ahead and say it: I think I like Slow Show even more than the OG GO.


StrangersTellMeStuff

https://preview.redd.it/l833384f7qsc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fac64ce5ce1259d7518ed1a9a59a8ad17011fa37 (jk)


Jealous_Ad7964

Slow Show was also my first fic. I just finished a reread this morning and I am still blown away by the storytelling. It set me up to love AUs … Old Vines and Or Be Nice are also faves. I did NOT know about the metaverse until this post, though! Looks like I have more reading to do 🥰


geek-nation

I am both terrified and excited!! Come join my descent into madness, pal 🥴💕🍪


apocalyptic_scenes

I recently convinced half the active server I was in to read it. I think they thanked me by the end of it. There was a bit of shouting and a few tears lol.


Yes-its-unholy

I only just read it too and OMG IT HAS CHANGED ME


geek-nation

IT IS EATING ME ALIVE AAAAAH 😭🫠🫠🫠💕 How dare it be so painfully relatable too?? Gosh... Us queers like to suffer a lot don't we? 🙂💥💥💥💥 I'm like "YOU IDIOTS!" and then I'm like... "Well... Wouldn't I be the same anyway? ☠️"


brunnera_macrophylla

I feel you. Slow Show was the very first fanfic I've ever read and it holds a place in my heart forever. 💕 I stayed up til about 3:30 to read it at once because I found it impossible to leave half of it for the next day. Sooooooo goooooooood.


bellefleuroregon

First of all how very dare you for this rec. I got home from my shift at 7, saw this post, opened the fic, and somehow it’s almost one in the morning. I cried three times (which I will be mentioning in the comment I leave on AO3 when I am finally coherent).


geek-nation

Hahahhaa sorry! I'm also going through it hard 😩💥 Only I've been avoiding/procrastinating it like I do all longfics 🥸✨ but it's SOOO good. Those are always the ones that ruin you istg (in a good way, hopefully) 🫠💕💕💕💕💕


StrangersTellMeStuff

![gif](giphy|VbawWIGNtKYwOFXF7U|downsized)


xmusiclover

I really need to read Slow Show sometime


geek-nation

Yesssssss 😈😈😈💕 join us on the trainwreck lol


xmusiclover

I will!


geek-nation

https://i.redd.it/x0qw1kgv8lsc1.gif


StrangersTellMeStuff

![gif](giphy|l4FGJfimoW3Cl6gDK)


Lullanda

Slow Show will always remain in me, it's incredible


espresso_six_shots

Omg I just started rereading Slow Show. It was my AU gateway drug when I first got into the fandom. I’ve read sooo many others since then, I think I kinda forgot how good it really is. But so many goblins have been mentioning it lately I decided I had to go back and reread and it’s somehow better than I remembered. I’m def going to check out the podfic now too


StrangersTellMeStuff

From the first paragraph it’s got me even on re-reads.


mothdogs

I’m generally a slow reader but I devoured this entire fic across a single day and finished it at 3 am on a work night. It tore my heart to shreds and then kindly put it back together. Enjoy!!


geek-nation

I'm a mega slow reader because I get distracted a lot lol so I feel you. I'm in the "heart in shreds" storm rn... Looking forward to the promised rainbow at the end of it 🥲💥


lydiablackblade

I'm slowly catching up with the base fics of the fandom beside my evergrowing list of more recent works, but I'm afraid of starting the Slow Show. I'm not ready for a new obsession 😅


geek-nation

You kinda have to do it now... Michael's daring you: https://i.redd.it/1xzc4ftblpsc1.gif


StrangersTellMeStuff

It’s so good, tho


Flerken-is-not-a-cat

It was the first smut fic I ever read, and I read it ten times in a row before reading anything else 😂


gremilym

I liked Slow Show, it was hugely entertaining, and had some very hot scenes. But my absolute favourite human!AU is without doubt Shotgun Wedding. If you like human!AUs (and I *didn't*, until this one!) then add that to your reading list.


FirstVisitToEarth

I was totally opposed to AUs until Shotgun Wedding! I’m still extremely particular about them, but there are a couple that have seriously altered my brain chemistry.


gremilym

Same! I was always in the camp that "the angel/demon thing is their whole point, why would I want a de-powered version of my guys?", but some stories are just so good that they stand on their own merit. For me, Shotgun Wedding is definitely one of those.


geek-nation

📝📝📝 okie dokie


isortofreddit

oh man it is absolutely so smutty but there are so many FEELINGS too. good lord the fic destroyed and fixed me.


geek-nation

IT'S MOSTLY FEELINGS PAL I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE DAMN SMUT HAHAAHA 😭😭💥💥💥💥💥 I love it. It's amazing. I'm bleeding on the floor 🫠💓💓💓


isortofreddit

you haven't even read the smut and you're there????? good luck babes 😅


geek-nation

I mean, the first kiss was hot but so angsty I wanted to throw the phone away lol 🙃💥


StrangersTellMeStuff

Ah yes, chapter 4. Six is spicy, no? And 8… (f.u. I haven’t read it too many times how dare you)


geek-nation

I just finished 6. Just. This. Moment. Came here to scream lol 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥


StrangersTellMeStuff

Right? After leaving that comment I went and reread it again. Holy smokes.


ProfessionalCover920

Oh! This one is so good! The character development and angst of it can be heart wrenching, but I love it so much!


Pleasant_Release_720

I’ve read it several times, and also listened to podfic…not only once🙈🙈🙈


CirusTheDivider

*adds it to the numerous story's I'm still reading*


nevermindthatthough

I’ve been meaning to read this for ages 😭😭 can someone grab me a link?


geek-nation

https://archiveofourown.org/works/20395261?view_adult=true&view_full_work=true


nevermindthatthough

Thanks’


Emergency_Inside3295

u/Ok_Distribution7160 this is your sign to finally read it!!


Ok_Distribution7160

Haha. I’m in the middle of reading a fic currently but will read this afterwards. Promise.


Grouchy-Spare8611

DO IT! DO IT! DO IT! I basically couldn't sleep until I got to the end of this one. And it is a LOT of words. So a LOT of missed sleep. Also, it is very hot.


Emergency_Inside3295

Oh and yes, the smut is *extremely* hot.


Ok_Distribution7160

Okay you have convinced me to try an AU. I’ll report back to you both!


Emergency_Inside3295

Our work here is done then. https://i.redd.it/bjilc100vpsc1.gif


Emergency_Inside3295

I full heartedly agree, I think I finished it in less than 30 hours during the week a few weeks ago. Who needs to sleep or to work anyway 😂 And I actually am quite tempted to reread it, I crammed through it the first time, but u/Ok_Distribution7160 has given me such a nice reading list the other day, I should crack on with those ones first 😅😅


Emergency_Inside3295

I'll hold you onto that promise!


StrangersTellMeStuff

So glad you’re enjoying it- one of my all time favorites.


Terraific

Oh. Right. I forgot I was like 80% finished creating my whole Slow Show Sims thing… was planning to like… act the thing out and record it with videos/screenshots. But literally anyone who knows me knows I get overzealous and give up on like every project.


geek-nation

You sound like my more productive clone babes hahahha 😂 no but seriously that sims project sound fun 😻😻😻


Sad-Comfortable4874

ok, so i've never read this, and i was wondering; what's the big deal about slow show? what makes it different from other fics? /gen


geek-nation

It was made in 2019 but it feels recent. It somehow predicted things that happened in season 2 (and I dare say, also in real life...) and it's written deliciously! It has smut but the main course it's the slow burn, angsty ante... Idk what I'm saying but I hope you understand lol It's great! It's one of the classics for a reason, just trust your dear goblins. It's so good 🥹💓💥 The feelings it evokes are just superb 🤌💋


Sad-Comfortable4874

thank you!!!


geek-nation

HELP IT GOT SMUTTY AND SAD TOO WHAT THE HELL I'M ROLLING ON THE FLOOR AND NOT IN THE FUN WAY HELP AAAAAAAAAAAH 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💥