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[–] thejoker954@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Well I don't know anything about the accusations, but it's a good move by him to offer his seat to avoid ruining Good Omens.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I'm almost completely out of the loop as well; I've heard people say that he's denied the accusations but that there's a lot of evidence against him, I've heard there's not enough evidence against him, I've heard he's admitted to some of it, with others saying he's fully denied it, etc.

I'm kinda concerned about him stepping back though. I'm not sure how much of what made Good Omens good was Neil Gaiman. If he was the driving factor that made the series high-quality, then maybe he should finish the series (season 3 was going to be the last) and then step down.

I'm conflicted. If the accusations are correct then he's a highly manipulative piece of shit at worst, clueless scientology victim in serious need of thorough professional deprogramming at best (his family growing up were scientologists, and I've seen some speculation that growing up in scientology probably had a huge effect on his concept of consent and there may still be things he thinks are "normal" that need to be addressed).

As such, if the accusations are true, then the right thing to do would be to let him go. At the same time though, Good Omens was written by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman. It'd suck to see the last season end up trash because Gaiman stepped away and whoever replaced him didn't have the skill to properly finish the adaptation; and it'd be especially tragic if we later discovered that the accusations were false or high embellished (the latter would still make him a creep and a sex pest, but not a full-blown manipulative serial abuser).

[–] illi@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

he should finish the series (season 3 was going to be the last) and then step down.

There was an article shared recently (could be here, could be diffetent community) that the production on S3 halted, might be he is stepping down so that it may get moving and see it done at least.

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