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Heyyyyyy I’d really like to talk more about the ball, who’s with me.

Because for all its glitter, the ball is dark. No, seriously, it’s dark. It’s eerie, it’s disturbing, and the narrative doesn’t shy away from showing us just how much.

As in a classic fairytale, mortals are being spirited away into another realm to dance through the night. Here, however, we see exactly who is orchestrating the dance, and why.

And we empathize with him, but watching Aziraphale has never been so painful or so unsettling.

Nina arrives distraught and is immediately hit with the realization that she doesn’t feel distraught, even though she knows she should be feeling it. She confronts Aziraphale and he just tells her: oh yes! :) no long faces tonight! And she is disturbed throughout the ball, thinks she is losing her mind, questions and fights the enchantment… but from time to time, the enchantment still takes hold.

And just—

Aziraphale. Aziraphale, you do know that manipulating people is wrong, don’t you? You… do know that? And yes, of course, neither Crowley’s nor Aziraphale’s approach to morality is human. They are eldritch, they are otherworldly. It was Crowley who changed the paintball guns into real guns in S1, though of course, the humans still had choice in using them.

But the ball is still different.

We’ve never seen Aziraphale do anything quite so disturbing before, or go so obviously deep into his own delusion. There are moments during these scenes when even Crowley, permanently frustrated, is very nearly disturbed. (“Angel! What are you doing?” or “Making it rain is one thing, but a BALL?”)

I fully think that by that point in the story, Aziraphale is not all right. He is in an anxiety spiral, denying reality fiercely, obstinately, disastrously, not listening to any of Crowley’s hissed warnings. Yes, yes, he is giddy, he is in love. It’s so very important for him that everything go RIGHT this night, the night he gets to dance with Crowley. Is he even aware of everything he is conjuring up, of the enchantment he has woven? The humans who step through the doors of the bookshop change: their clothing, their mood, their speech patterns… By this point, is Aziraphale doing this consciously at all? Or is reality conforming to his expectations, forcing everyone into a replica of the nineteenth century while Aziraphale himself, distracted and smitten, works himself up to inviting Crowley to dance?

In the first few episodes, as fear and danger grow, as Aziraphale is faced with the danger specifically to Crowley (I don’t see why he would risk his existence for you, Shax tells him in the car), Aziraphale only denies reality all the more fiercely, only holds on to his plans tighter, only puts more force into them and exerts more control (really, rather like the archangels with their Great Plan).

And the ball, beautiful and otherworldly and eerie as it is, is also a dire warning.

In the morning, it will be Crowley, not Aziraphale, who will get told off for manipulating Nina and Maggie. Aziraphale won’t reflect on this. He won’t be forced to reflect, and Metatron will manipulate him in turn.

There is a plan to follow. The show must go on.

GOD the ball is so dark.

theniceandaccurategoodomensblog

I wondered if much of it was unconsciously done too.

It seems so much more powerful than anything we’ve seen from Aziraphale before. Each little miracle is nothing of course, but changing everyone’s clothes, speech patterns, emotions, maintaining it all and enchanting them to dance? That’s a lot of moving parts. Is the strength of his desperate anxiety fuelling it? Perhaps without Aziraphale even knowing it?

It is jarring isn’t it when we see the Metatron do the same thing to Aziraphale immediately after. It is easy to be sympathetic to Aziraphale, to excuse the dark, but we see the full horror of it then.

And both times it is Crowley left to pay for it.

krakensdottir

I definitely think a lot of it was subconscious. Or done without fully realizing the impact it was having on the humans. Definitely one of Aziraphale’s more eldritch moments.

And I don’t think it was out of character, is the thing. I think it was a sign of Aziraphale’s spiraling, as you said. We’re supposed to look at it and go, holy shit, he’s really swallowed up in this isn’t he. Aziraphale is losing control of himself, and instead trying to control his surroundings. He’s retreating further and further into delusion and even Crowley isn’t able to pull him out of it. It literally takes (the bookshop) being hit with a brick to snap Aziraphale back to reality.

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books-and-omens

Heyyyyyy I’d really like to talk more about the ball, who’s with me.

Because for all its glitter, the ball is dark. No, seriously, it’s dark. It’s eerie, it’s disturbing, and the narrative doesn’t shy away from showing us just how much.

As in a classic fairytale, mortals are being spirited away into another realm to dance through the night. Here, however, we see exactly who is orchestrating the dance, and why.

And we empathize with him, but watching Aziraphale has never been so painful or so unsettling.

Nina arrives distraught and is immediately hit with the realization that she doesn’t feel distraught, even though she knows she should be feeling it. She confronts Aziraphale and he just tells her: oh yes! :) no long faces tonight! And she is disturbed throughout the ball, thinks she is losing her mind, questions and fights the enchantment… but from time to time, the enchantment still takes hold.

And just—

Aziraphale. Aziraphale, you do know that manipulating people is wrong, don’t you? You… do know that? And yes, of course, neither Crowley’s nor Aziraphale’s approach to morality is human. They are eldritch, they are otherworldly. It was Crowley who changed the paintball guns into real guns in S1, though of course, the humans still had choice in using them.

But the ball is still different.

We’ve never seen Aziraphale do anything quite so disturbing before, or go so obviously deep into his own delusion. There are moments during these scenes when even Crowley, permanently frustrated, is very nearly disturbed. (“Angel! What are you doing?” or “Making it rain is one thing, but a BALL?”)

I fully think that by that point in the story, Aziraphale is not all right. He is in an anxiety spiral, denying reality fiercely, obstinately, disastrously, not listening to any of Crowley’s hissed warnings. Yes, yes, he is giddy, he is in love. It’s so very important for him that everything go RIGHT this night, the night he gets to dance with Crowley. Is he even aware of everything he is conjuring up, of the enchantment he has woven? The humans who step through the doors of the bookshop change: their clothing, their mood, their speech patterns… By this point, is Aziraphale doing this consciously at all? Or is reality conforming to his expectations, forcing everyone into a replica of the nineteenth century while Aziraphale himself, distracted and smitten, works himself up to inviting Crowley to dance?

In the first few episodes, as fear and danger grow, as Aziraphale is faced with the danger specifically to Crowley (I don’t see why he would risk his existence for you, Shax tells him in the car), Aziraphale only denies reality all the more fiercely, only holds on to his plans tighter, only puts more force into them and exerts more control (really, rather like the archangels with their Great Plan).

And the ball, beautiful and otherworldly and eerie as it is, is also a dire warning.

In the morning, it will be Crowley, not Aziraphale, who will get told off for manipulating Nina and Maggie. Aziraphale won’t reflect on this. He won’t be forced to reflect, and Metatron will manipulate him in turn.

There is a plan to follow. The show must go on.

GOD the ball is so dark.

theniceandaccurategoodomensblog

I wondered if much of it was unconsciously done too.

It seems so much more powerful than anything we’ve seen from Aziraphale before. Each little miracle is nothing of course, but changing everyone’s clothes, speech patterns, emotions, maintaining it all and enchanting them to dance? That’s a lot of moving parts. Is the strength of his desperate anxiety fuelling it? Perhaps without Aziraphale even knowing it?

It is jarring isn’t it when we see the Metatron do the same thing to Aziraphale immediately after. It is easy to be sympathetic to Aziraphale, to excuse the dark, but we see the full horror of it then.

And both times it is Crowley left to pay for it.

krakensdottir

I definitely think a lot of it was subconscious. Or done without fully realizing the impact it was having on the humans. Definitely one of Aziraphale’s more eldritch moments.

And I don’t think it was out of character, is the thing. I think it was a sign of Aziraphale’s spiraling, as you said. We’re supposed to look at it and go, holy shit, he’s really swallowed up in this isn’t he. Aziraphale is losing control of himself, and instead trying to control his surroundings. He’s retreating further and further into delusion and even Crowley isn’t able to pull him out of it. It literally takes (the bookshop) being hit with a brick to snap Aziraphale back to reality.

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Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.

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you can get this as a print here!

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[plant shop owner x local artist au!!] a new plant shop opened up across the street and the artist finds himself a new muse :]

i lowkey wanna make a comic abt them soon :>

books-and-omens

Heyyyyyy I’d really like to talk more about the ball, who’s with me.

Because for all its glitter, the ball is dark. No, seriously, it’s dark. It’s eerie, it’s disturbing, and the narrative doesn’t shy away from showing us just how much.

As in a classic fairytale, mortals are being spirited away into another realm to dance through the night. Here, however, we see exactly who is orchestrating the dance, and why.

And we empathize with him, but watching Aziraphale has never been so painful or so unsettling.

Nina arrives distraught and is immediately hit with the realization that she doesn’t feel distraught, even though she knows she should be feeling it. She confronts Aziraphale and he just tells her: oh yes! :) no long faces tonight! And she is disturbed throughout the ball, thinks she is losing her mind, questions and fights the enchantment… but from time to time, the enchantment still takes hold.

And just—

Aziraphale. Aziraphale, you do know that manipulating people is wrong, don’t you? You… do know that? And yes, of course, neither Crowley’s nor Aziraphale’s approach to morality is human. They are eldritch, they are otherworldly. It was Crowley who changed the paintball guns into real guns in S1, though of course, the humans still had choice in using them.

But the ball is still different.

We’ve never seen Aziraphale do anything quite so disturbing before, or go so obviously deep into his own delusion. There are moments during these scenes when even Crowley, permanently frustrated, is very nearly disturbed. (“Angel! What are you doing?” or “Making it rain is one thing, but a BALL?”)

I fully think that by that point in the story, Aziraphale is not all right. He is in an anxiety spiral, denying reality fiercely, obstinately, disastrously, not listening to any of Crowley’s hissed warnings. Yes, yes, he is giddy, he is in love. It’s so very important for him that everything go RIGHT this night, the night he gets to dance with Crowley. Is he even aware of everything he is conjuring up, of the enchantment he has woven? The humans who step through the doors of the bookshop change: their clothing, their mood, their speech patterns… By this point, is Aziraphale doing this consciously at all? Or is reality conforming to his expectations, forcing everyone into a replica of the nineteenth century while Aziraphale himself, distracted and smitten, works himself up to inviting Crowley to dance?

In the first few episodes, as fear and danger grow, as Aziraphale is faced with the danger specifically to Crowley (I don’t see why he would risk his existence for you, Shax tells him in the car), Aziraphale only denies reality all the more fiercely, only holds on to his plans tighter, only puts more force into them and exerts more control (really, rather like the archangels with their Great Plan).

And the ball, beautiful and otherworldly and eerie as it is, is also a dire warning.

In the morning, it will be Crowley, not Aziraphale, who will get told off for manipulating Nina and Maggie. Aziraphale won’t reflect on this. He won’t be forced to reflect, and Metatron will manipulate him in turn.

There is a plan to follow. The show must go on.

GOD the ball is so dark.

theniceandaccurategoodomensblog

I wondered if much of it was unconsciously done too.

It seems so much more powerful than anything we’ve seen from Aziraphale before. Each little miracle is nothing of course, but changing everyone’s clothes, speech patterns, emotions, maintaining it all and enchanting them to dance? That’s a lot of moving parts. Is the strength of his desperate anxiety fuelling it? Perhaps without Aziraphale even knowing it?

It is jarring isn’t it when we see the Metatron do the same thing to Aziraphale immediately after. It is easy to be sympathetic to Aziraphale, to excuse the dark, but we see the full horror of it then.

And both times it is Crowley left to pay for it.

krakensdottir

I definitely think a lot of it was subconscious. Or done without fully realizing the impact it was having on the humans. Definitely one of Aziraphale’s more eldritch moments.

And I don’t think it was out of character, is the thing. I think it was a sign of Aziraphale’s spiraling, as you said. We’re supposed to look at it and go, holy shit, he’s really swallowed up in this isn’t he. Aziraphale is losing control of himself, and instead trying to control his surroundings. He’s retreating further and further into delusion and even Crowley isn’t able to pull him out of it. It literally takes (the bookshop) being hit with a brick to snap Aziraphale back to reality.