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[halsee-arc]

IF I CAN’T HAVE LOVE, I WANT POWER. — costume design by law roach.

[unearthlycreature]

🌊 Bits of Beach Magic <3🐚✨️

Photos via : : coolbreezeagates ♥︎

I would eat these if I could ♡_♡

[blush-and-books]

actually i am addicted to the way they parallel anne and gilberts actions and life events since season one

[so-true-jestie]

gilbert: we were born to be good friends, anne!

gilbert, internally: best friends to lovers, slow burn, 500+k, wip

[bingewriting]

this might just be me but I always wanted a jealous Gilbert. Not exactly jealous jealous, but a taken aback Gilbert as in how Anne is a little reserved yet frank around him, but she is so emotionally and physically comfortable around certain boy friends.

She kisses Jerry on the cheek all the time, and they have such a sweet friendship. And her friendship with Cole. Like when Gilbert drops her off at Josephine's, and Cole & Anne greet in such a heartwarming way- I always kinda wanted Gilbert to look at that and feel some kind of longing for THAT Anne, Anne who would be as close to him as she is with Cole.

I also kinda run a fantasy storyline in my mind when Gilbert is at first a little distant with Cole because he thinks Anne has a thing for him, only to come to realise Cole is gay and see Cole laugh at Gilbert for it because he was right in telling Anne that Gilbert had a crush on him. I would have loved for those two boys to interact. I think it would also have helped Gilbert see Anne's world of kindred spirits, which I think would have developed if the show had not been cancelled.

[so-true-jestie]

i want to personally thank everyone involved in the scene where gilbert comes back to avonlea and anne is sporting her new haircut.

look at gilbert's face. he's not blindly infatuated, he notices her hair. he's as startled as the rest of them. then he smiles, so genuinely nervous and delighted to see her.

this has always been a huge scene for me because it's symbolic: when someone really loves you, they're not blind to your shortcomings. that's never the way awae portrayed shirbert. gilbert had no qualms about calling anne out on things: when she was rude to him on the train, when she messed up with the avonlea gazette. he gave her a lot of latitude, but he didn't pretend that she was perfect — not to himself, and not to other people.

still, when someone really loves you, your shortcomings don't diminish their affection for you or your worth in their eyes. gilbert loved anne's spark, her fiery personality. he loved her drive to do the right thing. he loved the fierceness with which she protected her friends — he only didn't enable the poor behaviour that arose from these traits.

this is what makes gilbert's love for anne believable. we're shown that there is no rosy idealised romance about it. over the years, anne has shown him the absolute worst of herself — there is no denying that she can be a real challenge to him. yet after everything, gilbert still loves his anne with an e.

he still jumps up when she enters the room at christmas dinner because she looks so beautiful. and her short hair is so cute.

[irondad-not-ironsad]

Rewatching Anne with an e and obsessed with how Anne, who’s usually always using big words and writing super fancy and eloquently, wrote a very simple note to Gilbert that was basically like “I was confused now I’m not. Love ya and can I have my pen?” Whereas as Gilbert who was never as creative with words wrote straight POETRY like Asdfghhkk

[citrina-posts]

there will never be a messier main character than anne shirley. like she literally a) got diana drunk on wine she thought was raspberry cordial, b) baked a cake with liniment instead of vanilla, c) dyed her hair green accidentally, and d) almost drowned in a river and got saved by her mortal enemy/love interest just to name a few (in the first book only)

[skaldish]

It's actually really important to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it.

[skaldish]

It's also important to understand that our thoughts don't always reflect our beliefs, and that's normal. Being able to consider things, whether they fit within our morality or not, is actually a critical part of the brain's function.

[ennas-aesthetic]

I always did wonder: during Episode One of Good Omens, when both Aziraphale and Crowley met at St. James' Park to plan for the stopping of Armageddon... Was that technically the first time they've met since the 1967 scene? The TV show canon seems to imply that it is, and if so... Then holy shit. The implications of that would be -- holy shit. (And yes, Good Omens meta in the year of our lord 2022).

Of course, we've technically seen Crowley's thought process in this, because he was the focal character when it came to the Antichrist baby switch. He was angry, and frustrated, desperate, and scared. He needed a plan, a way out (?), so he called the only being he could ever trust in this.

The same being whom he had a spat with, 41 years ago. Who told him he goes too fast. Who, by all technicalities, accepted and rejected him at the same time.

And like. Put yourself in Aziraphale's shoes for a sec. The last time you see your dearest friend was 41 years ago, which technically isn't that much time when you're an immortal being. But the last time, you THOUGHT he wanted to harm himself. You THOUGHT he was being reckless and self-destructive and in constant danger. YOU THOUGHT he was in constant danger because of YOU. So even though you're scared of what he's going to do with it, you give him the holy water he asked from you. And with the thermos given, you think the safest bet of him never ever putting the wretched thing to use is to STAY AWAY from him. Which is why you pushed him away. And then, because you cannot help it, you promise a distant, seemingly impossible future together: go to a picnic. Dine at the Ritz. One day, maybe. You Haven't seen him since.

Maybe it's for the best.

So imagine the curiosity when your Head Office tells you the demon Crowley is up to something, before it immediately turns into sheer horror when you find out it's actually about the upcoming Apocalypse. Last Battle. End of the world.

And like, of course Az is in denial, because the heaven brainwashing is too strong. But how must he have dealt with that? Coming to the realization that the world is ending in a few years, and you've spent the eternity you had here on Earth denying your feelings for him. Did he regret it? All those missed moments gone, their time now reduced to 11 short years? That the last time you've seen him was when you gave him the very thing that could destroy him, and then stayed away from him because you think you're keeping him safe. And now both of you aren't safe at all.

And then he calls you. You meet up. You dine at the Ritz. You get drunk together. You formulate plan. You realize things are still the same way between the two of you. You want to stop the world from ending, and you tell yourself it's for humanity. Nothing more, nothing less.

You look at your dearest friend, trying to open another bottle of alcohol, and you think, I miss him. You think, I'd like a little more time with him. Even if it's just a little.

It's not so bad when you get used to it.

[sirenlov3r-deactivated20231213]

you know, there are certain moments where crowley absolutely calls aziraphale “angel” just so people will think they’re together.

for example: the scene where crowley suggests running away to alpha centauri. when crowley finds aziraphale, they’re surrounded by people, yet crowley decides to get aziraphale’s attention by shouting “ANGEL!!!” as loud as he can. simply hollering “aziraphale!” would’ve worked just as well, but ofc he had to say angel. bonus - that’s the scene where the stranger mistakes them as a couple by telling aziraphale that he’s “been there before” and that he’s “better without [crowley]”.

same with the scene where crowley and aziraphale meet anathema for the first time. specifically in the book, after crowley says, “get in, angel”, anathema’s POV literally says that she mistakes them for a couple.

crowley has a thing for people assuming that they’re together and honestly, who can blame him

[calamitys-child]

Literally I know it's been said before but the way that Aziraphale and Crowley are just... Their entire motivating skillset is that they're domestic, in love, and would like to avoid doing work as much as possible. "Saved the universe literally entirely because I want to avoid my boss and have a nice dinner with my husband while we chat about our gardening and book collecting hobbies and if everything explodes I'm gonna have to be at work all the time" is the single most relatable character drive I've ever heard in my entire life and I'm in love with them for it

[stuck-in-jelly]

What i really like about Good Omens is that fundamentally Aziraphale and Crowley did nothing. And the story can exist without them.

Armageddon was delayed not by Celestial and/or Demonic intervention but rather human error human upbrining, and human influence.

From the beginning the Anti-Christ was misplaced due to several human errors. The first being Mr. Young assuming Crowley was a doctor, the second was Sister Mary not getting social and facial cues, the third was the whole convent being infected with the misunderstanding. This all caused Adam to be placed with The Youngs, a normal human family in a normal human village with normal human friends.

Armageddon was also triggered by human hands. Anathema telling Adam about the worries of the world when before all he knew was the pleasant life of the quarry sending him into a spiral of 'Humanity at its state doesn't deserve to live'.

And then again he is calmed down both by his friends and his own human nature. When The Them begun to go aganist him and question his line of thinking as that is how things have always worked and when they became frightened with Adam he stopped. Becoming more himself and deciding mostly in that moment that he wasn't going to end the world.

In a way Dog is a perfect reflection to what happened to Adam. A demonspawn sent on Earth to find its purpose and drive, calculated and placed in an environment that was sure to fester negativity and darkness only to be handed into gentle arms and explore the peaceful part of Earth.

Aziraphale and Crowley being there is what makes the book a comedy though and what really makes things fun and interesting. They are the center not because they actual have influence but to show that Earth and Humanity is far beyond Otherworldly Forces.

[charlottemadison42]

I get lost thinking about the journey Crowley makes from Eden to the Apocalypse. I completely adore pre-Flood Crawly, the way that he’s still gleeful and curious about the world. He’s such a wily mischief fluff.

In praise of terrific and deliberate costume design: I can’t believe it took me this long to notice the way he gradually covers up his eyes more and more. After the Flood, she has her head covered. The next time we see him, post-Crucifixion, the sunglasses have arrived. And the specs get progressively larger over time, hiding more and more.

(I particularly love the L-shaped lenses in 1862.)

By the time we reach the Apocalypse, the glasses are opaque and completely closed off. Solid, armored protection on all sides.

(I know I didn’t catch every era, don’t @ me, tumblr gif search is the worst and the general progression seems fairly obvious, especially because of where it ends.)

You can see the progression on Crowley’s face too, of course. Watching Humans being Humans for so long starts to get to a demon. The glasses have to be impenetrable when this is where time and the Ineffable Plan have brought you.

(Got to be careful who gets to see you with the glasses off.)

(Got to have a whole glove box filled with extras so as never to be caught without them.)

There is something carefree about Crowley’s very first park bench scene with Aziraphale, in ep1. But it’s such a different kind of carefree than we used to see before the Flood. It’s world-weary, resigned, cool. He’s seen it all and he knows how the game is played.

This contrast, to me, is so perfect: he’s still Crowley. He’s just been around the block a few times by now.

And even after all of this, he wants to save the world.

[stag-bi]

a collection of Crowley/Aziraphale hugs I’ve drawn lately ♥ protip: drawing these idiots being affectionate counts as therapy actually!

EDIT: made a proper sideblog for my art! go follow! https://blorbocollection.tumblr.com/

[forineffablereasons]

i will accept the aziraphale landlord idea under three circumstances.

1. if by “drastically undercharging” his tenants we mean: rent is 3 shillings. the trick here is not the amount but that tenants have to actually find shillings. they have a monthly meeting to help everyone make sure they have their shillings in order.

2. aziraphale may be the landlord, but crowley is who shows up if there’s a problem with the property. is he the property manager? is he the sugar baby? is he meant to be some kind of thug? the tenants do not know, but while he never seems to actually do anything, the problems do have a tendency to disappear.

3. aziraphale is not interested in landlording for financial purposes or property owning purposes, see point one above. aziraphale is interested in landlording in order to custom build his preferred neighborhood, particularly with regards to places that couldn’t otherwise exist at london rents. the new bakery that just happens to notice the vacant space just happens to make a particularly delicious kouign-amann. the family-owned nail and massage salon is a small space but does the best deep tissue in all of london. and of course we can’t forget the shop directly next store is….intimate books. i see you, aziraphale. i see you.

aziraphale, professional hedonist landlord

[sevdrag]

my fucking g-D but the scene where Aziraphale threatens to never talk to Crowley again and Crowley just growls and then fucking tosses time out the window and drags a giant miracle up from demonic depths literally makes me scream every time I’m not joking I make noise whenever it happens

and I just like the fuckin. Implications like. Crowley knows he has to do something amazing and unexpected (never mind he did something big just before, dragging the Bentley through hellfire and shit?, but he still has it in him to do it

sorry but I’m not at all okay about that temporal miracle world where they talk to Adam and I won’t ever be because I’m a feral creature at heart