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they/she, queer | i like to write but i don’t have the time

[peachyfaiiry]

I find it hard to believe Aziraphale is unaware of Crowleys smitten looks, I know he’s orchestrated situations just to achieve said looks. He probably has a bit in his diary where he lists all his evil schemes to get Crowleys attention and their success rates.

I really love Aziraphale and his nonsense

[chapollynh]

Chez le Père Lathuille by Édouard Manet, but make it Good Omens! Muriel is very confused but she's investigating them because she is a human police officer

[sergle]

are you guys hearing about this dude working to developing a vaccine for cats that he's hoping would like. theoretically double their lifespans?

[sergle]

turns out i wasn't making that up, his name is Dr. Toru Miyazaki! he also wrote a book called "The Day Cats Live To Be Thirty", so cats are kind of his thing.

apparently, cats' kidneys tend to be the thing that takes them down, something about their bodies being unable to self-clean their kidneys, and the vaccine is supposed revitalize the body's ability to do just that. It would be very VERY fucking cool to have cats suddenly reaching 30 years of age be the normal thing.

Could the macrophage-derived protein AIM save cats from kidney disease?

As they age, almost all cats develop kidney disease, from which they eventually die. Just as in humans, kidney disease i

Cat Kidney Disease Cure Nears Reality: Dr. Toru Miyazaki’s AIM Therapy

Dr. Toru Miyazaki’s AIM injection for cat kidney disease enters trials in 2025, aiming for a 2027 release. Greycoat Research supports the sc

[moki-dokie]

whoa wait i actually read the articles and it's so much cooler than just that!!

dude cracked the case about WHY kidneys fail, across the board as far as i can tell. turns out there's a specific molecule whose job it is to attach to waste and signal macrophages to come eat it. it remains inactive in cats for some reason, but the molecule is still there. basically what he's done is found the switch to activate them. this will be profound not only for our domestic babies, but for big cats too - especially cheetahs!

although his research was focused on cats, it's already being used to develop drugs for humans too!

on top of that, since these molecules are tags for waste, this could also dramatically lower the rate of fatty liver disease, liver cancer, urinary crystals, rheumatoid arthritis, and even some neurological cases! like, they're hoping it may have an impact on parkinson's and alzheimers, but it DOES have an impact on stroke recovery. like. holy shit.

furthermore, he's insisting that the feline drug be affordable if and when it rolls out onto the market. he wants this to be something anyone can get for their cat!! idk how much sway he'll have over the human drug, but hopefully enough that it, too, won't be that expensive.

annnnnd in his research that he's still doing for the human side of things, he's found a potential link between this molecule and estrogen. in the 20,000 samples he's tested, women between ages 10 and 29 had the highest amount of this molecule present in their blood (a higher amount means Something Fucky is going on, essentially. There's a higher amount of waste the body is trying to clean out) but it drops down to be almost equal amongst men and women after menopause. it hasn't been looked into yet, but fuck, just the fact it's noted and known and probably WILL be looked into soon??? imagine if this is what leads to figuring out all the various ways the ovaries and uterus fucks with people and how to fix it. or even like, maybe there's something about estrogen that makes it work better. who knows! but it's rad the link is there to be researched :D

man just think, not only could our kitties start living longer, healthier lives, but just maybe dialysis will become as rare and obsolete as the iron lung is for people. what a badass Dr. Toru is!

[fluxxdog]

"But I don't want to turn people into dinosaurs. I wanna cure kittie kidneys!"

[rorleuaisen]

Update: So they have done clinical trials and have submitted it for approval as of april 2026. They are expecting it to be available late 2026/early 2027

AIM Kidney Drug for Cats: 2026 Approval Update — How It Works, Efficacy & Expected Cost | Carelogy

The AIM protein drug for feline chronic kidney disease has been submitted for approval in Japan (April 2026). We break down clinical trial d

As for the study itself, the 360 day follow up on stage 3 kidney failure kitties showed that the control had a survival rate of about 20%, while the test group had a survival rate of 80%

New 2026 study: AIM protein boosts cat kidney disease survival from 20% to 80%. Discover how this scientific breakthrough is changing the fu

[idiomagic]

Our cat Scout is in the early stages of kidney disease. This might be available in time to save her!

[emotional-support-demon-crowley]

What could have been...

Good Omens was such a slam dunk of a best love story of all time.

I think it might be rooted in the fact that it wasn't originally written as an obvious love story, but it slotted easily (some might even say perfectly) into that genre when it was nudged in that direction.

It should have been enemies to lovers, except Crowley and Aziraphale were so compatible they just immediately dropped the enemies part in every way except for keeping up appearances. And it was the slowest of slow burns because they both knew that was the only way they could be together on Earth as themselves.

But the story! More than 6000 years of just... existing as close to each other as they possibly could while also staying safe. All of human history while they pined and made dangerous personal choices to keep each other from danger. And then they saved the world together, even though they weren't very good at it overall, they tried very hard the whole time and they did what needed to be done in the end. And they each went in the place of the other to what should have been their deaths and they came out the other side finally free to explore what it could mean for them to really be together.

Not only is it a glorious setup, it can also be read in so many different ways. Ace? Yes. Gay? Yes. Something else that can't be defined? Yes. Platonic? Yes. Boiling over with barely restrained sexual tension? Yes. Good Omens was one of the most representative friendly depictions of love in modern media. The type of thing that's incredibly difficult to set out to do on purpose from the very beginning because usually the hand of the author makes it all feel too contrived.

But some gritty realist didn't see the love between Crowley and Aziraphale for the gift that it was. He thought it would be a more interesting option to have them fall out of love over the course of a single conversation. I'll be the first to admit there were cracks in their relationship prior to the final 15 (lord knows I've written fanfic about it), but I'll never believe that those cracks, most of which were necessitated by their inability to express their feelings freely until after season 1 because of the threat of being found out, could ever outbalance everything else that they had together, everything they felt for one another for so, so long. In the moment that it was happening would it be enough to form a rift? Yes. Permanently? No! Of course not!

But we're supposed to believe that neither of them ever had enough of a moment of regret or doubt or loneliness that they were willing to suck it up and reach out for any reason? Not even to check in? Not even to say, 'hey, I think we might have misunderstood each other fundamentally and in the heat of the moment, I hurt you in ways I never wanted to see you hurt and it's brought me nothing but pain every moment since...'?

We're supposed to buy that they both agreed to willingly walk into the very depths of Heaven/Hell for each other on the assumption that they correctly predicted how their sides would try to kill them, but if they had been wrong, they would have been forced to endure whatever alternate punishment had been devise, but talk through their issues? Oof, no thanks.

So, instead of exploring how they could still find a way back to each other and repair that damage in season 3, the answer is cease to exist. With the honest-from-god promise they would not be made new in any way, shape, or form on the new, godless Earth they requested but had no way to confirm was actually made. And never once did they stop to think that both of their lives were better when they existed with the understanding that nearby each other might be the best they'd ever get?

It could have been something incredible. It should have been a shining beacon of comfort and hope. It would have stood the test of time and been talked about for the rare, positive depiction it was. But I guess happy endings and true love stories just aren't worth writing for some people.

Apparently, I'm still more than just a little bit miffed about all of this.

[theonevoice]

Break of Dawn

[drag-on-dra-goon]

[michelintiringwheels]

aziraphale was tempted such a long time ago. not with food in a cellar but with friendship on a garden wall. he spent all this time thinking he had a say, thinking he was in his “right mind” and “i can stop when i want to”. little did he know the delight of being seen had tempted him from day one

[fellangel]

this is such a concept to me. Heaven was so cold to him, he was constantly afraid of them, and then theres suddenly this demon next to him on the wall and he doesnt know what to do but he can't just smite this person who hasn't even done anything, and when he finds out that oh yes, Crowley did do something, hes actually the reason the humans are being cast out, well, at that point theyre already in a conversation, Crowley (well, crawley at the time) is telling him his name, and its been forever (perhaps actual forever) since Aziraphale has had a conversation that wasn't just somebody ordering him around or pointing out flaws. And he admits to his own mistake, quietly, because hes not sure what will happen, but Crawley reassures him.

im completely, one hundred percent sure that in that moment, aziraphale decided not to leave that demons side and immediately started by protecting him from what could be holy water.

[dragon-in-fandoms]

all we want is some kindness and acceptance and understanding

[masnadies]

The world needs more Aziraphales. Even if the world doesn't appreciate them.

[obligateweirdo]

Blessings upon the Aziraphales, for they are often misunderstood and under-appreciated.

[ashubii]

This is why I have TikTok

[mistysblueboxstuff]

wanted to paint something cute

[greelin]

i think living in a walkable area with friends would fix me. like i really do

[catasters]

[idratherhavefreedom]

[unicouniuni]

Even from below, Uni is too cute! :3

[adultlikers]

[porksweats]

e me a mail

[fortooate]

make the attachment a pic of a snail

[jumpingjacktrash]

give me two gifs

of critters in clover

[nuclearcarrots]

then photoshop them on the CLIIIIIIIFFS OF DOVER

[laurasinele]

I still reference this post today. And yes, when I say I reference it I mean I sing it.

[its-funnytwittertweets]

[dragonpyre]

[sevastiel]

[gemthegerm]

happy 4th of july to this image the official boston fire department made and posted to twitter like 3 years ago. i will not let it die.

[densewentz]

He had style, he had flair, he was there- that’s how he became The Nanny! I’m sure someone’s done this already but I just cannot shake the thought of Crowley going undercover as THE nanny, Ms. Ann Fine

[depraveddame]

I’ve been hearing this in my head since 4:30am EST May 13th so now everyone else has to as well lol