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me seeing a take i disagree with and piously allowing it to pass (mostly) unremarked upon: I'm sort of like a modern day saint

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Where the show creators have really threaded the needle, I think—for me, for me, I know we are all still processing and opinions vary wildly—is in showing Aziraphale and Crowley grow close again. Especially given how little time there was for it in a film-length finale after the devastation of S2.

We start with their first bitter exchange, Aziraphale’s hurt pride leading him to say,

“Look, I know you’re upset with me.” “Yep.” “But I’m willing to overlook that.” (Oh come ON, angel. Come ON.) … “Close the door on your way out.” “But... you don’t have a door.” (Priceless.)

Then, though. Then. Crowley goes after Aziraphale almost immediately. And Aziraphale doesn’t expect it. Doesn’t know, at first, that it was Crowley who’d opened the door to the bookshop. Aziraphale’s “Crowley!” once he realizes it is an exhale—startled, gentle—and it absolutely murders me, the way he says Crowley’s name.

Their confessions start before that, of course—those rough, pained, raw confessions. Confessing their loss to others—sometimes, at the most inopportune times.

“I’ve lost worse things than that.”

“Heartbroken. World broken. What’s the point of anything?”

Muriel asking Aziraphale, “Why don’t you ask your… friend friend to help?” and Aziraphale hurrying to say that no, no, it’s out of the question—with that whole journey his face goes through as Muriel persists, “He might like to see you, anyway. Last time I saw him, he wasn’t in the best way, to be honest.” Then, Aziraphale finally turns to her, focused so completely on what he hears. “He seemed a bit… lost,” she goes on—and in a heartbeat, before she’s even gone out of the room, Aziraphale is miracling himself to Earth.

Mrs. Sandwich, meeting Aziraphale as he witnesses the decay of Whickber street, tells him exactly what she thinks. “You never cared for him. Or Whickber street,” she says, and Aziraphale’s face fills with pain. “I… I love—Whickber street!” he protests: not saying it, never saying it, and yet we hear the unspoken. Oh, angel.

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Back to the bookshop, then, where Crowley followed him.

We go immediately from Aziraphale saying, “I needed Muriel. I needed someone to work with me in Heaven who was… nice.” “Ah.” to Crowley’s “You weren’t here. I wasn’t going to lose this place as well.” (Please, I beg of you. Somebody make a gif of the way Crowley says it, of the way he swallows at the end of it, turns his head.)

And then Crowley is forced to confess how he lost his Bentley, to protect the bookshop from another fire. Then he proudly refuses help in getting it back. Is rescued, and oh, Aziraphale as a rescuer is a joy to watch. “I’m a retired bookseller!” he announces with the same kind of gravity as that with which Evelyn, in The Mummy, proclaims that she’s a librarian. (Fully dying, by the way, at the way Aziraphale baits Brian Cameron to play. Second best. After me.)

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There’s bickering all the while, of course there is, some of it desperately funny for us as the audience. The whole rescue! The way Aziraphale strides in (to dramatic music) and announces himself, only for Crowley to groan!

“I’ve come to get my friend back. And our c—his car.” (djkdfjkdf Aziraphale, you’re perfect.) “You’re a friend of his?” Brian Cameron says in disbelief. “No, he’s not.” “I rather think I am. I’m rescuing you. And liberating our Bentley!” (Perfect.)

Crowley hovering over Aziraphale’s shoulder for the whole competitive crossword solving business and his little smirk when Aziraphale brightly says, “Finished!”

How proud is he of his angel, do you think?

Oh, he's so mad, still. And so, so proud.

#YES EXACTLY #good omens s3 #good omens spoilers #good omens 3 spoilers

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svnnnne

"A child who can survive all this is certain to grow up strong"

#genshin #illuga

teyvatskies

I can't believe it's taken me 3 years to connect the dots. But I realized the people of Sumeru view Kaveh and Alhaitham in the same way, it's just dressed up differently.

Which might sound like nonsense considering their reputations couldn't be more different; Alhaitham is regarded poorly by his peers and mostly wants to be left in peace. Whereas Kaveh is venerated as a once-in-a-generation prodigy and wants acceptance and acknowledgement for his work.

So, we all know people don't "get" Alhaitham. But I'd argue the people of Sumeru don't "get" Kaveh either, they focus on the fruits of his labour while dismissing his work ethic, philosophy, and creativity. There's a disconnect between his title and the man behind it.

Fundamentally, there is an emotional and philosophical gap between Alhaitham, Kaveh and the rest of Sumeru (especially within the academiya) because nobody bothers to look beyond their titles. The two of them are left to contend with their identities and what it means want an unconventional life, without the safety net of 'societal norms' telling them what to do or how to act. This manifests in different ways between the two of them; Alhaitham orchestrated one big coup while Kaveh committed an act of rebellion every time he poured his heart and soul into his work (especially pre-AQ where the arts were seen as inferior).

winter date❄️

fandom etiquette as a whole died when people who didn’t grow up on fandoms became stans during lockdown, yes, but why am i seeing people openly mocking fics on twitter. why am i seeing screenshots of fics with captions like “bro what is this 😭.” why am i seeing people mock fic writers for not knowing how sports or theater or college or any other organization operates in the real world.

“college is absolutely nothing like this” “why are we writing four people on the team scoring a hat trick in one game” “so tech work is nothing like this, hope that helps!”

if you don’t like a fic, and if you can’t suspend your belief enough to enjoy a fic that exaggerates or ignores real-world orgs, you don’t have to read it. you don’t have to screenshot it and put it on blast for twitter. you don’t have to post a link to it in the replies. the back button is literally there on your phone. it’s not giving baby’s first fandom anymore, it’s giving entitled asshole and it isn’t as cute as you think it is.

ovid

it’s psychological horror to YOU. to me it’s a romcom

allbuthuman

it's a romcom to YOU. to me it's psychological horror

cubistemoji

fandom loves to see a unique and interesting story and go ah this would be great in my little boxes that make everything the same

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shaneholeander

I fully understand this isn’t everyone, but love the sect of m/m shippers who don’t want to be inserted into the relationship at all. dont want to fuck them, don’t want x/reader. this isn’t about me it’s about my boys being in situations and then fucking about it. I’m barely a fly on the wall im not even here.