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Random Snape thought
The thing about Severus Tobias Snape is the fact that he's such a perfect storm of Dark Is Not Evil and Good Is Not Nice that it makes it hard for some people to realize that he is a good guy. Just putting in my two Knuts.
The Second Best Trope Ever Showdown: FINAL POLL
Which trope is the BEST?
Odd Friendship
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Dark Is Not Evil
Odd Friendship
Two characters who are very different from each other are friends.
A friendship which develops between two characters that would seem unlikely to be friends, whether it's because of them having diametrically
Propaganda:
Because I love it when two characters who seem like they would never go together become friends!!!
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
An eccentric character is so good at their job that people look past their eccentricities
A character who has pervasive, intrusive, or extremely noticeable personality quirks but remains employed because they are just that good at
Propaganda:
I really like characters whose personalities and actual competency levels seem to go in opposite directions
Dark Is Not Evil
Dark colors, styles, themes, and powers being associated with good.
So, you have a race of people who all have black, leathery wings. They're born with the ability to bend shadows with their thoughts. Also, t
Propaganda:
Sometimes this trope means examining how those cast in traditionally “evil” roles are not inherently bad and, in more extreme cases, can use their abilities in creative ways to help others, thus doing away with harmful stereotypes regarding how appearance or circumstances of birth determine morality. Sometimes it’s just having your hero wear all black and wield a giant demon sword because it looks cool. You can’t go wrong either way.
I love you 'Dark Is Not Evil' and 'Light Is Not Good' tropes, I love you 'Creepy Good', I love you darkness and 'dark, scary' characters being associated with goodness and even safety, and light and brightness being associated with evil and danger, I love you scary, or even physically monstrous characters learning that they don't need to be literally or physically human to have humanity and be good, I love you.
I don't judge based on appearances, or based on anything that the majority tends to react to fearfully without much thought. On the contrary, I am fascinated by anything different. It offends me when others can't get past the superficial. It hurts me. It makes me feel very unhappy and even greatly distressed when others dismiss the things that I care about on a deep level and are actually comforting to me by saying they’re "too scary" as if that means there's nothing more to them that is of any value and I should stop liking them. I really feel hurt when the things I care about, love and like a lot, connect to/connect with and identify with and as are wrongfully regarded as "evil" and "hideous." I don't have negative visceral gut reactions to things that are different. I don't get repulsed or afraid or distrustful just on the basis of someone or something being different. I don't see things as "too garish" or distasteful, either, just based on being visually "loud" and exuberant in their creativity. I don't see the things most tend to regard as being "extreme" (as though there's anything wrong with that) as being "too much." I consider "extreme" to be a relative term. I don't reject anyone or feel harshly towards anyone based on appearances, and it's the same with interests and Dark things. I don't see "ugly," or "scary," or "weird" as in bad. I generally see the things that others view as ugly and scary and weird as beautiful and wholesome and fascinating. I don't want to associate with those who judge based on appearances. I would never want to be friends with them unless they are willing to learn to be open-minded, or unlearn their harmful biases. I wouldn't want to be exposed to those judgmental individuals trying to influence me to be and think like them as though I'm naive if I don't or that there must be something terribly wrong with me. I can't tolerate any of the cruelties and biases that for most humans are just considered "normal." I can't and I won't. They just don't make any sense to me, and all they end up doing is harming the innocent folks and lifeforms who just happen to be different or misunderstood. Life isn't what it used to be when those primitive responses were more essential to survival. Those who are different in appearance are generally not a threat at all -- rather, we are most often the ones being severely victimized.
Yeah...midnight salt posting commence!
Angel!Crowley & Demon!Aziraphale Headcanons
Crowley’s wings are the blue-black of a moonless sky when you can see the stars he helped create in all their glory.
Aziraphale’s wings are pale, leathery, and veiny. He doesn’t like for anyone to see them, as it makes him feel raw and exposed.
Crowley is an art dealer in Soho. He buys anything that catches his eye, is always interested in new artists, and only sells pieces when a customer really falls in love with something. His shop is cramped with paintings on walls and easels and propped up against things when there’s no space left to hang anything, sculptures on every surface, and so much photography. The back room is full of plants. He talks to and praises them for their beauty, and gently scolds them if they don’t grow as they should. The plants hate disappointing him, and are the most lush and beautiful in London.
Aziraphale’s spacious Mayfair condo has archival-grade, climate controlled, locked and secured bookcases on every wall, and not much else. He hordes first editions and meticulously repairs the slightest damage. He keeps a collection of misprinted Bibles, especially when he was the source of the mistranslation. Beyond that and a few uncomfortable chairs, his flat is empty.
Crowley, like most in the Art Industry, wears exclusively black, aside from the red necktie he never seems to be without.
Aziraphale is always in white. White silk suits, white cashmere jumpers, white wool overcoats, white leather shoes. His excuse to Hell is that wearing white on Earth is considered decadent and impractical and the lovely fabrics are a sign of avarice and wealth that inspire humans to covet. In truth, his clothes remind him of who he was before the Fall.
Crowley has striking hazel, almost golden, eyes. He doesn’t need glasses to see, but wears them to reduce their impact.
Aziraphale’s eyes are a disturbing pale gray, almost white. He always wears sunglasses with blue lenses to hide them.
"I don't say this often but, I like going out at night like this. When I put on the mask I feel like an entirely different person. Where nobody can hurt me or treat me as a monster."
People associated darkness with evil and light with good. Explain to me, then, why history's worst monsters all sided with the light, fighting for the radiant Sun, while the shadows were burned.
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