I personally believe that magick works best when it is your own.
For example, create your own spells. Don't copy someone else's spellwork. You can use them for inspiration, but what worked for them might not work as well for you.
Magick is most powerful when you pour your heart into it and it comes from your own ideas.
People are really conflicted about Bix having a child with Cassian. And honestly it IS conflicting.
I think we've just seen it one too many times that a female character who was strong, who was a warrior of some kind end up as a mother and a wife, and that is sometimes almost insulting to the character.
But I don't know, I think it's a sad thought that being a mother makes you a different woman, one who suddenly isn't strong and a warrior? Don't get me wrong it can absolutely be written in that way, but I'm unsure if that's the angle for Bix. I don't even think it was meant to set up some sort of legacy for Andor, if Tony Gilroy doesn't like the skywalker saga, he won't create his own, I don't think.
I think it was more so just meant to be symbolic. Children symbolize peace, freedom, a sign that everything will be okay.
And I think THAT'S what this scene is supposed to show us. It's supposed to show us that Bix will be okay, that she will have her small family and finally have peace. They couldn't show us the future directly, but they could show us a glimpse.
I don't really know why everyone online hates this finale. I mean, they got what they always wanted. From the very beginning, season 1, Aziraphale and Crowley always did EVERYTHING for humanity. Even if it meant sacrifice. Even if it meant betraying people. The main thing was that what they always loved more than anything else could be. Humanity. The shades of gray, instead of black or white. In my opinion, there was nothing more logical than them ALWAYS choosing humanity. And why do we hate? "There wasn't even a kiss" and "But it wasn't their reality" . Again, so what? How can you expect 90 minutes to be perfect? But it was magnificent. Perfectly imperfect. And above all, a wonderful homage to the book and Terry. And it was an ending that we can live with. That's all that matters.
Ok, so, I may get hate for this. But honestly, I need to voice my opinion about Lord of the flies, and no one is going to stop me. Do not post mean things, but feel free to ask me questions if you want more of a view on it and my perspective of things, I'm very open to that.
Rant under the cut
I
Hate
Lord of the flies
I love it
But I hate it
Like I get the message about the savage tendencies of the human kind lying beneath the surface of society. But these are fucking children. Like I get it, more symbolism with c"hildren are good and pure and untainted, so to have them go savage is a better symbol of how deep morals go, which is only surface and face, not truth and goodness to their core and they are tainted." Like I get it.
But put a bunch of children from the ages 5-12 on an island, starve them, and scare the shit out of them, and what do you think is gonna happen???
They aren't "going savage" they're traumatized and breaking down. They aren't revealing their true selves, they're revealing who they had to become to survive a hell that they shouldn't have gone through. Sure, the murder is a bit extreme, but these boys are traumatized, they've grown up in war torn land with society showing war and violence and hurting others.
It's society that brought on the violence, not lack of it. Society told them piggy was inferior to them and therefore should be bullied and not listened to. Society told them they have to be providers and they have to get what they want, which is why Jack ignores the signal fire.
Society told them if someone doesn't agree with you, silence their voice. And they didn't know how else to silence piggy's voice other than murder because that's all society taught them.
Take the little ones on the island. They aren't going crazy until the older ones are telling them how to behave. The little ones are playing, they're acting like children, they're getting along and helping each other.
The older ones are trying to act like how society says they should beI hate the message of it, cause it's all wrong. And like, society is the one who's telling these boys one thing, showing and raising these boys as one thing.
But at the end, the navy officer comes to save them, sees the other kids trying to KILL Ralph(!!) And goes, oh are you playing a game? Who's died in your game?
And when Ralph says 2 boys, and starts crying, the officer looks away and says "you British boys should behave better and have better manners"
Better manners? What better manners do you want them to have??? You taught them that, you taught them violence and what you call being savage!!! Without society, without trying to position themselves as a society, the little ones were getting along and eating food and working together and doing good! But then Jack breaks off his group.
It's said jacks group is the group meant to represent being without society, but tbh, his is just society when society only focuses on itself. It's not lack of society, it's the selfishness of society.
Ralph's group is society when working together and still, it's not rightIt's not inherently good. Because they try to hold onto the rules of society when they are not in society. But the little ones who are just existing and ignoring the rules they might've been given by messing around and getting dirty, they are being inherently good.
And I hate the message of it because they are not "losing themselves to the savage tendencies hidden under the veil of society" they are doing exactly as society has told them. And that's why those kids die. Humans aren't inherently anything. Not good or bad. Other people and society shape us. That inherent bad behavior is just society itself.
When ignoring the rules of society, while it may not be the best thing, there are things stopping you, like your own morals. It's like that one thing, "if you have no consequences to your actions, what's stopping you from doing bad things" "it makes me feel bad"Like, sure, some people are just sickos. But my specific point is that it is not these children who were put in a terrible situation who are inherently evil!!!
Like, my point here is that these children were not a good reference for the inherent evilness of humans cause these kids were traumatized .
Ok, rant over, I'm sorry. Just had to voice my opinion, call me out of I'm wrong or whatever
This is going to be my most controversial post yet, but I had this conversation with a friend a few days ago and I kinda wanted to share the conclusion we had from it.
It makes a ton of sense that Freddy and Anthea fell for each other in Fury of the Gods!
Now that I have all your attention, yes I am fully aware that Anthea is around 6000 years older than him, and yes I know the “Oh but she looks about 18 so it’s fine” meme that has been going around. Also, no, I do not believe that this is a lasting relationship. I give it about half a year before they break up, nine months at most.
But why do I say that the two of them falling for each other makes a lot of sense? Simple, because the other exactly embodies what Freddy and Anthea desire. The entire relationship is needs-based for both parties.
To start off with Anthea. We are not sure when the gods were killed off, or what exactly happened during the event, but one thing is for certain, Anthea was traumatized. That, together with thousands of years in torturous isolation, has created a situation where Anthea seemingly has trauma-induced mental delay (explaining why she acts rather young despite her age), is under constant surveillance of her sisters and overall underestimated despite her qualities.
Now in comes Freddy, a boy that like her is being beaten down, but always gets up with a smile on his face. Somebody that can keep finding humor in dire situations. Someone that treated her like an equal even though she was the fish out of water. He too had trouble with overbearing siblings, he too was overlooked, but he kept going. Freddy, to Anthea, was the strength and freedom she had longed for for ages personified.
Meanwhile for Freddy, Anthea was the first person that looked past his disability. That didn’t look at him with disgust or pity. Someone who laughed at his jokes, someone that could, and willingly wanted to, relate to him. Even when the lie fell apart and he was captured. Anthea still respected him as an equal, even though she had no reason to do so as a goddess.
Both had been so underestimated in life that the moment they found someone like them, they just did not want to let go from that one person that could finally make them whole.
But to remind y’all, I do not think the relationship will last. I think that they will try it out, but eventually realize that their love isn’t build upon romantic feelings but this deep need for belonging, after which they will probably break up but still stay good friends afterwards.
Although, I think their deep bond will result in the two of them being an absolute beast on the battlefield when the time comes. Anthea fucking the battlefield up like she is Dr. Strange in the mirror dimension, and Freddy using the chaos in his favor to take the enemy down.
