#peebls

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My friend has been (slowly) working his way through death note (his first anime) (was mine too). He's just about to meet Near (he fell asleep) (seconds before L and Watari) and I just keep thinking, "Oh boy my good friend(s) queeredomens' favorite part is coming up!"

It's a peculiar switch in perspective as the common sentiment is that Death Note is not as good in the second half. I haven't watched it myself since you got back into it so I'm eagerly anticipating watching it with the newfound lens of someone who genuinely adores it

!!!!!!!!!!!!! This ask sparks joy thank you... I hope you have a good time with your rewatch!!! TwT (also your friend FALLING ASLEEP SECONDS BEFORE L AND WATARI??? Iconic xD)

Honestly I do understand the sentiment that "Death Note isn't as good in the second half" when someone's only experienced the anime because. When we rewatched the anime shortly after rereading the manga, it was really obvious to us that in trying to cram 5½ books in like a dozen episodes (when the first 6½ books got double that!!) there's so much that gets lost because the Death Note manga is such a dense, no-filler story to begin with.

Like, stuff in the second half of the anime gets rushed or straight-up dropped to the point it ends up feeling like you're watching a trailer at times!! Especially coming in from a first half that has way more Normal Pacing. Like in comparison, everything in the second half happens EXTREMELY FUCKING FAST!!!!

And so much of what Had To Go, because it wasn't absolutely essential to Tying Up Loose Plot Ends and/or would've required Too Much Exposition, is Establishing Those Brand New Characters/Antagonists And Their Debatably-Mutual Rivalry. Which is obviously THE bits of Death Note (2nd half) that we're absolutely frothing at the mouth over and so like... to me, anime Mello and Near aren't BAD (because they are still Recognisably My Blorbos and also the Japanese VAs are Excellent™). But if you don't already have the manga in mind as a reference, they still feel flatter and less compelling than their manga counterparts, because they don't get anywhere near as much space to breathe and shine!! Whether on their own or together!!!

And when your main antagonists are Not As Compelling as the previous antagonist, that kind of makes the story as a whole less compelling. (But for real the anime does them so dirty :( please read the manga for the full Mello/Near experience) So yeah tl;dr I kind of get it despite our being a Notable Second Half Of Death Note Enjoyers lol

HOWEVER. I am elated to know we have managed to be so enthusiastic about it that it's given you new perspective on the second half experience hehe >:3c (join ussssss)

[aziraphales-library]

I lost a fic, it's a barber shop au. It's very long at all, I don't think, and it's exactly what it says on the tin. Crowley's a hairdresser, Aziraphale is a new customer and they hit it off! Thanks for your services to the fandom btw

Hello! Is it one of these?

The Fabric of Your Hair by saretton (E)

It’s Thursday, and for Crowley, it’s as if the week started with that day. On Thursday evenings, Aziraphale comes around to his shop, sneaks in through the back door after closing time, and gets his weekly treatment. ----- A Pins and Needles AU. 

Ethical Considerations by CopperBeech (E)

Aziraphale Fell isn’t exactly in the closet, but he’s not made it much further out than the hat-stand. The hairdresser at the spa where he’s just taken a job is far too flamboyant for his liking – doubtless, that’s why he can’t get the man out of his mind. His boss is a grouchy, nonbinary terror, who has an inexplicable soft spot for a priggish conservative MP from Oxfordshire. His best friend can’t stop predicting he’s fated to couple up soon. And the rent is due.

~ Mod G

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I absolutely adore the way that your draw Aziraphale, voth true form and corporation! So distinctive and smug and frumpy! I love him so much

Thank you! He’s a very important character for me, since I learned to accept my own body through drawing Aziraphale :) Yes, my true body is also full of eyes and wings and on fire. 

[fischyplier]

My heart melted while making this! uwu

[aferael]

took a slightly longer than intended break from art stuff to draw my friend @king-theirin ‘s twin sons!! plz go ask her about them because they are great!

[aziraphales-library]

Lost fic post #27

1. Hey I’m looking for a Book universe fic abt Aziraphale smoking weed and having a dealer named Tim Wiedermen or something like that? I read it a bit ago and can’t for the life of me remember it ~anon

2. Hallo! I’ve been looking for a fic I lost for ages now; it’s Aziraphale and Crowley married through the millennia. Follows tv canon and deals with the fall out from the bandstand scene in a really heart wrenchingly good way Turns out I’m a sucker for that trope and soft endings, so if there’s any others I’d be most grateful for recs :D ~anon

3. I've been looking for two fics and was hoping you or your readers might direct me to them! 1. Crowley experiences a nightmare where heaven has captured him and he is forced to witness Aziraphale get executed. The dream shifts and he is in hell witnessing the same thing before AZ wakes him up to reassure him. 2. NSFW, Crowley accidentally discovers that he is able to miracle AZ an instantaneous orgasm. They test this out on each other. At one point they are in a restaurant/pub? ~anon

4. I'm having a hard time finding a fic The premise is that after dating for six months Aziraphale breaks up with Crowley to protect them both. It's really heavy angst, Aziraphale cries in the street while Crowley hides in a coat rack at some point, and I'm certain Aziraphale says "I love you, and I don't want to." Any ideas? ~ @peebls

5. Hello hello, I read a lovely long fic tracking A and Z through the centuries a few weeks back but forgot to save it, and now one part of it is haunting me and I can't find it anywhere. The chapter that really stood out was Aziraphale acting as a doctor during the Spanish Flu (I think) and being absolutely exhausted and overstretched realising he can't svae anyone, and asking Crowley to come to the rescue and make the doomed ones' death as swift and painless as possible. It was beautiful. Thanks! ~ @wellwhatsinaname

If you know one of these fics, please use the number in your response!

~Mod P

[blog--witch]

I don't follow wrestling but today the bar I was in had the royal rumble playing on the television screens. I saw Rhea Ripley come out and thought !!!!! I know her she's my beloved blorbo in law!!! And then wondered if you were watching too

Ha omg I love that!!! Yeah I did watch and Rhea Ripley was looking beastly and creature-like and absolutely dominating. Beloved blorbo in law on the bar tvs!!!

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5 for the writer prompt :)

5. Do you plan or jump right in, and if you plan, how much do you like to do before you start a story?

i like to plan in advance! i used to be a lot better about just writing in the moment and with no pre-planning but nowadays i usually will write a scene in my head a few times before i feel comfortable enough getting it down on paper. for novels, i def need an entire outline in advance for at least major events/beats by chapter!

send me a writer ask!