forlornmelody

[forlornmelody]

Sorry for being a woman in the wrong way. It will happen again.

#rose wilson #poison ivy

[forlornmelody]

Today's List of Nice Things:

FINISHED TRAINING.

Got a couple nice sun breaks today.

Aziraphale the aloe plant is growing so much now! I'm very proud of him.

Actually made it through the workday without caffeine. Been a minute since I could pull that off.

My cat is a great coworker. Though he's a bit distracting during meetings.

#who is forlornmelody? #bran hygiene #literally tossing my work papers on the floor cause I wouldn't pause the meeting to give him treats haha

[forlornmelody]

Demon (retired) Crowley, gardening.

#could you imagine that in a social media bio? #demon-retired #crowley #good omens

[forlornmelody]

THE WORLD TO COME 2020 | Mona Fastvold

#the world to come #someone i talked with this weekend described this movie as HEAVY #AND I COULDN'T AGREE MORE

[forlornmelody]

show me, show me, show me how you do that trick

[id: a drawing of dick grayson and joey wilson from new teen titans, done in shades of red. dick is laying on top of joey, smiling into a kiss. joey has a hand on the back of dick's neck with a thumb on his jaw. they're laying in grass, a tree behind them. /end id]

#jeriwing #joey wilson #dick grayson #dc comics

[forlornmelody]

More Titans redesigns! This time we got Jericho & Nightwing :-3

#omg YES #joey wilson #dick grayson #dc comics

[forlornmelody]

Dear Prudence

The sun is up, the sky is blue, it's beautiful and so are you.

#good omens #aziraphale

[forlornmelody]

Vela Supernova Remnant

#space is so unreal #thank you Crowley

[forlornmelody]

I love this comic so much.

#pretty much #on writing

[forlornmelody]

One thing that really gets me about the opening with angel Crowley is that he's not just excited by how beautiful his stars are, or how fun the process of creation is, or how impressed he's made Aziraphale. He’s not in it for the glory or the aesthetics. He’s actually horrified by the idea that the universe will just be "fancy wallpaper" in the future, even though Aziraphale assures him that humans will "marvel" at his creations.

What Crowley loves about his stars is their potential. He is building, essentially, a nursery. Most of the universe's stars, he explains to Aziraphale, will come pre-aged--but his are just starting out! After they're given time to grow, who knows what could happen! Good or bad, black holes or new constellations—there are so many possible futures ahead of them, and Crowley can’t wait to see what happens.

And then Aziraphale tells him that he knows what will happen: those stars will never grow up. They will never shine or burn out or implode or become anything new. They’ll be destroyed before they get the chance.

"You can't kill kids."

“Whose side are you on?” “God’s, of course!” “Same God that wants me to whack the kids?”

"People die." "They do, don't they?"

“Great pustulant mangled bollocks to the Great blasted Plan!”

"Don't test them to destruction."

"It's always too late."

"Nothing lasts forever." "No, I don't suppose it does."

This fear has been chasing Crowley since before the beginning. It’s what caused his first doubts, put the first traces of gray in his wings. He’s been raging at the futility of watching beautiful, complex things be damned or destroyed for his entire existence, and that’s why he seems to the audience and to Aziraphale to be a mess of contradictions.

He loves to follow the trends of the times, but he clings to his classic car in an era of planned obsolescence for vehicles. He lives in an ultra-modern flat, but finds his greatest comfort in the unchanging security of aziraphale’s old shop. He hates the idea of killing children, but is willing to see a child die if it preserves the rest of the universe and foils the Great Plan. He “goes too fast,” but his most unique and notable power is that he’s learned to stop time.

Crowley hates predestination. He hates divine intervention and the removal of agency. Crowley, the architect of free will, is constantly torn between his love of change and choice and potential and his terror that everything will be destroyed by an unstoppable, incomprehensible higher power. That’s his driving conflict in the way that Aziraphale’s is learning to find his own path without following Heaven’s rules, and I am fascinated to see how it resolves.

#crowley #good omens

[forlornmelody]

I’ll bite.What’s with the tattoos?

#mass effect #jack nought

[forlornmelody]

I won't leave you on your own. I know.

#good omens #ineffable husbands

[forlornmelody]

sky umbrella

#sailor moon

[forlornmelody]

I think one of the most telling hints that Muriel is actually quite bright, despite how everyone treats them, is when they not only immediately get what Crowley is saying about bees, they extend the metaphor by arguing, "But you don't look like a bee, you look like a murder hornet!"

Like. That's actually some pretty sophisticated comprehension and communication from an angel who's been kept isolated in an office in Heaven for so long they don't know how long humans live or the name of any "human settlement" other than London or what a cup of tea is.

#when Metatron calls Muriel dim #he's not calling them dumb #he's calling out their former (and well current if we're honest) traitorous behavior #whatever caused their light to dim like Crowley's did #good omens #muriel

[forlornmelody]

Fam, I don't think Crowley was cast out of heaven. Both the book, and the show say Crowley "sauntered vaguley downwards." I don't think he's making light of his fall. I think Crowley's telling the truth.

You see, I think Heaven gave Crowley a choice. A shitty choice, but a choice nonetheless. I think Muriel is his narrative foil. They are what would have happened to Crowley had he chosen to remain in Heaven. When the Metatron calls Muriel "dim," he's not calling them dumb. He's calling out whatever choice(s) caused Muriel's light to dim like Crowley's did.

Heaven doesn't want to make a habit of casting angels down to Hell. Staffing could be an issue. Plus, they don't want word getting out that they have poor staff retention. Look at what they tried to do with Gabriel. They took (or tried to take) Gabirel's memories, and they tried to demote him. But he was already gone, in both senses of the word.

But given the choice to remain in heaven-I don't think Crowley would take it. He later turns down his best only friend when offered a chance to be an angel again. Crowley sees Heaven as corrupt as Hell, but at least with Hell, he doesn't have to lie to himself about what is good and what is evil.

#i hope this makes sense #i am very tired and it is time to go to bed but this realization HAUNTED me #crowley #good omens #muriel

[forlornmelody]

On the road to Season 3 - Day 137

Aziraphale : Feels love

Aziraphale -> Touches Crowley

Aziraphale : Sees love

Aziraphale -> Touches Crowley

Master post : here

#the way crowley jumps out of his skin every time Az touches him #good omens #ineffable husbands

[forlornmelody]

I should note, I hate the soulmates "we would fall in love in every universe" trope for the aforementioned "where's the tension and interest and really anything worthwhile" reasons. However, "we would find each other in every universe" fucking rips. We would interact meaningfully in every universe but sometimes we are lovers and sometimes we are friends and sometimes we are bitter enemies and sometimes we'd simply both be in the same HOA.

#this is tasty #TROPES