#and I'll act consequently

[reginrokkr]

Do you ever have something to say that would do well in your rules but it’s something that people tend to shy away from, so you don’t say it and instead apply it to your portrayal? That’s me with Dain, but I think that it’d be a good idea to at least make a small post about it. If you interact with him, he’s bound to know to some capacity about your muse. Regardless of whether you count what he says in the Travail trailer as canon (by this I mean besides what he says, which is becoming true) or not, it was confirmed that he counts with divination abilities at least in a middle-term way. If we’re to add the Travail trailer into the mix and how it’s been three canonical years in Genshin now, in view that we’re in Sumeru’s chapter, it’s safe to say that his divination capabilities go up to three years for now, always subject to increase in years until at least Snezhnaya’s chapter.

What I mean to say by this is that infomodding isn’t something generally liked and I tend to be careful with this, always keeping in mind the mun’s indications of what someone else can or can’t know about their muse depending on the circumstances they establish. So please keep this in mind!

#◟༺✦༻◞ What lays behind the mantle of faux stars ┊OOC.┊ #◟༺✦༻◞ Trust not the gods; nor overthrow them ┊PSA.┊ #if anyone's wondering why #as in an explanation #beyond that he's the narrator #he's glaringly connected to Irminsul #also known as the Tree of Time #which counts for the future too #so that's why #I swear I'm a bit nervous #posting this #but it's something I've been adding #into my portrayal #and interactions by extension #if anyone has any specifications #that would like me to keep in mind #by all means #feel free to let me know #and I'll act consequently #partly this is one of the reasons #why Dain is so hard to write #because I have to keep in mind #not only the lore #which by itself is so extended #but also the characters #because it's just something #that is in the realm of his knowledge #but I'd understand #if anyone were to not like this that much

[fisheito]

Lol angst ? about nukani , my super unserious gayporngacha game? Can't be that bad

(10k words later into a fic) Ooohh.ohhh it was a mistake. I should not have read this hahahahahahahgyrk *choking sounds*

#i typically stay in my lane (fluff) but when i exhaust the fics. we must venture into unexplored territory #but the unfortunate consequence of that is like introducing predators to an island ecosystem #I WAS NOT EVOLUTIONARILY PREPARED. I DON'T HAVE THE DEFENSE MECHANISM S #i AM prompTLY DESTROYED #OMG EVEN WHEN I'M READING ANOTHER FIC NOWADAYS #sometimes something will remind me of that eiden dies fic #and the images will flash thru my mind like Sad PTSD #and I'll just ☹️😭😥😭😟😭 #i was cocky. thought angst Wouldnt affect me. what a fool i was. where did that complacency come from #i am changed. i will never forget. i will treasure u even more eiden #u are more valuable than u could ever comprehend my dear little bluetwinkmenace pls stay healthy #tears threatening to spill outta my eyeholes while i'm gathering all the clan members into my embrace #picks up another gay little haremboy and shoves it into my protective hold #nOOOOO you stay with the others safe and cuddled and everyone loves u and everyone is fine and #squeezes them all 🥺☁☁☁☁☁☁ #i am reading words and acting in ways

[backjustforberena]

Imagining Rhaenyra questioning Rhaenys's composure or her lack of bloodlust or her hesitance to go to war. And just... asking her why she is not angry or enraged. Like HOW when their enemies have done all of this?? HOW??

And Rhaenys saying something like: "I have been angry for longer than you have drawn breath."

And just seeing how true that is. And Rhaenyra realising how true it is. Seeing the mask slip, just for a moment, with the rawness of the words. See the dragon underneath the poised princess.

#house of the dragon #rhaenys targaryen #This woman is the voice of experience #And restraint and poise #But you give her a moment and she'll go feral #Said it before and I'll say it again #Not a moment of her screen time where I didn't think she had a good enough reason and could act without consequence... She'd punch someone #Like that is a violent woman #Poised and polite #But totally ready to throw hands

[maddy-ferguson]

No matter what happens, I literally never learn.

I just keep deluding myself into thinking that I have to hear the other side of a debate to be completely sure of my opinion (I do this a lot bc it’s hard for me to form strong opinions for some reason). Then I’ll read something stupid, but since they said it so confidently, I’ll start to second guess myself. Like girl… you know damn well that not all takes are equal.

This is about a post I saw where they said that they think mike has no internalized homophobia btw

you're so me actually i do this too

#the way i'm sure i know exactly who was behind the post even though i probably haven't seen it because they've blocked me. #or maybe i have seen it idk this ask is old. the mike has no internalized homophobia take is always silly to me they're usually also saying #he doesnt know he likes will back/boys at all right so he's gonna 'find out' in s5 and he's gonna be like oh i'm gay/bi (bi usually) and in #love with will this is fun and will have no consequences on the rest of my life and my parents who are reagan supporters will #surely be thrilled and society loves queer people as i have witnessed in the past. nothing to worry about i'll act on this immediately. #will do you want to be my boyfriend? #so it's pretty hard to take them seriously #ask

[hyacinthsdiamonds]

"I got nothing" it's almost like they don't want to talk to someone who has perpetuated hate and conspiracy theories involving their team and drivers which has led to themselves, their team and their drivers receive horrific hate and death threats, Ted...

#f1 #formula 1 #formula one #well well is it not the consequences of my own actions energy #but like ted is directly responsible for the horrifying hate hannah & yuki got last year #because he decided to use his very large platform to all but outright say that yuki crashed deliberately to benefit red bull #I'll never forget or forgive the disgust racist abuse yuki got or the horrific misogyny thrown Hannah's way #ted said nothing and then acted like the victim when red bull refused to grant sky sports access to them on race weekend #and it's far from an unprecedented thing to do ie for teams to refuse to talk to certain journalists or channels #Renault refused to talk to ziggo & Guenther has basically an on off relationship with sky Germany #as a journalist you have to at least try to be impartial or at least not be completely biased #because otherwise you cannot offer well rounded and fair coverage to your viewers #you don't have to be praising every team to high heavens and no one expects that but you have to be fair #fans get to be biased journalists and commentators do not #if you burn those bridges and choose to be biased that's on you you don't get to be upset that you no longer get info from that team

[vse-kar-vem]

how to write vent post title that does not come off as self-pitying and or accusatory (because it's NOT !)

#sorry tumblr is like a diary to me idk what i'll do w this blog after i (sigh) inevitably move on #either way #im convinced everyone hates me again :3 but realistically no one cares about me even enough to hate me im just stupid and self centred 💔 #if anything me TYPING these posts is actuvely turning people against me #again with the assumptions that people care enough to read these 😭 fhskfbhsjfkg #i hate that i care so much what people online think of me cuz irl it's like. whatever #but here there are so many cool people who i admire and would love to be friends with im always hyperparanoid of everything i do #and still i manage to overstep and come off as annoying #like obvs you're allowed to hate me even if you're someone i look up to like that's your perogative #but i hate worrying about IF anyone hates me #oughgh this is easier irl because usually people send off pretty clear signals if they dont like you #but online (esp with how prickly this fandom is) i don't know whether im being insecure and reading into things or whether people just don't #like me (which again is fine i would just rather know if anyone gets it) #i figure art is the one way i can get people to like me 💔 which sounds kinda pathetic because irl i KNOW im liked and capable! #fandom has just become such a big part of my personality that i cant detach my self worth from it #and i do love art and drawing and such i hate that even if i know people my stuff EYE dont and it doesnt mean anything or act as a signifier #of my friendships #wow .... i really am my own therapist ..... i should shut up #the industrial revolution and its consequences (jofandom) #i think these posts are half self exploration half ... almost self harm? because sometimes im so derogatory about myself on purpose in a #'you're worthless' way. but at the same time it's cathartic and i always feel better having probed at my feelings and gotten them in order #not to do a complete 180 but it's MY post and JO LONDON IN *12* DAYS!!!!!!!! AHH i'm sooo excited if it doesnt live up to my expectations i #may cry a little. and there will be another vent post from me ! #sometimes i wonder if anyone actually reads these 😭 #vee rambles

[bionicbore]

Y’know I kinda wanna elaborate on the HC I mentioned, where I said that if Donald hadn’t found out what Douglas was doing and intervened, Douglas would’ve eventually cracked and fessed up

Mostly I wanna elaborate that he wouldn’t have fessed up because of ethical guilt (though I do think he may have something somewhere inside him that would give a damn about ethics. He did seem pretty excited to do good things after all) but more because he’s got the emotional strength of a wet tissue and would feel personal guilt after getting so attached

I’m gonna put most of it under a cut ‘cause it turned into a full on Douglas study I guess

Like... obviously I’m prefacing this with it being my own interpretation of the guy, but Douglas was a pretty emotional dude in the show. His entire redemption was rooted in his emotional attachment to his family. His morals never 100% improved, and the growth we did see was almost entirely motivated by “My family won’t like me if I’m a bad guy :(”

And while he’s not a particularly GOOD dad, he is a dad. Literally every kid Douglas gets more than 2 minutes of screen time with, he goes into some kind of Dad Mode

So, the way I see it, I don’t think Douglas would’ve lasted if he got to keep the Rats for longer than he did. It’s never actually said how old the kids were when Donald found out, but they couldn’t have been older than like... 3? Tops? Possibly even younger, technically. If Douglas actually got to watch those kids grow up in whatever messed up environment he had them in to keep them hidden (Which, I’ll be honest- based on comparing the brothers’ lab quality, was probably a worse environment than Donald’s lab) I don’t think he would’ve been able to commit. Not with the original trio, anyway

ALSO. I wanna bring up Donald, ‘cause he’s also a factor in of himself

Yeah, the brothers fight a lot, and did fight a lot. But I think it’s worth remembering that despite that, these two founded a company together. They invented things together. They work together seamlessly when they get in the zone. Douglas, despite all the animosity, was ecstatic at the prospect of getting to work alongside his brother again, and was genuinely sad when Donald didn’t feel the same, but chose not to fight Donald’s decision

Douglas cares what Donald thinks of him, and I bet he cared a lot more before Donald discovered what was happening and made his own judgement call. The two of them had to have been incredibly close, and that probably would’ve weighed on Douglas, too

But Donald found out on his own, and he didn’t waste time. He saw the children, he saw the conditions, the plans, the schematics. There was absolutely no way to rationalize what was happening here, Donald had to get these kids out and away. His little brother was using their assets to make deals with terrorists regarding the creation of bioweapons in the form of children

And Douglas was left ghosted by the most consistent presence in his life for the past 20+ years, locked out of the company he helped build from nothing, and separated from these kids who have also been a consistent presence in his life for entirely different reasons

And Douglas is notorious for deflecting and pushing back when someone else decides that he’s in the wrong. All that potential turmoil means the time between Donald finding out and Douglas “dying” was probably like. Intense. To put it mildly

All this to say: Douglas is still a DICK lmao and the point of this post is NOT to be like “Douglas deserved better” or even “Donald is to blame.” It’s more about how Douglas is a notably emotion-driven character and how it affects his dynamics and actions, both positive and negative

It’s also my favorite kind of angst- where technically, things could have turned out okay, or at least better than they did, if everyone involved hadn’t been such a mess

#Lab Rats #Douglas Davenport #I'm only tagging Douglas 'cause he's the focal point but Donald does get a fair bit here #Anyway Douglas fascinates me 'cause like. I definitely don't want him or his actions to be underplayed #Like it really doesn't matter if he wouldn't have gone through with it. Especially not at the time everything happened #The fact that he got as far as he did is damning enough #But also he is SO pitiful and his emotional reliance on others is interesting #Especially in contrast to how nonchalant he tends to act #He's perfect for exploring how consequences effect someone #Which is why I draw him with such tired eyes and like to write him being Fucking Miserable #And I'll say it. Dude was a SOFTIE in the actual show #Seriously- in no particular order: #He made Chase some good soup. He went above and beyond to save Leo's arm. He gave every Rat a new ability for various reasons #He stood up for various kids on numerous occasions. He cried when Leo became an instructor #He saved a stray dog. He put a kid up for adoption to keep him safe. #He encouraged his robot son's passion for drama club. He actively helped Donald with the indestructible car #Look me in the eye. Make direct eye contact with me and tell me #That this man could raise 3 flesh and blood children from infancy #And simply pawn them off as disposable weaponry #You cannot convince me. Douglas Davenport is too pathetic to commit to that bit #He's willing to kill a kid but that goes out the fucking window if he spends more than 1 non-hostile hour with said kid #He acts like he hates his brother's guts but will literally drop it the minute Donald's nice to him in any capacity #... See now I went and wrote TWO essays #Kill me

[daddyplasmius]

every once in a while I remember this scene from Moulin & it kills me. FECing is now a regular part of my vocabulary & no one even knows what it means because I'm a chronic doesn't-public-fics dumbass. FEC me

#Danny Phantom #maybe I'll publish it anyways #this is supposed to be a psych horror inspired by House of Leaves btw. can you tell? can you tell this is supposed to be horror? #you know what i'm gonna reread the entire thing to see if Danny ever actually says fuck. before going completely unhinged of course #this is based on how i act when sleep deprived. i go unhinged. all anxiety is like gone #& i'm doing all my shit without worrying about consequences or people thinking i'm weird or what #anyways i just think it would be funny if the only time Danny ''swears'' is when he's saying FEC #i need to find the post Moulin is based off of. it's such an old post idk if anyone even remembers it. but i do #it wasn't a horror concept but it had that potential #forreal if anyone can find that post explaining FentonWorks' constantly changing layout i'd love you forever #though considering no one found the hole in Danny's wall post i'm. not getting my hopes up

[prowerprojects]

Disregarding how it was realized and if it's a good thing at all, at least conceptually it's interesting how over time Tails's main character flaw (insecurity) morphed from the cutesy "awww he doesn't realize his own strengths"/"he just needs to believe in himself uwu", to a more realistic and ugly version of that where he lashes out at people, extremely avoidant of confrontations and consequences, and even acts in ways that makes him seem arrogant.

The ugly portrayals of insecurity aren't exactly uncommon, but it's usually with characters who are kind of presented as jerks and the audience is supposed to point and laugh at them so it's interesting to see it on a character like Tails who is supposed to be "nice" and sympathetic.

#I'm not sure if I should count tails being written this way as 'bad writing' because it... kind of makes sense? in a way #the thing is that he usually faces no consequences for this behavior which makes the audience find him unlikable #and it feels like sonic is coddling him when he tries to build him up instead of calling him out #idk where I'm going with this #i do hope he becomes more likable simply because it's good and marketable for him to be as a character #but also sometimes acting ugly makes him feel more real #idk maybe I'm just having a weird moment. but I'll post this anyway #tails #miles tails prower #tails the fox #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #project.txt

[tea-of-destiny]

some text post doodles of descander because i can. they have such a funny dynamic to me

#fuck it we maintag #professor layton #jean descole #tea ocs: xander cordero (pl) #teadraws #teaposts #ocs #these memes oversimplify it a bit but they really do go from 'i literally can't stand him' to 'maybe i misjudged him but he still annoys me #to 'oops! i'm in love with him now. but even though i know the feeling is mutual i'm not going to do anything about it for years-- #--because the political agendas in which we're now ensnared have made it seem impossible for us to be together in a meaningful way-- #--so i'll continue to act as if i don't like him as a consequence of this unresolved romantic tension' #bickering can be a love language in fiction it's okay

[eastgaysian]

the thing about lemming and dak-wai's senses of morality is lemming would refuse to accept the premise of the trolley problem he'd insist that there has to be a way to save everyone while dak-wai would think on it for 5 seconds and then pull the lever to kill one person instead. however if you presented them with a dilemma where they have to condemn either themselves or a complete stranger they'll never see to death, lemming would try to work out a we-both-survive solution but ultimately take 15 minutes to decide to sacrifice himself. and dak-wai would be paralyzed by indecision for about an hour before deciding to save themselves

#lemming #dak-wai #i'm thinking that. when i get to act 3 dak-wai might try to kill ole gorty during his coronation. #the fact is it's in character. and while i'd prefer to do it vanilla if it takes abusing cheat engine to do i'll accept that too #i think lemming is more 'meaningfully' good in that he like has a much more lived-in concrete sense of morality #but is subject to hypocrisy and weird specific exceptions like most people. he loves to lie. and to steal. #dak-wai is like. lawfully abiding by something. but that something is basically just 'You have to kill evil people. and not good people.' #anything not covered by that they make up as they go. honestly including 'what exactly is an evil person' #and they tend not to think about far-reaching consequences for people other than them #wdym gortash had political prisoners. he was right there and you want me not to stab him

[astrxealis]

sorry for rambling so much about milgram btw my thoughts are often a mess and i think too much about it but i am good now i think <3

#⋯ ꒰ა starry thoughts ໒꒱ *·˚ #⋯ ꒰ა milgram ໒꒱ *·˚ #i finally properly get fuuta's character i think teehee. after a lot of thinking and thinking and thinking #it hurts my head a bit ngl (figuratively) bcs ejghbghjag i try to look at it at all sides and whoops i end up getting confused w #what is the truth and what are my actual beliefs/feelings/thoughts a bit! </3 but my head is clearer now (hooray!) #anyway yeah fuuta innocent. guilty -> innocent -> innocent imo!! can't say totally for sure tho w the 3rd but i think he shld be forgiven #i feel a bit ehgbah for my thoughts being so messy before (also scared someone will misunderstand me) but i think yeah i was looking #at it already in the 2nd trial perspective. how to explain. but yeah blah blah blah yeah! #i think he's a good guy at heart fr but he. yeah. and i think there's smth to do with the 'pressure' and all with that #he needs to hold himself accountable for his actions even if it may be true that yk. he isn't the only one and it's rather sad he's the #only one who got all the blame so i get why he's acting that way even though ofc it isn't okay in the end. dude needs to admit and all #and he's getting uhh better! i want to talk more oops but it's almost 2 pm holy shit. i'll probably put my coherent thoughts in my notes #instead. but yeah. tbh i'm not sure if i can really say he always felt somewhat guilty/regret ever since the start #bcs it's he may just first feared the consequences but then again he never expected it to escalate to death (tho even if the #outcome turned out to not be that bad. cyberbullying is never okay!!! bullying is never okay!!!!!) but he's the character #who puts up a front of sorts and as someone who often likes characters like that. it's possible i'm misinterpretating him but #personally that's how i see it ^___^ but dude yeah guilty first trial fr so he can be more yk to really loosen up and admit it n all #or at least. take a step closer to doing so. yeah!!! okay i think i've properly cleared my head now #i just hope no one like. misunderstands me from my many rambles WABHBJHBG #oh i actually really relate and understand fuuta actually. yeah. NOTHING AS BAD AS HIM i mean that genuinely but yeah #he's starting to accept that his actions bring heavy consequences and he's showing a lot of guilt and regret. still a tough front tho #aghhhh i really hope he gets voted innocent this time around for real. he's a good guy at heart and i do think he always knew #he was guilty. and etc etc etc i stop rambling now zzz love fuuta fr tho his character means a lot to me actually #actually idk there's still a lot to his character i feel. it's either from his perception still or yk. does he actually feel guilt? #but yeah imo he does. and i'd like to believe that too also bcs i get his character but i ofc can't still tell for sure! #blame shifting may still be a problem. he feels regretful for sure i believe but for what reason is a question still #tbh judging fuuta here is (for me) like judging me from a bit into the past so sorry if i'm really fired up about this. #i get he's just a fictional character but i really want to do this 'right' (but what is right tbh?) #in any case even with all the complications i think he's improving. sort of. and guilty is concerning for him if he YEAH. so innocent. #oops too much tags but i get it now <3 !! also btw i've never bullied/cyberbullied anyone just to be clear :] just to be clear

[todayisafridaynight]

Its SO upsetting how often the bad guys don't get to have a lasting turnaround. You see it with random side characters, but c'mon guys. Just let them go to prison for a little while and have them come back. I promise you do not have to kill a character off, or base the character off a real life person, thus narrowing their chances of a return even thinner, while building up the possibility of a comeback. This franchise has cursed me with such lovable characters I'll never see again, and my heart can't keep at it like this.

I'm gonna have to just take that suddenly-dropped-off-a-cliff-storyline into my own hands. Gotta pick up all the slack. They're too good at giving tender, heart wrenching moments to characters we'll never see again. Way too good.

Not sure if you know the streamer Crystal, but her reaction to the ending of 3 was the most extreme I've ever seen. She was full on breakdown sobbing, and even the chat was asking if she was okay. RGG look at the hearts you're breaking out here 🙃 Also, your posts about Mine and that ending are beautiful, and you could talk about it a million times. It'll never get old.

the most egregious- pardon the pun- execution of this trope in rgg games is aoki's death.

like legitimately, his death did not need to happen. the past antagonists you could make a decent point for why their deaths were justified (ryuji's probably being the goofiest ngl) but aoki's felt as though rgg was just checking off a to-do list.

i don't really watch rgg content creators, but if someone could send me a clip of that i'd be down to watch: always a fan of watching people be emo over Y3's ending

and speaking of, thank you i have strong enough mental illness that all i can do is talk about that scene over and over again :)

#snap chats #the worst part is im only partially joking about being mentally ill #like i just think of that one directioner fan being a super fan until they took medication and then they were normal #pretty sure if i did the same I Too would have shut up four months ago but to our benefit/dismay medicine's hard to get so <3 #i am simply a dog chasing its tail and by that i mean i will simply talk about mine and y3's ending until i die #or until my mental illness latches onto something else idk #but yeah it sucks dick how rgg does so many great and emotional scenes #but like. we never get to fully see that pay off with characters like mine or aoki #like i want to see them have to face the consequences of their actions- ESPECIALLY mine #mine makes me the most deranged Obviously but i just want to know how daigo would react and treat him #we only get a semblance of how daigo felt after Y3 via the rggo story but its not enough #i want daigo to be upset with mine i want mine to HAVE to work things through with daigo #because unfortunately i dont think daigo would just cut mine off i think he still would try to figure out what the fuck was going on #idk i just need something to happen to mine that crushes him and has him rethink his ways a bit #'crushes' yk like. something beside the pavement--- #i wouldnt want him to totally change tho. i like him deranged but just channel that deranged behavior to their benefit #brb thinking about mine saying he wouldnt be acting up if daigo didnt get shot again jesus christ i think of that line every day #OK I HAVE TO GO DO A COMM RN ACTUALLY I'LL BE MENTALLY ILL LATER BYYYE FEEL FREE TO SEND ASKS AND ENABLE ME

[joycrispy]

Awhile ago @ouidamforeman made this post:

This shot through my brain like a chain of firecrackers, so, without derailing the original post, I have some THOUGHTS to add about why this concept is not only hilarious (because it is), but also...

It. It kind of fucks. Severely.

And in a delightfully Pratchett-y way, I'd dare to suggest.

I'll explain:

As inferred above, both Crowley AND Aziraphale have canonical Biblical counterparts. Not by name, no, but by function.

Crowley, of course, is the serpent of Eden.

(note on the serpent of Eden: In Genesis 3:1-15, at least, the serpent is not identified as anything other than a serpent, albeit one that can talk. Later, it will be variously interpreted as a traitorous agent of Hell, as a demon, as a guise of Satan himself, etc. In Good Omens --as a slinky ginger who walks funny)

Lesser known, at least so far as I can tell, is the flaming sword. It, too, appears in Genesis 3, in the very last line:

"So he drove out the man; and placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." --Genesis 3:24, KJV

Thanks to translation ambiguity, there is some debate concerning the nature of the flaming sword --is it a divine weapon given unto one of the Cherubim (if so, why only one)? Or is it an independent entity, which takes the form of a sword (as other angelic beings take the form of wheels and such)? For our purposes, I don't think the distinction matters. The guard at the gate of Eden, whether an angel wielding the sword or an angel who IS the sword, is Aziraphale.

(note on the flaming sword: in some traditions --Eastern Orthodox, for example-- it is held that upon Christ's death and resurrection, the flaming sword gave up it's post and vanished from Eden for good. By these sensibilities, the removal of the sword signifies the redemption and salvation of man.

...Put a pin in that. We're coming back to it.)

So, we have our pair. The Serpent and the Sword, introduced at the beginning and the end (ha) of the very same chapter of Genesis.

But here's the important bit, the bit that's not immediately obvious, the bit that nonetheless encapsulates one of the central themes, if not THE central theme, of Good Omens:

The Sword was never intended to guard Eden while Adam and Eve were still in it.

Do you understand?

The Sword's function was never to protect them. It doesn't even appear until after they've already fallen. No... it was to usher Adam and Eve from the garden, and then keep them out. It was a threat. It was a punishment.

The flaming sword was given to be used against them.

So. Again. We have our pair. The Serpent and the Sword: the inception and the consequence of original sin, personified. They are the one-two punch that launches mankind from paradise, after Hell lures it to destruction and Heaven condemns it for being destroyed. Which is to say that despite being, supposedly, hereditary enemies on two different sides of a celestial cold war, they are actually unified by one purpose, one pivotal role to play in the Divine Plan: completely fucking humanity over.

That's how it's supposed to go. It is written.

...But, in Good Omens, they're not just the Serpent and the Sword.

They're Crowley and Aziraphale.

(author begins to go insane from emotion under the cut)

In Good Omens, humanity is handed it's salvation (pin!) scarcely half an hour after losing it. Instead of looming over God's empty garden, the sword protects a very sad, very scared and very pregnant girl. And no, not because a blameless martyr suffered and died for the privilege, either.

It was just that she'd had such a bad day. And there were vicious animals out there. And Aziraphale worried she would be cold.

...I need to impress upon you how much this is NOT just a matter of being careless with company property. With this one act of kindness, Aziraphale is undermining the whole entire POINT of the expulsion from Eden. God Herself confronts him about it, and he lies. To God.

And the Serpent--

(Crowley, that is, who wonders what's so bad about knowing the difference between good and evil anyway; who thinks that maybe he did a GOOD thing when he tempted Eve with the apple; who objects that God is over-reacting to a first offense; who knows what it is to fall but not what it is to be comforted after the fact...)

--just goes ahead and falls in love with him about it.

As for Crowley --I barely need to explain him, right? People have been making the 'didn't the serpent actually do us a solid?' argument for centuries. But if I'm going to quote one of them, it may as well be the one Neil Gaiman wrote ficlet about:

"If the account given in Genesis is really true, ought we not, after all, to thank this serpent? He was the first schoolmaster, the first advocate of learning, the first enemy of ignorance, the first to whisper in human ears the sacred word liberty, the creator of ambition, the author of modesty, of inquiry, of doubt, of investigation, of progress and of civilization." --Robert G. Ingersoll

The first to ask questions.

Even beyond flattering literary interpretation, we know that Crowley is, so often, discreetly running damage control on the machinations of Heaven and Hell. When he can get away with it. Occasionally, when he can't (1827).

And Aziraphale loves him for it, too. Loves him back.

And so this romance plays out over millennia, where they fall in love with each other but also the world, because of each other and because of the world. But it begins in Eden. Where, instead of acting as the first Earthly example of Divine/Diabolical collusion and callousness--

(other examples --the flood; the bet with Satan; the back channels; the exchange of Holy Water and Hellfire; and on and on...)

--they refuse. Without even necessarily knowing they're doing it, they just refuse. Refuse to trivialize human life, and refuse to hate each other.

To write a story about the Serpent and the Sword falling in love is to write a story about transgression.

Not just in the sense that they are a demon and an angel, and it's ~forbidden. That's part of it, yeah, but the greater part of it is that they are THIS demon and angel, in particular. From The Real Bible's Book of Genesis, in the chapter where man falls.

It's the sort of thing you write and laugh. And then you look at it. And you think. And then you frown, and you sit up a little straighter. And you think.

And then you keep writing.

And what emerges hits you like a goddamn truck.

(...A lot of Pratchett reads that way. I believe Gaiman when he says Pratchett would have been happy with the romance, by the way. I really really do).

It's a story about transgression, about love as transgression. They break the rules by loving each other, by loving creation, and by rejecting the hatred and hypocrisy that would have triangulated them as a unified blow against humanity, before humanity had even really got started. And yeah, hell, it's a queer romance too, just to really drive the point home (oh, that!!! THAT!!!)

...I could spend a long time wildly gesturing at this and never be satisfied. Instead of watching me do that (I'll spare you), please look at this gif:

I love this shot so much.

Look at Eve and Crowley moving, at the same time in the same direction, towards their respective wielders of the flaming sword. Adam reaches out and takes her hand; Aziraphale reaches out and covers him with a wing.

You know what a shot like that establishes? Likeness. Commonality. Kinship.

"Our side" was never just Crowley and Aziraphale. Crowley says as much at the end of season 1 ("--all of us against all of them."). From the beginning, "our side" was Crowley, Aziraphale, and every single human being. Lately that's around 8 billion, but once upon a time it was just two other people. Another couple. The primeval mother and father.

But Adam and Eve die, eventually. Humanity grows without them. It's Crowley and Aziraphale who remain, and who protect it. Who...oversee it's upbringing.

Godfathers. Sort of.

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #good omens meta #I have no idea if I've made a coherent point here but I'm tired of this being in my drafts; RAW FEELINGS IT IS #it's about being sent to destroy and instead staying to love and protect and nurture I'M CRAZY I'M CRAZY RAAAAAAAGGHHHH #gnu terry pratchett

[cuntwrap--supreme]

So my mom's threatening to kick me out and told me she's gonna throw all my stuff in the yard if I don't leave tonight? I just really, really hope she doesn't try swinging at me. I'd absolutely HATE to have to punch her in her ugly ass face 😔

#abuse #abusive parent #shit parent #she didn't tell me there's an HVAC guy here tonight. i had plans. she calls as I'm on my way out saying i have to wait on the dude. #i said i had plans and she hangs up on me. so i texted her that she's acting like a child. #she told me last night she'd be here. i asked because i was going to take my dog to the park at like 4pm. #and then I'm about to leave and she's acting like I'm a piece of shit for trying to have a life??? #she's out with my sister shopping and going to some weight loss scam clinic. there's no reason why she can't be here. #this is her house not mine. #if she wanted me here literally just ask and I'll do my shit earlier in the day? #but she didn't. she told me i HAD to be home at the exact time she knew i was planning on heading to the dog park. #i told her if she actually tries to kick me out I'll call the police. i reminded her I'm much stronger than she is if she decides to fight. #i said if she so much as moves a box in my room I'll call the police. if she hurts my dog I'll fight her. #i literally do not care about this woman. she's absolutely vile and has made my life a living hell for 20 years. #i would love to see her go to jail. suffer some of the consequences of her actions. #she acts like I'm the antagonist in literally everything when I'm just trying my best to avoid her #i don't talk to her if I don't have to #and yet - somehow - I'm the bad guy constantly #i would love to see her try to remove me from this house. legally there isn't shit she can do. and i move in 14 fucking days!!!!!

[motherhenna]

(Continued from before) make sure you’re drinking water for your vocal chords, and if this is a long term job consider a vocal coach or speech therapist to help. Maybe have a bowl of fidget trinkets for kids to use during class(and return at the end) like play dough or a spinner (this is especially for kids who say their phone helps them concentrate. Because your goal is to offer the alternative behaviour you want) And you can do it! It can be hard overwhelming but you got this!

Thanks, @skirtswithpockets--much appreciated. I definitely came out of that with a sore throat (though I mostly think that was caused by he bout of exercise induced asthma I suffered while walking the kids up five flights of stairs lol). Think I'll just give them the first two minutes of class to "get their wiggles out of their system" while I prepare for the lesson, and maybe another minute of that between games or something. idk I just have a hard time sympathizing w the restlessness, even as someone w ADHD myself, seeing as I only asked them to stand still for a collective, like, five minutes from start to finish. Otherwise, it was all theater and improv games like mirror and Zip Zap Zop. And they're not babies anymore--I think the youngest was 8 and the oldest was ten or eleven. If this was a writing class or a math class, I'd be a bit more understanding, but yikes I just hope that wasn't their norm because if so, I'm very concerned about how parents are going about teaching their kids manners and basic impulse control these days.

#I mean maybe it's because the school is super fancy so they all probably have some level of a privileged upbringing #so that could be contributing #seeing as a lot of rich kids aren't taught the concept of consequences as much as others #if I'd acted like that when I was a kid? my mom would have yelled at me and taken away all my videogames for a week #which like...valid. maybe not the yelling but the consequences part lol #but I'm probably sounding like I boomer lol I'll reserve excessive judgement until next class #ask