The Season 2 Poster Details
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This is a Buddy Holly song Everyday which was originally supposed to be the Good Omens theme :)
Neil talks about it in the Introduction to the Script Book: “In the scripts, Buddy Holly’s song ‘Every Day’ runs through the whole like a thread. It was something that Terry had suggested in 1991, and it was there in the edit. Our composer, David Arnold, created several different versions of ‘Every Day’ to run over the end credits. And then he sent us his Good Omens theme, and it was the Good Omens theme. Then Peter Anderson made the most remarkable animated opening credits to the Good Omens theme, and we realised that ‘Every Day’ didn’t really make any sense any longer, and, reluctantly, let it go. It’s here, though. You can hum it.”
And there is also the Buddy Holly Everyday record! :)
Book The Crow Road by Iain Banks. The novel describes Prentice McHoan's preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, cars, alcohol and other intoxicants, and God, against the background of the Scottish landscape
Book Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a young British seaman named Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with himself and his past and seeking redemption and acceptance.
Important themes in Lord Jim include the consequences of a single, poor decision, the indifference of the universe, and the inability to know oneself or others.
There is book The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. Its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox (1791–1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (1828). Neil said: Oddly enough, episode 3 will take us to a little stint of body snatching in the era.
There is Catch-22 book by Joseph Heller that coined the term Catch-22: situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations.
Is there only one hand or are there two? :) EIther 6 ;), or 6:30 :).
Through the window we can see the coffeeshop Give Me Coffe or Give Me Death where Nina works! :)
Azi is wearing his nifty glasses :).
Crowley is wearing his new glasses, they are RIGARDS X UMA WANG - THE STONE ECLIPSE (VINTAGE BLACK/BLACK STONES) - $435
There is the Holy Bible Aziraphale used in Season 1 :)
There seems to be a broken phone :).
The cakes behind Aziraphale are Eccles cakes :).
Azi is reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens published in 1859, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
Another book there is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Neil said said that we will learn a lot about Jane Austin we didn’t know before.
And finally the Treasure Island book by - again :) - Robert Louis Stevenson, an adventure novel with pirates.
There are three geckos cuties. Who are they? Pets? Is Ligur haunting the bookshop? Who knows :).
A mysterious pamphlet, 'The Resurrectionists’ leaflet. (unofficial spoiler :)).
Also there is an old camera... mmm 🤔 Did Azi made some photos (of what? Him and Crowley, ducks? :)) Will we see them? :)
Their positions is an homage to the book covers! :)(x)
Will update this as fandom discovers new things! :)❤
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Waiiiit tell me more about the medieval artists misconception please? 👉👈🥺
YESSS. This idea that medieval artists en masse didn't know how to draw always bothers me because really the medieval period had a mass stylistic movement that is actually really endearing and interesting.
I'm gonna shove this into a read more BC it's a lot of rambling.
About animals with human faces- often this will have been intentional. It's not that they can't draw animals- it's that the addition of humanity adds something to the piece. To those in the medieval times it was evident that we were made in the image of god and, therefore, god looked human. In that way if something was imbued with a human face it might indicate a higher knowledge or power (not always holiness but sometimes, yes.)
I know the first image here is a recreation from a scene in the book of revelations- I'm pretty sure it depicts Satan in some way- but I can't really be sure because the book I have didn't give an exact answer. Either way- it's a harbinger for the apocalypse in some capacity- and it's notable the way he and all his steeds bare his same face. This is clearly a piece where the human faces serve a symbolic purpose (and this doesn't exactly prove that every inclusion of a human face was symbolic but it does establish that human faces for symbolic reasons was a known visual cue in medieval art).
This being said there are instances where animals are also embellished in some way for the sake of clarifying their purpose.
This piece includes small dragons and lizards. In the girl's hands, she holds a small monster with a human face. In this piece, the girl represents innocence, and she is letting the monsters of pandoras box escape into the world. The appearance of something being dragon-like is essentially the opposite of giving it human-like features. Dragon-like things represent evil, which could so be seen in our first example where the harbinger is sporting massive dragon wings.
These are not to say that medieval art is always accurate or purposeful- there were amateur artists then just as there are now and mistakes do and did happen. But a lot of the time if you see animals with pronounced human features (or even, an inclusion of scales where there are none in real life) it might be a use of visual shorthand for good/bad.
☝️ some medieval animals that I think are great. (I've seen the dog posted before as an example of medieval artists drawing human faces on animals. Be honest. That is just what little white dogs actually look like.)
There's an episode of Weird Medieval Guys where they discuss some of the reasons why medieval art has all these weird little quirks- the whole episode isn't about symbolism but they DO mention the idea that human faces in medieval art served the purpose of alluding to god.
And the University of Edinburgh has a fairly good digitised collection of manuscripts.
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The Cinnamoroll plush
Nishinoya x fem!reader
This is based on the song suki-kirai because the dynamic just FITS
also the reader loves sanrio
You walk by the store again on your way home. It's a store with a bunch of random cute items and plushies. You've walked by dozens of times.
But recently, they've put a Cinnamoroll plushie on display that you simply cannot ignore. It's perfectly sized, it's got the cutest outfit and it's got an outrageously high price that your used up monthly savings cannot afford.
So all that's left to do is stare at it and fantasize about it in your possesion. Oh, how cute it would look next to the others on your bed.
After about a minute, you move on, sighing.
It's fine, you already have enough. But it's so cute...
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The next day during class, he came to bother you once again.
"GOOD MORNING!!" he yelled, slamming the side of your desk excitedly, waiting for a response with shining eyes.
"Nishinoya, please quiet down." you looked at him from the corner of your eye.
"How can I do that with such beauty before my eyes?!" he leaned closer to you, grinning happily and you leaned away a little. He did this every morning.
Nishinoya has been trying to get your attention for the past school year and you were never sure why. You aren't exactly the most attractive or popular person in the school.
But it seemed he really took a liking to you since he kept inviting you to his volleyball games and talked to you excitedly every morning and after class.
You weren't sure if you liked it or hated it.
You weren't sure if you liked him or hated him.
Sure, he was a bit much sometimes, but he always faithfully listened to you and noticed something was off when you were sad. He even noticed the little things like a haircut or new nails.
...But on the other hand this dude was already planning your wedding.
"Sure, if you say so. But my ears don't enjoy it." you said, annoyed.
"Oh... Ummm... Sorry! But seriously, you look so pretty today!" his smile was somehow beaming more than before, and you finally looked at him, blinded by his smile.
"You tell me that every morning."
"But it's true!" he slammed the desk again, you having to calm him down as per usual because people were starting to stare. You pouted, mumbling to yourself about how childish he was.
The bell soon rang and he was forced to go back to his seat.
Even if you wanted to deny it, you couldn't help but blush a little at his compliments. The teacher had to snap you out of your trance by calling on you multiple times.
.
That day after school, you packed your things as usual to go home. You changed your shoes, exited the school grounds, and...
"WAIIIIT!!!"
You turned around to see Nishinoya running towards you, and stopped to wait for him. This was unusual, he never went to talk to you after school.
He stopped in front of you, panting. "I... have... something... for you."
You raised an eyebrow in question. What was it this time?
He pulled out... the exact cinnamoroll plushie you wanted?! You looked down at it, surprised, and then looked back at his face.
He extended his arms towards you, subtly telling you to take it and you slowly took it out of his arms, wide-eyed. What the...
"So I just happened to see you staring at this on your way home every day, so I bought it!" he huffed victoriously, proud of himself for this achievement.
"...Isn't your home in the opposite direction?" you asked with suspicion laced in your voice, relaxing your arms.
"Maybe." he scratched the back of his head, avoiding eye contact. He was guilty, clearly.
"You stalker! Don't follow me home!" you scolded him, pouting. What a freaking idiot. He can't just do that!
He looked down, laughing awkwardly.
You were mad at him for doing that, but then again, this plushy was expensive, and he wasted his own money just to get you this. The thing you really wanted.
You clutched the plushie a little, and after an awkward silence you said "Thank you." with a smile on your face. He looked up, eyes wide.
His face lit up, and he screamed victoriously, running off. You heard some muffled yelling about "knowing she would like it" and "spending my entire allowance being worth it" and you giggled a little.
When things became silent again, you hugged the plush close, burying your face in it.
Maybe you do like him, you thought.
Just a bit.
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