Okay so here’s the thing that gets me about Good Omens (s2 in particular):
Earth and humanity are (as far as we know) meant to exist so that heaven and hell have a playing field to best one another, initially by seeing who can exert their influence on humans most and ultimately as a battleground for their war. Humans themselves are kinda inconsequential.
But! Anyone from either side who comes to earth with even a *skerrick* of curiosity immediately starts to fall for the emergent properties of humanity- the music, the food, the art, the shades of grey that simply do not exist in heaven or hell. We see this in Aziraphale and Crowley who have found ways to keep their positions on earth for 6000 years yes, but we see it even more in Beelzebub and Gabriel, who have been to earth many times but only started to *see* it for the first time together, and in Muriel who we are told has never been to Earth before and is overcome with excitement seemingly within seconds of arriving.
There is something so deliciously pure and healing about this story that centres not just love between individuals being the most powerful thing in the universe, but also the simple love of *being alive*. It’s so potent that celestial/demonic powers succumb to the joy of living the *moment* they open themselves up to it. To see these timeless entities stumbling together through human history interacting with and delighting at, not humans themselves so much but the things that they have created. To know that the joy they find in these human constructs is literally changing the very fabric of who they are in ways that they clearly find freeing and deeply fulfilling. That they would literally rather live their quaint little lives on earth, drinking and eating their fill and experiencing human creations, than fulfil their purpose in some cosmic destiny. That they’ll fight to protect it so fiercely even though they’ve been told it’s destruction is preordained.
It’s wild that a story that doesn’t have human characters at it’s centre (in the show anyway), so expertly conveys the joy of being human. Whether you believe humanity exists for a purpose or not, we are simply silly little creatures with an overactive pleasure drive making things that are infinitely more complex than the sum of their parts.
Idk man, it’s the absolute reverence for simple contentment this story holds above all else that gives me life (especially in contrast to its irreverence of Christian morality). I liked season 1 a lot but season 2 soothed some deep hurt in my heart and I’m just so grateful it exists.
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The Meridian is Tormenting him. Forcing him to watch them for two whole years. I wanna murder me a magical barrier.
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It's easy to forget that Din is suffering, too. Ken has the support of all of their friends. Ken has his father, Din's parents and his older brother.
Din is living a stranger's life and hides his body under gloves and turtlenecks. He's isolated and alone (except for Sai and her fiancé, but he probably feels guilty about that, too). When Ken finally looks at him, he sees a stranger - and that's probably what hurts most. They share these moments, these meaningful looks, but Ken is always the one to withdraw first because he thinks of another him who's dead.
And Din knows that side of him will never resurface. He's killed it to keep Ken safe and he can't even be certain that Ken would appreciate his sacrifice. Lue's sacrifice. Because he isn't Din now. He's Lue.
His fantasy is literally for Ken to kiss and caress the parts of him that have changed (his scars, his hands, his face), yet he hides that side from him - for fear of what? Being rejected for no longer being the man whose photographs Ken surrounds himself with (and wouldn't that hurt so much? To seek him out and immediately be confronted with dozens of mirrors that no longer show the truth but a version of him that he can never again measure up to).
He dreams of a fresh start, a future where Ken falls in love with Lue and lays his love for Din to rest. It's such a simple thing, but surely he knows how impossible it is. How indulging in it makes everything so much worse. Room 707, the Northern Thai dishes, the drawings, the stargazing - is it because he can't help himself or does he hope Ken will appreciate the constant reminders?
It's heartbreaking, really, that when Ken smiles at Lue it's because he remembers Din. But when he's angry with him all he sees is Lue, a stranger who means nothing to him, an obstacle to staying true to the man he loves.
And even if the truth has now (presumably) been revealed, it will take a while for Ken to reconcile these two sides of Lue, to accept that who he loves and who he mourns and who he fears and who he hates are all the same person.
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Today has been such a day, first the trailer, then new promo pics, and then Jodie at LFCC Winter!! I’m having such a hard time processing everything lol
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I've lost countless hours of my life to ff14 cause I started getting more and more interested in it because of YOUR posts.. Subliminal persuasion. I will never forgive you for this. I'm leaving (to renew my subscription)
(Thank you)
But seriously I am SO glad my yelling into the void that is tumblr has had a positive effect and isn't just annoying lmaooooo
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Rhaenyra swore on the memory of her beloved mother that she is still a maiden. Her best friend innocently believed her because she wanted to. Because Alicent loved her to the point she would fight her own father on that. Now, because of that, Alicent's father is dismissed and he was not a good father perhaps but she felt less lonely with him around. She had his protection. So when she found out that Rhaenera lied to her, she must have felt so betrayed that my heart – a heart of a friend betrayed many times before – weeps for her. The Green Dress moment was the best one in the episode I think. She is no longer a naive girl believing in Rhaenyra's good intentions. However she is still deeply hurting.
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I feel hungover today, like, I have all these Obi-Wan feelings and I don’t know what to do with them.
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I need to be thinking about gimli constantly or I’ll begin to wither away and die
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gen fic appreciation post. i love you gen fic. i love you serious, plot-heavy gen fic. i love you funny, lighthearted gen fic. i love you angsty whump and h/c gen fic. i love you emotionally complex and intimate gen fic. i love you super long chaptered gen fic. i love you oneshot gen fic. i love you strictly canon adherent gen fic. i love you alternate universe gen fic. i love you crossover gen fic. i love you gen fic about queer identity and relationships. i love you found family gen fic. i love you gen fic.
(edited to add: by ‘gen fic’ this post is NOT referring to rating. it is referring to fic that is not about and does not prominently feature romance, regardless of rating.)
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the vessel discovers one of life's simple joys: small plush toy.
a little doodle of a scene from ch 18 of @queruloustea's that makes two of us, then - please please read this fic, it's so lovely. i want to do something nicer and more involved for it but i am still adjusting to drawing Bugs and Bugs Interacting so it will have to wait until i'm more confident :')
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ill be honest as much as i love to criticise the use of fatphobia for comedy ill never be able to hold the fatphobic jokes in kung fu panda against it
like yea those movies are guilty of dipping into The Usual Tropes for a cheap laugh but not only is the character writing for the fat characters the strongest and most sympathetic ive Ever seen literally just the character designs of the pandas in the 3rd movie get me choked up sometimes. theyre all so appealing and clearly treated with the same care and attention as everyone else without copping out and making them Barely Fat. po is already a size that doesnt exist in film protags and hes still the thinnest person in that whole village and that meant a lot to me
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