Opposite sides?
The final 15 is heartbreaking, but I realized that there was something about the end credits that really bothered me.
This is their natural state. It indicates that they are aligned, a team.
Aziraphale to Crowley’s right, and Crowley to Aziraphale’s left.
There are some scenes where they a face to face, but these can be viewed from all angles so are difficult to determine a “side.”
There are also a couple of scenes where Crowley moves around, alternating sides as he moves. You see this prominently in the Globe theater and during the sequence at the ice cream stand.
When they are having conversations but aren’t shown in the same shot through most of it, indicating some type of conflict. You see this in S1 in the bookshop (will we work together to stop the antichrist?), the bandstand scene in S1 is another,” (again, stopping the antichrist, but also choosing “our side”). In S2 Ep 1, there are a couple of lighter scenes that this occurs in (the coffee shop and the discussion in the back room of the bookshop) which revolves around deciding if they’ll work together to help Gabriel.
This is most prominent in the final 15 of S2. Aside from the kiss, they are never in the same shot. All examples are connected to being a team, working together, having an “our” side.
Their initial confessions (they want me to be Gabriel’s replacement vs let’s run off together becuase I would like to spend… hrrmmm) were more back of one’s head to and the other’s face, which was a bit disconcerting. But, at least, up until this point, they seemed more in balance. After this, it sauntered very quickly downwards.
Until we reached this point.
There was some foreshadowing throughout the season to warn us the ending might not be as happy as we hoped. Early episodes that revolve around Jim and the miracle (between the pub scene and the second part of the Job story). Look at Aziraphale and Crowley’s positions from the time Crowley leaves to gather Nina and Maggie for the “meeting.” They are out of their natural state almost every time, appearing on the wrong side when near each other.
Hopefully Season 3 sees these two back together, in their natural state.
Or perhaps the ending will show us that this is their new natural state. I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
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my hormones have been completely out of control since i've been living alone, stress induced probably. it does weird things to my brain, i was eating raw cacao powder earlier tonight. i enjoyed it even 😬
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Should be obligatory for every single person in the world to see this movie. We’re slowly killing the only planet we and other lifeforms have to live on
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Traits I’ve Noticed in Confident People
Disciplined - if a target is set, it is achieved
Speaking - Can speak multiple languages. Can express thoughts clearly even if vocabulary is limited. The listener understands their point.
Strong extroversion socially - can approach and talk to new people with ease, but also make them feel comfortable. Good at following up, asking questions and inserting little stories about themselves without exposing too much
Strong general knowledge / industry knowledge. They know what they’re talking about
Hard to please but not arrogant about it. They won’t readily accept a fact or opinion, even if the majority agrees - they’ll debate with it, think over it, play the devil’s advocate
Good posture
Strong set of principles and self control. There’s no shame in wanting to say, help someone, choose not to drink socially, buy a coffee for a poor person on the street; they don’t hesitate to do good deeds
Hygienic. Clean, groomed, well dressed, well maintained.
Observant and proactive at the same time. Can pick up on body language relatively easily - can sense discomfort or unease in someone and do something about it.
Have a strong sense of self identity. Can be opinionated but open to challenges.
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Prompt 271
“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone.
“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion.
Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files.
“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued.
“Is he coming to the Manor or…”
Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”
Now wait one moment-
“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!”
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there's a Czech transdude in one of my servers who was like going through the complex process of trying to get binders from the UK and it's like my dude. that's gonna cost a fuck ton cuz of brexit shipping and so i told him about an online shop in amsterdam. in the process of getting that info one of the irl trans guys i know is like "i have two old binders from that shop, why don't we just mail it to him?"
so i'm mailing him two free binders (it'll be super cheap to send within' the eu) and in exchange i'm getting his grandma's secret recipe for Žemlovka
this is the pinnacle. community is actually about secret grandma recipes and sharing used gender affirming clothing
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fucking bonkers to me that people watch movies in theaters. you can't control the volume. you can't rewind when you miss something. you can't choose your own subtitles. you can't even pause to use the bathroom??? there's only like 7 movies to choose from????? and you must pay money for this privilege? grotesque. repugnance. act of torture.
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Tbh? I don't like Paul. I don't want Paul. I understand that Paul serves an important narrative function and that Paul is the best possible ending for Camilla and Palamedes given their situation, personalities, and relationship. However what I really want is for Camilla and Palamedes to attend the ATN wedding as two individual humans and for Pal to be a lightweight who loses his tie in the garden fountain after three drinks and for Camilla to do exactly one shot with the group, keep Gideon from ripping the sleeves off her dress shirt, and absolutely kill it at lawn games during cocktail hour. Since this scenario is a wild tonal mismatch for the series and also Palamedes was already dead, this was unlikely to ever happen. However Paul is the final nail in the coffin for the theoretical existence of this scene and I can't help but resent them for that
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