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#me when good omens fans talk about s3 like it’s gonna be the next world war between aziraphale and crowley #did y’all SEE the scene about angels and demons dancing in s1 #this has never been serious #good omens

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Robert Anning Bell (English, 1863--1933)

#these are my ladies #shakespeare #art

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“I’m having his baby! No I’m not, but you should see your faces!”

#taylor swift #but daddy i love him #hunger games #peeta mellark #everlark

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Moodboard: Falsettos

It's about growing up, getting older, living on a lover's shoulder. Learning love is not a crime. It's about time.

#this musical is probably the greatest piece of art that we have #falsettos

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adam parrish moodboard

#trc #the raven cycle #adam parrish #the raven boys #pynch #gangsey

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i saw a very interesting post recently from @fellthemarvelous about how Aziraphale is often treated the way female love interests are— likely because his hobbies and emotions are more traditionally feminine whereas crowley’s style and anger are more traditionally masculine despite the fact that neither of them are gendered. the thesis of the post was essentially that because crowley is the one who fell, fans have decided that aziraphale only exists to comfort and protect and bring peace to crowley rather than be his own person with his own emotions and ambitions. i’d never been able to put this into words, but it’s like this person stole what i was feeling right from my brain and i am so thankful to their eloquence.

but it did get me thinking about the end of season 2— specifically how many fans, even people who defend aziraphale for what he did, believe that the “only” way for his choices in the finale to be valid are if he did them for crowley’s safety/well-being. i’ve seen so many arguments along the lines of “oh, he has to go back so he can fix Heaven for Crowley and make him heal from falling” or “oh, he has to go back to Heaven because if he doesn’t, Metatron could go after crowley and he needs to keep him safe”. and while both of these very popular aziraphale-defenses are valid (this is not an attack on anyone’s opinion!) and i wouldn’t be surprised if they played into his reasoning for leaving, i can’t help but think of that lovely person’s female-love-interest argument.

i don’t actually think aziraphale leaving for heaven needs to be related to crowley at all. it can, of course— and likely does— but aziraphale has gone through just as much Heaven-induced trauma as crowley has, something that many fans (and even the characters themselves, sometimes) like to forget. aziraphale knows first-hand how abusive Heaven is to young angels and humans who they deem unworthy of being saved. and so to me, it is just as valid if it turns out aziraphale going back to Heaven wasn’t “for” crowley at all, but rather a way to protect these other generations from the abuse of Heaven that aziraphale has witnessed and been victim to. is it so hard or unacceptable to think that aziraphale could make a choice that doesn’t have to do with his love life? he is not obligated—nor is crowley!— to live entirely as though he’s making something up/repaying/protecting his love interest. that kind codependency is not something to idolize. i guess what i’m trying to say here is that there are other reasons to go back to Heaven having nothing to do with keeping crowley safe, and while that is a perfectly valid interpretation, i’m not personally a fan of the widespread belief that it’s the only interpretation that makes what aziraphale did “forgivable”.

EDIT/ADDITION: i ALSO think that this is why i’m so bothered by the argument that while Crowley being “selfish” and choosing his own path at the end of s2 is perfectly valid, aziraphale doing the exact same thing is not. i do not blame either one of them for making a different choice, but in my opinion far too many people believe that crowley had a right to his own autonomy and do what he thought was best for himself, whereas somehow it was Aziraphale’s job to choose the same thing in accordance to what was most healthy for CROWLEY and not for himself/his own ambitions as regards to Heaven. people think that crowley has an obligation to do what is best for crowley, but that aziraphale’s subsequent obligation is to also do what’s best for crowley. no one seems to particularly care what may be best for aziraphale. at the end of the day, if one of them can make a self-prioritizing choice, the other can, too. aziraphale is his own person, not a love interest!!!!

#good omens #anyone remember that one himym plot line #where lily left to pursue art and postpone the wedding #and everyone made her the villain #and she was like ‘marshall ily this is not about not loving you it’s about ME an my life #but when she came back she still had to apologize #and say she was a bitch for not putting marshall first #this is like that! #i will never get sick of analyzing aziraphale #aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale defense #good omens season 3 #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 ending #supreme archangel aziraphale #metatron #aziraphale x crowley #aziracrow #gabriel x beelzebub #neil gaiman #michael sheen #david tennant #good omens prime #good omens s2 #good omens finale #good omens analysis #good omens 2 #baddass aziraphale take

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theyve got the funniest rivarly ever i love them ...

#falsettos #marvin falsettos #mendel weisenbachfeld #trina falsettos

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adam parrish moodboard

#adam parrish #trc #the raven cycle #i am crying

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marvin. To me

#falsettos

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i love wearing jeans. i feel so beautiful. like bruce springsteen

#i will reblog this every time i see it #bruce springsteen #dad music

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ryan gosling’s performance of i’m just ken was brilliant but god, does my heart break for the barbie movie

having the recognition as a fun, gorgeous film is one thing, but does no one else see the depth of that fun??? how, BECAUSE it’s so light and fun, we get to see these intense dark moments in contrast?

but the academy is men by a solid majority, and most men weren’t taught to see themselves in female stories like women are. they are the default, so when the story is something other than the default, it doesn’t connect with them. they don’t see that incredible darkness behind margot robbie’s eyes and i’m dying here in a pink car, wishing barbie got the oscars it deserved

#barbie #barbie movie #oscar’s #will never get over this movie

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Ryan is amazing 🥹

#this man #ryan gosling #barbie #oscar’s

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Please everyone give Az a break

#me when i came to my mom upset over my “worried problem” in second grade #he’s so me #good omens #aziraphale

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That’s it, the Professor is truly the King of Sass

#jrr tolkien #the hobbit #lotr

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Cosette and her brand new papa.

#🥺 #me when i freak out and cry #les mis

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i say "godspeed, soldier" way too much for someone who puts their faith in neither god nor the military

#it’s me #funny

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the mojo dojo casa house of 1832

#les mis #les amis de l'abc