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Something that I’ve noticed is how Crowley and Shax interact during this scene, discussing his old flat and Shax being Hell’s new representative on Earth. I suggest watch the short clip first, then come back for the analysis.

One thing I’ve never been able to understand about Crowley being homeless is how Aziraphale was supposed to have known about his situation (which is why he doesn’t react when Crowley asks for his flat back at the end of season 2) and did nothing about it.

This was a question posed a long time ago to NG and I’m loathe to reference back to anything he has to say, but he did say Aziraphale knew, and Crowley supposedly lost his flat right after the body swap (the implication being Crowley was living in his car during Covid!). And I think this sticking point is probably one of the main reasons why some people hate on Aziraphale. They can’t understand why the Angel wouldn’t be insistent that Crowley live with him, and therefore decided it makes him a horrible person (fuck NG for that).

Now as an avid Aziraphale defender I have a couple of thoughts on this matter.

If Aziraphale did in fact know of Crowley’s circumstance then I think the reason why he didn’t invite him to live in the bookshop is one of the following reasons:

1) he was too scared to ask Crowley to live with him because of a fear of rejection.

2) he was too sacred of what would happen as retribution if either heaven or hell found out (always protecting Crowley).

3) he was waiting for Crowley to ask him first (they’re both pretty stubborn after all).

4) he trusted Crowley to turn to him for help if he needed it.

5) he didn’t ask because it’s so typically them. The age old dance around each other. Forever in a stale mate. They’ve proven time and time again they talk all the time but never actually talk.

6) he did ask but Crowley refused (there is probably a whole plethora of similar reasons why Crowley would say no, but I won’t go into them, and you can probably guess them from the above anyway).

But what if Aziraphale didn’t know? That’s where we come back to the above scene. The way Crowley and Shax talk makes me think that Crowley losing his apartment, Shax becoming Hell’s representative on Earth and therefore taking over Crowley’s apartment all happened really recently. Why his mail keeps being sent to the apartment, why Hell won’t accept her signature, her questions about how things in his apartment works, how surprised she is that every time she comes up with a plan to wreak havoc humans think of something much worse. All of this put together doesn’t sound like someone who has already been operating on earth for four years. It sounds like someone who just got there.

Let’s not forget Shax has also mentioned about Hell being understaffed. So it wouldn’t surprise me at all that it took four years for Hell to actually come up with a replacement for Crowley and then send them to Earth.

It still doesn’t quite answer the question of why doesn’t Aziraphale know. In which case we come back to number 5 on my above list. Because Crowley not telling Aziraphale about his predicament would be so typically them. Skirting around worrying each other. Or waiting for the other to say something first. A stalling tactic to show that they’re fine and they don’t need anyone (Crowley in particular). And in the end, completely failing miserably at proving any of those points. That’s really what the story is about. Them desperately needing each other but failing to express that.

So to put to bed any Aziraphale hate, I think he didn’t know, and I don’t think he could have because Crowley’s homeless problem only happened recently, and before they could properly talk about it, everything with Jim happened, and then Crowley kind of moved into the bookshop anyway.

So that’s my theory. What are your thoughts? Was Crowley losing his apartment something that happened right after the Non-Apocalypse? Or was it a very recent event? And did Aziraphale know? If yes, when do you think he found out? And why wouldn’t Crowley have just moved into the bookshop?

Feel free to share your thoughts and theories on this one!

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and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

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talking to people online is always like "i should watch that" "i should read that" "i should play that" there are so many things in the world. this is why i am never going to die

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we’ve come to a decision?

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Mmmm... I just went to a museum and came across this painting from Ernest Ange Duez (Ange meaning Angel in french, as if the whole painting wasn't enough). On top of everything obvious, are those wings on Azir- hum, the blonde lady's hat?

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if you're in the throes of cosmic despair i cannot recommend museums enough. art or science or history it doesn't matter. oh we're all connected, all of us and everything, throughout all time and space, and no one, no one, no one is alone? awesome. that's what i thought i just wanted to make sure.

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persephone and adam🔮

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deeply important details I found while rereading the raven boys:

- gansey’s pizza order is one large deep dish, half sausage and half avocado

- a week prior to trb, ronan and adam had taken turns dragging each other on a dolly behind the bmw

- gansey’s burger order is no sauce, no pickle

- adam blushes when he gets warm

- the 300 fox way psychic hotline is one number off from a male escort company

- gansey and ronan have done donuts in the monmouth parking lot frequently enough to leave marks

- there are several sports illustrated swimsuit editions mixed in with gansey’s books in monmouth

- ronan plays tennis

- the lynch brothers received “a decade of obscure irish music instrument lessons” before niall died

- someone wrote BEELZEBUB and ronan’s number in red sharpie in the bathroom at nino’s

- when adam shows up after ronan’s fight with declan in the nino’s parking lot, he’s bouncing a red ball with a spongebob logo. this is never explained.

- gansey’s helicopter drink of choice is apple juice

- gansey is, apparently, excellent at parallel parking (according to himself)

- among gansey’s many doodles in his glendower notebook is a man chasing a car

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STARTING TOMORROW

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They are live streaming, but engagement is necessary for it to work. SHARE THIS WITH PEOPLE, RECORD THE STREAM, POST CLIPS OF IT THAT ARE FUNNY, if you can tune in, PLEASE DO!

This is something that has to be heard by as many people as possible. Put it on in the background! See if you can get other people to watch it! Do whatever you can do support those who are trying to be supported! Anything and everything helps!

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article I posted screenshots of here

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Op turned off reblogs

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More proof that capitalism was never "freedom" or "small government".

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Honestly, y'all, I'm begging you. Take the time to think and learn for yourself. Even if it's just something casual like knitting or cooking. Exercise your brain. It's important.

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Protesters block traffic. An ambulance is unable to get where it needs to be. Someone dies as a result.

Many people say that the protesters should be jailed or even shot.

The logic seems to be "if you cause someone to not get the medical care that they need and they die, you should suffer for it".

But that's exactly what CEOs do when they price gouge or deny claims. So why is the protester considered a criminal who it's justifiable to kill but the CEO isn't?

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We live in actual hell

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how did some of you read “if adam was stupid about his pride, gansey was stupid about adam” and manage leave trc thinking that love it a black and white thing that fits into the binaries of either platonic or romantic

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Maggie once live-Tweeted a re-read of the Raven Cycle and a kind soul saved it all.