#( IT ALL WENT UP IN FLAMES.)

[allastoredeer]

wait a minute

in the Undercover Angel AU

The VVV Watch everything

What is their reaction to this?

The most important thing is what is Vox's reaction to this information.

Undercover Angel AU - Part 3

Vox's brain got fried.

<- Part 2 | Part 4 ->

Tagged peeps below ⬇️

@exvangelical-christian-nerd, @rerarlo, @athanasthos

[a2zillustration]

(It's ok Yurgir will respawn in Avernus)

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[galaxostars]

the kiss we all waited for <3

from hide your fires by @starsworth

[r-aindr0p]

Probably how the song cover yuu au would start, it branches from this headcanon post nothing too interesting as he mostly does it while alone but I figured I'll draw a little introduction in case I do random doodles of this little au.

Basically, he tries and sings >regrets it >posts the song >regrets it again >it gets shared >oh no >oh please no no no >ah fuck it, might as well film a clip for a cover at some point >not showing his real self tho

He labeled the songs as lost media as an excuse but he's not wrong and not right either, somehow... Since the songs are not from twisted wonderland they were never lost, but rather never existed but he can't tell this so yeah.

[quoththemaiden]

Aziraphale: The Sword that Guards the Tree of Life

Looking where the furniture isn't

This post is dedicated to @meatballlady's excellent insistence that if we want to try to predict where season 3 will go, we need to look at where the furniture isn't. That is, what must have been there but wasn't shown?

For this one, my source material is going to be Genesis. That is, in no small part, because it does in fact fuck severely that Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett took the angel with the flaming sword and the serpent of Eden and made them kiss (@joycrispy, @ouidamforeman). It's also because Genesis, quite simply, exists, and it seems safe to assume that most everyone in Gaiman and Pratchett's intended audience has been exposed to at least its first few chapters dozens of times.

What does Genesis tell us about Aziraphale's purpose?

3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—  23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.  24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

@joycrispy's analysis above highlights Aziraphale's role as given in the last verse: as the angel chosen to wield the flaming sword, he was sent down after Adam and Eve were expelled to prevent them from returning. Instead, he chose to protect them by giving that sword away. His desire to protect humanity is indeed beautiful (@give-soup-please, @snek-eyes).

But wait, what came right before that? "And take fruit also from the tree of life...?"

2:9 Out of the ground the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

That's right: What we see in the show is that Adam and Eve were sent out of Eden so that they'd have to deal with the rain and the animals and have to work for their food, but that was never the primary motivation. God planted two special trees, and after Eve and Adam ate from one of them, God was terrified at the prospect of them turning around and eating from the other. And thus, the Garden of Eden was made off-limits and set to be permanently guarded by an angel with a flaming sword.

So, the flaming sword.

Twice now, Aziraphale's sword has helped humanity survive complete and total destruction (@nottobehornyonthemain). The first time, he handed the sword to the first two humans, which protected not just them but the entirety of the human race via Adam and very pregnant Eve.

The second time, he let it be wielded by The Them, who used it to best the Four Horsepeople of the Apocalypse and save the billions of humans already alive as well as unborn generations.

Perhaps the flaming sword was only intended as a plot point in the first season. However, if its purpose were completed, it could have easily been destroyed. As a narrative piece, it could have broken dramatically at the end of the face-off against the Four Horsepeople. Or, Watsonianly, God could have chosen to break it Herself; after all, it was already used against its intended purpose twice, so why let it keep existing?

Instead, it's carefully taken away to... where? Heaven?

The place Aziraphale is now going?

Or at least a place where he could likely find a record showing where it's being stored?

Whether you call it "rule of threes" or "Chekhov's gun," I think it likely that Aziraphale will be getting his sword back in season 3. He probably doesn't want it (@createserenity, @ineffableigh, @doctorscienceknowsfandom), but he'll need it.

The question, then, is what would Aziraphale do with the flaming sword he was given to prevent humans from reaching the tree of life?

If we're looking at where the furniture isn't, the biggest stretch of an interpretation would be to say that the missing furniture is the tree of life. If anyone knows where Eden is, it would be Aziraphale, Guardian of the Eastern Gate. We know that both Heaven and Hell want to end humanity. The opening credits have humanity walking to their judgment after their deaths; what better way to prevent that than by preventing those deaths?

The most intense version of this theory says that the audience should be familiar with the story of the Garden of Eden and know damn well that there are two special trees there and that Aziraphale was put in place to guard the second one — the one humanity hasn't eaten from yet, the one that grants immortal life. That's where, if I were truly trying to swing for the hills by aiming at where the furniture isn't, I would ideally like to end this post. If that were the case, season 3 could even open with Aziraphale walking towards the Garden of Eden, sword in hand, but this time approaching it from the outside with the intention of tearing the wall down.

But, let's be honest, making individual people immortal doesn't feel like it would fit with the themes of Good Omens, nor with Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett's world views.

So, let's take the tree of life symbolically: Instead of the tree of life granting individual humans immortality, it could instead represent giving humanity immortality. In that case, the thing that's where the furniture isn't is Aziraphale's sword. You know, the sword that's already saved the human race from extinction twice now, with both times being because Aziraphale gave it away.

I suspect that the sword will wind up in Aziraphale's hands again in season 3. I also quite suspect that it won't be staying there. In the end, I expect it will once again be up to humanity to reach out their hand to take the apple from that second tree.

[lilacerull0]

it's about passion growing as an organism outside of you. it's about the horrifying consequences of cutting the umbilical chord between you and your passion. franco mari is eaten by the ghost of his passion, pasquale peluso is eaten by his passion developing independent sentience. lila cerullo is too dependent on the gaps between the fabric of everything to belong to an extreme permanently, but it is possible for her to become her passion's hostage in the heat of the moment except that she has a lifeline... it's elena greco writing an article about the factory because lila is her friend, not because she wants to save the world or because she is wholeheartedly dedicated to the cause. it's enzo scanno knocking on her door simply because he cares enough to do so. it's about how these two people help lila remain in the middle of franco and pasquale on this hypothetical scale of fiery, palpable belief. (notice franco and pasquale's background and how lila is familiar with poverty and wealth both) lila gets to keep her dreams of a better world alive because she is inspired by elena and enzo's headspace, but both of these people look at her and see lila cerullo, not a means to an end. all this to say that no ideal can stand as a solitary creation, it needs to evolve and gather knowledge from specific faces so it won't turn against itself and this can only be accomplished if you have someone to lean on... i'd argue that passion and companionship aren't only compatible, but absolutely necessary in sustaining the heart of both concepts... you can’t support a cause without hearing a fresh perspective on it because it can only grow in one direction that way... it isn't accidental that the only time lila cerullo comes close to fulfilling her childhood dream, it's with people who care about her on an individual level. l'amica geniale is so much about how power twists pure ideas into something unrecognisable (even evident with nino if you choose to perceive his younger self as somewhat genuine) and the only thing capable of offering shape to things is love... you can only create something permanent and solid with love...

[sluckythewizard]

FORGOT I CAN POST STUFF HERE. HERE, CHECK OUT THESE BEASTS I SCRIBBLED UP A WHILE BACK

[stabbyfoxandrew]

just got a notification from my phone calendar saying "It's almost alfo's birthday, do you want to plan something?"

[xenomorphicdna]

Flames,, blanket boy, my beloved

I gotta draw more art like this of him, he's such an odd creature I love him so much

There's so much to his character that I never talk about aaa I'll make a lore post eventually

[justablah56]

who let me make a sad close family playlist . don't I know this will fuck me up . I'm so upset rn .

[chiptrillino]

resident Jee expert... I have a proposition ...

Jee/Chey the deserter ... is there anything there ..? the idea is making me giggle...

i am not an expert i just baby-fy this grown up middleaged man that could be a DILF! (and is a pillowprincess in my heart) I can't see them to last... Chey will remember this relationship or hooks up as good fond memories! Meanwhile Jee pulls stories out of this time only if he is drunk and its the mood to share embaresing exes stories. not that Chey is a bad partner! he is just not structured egnouth to jee's liking and jee is too strucktured for chey to keep up. if they agree to meet at X port at X day at X degree then chey better be there. time is of the esense man! and the one time jee stayed the night in this "top seacred seacred" camp (weird firebending cult of crazy people) and in the morning he had to like collect his clothes and run in his birth suit through the woods because his former ex (zhao) sets the forest aflame becuase he got beaten by a bald toddler, AGAIN! while he is running through the woods bare tights clapping with bare tights trying not lose his items jee wonders if it is really worth it to spend his short shore leaves like this. while spending time with chey is nice and fun, jee really would like to lay in a bed for once. and not have to spend the extra time combing straw or leaves out of his hair and side chops, pulling gravel out of his palms and knees and splinter out of his ass. so no. not worth it. jee thinks he deserves to be pampered and be laid in sliks for once!

[karmacores]

Call of Cthulhu blorbos

I love a dysfunctional table of PCs <3

[clickityweasel]

made and destroyed a friendship at work today

[seokwoosmole]

Me during that scene in ep 12 of beyond the snow saga:

HOLY SHIT HE'S A TARGARYEN

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: December 14

“He Set Her Off” by Emily Ann Roberts

[practically-an-x-man]

this place is a rapidly sinking ship fr