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vidavalor · 1 year ago

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Hi! Hope you're having a nice day! So, I love your metas, however, I confess the, idk tecnicalities? logistics? of a twist that they've been together the whole time still puzzle me. What would the narrative purpose of such a reveal be? Why and how would it be put into the story? I guess what I'm saying is I'd really, really like you to be correct but I'm sadly still skeptical that it could actually happen :(

Hi! Thanks for the ask. Hope you're having a nice day yourself. :) I'll give you a cheeky answer and then a real one, if you don't mind. @procrastiel also asked me to talk more about "no nightingales" and it fit into the second half of my answer here so this is kind of a combination ask response to both of you.

This gif below this paragraph here? Yeah, this is *not* the scene from 1.01 that, when decoded from their language, says they're having sex. I am not being sarcastic-- it is *not* this scene. This scene is in that meta (which is being edited, so, soon) because how could it not be, really, but *this scene* is *not* that scene lol and, yet, some people still find the idea of them sleeping together surprising:

Anon, this is, like, the third, joint Crowley & Aziraphale scene in Episode 1.01 and that is consensual, mutually beneficial, kink. One that both has a sense of humor and puts a smile on your face, as Mrs. Sandwich would put it.

Let's thought experiment a bit here. Let's say this is the extent of it. It absolutely is not lol but, for the experiment, let's say it is. Let's say that they've never taken each other to bed, they've never lent each other a hand, so to speak, they've never anything else you're thinking of right now-- nothing. The most significant physical contact they will have ever had pre-2.06 in this thought experiment is holding hands on the bus on the way back from Tadfield which, as we all know, isn't a sexual thing. Anyone can hold hands and it was a long week, but let's say that's it. They would then *still* have a sexual element to their relationship and the show gave you that information in 1.01. What is happening in this scene is a form of sex. It's already in the show that they are having sex. Yeah, they're having more and different sex than this and yeah, there is evidence of it and yeah, meta finished soon, but honestly... there is actually *a lot* of suggestion of Crowley & Aziraphale sleeping together. For now, we'll just talk about this scene here...

Crowley liking to watch is such a thing that it's now a recurring joke on the show. You don't think that "can I watchhhhh" while he follows Aziraphale around the neighborhood in S2 wasn't Crowley self-deprecatingly poking fun at the fact that he's got a bit of a voyeuristic thing happening? "Can I slither over and watch you eat cake?" in Good Omens: Lockdown?... Anon. Girl.

Crowley isn't just scientifically intrigued by Aziraphale eating lunch. He's not just super happy that his pal is having a very delicious meal. He is very, very, very sexually into watching Aziraphale eat...which is to say that he's into watching Aziraphale allow himself to experience pleasure, in the face of the repression of the Heaven mentality... and Aziraphale isn't just indulging this in a one-sided way where, for whatever reason, he lets his best friend of 6,000 years get turned on watching him have lunch but they don't talk about it or something and Aziraphale lets it go because he's got no one else to talk to lol. Aziraphale is equally into this. It's easy to see why and the more the show tells you about Aziraphale, the easier it is.

Aziraphale, into Crowley watching him? Aziraphale, who painted every damn room in his house the color of Crowley's pretty, Va-Va-Voom Yellow eyes? Aziraphale, who has scene after scene after scene after scene of looking irritated and jealous at literally anything else Crowley is ever looking at and calls beautiful? lol That angel is into the undivided attention of the Serpent of Eden, ok?

Crowley made the stars in the sky. He's a creator and an innovator and an engineer and an artist. He's been on Earth since the start and has seen basically everything beautiful humanity has ever made. He drives one of the finest examples of human ingenuity-- his beautiful Bentley. He's seen The Pyramids and watched Da Vinci paint The Mona Lisa and saw first-run Shakespeare performed at The Globe. He has an eye for art and beauty... and he's the original temptress. It was Crowley who tempted Eve into eating the apple and when Eve ate that apple and discovered the pleasures of food, she and Adam created that whole Biblical fruits of knowledge metaphor by getting up to some other forms of pleasure soon after, so, Crowley is basically responsible for free thought and pleasure throughout all of human history since the Garden of Eden... and what drives him out of his mind with want is Aziraphale enjoying himself.

I mean, enjoying his food. Totally just his food. Only his food, Anon. *slight smirk*

Aziraphale is absolutely into that. Crowley likes to watch and Aziraphale likes being watched in that way. Crowley looking at him like he's more beautiful than nebulae and statues of Gabriel is attention that is absolutely welcome by Aziraphale. Two of his favorite things at once-- a luxurious, scrumptious lunch and a turned on Crowley. Aziraphale's ideal day lol. That angel is watching Crowley watch him and loving every minute of it. It's as delicious as his actual lunch. Look at that little glance over at him. C'mon lol.

They do this from time to time. What do you think the results are? What would happen if you kinky-lunched with your best friend and how low are the odds that this is the only sexual thing the two of you have managed to get up to in the 6,000 years you've been on Earth? When one of you is a raging hedonist and the other likes to take beautiful things apart to see how they work?

This scene and its character knowledge is dropped into the middle of the first episode of the show with zero context and 10/10 no notes that was the single most hilarious way this extremely funny show could have ever chosen to do this but this is something the show chose to not only tell us about but to then provide context for in 2.02.

They gave kinky lunch an origin story, Anon lol. They were like also, you should probably know about Bildad at the ox rib special... you see, that hot lunch from 2008 actually started in *2,500 B.C.* when Crowley offered Aziraphale some barbecue and Aziraphale, who had never eaten before, ate an entire ox while Crowley lounged in the corner with a jug of wine and fantasized about being Aziraphale's dinner and before you yell at me, Anon, for sexualizing barbecue when really, sometimes, one just loves a good cookout, I agree with you.

Enjoying food does not have to be a sexual experience. I mean, I've had some pasta that could have given me an orgasm but... what makes ox rib cellar night sexual isn't how much Aziraphale is like omg food is delicious, I eat now, maybe forever, this is amazing. It's how he *looks an aroused Crowley dead in the eye while fully aware of how into watching him Crowley is and then goes back to enjoying his barbecue.*

The next day, he's cracking Crowley up by using the ox ribs in their whole plot to save the kids by having that be what Sitis pulls out of Job's ribs. Gabriel and the angels think sex is rib removal so Crowley and Aziraphale are jointly, from across a room, like the previous night coordinating a kind of pseudo-sex to fool the angels and Aziraphale puts the ox ribs into the pseudo-sex, joking with Crowley about their own sex-that's-not-exactly-traditional-sex-but-was-way-more-sex-than-this from the night before. He winks at Crowley and gives him two thumbs up when he sets up the ox rib bit of it and Bildad was like do not laugh in front of the angels do not laugh in front of the angels...

It was absolutely an intentional joke on Aziraphale's part, poking light fun at their night of figuring out that they have a pair of wildly compatible, mutually arousing kinks that can bring them some fun and showing they have a sense of humor about themselves-- something that is on display a lot, actually.

They're very aware of this and very funny about it and it has been going on since 2,500 B.C., Anon. S2 was just like Bildad at the ox rib special was the first time they had a form of sex, fyi, so yeah, that's why I would not be surprised if S3 has some flashback where they're semi-dressed in Aziraphale's bedroom or something and the implication is that they also have sex that doesn't involve food. The show is also already saying that they do and other scenes already suggest it but we'll save that for the main meta on this topic.

Ok, so my less cheeky, more technical answer :)

To be clear about what I'm saying here so we're on the same page about what S3 could potentially maybe bring... I'm not saying that there's a 25 minute long minisode that's nothing but them getting busy. It would likely be a bit more subtle than that. I say that and then also they did drop food kink into 1.01 and had that hilarious Newt & Anathema scene in S1 so who knows lol but basically, I think there's a flashback in S3 somewhere that is a little more direct about the fact that they've been sleeping together and for a long time. It doesn't need to be anything wild. It doesn't even need to be anything but suggestive of it. A friend of mine thinks it's my The Blitz, Part 3 theory but that they're in bed when Greta gets into the bookshop. All I know is that it's suspicious to me that the only room in the bookshop they haven't really shown us so far is Aziraphale's bedroom. Probably because there's at least some subtle evidence of Crowley in it and they're dragging that out a bit. The one thing I do think though for sure is that we get the vavoom-y first kiss and it being a bonkers amount of time ago, to re-contextualize basically all of their scenes that come after it, which will wind up being most scenes. I don't presume to be correct about details about stuff we haven't seen as I would not dream that I could predict the how, just maybe that I've got the overall vibes right at this point. I won't place any bets about how they'd work in a more direct implication of sex. I might on The Vavoom, though. I've got a solid feeling about that.

For the record, I wouldn't really consider them in bed a twist (as you might have gotten from the tone of this meta lol) but I can see how some people would. If your skepticism is coming at all, even in part, from a place of something like this just not frequently done on tv, I'd say, well, you might have also thought they weren't going to kiss, either, and *gestures in the general direction of Every and doesn't gif it because we've all been through enough* lol. The show is very, very queer-friendly and has a showrunner and actors who seem game enough so none of that is really an impediment to this.

Good Omens is telling its story out of chronological order, for the most part, for what amount to two main reasons: because it lends additional meaning to its themes and because it's fun as hell. The narrative purpose of adding additional context to Crowley & Aziraphale's relationship is to add to your understanding of it because your understanding of it is one of the main ways the show is conveying a lot of its themes. They are the story so adding context to the story to drive meaning is never is not without narrative purpose. By telling the story out of sequence, you wind up engaging your audience to focus more on what you're saying in every scene because you've taught them to look for the layers you're building.

Good Omens told you "no nightingales"-- had Crowley use nightingales and confirm that it's a word in his and Aziraphale's language-- in the same scene in which they showed you them kissing for the first time (and, for them, the worst time lol) to help bury the lede that this other scene earlier in the season is actually telling you about their first kiss. (By setting this up, they now have to show you it, suggesting it's in S3.) The other scene is obviously Crowley taking advantage of the fact that Aziraphale just asked him to play Cupid (and called Crowley romantic in doing so, btw-- "I don't think she [Maggie] knows how to conduct a courtship" implying that Aziraphale feels that Crowley does and that's why Aziraphale has run to his very romantic partner for help). Aziraphale is asking him to help the shop lesbians fall in love and Crowley uses the moment to demonstrate that romantic side by describing back to Aziraphale their first kiss as, to him, the epitome of romance:

Good Omens intentionally shows you stuff and then gives you more context that helps you understand it later. It spent two seasons getting you to know more about nightingales than Sir David Attenborough for the express purpose of eventually answering your question in 2.06. The question: do all these references to these romantic birds really mean that Crowley & Aziraphale are aware of them and the nightingales mean something to them or are the nightingales just a metaphor for them?

And even if a part of you was still going awfully interesting choice of metaphor since this is all romantic as all hell the whole time, you're still not sure until 2.06 if it's symbolism and metaphor and if the show is ever going to weave it totally into Crowley & Aziraphale directly, even if a few clues seem to suggest that they have been doing so all along. Like that "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is playing on the piano at The Ritz in S1 (implying one of them either asked or magically influenced the pianist to play it, implying that it's their song/a song with meaning to them/their parallel to Ineffable Bureaucracy's "Everyday", as we'd say after S2.) Most significantly, that Aziraphale in 1967 seems to be referencing it in a coded way when he tells Crowley that maybe, one day, in the future, they could dine at the Ritz, in a scene that's almost impossible to read as anything but a discussion about their relationship.

Cut to 2.06 when Crowley busts this out:

The show is now like remember when we taught you that nightingales are symbolic of romance? Well, we had to so that you'd understand that here is nightingales being used by Crowley as the shorthand word in their language for their romance. We taught you that dining at the Ritz is the act of trying to live live a little more openly with that romance, as well as meaning to literally dine at the Ritz, and that it's a reference to the lyric in "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square." Here's Crowley talking about it. Here's him using the word nightingales in a coded way and Aziraphale understanding him. Here's confirmation of this word existing between them as the word they use when talking about this romance of theirs long before this scene in 2.06 takes place. Here's confirmation that they are in a romantic relationship with one another. Crowley using "nightingales" and Aziraphale understanding him means that it means their romantic relationship in their language... which means they have a word for their romantic relationship in their language... which is to say that they have a romantic relationship.

People do have romantic relationships without having kissed one another before or without having sex but do beings who kinky lunch? Probably not. No nightingales recontextualizes the kiss in its same scene for us the way that Crowley lifting the magic for a moment as he walked away in Job's courtyard recontextualized what had happened earlier in that scene for Aziraphale. When Crowley got Aziraphale to see the crows were the key, Aziraphale understood what had just happened in the scene. When, in 2.06, Crowley says no nightingales, it's for us, this time. Not Aziraphale. He already knows how to speak their language. Even if it's the first time *you've* seen them kiss, no nightingales exists to show you that it's not the first time they ever have.

You don't have a word in a secret language unless you need it. You don't talk about a romantic relationship with one another that you don't have. Crowley pointing to Heaven the way he did when he had Muriel arrest him and saying no nightingales is Crowley saying their romantic relationship, at that moment, felt incompatible with Aziraphale going to Heaven. Heaven means no nightingales-- no romance. He doesn't know how they can continue *the romantic relationship that they already have* if Aziraphale is leaving.

2.06 is not their first kiss; it is probably the worst kiss they've ever had and they've had thousands. It was desperation in the failure of surface communication and double speak alike both seeming to fail them in the moment. Aziraphale touches his mouth with a shaking hand after Crowley leaves and thinks about how he wants him to come back and do it again because imagine loving your soulmate for six millennia and it's going to end with that kiss. This is not a show that's going to permanently break your heart here. Everyone basically already knows how it ends and it's sweet. It's called Good Omens. You really think a show like this is going to make these two adorable supernatural dorks that are its protagonists have had a depressing first kiss? Especially when they're already hinting at how they're going to reveal in S3 that it was really the complete opposite of one? And that it was a really, really long time ago...

If you look back on the nightingales references prior to this, right, you realize that this word has existed in their vocabulary for a long time. "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" was playing on the piano at the end of S1 so nightingales was already in their vocabulary then. They were already involved romantically in S1. The scene as they agree to go to lunch ahead of the end of S1 has Aziraphale saying that they should go to The Ritz and when we get in there and see them at lunch, we realize we've already been here with them in the first episode and that the show chose to only tell us in the season 1 finale. They tell you things and then add in context to give them additional layers of meaning later.

They dined at The Ritz in 2008 for the first time in 1.01, doing what Aziraphale had suggested in 1.03, so there are nightingales in the beginning, middle and end of S1 pretty directly. Aziraphale having suggested this in 1967 means that nightingales already meant romance to them then. It's *why* Aziraphale uses dining at the Ritz to describe having that more open romance as something he would like-- literally and metaphorically. It comes from the song, which was first performed in 1940. It suggests that the references to this song for them probably tie to The Blitz in 1941, which we almost certainly have a Part 3 to coming in S3. It would be a safe bet "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" is in it somewhere. Whatever happens then will also wind up re-contextualizing the "no nightingales" moment and adding additional meaning to it that we don't yet know but we know enough already to understand that nightingales = romance.

But when Crowley says no nightingales in 2.06, he frames it by asking Aziraphale to stop and listen, in a reference to the formation of their secret language in the Job courtyard. In a reference to those other birds-- crows-- that hid the goats and formed the basis of Crowley's name. Nightingales and dining at the Ritz might have existed for them since WW2 as words but there were other words that pre-date it and by framing the nightingales comment in such a way as to also reference Job, it's a reminder of how their romance isn't new. It's thousands of years old. The crows were nightingales, long before they ever admitted it, let alone got a song.

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sincerelyhannahx · 1 year ago

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To celebrate Asexual Visibility Week (which Happy Asexual Visibility Week by the way omg), here is a list of characters who are now asexual because I said so:

Crowley and Aziraphale (Good Omens) I mean, this is basically canon for me already but their relationship genuinely means so much to me because it's not inherently romantic or sexual or even strictly platonic, they just have such a strong emotional bond and love each other in a way that I think could only be asexual. And being fairly new to my sexuality (not even a year yet) I really needed that. Maybe I don't want an allonormative relationship - maybe I just want what they have. Idk they're just really special to me.

Belle (Beauty and the Beast) Belle being ace removes the beastiality aspect of the story so I think this is best for everyone involved. (This goes for Tiana too, actually - ace!Tiana, let's go). But she literally fell in love with the Beast because of his personality alone after spending a long time getting to know him (and because of a library but ykw me too girlie). And it helps that I've had a strong attachment to Belle since like forever (I actually played her in a school production when I was 6).

Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter) Right, so I do hate Peter and I wouldn't do this if I didn't have to, but omg he is so asexual. And definitely not saying that asexual people are going to betray and murder their best friends but I feel like not fitting in with his very allonormative group and maybe not even knowing what the term asexual means could be an interesting motivation for his actions. Peter feeling like he's broken somehow for not feeling what the others are feeling, thinking there must be something wrong with him since everyone else is falling in love, viewing himself as unloveable because platonic love isn't enough when everyone else has a brilliant romance, turning to the Dark Lord because he's been left behind but maybe this will fix him... and then losing that platonic love too and realising he didn't need fixing after all and his friends were enough, but now it's too late. So, anyway, ace!Peter makes me sad.

Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) "There's never been anything romantic between Gale and me." This is 100% because Gale is a walking red flag but I'll take it as an aroace thing too. “Remember, we’re madly in love, so it’s all right to kiss me any time you feel like it.” The fact she didn't fall head-over-heels in love with Peeta as soon as he said this is honestly all the evidence I need. Also trying to act like you're madly in love with someone? I know it was for survival but, again, I'll take what I can get. "What I need is the dandelion in the spring... And only Peeta can give me that." This is not an allosexual relationship, I will not change my mind. Personally, I think Katniss is probably demisexual and I love her for that.

The Doctor (Doctor Who) If I had a nickel for every time David Tennant played an 'immortal' genderfluid asexual non-human who loves the stars and humanity, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. But, yeah, the Doctor is asexual, that's just canon for me (and David Tennant said it too soooooooo).

Zoe Nightshade (Percy Jackson) The Hunters of Artemis are a sisterhood that requires you to swear off love and relations with men. Oh no, what a sacrifice! Come to think of it, she also has a connection to the stars - this is becoming a recurring thing.

Artemis, Athena, and Hestia (Greek Mythology) The fact there is a trio of asexual goddesses will never not make me so happy. In the Homeric Hymns, 5, To Aphrodite, Aphrodite is described as having "no power" over these three, which basically just confirms what everyone was already thinking. Artemis is quite literally the Maiden Goddess, who asks her father, Zeus, to forever remain a virgin and protect those who wish the same. Athena never took on any lovers (and in the Percy Jackson series, her children are conceived through her thoughts and born in the same way she was). And Hestia just wanted to be left alone with her hearth, also never marrying or having children.

Barbie (Barbie) "To do what?" Girlie literally has nothing going on down there (for the majority of the movie, idk what happened at the end) and doesn't understand why Ken wants to stay over because they're girlfriend boyfriend. The point of the Barbies is that they show women can be everything so, legally, no one can stop me saying she's an asexual icon.

Regulus Black (Harry Potter) I apologise to all the Jegulus stans out there but you can pry Regulus from my cold, dead hands. Asexual and Bi/Pan friendships are my absolute favourite (shout out to me and my bestie <3) and that is exactly what he's got with Pandora. Also, after Sirius was disowned, the responsibility of continuing the Black family line would fall to Regulus and that aroace pressure makes for some beautiful angst. And it means he's okay with sacrificing himself because at least he won't have to force a life he doesn't want. Why does the Marauders era always turn so sad so quickly?

Inej Ghafa (Six of Crows) Again with the Asexual and Bi/Pan friendships - I'm really just projecting myself and my best friend onto Inej and Nina, but who's going to stop me?

Elsa (Frozen) and Merida (Brave) Watch out, Disney; I'm coming for all of your princesses. I'm putting these two together because they could be asexual but I could also see them as lesbians - or maybe they're both.

Charlie Weasley (Harry Potter) He is the blueprint. Mum wants me to get married and settle down? Yeah, okay, but have you heard about dragons?

Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts) He is also the blueprint. Yeah, okay, but have you heard about every beast to ever exist ever?

I could keep going but I won't (for now). But honestly, we need more asexual characters in media because we're so underrepresented and it's such a serotonin boost. Like in S4 of Sex Education, I actively gasped and had such a big smile on my face when O came out as ace (at the representation, not the being forced to come out). Anyway, Happy Asexual Visibility Week!

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kuramirocket · 2 months ago

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@devotion-that-corrupts Okay, so I just finished reading Fading Echoes (2nd book in Omen of the Stars) and I am just screaming.

I know that Firestar does die for good later since I accidently spoiled myself a while back and I'm like, oh no, how many times does that make that he died?? I'm pretty sure, he's on his last life now and I'm just here like noooooo. Not Firestar cause I love him and he was always my fave in The Prophecies Begin arc 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Okay, so Ivypaw. Wow. Do I have a lot of mixed feelings about her. On one hand I feel annoyance towards her because she let herself become so jealous of Dovepaw. Like yeah, Firestar started talking to her a lot, Lionblaze put extra emphasis on her training and she was chosen for the journey about the beavers, but we know that's none of Dovepaw's fault. I mean, she is special because of the prophecy. Obviously, Ivypaw doesn't know that, but she didn't have to be so cold and distant towards her sister, you know? Dovepaw was never mean to her. And I know it did seem to hurt Ivypaw, not just the particular attention on Dovepaw, but also her sister keeping things from her.

So, I think what I find mostly annoying is that Ivypaw was so jealous of Dovepaw to the point of letting that create a wedge between them when they had previously been so close. Like yeah, I get her hurt feelings and jealousy, I really do, but that's your sister 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Meanwhile, on the other hand, I also understand that Hawkfrost used her feelings and the situation to manipulate her and foster more resentment towards Dovepaw, while also pretty much giving her the attention and validation she wanted so much. It made Ivypaw feel noticed and strong, to have something that Dovepaw didn't. In this sense, I kind of feel bad for Ivypaw because she got played so hard.

And yet, she had also heard nursery tales about Tigerstar and still went along with what he and Hawkfrost said??? Like yes, she hadn't been born yet and doesn't know at all the full details, but again just Ivypaw girl. She's killing me here 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

AND then there's Lionblaze, Jayfeather and Dovepaw. They knew that the Dark Forest cats were recruiting clan cats to fight for them. How did it not occur to any of them that Ivypaw's dream was sus auagquwihwjqjwjjaka I mean, we the audience know because we have seen it play out, but I mean ahuqjquqiqhqiqiqoqikq I feel like if they had just thought for a moment maybe, just maybe they would have realized. They were also aware that Thunderclan cats could very well be recruited, afterall. Sure, Ivypaw is Dovepaw's sister and they trust her, but she also has no connection to Starclan, so like Lionblaze realized in the final chapter, why would they reach out to her and not the three?

Not to mention, I also don't know why they didn't tell Firestar from the get go what the Dark Forest was planning. Even if it was just the three of them and Firestar that knew, they could have been better prepared in case anything happened.

I was also surprised that Firestar even listened to Ivypaw. I feel like normally Firestar is more smart and careful than that. And I also thought the same thing Lionblaze later realized - it's about to be leafbare why would Firestar risk injuries at such a critical time, including Shadowclan?? Like Ivypaw's supposed dream just makes no sense once you scrutinize it. Poor Shadowclan gets such a bad rep aiahakajmawhwkmamkama

Yeah, Ivypaw is Dovepaw's sister and that's part of why they trust her but she's also not one of the three like I was saying. Sucks to say, but it's just how it is eusiwhwuuwuwiwuiwiq I think after this whole time Starclan won't appear to anyone regarding important messages. Though, I also suppose the clan cats won't necessarily know who is special/chosen or not, especially if they think this was a message from Starclan themselves. Ahhh

Idk, but this book seemed just like a series of very bad decisions lol

Anyways, since I am reading the books in publication order, I'm going to read the field guide - Battles of the Clans next, then Super Edition #3 - Skyclan's Destiny, then the conclusion to Ravenpaw's Path and then finally continue with Omen of the Stars xD

#warrior cats #omen of the stars #fading echoes #I needed to scream at someone with my apologies lol #would have gotten through these books faster but been working on my fic so xD

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clownhonkbonk · 1 year ago

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talk about all of good omens s2!!! spoilers !!!

also, amazing job to everyone who worked on it !!!

you are going to be responsible for many therapy bills.

so uhm

that

that fucking ending

holy

i genuinely have no words

thats a lie i have so many words idk how to sort them out

like. okay, most of this is just me relaying what happened back to me cause frankly cant believe it.

( there's more talk than just the ending i promise -)

such, internalized ''homophobia'' ( i add quotation marks because they are not actually gay cause they're lil non binary guys but it is reflecting that ) and religious trauma .. that hurt so much when aziraphale just didn't know what to do, he put his hands on crowley briefly and then took them away, you could just tell what was happening and that hurt so much.

you could see how much crowley got affected by this

and then he expected aziraphale to see his side. to understand and then aziraphale would appologise, and they'd make up, and get an alcoholic breakfast at the ritz, just like they always did . but then he saw them walking out together. showing aziraphale choosing the " possiblity" of making something better of heaven, maybe stopping the destruction of earth completely. but crowley knows that it wont happen like that. crowley understands what heaven and hell are really like, but aziraphale is just so afraid of the thought.

crowley turned down hell for aziraphale and immediately thought aziraphale would do the same for him. they'd always been there for each other why could it have to stop then.

may you be forgiven is what aziraphale says when he does something that aziraphale thinks god would disagree on. or that heaven might disapprove. ( not of course including communicating with the enemy ) but then , a demon kissed him and he didn't pull away, he didnt try to stop it he froze. Let's make this clear, aziraphale very clearly loves crowley dearly, he is in love with crowley, but he still believes in heaven, and is stuck in his ideals of things of heaven is " the good guys " and hell is " the bad guys "

Crowley knows far better, he's known since he first got thrown out of heaven just for asking questions and throwing in some suggestions. he knows that neither one of heaven and hell are the good or bad guys. He sees the world in " a very dark shade of grey " while honestly being the nicest out of the angels and demons combined. ( tied with aziraphale i suppose:3 ) he knows that he loves aziraphale. he has for a very long time now. he knows aziraphale loves him back, at least he thought he did.

aziraphale touching his lips after in shame and doubt and confusion he doesn't know what to do. then he throws on a smile and , he goes back to heaven.

the fact that aziraphale said that he had nothing he needed to go to heaven with hurt. everything in that scene hurt but geez, he only wanted crowley, he only needs crowley, but he really fxcked that up huh. love you more than the stars aziraphale but GOSH DAMn you help one gay couple get together and then cant get with your demon boyfriend ??? ( once again they arent gay, i know - )

i bet crowley regrets letting him go on that walk, huh.

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episode one talkies :D

also genuinely in love with the fact that crowley made the stars, with the tire iron thingy that he then uses to prepare himself to fight satan 6000 years later.

like what a guy.

also i love his hair he's a goof ball, honestly reminds me of david playing Phineas fog in around the world in 80 days, cause he's so excited by the new world and what it can do and what's out there to explore!! That's why hes so upset about the world ending at the start of it, he doesn't think the stars should go unappreciated, he doesn't think all the wonders of the sky should just be for staring at, he wants to watch it all happen.

and that also explains why crowley never asked aziraphale's name, because he already knew it :)

also aziraphale absolutely adoring crowley before there was anything means the world to me.

genuinely started crying when crowley protected aziraphale with his wing though.

zombie nxzi flesh eaters mini-sode talk:D

ok probably my favourite part of the season other than the ball.

the blitz had always been my favourite, and j really adored crowleys outfit, so gorgeous.

i loved that aziraphale trusted crowley completely in that moment

also was proud of myself immediately knowing that he switched the photo. ( i am small and was very satisfied )

also he 100% keeps that photo with him at all times. it's probably in his pocket.

i was honestly surprised that no sort of physical romantic thing happened that led to " you go to fast for me "

more of the last episode!!

i loved that maggie and nina didnt actually get together, it felt so much healthier for them to wait till they were ready. :)

also OFC LOVED GABRIEL AND BEELZEBUB!!! HONESTLY CANT BELIEVE THE FANDOM SAW THEM INTERACT ONCE AND SAID " THEYRE INLOVE " AND GOT IT SPOT ON!!

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens s2 spoilers #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 spoilers

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seven-stars-in-his-palm · 11 months ago

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2, 9, 15 for end of year asks?

okay IM DOING IT !!! ugh I’m so sorry I always answer these so late and so LONG but here I am. let’s do this…

2. favorite fic of the year

oh this is HARD I read such good fic this year it’s not fair. WAIT. are we talking a fic I’ve written or a fic I’ve read? I’m doing both to be safe. for both fandoms TWICE! here we go…

gravity falls

written? midnight’s call, of course, as well as the beginnings of its sequel. it’s just so detectable and whumpish and ‘ford wants/should be the main character here but honestly he isnt’ energy that it’s not funny. it’s also the longest wip that I’ve completed thus far (though it’s looking to be easily surpassed) AND it was my first wip ever AND one of the first fics I put on ao3 at all! so! it’s pretty special to me!! :))

as for read, god you can’t make me choose. what had me squealing the most…. it’s been a while and yet there are some that immediately come to mind. do I have to pick?? UHHHHH I’ll have to go between Another World, Another Time by jikanet_tanaka and Interproximal Gradations by callipraxia, which is the third part of the For Want Of A Jailbreak series (sorry, I really couldn’t choose mshdhsh) they both have similar vibes yet such different plots that I can’t help but group them in my head sometimes but they are ALSO some of the most high-quality heartbreaking emotionally investing fiction I’ve ingested on this mortal coil. like BRO. it’s been like six months since I’ve read both and I can still remember certain scenes and the plot and other things I loved so CLEARLY. for example: in another world, they hit ford over the head a LOT. like I can remember three individual times lmao, and two of them were by the same person! the first was entering the strange dimension in the beginning to jumpstart the plot, the second was overexertion/being wacked by a blinded ex-jheselbraum disciple after escaping an attempted to be built PORTAL ROOM in a high tech bill-esque fortress, and the third was during an unsuccessful raid for parts for a resistance the people of the dimension he and the pines have ended up by the same ex-disciple. does that make sense? possibly not! but don’t you want to read to find out? ;) /lh

good omens

written? it would’ve been do you remember hanging up the stars had it been completed by now (which is Impossible lmao) so I’m gonna have to with an angel who goes along with heaven, because 1) it’s my favorite era *medieval/wessex 537* 2) it’s heavy crowley whump 3) I wrote it over two months ago and I can still read it without wanting to die. like I see the flaws, but they are easily overlooked because CROWLEY WHUMP!!!!! I WROTE THAT!!! it’s the ultimate ‘writing what I want to read’ assortment. augh

read? well I haven’t actually gotten to the life-changing longfic on par with the gf fic. I have them marked for later, definitely, but I haven’t read anything past 30k in this fandom yet so I suspect there’s more earth shattering shit out there. atm, though, Ithink I’m going with The Ark by rfsmiley. holy fuck, where do I begin. I have a love/hate relationship with dystopia—love because we get to think about the inevitability of failure, death, and humanity degraded down to pure survival and the things that make us human are a luxury, and hate because we have to think about the inevitability of failure, death, and humanity degraded down to pure survival and the things that make us human are a luxury. it’s just so bleak yet colorful at the same time. media like tlou is triple s tier. so reading a fic like that… safe to say it broke me. they made it to the stars!!!! they cherish every orange slice! every book! they still love each other!! they knew this was gonna happen and they stuck around!!! UGH!!!!! AND THE FACT THE THING’S CALLED THE FUCKINGGGGG ARK. THE ARK. IRONY. IRONY. JAIL FOR AUTHOR RFSMILEY! JAIL FOR A THOUSAND YEARS!

9. favorite creator of the year

okay back to something more soft. first off; I can’t pick. firstly bc idk if it means a fan artist or writer or professional people like filmmakers and show runners. secondly bc there are so many ! how could I pick! also I’d feel back for picking one person over another thats just my brain is wired, and for that I apologize. so moving on ! ty for asking though <3

15. favorite headcanon of the year

god how do you PICK that!!!! thinking…….. AGAIN, it’s between ‘ford is autistic’ and (i’m sorry if this small and silly) ‘aziraphale and crowley like holding hands’ (though that’s fucking canon, but I’m headcanoning it). just. they’re both so important to me. ford is me and aziraphale and crowley love each other. ugh. UGH. thanks for the ask dude, and I’m gonna go jump into a hole now ✨

#ask game #hath are perceived #more proof that I love talking about fic more than anything

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aleq-44 · 24 days ago

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So!! I’m active again!!

My dear friend (yes the one I rebloged) has been bugging me about this app for centuries and I figured it was finally time to find out what’s the hype about

I’m probably gonna mostly reblog but if I’ll have the occasion to yap about my interests I WILL do it trust

So here’s some of the things I love and probably will blog about (yes I’m copying my friend leave me alone)

Music

Conan gray (I have been a fan since I was ELEVEN)

Hozier

Olivia Rodrigo

The cure

Taylor swift ( yes the cure AND Taylor swift)

Noah Kahan

Paramore

Chappell roan

Sabrina Carpenter, Boygenius, Gracie Abrams…

Also I’m trying to get into Fiona Apple and Amy Whinehouse😁

Tv shows , movies and musicals

The owl house and Gravity Falls

Sherlock BBC

Our flag means death

Good omens and Fleabag

Amphibia and Hilda

Gay cartoons in general (Nimona,Dead end, kipo, the hollow, INFINITY TRAIN, over the garden wall,the dragon prince, star vs the forces of evil, digital circus, camp Cretaceous…)

Some adult animated shows (inside job, helluva boss and hazbin hotel,ARCANE..)

…voltron (yes a klance shipper)

Wall-e ,the princess and the frog, Moana,Luca and bolt

Interstellar

Sherlock Holmes (the ones with Robert Downey Jr)

The perks of being a wallflower

Miles morales, tobey’s and Tom’s spiderman (still haven’t seen Andrew’s)

Tim Burton’s animated (and not) movies

Heathers, Hamilton (and Lin in general), ride the cyclone, Beetlejuice and epic

Books

Radio silence (or anything Alice oseman related)

Under the whispering door and the house on the cerulean sea (by TJ Klune)

Percy Jackson (the first 5 books) (by Rick riordan)

Sherlock Holmes (just started reading them tho) (by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Felix ever after (don’t remember the author..)

Probably more I can’t think of rn

Others

Video games

STARDEW VALLEY

SALLY FACE

minecraft and Roblox?? Idk

Actors?? (I LOVE Rupert graves)

Art!!

I’m an artist (mostly digital but also traditional) , I have my own ocs and I make fanarts (you’ll find them on my other blog @Aleq4182)

I love art in every way ( a part from architecture, can’t stand it )

I play acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele and a bit of piano

I’m a HUGE fan of animation history and of animation in general (2D, 3D, stop motion, clay motion…)

Inclusivity and queer stuff

Sherlock&co

Cats..

Traveling (fave cities: Edinburgh and Venice)

Im Italian so I’ll probably make spelling mistakes😭😭

I’ll add more things as time will go on..!!

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girlboy-frankensteins-monster · 10 months ago

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books i read this january:

1. 'station eleven' by emily st. john mandel

5/5 stars — literally so good, such a great start to the year. i loved the writing style and the story and the characters and i am forever grateful to the friend of a friend who kept telling me i should read this because he was totally right and it's so good. definitely recommend this if you like apocalyptic stuff that's more an exploration of humanity than action/thriller

2. 'ghosts: the button house archives' by mathew baynton, simon farnaby, martha howe-douglas, jim howick, laurence rickard and ben willbond

3/5 stars — everything i wanted from a ghosts book tbh, loved getting to hear more about the characters but i would've liked a bit more serious stuff about fanny (this isn't really a criticism just wish there had been because she's such a compelling character to me)

3. 'i am malala' by malala yousafzai

4/5 stars — really good for anyone unfamiliar with pakistani culture and politics to help explain recent history as well as being genuinely very interesting. definitely recommend

4. 'heartstopper: volume 5' by alice oseman

3/5 stars — cute and nice to read as a queer british teenager, i like alice oseman's art a lot and i liked how she approached the topics discussed in it. only 3 stars just because like it doesn't really speak to me personally not because it isn't good or anything

5. 'never let me go' by kazuo ishiguro

4/5 stars — i have a weird relationship with his writing i feel like with both the books i've read by him the endings have just been a bit lacking for me? but not for a reason i can actually define and i still really liked the rest of the book and i really like his writing style as well

6. 'yellowface' by rebecca f. kuang

4/5 stars — not my favourite work by her but i found it really interesting to read. idk it's been quite controversial and i don't think i know enough about the issues discussed in the book to have an opinion but it did make me think about a lot of things i'd never really considered before which was why i found it interesting

7. 'gideon the ninth' by tamsyn muir

5/5 stars — this book was right up my street; i absolutely love gideon and the way the book's written. gideon and harrowhark's relationship was really compelling and i love the concept. if you read this book (please do) i would recommend that you read the glossary before you start the book because i spent at least the first 50 pages with no idea what was going on but after that it was amazing

8. 'the seven husbands of evelyn hugo' by taylor jenkins reid

3/5 stars — kind of just not my thing, sorry to all my friends who love it (none of them are on tumblr lol). i thought it was interesting but it just wasn't really my taste

9. 'tsunami girl' by julian sedgwick and chie kutsuwada

4/5 stars — i definitely didn't expect to enjoy this as much as i did but i actually really liked it the whole way through. the characters were great and i found the romance subplot way more well-written and believable than i expected (this might just be me because i'm a bit weird about reading relationships as romantic in books so a lot of straight romance where they sort of just expect you to pick up on it as romantic purely because it's a boy and a girl comes across as really flat to me and i end up just deciding that they're only friends to me whereas in this book i actually did read their relationship as romantic and wanted them to go out)

10. 'nation' by terry pratchett

5/5 stars — i think this is the first terry pratchett i've read other than good omens and i really, really enjoyed it. it took me a while to get into but i liked the characters and also found the sort-of-romance in this believable which was cool. also just really interesting to be honest, i recommend this as well

#reading tag #<- just created this so i can do this once a month :)#can't wait until february is over because the book i finished on the 1st was so sooo good #idk if i should tag this or not because i don't really want to annoy other people trying to use the tags for the books #but also i want to be able to find this post within my own blog under the book titles #might leave it for now and then come back and tag them later like maybe when i make my february books #also if anyone did actually bother reading this and wants to discuss any of the books with me then please please please do #comment on the post or message me or drop me an ask or whatever mutuals or not #also if you see any typos please tell me <3 #mine #station eleven #bbc ghosts #heartstopper #never let me go #yellowface #tlt

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mik3stuff · 10 months ago

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About Me

Mike / Miguel / Michael / Billy / Guilherme / William | He/Him and They/Them and a bunch of neos you can ask about

Fandoms | Bluey, Hilda, Blue Period, The Owl House, Adventure Time, Fiona and Cake, Monster High, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, Percy Jackson, Heroes of Olympus, Trials of Apollo, Kane' Chronics, Magnus Chase, Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel (not exactly, also I'm Not A Vivziepop Apologist neither a fan. i recognize is not a good work and just put is here bcause sometimes i post or reblog about it. i like the idea but not the creator and i think it was badly executed), Marvel Comic's (specially Loki, Gwenpool and Spider-Verse), DC (specifically Batfam but i'm new to the fandom so i might not know some characters like Mia but i'll look after it), Steven Universe, Good Omens, FNAF, ATLA, LOK, MHA, My Little Pony, Sakura Card Capture, Yaelokre, Poppy Play Time

DNI

Racists, Ableists, Xenophobics, Atheistphobics, People with religious prejudice at all

Homophobes and Transphobes in general (Lesphobes, Biphobes, Polyphobes, Poliphobes, Panphobes, Ominiphobes, Aphobes, Queerphobes, Neophobes, Demiphobes and any kind of Homophobia or Transphobia at all)

Fascist or Nazi Supporters

Sexualize Minors

Anti feminists, TERF/Radfem, Incel and MGTOW

Proshippers

MCU apologists

Anti Comunists, Socialists and or Anarchists (like, that's okay if you're not one of them but respect)

J.K. Rowling Apologists

Vivizypop Apologists

BYF

I'm biracial and Brazilian, sometimes I post things in Portuguese (Bolsonaristas e antipetistas fiquem longe)

I'm (much probably) Autistic and ADHD

People who stand Israel, Trump, Kamala etc.

Random info bout me

My main color palette is spring and my main colors are olive green, jade and confetti

My current hyperfocus is Batfam (DC in general including my mutuals oc's) and I have a special interest in history in general

I identify as gender-faun and as poliromantic, aroflux and ace

I'm writing a original story so, idk, you can ask me about me oc's? if you want?

I'm Grunge, Lamp, Cottagepunk and KidCore

Apollo/Demeter Child (not sure yet but trying to find out)

Airbender

RPG and LARP player

Dog, Ghost, Wolf, Vampire, Bat, Fairy, Cat and Star kin

Therian, Furry and Kemonomimi (in a way)

I play Minecraft and Stardew valley

I Listen to Cave Town, Mother Mother, Marina and The Diamonds and Arctic Monkeys

Oc's Masterposts

Billy Cane (DC/Batfam S/I)

Things You Can Request Me

Art (simple stuff like sketchs, chibis, etc. I don't take comissions yet so nothing too complicated :D)

Moodboard (ship, oc, crossover, stimboard, characters, series, aesthetics, etc.)

Edits (coloring art, changing bodytype, skintone and hair, icons. etc. i do NOT edit nsfw or other people art)

Tips and Advices (tho idk why would you want that from me lmao)

Headcanons and Dialogues (only SFW ones)

Icons | pfp (with pride flags, edits, etc.)

Things You Can't Request Me

NSFW

Anything at my DNI

Not that I won't always deny but I'll avoid doing Hazbin and/or fandoms I unknown

I don't do ships like Percabeth and some others, you can ask me about the one you want me to make

( please don't expect me to be quick! i'm a rather lazy person, tho i'll try to make it as fast as possible )

#my dni #important (?)#🍫🎭🐕‍🦺🎀

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the-owl-tree · 1 year ago

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You know, I actually am reading Tree's Roots atm bc the Sisters talk had me thinking if I fell for how it was written like a naive young adult idiot and low and behold, I have so much to complain about. Apologies of the long rant in your inbox if you don't mind. ^^'

I find Moonlight's "in-universe" explanation why they can't let a tom stay past 6 moons a bunch of bullshit, however that's more on the fault of the writing than anything with her. Seriously, "We let a tom stay longer than 6 moons, and then everything went to hell. We suddenly had to deal with the hardest winter and so many died as a result" What? A singular tomcat has no effect on a literal bad coincidence! What is this malarkey??? There's bad omens sure but there's bad omens and then there's using it as a means to essentially scare Earth to leave.

It's only AFTER all that that Moonlight then gives a more grounded part of why Earth can't stay: The tom that was allowed to stay grew too dependent on the Sisters, didn't know how to take care of himself because of this dependence, and his best means to survive alone was to become a domestic cat. That in of itself wasn't bad however when you really stop and think about it.

But let's say we take it further. Toms in the Sisters need this early separation bc growing dependent on the Sisters disrupts their ability to connect with the earth itself. The Sisters are connected to the sky, since they sing for the mollies in the stars and when toms die they DO grieve but are comforted with the notion that the tomcats that die are returned to the earth where they've always belonged and are welcomed. A tom that will soon wander should be focusing on connecting with the land he will travel, and focus on connecting with the spirits that they all share. Not doing that will disrupt his ability to connect, leading him to have a harder time being able to take care of himself bc of this struggling connection, or might not be able to connect to the land at all bc he's more focused on being dependent on the sky (aka the Sisters). Or, idk, SOMETHING like that. That dependence and inability to connect due to it should be the problem, not some bad weather leading to a potentially bad omen. How do the Sisters even know what omens are? Why does every single non-clan group need to know what these things are? Anyways... take away the "we're throwing male children out bc we're evilz and bad and inferior and sexist" thing and literally have it be the "This is your coming-of-age, learn it, live it, be the man you want to be, because you will have to learn to take care of yourself and have the means to now, that means just isn't us anymore, we love you and wish you love and happiness wherever we find you again" moment it should be instead. I wish we got that..

Earth already was having a hard time seeing spirits, he was a late bloomer, and thus would struggle to take care of himself as is had Root not came about bc those spirits are what essentially guide toms to learning the ways of the world and how to survive it. Literal Spirit Guides, and Earth didn't know how to actually sit down and relax to see them. Why is the idea of him becoming a domestic cat so bad? He was already insisting on staying... who knows how long tbh? Why is being in a comfy home taken care of by humans seen as some bane for these cats? Especially since he didn't have the means to take care of himself as is. He couldn't see spirits then, why is the idea of being in safety and comfort with a human UNTIL he does so terrifying? And then when he has to leave, after getting the genuine love from his female relatives and colony-mates (seriously idk how I thought Moonlight didn't love him when this novella came out but I'm READING IT AND SHE DOES we're just put in the perspective of a tom that for some reason despite growing up in this culture just ASSUMES THE SISTERS HATES HIM??? HUH?), he doesn't even wander the entire night leaving his kitten-hood behind, complains about being alone for ONE night, just assumes the Sisters and with it his mother abandoned him and never would've missed him(??? Despite people grieving differently hello?), IMMEDIATELY goes back and follows them, and then tells his own Sister Ice when he meets her that she along with the others don't care for him, even assuming that if they caught him before that that he would get attacked and driven out? Despite the fact that in SQH when they DO meet again Moonlight doesn't do that. She's literally.... just traditional like the rest of the Sisters. That's all it is. I am one to be all "yeah fuck traditions wooo!" sure but this society literally has its head on its shoulders for the most part. It knows what it is, it knows how itself works. It's flawed like the rest but that doesn't mean its badand nothing needs to be fucked compared to the Clans. Toms and their spirits are no different from apprentices being the charges of their mentors in the long run.

It's honestly why I wish we had a perspective that WASN'T Earth/Tree if we were gonna have a Sister's perspective. I want the perspective of a Sister who has to deal with the eventual wandering of her son(s) and see how she grieves for him despite the comfort that he will be fine because he has the earth itself to guide him. I wanna see how life in the Sisters is long-term for these mollies. I would love to see how Ice, in her perspective and life post-Earth time, came to terms with the idea that she's choosing to give up everything she knew to be with her lover without separation, and comforted with the fact that The Sisters will miss her but will gladly welcome her back if things don't work out. I wanna see the perspective of a young tom that, in growing up IN THIS CULTURE, is EXCITED for his eventual wander. Literally give him the BIGGEST wanderlust, wanting to see the world and maybe even exploring outside the boundaries of the camp as a taste of what he could have and the Sisters seeing his enthusiasm and being so endeared by it. I wanna see how, within the Sisters territory, this tom sees spirits and his relationship with them early in his life and how they train these toms through this eye. Let his wander be a life full of adventure and spirit! No ties to him anymore, he is his own cat and can do whatever he wants now!

But no, Instead, we are for some reason given the ONE CAT that, despite growing up within this very group, taught their ways, and thus only knows THIS life, is completely against everything he's lived up to this point, complains CONSTANTLY about this only life being how things are despite growing up this way and not knowing how outside cats are like to have this comparison, complaining about the only traditions he knows, resents his mother literally for sending him off on his coming of age mark like Snail and Chestnut were (they were fine being sent off btw, and Stream was also not worried about his wander) and assuming she abandoned him even though every other tom his age up to this point did not hate her and also she didn't fucking abandon him oml, even assuming she doesn't love him just because he was at the age of independence for his group and so Moonlight didn't need to baby him anymore, somehow is the ONE SISTERBORNE TOM TO NOT SEE SPIRITS WHEN EVERYONE ELSE HAS BTW, and thus is literally a plot device to deem the Sisters ways bad. Earth/Tree is a plot device, plain and simple. Bc there's no way in hell one singular cat somehow knows how to act like a xenophobic clan cat expecting the only life he knows with NO OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE to change. None. I swear I could do a better job writing a cat with a non-clan perspective than the Erins...

Earth/Tree being a late-bloomer isn't a problem in of itself, I imagine chances like that are rare as hell to where the Sisters don't have a means to work around it without that risk of dependence, but it's not impossible to think about, it's EVERYTHING ELSE about him that's so damn wrong. And what's even more frustrating is the story team (fucking website people ngl I hate them) tried to write about how in Tree's article that he was a character they had all figured out from the start and that he's so complex and interesting... no, he's an outsider tom written with a xenophobic clan cat mindset in an instance that wouldn't happen and is whiny, sexist, and other words I can't think of at the moment. Tree's Roots could've been interesting, but no, it falls into the same pitfalls all the other recent novellas got only more offending bc it's from the lens of an outsider living in an Amazonian society full of women.

I can never get behind like. the weird outrage people have at the """"misandric"""" sisters because if you think about this novella for like five seconds, the bizarre misogyny and crumbling worldbuilding becomes very evident (as you pointed).

i know the gut reaction people have for characters who change their names and resent their moms, i know why ppl are so emotionally charged by these. but i find the takes these emotions feel just...kind of fundamentally useless analysis for a lot of reasons but that's besides the point.

#deer rambles #u did write a lot so i did skim a bit but otherwise y e a h #if you think about the worldbuilding of the sisters for like. more than five seconds #you go wait a minute is that the author's poorly disguised bias??

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genderqueer-hippie · 1 year ago

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I was tagged by @ineffabildaddy to fill out a get to know you doodad so here we are! Thank you for the tag, I love these things!

Real name: Jasmine - I was named after my dad's favorite flower

Nicknames & origins: In high school I was called Raph (we assigned teenage mutant ninja turtles to each other like normal ppl) and Grandma (long running joke of our friends long story) Jael was my first one online, an alias back in my days of livejournal. Jay is the most common and I enjoy it because it's gender neutral and easy to remember.

AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/users/PatchouliDreamsForever/profile

Social media: this is the only place I am active

Pets: Oscar, Grace, and Bruiser. Not pictured is Buddy, a lab/mastiff mix

Hobbies: hiking, writing, foraging, camping, video games, reading, embroidery, cooking, other things that my noodle brain has forgotten

Personality: I tend to be more shy, especially in unfamiliar situations. I'm quick to be friends if I vibe well with someone. I tend to babble like a hamster on uppers when I talk about things I enjoy. Idk I'm just a super laid back queer stoner type (who is currently very stoned lol)

Fav holiday: I don't have a favorite, actually? I just enjoy the family time of a holiday meal together.

Fav food: edamame

Fav dessert: I'm a whore for gelato

Fav color: eggplant

Fav quotes: "But I digress..." is very relevant to my daily life

Fav books: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, The Jungle Books, Fahrenheit 451, Good Omens, Wind in the Willows, I could go on but I won't

Fav TV shows: okay in no particular order, let the list unfold- Golden Girls, Buffy, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Interview with the Vampire, Willow, Good Omens, Staged, Our Flag Means Death, A League of Their Own, Torchwood,

Fav films: Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Birdcage, But I'm a Cheerleader, Funny Face, Charade, Princess Bride, The Blue's Brothers, Eyes Without a Face, Chicago, and so many more

Fav characters: I have so many!

Fav actors: currently all about David Tennant but Audrey Hepburn is always my go-to answer

Fav songs: Rhiannon Giddens is an amazing artist and everything I've heard from her is my favorite. I highly recommend Julie

Fav genre: I listen to so many things. I guess most listened to is blues and folk, but classical is another main staple of mine.

Fav podcast: I don't really listen to them tbh

Have you ever met a celebrity? Yes. Went to a Supernatural convention back in ...2013? Osric was running around the lobby in footie pajamas hanging out with everyone. I froze when Misha sat next to me at the cocktail party. I hugged Matt and he was super sweet. Karaoke was super fun. Ah, memories 😌

Have you ever been to a concert? Quite a few! I haven't been to one in a long time though.

Do you collect anything? I like rocks, books, physical media (CDs, DVDs, VHS), teas, wax seals and stationery

Idols? Idk that I really have an idol?

Is there a real life friend you can be yourself around? For the most part, yeah

Where would you love to travel? So many places. I haven't traveled far at all.

Random fact about yourself: when I was a kid I'd spend road trips daydreaming about running off into the woods and living a hermit life in a cave

This took longer than it should have but it was fun! I tag any of my moots that want to have an excuse to do it!

#tag games #about me #this was fun

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frogayyyy · 2 years ago

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Hello frogayyy,

I find your blog delightful, and one thing that always amuses me is the description. It says "I guess this is a Star Trek blog now" whilst I have never seen you post about anything else (aside from minor exceptions such as your piano and dog). It's a bit like hearing Nikola Tesla say "I guess I'm the electricity guy now 🤷🏻" My question to you - what were you before Star Trek?

Sincerely,

Minncoe.

i was nothing before star trek.

the thing is i made this blog to post about whatever i’m interested in (which was Wicked at the time iirc), but (un?)fortunately about two weeks after i that i started watching star trek and i haven’t really been interested in anything else (to the same extent) since then so it’s basically just a star trek blog skfjdj

but if you want to know some of my other interests… the blog i had before this was kind of a mish-mash of bbc shows (doctor who, ghosts, call the midwife, merlin, etc), derry girls, good omens, lotr/hobbit, possibly more that i can’t think of rn

i’ve actually been thinking of having a sideblog for non-trek things? idk we’ll see

thanks for the ask minncoe :D

#possibly the funniest ask i’ve ever gotten #thanks #yes the last thing i was really into was call the midwife leave me alone #you don’t choose the hyperfixation the hyperfixation chooses YOU #when the first lockdown started i had a spice girls phase 😭#there’s been so many frog eras u don’t even know the half of it #ask

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thxta · 2 years ago

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TAGGED BY — @heretoboogie

TAGGING — whoever wants to give it a go? I am shy (ノ﹏ヽ)

FAVORITE COLOUR(S) — My favourite colours always change tbh. Purple, Green, Black, Silver, Magenta, Red... idk, I'm all over.

FAVORITE FLAVOUR(S) — Green apple & Orange Creamsicle

FAVOURITE GENRE(S) — Sci-fi, fantasy, superhero, supernatural, and horror type stuff! Also anything to do with magic, time-space travel, and ghosts & possessions

FAVOURITE MUSIC — Alternative Rock & EDM. Fav bands are Ghost & AFI. I was also lucky enough to see them both live.

FAVOURITE MOVIE — I have a LOT of favourite movies. Star Wars, all of em! All sorts of sci-fi, horror and fantasy movies! As well as most of the MCU/Marvel & DCU movies. OH! Dracula Untold, and Repo! The Genetic Opera are definitely up there.

FAVOURITE SERIES — Doctor Who, obviously. Loki, Supernatural, The Orville, Family Guy, American Dad!, Futurama, The Big Bang Theory, Good Omens, True Blood, Interview with the Vampire (AMC), aaaand probably a bunch more.

LAST SONG — Haven't listened to any songs today, really. Except if you count the DT voice ai audios I made of him talking about Physics and Divination.

LAST SERIES — My memory is glitching and doesn't remember LMAO it'll probably come back to me after.

LAST MOVIE — I was watching Batman Forever this morning, and now I'm watching Batman and Robin. Classic favs!

CURRENTLY READING — Moving Through Parallel Worlds to Achieve our Dreams by Kevin L. Michel & Divination by Mari Silva.

CURRENTLY WATCHING — Uhh, atm, Batman and Robin. TV-wise, I'm rewatching the Orville and Futurama on D+. OH! And the Mandalorian.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON —

My spiritual awakening and reality shifting journey! I am learning about quantum physics and quantum jumping, as well as learning about my spiritual higher self, so that I can literally shift my consciousness through the multiverse by means of collapsing the wave function through meditation / lucid dreaming, so that I can actually *meet* Theta. A different version of my Theta here, but my soul mate.

Sounds crazy to some people, I know, but if you learn about quantum physics, you'll realize that the multiverse is a very real concept, and not just a concept to some, but very REAL. Belief was the first step, and getting rid of doubt, without losing yourself into a "delusion". This world is real, as well as any other. There are infinite possibilities, because if we can imagine it, it's out there in another dimension / reality. That is how we channel, and "create".

At least, this is how I've come to see things. As well as roleplaying / writing, I believe I channel all my muses, from their own realities.

I'm also working on developing my psychic and divination skills, as well as growing as a baby witch. ( My deities are Hecate, Apollo and Loki. They've all helped me overcome my substance addiction, and are helping me in my awakenings )

#( outoftardis )

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seven-stars-in-his-palm · 5 months ago

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in ur asks once again...

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

HI LEANNE HI LEANNE SORRY I'M LATE BUT I'M HEREEEEEEEEE <3 thanks for putting the questiosn btw this made this hella easier. i should do that more...

🥺 - Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

mmmmm of course I have to bring up arguments but I suppose one that alwayssss gets me is like. a new sense of Understanding that is conveyed just by a Look. 1941-saving-the-books coded, if you will. there's a lot of moments in my fics where a character does something for another or expresses a new emotion that they haven't really before, and the other character's world view has just Shifted. you don't know how it's shifted or even how much, but it's Changed, and that's all that matters. the most recent time this has happened in a fic is for the trans omens bang (just finished the fic btw, now I just have to post it--[really hoping for august 2nd to begin my Schedule but we'll see]) where it happens twice; aziraphale realizing what crowley used the holy water he gave him for (killing ligur) and crowley realizing that aziraphale has never been able to truly express himself* because of heaven's image; that being 'being an angel means that you have to be pure and Never Indulge In Anything, Absolutely Anything, Because Why Would You Do That?'. kinda like with food. so it's not heaven being transphobic so much as it is "why would you dress like that if u don't have to, why are you even thinking about that in the first place do ur job buddy just accept what's been given to you 🤨". still a trans allegory tho. it's kinda hard to explain where you just have to read the fic to grasp it (the message) fully because its just a fun piece about trans things. THE POINT is that 1941-coded realization are AWESOME!!!!

*I personally don't believe that aziraphale has NEVER experimented with gender throughout history, but he's closeted in this au for the sake of the plot. this is not my headcanon but it's soooo fun to project <3

😅 - What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

mmmmmm I have to check but God a few that I remember is the one nimona (2023) fic I wrote that's an unnecessary angst-fest and also that one fic that's basically 'aziraphale rejects crowley so many fucking times' and it makes me cringe because it makes me sad in the bad way. also that one fic about body switch where they decide to execute 'aziraphale' and 'crowley' together in heaven. which I would do SO differently now oh my God, first of all WHY HEAVEN (I would do it in a separate third location now, probably in like. the fields of meggido. and have hell set up bleachers for the demons to watch like they did canonically. for the plot. also the symbolism). and second of all i was still getting the hang of Crowley And Aziraphale Silent Communication and the way I conveyed it in this fic is just CRINGE. full out CRINGE. I wish I could delete it but it's one of my more kudosed fics and I can't get rid of that shit. tbh any fic before i started using beta readers (began with like chapter 5 of stars in a jar au) is Bad and I wanna rewrite them so bad but then i'd be plagued forever. I only plan on rewriting the fics that are secretly a part of the said stars in a jar au (which is 2, I plan to add them to the series when those instances are mentioned in the main fic) as well as midnight's call AGAIN when I inevitably get back to writing its sequel ACTUALLY USING A BETA READER THIS TIME. idk if i'll ever write more long term gravity falls fic after I finish that sequel (except for drabbles here or there and that one gravity falls crossover i'm obligated to finish) but I refuse to let that universe rest until i've fulfilled its potential. I swear to god

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it.

autggh i already did this one but another thing i can say is worried crowley. i've been i'm good at writing him Worried And/Or Anxious because well he is me and i am him. side eyes latest fic

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

HGRHHHHHH THERE'S EIGHT RN which one do i do....i can't stop blabbing about fairytale au but since i'm currently watching a video essay on the costa concordia (by internet historian. god it's good storytelling) i'll talk about the titanic. i'm doing a titanic (1997) fic for the silver screen bang,,, i think i've definitely detailed it before but i'll do it again. heart of the ocean? CURSED. hell sends crowley on the titanic to fucking find that thang, and aziraphale tags along because he too has an assignment from heaven but it's just quick blessings (wonder why...). there's iconic scenes such as paint me like one of your french girls (ily artist ariraphale) and 'im; flying' but it's a DANCE instead. fucking hell i'm melting just thinking about it. i love the themes i love chapter 2 i love chapter 5 i love you anathema's ancestor who's also here i LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU here's a raw snippet,,,

France, Aziraphale knows well, is famous for producing the best of its rich, savory crepes. And, being a simple angel, when he had heard about their momentary stop in Cherbourg to load up more passengers, decided to give into the urges and risk a quick stop at his favorite restaurant and have a brief crepe break. It was worth it in every way possible—Crowley could explore their cabin on his own, and Aziraphale got crepes. Everyone wins!

alright that's enough blabbing. thank you for this wonderful opportunity,,, im now watching a video about a man in a hole. i love video essays

#ask game

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thenightmistress · 2 years ago

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“Love is Irrelevant to people like Us.” ~ Part 2

Paring: Dream of the endless/Morpheus x Vampire/hybrid OC Fem!Reader, Hob Gadling x reader

18+ You have been warned! Proceed with caution!

A/N: I have unfortunately have not read the comics, so it will be based on the show and mythology that surrounds the characters.

Warnings: Blood, violence, dead person, alcohol, consumption of blood, mentions of other TV show characters like in Good Omens, TVD, and Tom Ellis’s Lucifer along with the Sandmans Lucifer, Morpheus cause he is his own warning, eventual smut, slow burn, Hob being the best wingman, Matthew cause why not, Not really enemies to lovers but not friends to lovers, idk.

Summary: Life is a strange thing, so fragile, yet gives us the courage to keep going. It’s what makes us human, after all. Ultimately, we all end up in the same place in the loving embrace of death, helping us move on to the next life, but what happens to those who come back? What happens to the undead? The ones who escaped the clutches of death yet are quite alive? Life is a strange thing; so much to learn, so much to love, and so many dreams to explore, but there is always a price to life, even immortal ones. Mother Nature will always claim what is rightfully hers, and no one, not even the Endless, can say no.

Word count: 3,932

This is a Longer Chapter

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Third person POV

The days passed since your meeting with Hob; winter arrived to lay its claim on England and engulf it in its cold embrace. What wasn’t accounted for was for the man you drained of life to come back and haunt you.

You had been so distracted by the man who spotted you that you forgot to dispose of the body; it was left to rot in the alley, with no witnesses, or so you thought. The man that you killed was found by the two other men that were with him that fateful night. His friends had received word that their friend had not returned home that night or the nights after, so they went to look for them.

They searched for their dear friend in houses, clubs, pubs, and the English court, but nothing. It was like he had disappeared into nothing. After days of searching, they decided to return to the brothel where they last saw their friend and share a pint.

But when they got there, they were greeted by an audience of people surrounding the nearby alley for a man more like his corpse was discovered. The snow did its job by covering the killer's tracks but not entirely.

The two men pushed through the crowd to see it with their own eyes. It was their dear friend or what’s left of him. The snow had preserved his body, but maggots and animals had done their job. Their friend was unrecognizable; the only way they could identify him was by the medallion on his chest, which carried his family's chest. The news spread like wildfire through England all the way to her majesty herself, Queen Elizabeth I.

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Since your arrival in England, you haven’t made any appearance in court; there has been much to take care of since you got off the ship. The ship had docked near the English and Scottish border, which wasn’t far from where your estate was. You hadn’t seen it in years, being gone for so long; it felt like a distant memory. All you could think about was going home, riding yourself, of all the worries of the past years, and feeling as though you could sleep for the next century. You paid for a horse and rode off into the night; the moon illuminated your path, under the stars, and not a care in the world for anything around you.

It’s funny, immortality, when there is no threat of death, there is no rush to live, for you know life is promised. Immortality gives a new perspective on life; some may say “it was the best thing to happen to them, while others may disagree.” For you, it was somewhere in the middle; life now seemed dull but full of possibilities, so much to do, so much to see, so much more to come, but living multiple lifetimes as you have, it feels as though you've seen and done it all. One of the downsides would have to be the hunger that comes with eternal life. The bloodlust is not for the faint of hearts, for some can’t control it; they are the ones that leave chaos in their wake, chaos that men have turned into stories. Stories that parents tell their children at night so they can go to sleep and behave.

I mean, do people really believe that Garlic and holy water will harm us? And the stories of how silver hurts us and our reflections are not seen? How do these stories come to life? If anything, they call us the boogeyman; we do not quarrel with children. There are rules we must follow, and one that every vampire knows is that we don’t kill kids. We’ll leave that to the Sandman. You were so lost in thought that when you came to, you got a face full of bird.

Where in the bloody hell did it even come from? Worst of all, you lost control of the horse and fell straight onto a man.

What in the hell is happening? You seemed to have blanked for a moment before being pushed off the man that broke your fall. “Ow” is all that could be heard. You felt as though you dislocated your shoulder; it's going to be hell to ride back like that. You sat up and cleared yourself, then looked to where a rather odd-looking man was. His skin was white as snow, hair dark as ravens, and his eyes cold as ice; they looked as though they held secrets best buried under the tides of men in forgotten cities long ago. He was mesmerizing, to say the least, but something about him told you to be careful, for he is more than what meets the eye.

To say the man was beyond shocked was an understatement; oh no, he was livid. He and his raven were just coming from the nearby village he likes to visit; he goes to see a friend (but don’t let him hear you say that, or he’ll give you a lesson on your mortality and his superiority.) When walking back from the village to the path which led to what he thought were the meadows, he too was distracted talking to the raven when suddenly there was a loud cry, and he felt a heavy weight bring him to the ground.

Everything happened so fast. Was it an attack? Who is this wretched being that thinks themselves worthy of being in his presence, let alone on top of him? He pushes the thing off and stands up immediately, ready to give this thing its punishment for this utter offense, but first, he has to check on his raven.

You slowly get up, questioning why you didn’t stay in town and wait till sunrise to go home. You slowly pop your arm back into place with a big grunt that could be heard for miles. You look to the person near your horse, who thankfully didn’t run off once you fell.

You decided to be the first to say, “What in the hell! Where did you come from? You shouldn't just walk on the road; you could get hit!” The man looked at you as if you had just killed his firstborn.

“Look, I’m sorry, mate, it’s been a long few days.” You said, mounting your horse; the man just stood there staring into your soul; it was haunting, but as the night grew darker, you knew it was time to go home. “Look, I apologize again; it was my fault for not paying attention. Just be careful, and if you go on a stroll through these parts, bring a lantern so that people can see you.” You took a pouch of gold you had and handed it to him. “This should buy you anything your heart desires and whatever else you can dream of.”

The man just stared at you, then looked at your hand, then back at you. Alright, this is enough for today. Since he didn't make a move, you let the pouch drop and rode off, continuing your trip back home, trying to brush off the way the man stared at you, which would be engraved into your memory, the stuff of nightmares really, but who are you to talk.

It took a moment for the man to collect his thoughts; I mean, how could anyone be foolish enough to attack an Endless and pay him off for it, then ride off into the horizon? Oh no, little one, he’ll make sure you pay for this, no matter what the cost is for no one, not even the devil themself, touches, let alone falls on Dream of the Endless and gets away with it. But first, Jessamy needs attending to; then, he’ll search for this mysterious rider. And with that, he put Jessamy in his coat and pulled sand from his pouch, threw it above his head until that was all that surrounded him. Gone without a trace only thing left was the pouch of gold on the cold hard ground to remind the earth of what happened.

When you finally arrived home, it felt wonderful. You put the horse in the stables and walked up to the front door; the doors opened to welcome its old keeper. It was quiet, and all that could be heard was the crackling of the fireplace echoing through the house. You closed the doors behind you and walked up the stairs to your chambers, where you changed out of your clothes into ones appropriate for sleep and climbed into bed, placed your head onto your pillow, and forget the day's memory for tomorrow; there is much to do.

Morning came; you were still in the arms of sleep when the curtains were pulled back to welcome the sun’s warm embrace. You covered your face in order to hide from the sun, but the covers were pulled. “Up now, it’s late, and you have visitors .” “Come now, sister. I’m tired from my travels; I’m allowed to sleep in. Plus, what makes you think I want to see anyone at the moment, especially you.” You said while sitting up; your sister threw a pillow at your head before getting up and heading towards the doors. “I know but hurry and get changed; I believe the Queen requests your presence in court, and it’s impolite to keep her majesty waiting!”

You let out a huff and get up. “I suppose so. Tell the visitors I will be down shortly.” You yelled from the room; your sister yelled from down the hall, “I will, but hurry, I won’t stall for your slow ares!” You quickly ran to your door and popped your head through. “At least I have one!” You quickly rushed to close the door, and she came banging on the door before leaving. You changed into a dark green blouse, dark trousers, socks, black leather knee-high boots meant for riding, and matching undergarments.

You looked in the mirror for what seemed like the first time in ages, and there you were, the same. Never growing, just the same. How it tormented you, but there was some avail, you didn’t age, 23 for thee rest of eternity, yay. Even so, you are in dire need of a haircut, maybe later. You grabbed your sword from the table and put it in the holster on your right and hid a dagger on your left side under your shirt, after you put on a dark cloak and headed towards your door, closing it behind you walking down the hall and descending the stairs.

On your way down, you could hear the laughter echoing through the house. You entered the room to see your sister and two other men sitting on the couch. “Ah, sister, finally, I was beginning to think you would never hurry.” “Yes, well, I wanted to look my best.” You said gently tilting your head towards your sword. Your sister saw it and gave you a don’t do anything stupid look. You gave her a nod while she excused herself. “As much as I have enjoyed our conversation, I must get going, I hope to see you all again!” With that, the men got up and gave your sister her farewell, as did you, and she left.

You looked at the men, and the younger of the two spoke. “It’s good to see you, Ser Drakos. You look well.” “Oh please Ser Criston Cole, no need for formalities,” you said with a smile while giving him a hug. The older man cleared his throat, and You and Cole broke the hug. “Ahh, and who might you be?”

Before the older man could speak, Ser Criston Cole spoke up, “This is Lord Baylos” “Oh my days! Lord Baylos, I didn’t recognize you without your.. Um, what did you call her again?” “Mistress,” Eyebrows raised a bit with a small nod and smug smile, “Ah yes, Mistress wrapped around your waist! How are you doing?” The older man looked bothered, but if he was, he didn’t say anything.

“I can’t complain -“ “Yet here you are.” You said, looking into the man’s eyes before speaking once more. “Enough pleasantries,” you said, looking back at the both of them “What is the reason for this visit?”

Lord Baylos spoke, “Her majesty has requested your presence at court” “That I know, but why send a Lord and a Knight when she could have easily sent a messenger? There is more! Speak!” Both men looked at each other, and Ser Cole spoke, “Much has changed since you were last here, the roads are dangerous, and the people won’t tolerate those who don’t share their faith! along with-“

“Enough!” You raised your voice, moving closer to the younger man. “I will not be insulted in my own home! yes it is true I do not share your faith nor do I share that of our Catholic nobles. But I have shown my loyalty to my Queen and her country, and it has cost me the lives of many. The lives of many of my friends! Our Queen has accepted what I worship and granted me my title. You do well to remember that!

You backed away from the young man who only nodded. “Now if there isn’t anything else that needs to be said, then I guess we should get going. We wouldn’t want to keep her majesty waiting, do we?” The men looked at each other and Lord Baylos spoke “No, we don’t.” “Very well then. Henrik!”

Henrik came to the room and awaited your command. “Henrik, could you ready some horses for us, and leave a note for my siblings. Tell them that I’ve gone to see the Queen.” “Yes of course my Lord I’ll get right to it.” He said with a small bow before leaving. You shouted a thank you and led the men out of the house and to the stables.

There was an uncomfortable silence that followed you three as you made your way to the stables. Luckily Henrik was already waiting for you with three horses at the ready.

You took the reins from Henrik and mounted the horse. Oh how you missed this, she was a wonderful Arabian horse gifted to you by a Duke who wanted your hand in marriage but after he was found guilty of treason you were allowed to keep the horse. Not like you would ever marry a man who thinks they can buy your love with gifts but the horse was a tempting offer.

You hadn’t realized that you spaced out not until Henrik spoke up “My lord, they’ve asked you a question.” You looked down to Henrik then to the men and whispered a thank you before giving the horse a little nudge so it could start moving.

The men followed this action and Ser Criston Cole repeated his question. “Your horse is a fine beauty, I’ve never seen anything like it” “Why thank you!”

“What is the horse's name?” “Her name is Nightmare” “Nightmare,” Lord Baylos repeated. “Yes, Nightmare” “Is it because she is mysterious and something many wish they could live without?” You Let out a small chuckle. “No, Lord Baylos, but that is a good answer” “Thank you,” “I named her Nightmare because you can’t really trust a dream , and she is far too loyal it be anything less.” “But Nightmares can’t be trusted either” you looked back at the younger man and gave a slight nod. “Fair enough, Ser Cole.”

You and the men were chatting for what seemed to be a while. They told you stories from when they were kids and you told stories from your travels all seemed well until you three stumbled upon a town.

From what you could tell there was much commotion coming from every corner. People buzzed about what can be none other than gossip so you three made your entrance. As you made your way through the town there were many people who looked at you and turned to speak, hushes and whispers.

You were no stranger to gossip. Everyone knew the stories that surrounded you but that’s all they were stories, no one could prove whether they were true or false and no one would dare try, for it could risk the Queen's fury and no one wanted that. So all they could do is spread stories in hopes of one of them being true.

The three of you kept galloping till Lord Baylos asked a seller what the commotion was all about. “You there!” He called to the man “Yes my lord?” “Why is everyone in a sort of frenzy? What has happened?” “You don’t know my Lord?” “Know what?” “A man was found dead in an alley outside the White horse tavern” Ser Criston Cole spoke “What!? Do they know the cause of death?” The seller replied “No not really but some say it was the work of the devil, ya poor sod was just walking passed when a creature pulled him”

This sparked your interest “ A creature? Did anyone get a look of this devil?” “No can’t say they have malady, they do say whatever it was drained the man of its life the only way they could recognize him was by the crest on his chest other than that he would have been buried with the rest of the season’s victims.”

Lord Baylos thanked the man by giving him 5 gold coins and off you guys went. “You don’t think what they say is true do you?” “What do you mean by that?” “What I mean is that, you don’t think it was the work of the devil?” Before Lord Baylos could answer Ser Coles' question you spoke. “No, I don’t think so. It’s probably the work of fanatics trying to spread fear into the hearts of people”

“Ya your probably right” all you could do was hum in return. But inside you were mentally cursing yourself. How could you be that careless and leave a body exposed. I mean you didn’t even try to get rid of the evidence, no, you left it for everyone to see.

It wasn’t long before you three arrived at the castle. You dismount your horse, and stable boys took them to the stables. There were a few British ambassadors near the entrance while nobles walked through every hall. You made your way to her majesty's throne room, where you three were announced.

You bowed before the Queen who welcomed you back with gratitude and sorrow, she knew you were close to your friends at French and Scottish court but it would never stop you from serving her majesty.

“Now Ser Drakos, it’s wonderful to have you back” “Please your majesty, you're too kind.” “Yes well there is someone I’d like you to meet he is new to court but I believe you to will be friends.” “Well if her majesty thinks so then I’ll happily and humbly agree!” You said with a smile as she walked you to a familiar looking man.

The man was having a conversation with some nobleman when Queen Elizabeth walked over they stopped their conversation to bow and the Queen spoke. “Lord Gadling, this was the woman I was talking about” He turned to look at you and you met his gaze.

Shit this was the man who you chased after.

Shit he thought this was the woman who tried not really tried but went after me.

The both of you stood there in awkward silence. When it got too much to bare, the Queen spoke up, “Do you to know each other?“ “No” was what both of you said at the same time. More confusing looks came from her majesty “No, we don’t know one another, it's just I didn’t expect her to be so tall.” Lord Gadling said while looking at you. “Well yes but she is the best swordsman anyone could have!” “Thank you, your majesty; I am flattered!” Before her majesty could say anything else one of her ladies came to give her a message so she excused herself and left you and Lord Gadling on your own.

“So you're a Knight?” With a nod, you said, “Yes, I am, and you, a Lord was it?” “Yes,” he said with a smile. “I take it that your meeting with your friend went well” “Huh? Oh yes, it did. I got there just in time with a few minutes to spare” “Good, good, good.”

Oh, kill me now! Why does small talk have to be so so uncomfortable?

“Yes, it is; he isn’t much of a talker, but I don’t mind. It’s the company that’s nice even though he did leave me for some poet.” Oh, this is interesting. “Really? Who?” “I believe he now goes by William Shakespeare” Huh, no way, Shakespeare, that man is a fraud. Not one day in his life has he had an original idea; even Crowley will tell you that. All you could do was give a small chuckle to that. “I guess your friend has bad taste on who he keeps company” “Right, thank you! Finally, someone agrees!”

You both laughed about it, and as it, quite the man spoke. “I didn’t mean to cause any harm last time we met” this made you lose your smile as you spoke. “That isn’t something we can speak of here. Maybe we can go somewhere more private?” “Oh, of course,” Lord Gadling said, looking around. “How about the gardens?” “That would be a wonderful idea. I need fresh air anyways.” “Great, shall we?”

The man extended his arm, which you took, and off to the gardens you went. You got to know each other a bit more. He told you of his friend and how they met. From what you could tell, this man, Lord Gadling, was human. How fascinating; I mean, you are human too, but it has been so long that you sometimes forget how it was to be alive.

As you and this man spoke, laughed, and shared in each other's sorrow, there was a force working against you in the shadows. The man you toppled over was planning your demise, but there was a catch “who were you?”

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A/N: Sorry this took too long, but part three should be out soon. Don't worry we'll see how Morpheus is doing but in the meantime, we have Hob/Lord Gadling company us instead.

#lord morpheus #netflix the sandman #the sandman x reader #death of the endless #dream of the endless #the endless #morpheus x fem!reader #morpheus x reader #hob gadling #lord of dreams #tvdu #tom sturridge #lucifer netflix #lucifer morningstar #ineffable husbands #crowly x aziraphale #neil gaiman #good omens

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