#a good brick

[feltpool]

A Good Brick

For all that they chant ‘stone and sky’ at the funeral ceremony and refer to the block as ‘Maarva’s stone’ it’s clear that her ashes were actually turned into a brick.

And there’s a pun to be found in that.

Stone:

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; rock.

Stone is formed through a combination of heat, pressure, and time deep inside the earth’s surface.

Brick:

A moulded rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln until hard and used as a building and paving material.

A mixture of sand, cement, clay, fly ash, and other materials which are blended with water and then formed into blocks of the required size and shape before being baked until hard.

Brick (British slang):

A person who is good, trustworthy and reliable. A solid friend.

Used as in 'Thanks for helping me get all that work finished on time, you're a brick!'

It's older British slang, used in the 1930's-40's (it appeared in Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’ and ‘Malory Towers’ books, although it may have been edited out of more recent editions to modernise them) and probably not used much outside of expensive privately paid for schools nowadays, if at all.

And I don’t know what they mix the ashes with to make them into such a hard and resilient brick, but Brasso really lays into people with it but it shows no sign of damage when we last catch sight of it.

They know how to make a good brick in Ferrix.

In more ways than one.

[brickcollector]

He is so orange

[eric-the-disposable-demon]

Uh-

just found out my cousin (who lives in England) is in the art department of a bunch of shows??? And she worked oN DOCTOR WHO? AND HAD LUNCH WITH DAVID TENNANT???? and she just told me so casually because she's interested in the art, not the show? I mean, excuse me? She worked on SHERLOCK???? FOR A WHOLE SEASON?? She worked on Peaky Blinders and Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones??? And probably other things because she has a shitty memory and according to her everything is a blur?? AND AT ONE POINT SHE WAS LIKE: "oh and have you ever heard of Neil Gaiman?" And I was trying not to scream, because yes, of course I've heard of Neil, he's only my favorite author, I've only read like all of his books multiple times, and if you say you worked on Good Omens or the Sandman I'm going to lose it completely. So I said "yeah I've read a couple of his books," -you know, like a liar- "what about him?" and she goes "well I worked on one of his shows and he's brilliant i just can't remember which one" and i go "w-what do you mean he's brilliant? You're.. you're talking about his writing... his writing is brilliant, right?" And she cheerfully says "oh no I don't read books, I ment he was really nice and brilliant when I talked to him" and i go "WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT" and she thinks for a moment and goes "oh! BRICKS" WHAT IN THE WORLD YES NO THAT MAKES SENSE YOU GET TO WORK AND TALK WITH NEIL FUCKING GAIMAN AND YOU TALK ABOUT BRICKS? NO THAT'S TOTALLY NORMAL I'M NOT MAD ".... it was what I was designing at the time, I needed to know what vibe the bricks should have. Anyway want to see the spinning fireplace I made for doctor who" WHAT THE FUCK.

@neil-gaiman do you remember any brick conversations by any chance

[bluegiragi]

big d stands for big demeanour (inspired by this mini thread-fic by queeniebgalore on twitter - it is nsfw like immediately so be wary)

early access + nsfw on patreon

[kytsos]

hot women,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[k-wame]

PAUL NEWMAN as Brick Pollitt Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks

[moonyinpisces]

the concept of crowley and aziraphale being like vocally pro civil rights of marginalized communities is especially hilarious considering witch burnings were like. canonically happening while they were on earth. neither of them were rushing to lift a finger about THAT one

[thewiglesswonder]

"NO, I WANT TO KILL HIM!"

[bet-on-me-13]

The GIW did it!

So! Danny gets captured by the GIW, gets experimented on for a bit, and breaks out.

He manages to get home, but in his rush he accidently de-transforms before checking that the coast was clear and his Parents see his Ghost Form. Before he can turn invisible or fly to run away, his parents charge at him and Hig him tightly.

They start crying and hugging him, just happy that is is back.

Oh yeah, he had gone missing for a full week with no explanation...

Eventually his parents calm down and Danny is forced to explain everything, but in a Classic Fenton Misunderstanding, when Danny explains that he had been taken by the GIW, his parent instantly assume the GIW was the ones to turn him into a Ghost.

Before Danny can correct them, they are already rushing into their Lab to plan out their takedown of the GIW and all their affiliates.

Well, that works, he guesses...?

[mx-anthony-janthony-crowley]

sick and twisted that we started and ended season 2 with such similar shots, except there's now a massive gap between them that wasn't there before. AND THEY'RE NOT ON THEIR USUAL SIDES

[crowleys-bentley-and-plants]

Sometimes i forget that Aziraphale literally said 'we can be together' and 'I need you' like holy shit we're talking about the same Aziraphale who constantly denied having 'their own side', who said he didn't need Crowley in s1. yes, Crowley was the one doing the confessing but so was Aziraphale. they both confessed that they want to be together, that they need each other, but the whole universe is conspiring against them. they both said 'i want to be with you' and yet...

[superkirbylover]

"explain your ship in--" say no more. have it in pictures. i call it peppicule

note: anton optional. with him i call it peppicule blast

[dunkinbublin]

I offer him as a sacrifical offering for thy art requests.

But with added werehog flavor, if desired.

*furious eggman typing noises* google is it possible for your furry kid to go through a double furry phase

[thelucidduchess]

The Underworld Saga experience

[ingoodjesst]

have you put the pieces together yet, detective

[unexpectedbrickattack]

your headcanon abt peppino performing while he cooks reminded me of that scene in kiki’s delivery service where the chef guy does a cool spin with baking pans solely to impress kiki’s cat

peppino’s in the kitchen with brick and he’s like check THIS out. does a sick pizza flip or smth. brick’s like :O!!!

hes so talented !