#and if this makes no sense

[thatlonelycactus]

I know I’m always talking about the ineffable divorce and that’s mainly because I’m not okay™️ hutbalso because, as everyine can tell theres so fucking much to talk about.

I don’t know if anyones pointed this out but has anyone noticed the change (almost switch) that occurs in Crowley and Aziraphale’s demeanor’s? Please don’t take this to mean I’m trying to support switch theory or any other theories similar to switch theory (I have discussed at a little too much length why I despise these theories) but I just find it so interesting.

Aziraphale goes into the final 15 quite cheerily- he’s happy, for obvious reasons, and remains so into Crowley’s confession. He is, for the sake of my argument, angelic. Whilst he is saddened by Crowley’s refusal to come- he still remains composed etc. Conversely, Crowley enters into the discussion almost snake like, hissing, leaning forward. He’s aggressive, reverting to his “evil” (not evil per se but what a demon is expected to act like ig) demeanor. He’s forceful, it’s one of those times where we actually see him behave like he is expected to behave as a fallen angel.

Then something changes.

Crowley repeats the line “Tell me you said no”. The first time he utters the phrase, he remains snakelike, angry. Then, he straightens, he seems lighter and more composed. He seems like an angel, fallen, maybe, but still an angel. He’s not begging Aziraphale to stay as an ex-demon, as a forbidden fruit love, as someone who is refusing being saved, or whatever one initially sees him as in this interaction. No. He’s asking him to stay as someone who has been where Aziraphale’s going. Who doesn’t want the being he loves to be subject to the same fate as him. He’s no longer concerned for their relationship alone but for Aziraphale’s sake. Aziraphale, however, becomes more frustrated as the interaction continues, especially around the good old “Oh Crowley, nothing lasts forever”. He’s getting frustrated because he believes that Crowley isn’t getting it. That heaven is their only way forward. Maybe he’s starting to question whether their relationship was ever what he thought it was. Whether Crowley was ever as good as he thought he was. He’s asking and asking and asking and no answers are coming. It all breaks apart when Crowley asks a question. A question so obvious. So trivial. That he just cracks. Crowley’s running on a completely different track to him- parallel but not the same. I think this is similar to how they’ve been traveling throughout the entirety of s2 but I think this is the first time in years some small part of him has doubted Crowley’s sense of right and wrong- doubted his need to do good. So he becomes angry- possibly the angriest we’ve ever seen him. He almost becomes less angelic- more human (I don’t really want to say ‘demonic’ but yeah). Within the span of a few minutes their roles in the conversation almost switch. I don’t really know where I’m going with this but the fact that they can switch between angelic and non-angelic dispositions like that shows how their views on the split change. It shows when they give up most of their hope. It shows how they react when they’re loosing hope. However, it also shows that no matter who is what Angel or demon or ex-demon or ex-Angel or WHATEVER they both still have a bit of good and bad in both of them; they both still have a bit of eachtother in them (that’s what they said). It shows that Crowley doesnt refuse to go to Heaven because he’s bad or evil- he refuses to go to Heaven because it goes against his sense of right- that’s why he maintains a calm, arguably angelic composure whilst Aziraphale may be being slightly selfish wanting Crowley or wanting Heaven or wanting both but he also is doing what’s right for him. Neither of them are doing the wrong thing nor are they doing the right thing.

Because it’s about shades of gray.

(Also note how Crowley remains in an elevated position compared to Azi throughout a large amount of the convo, the only time they’re really in the same level. I just love the role reversals in this scene but I suck at making sense of them lol sorry.)

[texaschainsawmascara]

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[macdenlover]

it came to my realization that 99% of my fandom related headaches would be cured if everyone understood this

[sparklebyte]

“here’s what we know about the uhc shooter”

WRONG! He is a suspect and we should treat him as such. He should be treated as innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent. He’s a person of interest not the killer. I don’t care what the media or authorities are saying, he’s a human being who deserves a fair trial and deserves to be treated as innocent until proven otherwise.

[courtjestersanonymous]

If a felon is president, every felon needs to be able to vote immediately from this moment forward

[inkskinned]

please i love you i'm begging you bring back suspension of disbelief bring back trusting the audience like. i cannot handle any more dialogue that sounds like a legal document. "hello, i am here to talk to you about the incident from a few minutes ago, because i feel you might be unwell, and i am invested in your personal wellbeing." "thank you, i am unwell because the incident was hurtful to me due to my childhood, which was bad." I CANT!!!!

do you know how many people are mad that authors use "growled" as a word for "said"? it's just poetics! they do not literally mean "growled," it's just a common replacement for "said with force but in a low tone." it's normal! do you hear me!! help me i love you please let me out of here!!!

[st5lker]

literally could have been so cunty if they didn’t change the proportions…

[baobei-bu]

Clan head!Gojo

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[artsymeeshee]

Felt a need to draw hugs (thinking about sea grunks has made me extra emotional :’))

[petshopbutch]

submissive in the way a livestock guardian dog is submissive to the sheep it kills wolves for

[froody]

I hate it when actors talk about an animal they had to work with on set and it’s obvious they were not patient with the animal at all. You especially see this with non cat people who had to work with cats and are like “Working with that cat was the bane of my existence, never on cue, scratched me once, always seemed afraid of me.” Like yeah, she’s a cat. She could probably sense you hated her. It’s hard enough to be an animal in the entertainment industry without some guy being a dick to you. Are you that uncharitable with human costars (and particularly child actors) or do you just hate animals?

Conversely, it’s so heartwarming when an actor speaks positively about an animal they worked with and/or there are behind the scenes stories of the crew genuinely trying to make the animal comfortable and giving them grace.

One of my favorite examples of this is Mad Max 2 (1981) which was made on a budget of $4.5 million AUD (about $13.5 USD in today’s money). They ended up casting a dog from the pound that was scheduled to be put down and by all accounts the dog was a nightmare to work with. But most of the cast and crew loved him. The dog’s name was Dog so his character’s name was also Dog. He was difficult to train but super food motivated so they kept writing dog food into scenes for him. He kept freaking out on set and they couldn’t figure out what was wrong. Eventually they realized part of the reason he kept acting out was because he was terrified of the sound of cars and motorcycles so they had special doggy earplugs made. His character was supposed to be aggressive but real Dog was very affectionate and could not be made to behave aggressively so they had to use selective editing to make him seem more menacing. When filming was done multiple crew members wanted to adopt him because he was such a good bad boy. He was adopted by one of the stuntwomen and got to live out the rest of his life doing actual blue heeler things. That was his only film role.

[bakedbananners]

it cracks me up that tatsu wanted dandadan to strictly have just a girl main character but he eventually caved and was like. fine I’ll put a boy. but I’m taking his balls away.

[tinymoves]

the extent that i would be at emo night at sneaky dees every single weekend is crazy. you would think i was canadian.

[kookykinz]

the youtube "stop drawing like this" community doesn't want you to know this but you can shade however you want forever btw. it doesn't have to make sense in fact you should actively be pissing people off with how inaccurate your light source is