#and sauntering

[msshadowqueen]

What's my Roman Empire? I'm so glad you asked. This is my Roman Empire: Lucien propped his chin on a fist and gave me a lazy half smile.

A moment later, Lucien’s barking laugh echoed into the halls.

Lucien paused, and I found him smirking at me, making the scar even more brutal.

His lazy, vicious grin was still there.

Lucien smirked.

I finally found Lucien astride a black gelding, grinning down at me with too-white teeth.

I tried to recall the words I’d come up with earlier, the words to win him, but he laughed-

Lucien said with a smirk.

Lucien huffed a laugh.

But Lucien grinned at me.

Lucien grinned, that scar stark and brutal.

Lucien leaned back in his chair, smiling with feline delight.

A cork popped, followed by the sounds of Lucien chugging the bottle’s contents and chuckling with a muttered “Brushed.”

Lucien smirked at my paint-splattered clothes;

Lucien laughed. Lucien chuckled. Lucien howled, almost tipping back in his chair.

Lucien chuckled, sensing it, and I glared sidelong at him. “You’ve been noticeably absent again.” He used the dagger to clean his nails. “I’ve been busy. So have you, I take it.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” I demanded. “If I offer you the moon on a string, will you give me a kiss, too?” “Don’t be an ass,” Tamlin said to him with a soft snarl, but Lucien continued laughing, and was still laughing when he left the room.

It wasn’t until late afternoon that I heard Tamlin’s deep voice and Lucien’s braying laugh echo through the halls all the way to my painting room. Lucien winked at me.

“So there’s singing and dancing and excessive drinking,” Lucien chimed in, falling into step beside me. “And dallying,” he added with a wicked grin. Lucien had laughed himself sick He gave me a sly grin. “Fixed—as pert and pretty as before.” He smirked at me. “Her name, Emissary?” Amarantha asked of Lucien. But Lucien only glanced at Tamlin before closing his eyes and squaring his shoulders. Lucien clicked his tongue, but his remaining russet eye shone. “I’m glad to see you didn’t sell your lively human spirit or stubbornness to Rhys.”

Tears shone in Lucien’s remaining eye as he raised his hands and removed the fox mask. a corner of Lucien’s mouth tugged upward. I gave Lucien a subtle, pleading look, and he barely hid his smirk as he sauntered over to me.

I let my glow spread, until it, too, rippled from Lucien’s bowed form. A knight before his queen. Until Lucien’s sword refracted the light of the sun leaking through the canopy. And then met flesh and bone. Lucien, to his credit, didn’t back away a step. From Rhys, or me, or the Illyrians.

My friends glanced to each other. Mor said, “It will be—very dangerous.” A half smile curved Lucien’s mouth. “Good. It’d be boring otherwise.”

Need I go on?

[golswia]

THE baby

[veil-of-lament]

oh well.

[sashayed]

i hate summer but i do relish the opportunity to dress like your uncle. ugly button down. breezy little linen pant to show off my hairy ankles. decades-old huaraches that are still in OK shape because shoemaking (DSW in 2009) used to be a real craft. it's the only thing that makes this accursed season bearable for me

[lonicera-caprifolium]

When the lift door dinged, ending a ride that felt even longer than the one up to Heaven, Crowley snapped his fingers. Aziraphale looked down and noticed with a start that he was now wearing the blue and beige Hawaiian under his linen jacket with a pair of Bermuda cut-aways. Aziraphale gasped and gave Crowley an exasperated look, Panama hat perched jauntily atop his curls. The demon looked smug and a bit smitten.

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✨ Gravity: A Good Omens Vacation Story ✨

[glenpowelljr]

[ineffable-suffering]

The meaning of "I forgive you"

Alright, hello again, I involuntarily dipped for a bit because real life outside of this lovely Tumblr Good Omens bubble got a little bit stressful, but! I'm back for a quick little post to say that I'm currently reading the script book for Season 1 and seeing this line again, spelled out on paper, just shone some more light on the whole „I forgive you“-scene of Season 2 for me again.

Because really, this first time Az says it to Crowley in front of the bookshop tells us exactly what the second time during the Final Fifteen means.

Aziraphale is not forgiving Crowley for kissing him. Or for using this moment to confess and make things explicit between them.

No, Aziraphale is forgiving Crowley for not trusting and believing (in) him.

Let's shove the Final Fifteen to the side for a second and look at this scene from Season 1 under the cut.

The situation at hand: The World is ending, with utmost certainty. In addition, Crowley is absolutely f*cked and Hell is out to get him. He tries to apologise for their Bandstand fallout and explain the other two things to Az (poorly, but he tries). Because to Crowley, Armageddon is a done deal already. Wherever the actual Antichrist is, he's gonna come into his power and the World will be wiped out for Heaven and Hell to wage their war on. Also, Hastur is coming to kick his demon ass. Time to dip!

And yet, Aziraphale doesn't want to come with him. He is adamant that he will be able to reach the Almighty, talk to Her and turn this around. Because if Aziraphale, Guardian of the Eastern Gate, thinks there's even the slightest, tiniest morsel of a chance that he can turn things around the right way, he will do it. Even if it sounds ridiculous. Even if it's a lost cause to everyone else. Even if all the other angels gang up on him and (literally) beat him up.

Even if Crowley calls him stupid.

Aziraphale decides not to be offended by this.

Because this is what he does. This is what a Guardian does. He stays and protects to ward off the intrusion, until the very last second.

Now listen, I'm the last person to blame Crowley for intrinsically wanting to choose Flight over Fight in this very situation, because Lord knows (literally) what happened to him back when he chose Fight and lost.

But at the same time we have to keep in mind that despite his last name, Aziraphale never Fell. He never made the horrible experience of being chucked away by the one who made you to love Her because you chose to question her ways. And yes, in so many ways this choice of his, to still believe that he can change something by questioning and suggesting (both here and in S2), is utterly maddening and hurtful to Crowley. Because it's a mirror of what Crowley himself did and a reminder of just how big the price he had to pay was. Aziraphale seemingly not realizing or understanding this stings. It does.

And yet.

Yet Aziraphale's choice to not take no for an answer, to not let a punch to the gut derail him from his plan, to not let even the most definitive thing such as Armageddon keep him from fighting back, is the one thing that ends up saving the World.

Because even when it all seems impossible and completely hopeless and bloody Satan himself is erupting from the pits of Hell, ...

... Aziraphale picks up his sword and fights back.

And he wins.

Not without help, of course. But might I remind you of what got Crowley to cooperate and not simply surrender like he'd almost done that second?

You might not see it at first, but tucked in between all the posh hedonism, hidden away underneath that tightly buttoned waistcoat of his, Aziraphale is a fighter. And a good one at that. I mean, for Someone's sake, he got discorporated, beamed himself down back to Earth, found Crowley somehow, possessed a psychic prostitute (love you, Madame Tracy), rode a scooter all the way to Taddfield and fought off Lucifer with sheer willpower (and a bit of emotional coercion).

Aziraphale can fight. Smart and hard. And not only that: He can win, too. And he knows it. Because he believes, truly, firmly and wholly, that he can make things right. It's the only thing he will settle for. This, ladies and gents, this is how he ends up saving the World, together with Crowley, Adam and the rest.

Because he didn't accept no as an answer. He didn't look at the impossible and accept it as such. Even when Crowley thought him to be an idiot for trying and even after his initial attempt at talking to God had failed, Aziraphale still found a way to stop The Big Bad Thing from happening.

Which is exactly what his plan is when he ends up being forced to come back to Heaven by the Metatron. (If you still believe this was a voluntary choice, read here). And which is exactly why he is so hurt and still ends up forgiving Crowley for the fact that Crowley doesn't end up coming with him. Doesn't end up understanding, trusting and believing (in) him, just like all the way back at the end of the World in Season 1.

Aziraphale decides not to be offended by this.

[zivilzz]

“If I should fall, on that day

I only pray, Don’t fall away from me.”

I swear if we are gonna get a scene of Crowley’s fall in the next season, I will not be okay… I will not recover from that! 😫

I did add this piece to my InPrnt, if you wanna grab a physical copy! ♥️

[wildstar25]

WolShtola Week 2025 - Day Five - Intimacy

Everybody has an off day once and a while, even these two. What's important is that make sure to take care of each other when they do 😌

[arinishi]

The ultimate girlboss/boyfailure duo

[bitchapalooza]

Mihawk knows how to injure a person deeply without it being guaranteed fatal. Zoro trained under him for 2 years. Zoro made a promise to Sanji.

Aka, if this promise does get fulfilled, it'll be a farce in the end. Zoro will probably injure Sanji enough to scar, not kill. Because Zoro would never seriously harm his crew like that. If Sanji loses his way, Zoro can't just talk him out of the situation because it literally wouldn't work, he would have to be forced to comply with the promise he made. He would risk losing the crew's trust—Luffy's trust—by doing this. But he would challenge Sanji's trust if he didn't. Sure Sanji wouldn't be himself to feel betrayed if Zoro doesn't do it, but Zoro knows that if he were himself, Sanji would feel that way. Zoro is a loyal guy, he doesn't break his promises. But he could find a loophole. He does get lost often, maybe he got lost on the way to keeping his word?

[many-gay-magpies]

a revelation i just had and need to share with you all: crystal Marches/Stomps, edwin Struts, and charles Meanders

[feelingpure]

“You left me in the club.”

FELLOW TRAVELERS 1.07 ‘White Nights’

[canisalbus]

I've been following you for years, and I love your art. Seeing you repost your older art pieces reminded me how much I loved the angry, bitter, miserable Machete art and how it resonated with me... but a part of me is also so happy to see the current art of him being happy. Cute art of him as a unicorn, or chilling in a bathtub with Vasco. Like, we're all growing and healing :')

[crowlixcx]

[a-timely-problem]

Overheard at the BAU

Emily: "Everyone's so homophobic today"

Derek: "Hotch asked you and JJ to stop making out on crimescenes, that is not homophobic!"

Emily: "That's exactly what a homophobe would say"