#caricari

[ineffableclassics]

Eight months after the world has not ended, an argument drives angel and demon apart. Crowley flees south, to sulk. Aziraphale follows, a week later, hoping to clear the air.

Set along a coast they have known for six thousand years, the pair have to confront some things they have spent a lifetime repressing and figure out if this new world has space for ‘them’ in it.

Words: 49,223

Status: complete

Rating: Explicit

Written by @heycaricari art by @eyjayy

[hollow-head]

What are your favourite fanfics, please?

I tried to limit myself. I grabbed these from my bookmarks so I’m sure there’s some I left out. General gallimaufry of lengths, ratings, and balance of angst and humor.

The Sandford Flower Show by Mussimm this one really deserves a read after season 2. they solve a mystery about another demon and angel’s relationship. declarations of love end poorly. the writing is soo good

Pray for Us, Icarus by Atalan i’ll never get over this one. surely everyone’s read this!

Lead me to the banquet hall by obstinatrix & wishwellingtons crowley’s thing about food In Pleasure's Clothes by obstinatrix & wishwellingtons aziraphale is jealous absolutely amazing narrative voice in these, hilarious fics.

dearly departed by attheborder crowley gets discorped. yasti the hentai demon may still be the best oc it's a new craze by attheborder they start a podcast

Apples Are Not the Only Fruit by indieninja92 crowley gives aziraphale a gift among many others from this author

such surpassing brightness by bibliocratic the whole history of western art

Your Mirror by equestrianstatue their relationship/arrangement over time

A Visit to the Pet Shop by TheOldAquarian (short) as the title says In Mixed Company, or the Corporate Retreat of Heaven and Hellby TheOldAquarian (long) they go to florida for business. i’m from florida. i like imagining them drinking fruity cocktails.

The Gift by rfsmiley (short) a proposal All Seasons by rfsmiley (long) Crowley’s experience during the creation of the Church of England

To Space and the Stars by maniacalmole how to get to alpha centauri Lol B) by maniacalmole they text each other

Happy by Caricari crowley’s bucket list.

Glory by entanglednow (short) trueform anonymous hookups Flowers from Hell by entanglednow (long) crowley sorta clones himself into a really interesting non human oc ——too many entanglednow fics i love

Birds of a Feather by idiopathicsmile angel mating rituals

Luminosity by bethagain there was only one bed, G rated

another grain of indigent salt for the sea by prolix they go to arizona. i’ve been to arizona. i like imagining them in arizona.

The Longest Night by charlottemadison bodyswap walking lessons

With a thousand sweet hisses, I'll cover you by yolkinthejump cozy

worked up by paintedvanilla movie script fever dream

[billsfangearring]

11 Good Omens Fic Favorites

a.k.a. I was going to choose my personal top ten but was too indecisive

One of my fandom resolutions for 2023 is to get back into reccing, so here’s a very casual GO rec list to kick things off! Fics are ordered longest to shortest.

As with any rec list, please read the warnings and tags on ao3 and make whatever decisions are best for you. I hope you enjoy!

the bucket list by darcylindbergh (@forineffablereasons)

There was a certain look that Aziraphale wore occasionally—a pinched sort of moue that looked like he’d just taken a very large mouthful of cinnamon—which meant he thought Crowley was being ridiculous. He had put it on. “Hang on,” he had said. “You want us to do human things?” * If you're going to go native, you might as well go all the way.

absolutely stunning, I wanted to take breaks while reading to really let it all sink in, I felt ALL THE EMOTIONS (44k, incomplete, E)

Your Mirror by equestrianstatue (@justlikeeddie)

I'll be your mirror; reflect what you are, in case you don't know. Crowley drummed his fingers briefly against his mug, and then sat back a little in his chair. He gave Aziraphale a long, appraising glance, and then seemed to come to some decision. “Listen, angel,” he said, “let me pitch you something.” Lulled by the familiar patter of Crowley’s voice as he was, Aziraphale still recognised this to be vaguely dangerous territory. He swallowed. “Go on,” he said.

one of the best-executed non-linear narrative fics I've ever read—just masterful, really peels back the layers in their relationship (28k, E)

This Soul Outstreaming by Rend_Herring

“Why did you come here?” Aziraphale interrupts. “Why do you keep doing this?” All the saving, he means, all the chasing after Aziraphale he does. It can’t only be that he’s not keen to endure a replacement. That can’t be it, not anymore. He’s going to get himself in trouble, and then it’ll be Aziraphale’s fault. Crowley’s mouth shuts with a click. He shifts uncomfortably in his seat, reaches for the handle of the fork and taps his fingertips against it before setting his hands in his lap. When he speaks, it’s very soft. “Don’t you know?” he asks. Aziraphale, unnaccustomed to his heart refusing to translate why it throbs with such haste, shakes his head.

sad, tender, funny, and romantic with beautiful prose, really just everything you want, so many quotable lines (22k, E)

Lay me down in Eden by caricari (@heycaricari)

Two supernatural entities go for a walk and Crowley gets more than he bargained for.

SO ROMANTIC OH MY GOD in the dialogue, interior monologue, and actions, excellent characterization, so pure (then explicit lol) (17k, E)

You've Got Kudos by curtaincall (@fremulon)

Aziraphale and Crowley both write fanfiction. As it happens, they both write Good Omens fanfiction. Of course, neither of them would ever admit this to the other. (A love story told primarily in AO3 comments)

this is the most meta thing ever lmao, really impressive skins for the ao3 look—pay attention to all the little details like usernames, etc. (4k, M)

build me a city, call it jerusalem by gyzym (@gyzym)

Man begets man begets The Tales of Men, and there's nothing godly in that; Those Above and Them Below haven't any need for the stories humans have been hungry for since the snake and the Angel with the flaming sword.

pre-show fic written in 2012, leans heavily into religious themes and Biblical references, melancholic, spare but beautiful writing style (3k, T)

The Gift by entanglednow (@entanglednow)

In which there is a little wooden elephant, and a long overdue confession.

simple yet checks all the boxes, very very soft and sweet, the DEVOTION, more biblical settings, truly just lovely (3k, T)

Anthony J. Crowley, Retired Demon and Airbnb Superhost by TheOldAquarian (@darkpurpledawn)

What are you supposed to do when you've been fired from your sweet job in Hell for thwarting the schemes of Satan, you've got a swanky flat in Mayfair, and you're looking for an excuse to spend all your time in someone else's bookshop? Obviously, you turn to the dubious world of short-term vacation rentals. The resulting Airbnb property has been variously described as "an instagram trap," "a vampire den but make it botanical," and "the weirdest bed and breakfast in the shared history of beds and breakfasting."

a highly entertaining series of Airbnb reviews of Crowley’s flat—every single one kills me, as do our ineffable duo’s cameos (3k, G)

Kissing, Accidentally. by skybound2 (@skybound2)

Crowley doesn’t mean to kiss him, really. It just sort of…happens. An…automatic response, if you will. An unintended automatic response. Unexpected, even. It’s not planned, that’s what he’s trying to say. ~~~ Or the one where Crowley gives in and kisses Aziraphale while he has him pinned against a wall.

winner of best use of footnotes, hilarious, Crowley is WHIPPED and an absolute disaster of a demon, just delightful (2k, G)

Too Generous by rfsmiley (@redfacesmiley)

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” Or: what happened after the [ we all got hit by a ] bus scene (aka "you could stay at my place, if you like")….

the TENSION, the PINING, ahh my heart was in my throat, excellent dialogue, and multiple P&P references (1.5k, T)

Interwoven Footsteps by skybound2 (@skybound2)

It takes them a while to get there. Six thousand years, give or take. But they get there.

criminally underappreciated (probably because it's super short), gorgeous, lush, sweet, their whole story in under 1k words (700, T)

[feraltuxedo]

My favourite short Good Omens fics of 2022

I love a good fic rec round-up post, and I've read quite a few excellent stories this year. So here are just some of my favourite Good Omens fics under 10k words that have been completed in 2022:

Bi M' Aingeal (Be My Angel) by IneffableToreshi T, 4905 words. Human AU. A very sweet meet-cute with folk musician Crowley and audience member Aziraphale, at which they bond over their shared knowledge of Scottish Gaelic.

Still, a great deal of light falls on everything by caricari M, 8660 words. Melancholic canon-compliant fic (I know!) set in 1970's New York. An angel and a demon meet, have a conversation full of longing and loss. Beautiful and sad.

Small Cock Appreciation Society by cheerios_and_wine E, 6471 words. Human AU. A very gentle character study masquerading as smut. Aziraphale's small equipment turns out to be just what Crowley is after. Both hot and tender.

Tidewrack by TawnyOwl95 E, 6706 words. Human AU. The hilarious, kinky adventures of Crowley the pirate and a freshly captured Aziraphale. Yes, it goes exactly how you expect... or does it? Hot, funny, and very clever.

Scenes from an Italian Restaurant by journeytogallifrey T, 7004 words. Human AU set in 1980's New York, the story of two people reconnecting in the same place, told in a series of beautiful vignettes. Melancholic with a happy ending.

Au hasard Aziraphale by GiggleSnortBangDead T, 6001 words. Fun Human AU in which Aziraphale gets kidnapped... but finds himself not unhappy with his new situation. Roadtrip fic with a bit of a difference.

Entre Nous by snae_b E, 4219 words. Human AU inspired by TV cooking competitions. Crowley and Aziraphale meet in front of the camera, but catch up in a whole different way after recording. Delicious in every sense of the word.

[secangkirceritakita]

Bisabisanya disaat tesis masih mangkrak malah caricari beasiswa s2 di luar negeri 😍🙂

[cartoonowl]

In which our boys* nearly fall apart until they start actually talking to each other properly. Might soothe an ache as it soothed mine.

Saltwater (50005 words) by eyjayy, caricari Chapters: 10/10 Fandom: Good Omens (TV), Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale & Crowley (Good Omens) Characters: Crowley (Good Omens), Aziraphale (Good Omens) Additional Tags: Misunderstandings, Eventual Fluff, Eventual Smut, Genderfluid Crowley (Good Omens), Alcohol, Gratuitous holiday escapism, He/Him Pronouns For Crowley (Good Omens), He/Him Pronouns For Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley Has a Penis (Good Omens), Aziraphale Has a Penis (Good Omens), Anal Sex, First Time, Getting Together, Angst with a Happy Ending, Rated for Chapter 9, Just two supernatural entities having a row, and then making up, hard conversations, Oral Sex, Illustration in Chapter 6 Summary:

Eight months after the world has not ended, an argument drives angel and demon apart. Crowley flees south, to sulk. Aziraphale follows, a week later, hoping to clear the air.

Set along a coast they have known for six thousand years, the pair have to confront some things they have spent a lifetime repressing and figure out if this new world has space for ‘them’ in it.

NOW COMPLETE!!

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[ckarem]

Carancho en sector sur de Punta Arenas. Llamado también traro, moñudo, caracara, caricari, guardo entre otros.

[ineffableclassics]

Crowley makes a joke, while out at dinner, and the angel reacts very poorly.

Words: 16,393

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

By @heycaricari

[treslentes]

El #carancho también llamafo #caricari #caraca_moñudo #carcaña es una de las #avesargentinas que transita la #cuarentena como nosotros, el dice: #yomequedoencasa , se corta el pelo solo y usa barbijo en la punta del pico! Un capo! Si bien el dicho "cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos" es conocido, pocos saben que el Carancho suele ser un cazador oportunista que ataca animales indefensos o jóvenes, utilizando como método inicial agredir en los ojos, labios y zonas anales de sus presas. Si llegaste hasta acá comentá: #falconidae (que es la familia de estos bicharracos) #avesargentinas #avesdeinstagram #avesenlibertad #pajareando #pajaros #fotografiafauna #fotografia #vidasalvaje #vidasilvestre #birdsofamerica #birding #birds #nofilter #nopeople #birdsofinstagrams #treslentesfotografia #treslentes (en Córdoba Province, Argentina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbEw7fBUPs/?igshid=uognd6oas6fc

[aziraphales-library]

Hi everyone! I wanted to recommend 'Top' by caricari on ao3. It's a first time/confessional fic, that's so lovely and heartwarming (and there is smut...) and features one very brave, very vulnerable demon! (And shout out to everyone who assists on this blog; you're doing wonderful work, cheers!)

Top by caricari

Crowley makes a joke, while out at dinner, and the angel reacts very poorly.

~Mod P

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Cari Cari @ Feel Festival, 2019.

[charlottemadison42]

Good Omens Fluff Recs

I’ve been putting this off for months, and I should tag everyone and rate everything, but frankly I’ll never do this if I don’t just DO IT so lightning round here ya go! All of these are great! Read or reread them! Author usernames are from ao3. SO MUCH MORE in my bookmarks here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/charlottemadison/bookmarks

If you need a resounding defeat of Pestilence and some BAMF Aziraphale / holycatsandrabbits https://archiveofourown.org/works/20379514

Aziraphale-as-Crowley claims at Crowley's trial that the reason they're immune is they're sleeping together, though they're not (yet) / noodlefrog https://archiveofourown.org/works/20144995

Just some of the Best Banter at a party / caricari https://archiveofourown.org/works/20829725

A holiday in Scotland / justkeeptrekkin https://archiveofourown.org/works/19181242

a very fluffy post-apocalypse get-together / kitcat_italica https://archiveofourown.org/works/20821118

"What do we do after Armageddon?" "I rather thought I might seduce you." / electrarhodes https://archiveofourown.org/works/21315871

Crowley ducks into a church without thinking / shinyopals https://archiveofourown.org/works/22020571

fake relationship office AU / artenon https://archiveofourown.org/works/21823753

they bake bread / summerofspock https://archiveofourown.org/works/21538114

Crowley saves all of Azirapahle's ansaphone messages / rebeccasteventaylor https://archiveofourown.org/works/21617401

Pip pip! / DaniGetYourGun (SharkbaitHooHaHa) https://archiveofourown.org/works/22378777

Crowley's love language is [giving] gifts / triedunture https://archiveofourown.org/works/20354068

Aziraphale feels Crowley's love, always / cyankelpie https://archiveofourown.org/works/22110529/

another one where they raise the Antichrist together / mygalfriday (brinneyfriday) https://archiveofourown.org/works/22469857

just read this one, it's so short, do it / attheborder https://archiveofourown.org/works/22444783

grown-up Adam talks with Crowley in the kitchen at a party, I cannot recommend this one enough, it has my heart / caricari https://archiveofourown.org/works/20926025

a pirate abduction / nevernooitniet https://archiveofourown.org/works/22162207

food blogger aziraphale, neighbor crowley, fake marriage, bam / curtaincall https://archiveofourown.org/works/21816394

aziraphale can't stop touching crowley's hair / amerande https://archiveofourown.org/works/22424311

Stardust AU / ladyshipwreck https://archiveofourown.org/works/22447141

God's plans keep getting ruined / atalan https://archiveofourown.org/works/21124283

Az teaches Cro to seduce properly / sleepymccoy  https://archiveofourown.org/works/23117041

they get drunk married in Vegas / seventhstar https://archiveofourown.org/works/20104660

Crowley thinks it hurts when he touches the angel / forthegreatergood https://archiveofourown.org/works/19898671

My Personal Comfort Amnesia Fic, feat. Eden Crawly in present-day Soho / fyre https://archiveofourown.org/works/22118713

they get a kitten, also some nice smut / emmagrant101 https://archiveofourown.org/works/20170075

500 ways to discorporate a demon / lise https://archiveofourown.org/works/21153596

800 words of glory, "Make Something" / liquid_lyrium https://archiveofourown.org/works/23135404

theatre company AU that gets me right in the feels / waywarder https://archiveofourown.org/works/23403856

Az is human Crowley's guardian angel, Crowley’s good with animals & bad at everything else, bonus Dagon rights / holycatsandrabbits https://archiveofourown.org/works/24074503

Scarlet Pimpernel / rfsmiley https://archiveofourown.org/works/23735920/

Wing grooming during the Cold War / forthegreatergood https://archiveofourown.org/works/21784261

When Aziraphale’s horny, it...affects a certain demon / magnolia822 https://archiveofourown.org/works/21722968

Aziraphale tries wooing demon-style / bookwormgal https://archiveofourown.org/works/22545061

The Sweetest 11k bakery AU / NohaIjiachi https://archiveofourown.org/works/24219814

a much longer, rated E bakery AU / etheostoma https://archiveofourown.org/works/19258765

You've Got Kudos (they both write fanfic) / curtaincall https://archiveofourown.org/works/20767514

a favorite fantasy adventure quest with epic witty banter / zehwulf https://archiveofourown.org/works/24484123

a wonderful Beauty & the Beast AU / atalan   https://archiveofourown.org/works/24475672

omg they were roommates / naromoreau https://archiveofourown.org/works/25817677

The Waffle House fight AU, yes i meant that, read it / chubbyhornedequine  https://archiveofourown.org/works/25342495

St. George & the Demon / cheeseanonioncrisps https://archiveofourown.org/works/19849135

the Prince and the Gardener / soft_october  https://archiveofourown.org/works/20821976

cute drunk snek / entanglednow https://archiveofourown.org/works/26457964

Aziraphale gets domestic / idiopathicsmile https://archiveofourown.org/works/19705429

an enchanter and an enchanted object / curriebelle https://archiveofourown.org/works/22357027

on the ethics of asking your professor on a date / melayneseahawk https://archiveofourown.org/works/25812784

Frog and Lizard are Friends / nightbloomingcereus https://archiveofourown.org/works/26124658

When Harry Met Sally but GOmens / curtaincall https://archiveofourown.org/works/23530069

French Kiss AU / Fyre https://archiveofourown.org/works/25205377/

Old West AU, pining homesteader melancholy, it’s so beautiful / tenandi  https://archiveofourown.org/works/22824448

there is a Misunderstanding but at least they’re always on the same side / theinkwell33 https://archiveofourown.org/works/19716790

Telephone friends across the ages, or, Crowley has no idea what the human lifespan is, really / zehwulf https://archiveofourown.org/works/25374517/

[ellavaday]

screaming into the void (and explaining references/subtitles) for the lastest episode of dres, ball challenge edition

look at me not writing a dissertation for once i am so happy lol

when juriji is going all "yes we're friends but idc onyx left" she is not calling diamante rude... chunga/o is more like. A person that has had a rough life and is rough as a result of it. You'd use a word like chungo to talk about a rough neighborhood (and a person that comes from a rough neighborhood but it doesn't have to be bc there's a slippery slope there with stereotyping people, juri is not accusing diamante of mugging someone w a knife or anything, she's just saying she's coming off a little harsh)

congratulations sharonne for being a track record legend

the subtitles in english when diamante is explaining how she did the lipsync are giving me brain damage because they are odd (... and there's a typo that mixes part w parents) but whatever moving on, it's close enough

sharonne laughing about marina in confessionals for using silicone because 'who does that!?' me, sharonne I've done that (also by accident like marina, in my case the silicone mixed up with the skin safe glue by accident) 0/10 would not recommend, i had silicone residue stuck to my forehead for 3 days pls learn from our mistakes lol

when they're entering the workroom the next day sharonne says they're imitating hocus pocus and then the subtitles say abracadabra when she says el retorno de las brujas (the return of the witches), abracadabra is the name of hocus pocus the movie in LatAm and return of the witches is the name of it in Spain, hence also why she says 'but the witches never truly left the workroom'

i think it's a bit unfair to accuse diamante of not caring for onyx [and i don't love this edit for her nor how many people have justified sending her lots of racist shit since the show begun because she comes off as cocky, the fact that she's not taken any of it to heart (or expressed so publicly) fills me with admiration bc i have cried for much less than stuff i've seen people write about her]

e n o u g h with the closeups to the crotch of the pitcrew

unconventional materials sewing challenge here we go, milagros a lourdes, no a las travestis (go ask for miracles to the lady of lourdes not to the crossdresser) indeed venedita, but i did kinda love that supremme sat on the ground with the girls to see what they had so far rupaul could never

when they announce choriza as a guest judge her message is soy choriza may y comparado con ésto ni el brexit ni valencia tiene tanto petardo junto. Keep calm y amunt el socarrat, "i'm choriza may" is straight forward enough, "compared to this neither valencia nor brexit has seen so many petards in the same place" the subs translate it as excitement but petardo is also how you call a dimwit and a petardo is also an actual firecracker and chori is from valencia where pyrotechnical events that use petards are traditional, they're called mascletà. Amunt el socarrat would be 'long live socarrat' in valencian, socarrat means scorched and it usually refers to the scorched rice at the bottom of the paella pan but also it's the name of a decorative medieval clay tile placed between beams and joists in houses that are also very typical from valencia

the next day when venedita says she wants to change her name to Ester Colero it's a wordplay for estercolero = dunghill or manure heap 💩

when they're teasing marina because she stapled her dress and is going to rely on her silhouette, diamante in confessionals say that marina is rara de cojones, it just means diamante thinks marina is just really weird, not that she gets angry or mad like the subs say

can't be certain this is for sure but i think the entire caricari family thing of estrella's friends in bcn (which i find stinkingly adorable btw) is because it's pretty common to call people cari as a diminutive of cariño (i do that a lot, cari is my endearment of choice, like cielo)

alright runway time

when presenting the runway; when supremme says they're all very well dressed, javier calvo says que mona va esta chica siempre which is a meme from a long running sitcom called aquí no hay quien viva

when introducing choriza, supremme says that if she was a contestant in spain her name would have been martadela which is ofc a pun for marta and mortadella but just as a curiosity, chori's actually name is a wordplay not only for theresa may but because in spanish you call thieves (and also politicians) a chorizo and british ppl pronounce theresa and chorizo almost the same

people were teasing chori a bit online because just like juri says she sounds the tiniest bit guiri when speaking in spanish but it's charming and it makes me feel better about my own accent (but some of it is just her voice lol)

10th century runway

sharonne quotes gollum from lotr mi tesoro = my precious in the spanish dub and calvo says abrigoberta bandini which is a reference to rigoberta bandini (she's a singer that got second place in the benidorm fest, the contest that chose who would represent spain in eurovision this year)

when estrella gets on the runway calvo says guarra de arco, it's a wordplay for guarra = naughty/dirty and joan of arc; estrella doesn't know what the crux in her clothes is for but it is a greek crux, specifically a cruz de calatrava (she says she's a mercenary but it's more templar knight vibes if i'm honest); when calvo says me caso y me mato (i'll marry and i'll kms) is a quote from la veneno and chori actually says estrella likes to suck on the sword not swallow it but eh close enough

venedita's first look personally reminds me of george melie's a trip to the moon from 1902 but i'm a fan (during the 10th century a good portion of spain was governed by moors and the first astronomy studies were in fact done by them so that's what she's representing); also i am almost certain 'the hidden side of the moon is a woman' is a reference to the lyrics of a song but idk which (it is the name of a romantic novel, i don't think it's a reference to that but who knows)

diamante is dressed like córdoba's mosque (and i'm sorry that critique about it being too fashiony but not draggy enough was complete bs) ambrossi made a pun that was translated a bit oddly but we're letting it go

sethlas look is inspired by the glosas emilianenses, they were considered the earliest spanish language text till 2010 (nowadays it's considered early navarre-aragonese rather than spanish by the royal spanish academy) written in the 10th century to a 9th century latin codex; when supremme says una glosa es una glosa the sub says a book is a book... maybe a pun for a rose is a rose [by any other name] but most likely on una rosa es una rosa the mecano song and the subs don't pick it up but ana answers with que glosa usted? which was a terrible pun for 'what did you say?'; chori says she thinks sethlas wrote it with feathers, feather is a shorthand for saying something is camp, effeminate or just very gay

as soon as marina comes out ambrossi says in the subs don't be shady but no es trigo limpio (lit. she's no clean wheat) means she is not to be trusted (as in that's an idiom); supremme sings a punny version of lágrimas de amor by camela (changing sueño contigo, dreaming about you, with sueño con trigo, dreaming about wheat); ambrossi also makes a reference to maria teresa campos, a journalist and tv host bc campos = fields; the marina, meteorica, mariconica, is the obligatory maricon = fag pun chori's travesti a la fuga feels like a ref to the runaway bride film

when juriji enters calvo says fray luis de putón; putón means slut and fray luis de leon was a 14th century agustinian monk, teologian and poet; ambrossi says juana de armas which is a reference to ana de armas (an actress that became popular here for being the main character in a 2007 teen drama called el internado; she's also in knives out and the 2021 bond film) i might have screamed when i saw that look

20th century runway

sharonne says the woman she's playing is a bit yuppie and a bit extra, sobrada can be extra but here is more like wealthy/cocky; ana says verde que te quiero verde which is translated to i love her for her money in the subs, it's the name of a lorca book and an expression for loving money bc green; when calvo says that look is very money it's a pun, moni is a diminutive to mono=cutesy

when estrella walks in, ana says de cabo a rabo which is an expression that means from begining to end and it's also a pun cabo=corporal and rabo=tail and colloquially in spanish ráno also means dick; tbh mariconizar a franco was an inspired idea but sadly it fell a bit short just like the rest of her looks for today

matching with estrella who did francisco franco venedita is doing his wife, carmen polo; who was mockingly called la collares (lady necklaces) because she loved pearl necklaces; she's also wearing a peineta (spanish decorative comb) and a mantilla (lace shawl used as a head cover for church or special occasions); as she walks ambrossi says esto con franco no pasaba which the subs translate as 'this thing with franco is a bad idea' but would literally be translated as 'these things didn't happen when franco [was alive/in power]'... used here mockingly, bc when franco was alive you couldn't even breath wrong his name if you wanted to live, but also it's a quote often used by fascists and perjudiced ppl being dickheads; ana says se habrá encollado? which the subs translated to a fully different thing, it means 'do you think she's collared?'; ambrossi says 'that pearl smells like an oyster' when she takes the pearls from her crotch, as you might guess from juriji's mussel runway in episode one, oysters are an euphemism for vaginas

diamante's second runway is inspired by casa batlló and diamante i mean this with love... no. la casa batlló is a catalan modernist building made by the architect antonio gaudí (who also did parc güell and la sagrada familia in barcelona) and diamante is right for sant jordi's day (also known as day of the rose) the front of the building is covered in roses; it is a lovely inspiration and both the tradition and the building are near and dear to my heart, but it feels more like an homage to revolutionary girl utena; in the story of saint george a kingdom was being terrorized by a dragon that saint george kills and from the carcass of the slayed dragon grew a rose bush, dragona is also a way to refer to a drag queen which is why choriza says she doesn't trust sant jordi, bc he goes around killing drag queens (dragonas)

when sethlas comes in as a non-binary computer; calvo makes a reference to taking the blue pill or the red pill which from the matrix (and to party drugs)

nothing for marina that was pretty straight forward, i did like hers a lot as well

when juriji comes in and ana says she's very swedish, hacerse la sueca (to pretend to be swedish) means to pretend you don't know what's going on; cine de barrio (cinema from the neighborhood) is a tv show that has been in emissions since the 90s, it's currently host by alaska (the spanish singer) and it's the projection of the movie (anything made in spain from the 50s to the 90s) + interviews made to people that performed/filmed them; she also uses a very particular word called el destape for reveal, el cine destape was what the movies made after 1975 were called, immediately after the francoist censorship committee was disolved, bc many of those were basically accused of being porn movies with the flimsiest excuse of a plot; el felpudo de la cantudo is a reference to 'la cantudo's welcome mat' la cantudo was maria jose cantudo, and the welcome mat in question is her crotch which appears in a movie in 1975 for like 9 seconds in a fully useless shot that made everyone lose their shit (the first frontal nudity shoot in a movie after 40 years of censorship would do that... idk if it was the first one ever made in spanish cinema but it probably was); and that reference to fernando estesos sucking on nipples is a reference to another spanish sitcom called la que se avecina (a raunchier sequel to aquí no hay quien viva) in which a character -an elder lady- is always saying that estesos (who is a famous actor) sucked on her nipple when she was younger and worked in cinema (he made a cameo in the series after years of being name dropped on the show) ((i am well aware this is a lot for a simple look of juri in underwear lol but i don't know how to explain any of these in any other way i am sorry))

30th century runway

when sharonne enters ambrossi makes a reference to a popular kid's riddle oro parece plata no es (looks like gold it's not silver, it's a wordplay for platano = 🍌); the judges make references to the scarecrow and the lion from the wizard of oz and when she's leaving calvo says 'es muy cañera' (she's very powerful) it can mean exactly that and it can also reference papel de caña (recycled paper)

when estrella is walking the runway ambrossi says she's cybercelia; cybercelia was the host character from a kids show segment in tv from the early 00s called the cyberclub that had cartoon episodes in-between educative segments; albal flores is a wordplay on papel albal (aluminium paper, albal is a popular brand) and alba flores (family of the flamenco dancer lola flores and actress in the money heist tv series) and alba carrillo is a model and tv host

when venedita is walking the runway choriza says venedita has a flower on her ass, it is an expression that means being lucky; when calvo says she's been seeded, plantada actually means she was stood-up

when diamante enters the runway ana makes a pun on anténa dragbolica (parabolic antenna); I'm sure the robot 3000 is a reference to something but idk what is it rn

when sethlas walks the runway calvo mentions punky brewster which was an actual tv show but also punki is how you call a punk music fan here; chori's comment in the subs is watch out for the edges but in spanish it's more like mírate esas puntas/get a good look at those [hair] ends and that she would go to sethlas' bermuda triangle not that she has been there already

when marina leaves the runway, chori says tiene el corazón contento which is from a song by marisol

juriji won me when she said she was inspired by barbarella even if i don't think the look was anything special; calvo says 'what a cone' not 'how can i say no?'; chori makes a reference to jordi hurtado who is a game tv show host that seems like he doesn't age at all (him being immortal or time traveling are memes); barbarella rey is a reference to barbara rey (a performer) not lana lol

judges critiques

un ole para sharonne for saving herself and this being literally the lowest she's landed in 6 episodes

there's a typo when estrella is getting critiqued by the judges bc it looks like she says she thinks she did a lot with the looks, but she says she is very aware she does not look her best even if she tried

the winner of this week challenge for me is dovima nurmi who, for someone that got to top 5 doing nothing, has been name dropped in almost every episode so far

the 'hey babes' from sethlas is a reference to alex gibaja (the person sethlas didn't play in snatch game)

waiting for deliveration

juriji says valen más dos tetas que dos carretas which is a rhyme that basically means two tits are worth more than two wagons (not quite 'i have to believe in myself' but i mean that's a valid way to interpret that saying sgsksh)

ofc choriza enters saying gibraltar español hdsdhj señora

venedita says they can keep horchata and paella but valencia has the best drag; i am not even bothering with paella, you all know what that is (and it is very valencian and does not have seafood or chorizo, do not listen to what jamie oliver says) but horchata is a drink, google says it's tiger nut milk in english but i've never heard of that my life... whatever is a tiger nut supposed to be, we call them chufas in spanish (or xufas in valencian)

and back to the main stage

ambrossi says marina's last look was like a maqui which specifically the name of the antifranco dictatorship guerilla active till the 60s

congratulations to sethlas 🥰 (when she says she's used to winning, for those of you that don't keep up with canarian drag, she's won the most important pageant they have more than a couple of times and it's a big deal)

the way carmen or jota would have been amazing for this lipsync... so much drama (not my thing if I'm honest) and we're going five for five for cadiz queens having wardrobe malfunctions, not a wig this time but estrella's bra

aaand we are done! what did you all think of this episode?