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What I could read: :)

WHO WERE THE RESSURECTIONISTS?

MUNGO DALRYMPLE (1790-1829)

Perhaps one of the most notorious names asociated with The Ressurectionists was Mungo Dalrymple (1790-1829), an Edimburgh doctor who hanged himself in disgrace when it became public knowledge that he was buying cadavers from body snatchers, for his medical students to dissect.

Born in Carsphairn, Dalrymple had a meteoric rise to fame in the Scottish medical establisment when he became one of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh's youngest ever members at the age of 22. Dalrymple was passionate about the study of anatomy, giving many well received papers on the subject.

He was prine however to making enemies and earned a reputation for mercilessly skewering pomposity wherever he found it. This did not endear him to the senior doctors and surgeons of the Edinburgh medical establishment and Darlymple ruffed many feathers and as aresult had few allies when the bodysnatching scandal eventual broke.

FUN FACT Up until the 19th century, barbers carried out many surgical procedures in their shops!

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Darlymple's downfall came when one of his suppliers, commonly known as 'Ressurection men', was suspected of murdering several of his lodgers in order to supply the doctor with a steady stream of cadavers. Eagle eyed landladies, Mrs Cat Clarke and Mrs Caro Clarke bravely confronted the murdere when he was attempting to conceal the body of his last victim in a barrel of pickled herring, and raised the hue and cry.

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The Resurrectionists: a world with life after death

I didn’t fully appreciate the 2x03 minisode when the season first aired, but I keep finding more great details the more I think about it. Unlike our world, Good Omens is a world with confirmed afterlives. This minisode really digs into the implications of that, even in more subtle interactions where heaven and hell aren’t explicitly mentioned.

For example, the biggest issue with digging up bodies is NOT the corpse desecration. In fact, Aziraphale throws on some extra corpse desecration just for good measure. In a world ruled by heaven and hell, morality is less about the effect people have on the world, and more about the effect their actions have on their own immortal souls.

So Aziraphale is much less concerned with doing good than he is with encouraging the humans to do good. That’s also why he’s so unhelpful during the second grave robbery. He’s not being lazy; the humans have to do the actual work so they get the moral credit for doing it.

Now, he clearly wants to adopt earthly morality, and he does in flashes. He cares about the boy’s death, and he wants to heal Wee Morag. But he knows heaven exists, so he quickly focuses back on eternity — not for himself, but for the humans. And hoo boy, as a former evangelical, is that Relatable.™️

Crowley is sort of the reverse. He spends most of the minisode advocating for earthly morality. But, at the climax, he abruptly switches. He emphasizes that Elspeth has to be properly good, not just pretend good. “Pretend good” would have similar if not identical positive effects on the world, but it wouldn’t work for getting into heaven. Now, Crowley knows heaven isn’t that great, and he obviously thinks their moral standards are bullshit.

But… going to hell would eternally separate Elspeth from Wee Morag. Elspeth trapped in hell and Wee Morag in heaven, while the little bird wears down the mountain with its beak.

Hm. I wonder why Crowley might have strong feelings about that?

[transbookoftheday]

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

A touching, humorous story of strong-willed eleven-year-old Liv, who is determined to challenge his school's terrible dress code and change his life. Inspire empathy and compassion (and a few laughs!) in young readers with this stunning middle-grade novel.

"My name is Liv (Not Olivia)... I'm not technically a girl. I'm transgender. Which is a bit like being a Transformer. Only not quite as cool because I probably won't get to save the world one day."

Liv knows he was always meant to be a boy, but with his new school's terrible dress code, he can't even wear pants. Only skirts.

Operation: Pants Project begins! The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself. But to Liv, this isn't just a mission to change the policy—it's a mission to change his life. And that's a pretty big deal.

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

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Whoever wrote the uniform policy decided (whyyy?) that girls had to wear skirts, while boys were allowed to wear pants.

Sexist. Dumb. Unfair.

“Girls must wear a black, pleated, knee-length skirt.”

I bet I read those words a hundred times during summer vacation. The problem wasn’t the last word in that sentence. Skirt wasn’t really the issue, not for me.

The issue was the first word. Girls.

Here’s the thing:

I may seem like a girl, but on the inside, I’m a boy.

Mod opinion: I hadn't heard of this book before, but I'm not particularly interested in reading it as I'm generally too old for middle grad books.

[mywingsareonwheels]

More "Good Omens" s2 joy

The way in which each of the minisodes gives context for one or more of the flashback scenes in 1.3 is just... *chef's kiss*

"Companion to Owls" bridges the gap between an Aziraphale still trying(ish) to justify heaven's worst actions, Crawley still being shocked by them, Aziraphale not entirely trusting Crawley's motivations (in the Flood flashback) to Crowley's bitter resignation and Aziraphale's weary sadness at the Crucifixion. That "it was your lot put Him up there" is still one of my favourite lines, and Aziraphale doesn't dispute it. Crawley's intervention on behalf of Job's children gives that scene so many more layers, and is a beautiful (and in context heartrending) mid-point on that emotional journey for both of them.

"The Resurrectionist", oh man. It's implied I think that Crowley being dragged down to hell for helping/saving Elspeth is the last Aziraphale sees of him until their meeting at St James's park a few decades later, and I think we can be certain that whatever Crowley's punishment was, it was pretty intense. In 1.3, we went from the lighthearted, suave rescuer of late 18th century to someone who seemed very low and rather traumatised a hundred or so years later, and I think we all knew that something had happened to him. Sounds like that was it. :( So that all gives more context to Crowley wanting "insurance" against hell, so that he has some means of defending himself. But meanwhile, Aziraphale's remembering that the last time they saw each other, a young woman nearly took her own life with poison, so of course he's going to be concerned that Crowley is at risk from a similar action. They're both coming from a very understandable point that "The Resurrectionist" set up. <3

(Also, who is "The Resurrectionist" in the title? I love games like that. Is it Dalrymple? Is it Elspeth? Is it Crowley in saving Elspeth? Or all three? <3 Technically/historically it's both Dalrymple and Elspeth, but in the show? Oh it's all three. :D ) And then "Nazi Zombie Flesheaters", which I admit I wasn't a huge fan of on first watching (I liked it more on rewatch, but I muted/averted my eyes for the brain-eating etc. bits, not at all a gore fan ;-) ) did nevertheless set up the 1960s scene brilliantly. That was perhaps the first time that Aziraphale really sees, in person, just an inkling of how dangerous hell is to Crowley. And it always takes things a while to percolate with him, but I think that's a large part of why he does eventually give in and give him the holy water, as well as adding layers to his protectiveness of Crowley in some of the "now" scenes in both seasons.

And all four (especially in combination with "Before the Beginning") give so much more context to the rest of series 2. Aziraphale's long (and still incomplete, which is understandable <3 ) journey in learning his own sense of morality separate from heaven's. Crowley's terror of the word "nice" as it applies to him. The compromises each of them has to make with the ideals of their bosses in order to function in the world and be true to themselves and the humans around them - and the danger that puts each of them in. The growing mutual loyalty that - make no mistake - hasn't been in any way put aside in their falling out at the end of the series. The way in which the solution to the loneliness they identify in "Companion to Owls" is each other. <3

And of course the fact that more people need to know John Finnemore's writing, given he was not merely the co-writer of the whole season, but the main writer on "Companion to Owls", bless him, and my goodness does he need more love for all of it. <3 I'd love to see Cat Clarke getting more credit for "The Resurrectionist" too!!

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JOMP BPC - March 15th - Unique Cover

a unique cover for the unique protagonist of The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

[book-quotes-and-moodboards]

I do believe in forgiveness – for other people. If only it were as simple to forgive yourself.

Girlhood (by Cat Clarke)

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

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who came up with the idea of having a good omens episode in scotland and was it to give david is accent back and let him act as drunk as possible so no one can understand him?(as a scot i thank you BUT I MUST KNOW)

Once we knew that we were going to be filming in Scotland the idea of making a story set in Edinburgh seemed like an excellent idea: we were right there, after all. Cat Clarke had an idea for a story set in the time of Mary Queen of Scots, but it didn't really work for us, and we decided that the time of the Bodysnatchers might be a good way of exploring the moral questions involved in what was happening back then, which was really fun.

The many Scottish accents was my idea shortly before filming.

[lesparaversdemillina]

Wish-list & blogosphère n°52

Aujourd'hui, il s'agit de nouveau d'une chronique de Steven de Mavenlitterae.

Coucou Aujourd’hui, il s’agit de nouveau d’une chronique de Steven de Mavenlitterae. J��avais déjà lu un livre de l’auteure, Perdue et retrouvée et j’étais passée à côté. J’avais eu du mal à apprécié son histoire et la psychologie des personnages. Cependant, cette histoire me plaît déjà beaucoup plus et le retour de Steven. C’est magique. Note : ★★★★★ — « A travers une intrigue justement menée…

[joanna-lannister]

has anyone read Cat Clarke's books? 👀

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

hi! i just have a question which i thought you might know the answer to. i was just wondering if we know whether the minisodes for go2 are within the episodes like s1 e3 or are entirely separate to the 6 main episodes. just because i've heard people talking about titles for them. no worries if you don't know, and thank you so much for everything you do for our community <3

Hiya! :) Oh, the minisodes titles, yes :). They are within the episodes the same as the cold opening :).

They are:

Biblical times minisode called A Companion To Owls by John Finnemore in Episode 3, in all likelihood about Job played by Peter Davison

Victorian times minisode called The Resurrectionists by Cat Clarke in Episode 2 in Edinburgh 1827 - our favourite angel and demon get into a wee bit of a pickle there, there’s little stint of body snatching in the era.

Blitz minisode called Nazi Zombie Flesh Eaters by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman which takes up much of Episode 4. Andy Nyman called it ‘very naughty’.

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[martinsharmony]

oh this is nice

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 Something In The Water. Movie Review. (SPOILERS but don't watch this)

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Something In The Water (2024) Review

Shark Weak 5 kicks off with Something In The Water #Review

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Something in the Water (15): Females In Peril on the Sea.

#onemannsmovies #filmreview of "Something in the Water". #SomethingInTheWater. Average little shark movie with 5 girls in grave peril. 2.5/5.

A One Mann’s Movies review of “Something in the Water” (2024). There’s “Something in the Water”. No, it’s not the Liberal Democrat’s Election Manifesto, LOL, but a new shark-attack movie set in the Dominican Republic. Bob the Movie Man Rating: Plot Summary: After lesbian couple Meg (Hiftu Quasem) and Kayla (Natalie Mitson) split following a traumatic homophobic incident, their three friends…

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Supes says the good thing to do, not the popular one eheh 🐦