#die traumerei liveblog

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episode 4! I wanted to knit a bit while I watch but I remain insanely tired so gentle watching it is.

that single raised eyebrow ME-OW Aziraphale you are so catty I love youuuuu

Aziraphale is. very bad at this. although the look of pure gay panic at the 'i heard you two were an item' whooooo

hm, interesting that the credits seem to be going hard for the minisodes

this little moment revisiting 1941....the first series was so soft, so loving. It throws into relief how discordant this season is. They are the same, of course, Aziraphale still fell in love and had his books saved but they're...brittle, they're both so brittle.

Mark Gatiss' terrible German accent is my delight

AZIRAPHALE THIS IS YOUR MOMENT

...zombies?

god I love reece shearsmith so much, maybe I will rewatch A Field in England tomorrow

ok i'm being won over by the zombie thing

Aziraphale you are SHIT at blacking out the shop goodness

this is the only time Aziraphale is truly happy isn't it, my bby

i'm sorry crowley doing an american gi just absolutely murdered me, here endeth the liveblogs what the fuck

ok i'm back Crowley LOVES splodey things bless his little heart

once again, I do not do well with cringe humor so i'm listening to this next bit

aziraphale what is your fascination with guns

crowley would really like to be excluded from the narrative, please, although on the other hand getting to shoot aziraphale is probably looking better and better from his perspective.

the slow acquisition of the disguise is actually pretty funny

did...did he just have the placard hanging around. I like to think he did

time to listen again!!! michael sheen you are too good at being awkward!! neil and john you are too good at writing awkward moments for aziraphale!!!

gosh that david tennant sure can wear a coat

crowley you know you do kinda want to shoot your husband rn

politely, this is a terrible trick, but it *is* the best moment of Aziraphale's life

MILES

Furfur might be my new favorite character

oh what a lovely League of Gentleman moment, i love this

'and you did' oh look i died again my heart i love them so much

'crowley's pet' Shax you would do NUMBERS on AO3

the bentley loves him i'm crying

god i just want them to be a dorky old married couple *sob*

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episode 2

ok i'll liveblog it but I'll put it behind the cut bc I'm not THAT funny

why does long-hair gabriel look like lord farquad with a perm

ok sincerely john hamm is so good at physical comedy, I did not know this about him!

BOOKS ARE KEEN i think jim might be my new favorite character

omg here's comes the georgette heyer sweet little romance look I takes what I can get in this world also Aziraphale thank you for using the word pash the lesbians of the world support u

they are so astonishingly bad at ACTUALLY LISTENING to one another they are so IN LOVE i am going to EAT MY OWN FACE

that circular entryway means aziraphale lives in a hobbit hole in this essay i will

PETER DAVISON!!! my doctor!!!! I knew he was in this but I am so happy and eeeeeeeee

AZIRAPHALE'S LITTLE FACE WHEN HE TRANSFORMS THE CROWS I DIE

also super excited to examine the Job minisode under a microscope

hi bringing along a load of David Tennant's family to hit on Aziraphale was a genius decision I hope Neil and John win a Pulitzer

I *had* forgotten that Michael does rather play to the cheap seats and I love that for him

WITH. A. MICROSCOPE.

'what am i?'

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EPISODE 6

I do and do not want to watch this so bad

battery-powered candles!

crowley's gd slides what the fuck

i would die for maggie

so has shax never met someone clinically depressed or a boomer mom or....?

it is so easy to forget that aziraphale is really, really scary

SORRY BRIEF PAUSE FOR MORE [REDACTED] GOSSIP THE WILDEST GOSSIP EVARRRRR

wait I want a job where I can just chill in an office and only do something once every few hundred years muriel where do i sign up

crowley's gold tooth and lil alice band. i die. i dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(i am already dying from the redacted gossip)

i love nina and maggie SO MUCH, and all the fire extiguishers, I cry

tbf he kind of is crowley's emotional support angel except I'm not conviced of how much support he's been offering lately, or vice-versa. The anti-christ changes things horribly.

honestly I know he's an Oxfordian and thus my sworn enemy, but I am *always* really happy to see Derek Jacobi

honestly the bookshop is really wonderfully defensible, this is neat.

Aziraphale's halo is always on him, within him. I am not ok.

ok maybe it's the wine but the shot of everyone in the lift is HILARIOUS

i want a show that's just saraquel being cranky this is great

jesus fuck, that was some body horror!!!! i loved it.

hm. an attempt at retaining the status quo. HM.

ok this romantic speedrun is adorable

Aziraphale grabbing Crowley's arm is now a good 50-60% of my personality.

I think Michael and I rolled our eyes at the same time

wait why do i want to cry

why did my heart melt

i want to cry they ran away *they got to run away* but that doesn't *solve* anything but it's their joy and I'm so mad and sad and they love each other and it's so sweet.

god I love Derek Jacobi I ought to look up some old Cadfael episodes, what a man

angels - obsessed with if they've done anything wrong. Aziraphale's mostly past it, but not entirely....

oh this is the scariest moment in the whole show, this little stroll. the metatron is...very good at this

they've not had any us time in ages, have they? no breakfasts at the Ritz, nor dinners neither....

the soft almost pastoral motif from season one, but deeper, and of course without the happy ending.

Crowley getting a lesson on talking about feelings from a pair of lesbians is all I have ever wanted in this world.

AZIRAPHALE SHUT UP I'M GOING TO DIE

THE LESBIANS WORKED CROWLEY WAS GOING TO OPEN HIS HEART

(so this is not really the time either but you can tell a bit what was filmed when bc Michael's roots start to show)

i'm not going to lie, the Metatron would work on me

well.

usually i have to re-read Lord of the Rings to discover 4 new stages of grief and 7 new emotions.

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episode three. none of these are in any way useful thoughts I just like giggling at myself

I've known Murial for about 45 seconds and if anything happened to her I'd kill myself and everyone else

Aziraphale drives exactly how I *want* to drive, love it

Confidential Diaries puts me in mind of mixed-up files. I am certain it's a coincidence, but a lovely one.

oh ffs. I'm sorry but I can't see a gd thing, please shoot day for night PLEASE I am BEGGING. just get those old blue light filters.

honestly what makes Crowley Good is that he never dropped Aziraphale somewhere where he'd land in sewage, he really is irritating as hell in the flashback.

ooooh, i have questions about that landscape

look I am ALWAYS here for a good David Tennant Doctor joke. never gets old and I mean that

hm. Aziraphale is letting himself be Actually Good instead of...well, no, I don't want to let him off the hook. Heavenly Righteous, perhaps. The gentle cradling of the preserved tumor vs self-righteousness and lecturing. I am a little surprised it is happening this late, but then he is very good at two steps forward, two steps back.

Little Detective Aziraphale! modern-day Peter Falk he is

i do not do great with cringe humor this is painful to watch (ok listen to) was...was that a Dragnet impersonation? or just general American Gumshoe??

I would have expected Aziraphale to be a *little* more...sensitive to detail? less broad strokes? I feel strongly that I am learning a lot more about how to characterize this angel and who he was for most of time.

wait no no I'm only required to listen to that abject dirge during rugby season I REFUSE

is ...this a little wee free men nod??

this is the weirdest goddamn episode but I think 'pretendy good' vs 'properly good' is the unsubtle point I look forward to writing 8947 fics with this as the theme

they're so awfully married

Aziraphale absolutely knows what Grindr is. No I don't know why but I insist that this is so

aw, Crowley, you tried <3

oh, Crowley.

No but that was a really, really weird episode and not because suddenly the writing is heavy-handed it's just...weird.

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Episode 5! I have ordered sushi for dinner, and also am actually hoping to get some use out of this little list of impressions, because Iiiiiiii am quietly but gently freaking out over how to write them outta this one.

i know he's a pita and I know he still thinks he can change heaven and he is going to break my heart but I just love this manipulative-ass angel. we cannot help how we are made.

once again, I am a simple creature, the fez made me smile.

i hope miranda richardson had the TIME OF HER LIFE filming this show

hi Eric!!

the running joke of Azi speaking absolutely shit french is honestly funny i love it

as a person who had to sit through meetings not unlike this for several years Nina's desire to talk about the Christmas lights made me SCREAM

crowley everyone thinks you two are married on account of you're married, sorry.

i know he'd bite me, but I want to hug crowley

I think my cat is audibly snoring from several feet away, aw, buddy.

from the credits, the bridges that shift and meet in the middle feel like a nice metaphor.

It really is noticeable that they don't linger over meals together, share a table. Crowley even set up this romantic little moment! At least they are on their proper sides?

TALKING Aziraphale WHAT A CONCEPT MAYBE YOU COULD TRY IT SOMEDAY

there is so much happening here with Crowley interrogating Jim and he loves Aziraphale so much and he's so angry and he has no idea what on earth to do.

real good, not pretendy good.

Crowley, you're so nice

why does this delicate little piano piece make me want to cry so hard

oh!! I love this little pastoral motif from the first season!

Of course Crowley can convince Nina to trust him, she's the Aziraphale stand-in. It wouldn't work the other way round.

JIM'S SUIT IS THE GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE I WANT ONE I WANT TO WEAR IT EVERYWHERE I'M SCREAMING HE'S LIKE AN EVEN GAYER ORVILLE PECK AAAAA

Maggie, my precious babygirl!!!

oh that's a sweet discworld nod

this dance is so sweet but ngl I'm kind of wigged out by Aziraphale making everyone into...kind of dolls, to perform this evening.

ok, sushi break, played with the cat, and now I am back with water a nice glass of Shiraz.

hang I have to get some goss from a friend

how many awards does John Hamm have he deserves a few more.

shades of Caberet/Stories from Berlin -- they dance, as the world threatens to end around them, they dance and I die

oh this was a terrible angry dance. oh. oh this is what it's going to be like isn't it.

luckily I have [redacted] gossip to distract me I can't wait to watch this season over again without stopping every two minutes, lol.

crowley did you learn that rules-lawyering from Aziraphale or vice-versa or are you just both...like that.

"i won't leave you on your own" "i know" DYINGGGGGGG

also, tbh, the quick-talking is...really encouraging me to not have to write a fucking battle, which fills me deep and lasting ennui. Also I don't know if I want to *watch* a battle next season? They will talk and love and be brave out of this, not lead a platoon.

tbf I think that *does* about cover Miranda rights these days, weren't they kind of lowkey killed in the last term or three?

ok, last one. aaaaaaaaaaaaa

it feels like everything else was just weird dilly-dallying, and this is the episode where things *happened*. They almost properly talked to one another, instead of past each other.