#ennas-aesthetic

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#im sorry but i choke everytime someone refers to a baby jesus for the second coming #like i love yall and parent trapping aziraphale and crowley by the infant son of god would be amusing as heck #but also i rlly think this is about the Last Judgment guys KSLDSKDKLDS #thank you good omens yes this IS in fact how i use my collection of niche trivia on christian eschatology #putting my religious trauma into good use iktr

If we DO ever get a Good Omens season 3 (and fingers crossed we will) then using the Second Coming as the narrative device to facilitate the final culmination of Good Omens' ideology and message is brilliant, actually.

Because the Second Coming IS NOT another Adam situation. And, contrary to the misconceptions I've seen, It IS NOT about Jesus being born again as a baby, etc, etc.

THE SECOND COMING. QUITE LITERALLY refers to THE LAST JUDGMENT.

As in. The SAME Last Judgment Michelangelo painted on the walls of the Sistine Chapel. As in - THE JUDGMENT of the Living and the Dead. THE LAST, FINAL, ETERNAL JUDGMENT.

It's the WHOLE thing Armageddon was leading towards. Book of Revelation speedrun: the world ends, everyone dies, and then they get resurrected again to be judged by JESUS himself. He will flick through the Book of Life (WINK WINK WINK DO YOU SEE HOW LOUDLY I'M WINKING AT YOU???), and if your name is there he will go "oh nice you deserve eternal paradise! :D" and if your name is ERASED from the Book of Life he will go "oh no, sorry, you go to the lake of fire for eternity now D:" (except apparently in Good Omens lore it'd just DOOM YOU TO NON-EXISTENCE FOREVER???)

And if you THINK about it, The Last Judgment is the ultimate manifestation of moral absolutism. No shades of gray, no chances. Just BLACK, and WHITE. Never mind that you're like Wee Morag and Elspeth, who are forced to do "bad" things because of circumstances. It's either you pass Judgment Day, or you burn (or disappear forever.) And the way THINGS are going in the Good Omens universe? I don't think there's ANYONE "good" enough to be "saved." Not Crowley, not Aziraphale. Hell, not even the Archangels themselves.

So it provides a PERFECT opportunity for Aziraphale and Crowley to UPEND that SYSTEM entirely.

I think that's what Crowley and Aziraphale would do in s3: establish a new kind of system in which angels and demons have free will to determine the right (or wrong) choice.

Giving them the APPLE, so to speak.

And then they'll go off to retire in a cottage, together at last.

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Centuripe, province in Enna, Sicily, Italy

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CRUSH ? RUSH ? // photography by wintam, june 2024

[wandering-italy]

Foggy morning

Enna, Sicily

Dec. 2019

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Ethereal being…

Requested by @chichirid ↳ Reblog / Like if you save or use 💜

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idk i felt like drawing some dragons.

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Anthony Fineran (B 1981), Khat Enna, 2023

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Lyra🏺

(inspired by @ennas-aesthetic headcanon of how its implied Dream figuratively hung his son’s lyre in the heavens to immortalize his story🥹 which is today known as the constellation Lyra, located in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere).

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Please go read @ennas-aesthetic Librarian!dream AU

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Heaven receives an unlikely prayer. A prayer accountant is having a strange day.

Or: Crowley is drunk, and heartsick, and hurting, and he does what any human does best when facing off adversity.

He prays to Aziraphale.

Words: 8,110

Status: complete

Rating: teen and up

By @ennas-aesthetic

Art Credit: Praying Hands Albrecht Durer 1508

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The Newton/Crowley Mirror-Parallel in S1

Future Echoes from the Past #2

Let me take a moment to try and explain the process of how I approach meta writing. I’m not new to this. I might be new to this fandom, but I’ve been writing metas for twenty years in other fandoms. I’m an old hand at this, and I learnt how to do it with some pretty critical masters of the game. I’ve been wrestling with this meta for several days, which never a good sign. I thought I was on the right track here but got to a point where I was trying to make my biased square blocks fit into the round holes I was expecting to see, and they weren’t, and thought, nope, it’s time to back off and see what is there instead. When things don’t fall and click into place, when you can’t see the next connection easily, when it becomes too convoluted - and actually, I think some of the story is missing in the crucial places - that's a dead end for the time being, so the meta I was expecting (and hoping) to see didn’t emerge. But there is still something there to be revealed, and it was from a bit that I didn't think had much importance.

A few days ago I posted a meta about how the paintball fight at Tadfield Manor was a loose re-creation of the Great War in Heaven that lead to the formation of Heaven and Hell. It was more a description of events and the two sides, and I didn’t assign any of the S1 characters to the celestial characters that we would have expected to be involved with the rebellion. For example, the manager Nigel strikes me as standing in for Gabriel, and jaded old Norman, who is on the verge of retirement, and who organized the “team building exercise” is most likely to be Lucifer  - he is the leader of the Yellow team, who are quite unhappy and full of complaints about the others in the office. But other than those two, the other bit players amongst our regular cast were missing, or unclear. And this was a problem, a BIG problem, because while there hints to who was Crowley, the match to Aziraphale was nowhere to be seen, and he should be there. So, let’s leave that for the time being, and move on.

In the middle of all this is Newton Pulsifer. He oddly arrives in the office, destroys the electrical system, then leaves before the war begins. And there is an even odder follow-up exchange in the car park of the office as he departs. I had to ask why - why add this in?

[It should be noted, at this point in the discussion, that while the paintball fight was written in the original book, the office scene that is the prelude to the fight, and the scenes with Newt that I’m about to discuss, weren’t. They are from the tv series only.]

I have been building up a library of notes and screenshots to help me with my metas, and Newt and Anathema have been on my radar. I came across this screen shot of Newt lying on Anathema’s bed after his accident in Tadfield and went “Huh, he looks very Crowley-coded there with this black/grey clothes and yellow and red socks. That’s not the line I of thought I had been following..”

I kept going and then @ennas-aesthetic posted this meta about Jesus in S3 and mentioned that Anathema was an Aziraphale parallel, so that would make Newt a corresponding Crowley parallel – which would explain the screen shot mentioned. Then the final pieces for this meta were these two posts, one from @mouseonamoose about their thoughts on angel!Crowley and one from @cornchrunchie on part of the exchange between Aziraphale and angel!Crowley in Before the Beginning, at the start of S2E1. I’d already had a thought about another set of lines in this part that formed a parallel to Newt, but getting a second set of lines to tie it in to this S1E2 segment was a bonus, I must say.

So where am I going with all this rambling? Right. Let’s get down to business.

Hopefully by now I’ve established that one of Newt’s roles in the office scene that sets up the rebellion is to be not just a parallel to Crowley, but a mirror – he’s kind of the opposite, in a way. It’s like they are on opposite sides of the looking glass.

At the beginning of S2E1 we are shown angel!Crowley, the Starmaker – the Engineer. And what is Newt supposed to be? A computer engineer. Only, angel!Crowley engineers light, while Newt engineers darkness. Everywhere Newt goes, he turns out the lights. Which is why when he runs into Shadwell shortly after and is given the newspaper advert that declares “ASSISTANT REQUIRED TO COMBAT THE FORCES OF DARKNESS” if he joins the Witchfinder Army that I was cackling at the irony of this. Perhaps we’d better not get sidetracked with that though.

There’s a critical point here that I’d like to highlight that I noticed, and how I made the link, because it may have implications in the future, maybe in S3. In Before the Beginning, Crowley sets everything up to get the nebula started, then there is a slight pause.

Az: …is something meant to happen? Cr: Oh, right, sorry, yes yes. Knew I'd missed one. Let there be light.

It struck me that Newt’s efforts in making anything with electricity, the modern source of light, don’t work because he doesn’t check that he’s got everything right. He blacks out his neighborhood as a child without checking the circuits, he shuts down the entire office without checking his work.

Why would you need both light and dark? You can't really have one without the other. It's the yin and yang. Its balance. To see the light you need darkness. And to see shadows you need light.

So we get a short scene of Newt heading off to office, with his Almighty mother handing out some lunch rations, and wishing him luck. Hmm. He’s holding a box that contains, amongst various things, a pot plant (a bromeliad) with a deep red flower, for all love. Ngggkgk.

At the office, Newt is given the cold shoulder by the senior co-worker opposite him (I call her “Pearls,” because I don’t have the S1 script book and I’m not sure what she’s called.) She asks his name, but never offers hers. Sounds familiar, where have we seen that before…?

Az: Um, hello. I'm Aziraphale. Cr: Nice meeting you. Okay, here goes!

@mouseonamoose mentions that angel!Crowley wouldn't feel the need to mention his name if he was a high ranking angel here, he would expect other angels to know who he was. [op adds another item to their list of pointers to angel!Crowley being a senior Archangel...it's up to 18, btw. Yes, I know its only fanon at the moment...] Just like the Supreme Archangel "fucking" Gabriel hasn't got time for a bit of social chit-chat before Aziraphale!Crowley is supposed to be executed in the hellfire in S1E6. Just get on it with it, pleb! We've got better things to do with our time!

Outside, we see Newt has been given his marching orders. He's leaving already. A sharply dressed woman in a masculine-cut suit approaches quickly. I don't know about you, but she looks like a demon to me. Black suit, red hair, pink (which is a tint of red) shirt - she's a copy of Crowley. This is another Crowley-copy about to give some internal criticism to a Crowley-mirror.

"Need a hand, Dick?"

Then she power-walks past. Newt is not even worth her time stopping for.

*Snort* - and ouch. That's a below-the belt joke.

She's just called him a wanker. In the US you might use the term jerk instead. Someone who's a bit egotistical and more in it for themselves than others. (and I never thought I'd be fact-checking the meaning of this word ever, but there's always a first time...) She's basically just equated him Gabriel, in my book (and in more ways than one.)

That doesn't sound like the Crowley we know, does it? Maybe, maybe not - but it does reveal to us a world of information about what the other demons think about Crowley, and more importantly perhaps it gives a hint of what he was like pre-Fall and why he was cast out as a sacrifice for the team, a scapegoat and example for the losing faction, in addition to the asking of questions reason.

It's quite notable that Crowley doesn't have any other demon friends or allies, even after 6000 years. Plus, he seems to have gotten special treatment during that time. Furfur complains about this in the dressing room in 1941, remarking :

"No, what's ridiculous is demons like you doing what they please. And somehow still getting on, while demons like me graft for hundreds and hundreds of millennia and never get a sniff of a promotion! Well, not this time. Expect a Legion to come for you first thing tomorrow. Enjoy your last night on Earth."

Hastur calls him "Mr Slick," and thinks he's been up on the surface of the Earth too long. And you kind of get the idea that Lord Beelzebub is holding back their hand somewhat in their conversation in S2E1 when they summon Crowley down to Hell for a little chat about the missing Gabriel.

CROWLEY: [waving flies away] Augh. Oh, I thought we had a [spits out flies] generalized understanding. BEELZEBUB: We don't. You're still a traitor. I could put a price on your head any time I wanted to.

But they haven't put a price on Crowley's head. And they don't intend to. Crowley is still being given the special treatment. Also in that particular conversation is a hint that he was once on a similar footing to Beelzebub, and Beelzebub was also a high ranking angel before the Fall - they aren't Grand Duke of Hell and Satan's right-hand demon for no reason.

Its ever-so subtle, but its there. Those traces of privilege we were pointing out that Gabriel and Beelzebub flaunt when they abscond? Once upon a time Crowley had them too. But the passing millennia has slowly worn them away until we can barely see the traces of it. Although, it still shows up occasionally.

We should finish off the scene back in S1E2 with Newt, though, because he does show us s little bit more of our mirror-Crowley in the car park scene. As the demon-lady walks past him he calls after her:

"My name's not actually Dick, it’s the car's name. You can ask me why if you like."

Aww. Poor Newt. While Crowley was stopped from asking questions, and cast from Heaven because he wanted to ask questions, his mirror-character Newt is offering to answer questions for other people. It's just that they aren't interested in doing that either. Either way, the conversation stops, doesn't it.

To finish off, I'm going to leave you with this. I know, its about Newt not being a computer engineer, but since we've been discussing how Newt is a mirror-parallel to Crowley, perhaps it's something we need to tuck away in the back of our minds for S3 as well, when the past comes back to haunt us.

Further reading in this series:

#1: The Great War of Tadfield Manor

#3: "Not Even At Gunpoint!"

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10 people I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by the love of my life @nualaofthefaerie , just the distraction i needed in this day and age

Last song: Eenie Meenie, by JB and Sean K. It's in my shower playlist

Last Book: I'm rereading With Kind Regards and Completely Serious Warning, by Jennylarner. Im still on an Irondad binge, surprisingly. Currently going through the When You Smile I Fall Apart ao3 collection

Last Movie: Kraven, the Last Hunter. Very bad and I did not enjoy the experience. Of better note is the movie Kahar, a prequel feature of the TV Show, The High Council. Absolutely stellar movie experience even with 0 context. Would watch again.

Last Show: Moon Knight, actually. Just got into the hype because i prefer to watch good things on my own time lol. I would die for Steven Grant.

Sweet, Spicy, Savoury: I'm Southeast Asian, meaning most of our dishes are a combo Spicy+Savoury. Which is what I prefer. I've mostly grown out of my sweet tooth, but I still get the need for chocolate sometimes.

Relationship status: Single

Last thing I googled: School Calendar. Ive lost my copy and my mom needed to coordinate our Christmas breaks lol

Current obsession: I'm back in Marvel's maw, so its a combo of Tony Stark, Spidey, Venom and Deadpool. Mostly Spidey and Deadpool. Honorable mention to @hemlock-dreams ' Hunting!Spider AU, which has my balls in a chokehold and doesn't seem to be letting go anytime soon.

I have Perryshmirtz and Sportarobbie bubbling a constant hum on the back burner of my brain, which makes @mammalsofaction the most active of my blogs so far. I'm still waiting on s5 and 6 of PNF in the new year

Tagging @adhdoofenshmirtz @chio-chan2 @dinnerdog @agentlizardofowca @erizumon @inators and an obligatory @ennas-aesthetic even though I know she barely shows up here any more lmao.

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New Niji ENcounter: Solar Dawn by Enna and Elira. youtu(.)e/zl3zYYya3Vk

THE MV AND ART WERE SO AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ELIRA AND ENNAS VOCALS ARE SOOO GODLY

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I haven't been drawing too much but I'm starting to get back into it outside of work. Here are some things!

A first sketch of my green drake. Still not 100% on how I want them to look but that's a start.

Kwiata! She's a sweet demmer innkeeper in the village of Usirvândel.

One day I'll be happy with Enna's look. I hunted around a little bit for some references for aesthetics and vibes.

Some more doodles to figure out demmer. I'm going to go back to the more rodenty guinea pig nose because the humanoid one is......maybe a little uncanny. Also it makes them slide too much into a regular dwarf look and I don't want that.

And last but not least...

It's the boy!

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yeah yes this is inspired by THAT photo

this is my quickest lol ive never drawn smth this fast

honestly tho, idk how good this turned out,, im unsure 😭

nd thanks to @ennas-aesthetic for giving me the idea! 💗

[iprefertheterminsane]

WIP TAG GAME

RULES: post the names of the files in your WIP folder. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

I havent been tagged but I wanted to just put this out there, yknow.

-Let Him Be Mine AU (Sandman)

-Hades and Persephone Dreamling AU

-Thumbelina, a Sandman/GO AU

-Instagram Influencer AU (Sandman OT3)

-Boss Fight (Sandman/GO AU)

-Crocus Honey (SDV)

-Inverse (SDV)

-Banquet of Gods (GO/Sandman)

-Lord Shaper (Sandman)

-Milkman Xenk MILF Edgin (DND: HAT)

-I Miss Him (GO/Sandman)

-Pretty Edgin Pining Xenk (DND:HAT)

-Indulgent (Sandman/The Old Guard)

-It isnt the Empty Home (Its the fear of being alone) (Sandman Fishbowl fic)

-Baby Trap (Sandman)

-Kidnapped Hob

-Dreamling Parent Trap

Would love to tag @wannabecoyote and @ennas-aesthetic if theyd like to play :))