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“I don’t think that is what God wants. And I don’t think you want it either.”
This line of Aziraphale’s in the Job minisode keeps sticking out to me. Because this is the heart of the problem, right? This is how Aziraphale can see Crowley so completely and also not at all.
Because yes they suck at open communication and yes it’s because they had to hide their relationship for thousands of years and have so so so much trauma and fear to work through. But ALSO they actually do have a profound difference in how they see the world that keeps coming between them, and it’s not just theoretical but deeply personal to both of them.
Because Aziraphale still wants to believe that God is good. He can’t let go of that because his whole identity is wrapped up in being an angel of the Lord, and if God’s not good then what has he been doing for his entire existence?
And so when bad things are happening he falls back on This cannot be what God wants. The whole of season one, he refuses to believe that God could really want the world to end—even though we now know he knew this was a possibility before the world even started. He keeps going up the chain of command, trying to find someone to intervene. “That’s why I’m going to have a word with the Almighty and then the Almighty will fix it.” As if God doesn’t have all the information or hasn’t been paying attention.
And really, the events of season one reinforce this worldview for him. Because if the Archangel Fucking Gabriel isn’t sure what God wants, then maybe God did want them to stop Armageddon. Maybe it was Aziraphale and Crowley who were doing God’s work after all.
He’s gotten as far as realizing that Heaven’s orders are not the same thing as God’s will, but he still hasn’t detached the concepts of Good and Right from God in his worldview.
Crowley is a good person who does the right thing so he must still be an angel deep down. “I know the angel you were.” The only way Aziraphale can conceptualize Crowley saving Job’s children is, “Come on, you’re a little bit on our [God’s] side.” So Crowley’s fall was a mistake; Crowley belongs in Heaven, where he was so happy before the Fall. Why wouldn’t he want to be an angel again? And yeah maybe Heaven sucks now but God is still good, so there’s hope that the system can be reformed with a change of leadership, and Heaven can be made to actually do good, the way God always intended.
But that’s not how Crowley sees the world at all. He is operating with an entirely different understanding of reality. Because he figured out a long time ago (at least by the time of the Job job, but probably long before that) that you can’t base your sense of morality on what you think God wants. Not just because you don’t know for sure, but because sometimes God’s plans are fucking awful. God in Good Omens is not kind to Her creations. She doesn’t tolerate questions or doubts or disobedience. She’s capricious, turning on the creatures She made and killing a bunch of them when She’s in a bad mood. She punishes indiscriminately and disproportionately. She wagers human lives like gambling chips. The kids were supposed to be dead no matter who won the bet.
I think it’s interesting that Crowley is the one who introduces the idea in season one of “What if the Almighty planned it like this all along? From the very beginning.” That’s probably a comforting thought to Aziraphale, soothing his anxieties about going against Heaven right when he is feeling acute distress at the idea of no longer having a side. (And, in that particular moment, no longer even having a bookshop.)
But it’s not a comforting thought to Crowley. Have you seen what happens when God has a plan for you? It fucking sucks. Woe betide you if you’re the Barbie God decides to play with today. (At bare minimum, you’re coming back with some burn marks and a weird haircut.)
I’ve brought up the line “There are no right people. There’s just God, moving in mysterious ways and not talking to any of us” before, and I tend to focus on the “there are no right people” part. But also, there’s just God.
Aziraphale tends to draw a distinction between God’s will and Heaven’s orders when it suits him, and collapse that distinction when it doesn’t. Crowley almost never differentiates between God and Heaven. There’s just God, and She’s not going to explain why this is happening or listen to pleas for mercy (although Crowley still tries). You can’t trust Heaven or Hell, and you can’t count on God to show up and make everything all right. Sometimes God is in fact the reason that things are not all right. You’re on your own.
(And. Look. Crowley is right on this one. There are certainly aspects of their relationship where they’re both equally responsible for things being a shitshow, but the text is pretty unambiguous about Crowley, a demon, having the most accurate read on the nature of God in the world of Good Omens out of any of the metaphysical characters.)
Crowley rebuilt his entire sense of self, alone, after the Fall. He created himself anew and developed his own moral compass and sense of identity independent of both Heaven and Hell. “The angel you knew is not me.” When Crowley does the right thing, that’s not his angel-ness shining through; that’s just Crowley.
And from a like, trauma recovery point of view, it’s actually very healthy for him to have the realization that sometimes God’s just kind of a dick. He didn’t do anything to deserve getting kicked out of Heaven. None of them did. Just God messing them about because She didn’t like being questioned, or She wanted to see what would happen, or She needed two sides for Reasons and didn’t much care who was on one or the other, or She’s playing some fucked up little game for Her own amusement. (And if there was some Great Plan that required Crowley to fall…well, that is also fucked up. Because it doesn’t matter if there was a reason. It still hurt.)
And while Crowley in general is extremely patient with Aziraphale and his slow, halting journey away from Heaven…it’s gotta sting, every time Aziraphale doesn’t want to believe that God could be cruel, when Crowley is standing right fucking there. It’s gotta hurt when Aziraphale refuses to see something that Crowley knows to be true through his own lived experience. Because it should be enough. What happened to him should be enough to make someone who loves him walk away from Heaven and never look back. And it isn’t.
But of course Crowley is one hundred percent not going to talk about this, if he is even fully self-aware about having these thoughts, because it’s far too painful and vulnerable. (He talks to plants, goats, God, and no one in a bar at the end of the world, but never to Aziraphale.) And so he says “Tell me you said no” and “I think I understand a lot better than you do” because he can’t say Choose me. Just this once, choose me and he can’t say Believe me.
And Aziraphale is not going to think about all this and work it out for himself, because he has a massive lump of denial centered around exactly this thing, that sometimes God hurts people who didn’t do anything to deserve it. I’m sure he’s thought about the Fall in abstract terms, enough to be afraid of it, but not in terms of this is a thing that happened to a person I love. And he has certainly not allowed himself to draw any conclusions about the nature of God from it, because that is far too scary a prospect.
And so they’re stuck. Until they can figure out how to remove this massive landmine from the center of their relationship, they are going to keep having the same fight over and over again, and they’re going to keep hurting each other without fully understanding why.
#do you know HOW HARD it is to write genuine ideological conflict that also feels deeply personal?? and they did it SO WELL#i am in awe tbh#good omens#good omens s2#ineffable husbands#crowley#aziraphale#heaven#hell#god#the god in good omens is not nice and you can’t convince me otherwise#is a tag i have from s1 and i’m sticking with it#fall thoughts
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i am frothing at the mouth
#tummy in the blood is so#i sat at my desk like :O for the entire last minute#i am in awe tbh#i lvoe this dudes voice#Spotify
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Daaaaaaamn this is so freaking cool
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some quick jjk eye paintings
#my art#jujutsu kaisen#jjk#megumi fushiguro#yuji itadori#nobara kugisaki#yuta okkotsu#gojo satoru#geto suguru#ryoumen sukuna#fanart#jjk fanart#tagging everyone feels like it took longer than the actual painting my god#i believe ive gone on record waxing poetic about how i love lower eyelids and how i could paint them fr hours#so i put my money where my mouth is and thats what i did today . self care :)#i had a cool idea fr gojo where i wanted to do like an abberated effect to show 2 extra sets of eyes#but god it looked cluttered and awful no matter what layer mode i put it on sdgdgjsdg#settled fr chromatic abberation on th irises :')#quickish painting but i am ! happy !#very proud also of the different eye shapes i ws able to achieve while keeping them consistently sized#was worried abt geto there fr a sec#but tbh he turned out to be one of my favs ????? surprised myself#anyway this is my love letter to eye skin <3 i love u lower eyelid folds mwah <3
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I am what I am 'cause you trained me. ☆ reblogs are encouraged!
#regina mills#reginamillsedit#lana parrilla#ouatedit#once upon a time#once upon a time edit#userstorybrooke#usertoph#tuserabbie#witchesnet#bitchys#userladiesblr#tslyricsedit#userssam: gif#userssam: ouat#userssam: quote edit#ouat 1x18#ouat 2x02#ouat 2x21#ouat 2x05#ouat 1x07#tw glitching#tw flashy gifs#back on my bullshit!!#could make a gif to every lyric in this song tbh#I levitate down your street -- the awful cgi in the pilot when she crashes the wedding!!#this feels like my i am not a woman i'm a god set 2.0
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hollow
#the great ace attorney#dai gyakuten saiban#tgaa#dgs#kazuma asogi#asogi kazuma#asougi kazuma#kazuma asougi#evangenny art#'lucien these colors look awful' i don't fucking care anymore#this shit sat in my folder for almost 9 months now i want it FINISHED and GONE and OUT OF MY SIGHT#tbh i didn't initially plan to make this Very Red it just. kinda happened#it's 2 am i should go sleep before i lose my mind
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✨he looks heavenly✨
i am so excited to see this man in action for season 4. it's going to be full one tarot card, séance readings, all round witch shit. which is what i've wanted since day one.
the fashion, the vibe, the pose. beautiful. its giving klaus season one or the closest we'll get to season one.
and klaus season one will always be famous. the jewellery. the background, yes it dingy and grimy but im obsessed. i have way too many feelings on how good he looks.
i would prefer he had his curls but im willing to overlook it for this absolutely impeccable picture.
i am so excited to see him hopefully use his powers and maybe even enjoy using them. still worried about the damn tower tarot card but this. this is everything ive wanted in klaus.
when i think about klaus, this is damn near perfect to what i think. add curls and it is perfect.
#the umbrella academy#umbrella academy#tua#the umbrella academy s4#umbrella academy s4#tua s4#klaus hargreeves#he just looks so good#i am actually struggling for words because he looks fancy#the overall aesthetic is just bohemian weirdo#which i think describe klaus and robert sheehan tbh quite perfectly#hes doing some séance stuff but on his own terms which i love and want for him#please give this boy a happy ending#let him be safe and joyful and just let him be okay#he is actually one of those awful tragic characters that if he doesnt get a happy ending it will bother me#i get really deep about klaus because we share a lot of qualities and it makes me nervous how much he goes through#like if he doesnt get better will i ever get better#but thats a lot to put on a fictional character so ill stop#let klaus be happy thank you netflix#umbrella academy klaus#the umbrella academy season 4#tua season 4
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Her job
is...
Beach?
and kissing women
kenjoy
#the presentation of this could be better#but unfortunately tumblr sucks when it comes to posting art#tbh all social media sucks with posting art#anyways i hope you enjoy#one day i will maybe think of a way of doing good looking backgrounds#but it is what it is#these took awful long but i am so proud of these because like??? look??#my art#barbie#barbie 2023#barbie x gloria#barbie movie#Barbie brainrot
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I still find it funny that people call eleven a "deadbeat husband" and their marriage "toxic" but twelve is the "perfect husband" and their marriage "wedded bliss" all because of the few moments we'd seen between 11 and River were them being "toxic". yes of course! let's ignore how the minisodes show how that description isn't true and even how little moments in the episodes themselves – "what? that's it?" (why haven't you kissed me goodbye? are you being sly on purpose so I'd kiss you first?) and "they wouldn't bury my wife out here" and the music room is the heart of the home and it's not a ghost story, it's a love story – show 11 cared and put in the work and yes, they're going to have disagreements like the ones in TATM because duh who doesn't but it does not mean it is the entirety of their relationship but people have taken it and made it the entirety of their relationship.
#doctorriver#doctor x river#river song#doctor who#eleventh doctor#the doctor#twelfth doctor#yowzah#eleven x river#can you tell i am passionate about this topic? no? yes? maybe?#i blink my eyes in confusion(?) the absurdity of it all(?) when i see 11 described as a deadbeat husband#do people still not understand that we only saw like 3% of their relationship? that we didn't see *everything*??#i really have to post those damn wonderful twitter threads here#i thought i'd only be seeing those awful takes on twitter but hah no apparently not#and that other one saying river has no agency? river has no say in her life? river had been forced to keep her life as is?#that the doctor didn't exert that much effort for her the same way she did for him? i'm still trying to digest it tbh because what if i've#taken it the wrong way? but it came up again on my feed and it's still the same. damn. people really believe river had no agency? no choice#tia talks tish#dw musings
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Send me every little selfie you take so that i can look at them whenever i miss you
#wlw#wlw mood#sapphic#sapphism#lesbian#hate how much im having a picture locket of my beloveds face coded#embarrassing tbh#like pls let me look at pictures of you when i miss you and i can’t sleep pls pls pls pls#when i dont have time to text or call you but i miss you#when i just sort of need to stare at you but we aren’t together#ughhhhh#i like pictures SO much#but also i would rather die than have a picture of myself exist i hate those things smh#few experiences as mortifying to me as having my picture taken horrible and awful#my brain is itchy just thinking about it#im gay and i like sleeping#also also i am. So tired.#i tried to grammar check all this but god i cannot focus on it lol#so apologies if there’s nonsense😅#time to SLEEP even though i have absolutely NO pictures to stare at longingly smh😒
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unfortunately for everyone in the tag, y’all wrote this on one of my posts and I DO in fact draw @lukeslywalkers @padawanduck @dramaticallytrue
#be careful what you wish for LMAO#was reading through my notes like ‘ha ha—wait. I draw…’#bb26#tucker des lauriers#joseph rodriguez#quinn martin#I am very aware this is an awful tucker likeness#but I reached the point where it was like. am I REALLY going to redo a bunch of work for a shit post#and the answer was no 😌❤️#peace and love#I feel like it’s a decent joseph and tbh that’s good enough for me#now if anyone spreads this outside of tumblr I am legally allowed to hunt you for sport#my art
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#I'm having feelings again. like some kind of season twelver#so much to unpack#non macden thoughts: I am so glad they're using devito again.... he's literally an A-list actor yet for the last few seasons#frank has done nothing but a few one-liners... it's good to see peepaw shine again ❤️#eating and spitting and swearing and beating birds to death.... et cetera#tbh everyone has kinda been out to pasture#I mean no of course standing in different locations and delivering washed up political opinions in your normal speaking voice is acting#go back to bed honey#anyway! wow. macdennis#feels like a good trade-off for the awful uncle jack content this season#I hope dennis explodes him for his mental health day#iasip
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i look inside myself and see 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 i see my red door, i must have it 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤
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#support my brand pls#marvel rp#indie marvel rp#indie mcu rp#indie comic rp#indie rp#indie superhero rp#horror rp#indie horror rp#indie crime rp#you already know how it is#sorry this looks like trash i tried my best LMAO#i am awful at making gifs#or graphics or anything tbh#aldka;lfj
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burn your village | female rage playlist
#f1#lewis hamilton#behold I share with you: witch!lewis#the drivers this man has had to contend with seb (❤️); nico; alonso; masa; max like JESUS CHRIST I KNOW YOURE A WITCH#it was v important for this to be dicordant and jarring#that was the most fun part tbh switching & subverting the tonal snaps#this is going to be a lidol series bc I went through my female rage paylist and thought wow... could definitely formula-one-fy this#im trying to be nonchalant but right as i started enjoying making this that STUPID article about lewis doubting himself came out -#and I almost unalived SICK AND TWISTED#anyway literally forever in awe of him.#that one clip from monza 2017 was v important to me bc how the fuck did Lewis take the championship lead from Ferrari IN MONZA#who scripted that. and all the booing and it was so. fucking? much?#always thanks to xavier who is attentive & constructive & insightful & understands every motif even if i am sure they are known only to me#and meg who is always lovely and kind when i send her literally the most BUSTED drafts that are 80% black screens
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#TBHHHHHH ITS TRUE#relight is a game changer#i am in awe of the improvement tbh#i havent even touched anything ;-;#ts4#the sims 4#sims 4#heidi myer
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Cullen (taking lyrium): I am bound to the Inquisition. I will serve until I am no longer needed.
Cullen: I always wanted to be a templar, to protect people. After Ferelden, I served out of fear… and because I was compelled. I thought if I removed the part that kept me chained, I would find my own purpose again. There are templars who have been through worse. Once your sacrifices are made, is there no end? Are you leashed until the day you die, or lyrium takes your mind away?
Cassandra: Mages have made their suffering known, but templars never have. They are bound to the Order, mind and soul, with someone always holding their lyrium leash. Cullen has a chance to break that leash, to prove to himself—and anyone who would follow suit—that it’s possible.
i see the words 'bound' 'chained' and 'leash' and black out and start barking
#dragon age inquisition#commander cullen#cullen rutherford#dragon age#dai#meredith stannard#my art#art#debuting my new awful inquisitor Whitney Trevelyan. designed in a lab (my mind) to cause maximum issues. half her deal is reminding culle#of a younger version of meredith <3 which is so very bad for him. TBH i dont think he would even tell her about the lyrium BUT who am i to#deny canon.. anyways she thinks him weak and heretic for leaving the order. fun for me.#bc she is a devout fanatical templar which reminds him of himself in kirkwall but now she has like power and an army. BUT she is gonna#fight corypheus and the venatori sooooo Ends and Means and all that#idk i feel like my mental vision for this was better than the execution for the metaphor. BUT i think i shaded the armor very well
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