I can’t believe I went through all of Season 2 assuming Nina was the stand-in for Crowley when you actually pay attention it’s so CLEAR that she’s Aziraphale. I was tricked by her spiky, sarcastic, cynical outer shell and lulled into a false sense of security by Maggie’s bubbly optimism and wholesome goodness, because on the surface they reflect the ineffable husbands perfectly, in their personalities, their aesthetics, even many of their actions and morals. but not, and this is the real key, when it comes to their “relationship”. but those first impressions really had me damn fooled.
I missed the blatantness of Nina’s “we’re just friends. actually we’re not friends. we barely know each other.” the same thing Aziraphale said in season 1. the way he still struggles to quantify their friendship when Nina asks. Nina’s sarcasm when Crowley asks about rain and awnings because it worked for him (we all know it LMAO). hell, that whole convo the girls have in the rain is so AziraCrow (“I know. I’m not your type” “...You have no idea” hits so much harder the second time, help meeeee.) “Lindsay” maybe being symbolic of Heaven and Aziraphale’s toxic relationship with them and their abuse? (the handwritten text messages in red pen make me think of angry notes on paperwork, anyone else?) because Crowley has never actually cared about what Hell thinks of him, just not getting into trouble (or him or Aziraphale getting hurt). Maggie is always chasing Nina. NINA NEVER GOES IN THE RECORD STORE. Just like Crowley always goes to the bookstore, to Aziraphale, Zira NEVER WENT TO THE FLAT (apart from The Swap but that doesn’t count imo). Crowley has always chased Zira, not the other way around. Always there to rescue him, always going to him for company, always relying on their shared connection, always US. OUR SIDE. All through season one, he comes to Zira every time to work together, never trying to work alongside Hell in any way that isn’t to save their skins or Earth, while Zira hides things from Crowley because he STILL thinks Heaven is ultimately good and will do the right thing if he can just show them. fix it from the inside.
Maggie working up the courage to finally say something, to put herself out there, while Nina is utterly oblivious and then when she does realise Maggie has feelings, becoming standoffish, putting up that barrier, fighting it, denying it, ITS SO CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE IN THAT ORDER. the way I was fooled into thinking Nina’s trust issues are Crowley because he does have trust issues ofc he does BUT Crowley has ALWAYS TRUSTED AZIRAPHALE. has always relied on him. has always been hurt when Aziraphale doesn’t immediately reciprocate the way he expects (the holy water request, the bandstand, the “off in the stars” etc). he’s always the one putting himself forward. Aziraphale has always been the one to second guess everything, to fight their connection, their similarities, their friendship. the girls really made me think it was going to be okay when they sat Crowley down, even as my inner sirens were going haywire about Metatron interfering, they were telling Crowley he just needs to open up and it’ll all work out BUT HE’S ALREADY AT THAT POINT. he may not say it, and by gosh is that part of their damn problem, but he’s always SHOWN IT. he’s not Nina who needs time to heal and recover from her broken trust, he’s always been Maggie believing it doesn’t matter, they’ll end up together in the end anyway AND I WALKED RIGHT INTO THE TRAP THAT THIS MEANT THEY WERE GOING TO BE OKAYYYYYYYYYYY
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One for the Money: Claire doesn't do circuses, not really, but the stories surrounding Circus Gothica don't sound like nothing.
A Supernatural/Danny Phantom crossover written for SuperPhantom Week 2024. (I'm blending Day 2, Strange, with Day 3, Family/Outsider.)
Technically, this is a prequel to my fic Through the Wringer (FFN | AO3), but it can easily be read as a standalone.
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"Learn how to edit GIFs," I said. "I can do anything with a decent enough tutorial," I said. "This shouldn't be too difficult if I have enough patience and dopamine," I said. "Oh, I think I'm starting to figure it out," I said.
Hours later, and I have not figured it out. My dopamine related to this project has run out for now. I am just gonna stop before I get too much more frustrated. Should probably eat more food since I had a limited amount today.
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it's a bit but like genuinely i'm so fascinated by the idea that angels have to smell the person to find out information about their body. like idk i just love it. smell and the act of smelling something just seem so far removed from something etheral and celestial. like it's so 'earthly' in a way like smells are so ordinary or can be digusting and something you really have to experience with your body. even the way cas smells the dead guy is very much like going in there and really sniffing which is so different from like anything else that the angels do when using their magic like touching the forehead or doing their magic without even touching. i don't know why i have so many thoughts about a silly little joke about cas being weird but i just love how like the act of smelling things just kind of grounds the angels like idk
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Rewatching, and I love how Ben is like 100x more jealous of Des that he was ever of Paxton is so telling because Des and Ben do share some things, he's not just jealous of him because of Devi but because " a weird mix of you and me" like he thinks about what Devi see on boys so much...
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every time people start reblogging that gifset of dennis plugging his ears i'm reminded that this is in my drafts
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New Doppletale doodle(s)!
@oodlesndoodles inspired me yesterday during a Magma and I ended up giving Pretender!Sans a lil more backstory than I meant to lmao--
Warning for eyestrain, unsettling imagery(?) and eye-contact/scopophobia(?) Below the cut!
Bro couldn't help himself. Ate a human, didn't mean to, now he's afraid he'll lose focus and do it again (specifically to Kindness this time! Which he does NOT want to do!!!)
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do you see that empty space between tai and lottie? do you know who's missing from the group? van and laura lee!!! taivan lottielee double date when
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