#omens rambling

[eroticomens]

i have this headcanon that wade is actually a really 'organized', cleanly person (when he's feeling okay). i imagine this is partly due to his time in the military, but more deeply ingrained by childhood trauma. little things he can't unlearn no matter how few fucks he gives-- he makes his bed every day. he washes the dishes before they pile up. he folds his clothes right out of the dryer. it's just second nature sure there are piles of shit everywhere, but nothing is gross or grimy. so what, the clothes never make it into the dresser or the same few dishes just end up back in the sink over and over again because he's too lazy to grab something different from the cupboard. out of sight, out of mind! (open storage is his friend.) he knows exactly what's in each pile and if you try to reorganize his chaos, he's gonna bite his own fuggin fingers off because now he cant find anything and nothing makes sense anymore when he's NOT feeling okay, the switch flips and the state he lives in becomes an actual health hazard. i feel like, left to his own devices, he ends up like this more often than not

[camilleflyingrotten]

[crowleys-bentley-and-plants]

New concept idea: blackout poetry of the bible but make it as gay as possible (and good omens themed of course)

[parlapina]

"How would you describe most of your favorite shows/books?"

Like this:

[viperinz]

aziraphale aka the ceo of heart eyes towards one (1) specific demon that is the love of his life

[mac-tirs]

the usage of different types of english in elden ring

most human/tarnished NPCs we meet, like rogier, ansbach, and nepheli, use late modern english:

"a sorcerer, as you might have guessed. i'm looking for a little something, here in the castle. when i'm not hotfooting it from the troops, that is." - rogier, first meeting "general radahn. a pleasure to see you, after all this time. but those remains do not belong to you." - ansbach, upon summon for PCR

but older demigods like messmer, ranni, and morgott use early modern english:

"thou'rt tarnished, it seemeth. mother, wouldst thou truly lordship sanction, in one so bereft of light? yet… my purpose standeth unchanged." - messmer, pre-battle cutscene "thou needst not indulge them unduly, but they too wish to appraise thy worth. it hath been a passing long time since a newcomer entered my service, after all." - ranni, after agreeing to serve her

then there are the younger demigods, like miquella, malenia, and potentially melina, who use a later variant of modern english, similar to the tarnished NPCs we speak to:

"if we honour our part of the vow, promise me you'll be my consort. i'll make the world a gentler place." - miquella, post-PCR cutscene "the scarlet bloom flowers once more. you will witness true horror. now, rot!" - malenia, phase 2 transition cutscene

finally, the hornsent NPCs like the hornsent, hornsent grandam, and the hornsent spirits such as the one outside the whipping hut, who use late middle english similar to the english found in shakespeare's sonnets:

"fie, another? ... then, as that woman would surely say, we are in our purposes well aligned. but understand. your kind are not forgiven. the erdtree is my people's enemy. by marika long betray'd, set aflame." - hornsent, first meeting "all your resentment lingers yet... the raw stuff from which i shall surely forge a curse. upon the dastard messmer's head. upon marika's children each and all." - scorched ruins hornsent spirit

i find it interesting how different the usage of english is in the game, and i feel that it can be a hint on how to properly date an individual's occupation in the lands between/land of shadow. the hornsent, being a people much older than many in the lands between, use the most archaic version of english, while the tarnished and younger demigods use a form of english more closely related to our own in the current period. older demigods (and marika herself, as heard from melina's recounts of marika's spoken echoes) use a form of english more closely related to the period of transition from middle english to early modern english.

additionally, another interesting thing to me: mohg is almost certainly nearly the same age as morgott (since they're referred to as twins), yet he speaks a little differently compared to morgott:

"tarnished, thou'rt but a fool." - morgott, post-battle dialogue "dearest miquella. you must abide alone a while." - mohg, pre-battle cutscene

this makes me wonder if it's possible that, assuming that miquella's verbiage is indicative of his younger age in comparison to the older demigods (aka the demigods born before the marika/radagon union), miquella's charm altered mohg's perception enough to also alter his manner of speaking and carrying himself in some way. if his pursuit of finery (dressing in embroidered robes and handling himself with poise, juxtaposing his bestial growls and strength) was mainly done in an effort to fit into miquella's ideal of a consort. of course, mohg could just be as vain as he seems to be all on his own accord, but i find that it's interesting to entertain the idea that even his current state of being was due to miquella's charm.

i'd love to hear what others think about this. i'm not very learned when it comes to english (it's not really my first language), but i find this all very cool to think about.

[starboymp3]

anyways. thinking about the bentley doing literally anything aziraphale tells it.... not speeding, turning yellow, giving him sweets, playing whatever he wants..... you know that quote from howl's moving castle, “calcifer, you're being so obedient”..........

[mitsybubbles]

[minty-and-fresh]

Watching Beezlebub give such an amazing offer to Crowley if he were to hand Gabriel’s location over to them hits COMPLETELY different upon rewatch.

They’re like “I will let you back to Hell, promote you, give you a raise, if you get me the Archangel Gabriel.” and then the finale comes and we get hit with this:

“Well wherever he is, you find Gabriel for me, and you can have whatever your nasty little heart desires! You could be a Duke of Hell!”

Quite romantic now isn’t it?

“You hear anything about this, you come to me first yeah?” Is them being protective asf over Gabriel and worried about where he is and what will happen if Heaven gets to him first.

[bloodymarymorstan]

So yesterday I watched all the historical scenes of Crowley and Aziraphale in chronological order and then feverishly came up with a new interpretation of the "you go too fast for me Crowley scene" so here it is:

Ok so now we know from season 2 that the Dirty Donkey pub where Crowley holds his heist-planning meeting is right across the street from Aziraphale's bookshop. This means that when Aziraphale goes to meet Crowley in his car he literally just walks across the street, but it also means that when Crowley offers to drive Aziraphale somewhere he isn't offering to take him home. The previous implication of that interaction was that Crowley was going to drive Aziraphale back to his bookshop, but Crowley knows that the bookshop is only a 30 second walk away so that's obviously not the case. In fact, Crowley doesn't actually ask Aziraphale if he wants to be driven home, what he actually says is "can I drop you anywhere?" and then "I'll give you a lift, anywhere you want to go".

So now we know that Crowley isn't trying to drive Aziraphale home, the conclusion we have to draw is that he's asking him if he wants to go somewhere else with Crowley. This is kind of a covert way of wording things, but Crowley is still testing the waters at this point in their relationship. He pulled this same tactic in 1941 when he said he would give Aziraphale a "lift home" and then ended up taking him somewhere else which led to them spending the entire evening together. "I'll give you a lift" has essentially become code for "let's hang out". This also explains why Crowley looks genuinely disappointed and upset when Aziraphale turns down his offer (and why Aziraphale acts apologetic about it).

But, considering that we know Aziraphale has fallen for Crowley by now AND that they went out together in 1941, why the "you go too fast for me Crowley" line? My explanation is this: in 1941, Crowley nearly got in big trouble with Hell simply for having been seen with Aziraphale, and not only did he not seem that bothered by it but he is now asking Aziraphale if he wants to go out again even though they've both been directly confronted with the risk this poses for him. I think it scares Aziraphale that Crowley is willing to risk so much just to spend time with him - he's not ready to confront the truth of what that means yet, and he's also not yet at the point where he'd be willing to take the same risk with Heaven. As usual, Crowley is a step ahead of him in terms of his commitment to their relationship, hence "you go too fast for me". Keep in mind that Aziraphale was very caught up in the moment in 1941 and has had a lot of time to reflect since then about the potential consequences of a relationship with Crowley, and he's just not ready yet even if he definitely wants it.

As a side note, I think it makes a lot of sense that this is the point when Aziraphale agrees to give Crowley the holy water (and why Crowley is more determinedly seeking it in the first place), because now both he and Crowley more fully understand the the danger Crowley will be in if Hell finds out what the two of them have been up to.

[ahalliance]

i am absolutely fucking deranged about how crowley so clearly replaced the word “couple” with “a group of the two of us” then followed it up with “and we’ve spent our existence pretending that we aren’t.” how you can see azi understands perfectly welll what he means and gets this panicky look in his eyes for it . they spent their existence pretending they weren’t a couple. i need a lie down

[eroticomens]

i imagine deadpool being genderfluid in the most nonchalant way possible. (using he/him in this post for quick readability)

to the point where he doesn't even really bother bringing it up, because it doesn't matter how anyone perceives his gender but himself-- or maybe that's just what he tells himself. if you perceive him as male, he's not going to argue with you on that because it just doesn't matter.

gender feels like something that should be played and experimented with. everyone just assumes 'oh that's just deadpool being deadpool, wild lil shit,' when he puts on a dress or heels, but wade's just following his heart. maybe the fact that nobody takes him seriously reinforces the idea that it's just not worth the time or effort? but then i imagine someone with mind, emotion or aura reading capabilities for example, calling him the pronouns he's actually vibing with in that particular moment without him even bringing it up, and they're clearly not joking or trying to poke fun at him like everyone normally does. and the euphoria, the validation is just so real that he cries big ugly tears and will NOT stop hugging, and everyone's like "why is deadpool crying because charles referred to him 'she' wtf"

[ghostlycollectorchaos]

i think there's something to be said for how in almost every piece of queer media you'll have a scene where character A asks character B to run away with them. i'm talking alpha century, i'm talking sailing to fucking china, i'm talking jonathan sims considering gouging out his eyes with martin blackwood and just walking away, i'm talking peter nureyev and juno steel in season 1, i'm TALKING about LAN WANGJI and "come back to Cloud Recesses with me".

there's just something so inherently bittersweet about the idea of running away with your loved one that's deeply ingrained in the queer experience and i think that's lovely.

And there's also something to be said for the fact the answer is almost always "no"

[crowleys-bentley-and-plants]

I dont know what's going on but im happy to be a part of it

[edgarallennope]

I absolutely cannot stop thinking about the version of Crowley we get to see from before the Fall. He smiles differently, he speaks differently. There's so much oppenness in his expression. He loves what he does! Is genuinly mournful when he learns it will be destroyed.

Compared to the Crowley we see after years of solitude, abuse and treading on eggshells around his bosses. Closed off, furious, suspicious. I do truly believe that after he was called back to Hell in the graveyard that the next time Aziraphale saw him was in 1862, when he asked, in that feeble, broken down voice, for Holy Water. He has spent so much of his existence in survival mode, is desperate to cling to the peace he's found.

Nina describes him as the "hard bitten one" who can't trust anyone ever again, and it sort of gobsmacked me that she could see that!!! that Neil Gaiman would have someone say that!!!!! But, of course, she is in many ways the same.

Whatever happened to Crowley after the Laudanum incident certainly wasn't a one-off. He was certainly punished again and again for deeds seen as too good. Enough so that when he is called kind, when he is called good, when he is thanked, his response is violent panic.

It's easy for us to believe that maybe he's always been like that. But no. Gaiman gave us incontestable proof that there was a time where Crowley smiled freely, where he looked with wide and joyful eyes at the parts of the world he created. The difference from that, to the numb and deeply lonely Crowley that we see with Job, the anxious, repressed and angry Crowley that we see in the present day, is one of the biggest tragedies of all.

[viperinz]

i absolutely adore how nothing has changed in the way aziraphale looks at crowley like he's been smitten since day one

they're actually the first love story of the good omens universe (real) (not fake)