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[adelacreations]

Hey! Everyone in the UK, Etsy is doing a 5£ off of items in shops using code: SMALL5

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[staryeyed-spacegirl]

Oh my god oh my god they were beautiful!!! Im so happy I actually got to see them!! Bunny's statue was right outside a chocolate shop!! How perfect!! After years of wanting to take the trip, I finally did. Worth it, so worth it.

[vintagepromotions]

Cover of the menu at the Hotel Black Coffee Shop, Oklahoma City, featuring several Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft (1943).

[shopwitchvamp]

Last call for these powerful dad hats! $10 off and only a few left for each!! Sadly I'm not gonna restock them after they're gone~ 🖤witchvamp.com🖤

[6-2-aestheticsofhate]

The Gabriel tarot necklace being him with both swords out and, from what I've gathered, the two of swords card means being at a crossroads and having to make difficult decisions or even being at an impasse.

I also want to point out the text on the store page is from the cutscene where the council tore out his light and gave him a difficult choice of either killing the machine or dying. You could also argue this is meant to reference Gabriel's confusion and how difficult it was to finally realize God is not absolute and neither is he and no one is better than the other.

Disclaimer: I have very little experience with tarot readings or meanings and I got most of this from a few Google searches. Sorry if this is inaccurate!!

[emaadsidiki]

New York Moment 🗽🛍️

[cerubean]

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[melbatron5000]

Two Crowleys

A while ago, the wonderful mind of @noneorother posted this meta about the puppets in the magic shop.

The observation that there appear to be two Crowleys in the shot of the puppet arrangement had me absolutely scratching my head and thinking they must be mistaken somehow.

(pic from @noneorother)

But then I got my hands on some of the Amazon X-ray extras, and discovered these little gems from the album covers in Maggie's record shop:

Now, going back to our color-coding for a moment, we may not know what all the colors in Good Omens mean, and we may not have all the colors down. But we do know a few, and we know that color-coding in Good Omens does exist, and that it matters.

Auburn and vavoom yellow are Crowley's colors. They are the colors of his hair and eyes. Black and scarlet red are the colors he wears. So those four colors are Crowley-coded colors. Okay.

Thus, these two record albums from Maggie's shop are Crowley-colored. Now, notice something important? Well, two things. The first -- Raga Koboj has TWO little sharp-clawed critters peering out at us from behind blinds. I daresay they are meant to be little cartoon demons, yes? And CT Bazz: Dank Balaclava features a face in a red ski mask. People usually wear ski masks if A. it's cold as tits outside, or B. if they're trying to hide their identity. So both albums feature Crowley colors AND images of hiding -- plus one features an image of twinsies.

The other important thing takes us back to color-coding. What other color do we see here besides our well-known Crowley colors? On Raga Koboj, the auburn and vavoom yellow blend into each other -- creating orange between them. And Dank Balaclava features a cigarette being lit -- with a little flair of orange fire.

(Edit to add: The name of that first album is Raga Koboj, which is a style of Indian music. A very famous tale in India is of the Warrior Goddess Kahli fighting demons who kept replicating themselves. Every time a drop of blood would hit the ground, a new demon would spring up. She went on a rampage trying to destroy them all, and her husband had to throw himself in her path to stop her. Hmm . . .)

This leads me to believe two things: Yes, TWO Crowleys. One Crowley in hiding, the other a twin. And that orange is Crowley's secret color.

Where else do we see orange?

Yep, the pillars in Aziraphale's shop. Which we also know is painted Crowley Auburn on the outside and Vavoom Yellow on the inside. With accents of this nice saffron orange on the pillars.

Want more proof? Okay.

Several people have noted that Aziraphale and Crowley keep to each other's right and left, respectively. Aziraphale on the right, Crowley on the left. In season 1, whenever they are on the opposite sides of each other, something's up. Not wrong, necessarily, but not in proper order. As in the image-swap/body-swap. Several people have also noted that Crowley is on Aziraphale's right far more frequently in season 2. And look here:

Aziraphale looks instinctively to his left when Crowley approaches -- only this Crowley, the twin, is not approaching on Aziraphale's left. This happens in more than one scene.

And when Aziraphale introduces Crowley to Nina in the coffee shop in episode one, he says, "This is, um, Crowley." As if he's quickly deciding how to name this individual who looks like his demon but approached on his right. Aziraphale "ums" and hesitates a lot this season, but he's also lying a lot. Hesitation and "um" is one of his tells.

I believe Aziraphale knows this isn't Crowley 1.0. But he acts and talks to this Crowley as if it's Crowley 1.0, so I don't think it's an imposter or someone pretending to be Crowley who isn't. I think Crowley's split himself in two. Am I sure about that? No. But it's where I'm leaning at this moment.

But Crowley 1.0 isn't missing entirely. Look here:

Aziraphale is looking over his left shoulder for his demon, and Crowley's right there, where he should be.

So yeah, TWO Crowleys.

Now where the heck is Crowley while his twin is out walking around on Aziraphale's right side? I really don't know what he might be up to, but I think he's in contact. Reachable, at least.

Let's look at this one again. Who's this?

No, not the guy in the foreground. The guy in the back. No, not the dude wearing tartan, the other guy. The guy in front of the ORANGE pillar, the guy on Crowley-twin's LEFT shoulder.

Is that Crowley 1.0? Or at least, a way for Crowley to be in touch while he's off doing whatever the heck he's doing? I think it is.

Would you like some more proof?

Okay. How about another record album from Maggie's shop?

Back to color-coding again. That baby-blue/red combo seems to indicate Crowley and Aziraphale's relationship together. The baby-blue is the color of Aziraphale's shirt, while the red is one that Crowley wears, mostly around his neck, although it also appears elsewhere in his costuming.

Au Revoir, Fingers! Crowley's just a head now. But a head has ears and eyes, so Aziraphale can communicate with it. As I suspect he tries to here, before Jim interrupts:

But wait. Back to Au Revoir Fingers for a moment. Red Eye Smile?

And red eyes? Fuck me.

A very few people have pointed out that there are lots of dual red taillights in multiple shots, frequently framed rather carefully. I had dismissed it, as I usually do when something turns out to be freaking important.

Someone's watching. I think it might be Crowley 1.0.

Then there's that bit where he's driving back to Whickber street, after coming back from Hell, and he first zooms around a bus with red taillights and says, "There's only room for one of us in this lane and it's not you," then he changes a pair of red stop lights to green and says "Don't you even think about it. There, that's better." Is he arguing with himself?? Telling the Other Crowley that it's his turn right now, not his? Of course I can't find a GIF or picture of that right now, but you know what I mean, right? Neil had to cut a bunch of material out of the finished show to fit Amazon's time limit requirements. That scene would seem to be an easy cut to make -- unless the scene matters to the overall plot too much to cut.

I also suspect that Crowley might be talking to himself in the book shop at the end of season 2. You know, when he turns Aziraphale's chair around to face the right way, but when Maggie and Nina come in it's facing the center of the room again? I suspect Crowley 1.0 and 2.0 had a chat. I do not know about what. Just sharing information?

I also wonder if Crowley 2.0 might have his own POV scenes -- thus confusing the already complicated POV situation even more. The white head statue sure gets several shots where it's in center frame, as if it is the POV character in that scene.

That's what I got, my fellow brain rotters. There's my evidence.

In conclusion: Two Crowleys. Yeah, I think so. Now, for the big question:

WHY???

What is Crowley doing that there needs to be two of him? And is it just twinsies, or is that someone else pretending to be Crowley and I'm wrong? Aziraphale definitely seems to know that's NOT his original Crowley, but tells the demon important information without hesitation, so I'm still suspecting Crowley twinned himself. But what if I'm wrong? Who is it then? And why are they pretending to be Crowley? And why does Aziraphale seem to know it's not Crowley, but still talk to him like it is?

I have no answers.

Thanks for crackpotting and going nuts with me, yet again. I hope this keeps you up at night like it's done me.

[xxplastic-cubexx]

TWO OF THEM

[lowpolyanimals]

Gift Shop Bird Statue

[katherynefromphilly]

While looking up real estate values of houses in other places (as one does), I saw this patch of land for sale, right on a lake, with a lovely grassy plain down to the water, and instantly, and I do mean immediately, was like:

“I wonder how much it would cost to put a cafe there with windows all along the front?”

[webdiggerxxx]

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[lore-of-the-mushroom-kingdom]

1-Up Mushrooms Aren't Just A Gameplay Mechanic

Many people believe 1-Up Mushrooms don't exist in-universe and are simply a gameplay mechanic, this is far from the case. So for starters you can go to a Luma Shop and have a Lumalee transform into a 1-Up Mushroom, something that happens in-universe. Also, in Super Mario Galaxy you can receive letter from Mailtoad sent by Princess Peach, in it you are given 1-Up Mushrooms.

In the Mario & Luigi: Partner's In Time an Intern Shroob will give a 1-Up to a fallen comrade, and in Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam the Juniors will use 1-Up Mushrooms on each other if defeated.

In Super Mario Run there is the 1-Up Mushroom Statue and the 8-bit 1-Up Mushroom Statue you can get further confirming their existence.

In the various Mario Kart games there as been various sponsors using 1-Up Mushrooms. There is the 1-Up Coffee which actually shows they can be used for coffees, which goes along with the statue's claim of them having a life-changing flavor. There is 1-Up Fuel which tells us in-universe 1-Up Mushrooms are used as fuel for karts and other vehicles. This makes me wonder if there is a chemical reaction between 1-Up Mushrooms and Super Mushrooms when you use one in Mario Kart. Finally there is 1Up Racing and 1-Up Mushroom Car Insurance.

Another notable on that seems to be a subspecies of 1-Up Mushrooms is the Reshreshroom which looks similar to them but with stars and instead and it refreshes someone. I bring this up because I believe 1-Up can have a dual purpose of either refreshing a fallen ally or revival. Now why would I say revival? Well……

As we know Paper Mario is canon and in Super Paper Mario we are introduced to the Underwhere aka World -1 where people go when they game over and have no more extra lives. This confirms the existence of extra lives which would be provided for by 1-Ups, and that someone can run out of lives.

[room-surprise]

PSA: Mickbell and Kuro do NOT run a noodle shop in the post-canon. They run a general store.

So, there's a popular misconception that in the post-canon, Mickbell and Kuro, two minor characters from Kabru's party, open a noodle shop. My friend Fumi drew my attention to this last night, as I'd just sort of forgotten about it.

This is not actually true. What their bios in the updated World Guide say is that they run a general store together, with no mention of noodles whatsoever. I checked this using machine translation, and got a Japanese speaker to confirm that it was correct.

With that in mind, I'm also pretty sure Mithrun's updated World Guide bio also doesn't mention anything about him being an ambassador or making noodles or running a shop. I'll make another post about that once I've confirmed it to my satisfaction.

Images and translation info behind the cut.

The last sentence of Mickbell's bio says: 現在はクロとともに、な んでも屋を営んでいる。

This translates to: He currently runs a general store together with Kuro.

The last sentence of Kuro's bio says: 現在もミックベルにこき使われつつ、いっしょにな んでも屋を営む。

This translates to: He is still exploited by Mickbell, and the two run a general store together.

Both of these sentences use the characters なんでも屋, which means anything/variety/general store.

A general store is a rural or small-town store (sometimes called a general merchandise store, general dealer, village shop, or country store) that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods.

It differs from a convenience store or corner shop in that it will be the main shop for the community rather than a convenient supplement.

In English, this implies that their shop isn't in the heart of the city, though being rural may not be the most important defining factor that makes a "general store" in contemporary Japanese speech, where very few places are truly remote and rural.

[cleanplague]

New Dorohedoro coming soon?