#so my doctor who blog is turning into a good omens blog briefly

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Nononono but also in that scene at the end of season 1 when they switch back I always felt the vibe was quite weird but I understand why now AND ITS BECAUSE AZIRAPHALE SAW IT AS A FUN LITTLE GAME, HE ASKED FOR A RUBBER DUCK, HE GOT MICHAEL TO MIRICALE HIM A TOWEL,, BUT CROWLEY HAD TO WITNESS AS HEAVEN, THE “GOOD GUYS” TRIED TO BURN HIS FRIEND TO DEATH !!! AZIRAPHALE DIDNT THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE DEMONS WANTED TO MURDER HIS BEST FRIEND BECAUSE TO HIM THE DEMONS ARE THE BAD GUYS AND THATS JUST WHAT THEY DO!! TO HIM CROWLEY IS THE EXCEPTION!! HE DOESNT THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT HIS “SIDE” THE SUPPOSED “GOOD GUYS” TRIED TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING TO HIM!! HE WAS RAISED IN WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A CULT SO HE HAS BEEN BRAINWASHED TO BELIEVE THAT HE IS ALWAYS THE ONE IN THE WRONG, THAT HE HAS TO APOLOGISE FOR NOT ONLY HIS ACTIONS BUT HIS THOUGHTS!!!!!!

And furthering on that point Maggie constantly thought Nina’s relationship issues were her fault, to the point where she just immediately apologised every time Nina mentioned the relationship issues! And that’s SO Aziraphale, that’s how he has been groomed to think and act. It is something that it at his core, right near the center of his being, it is a reliable belief system to fall back on every time he becomes unsure of himself and his actions - especially when he goes against what Heaven have told him to do!! They tell him that something is bad, he does it anyway, he feels guilty and believes he should be punished, because that is what he has been told. When he does something that goes against Heaven, he doesn’t automatically think about all the good that that action has caused in the aftermath of it, he thinks about how awful he has been because that is what he has been trained to think.

This of course meant that The Metatron simply had to use good old fashioned manipulation tactics like the whole honeymoon period thing in the manipulation cycle or the “you have finally proven yourself worthy and we are going to give you everything we have ever told you you wanted”. Which also feeds into Aziraphale’s whole “I am different I can fix the institution” line of thinking, because the Metatron just told him he was special and essentially gave him a very big present to make it seem like they were sorry or whatever for how they treated him, but actually it was just more manipulation.

NOT TO MENTION!!! Aziraphale didn’t just look conflicted after that kiss, I’m pretty sure he looked disgusted (I am autistic and not good at facial expressions sorry if I’m wrong on that)! Crowley had, in Aziraphale’s mind, just told him that he did not want to be an Angel, a good guy, and Aziraphale has been told his whole life that that is the worst thing anyone could ever be - and Aziraphale thinks that’s what Crowley wants!! He is so so conflicted and he feels guilty and disgusted because that is what religious cults do and, in the Good Omens universe, that is what Heaven is - they literally fit the BITE model of authoritarian control!!

Uhhh so bottom line is Aziraphale has essentially been raised and manipulated in a cult and his character is in no way out of character at any point in this season.

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I Have No Good Omens Blog But I Must Scream (About Good Omens)

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

i think the end of ep 6 was fully in character and a great dramatic turn and exciting cliffhanger... even though i can’t help but feel somebody watched OFMD and saw the fan reactions and went “ooh, let’s do that too, the suffering will be delightful”

honestly i think my reaction to that part was so positive because it immediately confirmed to me that there HAS to be a season 3! although i am so mad that i’ll have to wait another 2+ years for it and i honestly wish i hadn’t binged so quickly. maybe i should just watch it over again? i’ve watched season 1 three times already...

although i was fairly certain neil wouldn’t let us down, i was still a bit worried up until it happened that they would chicken out of showing a kiss, or that it would be a comedic “accidental” sort of moment. i’m glad it happened! and it was such a GOOD kiss! but oh man... the reason it happened... and the aftermath...

usually when i ship a “bad guy x good guy” type pairing, i get mad when people woobify the “bad guy” and try to make him less bad--especially when i catch myself doing it! but crowley actually IS “good” when it counts and i actually really love that about him. the whole thing with job’s children (and the goats!! 😭♥) was so wonderful!

well except that bit with ty tennant that made me weirdly uncomfortable!! stop flirting with your dad’s bestie lmfao esp when you still look like a baby

loved that they let david go full scottish, though the laudanum scene felt a bit... tonally weird to me

is it just me or were there a lot of doctor who references this season? some were obvious but others were more subtle to the point that i’m not sure they were intentional

i assumed that nina was supposed to be a “reincarnation” of her previous character but based on what neil has said so far, i guess they just really liked the actress and wanted to keep her on? i kept waiting for some shoe to drop regarding her identity, though! can’t help but feel they should’ve addressed it somehow, even if just briefly

overall i wouldn’t say this season was better than 1 because some of the writing and the pacing felt a little off to me, but it was SO MUCH FUN and i’m thrilled we’re getting a third season, whether it’s filmed or audio

OH i almost forgot

so do we think jon hamm had a butt double or was that his real entire ass?

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~Sherlock's Own Jerusalem~

..The Great Game, A Sonnet & Bus Number 14

In the story The Great Game, our two heroes are about to incur the wrath of moriarty-as-two-faced-god. He was in fact the 'Janus Figure' in Who's Vermeer Is This? and has laid his plans to lure our men into a showdown.

 Sherlock and John have a little domestic. It seems they weren't seeing eye to eye on things. Sherlock felt very misunderstood by John, on his blog. It seems that Sherlock doesn't give a flying fig about the Solar System. Go figure.

"Ordinary people fill their heads with all kinds of rubbish, and that makes it hard to get at the stuff that matters. Do you see?"

Which John just finds totally weird.

Queue Sherlock sulking and John 'getting some air'. But throughout the various cases, during this time, John shows how invaluable he is, following up leads, laid out by Janus, gathering important evidence; even enduring a painful interview with Mycroft. He had indeed become Sherlock's second sight; his other half.

Following some long, arduous hours of investigating, after pushing John in all different directions, Sherlock spies a bus with the number 14, out of the taxi window, and remembers his Shakespeare; something that was quite fitting for this particular moment.

  And Sherlock attempts to tell John how important he is to him.                                                                                                                      "Beautiful, isn't it?" 

“I thought you didn’t care about things like that.” 

"Doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate it. 

(They walk into the Arches.)Sonnet 14...a paraphrase.                                                           

"I do not receive my knowledge or make my decisions by the stars; though I have enough training in astrology to do so,                                       I cannot predict good luck or bad, Or plagues, or famine, or the weather; Nor can I say what will happen at any given moment in our daily lives,

Alloting to each man his thunder, rain, and wind [i.e., he cannot foretell our personal troubles], Or even tell princes if things will go well for them, By frequent omens that I see in the heavens: 

   But from your eyes alone do I derive my knowledge, And they are my constant stars, in which I read such art (gain such knowledge)that I see truth and beauty will live together in harmony, If you would only turn your focus from yourself to creating a child; or else this is my prophecy: that truth and beauty will all end when you die."

Because for Sherlock, #Johnwatsonlives means #Sherlocklives

 And as Sherlock and John pass through several open gateways, moving deeper into the dark temple of Janus, not heeding the sign on the wall, saying the WAY OUT was backwards, they have already made up their minds that they are, in fact a team...

 ...As Sherlock begins his battle with Janus, for John, and for himself.

 When Christ Came To England

Fun Fact: In the Bus #14 pic above, there is a large shot of a Michael Jackson sign, with the word Thriller. Also, a popular play, Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth. The play makes frequent allusions to William Blake's lyrics to the song "Jerusalem", from which its title is derived. The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus, accompanied by Joseph of Arimathea, a tin merchant, travelled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury during his unknown years.The Christian church in general, and the English Church in particular, has long used. Jerusalem as a metaphor for Heaven, a place of universal love and peace.

In the most common interpretation of the poem, Blake implies that a visit by Jesus would briefly create heaven in England, in contrast to the "dark Satanic Mills" of the Industrial Revolution.

                 Jerusalem

And did those feet in ancient time, Walk upon England's mountains green: And was the holy Lamb of God, On England's pleasant pastures seen! And did the Countenance Divine, Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here, Among these dark Satanic Mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold; Bring me my Arrows of desire: Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem, In England's green & pleasant Land.

Beneath the poem Blake inscribed a quotation from the Bible:                        "Would to God that all the Lords people were Prophets" Numbers XI.ch 29.v.

The original text is found in the preface Blake wrote for inclusion with Milton, a Poem, following the lines beginning "The Stolen and Perverted Writings of Homer & Ovid: of Plato & Cicero. Blake lived in London for most of his life, but wrote much of Milton while living in the village of Felpham in Sussex!                                                    *An extract of the hymn was heard in the 2013 Doctor Who episode "The Crimson Horror" although that story was set in 1893, i.e., before Parry's arrangement.

Dedicated to The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face from @ebaeschnbliah and The Sonnets johns-lament-sonnet-58  59-the-cycle-of-life & irene-the-baker-st-venus My Romantic series.  

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Masked Omens: Week Eight, Part Two

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The Capital Herald, Saturday 13th February 2021 Celebrity section, page 19 Top story: Pepper Moonchild: “Women have been especially important to me” Presenter and interview expert kicks off our series on the women who’ve shaped the stars’ lives Pepper Moonchild is the sort of person who makes interviewing anyone from an entertainer to an astrophysicist seem effortless; she's known for her incisive questions and her flawless instincts. When it comes to asking her questions, then, I find myself surprisingly nervous. But, as all good interviewers can, she soon sets me at ease. “Mary Hodges. Here, I promised you my top secret hot chocolate recipe. How's the family?” Of course, Pepper practically is a member of the Capital Herald family, and she promised me that recipe at the Christmas party. With the pleasantries thus dispensed with, we settle down to get to the topic at hand; talking about Pepper. “Oh, I don't know if I like being on this side of things. I'm usually asking the questions! But of course I'm happy to answer them - go on, I'm just being dramatic.” Pepper is currently a judge on ITV's hit show, The Masked Singer UK, where she's now approaching the end of her second series on the panel. It's an import from South Korea, via the US - had Pepper watched any episodes before she signed up for the task? “No, not at all. Honestly, they started explaining the concept to me and I thought, 'what? How does this work? How does anybody not know when the most famous faces in showbiz are performing in front of them?' Then we started filming series one and it became 'how are any of us supposed to guess?' I'd like to think we're getting better at it, but who knows? It's always fun, regardless.” And the judges really don't have any inside information? “If anything, I think we know less than the audience - we can't exactly hop on our phones and look things up, the way people do at home. And - in case anyone was wondering - we don't do any research between the live shows, either. That would just ruin the fun. We do listen to theories from friends and family, though!” Pepper - or, to give her her full name, Pippin Galadriel Moonchild - is a woman of many talents. Her first television appearance came at just ten years old with her turn on Junior Mastermind (specialist subject: the Pendle Witch trials). While she didn't win, she made a real impression on viewers, and later went on to co-host children's talent show Showstarters alongside Michael Banner - a show that helped launch the TV careers of numerous young comedians, musicians and actors, including those of every member of the current Masked Singer UK panel. “I was so excited when I heard we were all going to be doing the show together,” Pepper confesses. “We all met on Showstarters when we were about thirteen years old, and kept in touch, but this is the first chance we've had to really work together since then. And who doesn't want to work with their friends?” Banner, having made the jump from presenting to production several years ago, is also involved in The Masked Singer UK.“Yes - she's so high up in the production hierarchy that we don't see a lot of her, but it's good to know she's there. She's always been a great example to me, an example of how you can start in one place and then sort of find your way to the job you really want. I think I've done all right at that, so far!” Banner is one of Pepper's role models, but she's far from alone. “There are loads of women  - and other people, but I think the women have been especially important to me personally - who've really shown me that I can do anything the boys can do. I once did a whole presentation at school about Greta Kleinschmidt.” Kleinschmidt, as some readers may remember, was briefly the glamorous assistant of The Amazing Mr Fell before her very public return to The Harmony & Glozier Show back in her native Germany. Much was made of it in the press at the time, with speculation rife that she had broken Fell's heart and taken his secrets back with her to Harmony & Glozier. “I always thought she got a bit of a raw deal,” Pepper remembers, “I hated that the press were so focused on how she'd supposedly done an unforgivable wrong to this rising-star magician, and not the fact that she'd been really struggling with being so far from home. Besides, even the magician she'd been working with said she'd done nothing wrong and he wished her all the best. It was all very unfair, and I thought it was really brave of her to realise something wasn't working and change it like that.” Pepper can talk for days about the women she admires, it seems. “You see some really ugly attitudes towards successful women, even in this day and age,” she muses, “like Anathema, for example. What a voice that woman has, and yet she's constantly battling for people to take her seriously. But what I really admire is that she doesn't let that stop her. And look at the results - Narrative Devices has been at the top of the charts for weeks now.” Working on The Masked Singer has also allowed her to actually meet some of her heroes. “Agnes Nutter, for example, she's always been a big role model of mine. I've been practically devouring everything she writes since I was probably too young to be reading it! And Carmine Zugiber is one of the people who made me want to work on my interview skills; I love how she doesn't compromise on anything.”But, Pepper assures me, there's one woman who's done more than anyone to make her the woman she is today.“Carmine made me want to interview people, but it's my Mum (Tina Moon, a Capital Herald columnist) who got me started with everything in the first place. And she taught me to stand up and be counted, to follow my dreams, and always to reach out and help others up when I can. I do my best, I really do. I hope she's even half as proud of me as I am of her.” MARY HODGES This interview is part of a series called Me And The Women That Made Me, which will be running here on Saturday and Sunday every week until Mothering Sunday, which falls this year on the 14th of March. Next week, we’ll be talking to  Jane Adams, star scorer of the England Women’s Rugby Team. To find more information, please visit our website at www.capitalherald.com/women-that-made-me.

Centre left: Celebrity news in brief: our weekly round-up Misrepresented? Brian Thames changes agent Brian Thames, comedian and The Masked Singer UK panellist, has split with his representatives at MetteTalent and signed with the independent B.Z. Agency, informally known in the industry as BuzzTalent. Reports vary on the reason for the change; a spokesperson for MetteTalent said, “Contracts end, and industry relationships are always changing. There is no suggestion that Mr Thames was unhappy with the service he received at MetteTalent; he has simply chosen to go in a different direction and, naturally, we wish him every success in the future. Thames' blog post on the subject, however, is a little more ambiguous. “I've been with MetteTalent since the moment I won Showstarters – they were partnered with the show and also offered representation to many of the other acts after the series ended. I signed with them when I was very young and, for many years, simply renewed our agreement every time it expired. However, I've since gained more industry experience, and I feel that Buzz – that's B.Z. Agency – is a better fit for me at this point in my life and career.” Thames continues, “My friend Warlock (Dowling, who hosts The Masked Singer UK) is already with them, and with many of the Showstarters contracts due for renewal soon, I may not be the only one to make a change. I am grateful to MetteTalent for taking me on at the start of my career, and look forward to new opportunities for all concerned.” Rumours abound that there is some deeper reason for this change in representation, with many speculating that the child stars of Showstarters may have been forced into unfair or even predatory contracts, lacking the industry knowledge to make better choices. Since then, however, Thames has had plenty of time to change agency, and hasn’t done so until now. It’s likely that any reasons Thames might have for changing agency will stay under wraps. There is no confirmation yet of any other stars leaving or planning to leave MetteTalent. Out and proud West End darling Gertrude Johnson has come out as a transgender woman. Speaking on Friday, Johnson told fans on Instagram, “I've wanted to tell you all this for a while, but I think now it's time. Hi, my name is Gertrude – but you can still call me Gert – and my pronouns are she/her.” A later video thanked fans for their support, and reminded them not to be too harsh on fellow fans who 'slipped up'. “To those of you leaving less supportive messages, I'd just like to say this. Each of us has the choice, every day, to be kind or to be cruel. I try to be kind whenever I can. If you call yourself a fan of mine, please try to do the same.” Gertrude’s second video also explained that she had already discussed her gender identity and pronouns with close friends and family. “When I said I was going to go public, my mates threw me a gender reveal at my parents’ house - balloons and everything,” she said, “so if you saw the words ‘she/her’ floating away over Tadfield last weekend, that’s why!”

Centre right: THE RUMOUR MILL Curated by Scuzz Fisher A MEETING OF MINDS: A doctor, a rapper and a journalist met with an unknown figure in a dark corner of a Kensington restaurant last week. What could they be planning...? MYSTERIOUS VISIT: A high-profile fashion designer was seen lurking in the vicinity of a biographer's home late on Monday night. Is a book in the offing...? SILVER SURFER: An astrologer of renown recently registered a new account on YouTube, a source tells us, and so far has yet to upload anything. But who's getting all those likes...? TEARING UP THE TOWN: Six young stars of stage and screen were seen staggering down an Oxfordshire village high street last Saturday night. The group were quite tipsy, according to one observer, and one was carrying a balloon that said ‘It’s A Girl!’. “Never mind, you’ve still got one,” one of the others was overheard reassuring the balloon-carrier. But one of what...? We rely on your observation skills to fill the Capital Herald’s celebrity pages. If you see or hear something about a celebrity that you think our readers would be interested in, please let us know. You can get in touch via our website at www.capitalherald.co.uk or email us at celebrity@capitalherald.co.uk Don’t worry if you have limited information to give us - if we can’t substantiate a claim or develop it into a full article, we’ll anonymise it and publish it here. We cannot guarantee publication of any sort as some verification is required - but all information and tips are kept completely confidential. We never reveal our sources! Correction: The Tadfield Arms has asked us to clarify that there was no fight in the bar on the night stated in this column two weeks ago, and as the only pub in Tadfield they feel they were unfairly identified. We apologise for this mistake.

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