#that last episode of season 5 was HEAVEN for me

[pepimeinrad]

Mirja Boes & Ralf Schmitz Die Dreisten Drei (2003-2004) LOL: Last One Laughing (2024)

[twinge-of-cosmicangst]

If Doctor Who series 9 has a million fans, I am one of them.

If Doctor who series 9 has ten fans, I am one of them.

If Doctor who series 9 has one fan, that fan is me.

If Doctor who series 9 has no fans, I am no longer on earth.

If the world is against Doctor who series 9, I am against the world.

[ashes-in-a-jar]

I haven't thought much about Jonathan Sims for long enough that I kinda feel like I've started thinking about him a little more divorced of the emotional attachment I might have had once. Because I just saw a post lamenting his slow descent into inhumanity and losing his identity, becoming the archivist rather than Jonathan Sims, losing his friends, his house, everything he loves.

But is that true? That put upon head archivist persona he had in the beginning, was that really him? The way I see it, real life has already leached him of any identity he might have had, he didn't really have friends, Tim and Sasha clearly weren't, as we saw in their season 5 recording. He chose to make them his subordinates over beib friends, pushed away Georgie, he became so desperate for approval that he agreed to take a job he clearly has no idea how to do, let his stress over it isolate him from everyone around him, had a desperate need to assert himself in the beginning of every recording as 'head archivist of the Magnus institute london'. Forget about even having a home, he often slept in his office for heaven's sake.

The way I see it, this story is about him finding himself, finding the perfect place for himself in this already doomed world that was already strangling him and everyone around him. He became the Archivist, no longer needing to connect himself to some godforsaken capitalistic institute to identify himself. found his role, he enjoyed its power, even admitted to it. He found love. He found purpose in trying to save the world. In the end he was surrounded with the friends he made along the way (as friendly as they could be under the circumstances). He was finally allowed to make real choices, have true responsibility over himself and not be some tired corporate worker, part of a tired pointless system. Sure his choices weren't that great, and getting there was through outside manipulation and his own ignorance and he had to suffer immensely and pay an awful price of what we like to call his "humanity" but he Became and found what we all look for - his calling.

"It's still me" he says in the last episode. Because he is. He lost nothing and gained everything. Even dying in his lover's arms.

Forget about being human. In the end Jon achieves apotheosis and truly becomes Jonathan Sims

[armageddidnt]

Welcome to My Collection of Random Thoughts during my nth* rewatch of Good Omens Season 2

*only amazon prime knows the exact number at this point but I’m fairly certain it’s in the double digits

Episode 1: Gabriel’s fly lurking in the box when Aziraphale first takes it inside 👀

Crowley’s promise of “two minutes” basically means that he’s been homeless and living in his car for the past 4 years strictly so that he can be within 2 driving minutes of Aziraphale at all times in case his angel needs him I’m not crying you are

So here I think the key word is “fragile,” Crowley knows they are ostensibly safe from their respective sides but that could change at any moment so he’s basically spent the last 4 years in anxiety-ridden terror hovering as close to Aziraphale as he can to try and protect him from heaven, hell, and anyone else that would want to bring him harm after all that business they pulled in season 1 with stopping Armageddon

Episode 2: I just happened to pause the episode while Aziraphale is lying to the angels about his miracle and LOL Michael really outdid himself here (Sheen, not the Archangel)

Gabriel trying to swat flies and almost smashing the repository of every single one of his memories

I’m cAckling

So if Good Omens exists in Good Omens, does that mean Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett exist in Good Omens?? Do you think they based their Aziraphale and Crowley characters on Aziraphale and Crowley??

Episode 3: So I’m trying to find any hints or foreshadowing of the Gabriel Beelzebub thing bc tbh I did kind of feel like it came out of nowhere which is really the only issue I have with them. I found this one scene where Beelzebub almost ?? seems to be concerned about Gabriel ?? But it’s blink and you miss it and there could be lots of other reasons why Beelzebub doesn’t want to fail in locating Gabriel (pressure from/leverage over heaven, etc) so idk

More Foreshadowing Fly content ���

Episode 4: So here we’ve seen that Shax can just appear inside the Bentley bc she did it earlier to talk to Crowley. Shax only pretended to be a hitchhiker so she could be invited in because Azirpahale was driving so technically she needed permission to cross the threshold of an angel 👀

This scene will never not destroy me the 1941 flashback is the absolute sOFTEST thing ever to happen on this show

We really need more context here I need to see the Crowley-Furfur Monkey Rides

Episode 5: ahahaha thank you google translate for absolutely destroying my sanity this evening

POP goes the Ziraphale

Okay I know you can’t hear it in the gif but just before Nina takes Maggie’s hand, there’s a very quiet miracle noise, like Azirpahale literally MADE Nina dance with Maggie, he said I’m writing a Mina Jane-Austen-Ball-AU and my otp will KISS godDAMMIT

Azirpahale seems lowkey kind of manic this whole scene tho, he’s controlling literally everyone to force Nina and Maggie together and whenever Crowley says anything that pokes holes in Aziraphale’s Magical Jane Austen Ball Fairytale, Aziraphale just straight up denies it. He wants Nina and Maggie to dance and he wants him and Crowley to dance and he refuses to acknowledge anything beyond that.

Is this just Shax insulting Crowley for how much of a nuisance he’s been or a reference to his former status as an angel ???

They’re both completely dismissive of each other when they’re trying to say something important and that’s the main issue they’ve been having this entire season tbh

Episode 6: I think it’s funny that Crowley describes the angels as bees here because in the book, Neil/Terry describe humans the same way. Guess we have more in common than we thought huh?

So the metatron was the one who originally decided Gabriel would be memory wiped and not sent to hell, and he was also the one that decided not to sound an alarm about Gabriel for some reason and said ‘just go find him yourself’ instead. The metatron has definitely got his own agenda and you can bet he doesn’t want Aziraphale up there in heaven because he’s a “leader” and he’s “honest” like that’s exactly what Gabriel was and look where it got him 👀

There’s just something I can’t quite put my finger on about the metatron bringing Aziraphale a coffee from “give me coffee or give me death” and then asking Aziraphale if he’s going to take the coffee he’s giving him…

I have not seen a single person talk about this since s2 came out but Nina literally calls Maggie “angel” because that’s the term of endearment they hear Crowley using for Aziraphale !!!! I’m still going fERAL over this and I can’t believe no one else is eitHER

Something about this part of The Final Fifteen compared to this scene from the first episode is so representative of the entire season. Azirpahale keeps saying “my way or get out” and Crowley finally hits a wall and can follow Aziraphale no further. So he does just that. He goes.

I’m sure a lot of us by now have seen this post that brings up how Aziraphale literally pushes the remains of Crowley into his mouth and swallows and it’s the only thing I see when I watch this now

We still don’t know for certain if Crowley queued up this song to play on their way to the Ritz or if the Bentley started playing it all on its own and it’s driving me insane

Basically how I am doing after my Truly-Alarming-Number-th watch of this traumatizing episode/season. WELP hope you enjoyed this garbage dump of my thoughts and feelings time to go cry for a bit again BYE

[paperclipninja]

I know that Aziraphale's words/actions/reactions of the final-fifteen™ have been dissected and discussed (and will continue to be I hope because I live for the theories and analysis!) and caused many and varied opinions, but I think in the emotional chaos of that final episode, it's easy to overlook the opening 1 minute and 11 seconds.

Because episode 5 flows straight into episode 6, I feel like we get caught up in the

of it all (me included!). But what we see in the opening moments of the final episode is Aziraphale taking control, giving clear directions to JimGabriel, even when Nina asks if she can ask 'just one simple question', his response, 'if I hear one, of course' somehow holds a certain authority. Even his answer, 'three questions, none of them simple' - I can't explain it, but there is a specific choice there that Michael has made in delivering these lines, to show that when required, Aziraphale has command.

We see capable, calm Aziraphale working to come up with a plan, yes, but we also see the takes-no-shit Aziraphale when Shax throws open the bookshop doors and threatens, 'you're going to let us in, whether you like it or not'.

Aziraphale is unwavering here. I'd even go so far to say, fierce. His drop in tone, his stance, there isn't even an option here for Shax.

Aside from the terrible image quality, what we see here is Aziraphale's ability to be protector and commander.

I cannot help but feel that it is very deliberate that we are reminded at the very beginning of episode 6 of this side of Aziraphale, that he is not simply easily manipulated or bullied. Bookend it with that final moment, in the elevator on his way back to heaven

Whether any or none of the theories floating around turn out to be true, one thing that has been set in motion from that first scene in the final episode is that Aziraphale is an angel who can and will stand his ground, take control and do what he needs to to protect what's important. And I'm going to guess that will come to pass pretty early on next season and that heaven will have underestimated the angel for the last time.

[sundrop-writes]

Sundrop's The Walking Dead Masterlist

Heaven's Gate - Daryl Dixon x GN!Reader. Strangers to Lovers/Lovers Reunited. Emotional Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Fluff. Set during Seasons 1-5. You and Daryl get separated when the Prison falls, and you both believe the other person to be dead. But you can’t let go of the things your relationship taught you. Eventually, when you’re reunited - it’s like you never missed a moment apart. (24,200 words.)

Need - Daryl Dixon x Fem!Reader. Established Relationship. Smut/PWP. Set during early Season 4/The Prison Era. Daryl hears some vulgar comments about you while out on a run, and he can't help but to get jealous. He takes it out on you, and you find yourself almost thankful for the asshole who pissed him off in the first place. (3,000 words.)

(Please note, all of these link off to AO3 - my AO3 is archive locked, so you need an AO3 account to view these fics. But I hope to have these fics edited and reposted on Tumblr sometime soon.)

The World Is Ugly - Maggie Greene x Fem!Reader. Strangers to Lovers. Angst and Smut with a Fluffy Ending. Set during Season 2 and Season 4. When you arrive at Hershel's farm with the group, you are hiding two very important secrets: you are a lesbian (which is very controversial in the religious south) - and you self harm. Eventually, Maggie finds out both of these things, and despite your first impressions of her - doesn't judge you for either of them. In fact, she falls deeper in love with you. (21,400 words.)

(The next fic is the author's personal favourite - one of my favourite fics I have ever written in my 10+ years of writing. If you can handle the angst, I highly recommend reading it.)

Hold Me Tight Or Don't - Glenn Rhee x Fem!Reader x Maggie Greene. Established Poly Relationship. Smut and Heavy Angst. Set during Season 3, Episode 4. After being bitten while trying to help get Glenn and Maggie to safety, you are facing your last hours of life. And in those last hours, you only have one wish - to have sex with your partners one last time. Luckily for you, they would do anything for you, and they can't help but to oblige. (7,200 words.)

(The next two fics are much older - they were written long before their AO3 post date indicates. If they were to be edited in order to be posted, it would be a complete overhaul of the fic. So note, the versions of these fics that are on AO3 fic will likely not be the same as the version posted on Tumblr in the future.)

Day and Night - Daryl Dixon x Fem!Reader. Strangers to 'Lovers'. Fluff and Hurt/Comfort. Set Pre-Season 4. When Daryl gets into some trouble on a hunt and gets shot, a random stranger comes to his rescue. He doesn't expect that stranger to be beautiful, kind, and to make him a candlelit dinner after treating his wounds. (Wait - is this a date?) (5,000 words.)

State of Emergency - Glenn Rhee x Fem!Reader. Strangers to Lovers. Smut. Set in an AU of Season 1. When Glenn encounters his first zombie, he knocks on your door for help. Because you've seen all the zombie apocalypse media, you're well prepared. The two of you decide to wait out the end of the world together - and you warm up to each other very quickly. (3,400 words.)

[seb-reads31]

Hi! Can you do a head cannon for how the various women of Hazbin hotel would confess their feelings to/ask out a clearly shy reader who's never had a partner before and they know?

Tw's - Cursing (it's hell so hush), mentions if fighting, Velvette threatening Val's 🍆, me sucking at pet names✨, spoilers (duh), injury to reader and others, let me know if there are any more!

Type - head canons

Genre - Fluff

Comments - Awww, this sounds very wholesome 🥰🥰 so of course I'll do this! In this Charlie and Vaggie are just besties, also, implied fem!reader for Vaggie, and implied male!reader for Nifty, the rest are gn!readers. (I didn't know if you wanted me to do the angels too so I just did the demons, let me know if you want a part 2 for the angels) SPOILERS FOR SEASON ONE OF HAZBIN HOTEL‼️ IF YOU'RE FINE WITH SPOILERS OR ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THEN FEEL FREE TO CONTINUE <33

Sweet, shy thing~

Charlie

- Remember how she was panicking in episode 5 when extermination day was about a month away and stayed up all night?

- Yeah, she did something similar to that when it came to asking you out lmao

- She also ended up enlisting the help of Vaggie (Angel Dust joined in because he was getting a little aggravated with how much you two danced around with each other 😭)

- Vaggie and Angel both gave Charlie a very.. straight forward approach to confessing which she knew wouldn't work out in her or your favors, but kept their advice in mind

- The best helper of them all would be Husk (who else) who told her to just be as sweet as possible and to be both straightforward (like Vaggie and Angel said) but not enough to scare you

- She took his advice with great confidence, and finally did it.

- She's asking you out!

- She grabbed a plush of your favorite animal, and a singular flower, a Lilly of the Valley

- Why that one? Because it means hope. Hope that you return her feelings, hope that all goes right with your possible relationship, and hope that you both survive the upcoming extermination.

- With all of that in mind, she gives the items to you, her hands shaking, eyes shut, and the most furious blush upon her red spotted cheeks

- She explains when, how, and what caused her to fall for you, and why she's giving you this flower

- When she finally looks at you, the last thing she's expecting is to see tears brim your eyes, the slight shake in your body as you hold the stuffed animal and flower close to your body

- She nearly has a panic attack! She starts stumbling over her words, begging for you to not hate her, asking if you both could still be friends, not stopping her words until you suddenly lean forwards and hug her, tightly

- You silently whisper in her ear that you like her too, but haven't been in a relationship before, not that she didn't know that already. But you wanted to wait until after the extermination to really give it a try

- As saddened as she was hearing you wanted to wait after the extermination, where anything could happen, she would wait as long as you wanted her to

Vaggie

- Normally I wouldn't decide what the readers background is, but for Vaggie you both were great friends in heaven, you just not being an exterminator

- Instead, you decided to fall from grace as soon as you heard the reason why Vaggie never came back from that extermination..

- No one up in heaven had known what you were planning until it was already done

- Vaggie only knew what you did till she discovered you one day while out and about with Charlie, casually hanging out and discussing how to promote the hotel more

- She obviously asked what happened, and she fell for you once you explain your reasoning

- The many thoughts of how she would confess to you would run through her mind as you did something she found so cute subconsciously

- She was already friends with you in heaven, and knew your mannerisms like the back of her hand

- And the only thing she could think of was the classic "I like you, and want to take you on a date. [Yes] [No]"

- Why? Because it's simple, straight to the point, but also giving you space to decide what you want to do without the pressure of her being there

- She slips it under your bedroom door, knocks, then silently runs away

- She had to do something, ANYTHING to get her mind off of your response so she spent several hours working with Charlie discussing trust exercises

- It was the end of the day when she finally returned to her bedroom, she remembered the note as it sat on her bed, crisply folded. Just how she gave it to you

- That made her a little.. nervous, but she opened it..

- "I like you, and want to take you on a date. [Yes] [No]"

- Holy shit.. YOU SAID YES-

- Ahem, you said yes, and now she is taking you on a date. Where's Charlie-

- She needs to tell her bestest friend that she's going on a date with the most beautiful creature in all of hell

Velvette

- She uh

- She's something ngl

- Velvette is very straightforward and brash person

- And we could tell that with the overlord meeting

- Let's say you work for her as an assistant or scheduler

- So you're always by her side, which means you spend a decent time around the other V's

- And as much as she enjoys the chaos those two bring, she gets fed up with it. ESPECIALLY Val's temper tantrums

- His tantrums include bursting into her workshop, ripping apart her models, her clothes, and just wrecking everything he declares in his way

- Unfortunately, you ended up being caught up in his tantrum. Good news, you didn't die. Bad news, your limbs were.. broken. Just a couple though, like an arm, several ribs, nose, all that jazz

- Velvette happened to hear the commotion and walked in, and saw him looming over you

- She felt her body freeze from your current state, how battered and bruised you were, your arm bending in an impossible direction, your labored breathing as you just clenched your eyes and accepted the fate Val was planning on handing to you..

- That is until Velvette fucking EXPLODES on Val, threatening to chop off his 🍆 if he didn't leave and calm tf down before she made him

- Everyone feels a chill run down their spine as she lets out more curses towards Val as she stomped towards you, demanding someone call a doctor (if they even have those in hell) and to fix everything or so help them-

- ..let's just say Val is more careful with his tantrums and everyone realized that Velvette is the scariest V when angry

- When you were finally bandaged up and resting in a bed she calmed down and really took a deep breath, and came to a realization

- She had never been that pissed that Valentino had nearly mutilated one of her employees.. what made you so different.?

- Then it hit her like a truck

- She liked you, and she didn't realize it until she almost lost you

- All of the times you did something so small for her, but it made a big difference to her was all she needed to know that you were meant for her, and that hopefully she was meant for you..

- The second you wake up you see Velvette, who lets out a sigh and gives you the softest look you have ever seen on her since you began working for the V's

- She slowly reached her hand forwards, cupped your cheek, and whispered how sorry she was for not being there to protect you

- Your cheek warmed up in her hand, not expecting the vulnerability she showed you, not to mention the worry and sorrow that covered her face

- Gently leaning into her touch, you tell her it's okay, and that you would be fine. You always were, weren't you?

- Chuckling, she shifts her face from sadness to a look of endearment. She had to confess now, otherwise she may lose her chance again

- Sighing softly, Velvette whispered her confession, of how much she adores you, appreciates your patience with her, how strong you were when it came to Valentino's rampage, and just you as a whole

- Velvette closed her eyes, halfway expecting rejection, but only opens her eyes again when she feels something wet run down her hand, the hand still on your cheek that's now very, very warm

- As she opens her eyes, she's met with a teary eyed you, cheeks ablaze with a blush so fierce

- You muttered something so softly she almost didn't catch it, almost. "I-I.. feel the same way, Velvette.."

Niffty

- This woman doesn't like you

- Let's get that out of the way 😭

- She's into bad boys (like Val and Alastor)

- The reader being shy doesn't scream "bad boy" to her whatsoever

- Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk <33

Carmilla

- She's very reserved about her feelings

- And she kinda has to be, especially when it comes to keeping her daughters safe

- But now.. she has to keep you safe too

- She had added you to her little crew a couple of exterminations ago after her daughters had discovered you running away from an exorcist, managing to fend it off long enough to help you get away

- And as an expression of your gratitude for what Carmilla's daughters did, you made a contract with Carmilla, pledging to try and protect her and her daughters to the best of your ability to repay their kindness for a random sinner

- Carmilla didn't even think much of you at first, and almost refused your offer, but didn't see the harm

- She doesn't regret it, if anything, she's very happy she did however

- You kept your word and did more than she ever expected you to do

- You always accompanied her daughters to shipments, and even had to step in a couple of times because someone got a bright idea

- You may've been shy, but you owed them your life, and you planned on never letting them come to harm under your watch

- Carmilla appreciated it, greatly. Her girls have showed how much they've cared about you. Almost treating you like their second parent alongside her

- She didn't realize it, but you were growing on her too, just not in the same way as her daughters.

- She.. fell in love with you.. in hell of all places

- Strange, but not completely taboo

- She just wasn't expecting it to happen to her, and with you

- She wasn't quite sure how to go about it, knowing your surprisingly shy nature (despite how fierce you can be when it comes to her daughters)

- But she figures it out

- Her plan being that she will invite you to a "meeting" in a very nice restaurant

- She dresses up even, with her daughters assistance who are very much on board with you hopefully being their 2nd parent, and gets a private room for the both of you

- In that private room, as you both eat your meals, she confesses

- She tells you how much she appreciates you, and how you protect her daughters with your life, how sweet you are, how loyal, how brave you are

- She tells you that and more, including how and why she fell for you, hoping silently that you felt the same so this dinner didn't become incredibly awkward

- She looks everywhere but at you as she tells you these things, too nervous to look you in the eyes, but when she finishes and she's left in silence she finally does

- And all she can see is how flushed your face became, how you're looking down at your lap with the dopiest grin stretching across your face

- Then you mumble something, she doesn't hear it the first time so she leans in, silently asking for you to say it again

- "I-I.. I fell for you t-too, Carmilla.."

- Her heart does a flip, several, actually

- Her face flushes slightly, her larger hand reaching across the table to lift your face up, softly stroking your cheek

- "Words could never express how happy that makes me, mi amor.."

- (translation, "my love.." I couldn't think of anything better, send me a list of some cute names she would use I beg of you 🙏🙏)

[gartenofbanny]

Overture is the first official episode for Hazbin Hotel, and after nearly four years of waiting, somehow, this episode is very bad. I'm not going to provide a summary of the episode but instead I'm going to provide what I liked and what I didn't like. So let's get started.

Positives

The animation for this episode is pretty good. While it isn't really as smooth as Helluva's and has some noticeable errors, it's still well animated for the most part.

Adam's part if the song is honestly a fucking bop and thankfully the genre is different from most Helluva songs.

Lute is my favorite character in this episode. She's a cold, stern Exorcist who hates demons. I have no clue why she isn't the leader, but Adam is considering how seriously she takes being an Exorcist and how professional she is for the most part.

This little bit with Niffty having stage fright is pretty funny.

And that's it for the positives now onto the negatives.

Negatives

One of the things I really hate about this episode is that it reveals WAY too much so early on. In this episode, it's revealed that Adam and the other Exorcists like killing Demons essentially doing it for sport, rendering Charlie's redemption useless, Exorcists are able to fucking die, and Adam has moved his schedule from another year to 6 months for the next Cleanse.

I honestly expected the first episode to show Charlie trying to redeem demons, a twist like that would've worked if it was like halfway through the season.

This episode, for some reason, has two plotlines when it would've been better if it just stuck with Charlie meeting the Exorcist one. We spent some minutes of this episode with Vaggie trying to make a TV commercial for the Hotel, however we never get to see the commercial itself, so what was the point?

Secondly, why would Vaggie and Charlie ask Alastor to make a television commercial for them? His entire thing is radios. It's like having a powerlifter do a track video. They're both completely different skill sets with their own benefits.

Also, if Alastor really does hate televisions THAT much, then why was he entertained when Katie and Charlie fought in the pilot by watching Televison?

I'm honestly unsure whether or not the pilot for Hazbin Hotel is canon. Adam states that it has been a week since the cleanse, Vaggie states that they recruited Alastor for the hotel last week, and the pilot takes place some time after the Cleanse. While the Helluva Boss pilot isn't canon anymore, it's up in the air whether or not the Hazbin Pilot is.

This fucking cat is still confusing. It literally just appeared in this episode with no explanation of how it was made or came to be or what it even does.

Adam, as a character, is one of the most irritating I've ever seen. He embodies those "If this was written by Vivziepop" memes, his singing voice is top notch, but as a character, he doesn't act any different from the demons he's supposed to kill. So it makes me question what's even the difference between Angels and Demons.

Last but not least, Adam says that there won't be a Demon left alive to kill another Exorcist.

And right off the bat does Adam know that killing every Demon in Hell is literally impossible? As long as humans die, Sinners are going to keep existing. Unless if Heaven decides to make everyone into angels, which is highly unlikely. And Lute says herself that Charlie and her family are exempt from the yearly cleansing, so they're not truly getting rid of every possible threat in Hell.

Overall, I'd give this episode a 5/10. It's a very rough start, especially since Vivziepop and her writers had nearly 4 years to write this out, but it's just very messy.

[silver99johnlocked]

FIRST TIME WATCHING THE SPN FINALE [Spoilers ahead]

I just finished watching Supernatural in September of 2024. I'm overwhelmed and needing to rant about it so here are my thoughts on the last 3 episodes of season 15:

First things first: There was one thing on my mind the entire time during the last 2 episodes. "Dead men wear no plaid". Dean didn't wear plaid for the last 2 episodes. Not a single scene. While sam wore plaid the whole time. Then when Dean made it to Heaven he was wearing plaid again

2- what the hell happened to everyone they knew? They all stayed dead? They mentioned Donna so I'm guessing she's alive. But what about Jody and the girls? What about Eileen? Why is Sam's wife a faceless woman?

3- when jack became god and bailed on them, why didn't they ask him to bring Cas back? They had asked chuck to bring Cas back. So why not ask Jack? It doesn't make sense. God was powerful enough to bring people back from the empty. He brought lucifer back. So jack with his powers is supposedly able to do the same. Right??

4- Bobby said that Cas helped Jack fix heaven. That means Jack did pull Cas out of the empty. So I'm guessing he's in heaven with Jack and Dean is able to meet with him whenever he likes. Right?

5- it certainly didn't escape my notice that Baby's plates were different in heaven and on earth. When Dean died, the plate was that "new" one, c something I guess. In heaven the plate went back to being KAZ. 😏

6- I knew Dean was going to die and I even knew the how. Had that spoiler beforehand. I gotta say, the way people talk about it...I was expecting something much more WTF. But to be completely frank, I actually kinda liked the way it went? I mean. It's like he said, that's the life he knew and wanted. He tried the white fence life and he was miserable. Plus, he would only do something like that again if he was with Cas.

He wanted to retire remember? After all the world ending issues went away. He wanted to be on a beach with sam and Cas, relax and just enjoy life a little, be happy. Well, Cas died so he didn't get his dream end. Which means he sorted out for doing what he knows: hunting, with Sam. But chuck is no longer there, they have free will, they don't have plot armor. They're just hunters, not the heroes of some epic story. Which means they die, they go on hunts and they risk their lives every day. In the end he died the way he always knew he was going to. And he didn't have anything holding him back you know? The only lose end was Sam, so that's why he pleaded Sam to tell him it was okay, that Sam was gonna be okay without him. He was so relieved, man. And I'm not gonna pretend like he isn't suicidal because he is. He's been so since early seasons. And sure it was very sad to watch him give up easily, not wanting Sam to call for help and stuff. But I get it. Plus, I do believe he was eager to see Cas again. And his smile when Bobby mentioned Cas. God

7- About the confession scene. I was absolutely hooked. The scene was just spot on. Dean's reactions were perfect. Honest to god I loved it. I could feel so clearly that Dean was having a hard time processing everything but damn I could also feel the love in him. He wasn't disgusted by the confession or anything remotely like that. He was so into the moment, so soft, he was crying. Fuck. And Cas. Oh Cas. He was so sweet. He knew how to get to Dean, he knew just what to say and how to say it. His voice was so soft and his eyes oh my god so adoring. I'm so not over it

8- a friend of mine mentioned that what they hated the most was that the last mention of cas when dean was alive is lucifer pretending to be him and using his voice. I agree that it doesn't do him justice. But fuck, the way Dean ran to the door. DESTIEL IS SO CANON. I know people wanted something explicit and yes I agree that not having some grand romantic finale like they would have had if it was a straight couple is very homophobic but damn.

I saw it, it was so clear to me and for real I'm elated about that. There was no foreshadowing, not trying to undo the gayness. They didn't make Dean run to the hills with some chick or do something heteronormative. It was there, the door was left wide open for anyone who has 2 neurons to see it. Cas confessed his romantic love to Dean. Dean was moved to tears by it. He was devastated when Cas was gone. The very thing he asked chuck for was to bring Cas back. If Dean had been the tiniest bit uncomfortable with the confession he wouldn't have wanted to meet Cas face to face again. He's the king of being awkward about feelings, the king of denial. He was so not in denial. He knew it wasn't gonna be awkward because he returned the feelings. I mean, being very very honest, if he were to friend zone Cas, I don't think he would have the guts to bring him back

[fandomtherapy44]

Love, war & Grace Castiel x Reader Master list

Started: 7/1/23

Updated: 10/5/24

Total Books: 1/12

Total chapters: 18

Summary: This story is from the perspective of Y/n Winchester. The sister Of Sam and Dean. We will be starting from season four since sadly we did not get Misha Collins as Castiel throughout the whole series. It will start off as a friendship, but it will grow more as the series goes on. I will be skipping some episodes even though they are great episodes they do not push the story forward. I am so excited to get to write this since there are not many Castiel X reader stories out there. Okay without further due Love War & Grace enjoy the Story.

BOOK 1 FINSHED

Chapter 1: Lazarus Rising

Chapter 2: Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester

Chapter 3: In the Beginning

Chapter 4: It's the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Chapter 5: I know what you did last summer

Chapter 6: Heaven and Hell

Chapter 7: Sex and Violence

Chapter 8: Death takes a Holiday

Chapter 9: On the head of a pin

Chapter 10: It’s a Terrible Life

Chapter 11: The Monster at the End of this Book

Chapter 12: The Rapture

Chapter 13: When the Levee breaks

Chapter 14: Lucifer Rising

BOOK 2

Chapter 15: Sympathy for the Devil

Chapter 16: Good God Ya'll

Chapter 17: Free to be you and me

Chapter 18: The End (NEWEST)

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt X good omens whatever the HEAVEN s1e5 was

LAST DAY OF ANTIBIOTICS BABY CAN I GET A WAHOO? In that enthusiastic spirit and listening to my gay playlist that I called BOYS, let's have my summary of whatever I remember from the livestream of season one episode five, which ain't a lot:

In the few minutes break between episode 4 and 5, everyone urges me to get more emotional support fruit. I find a second apple and some sugarcane.

Some of you don't know how to eat sugarcane. It's simple, baby. You bite and suck, blow out the fibres, and swallow the juice. Suck, blow, swallow, guys, it's hard but it's worth it.

I was still howling over the books in the bookshop, because fuck me I have books that are from the mid 1900s and IF THEY BURNED I'M BURNING THE WORLD.

Barely a few minutes in I've already finished the remaining orange watching Crowley break down over the burning bookshop. Crowley can't find Azi and I start eating the apple too (I was saving apples for being gay gn over Crowley, guys, LITTLE DID I KNOW THE PAIN).

I make a reference to driver's license looking at Crowley being sad in their car. For some reason everyone calls me a prophet.

Tracy who is the kinky lady has plushies to make a bedroom seductive. I'm too ace for this. I hug my IKEA snake, Draco.

The Antichrist goes batshit poor Adam. There are some rictus smiles, horror movie shit, and he insists that his friends are having fun. It is similar to how this fandom kidnapped me. You're having fun, Asmi, you say. This is fun.

There is more vague hetero sex. I cannot deal with the genre whiplash. I am still too ace and gay for this.

The apple is over. Finally, Aziracrow gets screentime, but then I watch Crowley's voice break over the residual emotional of losing his best friend, and Aziraphale maybe not realising that the friend was him. My eyes are burning and now everyone is demanding emotional support fruit and making sad headcanons. Fuck you all.

Aziraphale possesses a lady, which is normal, and summons spirits, which is normal. I insist that I am not crying over flatulence, and @thescholarlystrumpet who organises the stream tells me to put it in my tumblr review. I'm not crying over flatulence.

CAN I A WAHOO. Aka Crowley fucking things up for future Crowley yet again.

Aziraphale is THE southern pansy, THE posh gay.

MAGGOTS ARRIVE. IT'S YOU GUYS YAY! Everyone is disgusted except me, because I love you guys, even if you are slimy.

Crowley is now stuck in traffic and simmering with the not-yet-zombie in the passenger's seat. There is fire around London.

Through the power of Manifesting, Crowley drives the bentley through the fire to get to Tadfield. Dream it to be it, guys. With Barbie Crowley, Anything Is Possible. Crowley is now literally a flaming gay (gn).

Friends leave Antichrist. Antichrist sad. Dog leaves Antichrist. Antichrist heartbroken, Antichrist now back to being baby.

Through small town directions, Aziraphale still possessing lady arrives at Tadfield. Crowley in all her flaming glory arrives too. The kids are badasses, riding in on cycles. I am on my second apple. Crowley immediately recognises Aziraphale.

They are now at the American base. Wahoo, bitches. See ya next post my lovely maggots.

[dreamwreaver]

Now as much as I like Lucifer, there's a lot of things that they did with him in the show that messed up certain dynamics and developments of characters.

One thing that really ticks me off is when he came in the episode 8 battle at the last minute and defeating Adam for his daughter. The show doesn't give you a reason why he's there all of a sudden and why he didn't just join them the first time. From what we've seen in episode 5, it doesn't seem like he's got much else to do other than sequestering himself in his room and building rubber ducks so what was his excuse for being late? But that's not the part that I'm angry with. It's the fact that by showing up and beating the main villain of the show by himself, he has effectively robbed Charlie of her character development. This battle was her chance to prove herself and to reveal her true power after being severely underestimated by her subjects but she doesn't get the opportunity before her dad swoops in and does the job for her. All without breaking a sweat, making Adam's defeat anticlimactic because we all know Lucifer is immensely powerful firsthand, what's the first man going to do against the fallen angel that doomed humanity?

That's what really made me fume at how the last episode was handled, that the show had to resort to a cheap deus ex machina to get rid of Adam instead of having the main characters fight for his demise. The show has teased Charlie's demon form several times, showing that raw power is simmering beneath the surface, ready to burst but the show doesn't give her the moment where she releases all that pent up anger, showing that you shouldn't mess with the princess of hell and justified rage at the angel who clearly should not be in heaven. No, what the show does is sidelining her once again, in favor of bringing in the creator's favorite boy. Doing so has led to Charlie looking like she relied on her dad to solve her problems for her.

Which comes back to my point of Lucifer's inclusion in the main cast, inducting him to a more prominent role would lessen the stakes and mess up Charlie and Alastor's development. Alastor is meant to be Charlie's mentor, the one who guides her and brings out her true potential but that would be extremely difficult to pull off considering her overprotective and jealous father will apparently be staying at the hotel and he's more powerful than the Radio Demon, he can teach his daughter on his own, basically nullifying Alastor's purpose. Because if Lucifer can do what he does but better, what use does Charlie have for him, considering she cannot trust him at all to begin with. Overall, Lucifer's involvement in the plot has been poorly executed and including him as a full-time member of the hotel is too early and upsets the power dynamics.

Again I am going to blame streaming at large and shortened seasons for some of these problems you've mentioned. I remember in at least one episode Viv wanted a 23-26 episode season but could only get 8. I assume that that would have given time for what I would call "townie" episodes and plot related ones. Townie of course being from the Steven Universe episodes that focused on Steven's relationships with the people of beach city and not doing his gem stuff. Townie episodes in hazbin would have been super useful for fleshing out the characters so that the ones who aren't Viv's oldest characters (Angel, Alastor, and some version of Charlie) feel less flat.

I'm just spitballing here but I do imagine that had she gotten her wish the visit to heaven and vaggie reveal likely would have been the mid season finale, leaving us with a couple of months or so to speculate on how things would play out before giving us the month timeline. Lucifer's inclusion, I believe, would have benefitted too from multiple episodes spent on him and Charlie butting heads over how to run things and manage her meeting with heaven (though part of me is glad they didn't because ra shippers can be entitled and annoying enough with just the not even 5 minutes of interaction they did get. God help us if they'd had multiple episodes of them interacting).

Personally, I don't think Lucifer should have been involved in the hotel at all. You're right, he's a deus ex machina, and a very annoying one at that. Maybe if Sera or any other high ranking angel was the one attempting to kill Charlie. We can assume that Lucifer hasn't intervened in other instances likely because of what tenuous treaty allows for the exterminations in the first place; namely that in exchange for not intervening the exorcists only target sinners and not Hellborns or something like that. I'd have much preferred them using him sparringly. One would think that as not just the leader of Pride but the literal Ruler of all Hell he'd have more important things to do than hang around his daughter's hotel all day.

But you're right, one thing I think I also like about Charlie and alastor's dynamic is that he knows she's more powerful than him. They both know it. The difference between Charlie and Lucifer is that she would never use her powers if it wasn't needed. Lucifer clearly has no problem showing off his abilities at the drop of a hat. While I do appreciate there being some indication that Adam's attempt at killing Charlie likely violated some sort of treaty between heaven and hell (hence why his mask glitched) and that's why Lucifer stepped in I really don't think that in that state Charlie was as defenseless as portrayed. Had she, like Alastor, already taken a blow of pure angelic might and was bleeding out or something then yeah, Lucifer stepping in would make sense. Charlie at that point would have been through the ringer and it would have been deserved.

Of course, Lucifer's relationship with Charlie is far from fixed. Years of estrangement is not by one musical number repaired. Personally, I'm hoping the only reason he's been elevated to a permanent place in the hotel currently is because Lilith is supposed to be re-entering Charlie's life after a seven year absence. And I want that man to become a S-Tier Simp because of it. We see already that he still wears his wedding ring, he's not over losing her, he likely wants her back. If the instas are still second tier canon this man was the Hellish Gomez to Lilith's morticia. Also lbr; the idea of bringing in this powerful king of hell only to nerf him by way of "still not over my ex" is honestly hilarious.

Thank you for all the asks Nonny, you deserve the world.

[violetpurpleviolet]

Supernatural , Season 5 , Episode 18

Point of No Return

Is Dean writing a letter for Sam? Also why is it in all caps? Does Dean not know how to write normally?

oh he’s sending it to Bobby. Ooh Sam found him!

Omg Cas is helping???!! hehehe didn’t expect that , love , love that he just yeeted him to Bobby’s.

I love how Cas is part of the team now , how they all are concerned for him , I love how he grew on them. Like a cute little fungi.

Who just came from the dead? Oh bloodline? He can also be a vessel!?

“Maybe they wrongly assumed Dean would be brave enough to withstand them” Hehe for an Angle who doesn’t know much about human culture and humour. Cass sure is SASSY as hell.

“Well, Cas, not for nothing, but the last person who looked at me like that , I got laid.”

and what does Dean do? He winks.

So Dean escapes by sending Cas back to heaven. But how was he sure it would be Cas to come and check up on him? Or is it because , Bobby can’t climb down the stairs , and even if it was Sam , he thinks he can take Sam.?

“You know Sam and Dean Winchester are psychotically , irrationally , erotically codependent on each other , right? - Zachariah

Erotically? Is Zachariah a wincest shipper??? That makes his 1000x worse

“I rebelled for this ,so that you could surrender to them?”

“Cas , please.”

“I gave everything for you, and this what you give me?”

I didn’t expect Cas to beat him up to this level. I think I (We) forget sometimes that Cas is a super powerful angel and not just a sassy but naive guy who can teleport.

I was about to ask , if evryone gets burgers and beer. In this angel waiting space or whatever. And then Zachariah says “I see you and your brother share the same refined tastes”

He’s bait?? oh. They had to use the one last person to call family to bait them?

Aw he didn’t want to let his little brother down!! eek!

(Did i mention Univeristy is killing me? How did Sam do this? I must find my inner Sam (I don’t want to become a drug addict but yea) )

[guys-in-distress-database]

Top 15 GID Scenes: The Dragon Prince Season 5 Episode 7/8

I've praised this scene to high heavens before, but it is just that good. It checks so many boxes for me and came out of goddamn nowhere. This scene is almost my perfect GID scene. The only thing it was missing was a gag (and I don't think it even needed one).

The Dragon Prince had a few bondage scenes prior to this one, notably the fact that Gren and Runaan were chained up for like half of the first season. The previous scenes were okay, but nothing particularly catered to my tastes.

Then, like a gilded gift descending from above, this scene appeared.

At the end of episode 7 of season 5, the main crew are captured by pirates led by Captain Finnegrin. The captain inspects his captives, who kneel, handcuffed, before him and singles out Callum, ordering him taken to his cabin.

At the start of the next episode, Callum is chained to a post in Finnegrin's cabin and spends most of the episode there. Finnegrin tortures Callum to get him to perform dark magic, something Callum has sworn never to do again. When torture yields no results, Finnegrin instead threatens Callum's friends and brother, but their camaraderie proves too strong to break. However, an escape attempt by Callum's love interest, Rayla, betrays the one thing that could make Callum break: his undying love for her. Armed with this information, Finnegrin tells Callum that he intends to feed Rayla to a sea monster. Driven by the threat to her life, Callum uses dark magic to free himself from his chains and defeats the pirates to save his friends.

Where to even begin? This scene has so much going for it. It lasts an entire episode. Callum gets singled out and separated from the others. There's torture and Callum is visibly injured and demoralized by it (his shudder after waking up from unconsciousness is so GOOD). He gets shoved to his knees with his hands restrained behind him. He struggles to the point of falling over at one point. In the end, it's not his own pain that breaks him; it's the threat to his loved one's life that does.

And that haunting moment that ends the episode where you see his chains transformed into snakes, that he did indeed perform dark magic to save Rayla (which will no doubt have heavy implications for the coming season).

I LOVE this scene so fucking much.

[kaycode1999]

LMK Sun Wukong x Reader pt.2

~Season 5 episode 2~

“ The world has fallen into chaos, and at every step of its descent you have been there.” A deep voice echos through the portal as Y/N and Wukong fall through careening toward the ground. Wukong wraps Y/N in his arms protectively before landing on the ground, and MK and Macaque suddenly appear behind them. Y/N can only tell they are in some huge cave type area that is filled with fog as Wukong gently sets her/him/them down and pushes her/him/them behind him, he then quickly slashes his hand through the fog dissipating it revealing several figures in hooded robes.

“ What?! A second ago I was in bed, what's going on?” MK says is surprise and Y/N rushes over to him hugging him protectively, “ Yeah, the guys in the cool robes only strike when you're asleep- kind of their thing.” Wukong says in an agitation.“ What do you want?” Macaque asks glaring at the robed figures.

“ Sun Wukong, the Six-Eared Macaque, and MK the Monkey Kid. You have been summoned before the court of the underworld to answer for your crimes.” The same voice from before speaks up, “ You stand before the 10 Kings Guardians of the great cycle.” A Different robed figure with a deeper voice says. “ A cycle which has been disrupted.” A higher pitched female sounding figure in the same black robe speaks says.

“ Help me remember, what was it that happened the last time you all brought me here?” Wukong says sarcastically “ Oh right, things didn't super work out for you.”, “ And as I recall, you removed your name from The Book of the Dead.” The first robbed figure says and Wukong gives the robbed figures an indignant smirk. “ A similar crime has led to this moment. The scroll of memory was stolen, your guilt is obvious.” The robed figure with a more female voice says.

“ Wait are we on trial? Do we need a lawyer?” MK asks worriedly “ Don't worry, we watched almost every episode of Monkey Cop Courtroom Edition.” MK chuckles to himself before turning back to the court “ Uh, your honors- What exactly are the charges? Also, why is my sister/brother/sibling here?”

“ An unfortunate consequence of she/he/they and Sun Wukong having been in the same space at the time we brought him here. As for the other matter-” the first voice explains when the deeper one cuts in, “ because of your actions, the Jade Emperor fell, and now the pillar of Heaven has been irreparably damaged.” A Different robed guy says angrily, “ The pillar of Heaven.” Wukong whispers in disbelief. “ You stand accused of the destruction of this world.” The female robed figure says

“ I'm gonna… I’m gonna need a minute with my clients.” MK stutters nervously before pulling Wukong, Y/N, and Macaque into a huddle “ Okay, my professional legal advice is- we should leave.”, Wukong hums in thought for a moment picking his head up to look around. “ Not seeing a door, So l'm just going to make one.” He says taking a step back and raising his arm

“ We thought you might try some foolishness to escape justice, and so we have brought a power even greater than yours.” The first robed figure says, a portal suddenly opens and the lotus prince emerges. “ Nezha?” MK says is surprise “ Hey Nezha!”, he excitedly waves at him just before Monkey King bursts out in laugher so hard it makes him tear up slightly

“ This is your big scary?” Wukong laughs before a bigger more intimidating figure appears in front of Nezha and Wukong freezes “ Okay yeah, a little bit more powerful than Nezie”, “Pagoda-wielding General, Li Jing, new leader of the celestial realm.” The first robed figure explains.“ Nezha’s dad?” MK asks enthusiastically “ Nezha, your dad is the new Jade Emperor?”, “ The Jade Emperor cannot be replaced” Nezha states. “ In his absence, I have been charged with resolving this.” Li Jing interrupts.

“ Big ups on the promotion Li, I always knew you'd weasle your way to the top.” Wukong says,“ The world is on a knife’s edge, you add nothing but chaos.” Li Jing says with a judgmental glare.

“ Objection!” MK retorts “ Ergo, Visa V, We're guilty until proven innocent-”, Y/N gently elbows him to bring his attention to what he just said. “ No wait, forget I said that.” MK says,“ You know that Pagoda of yours isn't gonna be enough to stop us.” Wukong warns stepping in front of MK, Y/N, and Macaque almost protectively. “ Perhaps.” Li Jing says “ There was only one thing that could ever bring the Great Sage to heal, and as I have been empowered by the Heavenly Host.”

A green glowing light with a bunch of symbols appears in front of his hand, “ Stop!” Macaque yells running forward as a golden crown forms around Wukong’s head. “ I collar the beast!” Li Jing asserts, Wukong starts screaming in pain holding the area where the crown is placed. The pain causes him to stumble backwards until he’s caught by Y/N and Macaque as he falls to his knees, “ Monkey King, No!” MK yells worriedly. MK suddenly starts phasing back and forth between his normal and monkey form, “ No, no no no” MK says in a panick, and just before Y/N can Wukong reaches over and takes MK’s hand.

" It's ok kid, We're ok" Wukong says reassuring him after taking a few recovery breathes, thankfully MK form seems to stabilize. After seeing that MK is alright Y/N moves in front of Wukong putting a hand on his cheek looking at him in concern. " Wukong's fangs have been pulled." Li Jing says turning his back to them, " Father, these four they're not-" Nezha starts. " Control yourself." Li Jing asserts " This side show is over.". The two start toward the portal they came through.

Y/N suddenly sees red and turns toward Li Jing and the court. “ Where do you think you're going?!” she/he/they yell taking a few steps toward them “ How dare you! Get that pain crown off of him right now!”, “ You would do well to hold your tongue mortal. Though you are insignificant, do not think you can not incur our wrath.” the first-robed figure warns. “ You intentionally caused pain to someone I care about, I think you should be more worried about incurring mine.” Y/N says darkly with a murderous glare before the four suddenly fall through another portal into some type of jail cell in the celestial realm.

Macaque leans against the wall with his arms crossed and Monkey King sits on the groaned cross-legged while MK tries pull the crown off of Wukongs head, “ Didn't Mr. Tang's past life guy put one of these dealies on you originally?” MK asks. “ This one's somehow tighter.” Wukong says gingerly running a hand across it “ I really really didn't want to wear one of these again.”, Y/N gives him a sympathetic look as Wukong just glares at Macaque. “ Classic, I get all the punishment and you get to mope." He snarks.

“ Maybe going to jail wasn’t on my agenda for tonight.” Macaque retorts annoyed, “ Oh, so you think this is my idea of a good time? Trapped in here with you?” Wukong asks angrily. “ Ok, ok enough.” Y/N says trying to calm them down, the two continue to glare at each other as a tense silence passes over the group.

MK slightly breaks the tension by going back to pulling at the crown until his fingers slip and he nearly falls, he then jumps up on Monkey Kings shoulders trying to pull it up that way. “ Wow that is…that is really on there.” He huffs before trying several different ways. “ Nearly got it.” He says before getting launched into the wall “ I don't have it.”, MK slides down onto the floor as a yellow see through portal appears behind him. The lotus prince himself stands on the other side much to MK’s excitement. “ Nezha! you bustin’ us out? ah, amazing!” He says happily before it turns into nervousness “ It's uh - it's tense in here.”

“ This is.. not what I wanted.” Nezha says sadly,“ Weren't you meant to be busy guarding the Jade Emperor's power?” Wukong asks in an accusatory tone “ Don't tell me daddy Jing took over that job too.” He chuckles to himself “ You got demoted?!”. “ Just stop.” Nezha asserts in frustration, the portal opens up and Nezha steps through closing it behind him. Wukong fans four strands of his hair out into the hallway with his tail while Nezha isn’t looking. “ Someone's trying to destroy the pillar of heaven, and my father-“ Nezha starts.

“ Quickly jumping in here, what's the Pillar of Heaven exactly?” MK interrupts appearing behind him, “ If the old legends can be believed, the pillar is a mystic energy that holds back the primordial chaos.” Nezha explains.“ It’s what lets the world be- the world.” Wukong adds, MK hums sliding to sit down next to him. “ Yes, good.” MK says “ Now do it like Tang.”, “For real?” Wukong questions. “ Helps me learn.” MK says with a shrug, Wukong can’t help but look over at Y/N to almost gage if MK is joking and she/he/they just shrug and do an I-don’t-know noise. He groans before begrudgingly going into a Tang impression.

“ Legend tells that the Universe was born into chaos. Long ago, a sanctuary was constructed. This world, protected from the chaos by the pillar of heaven.” Wukong explains, “ and someone’s trying to break it.” MK states. “ Not for the first time.” Wukong says in his normal voice, MK wags his finger at him making a Nuh-uh-uh sound. Wukong groans in frustration before going back into the Tang impression, “ it was broken once before. Chaos poured into the realms until the goddess Nüwa mended the pillar with the mystical five-colored Stones.” he explains.

“ Sounds like someone needs to get those stones and get to mending.” MK asserts, “ The kids right.” Macaque agrees “ Which begs the question why you're here instead of out there working on a rock collection.”. “ Exactly.” Y/N agrees, Nezha sighs and looks down “ My father-“ he starts. “ Doesn't want anyone looking for ‘em.” MK guesses popping up right next to Nezha “ Interesting. Suspicious”, MK starts walking back toward the other three. “ Yes, what- what's he doing?” Nezha asks confused.

“ Ignore it, it’s his lawyer bit.” Macaque explains, and Y/N nods in agreement while Wukong chuckles at MK’s antics. “ Best attorney monkeys can buy.” MK says flattening his hair back “ Hmm, if I was a secret enemy trying to break a magic pillar… I- objection!- to people looking for the magic rocks that can fix it as well.”, “ My father is not the enemy.” Nezha states.

“ I mean…” MK chuckles “ He put us in a cell, and a pain crown on Monkey King's head.” he rushes over sort of hugging Monkey King before leaning on his head for support “ You know, it's not… it's not best friend behavior.”, “ This was a mistake.” Nezha says turning away from them. “ Nezha, wait.” Y/N says and just as he turns to look back at her/him a voice from outside the cell grabs his attention.

“ Yeah, super was.” Wukong calls, “ What? No!” Nezha says in concern seeing all four of them outside the cell. “ You always fall for the clone bit!” Wukong laughs, “ Now you're stuck inside, and the real uses are out here.” MK says. “ I'm a clone” the Wukong, MK, Y/N, and Macaque that are in the cell say. “ No!” Nezha yells desperately before using his staff to burst through the portal into the hallway trapping all four of them against the wall.

“ Told you you always fall for it.” Wukong laughs just before they all burst into an orange-ish yellow smoke, Nezha quickly turns around to see the four of them already out of the cell and trying to sneak away. “ Someone's trying to destroy the world, and I'm not going to let anyone stop us from saving it.” Wukong asserts, “ Here comes jailbreak kid!” Wukong and MK both call talking strands of hair and creating several clones that waste no time in tackling Nezha and trapping him under them.“ Wukong!” Nezha yells angrily as the four take off running away from him, “ Sorry Nezha. We love ya, but we gotta run.” Y/N calls over her/his/their shoulder and Wukong chuckles at the situation.

The four burst through the wall and out onto the path through the celestial garden running at full speed, MK nearly rushes off the side of the path which leads to a deadly fall before he just barely stops himself in the edge with a scared yelp. “ Come on kid.” Wukong chuckles pulling him back onto the path as they all continue to run for their lives getting chased by several celestial soldiers throwing a variety of weapons at them which they have to dodge, “ Why is it always like this when you come here?!” Macaque asks in an accusatory tone and Wukong laughs.

What must be a celestial army leader steps in front of them with a whole squad behind him causing them to stop, “ That's far enough prisoners.” the leader says unsheathing his sword. “ This guy thinks he's the main character.” Wukong chuckles, he and Macaque quickly work together to knock him out and take his sword. “ Oh my Great Sage.” MK says fearfully upon seeing the large group of soldiers in front of them. Wukong and Macaque look like they are about to strike when Y/N puts a hand out to stop them. “ Please, allow me.” Y/N says sweetly before rolling up her/his/their sleeves

In a flash Y/N has the whole group of soldiers taken down and out of the way, MK, Wukong and Macaque look at her/him/them in sheer disbelief. “ Wow.” Macaque says impressed, “ I know right?” Wukong says his tone laced with adoration and all but literal heart eyes. The four continue running leaving the incapacitated soldiers behind, “ We have to get outta here.” MK says. “ Yeah.” Wukong agrees “ but you're really not going to like how we do it.”, “ What?” MK questions. Suddenly, Wukong pushes all three of them off the side of the path with an “ Alliup” jumping after them sending them all falling towards the mortal realm. “ Wukong!” Macaque shrieks angrily while Y/N and MK yell in terror.

Wukong chuckles taking out the sword he took from the guard throwing it below them, the sword suddenly stops in mid-air as a yellowish portal appears around it and once the four reach it the scenery below them changes a familiar street where Tang, Mei, Pigsy, and Sandy are hanging out in front of Pigsy’s noodles. Wukong and MK fall directly onto Sandy’s truck while Macaque grabs onto Y/N creating a portal below them that slowly pushes them back up to the surface once they fall through it. One of the tires bounces off the newly demolished truck landing right in front of Sandy and Mei before the same sword falls off somehow hitting the tire to which Sandy makes a disheartened noise

“ MK! Good-a you to show up for work-” Pigsy says “ 8 HOURS LATE!”, MK laughs nervously as he rushes down from the truck. “ Yeah, we have to go.” MK warns, “ Does that have anything to do with the ominous cracks being back?” Tang questions pointing to the sky where a large crack appears. “ It's okay, we've got a plan.” Wukong assures putting an arm around MK, “ Oh, do we?” Macaque scoffs “ We don't even know if these magical pillars healing stones exist!”. He and Wukong growl angrily starting to get in each other's faces but Y/N steps in between them forcing them apart and MK walks a few steps away. “ What if going after the stones is just another tricky plan by some tricky plan demon?” MK questions worriedly and his voice finally gets Macaque and Wukong to stop trying to kill each other “ Like if this is exactly what they want.”. He lets out a defeated sigh hanging his head, “ What if we really are chaos?” He asks quietly.

“ MK. You are not chaos” Y/N says feeling sad for him before walking over to him putting an arm around him, “ Listen bud, the only thing I know for sure is I don't trust anyone who isn't standing here right now.” Wukong says trying to comfort him “ If those stones are important the safest place for them is with us.”. “ Uh, what stones?” Pigsy asks confused, just then many of the celestial portals appear in the sky above them. “ Feels like we’re still missing some pretty important information.” Tang says nervously

“ We’re sort of on the run from the celestial realm.” MK says nervously rubbing the back of his head, “ What?!” Pigsy yells. “ We can explain everything.” MK says, at that moment beams of light come down from the portals and the group is surrounded by celestial guards. “ Later! We can explain later!” MK says anxiously.

“ Probably wish you hadn't smashed up Sandy's new truck right MK?” Mei asks appearing next to him, Mk makes a questioning noise looking over to the demolished truck. “ Oh!” he says taking out the staff “ here comes Monkey Kid!”, he brings the staff down onto the truck and uses its power to rebuild the truck which sends out a wave of energy that blasts the guards several feet away. “ Everybody in!” Mei yells pointing to the newly rebuilt truck, Y/N and MK take off following after her. The sound of Wukong yelling in pain stops Y/N, MK, and Macaque in their tracks only for them to turn and see him on the ground with his face contorted in pain and Li Jing behind him using the power to activate the pain crown.“ Wukong!” Macaque yells worriedly, “ No!” MK and Y/N yell rushing to his side. Y/N steps in front of him protectively while MK checks to make sure he's alright, and after a few seconds MK starts phasing in and out of his monkey form again. “ I suggest you back away from us now.” Y/N warns glaring at him angrily, “ This foolishness is over” Li Jing says

Before he can open the portal to Pagoda Macaque appears in front of him pushing his hand out of the way to separate the connection to the pain crown on Wukong, “ Kid. Go save the world.” Macaque says as a portal opens up below them and they start to sink through. “ What? MK says in surprise, “ No” Wukong and MK yell trying to move through the portal to get to him. “Macaque!” Wukong yells just before they fall through right into Sandy’s newly rebuilt truck that is speeding away from the city.

MK looks out of the window just in time to see the purple-ish shadow figure disappear. “ He’ll get away right?” MK asks looking to Wukong expectantly “ He always gets away.” he says “ Right?”. Wukong looks down sadly and doesn't say a word, Y/N puts an arm around him allowing him to rest his head against her/him/them to recover from the pain. “ Even if he's trapped in the Pagoda for now, we’ll find a way to get him out.” Y/N assures. Wukong slowly ends up nuzzling his head into Y/N’s neck before falling asleep exhausted for the pain inflicted by the crown.

[sonkitty]

I did it.

It is done.

I read the 41 Discworld books this year, in my desperate attempt to improve my play at Earthly Objects.

Did it work? Yeah. Certain main questions remain questions, but answers, for me, might still form over time.

Two of those main remaining questions, for now, are:

-Why did Crowley want to be first when using the Heaven elevator? This answer is going to be so anticlimactic if I ever figure it out, but I still want to know. Muriel being last is relevant to whatever the answer is.

-What's the "catch" in The Door Catch for the Metatron having his reflection caught over from one door window to the other door window here:

Like, even if it's a "Metatron Connection Reflection" or more specifically a "Metatron Head Connection Reflection", Connection Reflections exist outside of that so this one is supposed to be special.

What's so special about it? The witches in Discworld do not like to have their body between reflections of themselves. So, I have that idea, and can at least see, due to looking, that Aziraphale's reflection does not show up in the door to Aziraphale's right as he enters the elevator.

I go back and check episode 5 to see Shax's reflection doesn't show up at all on her exit. Crowley's reflection is mainly in the pub windows that are not on the door. Muriel's reflection is also on those windows but is then mostly on the door to the camera's right, and you can only kinda tell some white is reflected on the door to the camera's left but not Muriel's head or face.

But still, what is the idea here? What is the threat, if any, to the Metatron instead of Aziraphale?

He's got a head thing happening with his appearance in season 1 and how he's the only entity lacking an attached corporal form on footage of past meetings in Heaven. Very reminiscent and probably referencing the Wizard of Oz too.

...

One idea that has formed in my head from the concepts in the books is that Gabriel in Good Omens 2 could have the ability to "remember the future," as certain characters, like Death and Susan Sto Helit do. If so, then that helps me fit a few pieces in a possible way.

Crowley admitting to the appearance swap in episode 5 is something Gabriel could have foreseen, by remembering the future. Gabriel then being informed of such a thing played a role in getting the plan for his own appearance swap (in my theories) with Crowley here:

...

Anyway, I read all 41 Discworld. I read them in order, and I don't regret it though I understand most Discworld readers aren't reading Discworld for playing Earthly Objects.

I'm not used to reading so many books in a given year. The number is usually more like between 0 and 5.

The City Watch books were my favorite series. Feet of Clay and Thud! are my favorite two books overall. Vimes is my favorite Discworld character overall.

As for where to go from here, for reading, I'm planning to read Terry Pratchett's biography and will think about or decide where to go from there after that.