#the angelic conversation

[pierppasolini]

DEREK JARMAN

Sebastiane (1976) The Angelic Conversation (1985) The Garden (1990) Edward II (1991) Glitterbug (1994)

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Paula Rego, The Nativity, 2002

[colorsoundoblivion]

Would absolutely LOVE to hear from fellow LGBTQIA+ who love Derek Jarman. Deadline to email FANE is Friday, April 5th Wednesday, April 10th. It’s been 30 years since Saint Derek ascended to the afterworld. We’re trying to show a little love and reverence in his memory.

I really, truly feel this is important. If you love Derek, please, consider telling us so.

By all means, feel free to spread this far & wide.

[iwatchedsomethingtoday]

The Angelic Conversation (Derek Jarman, 1985)

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Seen in 2023:

The Angelic Conversation (Derek Jarman), 1985

[kristenswig]

#126. The Angelic Conversation - Derek Jarman

[fallenangelblade]

no because what do you MEAN the first thing benny does upon meeting castiel for the first time in purgatory is angrily confront him about why he left dean? meanwhile dean is clinging to the hope that it was just an accident, there’s no way cas would leave him intentionally, right? girl………

[iztea]

good talk

[phddyke]

Huskerdust by episode 4: We had a misunderstanding that we then talked about in order to make up. We were honest about our feelings, let each other in, and even had a duet together! I, Husk, no longer feel like Angel is making fun of me by hitting on me, and I, Angel, no longer feel like Husker is rejecting me when he talks about boundaries. We are now kind to each other and get along really well!

Stolitz fans, 15 episodes in:

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Angel Aziraphale: Well it's very pretty.

Angel Crowley: Oh, thank you.

Angel Aziraphale: And I think you've done an excellent job.

This conversation is so pure 🥺!

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The dog simply wanders into the story unbidden: The young man [Tobias] went out and the angel [Raphael] went with him; and the dog… went along with them (Tob 6:1-2 NRSV). … the dog went along behind them [Raphael and Tobias] (Tob 11:4 NRSV). Readers might wonder: what dog? ...The timing of the canine’s appearances hint at a possible explanation. Characters only discover Raphael is an angel late in the story when he is identified as a manifestation of God’s grace and an answer to Tobit’s prayers (Tob 12:18). Before that, they think of Raphael as simply a traveling companion. Yet, readers know better. Before his son Tobias embarks on a dangerous mission, Tobit reassures the boy’s mother that “a good angel will accompany [Tobias]; his journey will be successful, and he will come back in good health” (Tob 5:21-22). This is humorous because readers already know Raphael is an angel (cf. Tob 5:4), but there is more to smile about here. Just two verses later, we read about the dog going “along with them,” referring to both Tobias and Raphael (Tob 6:2). Why is this significant? Tobit blesses the two companions before they leave: “May God in heaven bring you [plural] safely there and return you in good health to me; and may his angel … accompany you both for your safety” (Tob 5:17). Consistent with the blessing, the mysterious dog appears precisely at the start of each stage of the two-part travel narrative (“safely there and return”). Tobit also asks for an angelic companion for both of them. Raphael is an accompanying angel, yes, but what angel accompanies him in keeping with Tobit’s blessing? Dare we say the dog?

[the-ineffable-dance]

Just a little reminder... this is the way Aziraphale looks on the way back into the bookshop at the beginning of the Final Fifteen.

The Metatrash has just told him to "Go and tell your friend the good news," and Aziraphale is headed back to convince Crowley to return to heaven to be an angel again.

That is not the face of a happy angel.

THIS is the face of a happy angel...

Or this one...

Especially this one...

No... what you have as he returns to the bookshop after whatever was said with the Metatron is not happy. That's the look of a man shaped being desperately coming up with a plan. Who knows that danger is staring straight at them, and suddenly he's in a perilous dance that he must do perfectly in order to protect Crowley.

He doesn't want to go back to Heaven. He has to.

[hazbingirliexoxo]

Alastor: Do you ever wonder how many houses you’ve passed in your lifetime that have people locked in the basement?😃

Reader: ….

Angel: Like in a kinky BDSM kinda way or…?

Reader: What the actual fuck is wrong with you two?

[crowlixcx]

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Isobel Thorm, icon, godsend, hero, absolute titan, determined to carry the hurt/comfort genre on her STR 12 shoulders. I adore her.

Of course, the catch is that she herself has also Been Through The Horrors but chooses not to acknowledge this in favour of adamantly insisting on being the caretaker (which she is obviously very good at, like... professionally, as a cleric and healer).

And even more than that, caretaker to a person who is a big nigh-unkillable (but very significantly not, as Isobel herself points out, unharmable!) radiant wall of muscle and holy fury so used to being a champion and protector herself, extremely keen to dismiss her own issues as a bit of "paladin's fatigue" and "flights of fancy" and who is on so many levels, some very fundamental to her being, tied into being A Sword.

I guess my point is... fic writer comrades-in-arms, this is what we call a goldmine.