#they will forever be my Roman Empire

[miwiromantics]

Everybody moved on,

Help, I’m still at the restaurant…

I hope we haven’t forgotten abt the byler ponies we were so generously gifted

[pedripics]

all the football twt bros cursing out pedri for ruining their night with that tiktok 😭

and rightly fucking so, how dare he 🥲

[nicoriice]

the scrunklies

inspired by that one trending template

[nemesyaaa]

you're maybe not gay, but THEM YOUR HONOR, they fucking are

(i'm actually so serious about them.)

[chaellooo]

My way to cope with the delay of shatterspin issue 3 release date

[pineeappletree]

the way charles’ and arthur’s relationship carries throughout the game fascinates me.

in late chapter four, charles notifies arthur that he’s leaving to help rain’s fall. when arthur asks to help, charles declines because it’s personal.

but then, in chapter six, charles asks arthur to help because it’s personal.

the fact that charles, the most reserved and suppressed character, trusts arthur enough with something he knows is none of his business—there’s something so tender about that.

whether romantic love or platonic love, arthur and charles loved each other dearly.

[frankcastiglione]

GLEN POWELL | Tyler Owens in Twisters ↳ in this scene specifically

[msp9]

I LOVE THEM SM😭😭😭

[onceuponapuffin]

Ineffable Bureaucracy and Ineffable Husbands

So, especially in the early days after the release of S2, I saw and heard a lot of people comparing these two as if they were the same. There were fan comics and fanart and fanfiction that included dialogue that was something along the lines of "why are they so healthy after only a few years and we aren't?" or "why do THEY get a happy ending and we don't?" And I mean, I haven't seen any of that in a while so maybe people have come to this conclusion on their own, but just in case, I wanted to point out

That they are fundamentally different. They are not the same.

And the reason why comes down to this conversation from 2x3:

So, hold this conversation in your brain while we go through this.

First of all, we have our Ineffable Bureaucracy, Gabriel and Beelzebub.

So these are the ones who, figuratively speaking, were born in a castle.

Gabriel was the Supreme Archangel for however many millenia, and Beelzebub was the Grand Duke of Hell for the same, roughly speaking. They are equals in positions of power.

So, when they fall in love, you have two supernatural authorities who have lived their existences believing that they can reasonably expect to have and keep whatever they want. After all, that's exactly what their lives have been (with the one exception being Beelzebub's Fall) - they want something, they get it, they keep it, and no one tells them no.

The biggest risk is to Gabriel. If Heaven were to find out, he would Fall. I can imagine Beelzebub being a bit concerned, but "Oh no," Gabriel probably figured "I Fall to Hell, and straight into your arms!" And I could see Beelzebub with a little smirk saying "I'd look after you, babe," in response.

The only time Gabriel actually worries is when he finds out that there's another punishment that he didn't realize was a possibility.

Falling to Hell is one thing, but having his memories erased is an actual threat, and possibly the first time he's ever been told no. This is when we see him panic, and leave Heaven in a mess, storing his memories away to keep them safe from the Metatron. We find out later that he was on his way to Hell anyway and just forgot halfway there and got lost.

And so, we have two beings who were always told they were Good Enough, who approached each other knowing they were able to have whatever they wanted, and were therefore able to communicate and fall in love in a healthy way. They didn't need to tip toe or hide, because they had no reason to believe anyone would ever tell them no until someone did. Their risk, because of their positions of authority, wasn't nearly as great as Aziraphale and Crowley's risk.

So now we come to our Precious Ineffable Husbands

Crowley and Aziraphale start off in much lower positions on the Celestial Food Chain. We know that they have to be very careful about their relationship to avoid the repercussions. They can't mention The Arrangement out loud, they can't put their feelings for each other into words. It has been made clear to them that they are always being watched, and anything they have can be taken away from them on a whim.

So how can they communicate safely when they've spent millenia living on eggshells and tightropes? Of course they won't, and of course it's going to be much harder for them to believe they can once they finally are safe. I definitely believe that they will get there (for my own wellbeing I have to believe that their love is stronger than anything), but they will need to fight tooth and nail in a way that Gabriel and Beelzebub didn't. All because they aren't figures of authority.

It might honestly be another good argument for Crowley taking the Grand Duke of Hell job (even though I reeeeaaaally don't want him to). It would put them in the same position as Gabriel and Beelzebub, and might give them the footing to actually escape the system (even though I think it's more likely that they're going to dismantle and/or repair the system in s3, but that's my own opinion).

These two pairs aren't mirrors of each other. Rather, they illustrate the problems with inequity that Crowley was pointing out in Edinburgh. And if S2 showed us that, I'm hoping S3 will show us possible solutions for it.

[essjaywrites]

imogen + garrick when they finally get their shit together. (redrawing an old comic 🩷)

[hoao]

there’s just something about knowing that the end has come and you can’t stop it from shaping your path and life keeps moving forward and you’re on to your next chapter whether you’re ready for it or not, and some of your happiest years are over (so many good things are coming your way, but it’s still devastating having to say goodbye to a place you somehow belonged to)

[pedripics]

ugh messi was so nice to him when he was shy about interacting w the players/going into the dressing room im so grateful to him for that fr (grateful to leo for a lot of things obviously but the pedri thing really hits me in my heart)

and you can clearly tell that pedri doesn't only appreciate him as a player but even more so as a person. leo's smile during pedri's kopa trophy speech said it all

[sherlockig]

[nemesyaaa]

JJPOPE CORE 🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿🫶🏿 (OBX SCREENWRITERS COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE YOU.)

im dying...🫠🫠🫠🫠

[n3bismel]

Italy pt.2

(cr. me)

[hedonisticeiram]

The way this easily has become one of my favorites should be studied. This letter solidified it for me. 😩😳💕

Dear Harry,

Getting to know you through your letters was the most wonderful accident. I thought I knew you before. I had no idea.

I don't think there's any such thing as the Potter curse. Everyone you've dated, myself included, has been very lucky to get to spend time with you.

You are dedicated, funny and insightful. You deserve the world.

I hope I was an okay substitute for the real thing. I have no right to ask, but if you would write to me, I promise I'll answer.

x

Draco

P.s. I burnt the letters. I just read them over and over when I was lonely until I knew them all by heart. Thank you.