#times radio

[ingravinoveritas]

Hello!😊🌞 Thanks for your blog, love it so much!!! I’m sure you’ll be interested in that https://youtu.be/XtATK2_rwb8 new interview of David in case you haven’t seen it yet. It’s on YouTube Times Radio “You have to be in states of undress, it’s odd”

0:44-3:54 - GO part. It's funny to watch him still trying to keep balance and leave room for interpretation describing Crowley and Aziraphale's relationship but his emotions betray him at 2:43

07:22-08:50 Staged part (or rather about Michael part)

at 08:05 - the way David looks to the upper right corner (which means he is mentally recreating a visual image, recalls it) when he says that Michael is much more of a thespian in RL than he is 🤭 and that dreamy and playful smile of his speaks volumes…

Hi, Anon! I'm slowly making my way through the backup of Anons I've had from last week, so my thanks to you for being so patient. I'd seen this interview briefly in the lead up to the release of GO 2, but I think it got lost in the shuffle with all the other interviews and content we were getting, so I'm glad you brought it to my attention again.

(I also had a really weird day in the fandom yesterday, with one person blocking me immediately after I reblogged a post of theirs, and another person subtweeting--well, taking a screenshot/reposting instead of reblogging--one of my polls just to attack me, and then tagging it as if I somehow wouldn't see it in the tags. I just...what? So your kind words about my blog are truly appreciated, because both of these incidents had me feeling pretty low last night...)

For those who haven't seen it, here's the full interview:

What I love about this interview--apart from the clearly deliberately chosen video title and thumbnail text--is that this interviewer was one of the few who really "went there" regarding Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship and specifically asked about romance. (Granted, calling it "the love that dare not speak its name" wasn't great, but it was still light years ahead of the verbiage used by some of the other interviewers.)

She also asked questions that went beyond the typical GO 2 presser pablum, and I think got some genuine reactions out of David as a result, as you mentioned. In the first bit you highlighted, I could see what you described, with David's emotions betraying him, and it's especially interesting to watch now that the season has come out (as opposed to watching it before):

David clearly was trying to skate around things/not give anything away, but you see that mask slip just slightly. (I also love that he comes much, much closer to slipping and far more overtly in the interviews with Michael than when he is by himself.) It's giving me the same feeling as those pictures of Michael looking super smug after that one day of filming in 2022--as if there is something they both know that we don't. (And not necessarily just The Kiss...)

The second moment you touched on struck me even more, in terms of David's emotions betraying him. Again, I think there was something about the way this interviewer asked questions and got at the heart of not just Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship but also his and Michael's that caught David by surprise and somehow got him to open up more than perhaps even he expected:

I completely agree about the dreamy and playful smile at the end, as well as him looking up as if replaying a memory. I think the interviewer again subtly but clearly specifying real life (as opposed to the Staged versions of themselves, for instance) pushed David into that place of thinking about his and Michael's dynamic, and that his reaction is such an obviously positive one is so wonderful to see.

Perhaps what I love about this most of all is that it's another example of how soft David and Michael are when they talk about each other when the other one isn't there. It brings to mind Michael talking about David's "bad habits" at MCM Comic Con last year, and how in both cases, they're taking the piss out of each other, but in the sweetest way possible, because it is underpinned by so much love and affection. Beautiful.

So yes, those are my thoughts on this interview. Glad to know that you saw the same things that I and others have noticed, too, and that there seem to be more of us who do see than who don't. Thanks for writing in, Anon! x

[princess-spock]

David Tennant Times Radio interview

David talks about Good Omens, Staged, Michael Sheen, Doctor Who, etc.

[absurdlakefront]

Stephen Fry expounding on Greek myths, social media, and modern life.

I could listen to him talk forever.

[watchingroger]

Roger Allam on Times Radio talking about The Thick of It and Frank & Percy

When asked what it was like to kiss Ian McKellen Roger said that he hadn't before "except in greeting" And I mean... I know actors are affectionate and you're good pals but... gosh.

Also, this seems to be a bit of a larger interview... and it's pasted together in a slightly weird order. I can't explain that.

[shipcestuous-two]

Hi there. I just watched an interview on the Times Radio youtube channel about an adopted woman who discovered that her birth parents were siblings. It's a really tragic story actually as the siblings were still children (teenagers) at the time, and the impact the discovery had on her life is awful. But the tone of the interview was respectful and a few things they said about it as a societal taboo were interesting. You'll find it on that channel easily as it was uploaded today.

That was really fascinating.

You can see how the taboo of incest, and particularly the misconceptions and false information propagated constantly in our culture about offspring from incestuous unions can actually ruin someone's life. I think she sees that now, that the culture is responsible, at least in part, for what she went through. It sounded like she was trying to address this and make it easier to talk about, so more power to her.

Thanks for sharing this, Anon! Super interesting stuff and I do appreciate the way it was handled by the interviewer and everything.

[shadebloopnik]

Alastor being a petty ass btch to the two people who did not want his ass back for the 3 seconds he's been back, icon

[djpaulette]

(djpaulette)

[thethoriumreactor]

The colorblind Alastor headcanon is so fun to think about I made an entire comic page about it pls be proud of me guys

He chose the more vibrant one lol (if image quality is bad pls click on it)

Bonus doods (Alastor admitted the truth):

[foone]

Does anyone remember what happened to Radio Shack?

They started out selling niche electronics supplies. Capacitors and transformers and shit. This was never the most popular thing, but they had an audience, one that they had a real lock on. No one else was doing that, so all the electronics geeks had to go to them, back in the days before online ordering. They branched out into other electronics too, but kept doing the electronic components.

Eventually they realize that they are making more money selling cell phones and remote control cars than they were with those electronic components. After all, everyone needs a cellphone and some electronic toys, but how many people need a multimeter and some resistors?

So they pivoted, and started only selling that stuff. All cellphones, all remote control cars, stop wasting store space on this niche shit.

And then Walmart and Target and Circuit City and Best Buy ate their lunch. Those companies were already running big stores that sold cellphones and remote control cars, and they had more leverage to get lower prices and selling more stuff meant they had more reasons to go in there, and they couldn't compete. Without the niche electronics stuff that had been their core brand, there was no reason to go to their stores. Everything they sold, you could get elsewhere, and almost always for cheaper, and probably you could buy 5 other things you needed while you were there, stuff Radio Shack didn't sell.

And Radio Shack is gone now. They had a small but loyal customer base that they were never going to lose, but they decided to switch to a bigger but more fickle customer base, one that would go somewhere else for convenience or a bargain. Rather than stick with what they were great at (and only they could do), they switched to something they were only okay at... putting them in a bigger pond with a lot of bigger fish who promptly out-competed them.

If Radio Shack had stayed with their core audience, who knows what would have happened? Maybe they wouldn't have made a billion dollars, but maybe they would still be around, still serving that community, still getting by. They may have had a small audience, but they had basically no competition for that audience. But yeah, we only know for sure what would happen if they decided to attempt to go more mainstream: They fail and die. We know for sure because that's what they did.

I don't know why I keep thinking about the story of what happened to Radio Shack. It just keeps feeling relevant for some reason.

[goldsnek]

Drunk Luci is at it again (+ Some hcs of mine)

[pisstorymuseum]

rare fiddauthor happiness moment

[pinketine]

Comments found from the start of all this and from when Euphoria dropped that keep aging better and better

[mchi22]

[allastoredeer]

Remember to give your king enough attention or he’ll get fidgety and lonely.

[juliehamill]

Listen back to my chat with Ed Vaizey about new music recommendations. Two you won't have heard of, two you might have heard of and two you will have heard of. 13 minute clip full of unique hot tips and tracks, the first of which have not been discussed or discovered or played on mainstream radio. Have a listen here.

[lu-lus-dicks]

Vox is the founder of both "fuck Alastor" clubs.