#why the car has no hubcaps

[john-gosh-darnielle]

It's Tuesday, and you're coming home.

Yeah!

[johnnycakesswitch]

Some of y’all are so mean about Steve and Two-Bit omg 😭😭😭 some people act like their only personalities are Two-Bit being an alcoholic and Steve being mean to Pony and liking chocolate cake like let’s be fr. Let’s clear the air w some canon details about the two most forgotten greasers bc they deserve better and some of y’all pay them absolutely dust as if they’re not important to the story also

Let’s start w pookie Steve

• “Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls.” Ok so here’s some physical description, I’ve seen so many people say that Pony only gave Steve one line of description, there’s actually much more in the rest of Steve’s paragraph 😀

• Pony goes on to describe Steve as “tacky, smart, and Soda’s best buddy since grade school.” He also says that Steve can lift a hubcap quicker and quieter than anyone else in the neighborhood and also knows cars inside out and backwards and can drive anything on wheels. Pony takes time to emphasize that Steve is in fact smart (he’s still in school so this is important) and how skilled he is when it comes to cars

• Steve has been arrested before for unspecified reasons

• Pony says that Steve and Soda both have too much energy and feelings, which is why they get into fights and drag races so often

• Steve (and Two-Bit and Soda for that matter) would’ve joined in on Dally’s dirty talking to Cherry

• Steve and Soda will buy Pony bottles of soda and let him help work on the cars when he goes to the DX

• Steve was the one who saw Johnny’s jacket on the ground when he got jumped and picked it up with the plan to bring it back to him and was the one who looked closer and saw the blood on the jacket and the ground. Also- “Steve closed his eyes for a second and muffled a groan as he dropped on his knees beside Soda.” Steve was clearly very distraught to see Johnny in the state he was after being beat up so badly, which mirrors his reaction to when Dally died. Steve feels very deeply and has a hard time hiding it

• Steve threatened Sylvia when she was talking to Johnny and gave Johnny a lecture about girls- big brother energy

• he has a “soft, bitter voice”

• Steve and Two-Bit were the ones who started goofing around the time they went to church and Steve was the one who dropped the hymn book and embarrassed Pony and Johnny 😭

• Soda and Steve never fought

• Steve’s dad kicks him out about once a week which really bothers Steve and is likely a reason for his hatred for his father which Pony mentions earlier on. His dad usually gives him money to make up for it. He often sleeps on the Curtis couch (Pony says it’s “usually” Steve on the couch)

• Two-Bit and Steve were so happy to see Ponyboy after the fire, they immediately started roughhousing and teasing him

• “Don't worry about it," Steve said, cocksure that he and Sodapop could handle anything that came up. "They don't do things like that to heroes.” Steve was quick to reassure Pony that he wouldn’t get taken out of Darry’s custody

• the only time Soda was ever mad at Steve was when he called Darry all brawn no brain

• “Hate to tell you, buddy," Steve said, still flat on the floor, "but you have to wear clothes to work. There's a law or something.” Steve teasing Soda 😭

• Steve was “surprisingly angry” when Pony asked about Sandy, more than likely because he knew how upset Soda was about it

• Soda, Steve, and Pony all put in extra hair grease before the rumble to look cool

• he and Soda were “playing cards and arguing as usual” before the rumble

• Steve fights for hatred

• he had three broken ribs after the rumble. He looked “feverish and bewildered” when Pony came back from the hospital. Despite how hurt he was though, he immediately went running with everyone when Dally was in trouble

• “Steve stumbled forward with a sob, but Soda caught him by the shoulders” again, Steve was so visibly distraught when one of his friends was hurt, even more so now because Dally was dead

• Pony, Two-Bit, and Steve usually leave school together at lunchtime to go to the store

• Steve and Two-Bit were backing Pony when he used the bottle to defend himself from the Socs

• “Is that all that's bothering you, that switchblade?" a red-eyed Steve had snapped at him.” Just more of Steve and his emotions

So even though he is a side character, Steve is so much more developed than we give him credit for. He’s deeply loyal, emotional, has a strained relationship with his father, and would do anything for the people he cares about. Additionally, it’s so important that he’s Soda’s best friend too- who do we think was there for him when Pony ran away and Sandy left him or when Pony and Darry are arguing all the time?

Now for Two-Bit

• he would’ve come to get Pony from the movies in his car if Pony had asked

• Pony says life was one big joke to Two-Bit

• he had a wide grin and “couldn’t stop making funny remarks to save his life”

• famous for shoplifting and always mouthing off to cops

• he likes fights, blondes, and school

• Pony likes him a lot because he kept them all laughing at themselves and other things

• Pony says Two-Bit could put things into words good

• offered everyone cigarettes at the movies and paid for everyone’s drinks and popcorn

• Two-Bit gave Pony a similar lecture on girls to the one Steve gave Johnny

• Two-Bit “gallantly” offered to walk Cherry and Marcia the 20 miles home. He talked them into letting him drive them home which is where they were headed, to get his car, before Bob and Randy showed up

• “Two-Bit said, "Don't get mouthy, Ponyboy” his big brother energy is coming out y’all

• Two-Bit hit Pony hard upside the head when he said what he did about Johnny not being wanted at home

• “Shut up talkin' like that," Two-Bit said fiercely, messing up Johnny's hair. "We couldn't get along without you, so you can just shut up!” I’m crying

• he waved at everyone when they all turned to look at them after they all caused a ruckus in church 😭

• Johnny and Pony get Two-Bit and Darry on their team for football 😌 so we can assume Soda and Steve have Dally

• Two-Bit broke the windows in the school building

• Two-Bit got jumped while Pony and Johnny were gone but it wasn’t too bad because he’s a good fighter

• Dally and some other greasers wanted to jump Cherry when she came to talk to them but Two-Bit stopped them

• he was gonna go to Texas to look for Pony and Johnny 😔

• Pony says people like Two-Bit, Dally, and Tim Shepard forgot how to cry at a young age

• again, so excited when Pony got home. Picked him up and swung him around and immediately started making fun of his hair

• “What I like is the 'turn' bit," Two-Bit said, cleaning the egg up off the floor. "Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden.” This quote is SO important. No, they didn’t just turn heroes. Two-Bit recognizes that Johnny and Pony had always been special even if others didn’t see it

• Two-Bit knew all about Pony’s nightmares and was interested in hearing about them when Pony told Darry about his dream

• immediately offers to babysit Pony when Darry is hesitant to leave him home alone

• Pony says it’s just about impossible to get mad at him

• Two-Bit wouldn’t take no for an answer when the nurse told them they couldn’t see Johnny

• he was closer to tears than Pony had ever seen him after snapping at Johnny’s mother

• gave Dally his switchblade, his prized possession, with zero hesitation when Dally asked

• could tell something was up with Pony and felt his head for a fever, really wanted to tell Darry but Pony said no

• Two-Bit fights for conformity

• he had four stitches in his cheek and seven in his hand after the rumble

• “Two-Bit came blubberin' over here with some tale about how you were running a fever before the rumble and how it was all his fault you were sick. He was pretty torn up that night.” He feels so guilty about Pony being sick :(

• was worried when he thought Pony was getting tough and relieved when he realized Pony was still his soft, sensitive self after picking up the broken glass

So we see that Two-Bit is definitely more developed than Steve and he is a super important character. He’s silly and goofy which is what they need sometimes in their hard lives, he’s got such a nurturing personality, he’s a gentleman at heart, and is so quick to praise/defend any of his friends, even against themselves like when Johnny talks bad about himself. Overall, he and Steve are both very much important to the story. Treat them better. The end.

[alittlebitofloveliness]

Johnny Cade hc because I’m glad its the weekend

-Is a LOT tougher than the gang gives him credit for. A lot.

-To anyone who doesn’t know him well he looks incredibly intimidating

-Can make a fire out of nothing. It’s a skill he learned from spending a lot of nights in the lot when he doesn’t feel like bothering anyone, but tbh he’s honestly a bit of a pyro

-Is INCREDIBLY protective of Ponyboy, but knows Ponyboy hates feeling babied so he makes sure he never finds out.

-On multiple occasions he’s heard socs or some mouthier greasers talking shit about Ponyboy at school, and together with Steve and Two-bit beat them senseless without any of the Curtis boys ever finding out. There’s a mutual agreement between the three of them that Darry and Soda have enough to worry about without worrying about Pony getting jumped at school, and none of them wanna hurt Pony’s pride, not even Steve.

-Really appreciates that Pony is able to tell when he doesn’t wanna talk and answers for him. Pony never gets it wrong and sometimes talking feels like such an effort so Johnny is really glad to have such a good friend

-Was the last person in the gang to meet Dally, since he was nursing some pretty bad injuries when Dally first came to Tulsa, and was laying low

-Hates Curly Shepard with a burning passion. Partially because he can SEE how terrible of an influence Curly is on Ponyboy, but some of it is just straight up jealousy. In Johnny’s mind Ponyboy is HIS best friend and Curly better be ready to fight if he thinks he can just waltz out of the reformatory and try and take his place in Pony’s life. Their rivalry got so bad at one point that after the third fistfight Tim and Darry made a mutual agreement to try and keep Johnny and Curly away from each other (with limited success).

-He and Ponyboy encourage each other’s smoking habits because if one of them runs out of cigarettes the other usually has at least half a pack left

-One of the old cowboys at Buck’s bar taught him to line dance and he’s really good at it

-Is indifferent to country music but pretends to love it just because of how horrified and pissed off Ponyboy gets at the mere prospect

-Is the best in the gang at poker by a lot. It drives Soda and Dally crazy for different reasons. Soda is mostly incredulous, but Dally is wicked competitive and hates losing

-Was the first to notice Curly liked Ponyboy in a more than friendly way when he realised the way Curly was teasing Ponyboy was the exact same way Two-bit teased his many blondes- fond with an undercurrent of heat. As soon as he realised it he walked across the room and socked Curly in the jaw. Obviously they fought, and it took Ponyboy, Tim Shepard, and two others from the Shepard gang to pull them off each other. Pony ignored both of them for a week straight afterwards which is the only reason they established an uneasy truce.

-He and Pony mutter sarcastic shit to each other when the gang is all hanging out together and make up dumb reasons as to why they’re laughing if anyone notices

-He’s actually pretty good friend’s with Two-bit’s little sister since he crashes at Two’s house almost as much as he crashes with the Curtis’ or with Dally

-Cordially detests Angela Shepard. He thinks it’d be wrong to hit a girl but Angela is protective of Curly and doesn’t take kindly to the fact he and Curly can’t seem to stop fighting each other. He thinks she shouldn’t take Curly’s side- Tim certainly doesn’t. In any case, they trade glares and frosty remarks but never tussle any worse than that, though Angela swears she’ll stab him if he breaks Curly’s nose again.

-He and Ponyboy are banned from being on each others team for any board or card game requiring teams because they’re too good at reading each other’s minds (Soda and Steve are also banned from being on a team together for the same reason). 

-Once helped Steve steal the hubcaps off a socs car in the lot

-Is convinced that Ponyboy is afraid of girls (no matter how much Pony protests) and thinks its the funniest shit ever

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Ineffable discontinuity and the Bentley's roadtrip transformation: new back doors and other changes (after it was yellow), and Crowley... didn't notice?!*

*Also, as a side observation, did he leave the Bentley window open during the ball and everything that happened after? Why?

Have you been longing to be even more perplexed by the ineffable discontinuity of Good Omens season 2? Do you love endless data in the form of screencaps? If so, then please join me on this wild ride! Here are some highlights:

Top photos: Season 1, episode 6, after Adam reboots reality; S2e2, before Aziraphale's e3 road trip. The Bentley is a gray and black 2-tone car with 2 doors (only 1 handle is visible on each side).

And on the bottom is s2e5, while Crowley is driving, it's a solid black car with 4 doors and smaller silver hubcaps.

(edit: For those of you thinking about the different Bentley models used in s1 vs s2 (discussed in detail below), or the difference between the full car and half car set, just those three full car pictures above demonstrate that the new s2 Bentley model is NOT the reason for this mid-season shift. For more details about the half car set plus other ways to tell the Bentleys apart - without talking about color - see my newer post with handy diagrams, here.)

And the s2 interior?

Here's e1, after Crowley talks to Shax, and e3, as Aziraphale arrives in Edinburgh (which is also when the Bentley debuts as a 4-door). And look at this blocking - how both characters are posed so similarly with their backs to us in these shots!! It's so deliberate! :

And look at the seats! In e2, Crowley is talking to Shax again, and in e5, Crowley just parked the Bentley before the ball:

When Crowley, who is so tuned in that he senses the car is yellow and driving too slow even from a distance, sees the "new" Bentley in e4, he doesn't act as though anything has changed, he just happily and purposefully walks up and opens the back door that was never there to put his plants inside.

THE BACK DOOR THAT WAS NEVER THERE

For that matter, Crowley and Aziraphale both seem to be unaware of the changes! This feels like both a metaphor and a functional plot device for season 3. There's more discussion at the end of this post!

Thanks to comments and observations awhile back from @bbbitchvibbbez , I did some careful searching for s2 scenes featuring the Bentley, and this post is the labor of love and irrational obsession result!

If you want to see lots more Bentley screencaps and discussion, including Crowley nonchalantly using the new back door, and possibly also leaving the Bentley window open during the ball and everything that followed, please keep reading:

Some background and context:

Ok, so there was a different Bentley "actor" for s2. The s1 actor was a 2-door, the s2 actor is a 4-door. If you look carefully, you'll see that in s1 the backseat side windows are smaller than the front side windows. In s2, they're the same size. I talk more about the windows - with handy diagrams! - in my newer Bentley post, here.

There's also been some controversy about the interior color of the s2 Bentley, black vs brown, and how that could relate to the s2 body swap theory; here are details about that from @lonicera-caprifolium and @picturesque-about-it. I don't think my findings support (or disprove) that theory, but take a look at what I found and see what you think!

(*Please don't ask Neil about any of this, he's already given us the answers he wants to give, and he's not going to spoil the surprises in s3 now by telling us what's really going on!*)

Here's the episode/scene breakdown:

S2e1 on the street with Shax - gray, two toned, two doors (one visible door handle on a side), brown interior - both the seats and the inside panel of the door. Notice how the door is hinged at the back, and opens opposite the way most modern cars do (this is called a suicide door):

More s2e1 photos, the Bentley is in a lot of scenes this episode and as far as I can tell it stays the same gray 2-door for the whole episode, but it's frequently in dark lighting to make it harder to tell it isn't actually black (I've brightened most of these shots). It also has larger silver hubcaps, and I notice consistent brown seats (these interior pics are from three different scenes):

In s2e2, the Bentley is only in two scenes, and it's the same as s2e1. Now, you can see in the larger photo below that it's obviously not the SAME as s1 - the backseat side windows are too long - but the production team DID try to make the new Bentley "actor" look the same as in season 1. It's a gray 2-tone car with 2 doors (1 handle visible on each side) with larger silver hubcaps. As an aside, what's with the red lights on the car in this shot?? I mean, yes, it's a reflection of another car's brake lights, but why put that onscreen?

Also, in case it's relevant, Crowley is wearing his turtleneck throughout this episode, and still has the silver-sided glasses from e1:

Ok, now we have s2e3, and as Crowley meets Muriel and gives Aziraphale his car keys, we see he's no longer wearing the turtleneck, AND this is when his glasses change to black-sided ones:

Outside, we see the Bentley looks the same as the rest of s2 thus far, as Aziraphale sets off for Edinburgh. Gray 2-tone, brown interior (with window bullet hole decals very visible), with larger silver hubcaps. There's only one handle visible, so it's still meant to look like a 2-door:

Ok, here's where things start to change! Azi is driving and the Bentley is yellow. The seats might (?) be black, there's still only one door handle on the side, the silver hubcaps are still larger. But when he "changes it back", NOW it's black:

And by the time he pulls into Edinburgh, Transformation Complete. (Did Something Else Happen?? Or is this an effect of Aziraphale finally being welcome to take care of this extension of Crowley? More speculation at the end!) It's a black 4-door, two handles clearly visible on the side, with smaller silver hubcaps:

And the interior? The door panel, at least, is black now - and it has a texture that wasn't there when it was brown. Here's e1 next to e3 (and appreciate, again, this very intentional parallel blocking of the two actors!):

In s2e4, we see the Bentley in two scenes; at the beginning when Aziraphale meets Shax-as-hitchhiker, where we see the bullet holes and the black door lining, and at the end when the Bentley is reunited with Crowley:

When Aziraphale parks the Bentley back at the bookshop, we see the bullet hole decals and that it's still a black 4-door:

So he goes to meet Crowley, they come back with the plants. We can see that the camera is to the rear of the car, and the front of the car is to their left. They're standing on the left side of the car. If Crowley opens the door, we won't see the interior door panel, right? Because the Bentley doors are hinged on the back, instead of the front, so the door will open towards us:

WELL. Mx "I can feel when you drive below the speed limit" and "change it back!" Crowley very eagerly walks up to the BLACK car, greets it with some sweet baby talk, and then opens the suddenly-existing BACK door with a hinge on the front (so it opens away from us) as if this is All Perfectly Normal, and we can (barely) see the door lining and it's BLACK and textured:

A few more shots of Crowley, standing at the brand-new back door of the Bentley, still wearing those black-sided glasses:

And in case you're wondering, in s1e2 when Anathema gets a ride in the Bentley, she climbs into the backseat from the front driver door, and she climbs out through the front passenger door. There wasn't a back door on either side. Here she climbs into the Bentley, and you can see Crowley fold down the front seat, and there's clearly only one door on that side, and it's hinged at the back. (When she gets out on the passenger side, it's harder to see, but you can tell that door is also hinged at the back.) :

In s2e5, Crowley drives the Bentley to the bookshop, and then we only catch a few small glimpses of it while Aziraphale is recruiting shopkeepers to the meeting/ball. Here's Crowley driving the black 4-door Bentley with small silver hubcaps, and here he is getting out of the car with black seats. The front door is still hinged at the back, as it always has been. The window is open - his hand is reaching through to open the door - so we can't see the bullet hole decals:

The next time we see more than a hint of the Bentley, it's the end of s2e6 and Crowley is standing next to it, watching Azi leave with the Metatron. It's still black, with 4 doors and black seats and smaller hubcaps. We don't see the bullet hole decals, but perhaps the window is still open from when he parked it in e5? (And WHY would he leave the window open? Was someone supposed to come by after he parked it to deliver something to the Bentley, or take something out?) Emotional photos ahead:

I over exposed that last picture, to make the colors really easy to pick out. The seats are absolutely, definitely black.

So... what does it mean? Why did it happen, and why didn't Crowley notice or react?

I love the metaphor that Aziraphale subconsciously created a back door for - or into - Crowley, especially with all those references to the "back channels" of communication between heaven and hell. I'm thinking it could represent - or actually be - another way for them to communicate, or like another entrance to his heart; it's something that Aziraphale doesn't realize he changed or added and that Crowley hasn't noticed yet either, even if he's making use of those changes on some level. I'm sure other metaphors could also fit!

And I'm reminded of something @theeminentlyimpractical said, "Crowley, despite his whining, fully accepts the idea of "our car," which fundamentally transforms the Bentley". That post was liked by Neil, so there could definitely be something to this "our car" transformation line of thinking.

So, was the transformation a subconscious effect of Aziraphale finally being welcome by Crowley to drive the Bentley, and caring for and taking responsibility for this part of Crowley? Or did Aziraphale consciously do this, or did Crowley? Or maybe the Bentley is sentient, and it chose to be bigger/different now, to accommodate both of them. Or did the change happen in response to Something Else We Didn't See?

Is Crowley's (and Aziraphale's) apparent non-reaction another example of an unreliable narrator or some memory tampering? Is manipulation of the Book of Life involved? Are there multiple timelines? Is someone time traveling? Or is it just that Aziraphale and Crowley already discussed the changes off screen, before Aziraphale left Edinburgh?

If Crowley noticed the changes, I would have expected a comment about them. Either, "change it back!" or a reluctant, "those are changes I can live with", or... Something. But instead, the production team went to some trouble to make sure the hints are there, but hard to spot (you can review the similar, careful s1 hints about the appearance swap here, from @fuckyeahgoodomens); as opposed to, for one example, the way they very clearly pointed out Maggie's mysterious spelling mistake, both on screen and in the dialogue. So I feel reasonably certain the Bentley's transformation is a careful, subtle hint about a Secret Something Important That Will Be Revealed In Season 3. I think it's both a metaphor and a plot device*.

What are some of your favorite metaphors? Your most reasonable theories? What about some of your biggest, wildest, most improbable theories?

*And if you enjoy Good Omens metas, theories, clues, etc, I have a big pinned collection of those from the fandom, here!

[seat-safety-switch]

When celebrities behave badly, it's our chance as normal people to get a little bit of revenge in. Despite the fact that we exist in a society that is primarily – if not exclusively – motivated by the urge to become famous, or famous for being rich, we sneer at those of us who actually make it. Celebrity gossip magazines fly off the shelves, as they contain the analogue-value-of-truth about our social and economic betters being shitheads. For a little while, I was one of them. A celebrity, that is, not a magazine.

You might want to know why I was famous, but it doesn't really matter why. In the times before the bad part of the internet started getting wild, you could quickly become very popular just by having a weird website. My website? My collection of hubcaps. It was water-cooler conversation, I'll tell you that much. What's that? Oh. Hubcaps are the things that cover up steel wheels on base-model cars, before everyone went all crazy with the alloy-wheel madness of the 00s as society collapsed under the weight of servicing the delusions of the pretend-rich medicating themselves into believing that they hadn't just had their futures ripped away by financial-industry chicanery. No, I'm not cranky about it. No, you're "just hungry."

I'm back. It turns out I was hungry. Anyway, I was very famous for awhile, and then, as these things go, I wasn't. I never got the chance to be hunted down and ruined by the tabloids; I just faded away quietly as society at large decided that "the hubcap guy" was no longer fascinating. I did get to go on Ricki Lake once, though. No, she's a person, not an actual lake. Yes, I know many lakes are named after people. I don't think they named one after her. She kept trying to make me back into an admission that I had stolen those hubcaps, which shows you just how high the threshold for bad celebrity behaviour has risen in recent years.

If you decide that you want to become a celebrity, you probably won't make it. When civilization decides that you must become famous, however, it's not a bad idea to go into hiding and start collecting old, shitty cars. No hubcaps, though. Bunch of Hollywood movie stars broke into my garage while I was giving the interview, for the exposure.

[maufungi]

The Bentley is a lie

(This is a spoiler zone for Good Omens season 2) Hey guys! I found something strange (and most likely the stupidest meta of all)

I read these amazing posts about the Bentley Ineffable discontinuity and the Bentley's roadtrip transformation and this one by @embracing-the-ineffable and @thesherrinfordfacility

and they got me thinking…

Why the Bentley is a lie:

So while re-watching episode 2, I noticed something strange…

Something immediately caught my eye in the first scene. The blue box in which the "2" (2500 BC) is written. In terms of color grading, I find it very striking.

A second blue box appears with the "L" of "Land of Uz".

The next 2 are in the book of Job that Aziraphale and Crowley are looking at. "T" and an "S" can be found.

In the back of my mind there was still the hint that this episode was called "The Clue". And of course there would have to be hidden clues in this episode. Something story or meta relevant.

So I just googled "2LTS". (Because I am a research professional)

And to my surprise a model of a car appeared, that looked very similar to the Bentley: the Ballot 2LTS.

Maybe there is a Bentley at the start of the season (episodes 1 and 2) but they later switched it to another car? The Ballot 2 LTS.

I don't know anything about cars. So I read a bit about them. To my surprise, a Bentley isn't just a Bentley. It's the chassis that is from the manufacturer Bentley and the body is made by a coachbuilder company. (In this post @scrapheapchallenge explains which body the old Bentley in season 1 had and what happend to it in season 2.)

So my theory is that they changed the Bentley chassis to a Ballot. And put on a 4 door body.

This could explain the changing seat colors and hubcaps.

And why they talk about a Bentley in the first two episodes and later just use the word car.

And why a Queen song is only played once in the Bentley. (Episode 1)

The Bentley was there at the beginning but then it was replaced?

In what way is this relevant for the story? I don't know.

Why are the clues hidden within the Job storyline? I don't know.

Maybe it has to do with multiple timelines (by @noneorother) where the Bentley is and isn't? I don't know.

Maybe the the french word "Ballot" has a deeper meaning? I don't know.

Does any of this make sense? Probably not, but I had fun writing it.

The only thing I know is that the Bentley ought to be the old Bentley, but it seems to be another car.

There are more of those blue squares (did you see the metatron's TIE?!), so I will look further into them, but for so long:

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. I'll let myself out.

[tonydaddingham]

i know loads of other people have written and theorised about this, and there was an amazing post about how someone knew the actual owner of the bentley and how things had to get swapped around*, but for the sake of my own bloody sanity i needed to go through all the bentley snippets we see re: seat colours, interior door panel colours, and the bond transfers because otherwise it was going to drive me loopy-

*if anyone has a link for this post, please wing it over to me and i will link, it was really interesting!!!

let's start with the 1941 and 1967 flashbacks where we see the bentley: ✅ brown seats ✅ brown panels (as far as i can tell) ✅ bullet decal (1967):

then let's move to s1. tbh, i've only done this for the sake of full disclosure, but as far as i can tell, ✅ brown seats ✅ brown panels ✅ bullet decal (no pics but fairly content that they're there in all scenes):

*correction, apologies! middle right should be ep4!

and then, post bentley going up like kindling, and being resurrected by adam, we can see what looks to be black seats and, i'd hazard is an open window (given the lack of shimmer/reflection compared to the window on its left) - see we can't confirm the bullet decals. however - and mainly because it doesnt fit the pattern im about to lay out - this image is very zoomed in, and lighting quality isn't quite reliable. so personally, im considering this as inconclusive:

so now let's move onto s2. eps 1 and 2 are fairly straightforward, ✅ brown seats ✅ brown panels ✅ bullet decal:

episode 1: (3rd and 4th images are before and after the beelzebub interaction)

episode 2:

but here's where things get interesting (stating the obvious, i know that everyone knows this), but given that this is when aziraphale takes the bentley - after the very poignant "our car' discussion - we can see the following:

setting off from soho: ✅ brown seats ✅ bullet decal ❓brown panels, but likely

on the way to edinburgh: ❌ black seats ✅ bullet decal ❌ black panels

arrival in edinburgh: ❌ black seats ✅ bullet decal ❌ black panels

okay, well, he changed the bodywork and hubcaps too, so this makes sense. but black? for aziraphale? feels somewhat like it's a compromise; he's gone ostentatious on the outside, literally the colour of crowley's eyes, but red leather for the interior... is a little much. so he compromises - keeps the decals (to honour his knight in turtleneck armour), but changes the inside to a cool, suave black. very 007.

but then we go to ep4, and specifically when aziraphale is accosted by shax. now, clear point to remember - shax has to have permission to enter, and compared to ep2 when she asks but materialises inside anyway, she now waits for aziraphale to acquiesce. this is the difference between a demon's car, and a demon-and-angel-couple-who-arent-quite-yet-a-couple-but-thats-just-semantics' car. by this point, crowley has accepted, agreed, that it is their car.

hitchhiker: ❌ black seats ✅ bullet decal ❌ black panels

return to soho: ❌ black seats ✅ bullet decal ❌ black panels

ep5 carries on in much the same way as the end of ep4 - crowley has not changed anything since edinburgh, ❌ black seats ✅ bullet decal ❌ black panels (not pictured, but can be seen in the same bit as the first pic):

and then ep6, beloved. again, nothing has changed. crowley's window is, however, rolled down in the departure scene, so the decal can't be accounted for. that being said, im fairly sure we can be certain it's there (and i have a thought about why it's rolled down but tbh it's so arbitrary that it's barely worth mentioning imo). in any case, ❌ black seats ❓ bullet decal ❌ black panels:

now i know there's the whole separate thing about the exterior changing from light grey to dark grey/black, but tbh i think that is going to be down to the continuity issue with the original bentley used in s1. as for neil's answers on his asks, here and here... look. could be something of nothing, but i don't think personally it's a wider conspiracy; i think it could be just be either that yeah, maybe some of my colour assignments in the above screenshots are wrong, or he's doing his parent-teacher-writing thing of what do you think?

maybe not, maybe it was a continuity issue, and we just have to apply hc to this to get an explanation.

well, mine is just simply that it's not a nefarious issue or mucking about with time etc... i think crowley just accepted aziraphale's ownership, and whilst he drew the line at yellow bodywork (the respectable choice imo, tbh), he kept everything else.

[helly-watermelonsmellinfellon]

Shit just happened.

So, a drunk driver, at 9 at night, lost control and drove through our yard, and barreled into a tree. He was going so fast that he managed to completely avoid the 3-foot wide and 4-foot-deep ditch between our house and the highway. I was upstairs when I heard this really loud noise that sounded like an explosion, and then something sharp hitting my window.

The power went completely out, and it was. absolutely hell because it's so hot. So, I went downstairs trying to use the light from my tablet to find out what was going on. And Dave is throwing a fit because he had to put on clothes and go outside as well, because he would know a lot more about this kind of stuff than me. No one knew what had happened, and he thought that something on the power line had fallen off or whatever.

So, I walk all the way out to the front of the house because the door is like, blocked off. The court was never listened to. log on so we don't do this in front of your door to the house at all. So, there's just a bunch of stuff piled there instead.

It is completely pitch dark because there's absolutely no light anywhere, except for what's coming from my tablet. And I see something on the porch that was not there the other day when I was in the front of the house, taking the dog for a walk. And I was looking at it, and it was like a bungee cable or something. And I'd never seen that before, nor would in our house have something like that.

So, as I am trying desperately to make sense of what happened, Dave comes to the front of the house and immediately goes, "So that's it!" And I'm so confused because I am blind, colorblind, and hard of hearing, and putting me outside at night in a situation like this really isn't good. But I am nosy, and I wanted to know what was going on. Dave could see the dark vehicle and the crash perfectly, and I still don't know how he saw it.

I follow after him, and I hear another person, but I cannot see another person either. But he's telling Dave, "No, man, just let them take the car. It don't matter. Just let them take it but I'm not staying around."

And the moment Dave told him that he was gonna have to stay around, because they're gonna need his information when the tow truck comes, dude started booking it down the street.

So, we go back inside. Mom is trying to contact the electric company to figure out what to do. And you know, Dave's like 'you need to call the cops'.

It's a really big wreck. The entire yard is just full of junk. He went through so many things and then crashed. And the entire passenger side of the car was scrunched up like an accordion, and he was going so fast that he didn't even fall into the actual ditch itself. He hit the tree and pieces went flying. He knocked something made of bricks over.

So, when I thought I heard something hit my window, I was actually right. Turns out that weird bungee cable thing had hit my window and then fallen down onto the porch. The fender was in the yard. There was a section of the tree trunk flung off into the distance. Hubcap in one place and glass everywhere. And there were other pieces that I didn't know what were called in places. The axle apparently snapped in half which was why the Flatbed tow truck had such a hard time. getting to it.

One of the cops ended up finding the dude trying to hide at a liquor store like maybe half a mile down the road, where we said he'd run to. They brought him back. And by then they had run his license plate. And it turns out it's not his car. It was his girlfriend's car. And the girlfriend was contacted, and she had to show up. And then there were state troopers involved. Apparently, this guy has counts on him. And I was really nervous because I'd never really been around this kind of situation before, and the dude was drunk and obviously a black man, and he was being incredibly loud and violent and making threats to the cops and anyone around. And I was so worried it was going to end very badly for him cuz y'all know why.

In the end, they managed to get him to sign a bunch of shit and then he got to leave with his girlfriend. But they told him that he was not going to be escaping the consequences of his actions. He just cursed them out.

The electric company got here right after they cleared everything out, and they had everything up and running within 15 minutes. It was a very unique experience.

[layce2015]

Supernatural (Dean Winchester x Female!Reader)

Devil's Trap

Masterlist

"They’ve got Dad." Dean growls once he hangs up. "Meg?" Sam and I asked and Dean just nods. "What’d she say?" Sam asked him. "I just told you, Sammy." Dean said, clearly upset. "Okay. Okay." He mutters as he takes the Colt and tucks it into the back of his jeans.

"What are you doing, Dean?" I asked him, concerned, as he grabs his duffel bag. "We got to go." He said. "Why?" Sam asked him. "Because the demon knows we’re in Salvation, all right. It knows we got the Colt. It’s got Dad – it’s probably coming for us next." Dean said as he puts on his jacket. "Good. We’ve still got three bullets left. Let it come." Sam said to him.

"Listen, tough guy, we’re not ready, okay? We don’t know how many of them are out there. Now, we’re no good to anybody dead. We’re leaving....now!" Dean yells and we gather up our stuff and load up and head out.

"I’m telling you, guys, we could have taken him." Sam said to us as we roared down the road. "What we need is a plan. Now, they’re probably keeping John alive, we just gotta figure out where. They’re gonna wanna trade him for the gun." I said and Sam just shakes his head. Dean and I glance over at him.

"What?" We asked. "Guys, if that were true, why didn’t Meg mention a trade?" Sam asked and he starts to get upset. "Dad, he might be...."

"Don’t!" Dean yells over him, quickly. "Look, I don’t want to believe it any more than you. But if he is, all the more reason to kill this damn thing. We still have the Colt. We can still finish the job." said Sam. "Screw the job, Sam!" Dean growls.

"Dean, I’m just trying to do what he would want. He would want us to keep going." Sam said. "Quit talking about him like he’s dead already. Listen to me, everything stops until we get him back, you understand me? Everything." Dean said, angrily, and it goes quiet before I speak up.

"So how do we find him?" I asked. "Maybe we go to Lincoln. Start at the warehouse where he was taken." Dean said and Sam scoffs. "Come on, Dean, you really think these demons are going to leave a trail?" He asked him. "You’re right. We need help." Dean said and we drive off into the night.

The next morning, Dean drives up to a familiar junkyard, which was full of junk cars and hubcaps nailed to the side of the house. A large dog is chained to a post and is lying on the hood of an old tow truck. This was the home of a man named Bobby Singer.

Bobby is an old friend of my dad's and John’s, but from what my dad told me; Bobby and John had not parted on good terms the last time they saw each other. My poor dad always seemed to be the peacemaker everytime he was with John as John always seemed to be fighting with a colleague.

We enter inside to see it’s untidy and cluttered with papers on every wall and books stacked everywhere. Bobby picks up two round silver flasks with crosses on them and hands one to Dean. Sam and I were sitting at a cluttered desk, reading a very large book.

"Here you go." Bobby said to Dean. "What is this – holy water?" Dean asked him. "That one is." Bobby said then he holds out the other flask. "This is whiskey." He said and he takes a swig of whiskey and hands it to Dean, who also drinks.

"Bobby, thanks. Thanks for everything. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t sure we should come." Dean said and Bobby waves vaguely at him. "Nonsense. Your Daddy needs help." Bobby said. "Well, yeah, but last time we saw you, I mean, you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot. Cocked the shotgun and everything." Dean said to him and Bobby shrugs.

"Yeah, well, what can I say? John just has that effect on people." Bobby said. "Yeah, I guess he does." Dean said. "Just glad that (father's name) was there to calm everything down or your dad wouldn't be around." Bobby said and I shake my head. "But...None of that matters now. All that matters is that you get him back." He said as Sam looks up at him.

"Bobby, this book....I’ve never seen anything like it." Sam said and Bobby comes over to Sam and sits on the corner of the desk. "Key of Solomon? It’s the real deal, alright." He said. "And these, uh, these protective circles. They really work?" Sam asked him. "Hell, yeah. You get a demon in - they’re trapped. Powerless. It’s like a Satanic roach motel." Bobby said and Sam chuckles.

"Man, knows his stuff." I said, smiling, as I pat Bobby's shoulder. "I’ll tell you something else, too. This is some serious crap you three have stepped in." Bobby said to us. "Oh, yeah? How’s that?" I asked him. "Normal year, I hear of, say, three demonic possessions. Maybe four, tops." Bobby said.

"Yeah?" Dean said.

"This year, I hear of 27 so far. You get what I’m saying? More and more demons are walking among us – a lot more." Bobby said and we give him a shock look.

"Do you know why?" Sam asked him. "No, but I know it’s something big. The storm’s coming, and you boys, your Daddy and (y/n)– you are smack in the middle of it." Bobby said when, suddenly, his dog starts barking outside.

"Rumsfeld." Bobby mutters and he goes over to the window just as the dog stops barking with a whine. "Something’s wrong." Bobby said to us when the door bursts open.

We turn around and see that Meg had kicked the door in and she saunters in. Dean slips the holy water flask out of his pocket. "No more crap, okay?" She said, firmly. Dean comes at her, unscrewing the flask, but Meg hits him and sends him flying into a stack of books. I gasped, quietly, just as Sam steps in front of Bobby and I stand next to him, placing ourselves between Bobby and Meg.

"I want the Colt, Sam – the real Colt – right now." Meg growled as Sam, Bobby and I slowly move across the room and Meg follows us.

"We don’t have it on us. We buried it." Sam tells her but that seems to anger her even more. "Didn’t I say no more crap? I swear – after everything I heard about you, Winchesters, and even your friend there. I got to tell you, I’m a little underwhelmed. First Johnny tries to pawn off a fake gun, and then he leaves the real gun with you three chuckleheads. Lackluster, men. I mean, did you really think I wouldn’t find you?" She asked us and Dean comes up behind her 

"Actually, we were counting on it." Dean said and Meg turns to look at him. Dean stares at her and then looks up at the ceiling. Meg also looks up and sees the large protective symbol etched up there. "Gotcha." Dean said with a smirk.

Later, Meg was tied to a chair in the middle of the floor and the boys and I watch her. "You know, if you wanted to tie me up, all you had to do was ask." Meg said as Bobby comes in with a very large canister of salt. "I salted the door and windows. If there are any demons out there – they ain’t getting in." He said 

Dean nods and stands up, then moves around Bobby, Sam and I to stand in front of Meg. "Where’s our father, Meg?" He asked her on a rough voice. "You didn’t ask very nice." Meg said with a smirk. "Where’s our father, bitch?" Dean asked, firmly, and her smile falters. "Jeez. You kiss your mother with that mouth? Oh wait, I forgot, you don’t." She sneered.

Dean lunges at her, putting his hands on the chair arms. "You think this is a frigging game? Where is he?! What did you do to him?" Dean yells at her, angrily. "He died screaming. I killed him myself." Meg said. Dean just looks at her with hate, then hits her across the face. She raises her head and looks up at him. "That’s kind of a turn on – you hitting a girl." She said, a smile playing on her lips. "You’re no girl." Dean spat back at her. 

"Dean." Bobby said as he gestures for Dean to follow him into the other room. Dean follows and Sam and I move up to him. "You okay?" Sam asked Dean, worriedly. "She’s lying. He’s not dead." Dean yells.

"Dean, you got to be careful with her. Don’t hurt her." Bobby said to him. "Why?" Dean asked. "Because she really is a girl, that’s why." Bobby said.

"What are you talking about?" Sam asked him. "She’s possessed. That’s a human possessed by a demon. Can’t you tell?" Bobby said as the boys stare at him while I mentally slap myself.

My dad told me that at one point in my life but sometimes your forget that when you fight the demons and when they cause you or anybody harm.

"Are you trying to tell me there’s an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there?" Dean asked Bobby. Bobby just nods and Dean looks at Meg, who is staring back at him. "That’s actually good news." He said.

Later, Sam starts looking through a book for an exorcism ritual. Then he looks at Dean and I before we move over to Meg. "Are you gonna read me a story?" She asked us. "Something like that." Dean said then he turns to Sam. "Hit it, Sam." He said and Sam looks down at the book. "Regna terrae, cantate deo, psallite domino......." 

"An exorcism? Are you serious?" Meg asked as she looks at us while Sam continues reading in latin. "Oh we’re going for it, honey – head spinning, projectile vomiting, the whole nine yards." I said to her. As Sam continues to read Meg starts to flinch in pain. Sam looks at me and Dean while Meg looks over her shoulder at Sam. "I’m gonna to kill you." She said then she looks at me. "I'm gonna skin you alive." She growls then she looks at Dean. "I’m gonna rip the bones from your body." She said.

"No, you’re gonna burn in hell. Unless you tell us where our Dad is." Dean said but Meg just smiles at him. "Well, at least you’ll get a nice tan." He said then he glances up at Sam. "Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incuriso infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, onmis congregatio et secta diabolica...."

Meg shakes and jerks in pain as Sam reads the exorcism ritual. Then she finally gasps in pain and Sam stops. "He begged for his life with tears in his eyes. He begged to see his sons one last time. That’s when I slit his throat." She spat then Sam starts reading again and Dean leans down to her.

"For your sake, I hope you’re lying. Cause if it’s true, I swear to God, I will march into hell myself and I will slaughter each and every one of you evil sons of bitches, so help me God!" Dean threatens as Sam continues to read. Then the wind starts to blow through the room but Sam continued on and Meg starts to show signs of being in pain again.

"Where is he?" Dean asked her, angrily. "You just won’t take dead for an answer, will you?" Meg asked. "Where is he?!" Dean yells. "Dead!" Meg shouts at him. "No, he’s not! He’s not dead! He can’t be!" Dean said, upset and angry. Sam and I look at him with concern.

"What are you looking at? Keep reading." Dean growls at Sam and he goes back to reading while I continue to look at Dean. "(Y/n), stop." He said to me and I look down at the ground for a moment. The way Dean was acting, it was worrying me but it was also scaring me. 

"Ab insidis diaboli, libera nos, domine. Ut ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias, libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos." Sam reads and the chair starts to slide around the circle. "Ut inimicos sanctae ecclesiae humiliare digneris, to rogamus audi...."

"He will be!" Meg screams then Dean jumps up at this. "Wait! What?!" He asked her. "He’s not dead. But he will be after what we do to him." She replied.

"How do we know you’re telling the truth?" I asked her, firmly. "You don’t." Meg said then Dean turns to Sam. "Sam!" He said, in a loud voice, but before Sam could continue to read Meg screams. "A building! Okay? A building in Jefferson City."

"Missouri? Where, where? An address!" Dean said, angrily. "I don’t know." Meg shouts back at him. "And the demon – the one we’re looking for - where is it?" Sam asked her. "I don’t know! I swear! That’s everything. That’s all I know." Meg replied and we stare at her for a moment before Dean turns back to Sam.

"Finish it." He said and Meg looks up at him, confused. "What? I told you the truth!" She shouts at him, frantically. "I don’t care." growls Dean. "You son of a bitch, you promised." She said and Dean leans down to her. "I lied!! Sam?" Dean said but Sam doesn’t say anything then Dean looks at him.

"Sam! Read." Dean said and I walk up to him. "Maybe we can still use her. Find out where the demon is." I said to Dean, quietly. "She doesn’t know." Dean said. "She lied." Sam said and Dean glares at us. "Guys, there’s an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there. We’ve go to help her." Dean said then Bobby comes up to us.

"You’re gonna kill her." He said and Dean turns to him. "What?" He asked. "He's right, Dean. She fell from a building. Her body is broken. The only thing keeping her alive is that demon inside. You exorcise it – that girl is going to die." I said to him.

"Listen to me, all three of you, we are not gonna leave her like that." Dean said to us, firmly. "She is a human being." Bobby growls. "And we’re gonna put her out of her misery. Sam, finish it." Dean said. Sam looks at his brother then at me and Bobby, not sure what to do. Then he looks over at Meg.

"Finish it." Dean orders. Sam takes a breath and keeps going. "Dominicos sanctae ecclesiae, terogamus audi nos, terribilis deus do sanctuario suo deus israhel. Ipse tribuite virtutem et fortitudinem plebi suae, benedictus deus, gloria patri...." Sam reads and Meg throws her head back and screams. The demon leaves through her mouth in a black cloud and spreads out in the protective circle in the ceiling before disappearing.

Meg leans forward and blood starts to drip from her mouth. The men and I stand there looking at her, not really sure it’s over. Meg slowly lifts her head. "She’s still alive." Dean said then he turns to Bobby. "Call 911. Get some water and blankets." He orders and Bobby rushes off. Dean and Sam untie Meg.

"Thank you." Meg whispers, weakly. "Shh, shh. Just take it easy, alright?" I said to her, soothingly. "Come on. Let’s get her down." Dean said as they lift Meg from the chair and we heard the sound of bones crunching. Meg screams in pain and I come over to help and we lower her to the floor. "Sorry, sorry. I got you. I got you. It’s okay. It’s okay." Sam and I said to her.

"A year." Meg said in a strained voice. "What?" I asked her. "It’s been a year." She said, a little louder. "Shh, just take it easy." Sam said to her. "I’ve been awake for some of it. I couldn’t move my own body. The things I did – it’s a nightmare." She explains, tears falling down her face.

"Was it telling us the truth about our Dad?" Dean asked and I look at him. "Dean." I said in a warning tone. "We need to know." Dean said to me as he glares at me then back to Meg. "Yes. But it wants...you to know...that...they want you to come for him." Meg replied. "If Dad’s still alive, none of that matters." Dean replied.

Bobby comes in with a blanket and a glass of water. He hands the glass to Dean while Sam and I cover her. Dean holds her head up so she can drink. "Where is the demon we’re looking for?" I asked her. "Not there. Other ones. Awful ones." She replied.

"Where are they keeping our Dad?" Dean asked. "By the river. Sunrise." Meg replied. "Sunrise. What does that mean? What does that mean?" Dean asked her, confused, but Meg let's out her last breath and dies.

"You better hurry up and beat it. Before the paramedics get here." Bobby said to us sometime later. "What are you gonna tell them?" I asked him. "You think you guys invented lying to the cops? I’ll figure something out." He said then he hands the Key of Solomon book to Sam.

"Here take this. You might need it." Bobby said and Sam smiles. "Thanks." Sam said. "Thanks... for everything. Be careful, alright?" Dean said and Bobby nods at us. "You just go find your Dad. And when you do, you bring him around, would you? I won’t even try to shoot him this time." Bobby said and I chuckle at this before the boys and I leave.

[conflictandscotchblog]

Like a Deer In Your Headlight

I have an old car.

How old?

Not Friday night cool classic car show in town old, more like ‘why doesn’t that car have any hubcaps?’ old.

My car is a two-thousand-seven blue Toyota Corolla that has over three-hundred-thousand mile on it. You may ask, ‘Why don’t you know the exact mileage number?’

Easy.

Two years ago, when the odometer hit two-hundred-thousand-nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine miles, it stopped rolling over.

Much like ‘how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop’, the world may never know the exact mileage.

Friends and Family tell me to get a new car. I will, I assure them, but I love not having a car payment every month.

However, what happened the other day might have made that decision for me.

One thing you should know is that where I live, there is no quick way to get to a highway. Either I take a perpetually congested Route 206, which has been under construction, one way or another, the entire twenty-five years I’ve lived here (sadly, that is not an exaggeration).

The other is to take back roads and weave my way through to a major highway.

I chose the latter.

A friend of mine told me I drive like a turtle (as a criticism), but I interpreted her comment as slow and steady wins the race as a good thing.

So, I did not speed on the back road that day when a deer I did not see smashed into the front of my car.

In fact, I never actually saw a deer, but did see four deer legs as they crossed, left to right, in front of my eyes. I braced for the ‘thump thump’ as I rode over the carcass. But, that ‘thump thump’ never happened. Either the body was tossed into the trees, or that sonofabitch ran back into the woods on his own.

I didn’t stop, and when I finally did, the driver’s side door fought me when I opened it. Left side of bumper hung just off the ground, headlight destroyed, and left front panel formed an accordion just above my tire.

The funny part is, none of the above would have happened except for a curve that life threw in my path (literally).

Early on the day of the crash, I was on the phone with a friend (and sometime contributor to my blog), and had a conversation about ‘what if?’

For example, what if I hadn’t gone into that restaurant, I wouldn’t have met the love of my life.

Just how life turns on a dime, either by are own decisions, or the actions of others.

I hadn’t plan to stay on that back road, I planned to make a right at the next light.

A minute or so before that turn, I passed a man on a bicycle in my lane.

Several cars in front of me slowed down to make that right turn at the light. When I slowed down to accommodate those cars’ actions, the bicyclist passed me just as the light turned yellow.

With the light yellow, and a car directly behind me, I could not stop to make my intended right.

Why?

Because that damn man on a bike crossed directly in front of my intended turn.

So I had to go straight, which led me to hit that fated deer.

Let’s think about it for a second.

What if I did stop to let the bicyclist pass, and got hit from behind by the car that wanted to beat the yellow light?

Not good, but no deer.

What if the man on the bicycle pedaled just a bit slower (or faster) so as not to be in my path at the exact moment?

Good, life and car go on to live another day.

What if the deer found a mate, settled down, got married, had kids, and was just then sitting down for dinner?

Good for the deer, good for everybody.

Life is full of ‘what if?’ moments, and ninety-nine times out of a hundred we never notice them because there rarely is a definable outcome if we went the other way.

For example, what if I never started this blog, you all would have missed out reading my posts that you love so much, right?

Right?

[acecasinova]

... Hey feel free not to answer if it's too much or if it's not something you want to discuss, but... why was your dad booby trapping your door?

HONESTLY it's more carelessness than active malice but that probably doesn't make it better lol

My dad just has a fairly lifelong habit of not thinking about stuff he does, so he'll just go and rearrange stuff or otherwise "fix" things and just.... neglect to tell anyone or think about what that might CAUSE.

So he wanted some bulky thing on one side of the doorway and instead of trying to find a plug there, just stretched the cord across the doorway to plug it in THERE and didn't think maybe loose cords should NOT be stretched across a 7 y/o's door because? Kids run?? (Or maybe kids SHOULDN'T run in "his" house and what do you mean you don't remember me saying that once who knows how long ago??) So he got to drive me to the hospital for stitches lmao~

(Arguably worse have been bitching until I bought a new hubcap for my car when unemployed, then installing it incorrectly so it FLEW OFF while I was driving and he somehow didn't think that was his fault. And it definitely wasn't his fault when he ""cleaned"" my car and took out my emergency sleeping bag and the CAN OF FIX A FLAT that I didn't notice until I... had a flat I could then NOT FIX)

[onewakingworld]

In the mood to make a frivolous poll, inspired by the fact that either the south has more weird cars than the north or I'm noticing them more for some reason. I'm not including really souped-up speakers because we all know everyone except the drivers hate those

Visual aids:

[aspenmissing]

𝙳𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕'𝚜 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚙 (𝙿𝚝 𝟷)

John's cell phone is ringing and Meg picks it up.

"You three really screwed up this time" Dean looks at Sam and Y/N.

"Where is he?" Dean asks.

"You're never going to see your father again" Dean hangs up.

"They've got Dad"

"Meg" Dean nods "What'd she say?"

"I just told you, Sammy" Dean is clearly upset "Okay. Okay" Dean takes the colt and tucks it into the back of his jeans.

"What are you doing, Dean?" Sam asks. Dean and Y/N grabs their duffel bags.

"We got to go" Y/N says.

"Why?" Dean puts on his jacket.

"Because the demon knows we're in Salvation, all right. It knows we got the Colt. It's got Dad-it's probably coming for us next"

"Good. We've still got three bullets left. Let it come"

"Listen, tough guy, we're not ready, okay? We don't know how many of them are out there. Now, we're not good to anybody dead. We're leaving...now!"

==

The Impala is speeding down the road and takes a turn sideways.

"I'm telling you, Dean, we could have taken him"

"What we need is a plan. Now, they're probably keeping Dad alive, we just gotta figure out where. They're gonna wanna trade him for the gun" Sam just shakes his head and Dean glances over at him "What?"

"Guys, if that were true, why didn't Meg mention a trade?" Sam gets upset "Dad, he might be..."

"Don't!" Y/N says. Sam turns to look at her.

"Look, I don't want to believe it any more than you. But if he is, all the more reason to kill this damn thing. We still have the Colt. We can still finish the job"

"Screw the job, Sam!"

"Dean, I'm just trying to do what he would want. He would want us to keep going" Dean starts getting angry.

"Quit talking about him like he's dead already. Listen to me, everything stops until we get him back, you understand me? Everything" Sam pauses to think"

"So how do we find him?" Sam asks.

"Maybe we go to Lincoln. Start at the warehouse where he was taken" Y/N says.

"Come on, Y/N, you really think these demons are going to leave a trail?" There is a pause.

"You're right. We need help" The Impala drives off through the night.

==

The Impala drives onto a junkyard, there are junk cars around and hubcaps nailed to the side of the house. A large dog is chained to a post and is lying on the hood of an old tow truck. Inside, there are books stacked everywhere. It's untidy and cluttered with papers on every wall. A man picks up three round silver flasks with crosses on them and hands one to Dean and another to Y/N. Sam is sitting at a cluttered desk reading a very large book.

"Here you go"

"What is this-holy water?" Dean asks.

"That one is" The man hold out the other flask and points to Y/N's" These two are whiskey" He tales a swig of whiskey and hands it to Dean, who also drinks

"Bobby, thanks. Thanks for everything. To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure we should come" Y/N says.

"Nonsense. Your Daddy needs help"

"Well, yeah, but last time we saw you, I mean, you did threaten to blast him full of buckshot. Cocked the shotgun and everything" She continues.

"Yeah, well, what can I say? John just has that effect on people"

"Yeah, I guess he does" Dean says.

"None of that matters now. All that matters ia that you get him back"

Babby, this book...I've never seen anything like it" Bobby comes over to Sam and sits on the corner of the desk.

"Key of Solomon? It's the real deal, alright"

"And these, uh, protection circles. They really work?"

"Hell, yeah. You get a demon-they're trapped. Powerless. It's like a Satanic roach motel" Sam chuckles. Dean and Y/N goes over to the two.

"Man, knows his stuff" Dean says.

"I'll tell you something else, too. This is some serious crap you guys stepped in"

"Oh, yeah? How's that?" Sam asks.

"Normal year, I hear of, say, three demonic possessions. Maybe four, tops"

"Yeah?"

"This year I hear of 27 so far. You get what I'm sayin? More and more demons are walking among us- a lot more"

"Do you know why?"

"No, but I know it's something big. The storm's coming, and you three, your Daddy-you are smack in the middle of it" The dog starts barking outside.

"Rumsfeld" As Bobby goes over to the window the dog stops barking with a whine "What is it?" Bobby mutters to himself. He looks out the window and sees the cable hanging broken and the dog nowhere in sight "Something's wrong" At that moment Meg kicks in the door and saunters in. Y/N slips the holy water flask out of Dean's pocket. He looks at her but she ignores him.

"No more crap, okay?" Y/N comes at her, unscrewing the flash, but Meg hits her and sends her flying into a stack of books. She appears to be knocked out. Dean and Sam steps in front of Bobby, placing themselves between Bobby and Meg.

"I want the Colt, Sam, Dean-the real Colt-right now" Sam, Bobby and Dean are slowly moving across the room and Meg follows them.

"We don't have it on us. We buried it"

"Didn't I say 'no more crap'? I swear-after everything I hear about you Winchesters, I got to tell you, I'm a little underwhelmed. First Johnny tries to pawn off a fake gun, and then he leaves the real gun with you three chuckleheads. Lackluster, men. I mean, did you really think I wouldn't find you?" Y/N steps behind her.

"Actually, we were counting on it" Meg turns to look at her. Y/N stares at her and then looks up at the ceiling. Meg also looks up and sees a large protective symbol etched there"

"Gotcha" Y/N smirks. Hours later, Meg is ties to a chair in the middle of the floor. Dean, Sam and Y/N are watching her.

"You know, if you wanted to tie me up, all you had to do was ask" Bobby comes in with a very large canister of salt.

"I salted the door and windows. If there are any demons out there-they aint getting in" Y/N nods and stands up, moving around Bobby, Sam and Dean to stand in front of Meg.

"Where's our father, Meg?" She asks.

"You didn't ask very nice"

"Where's out father, bitch?"

"Jeez. You kiss your mother with that mouth? Oh wait, I forgot, you don't" Y/N lunges at her, putting her hands on the chair arms. 

 "You think this is a friggin game? Where is he?! What did you do to him" Y/N asks yelling. 

 "He died screaming. I killed him myself" Dean sees Y/N shaking in anger and before he could pull her off to the side to calm down, Y/N throws a punch at her face.

"That's kind of a turn on-you hitting a girl" Meg flirts.

"You're no girl" Y/N spits out. Bobby stands up and moves into the next room.

"Dean. Y/N" The twins follows and Sam moves up to them.

"You two, okay?"

"She's lying. He's not dead"

"Dean, you got to be careful with her. Don't hurt her"

"Why?" Y/N asks.

"Because she really is a girl, that's why"

"What are you talking about?" Sam asks.

"She's possessed. That's a human possessed by a demon. Can't you tell"

"Are you trying to tell me there's an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there?" Bobby nods. Dean looks at Meg, who is staring back at him "That's actually good news" Minutes later, Sam is looking through a book. Sam looks at Dean and Y/N, who looks back at their brother. They then move over to Meg.

"Are you gonna read me a story?"

"Something like that. Hit it, Sam" Y/N says.

"Regna terrae, cantate deo, psallite domino......."

"An exorcism? Are you serious?" Meg says to Dean and Y/N.

"Oh, we're going for it, Baby- head spinning, projectile vomiting, the whole nine yards"

".... tribuite virtutem deo" Meg flinches in pain. Sam looks at the twins. Meg looks over her shoulder at Sam.

"I'm going to kill you" She looks at Dean "I'm gonna rip the bones from your body" She looks at Y/N "And I'm gonna make you watch"

"No, you're gonna burn in hell. Unless you tell us where our Dad is" Meg just smiles at him.

"Well, at least you'll get a nice tan" Y/N says, glancing up at Sam.

"Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incuriso infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, onmis congregatio et secta diabolica...." Meg has been shaking and obviously in pain while Sam reads the exorcism ritual. She finally gasps in pain and Sam stops.

"He begged for his life with tears in his eyes. He begged to see his children one last time. That's when I slit his throat" Sam starts reading again and Y/N leans down to her.

"Ergo..."

"For your sake, I hope you're lying. Cause if it's true, I swear to God, I will march into hell myself and I will slaughter each and every one of you evil sons of bitches, so help me God!" Y/N says.

"Perditionis venenum propinare. Vade, satana, inventor et magister omnis fallaciae" A winds starts to blow through the room "Hostis humanae salutis. Humiliare sub potenti manu dei. Contremisce et effuge. Invocato a nobis sancto et terribile nomine. Quem inferi tremunt..." Meg starts to show signs of being in pain again.

"Where is he?" Dean asks.

"You just won't take 'dead' for an answer, will you?"

"Where is he?!" Dean shouts.

"Dead!"

"No, he's not! He's not dead! He can't be!" Dean is obviously getting very upset and angry. Sam is looking at him with concern "What are you looking at? Keep reading"

"Ab insidis diaboli, libera nos, domine. Ut ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias, libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos" The chair starts to slide around the circle "Ut inimicos sanctae ecclesiae humiliare digneris, to rogamus audi...."

"He will be!" Meg shouts.

"Wait! What?!" Y/N asks.

"He's not dead. But he will be after what we do to him"

"How do we know you're telling the truth?"

"You don't"

"Sam!" Dean shouts.

"A building! Okay? A building in Jefferson Cirty"

"Missouri? Where, where? An address!"

"I don't know"

"And the demon-the one we're looking for- where is it?"

"I don't know! I swear! That's everything. That's all I know"

"Finish it" Dean says.

"What? I told you the truth!"

"I don't care"

"You son of a bitch, you promised"

"I lied! Sam" Sam doesn't say anything and Dean looks at him "Sam! Read" Dean walks by him.

"Maybe we can still use her. Find out where the demon is" Sam says quietly to Dean.

"She doesn't know" Y/N says, coming over to the two.

"She lied"

"Sam, there's an innocent girl trapped somewhere in there. We've got to help her" Bobby comes up to them.

"You're gonna kill her"

"What?" Dean asks.

"You said she fell from a building. That girl's body is broken. The only thing keeping her alive is that demon inside. You exorcise it-that girl is gonna die"

"Listen to me, the three of you, we are not gonna leave her like that"

"She is a human being"

"And we're gonna put her out of her misery. Sam, finish it" Sam looks at his brother, his sister and Bobby, not sure what's the right thing to do. He looks over at Meg "Finish it" Sam was about to continue before Y/N grabs the book.

"I'll do it. I'm not letting my baby brother do this" Y/N takes a breath and starts to read.

"Dominicos sanctae ecclesiae, terogamus audi nos, terribilis deus do sanctuario suo deus israhel. Ipse tribuite virtutem et fortitudinem plebi suae, benedictus deus, gloria patri...." Meg throws her head back and screams. The demon leaves through her mouth in a black cloud and spreads out in the protective circle in the ceiling before disappearing.

Meg leans forward and blood starts to drip from her mouth. The four stand there looking at her, not really sure it's over. Meg slowly lifts her head.

"She's still alive" Dean looks to Bobby "Call 911. Get some water and blankets" Bobby rushes off. Dean, Sam and Y/N untie Meg.

"Thank you" She whispers.

"Shh, shh. Just take it easy, alright?" Y/N says.

"Come on. Let's get her down" They lift Meg from the chair. There is the sound of bones crunching and Meg screams in pain as they lower her to the floor.

"Sorry, sorry. I got you. I got you. It's okay. It's okay"

"A year" Meg strains out.

"What?" Sam asks.

"It's been a year"

"Shh, just take it easy"

"I've been awake for some of it. I couldn't move my body. The things I did- it's a nightmare"

"Was it telling us the truth about Dad?" Dean asks.

"Dean"

"We ned to know"

"Yes. But it wants...you to know...that...they want you to come for him"

"If Dad's still alive, none of those matters" Bobby comes in with a blanket and a glass of water. He hands the glass to Dean while he and Sam covers her. Y/N puts a pillow underneath her head, replacing her legs with it. Dean hols her head up so she can drink.

"Where is the demon we're looking for?"

"No there. Other ones. Awful ones"

"Where are they keeping out Dad?" Y/N asks.

"By the river. Sunrise"

"'Sunrise'. What does that mean? What does that mean?" Dean asks. But Meg is dead. Minutes later the Winchester are about to leave.

"You better hurry up and beat it. Before the paramedic get here"

"What are you gonna tell them?" Y/N asks.

"You think you guys invented lying to the cops? I'll figure something out" He hands the Key of Solomon book to Sam "Here take this. You might need it"

"Thanks"

"Thanks...for everything. Be careful, alright?" Dean says.

"You just go find your dad. And when you do, you bring him around, would you? I won't even try to shoot him this time" Dean, Sam and Y/N leave.

[embracing-the-ineffable]

How to tell the "three" Good Omens Bentleys apart, without talking about color

There's some controversy about the s1/s2 Bentley "actors" in Good Omens, and the Bentley's mid-s2 transformation into "our car" during Aziraphale's trip to Edinburgh.

So, here's a handy guide to telling them all apart, and I'm NOT going to talk about the controversial color changes. (If you want the full details with a million screenshots, look at my earlier post here.)

*Please don't ask Neil about this! He's already said what he wants to say; like any good magician in the middle of their act, he's not going to spoil the mystery before the s3 magic unfolds*

Here's the s1 Bentley "Mary", after Adam reboots reality, next to the s2 initial look for the Bentley; underneath is the s2 new look for the Bentley after Edinburgh, aka "our car":

Keep in mind that the s1 Bentley is a different actor/model, a 2-door named Mary, and the s2 Bentley is actually a 4-door actor/model. In the first half of s2, it's cosplaying as Mary, and in the second half of s2, it looks like Our Car. How can we tell the difference?

Mary, and Our Car dressed as Mary, have the same hubcaps. They have one door handle on each side (as a 2-door car). Our Car as itself has different hubcaps and two door handles on each side (as a 4-door car).

Yes, I know about the half-car/cab-only set that was used to film some scenes in both seasons. It doesn't have hubcaps at all, so it really doesn't explain new hubcaps halfway through s2:

Can we tell the difference between Mary and Our Car cosplaying Mary? Yes:

Because Our Car is actually a 4-door, no matter how it's dressed, the backseat side windows are longer than actual Mary's backseat windows. Our Car's front and back side windows are the same size. Compare the orange lines I added above.

And, when Our Car dresses as Mary, there's an onscreen white line down the side near where the hinge would be if the car were a 2-door, but it's not underneath the frame between the two side windows. When Our Car looks like itself, the frame between the side windows is in line with the door hinge. The frame and hinge are also aligned on Mary in s1. Compare the vertical green lines I added above.

Oh, and remember the s1 cab-only set? Its backseat side window matched Mary and thus is shorter than the front seat window. I can't find ANY shot in s2, inside or outside the Bentley, with small backseat windows. Why? Because they must have updated the cab-only (physically, or with VFX) for s2 to match Our Car, despite rumors to the contrary. Again, compare the orange lines:

What about the Bentley in the s2 flashback to 1941? Take a look at 1941 on top of s1 when they literally run into Anathema:

Do you see it? Yep! It's the s2 actor/model in 1941, because the backseat side window is as long as the front seat side window. (That makes sense; as far as we know, GO weren't able to rent Mary again for any s2 filming.)

And - there's another difference! The side windows in s1 on Mary actually look "3-pane", with a small venting window at the front:

Closer, with my lines to highlight:

Our Car from s2 doesn't have those small venting windows at the front. And what about the windows from the inside? Here's s1e2 Mary above s2e4's Our Car in the flashback to 1941:

And with my lines for emphasis:

I hope this is helpful! I meant for it to be short, but, well, I had things to say.

PS - if you enjoy Good Omens metas, theories, clues, etc, I have a big pinned collection of those from the fandom, here!

[fastmusclecar123]

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10 Surprising Uses for Old Car Parts You Never Thought Of

Have you ever considered your old, beat-up car and thought it was only good for the scrap heap? Think again. Your old ride has plenty of life left, just not on the road. From quirky furniture to art that’ll make your neighbours jealous, old car parts can be transformed into unexpected things. Let’s dive into ten surprising ways to breathe new life into those rusty relics.

1. Turn an Engine Block into a Coffee Table

Imagine this: you walk into your living room, and there’s an engine block sitting there, but wait—it’s a coffee table! Just add a glass top, and you’ve got yourself a rugged, conversation-starting piece of furniture. It’s industrial, unique, and a surefire way to make your place stand out. Engine blocks are perfect for this because of their intricate design and heavy-duty build. Plus, you can customise the look by painting the block or choosing a glass top that matches your decor. Not only does this make a statement, but it also repurposes an otherwise discarded part into a functional and stylish piece.

2. Repurpose Tires as Planters

Who knew tyres could look so good with flowers growing out of them? Old tyres make excellent planters. Stack them up, paint them bright colours, and fill them with soil and your favourite plants. You’ve got a garden that’s as vibrant as it is eco-friendly. Tires are durable and weather-resistant, making them ideal for outdoor use. They can be arranged in various configurations to create unique garden features, such as hanging planters or vertical gardens. The bonus? You’re recycling and reducing waste, making your garden beautiful and sustainable.

3. Create a Unique Wall Clock from a Hubcap

Got an old hubcap lying around? Turn it into a wall clock! Hubcaps come in various designs and can add a vintage or modern touch to your home, depending on the style you choose. All you need is a clock mechanism, which you can find at most craft stores, and a bit of creativity. Drill a hole in the center of the hubcap, attach the clock hands and mechanism, and you’ve got a timepiece that’s both functional and stylish. It’s a perfect addition to any garage, man cave, or even your living room if you’re going for that eclectic look. And if you need a new cover for your repurposed project or current car, check out the options at carcover.com for high-quality car covers that can protect your vehicle from the elements.

4. Use Seat Belts as Dog Leashes

If you’ve got some seat belts that are still in good shape, why not turn them into durable dog leashes? They’re tough, reliable, and can be customized to the length you need. Plus, your furry friend will have a unique leash that’s sure to turn heads at the park. Seat belts are designed to withstand a lot of force, making them perfect for strong or energetic dogs. You can add a handle and a clip for easy attachment to a collar, creating a leash that’s both functional and distinctive. It’s a great way to reuse materials and show off your DIY skills.

  5. Make a Grill from an Old Car Hood

Take an old car hood, flip it on its side, add a grate, and you’ve got a one-of-a-kind BBQ grill. It’s perfect for summer cookouts and will definitely be a talking point at your next barbecue. Car hoods are large and sturdy, providing ample cooking space for all your grilling needs. You can even add wheels or legs to make it mobile. This DIY project not only gives you a unique grill but also repurposes a large piece of metal that might otherwise end up in a landfill. Plus, you can customize the grill with paint or decals to reflect your personal style.

6. Turn Car Doors into Garden Gates

Car doors can be transformed into funky garden gates with a bit of creativity and elbow grease. Add some hinges, a latch, and a fresh coat of paint, and you’ve got a gate that’s sure to make your garden stand out. The solid construction of car doors makes them ideal for this purpose, as they can withstand the elements and provide a secure entrance to your garden. You can even use the windows in the doors to create a peek-through feature, adding an extra layer of charm and functionality. This project not only recycles car parts but also adds a unique and personalized touch to your outdoor space.

7. Transform Headlights into Stylish Lamps

Headlights make great lamp bases. Just add a bulb and a shade, and you’ve got a lamp that’s perfect for a garage or themed room. Headlights are designed to direct light effectively, making them ideal for use as a lamp. You can mount them on a base or even use them as pendant lights for a more industrial look. This project is a great way to repurpose parts and create lighting that’s both functional and stylish. Plus, it’s a fantastic conversation piece that showcases your creativity and resourcefulness.

8. Build a Barbecue Smoker from an Oil Drum

An old oil drum can be turned into a barbecue smoker with a little bit of welding and some ingenuity. Cut out a door, add a smoke stack, and you’re ready to start smoking meat like a pro. Oil drums are perfect for this because they’re made of heavy-duty metal that can withstand high temperatures. By adding grates and a firebox, you can create a smoker that’s ideal for cooking large cuts of meat or even whole chickens. This project not only gives you a unique and functional smoker but also helps you recycle a large metal container that might otherwise go to waste.

9. Use a Car Frame as a Garden Trellis

Old car frames can make excellent garden trellises. They’re sturdy, provide plenty of room for climbing plants, and add a unique industrial touch to your garden. Car frames are typically made of strong metal that can support the weight of heavy vines or vegetables. You can place the frame in your garden and train plants to climb over it, creating a living sculpture that’s both beautiful and functional. This project not only reuses materials but also creates a striking focal point in your garden that’s sure to impress visitors.

10. Create Art from Exhaust Pipes

Exhaust pipes can be bent and welded into all sorts of interesting shapes. Use them to create unique sculptures or wall art that will add a touch of creativity and industrial charm to your space. Exhaust pipes are flexible and can be manipulated into various forms, making them perfect for artistic projects. You can create abstract sculptures, wall hangings, or even functional art like coat racks or shelving. This project not only gives you a creative outlet but also helps you recycle metal parts that might otherwise be discarded.

These ideas show just how versatile old car parts can be. So, before you send your old ride off to the junkyard, think about how you can give it a second life in a new and unexpected way. Not only will you save some cash, but you’ll also create something truly unique and personal. Whether you’re a DIY enthusiast or just looking for a fun weekend project, these repurposing ideas are sure to inspire you to see your old car parts in a whole new light.

[ainews]

Ballet dancers often come across elegant and graceful, gliding across the stage with precision and poise. However, for one car part, the sight of ballet can be quite inflammatory. Hubcaps, the circular objects that cover the center of a car's wheels, have been known to cause a frenzy for megalodons, the largest and most powerful shark species to have ever existed.

The reason behind this strange phenomenon lies in the history of the megalodon. These giant creatures, measuring up to 60 feet in length and with jaws that could crush a car in one bite, went extinct around 2.6 million years ago. However, their predatory nature remains ingrained in their genes, making them instinctively drawn to certain stimuli.

One such stimulus is the fluid and graceful movements of ballet. The rhythmic motions, delicate footwork, and graceful arm gestures of ballet dancers can trigger a primal response in megalodons, causing them to become agitated and aggressive. This is because the movements of ballet mimic the movements of injured or struggling prey, signaling to the megalodons that there is a potential meal nearby.

But why hubcaps specifically? It is believed that the reflective surface of hubcaps, coupled with the spinning motion of the car's wheels, can resemble the glimmer and movement of fish scales. This further entices the megalodons, causing them to attack the car in pursuit of their perceived meal.

This reaction from megalodons has led to numerous incidents of cars being attacked by these prehistoric creatures. In some cases, cars have been found with bite marks and scratches on their hubcaps, while in others, megalodons have been seen chasing after moving vehicles.

To prevent these attacks, experts recommend avoiding driving near bodies of water known to be inhabited by megalodons, such as the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Additionally, it is advised to keep music and bright lights on when driving at night, as this can help to deter the sharks.

In conclusion, while ballet may be a beautiful art form for humans, it can have unforeseen consequences for the lives of cars and their hubcaps. So, the next time you see a ballet performance, spare a thought for the megalodons who may be watching and try to keep your hubcaps out of their sight.