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I’m screaming why does Mamma Mia fit every fight scene so perfectly ajkaslajjddhhajadkjfh

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Character: I'm an arrogant sarcastic asshole

Me: nice

Character: I use forced coolness to mask my deep insecurities

Me: N I C E

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oh man i love Vesuvia Unsolved

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reblog and make a wish! this was removed from tumbrl due to “violating one or more of Tumblr’s Community Guidelines”, but since my wish came true the first time, I’m putting it back. :)

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Ghibli films look the way it feels to exist in this world, like not how the world actually looks, but how it feels- and in all the good ways

the warm buttered toast of early mornings, the sheated heavy rain of grey days, the huge welling tears of grief and the electric anger that raises your whole head of hair

like, it’s not real, but it’s really Real, you feel me?

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Crowley at some point, probably

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When a higher-ranked demon threatens you. XD

A silly comic sketch based on the latest Buzzfeed Unsolved video. :P 

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Okay, but, do you know what we’re not talking about enough? The body swap scene.

So, in my opinion, the mark of a good plot twist is that you shouldn’t see it coming the first time around, but the second time through, you should wonder how you possibly missed it. The body swap scene is that 100%.

David Tennant plays Aziraphale-as-Crowley almost identically to how he plays Crowley. The exceptions are marvelous to watch – seeing the Bentley is my favorite, when Aziraphale-as-Crowley smiles more broadly and easily than Crowley ever lets himself until the end dinner at the Ritz be still my heart.

But in Hell? No discernible difference. The swagger is there. The casual seeming disregard for the danger he’s in. Seriously, the energy of his entrance when he’s brought into the courtroom is identical to his “Hi, guys” in the graveyard at the beginning.

I love this. Because it’s how Aziraphale would play it. Hell doesn’t frighten Aziraphale the way Heaven does. Demons are, in his book, straightforward. He just has to out-intimidate them, and Crowley already does that. So be Crowley, and that’ll do the deed. And he knows Crowley well enough to pull it off without a single hesitation. The only time it felt even slightly not-quite-right (in terms of not questioning that it was Crowley) was the utterly amazing little nose wrinkle. And I’ll forgive Aziraphale that – he knows he’s won; he can gloat a little.

But MICHAEL SHEEN, FRIENDS.

Crowley-as-Aziraphale is a completely different story because Crowley is not as good at the facade as Aziraphale is. 

He almost is. When Crowley-as-Aziraphale is getting dragged away by the angels? That reads as Aziraphale 100%. But in the park with Aziraphale-as-Crowley? In the bookshop? And especially in Heaven opposite the angels? That is so obviously Not-Aziraphale that I DO NOT KNOW how I missed it the first time through. And that is a testament to Michael Sheen’s talent.

Aziraphale is a being who shows emotion with his entire self. He is never still, not his hands, not his body, not his face. Everything he is feeling plays out across every inch of him. He is effusive and genuine and has no idea how to push away any emotion even a little bit.

Think of all the other times we see him in Heaven! He’s nervous, he’s anxious, he’s flustered, he’s doing that thing with his voice and his face when confronted with these beings who genuinely terrify him. He can’t hide it. 

But Crowley is all too familiar with pushing down emotion. Crowley is guarded, he is caution personified, he reserve and preservation, and with his angel’s life in his hands, on Heaven’s home turf? He can’t shake that.

Crowley-as-Aziraphale is so still. His face, his body language, his posture, it’s all this perfectly calm facade hiding a smoldering fury that Aziraphale might be incapable of achieving. But when Crowley-as-Aziraphale is confronted with the angels and see how they treat his soulmate best friend, he cannot hide that fury. It’s in his eyes, his face, his voice. But Michael Sheen-as-Crowley-as-Aziraphale plays it so well because it comes across as Crowley-as-Aziraphale saying to the angels, You broke him. You pushed him too far and you broke him and this is what it looks like, and you should be terrified.

And it’s all so perfect, and they’re both so talented, and I don’t think we talk about it enough.

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GUYS I JUST FOUND THE BEST VIDEO ON YOUTUBE AND IT’S THIS:

YOU’RE WELCOME

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Sit down, gang, we’re gonna talk about the Wall Scene.

I know, I know, other people have screamed about it before, but when your friends ask you to do a thing, you should oblige.

But you know exactly what scene I’m talking about. They’re walking down halls, kicking in the doors of an ex-Satanic convent, Crowley admits to being Soft because even though he turned the paintball guns into real guns, he also made sure that no one would die. 

“They’re all having miraculous escapes,” he says. Because he knew Aziraphale would be upset otherwise.

Aziraphale replies, “You know, I’ve alway said that you really are quite a nice–”

And then. and T H E N

First of all, and this is fairly important: if you look closely, Crowley don’t even push him against the wall hard. He wants to intimidate Aziraphale so he’ll stop doing things like calling him NICE, but he doesn’t want to hurt him. Never wants to hurt him.

In fact, if you notice, he only pushes far enough for Aziraphale’s back to hit the wall. He doesn’t push hard enough or lean in hard enough for Aziraphale to hit his head on the wall. Look closely.

Aziraphale is the one to rest his head against the wall, that doesn’t happen because Crowley is too rough with him.

But the second thing, fam, the second thing I wanna say is this: when someone grabs you like that, usually you grab them back. You bring your hands up to defend yourself, you try to escape, you turn away, brace yourself for the attack, you do s o m e t h i n g.

Aziraphale does NOTHING. He holds his hand out behind him just to feel for the wall, but other than that, he lets Crowley manhandle him. He doesn’t even look away, he’s staring right at Crowley, meeting his gaze steadily.

And look at his hands in the gif above. They don’t clench into fists. Never, not once. There is no fear response.

Now look at Aziraphale’s face. He’s surprised, but he’s not afraid. 

That’s not a look of fear, fam, that is a look of Gay Panic because oh no, our bodies are pressed together and our noses are touching. His eyes even flick down to where the tips of their noses brush.

He never once tries to push Crowley off of him, tries to escape, nothing. Never, not once, do we see fear on his face.

And, in fact, when Sister Mary Loqacious comes along, we see the opposite.

Excuse me, gentlemen, sorry to break up in intimate moment.

Crowley turns to inspect the newcomer, Aziraphale does not. Aziraphale is too focused on Crowley. 

Look at his eyes. First focused on where their noses had been touching, just like in the last gif, and then when Crowley looks away, he only lifts his gaze to stare at Crowley’s profile.

LOOK AT THAT EXPRESSION.

Excuse me, sir, I’m going to have to cite you for excessive longing.

My favorite thing, though, my absolutely favorite thing, is Crowley immediately looks to Mary, whereas it takes a moment for Aziraphale to realize they’re being intruded upon.

What was that? Other people exist? Dear me.

Also, like, listen. This strange woman is walking up to them and speaking to them and NEITHER OF THESE NERDS move away from each other.

Usually, when two people are caught in what might be called a “compromising” position–especially when the person catching them calls it an ‘intimate moment’–the two people involved try to put as much distance between them as possible and laugh it off.

Not these nerds, oh no. They literally stay pressed together against a wall, just looking at her as she talks to them. Crowley doesn’t even move away when he realizes who she is.

Aziraphale, still content to be held against the wall, is like, “Oh, we know her?”

But look at them! They’re still just standing there! This woman is RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, is ACTIVELY STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, and they’re like “what is personal space.”

Crowley only moves away from Aziraphale when Mary starts backing up like she’s gonna run.

And then what happens? They bicker like an old married couple. Because of course they do.

Why would they do anything else????

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after a bunch of studies i figured i should do a proper portrait of everyone’s favorite southern pansy angel

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Aziraphale - I think I may be in love with Crowley, but he is a demon, the Enemy. He’s bound to Hell and not capable of loving me back. 

Crowley - I feel something for that angel, but it doesn’t matter. He’s an angel, he’d never choose me over Heaven. He can’t feel the same. 

God herself, trying to set them up for the last 6,000 years -

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☀️kiss☀️

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Hey you guys know that one text post, the one with the cat? You know what one I mean. Thanks @sneakyfeets This was supposed to be “just a sketch” but then Crowley had to be a bastard who sits in chairs and it all went downhill from there. 

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Hey you guys know that one text post, the one with the cat? You know what one I mean. Thanks @sneakyfeets This was supposed to be “just a sketch” but then Crowley had to be a bastard who sits in chairs and it all went downhill from there.