#what is a Tennant without a coat

[anonymocha]

WOAGH UR NEW BANNERS SO PWETTY I LOVEE

Also, I suddenly remebered that I had a dream last night where you drew the most delectable Tennant art (she was in this ahsksajfksd spider-themed outfit oughh)

Anyway I think that might be a sign that you'll figure out how to draw her and I just wanted to tell you that (you got this)

How dare you cook this hard in my inbox....

Okay but a spider-themed outfit — do you mean, like, a top with spider web cuts??? GOTH TENNANT, EVEN??? God you (me) are sick in the head I HAVE to draw that...

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of The 60th Anniversary Specials - Part Five

Excerpt from Benjamin Cook's interview with Catherine Tate (and David Tennant because you can't have one without the other) in DWM #597

I could ask Catherine and David what it’s like to return to Doctor Who – are they happy to be here? Having fun? Getting on? – but what’s the point. It’s a right laugh, clearly. “We’re just so emotional to be back,” says David, still in stitches. “It’s… it’s different and strangely familiar,” says Catherine, of playing Donna Noble again. “It’s been a long time, but it does feel like slipping on a…” David’s voice trails off as he glances down at his Doctor’s garb: “Oh, it’s a different coat, isn’t it? Heh! But it does feel like I’m slipping on an old comfortable one.” So can they relax into it more this time around? “Yes,” Catherine jumps in, without hesitation. “I hope so,” says David, “because in a way there’s nothing to prove. We always knew we were only here for a quick run around the garden, to revisit something that was so special and joyous. But long-term” – he laughs cheekily – “well, it’s not our responsibility.” Catherine laughs too. “That’s right. These episodes are a bridge between one era and the next. That’s very much what we are. We’re bridging between two eras. We’re the sort of stepping stones of a hopefully happy time in fans’ minds.” But both actors are adamant: aside from the opportunity to work with each other, it’s showrunner Russell T Davies’ scripts for these three 60th Anniversary Specials that have tempted them back. “They’re amazing,” says David. “Such great scripts,” agrees Catherine. “Although, actually,” he realises, “we did say yes long before we saw a script. That was very high-risk,” teases David. “This wasn’t going to be anything other than spectacular, though, was it?” “Well, quite. But these [episodes] did grow, between the first conversation [and now].” “Totally,” says Catherine. “We thought we were only coming back for one!”

The 60th Anniversary Specials each have their own tag, but the #whoBts60th tag is for general photos and behind the scenes information that span multiple episodes.  The full episode list is [ here ]

[headcanonsandmore]

Harry Houdini with every Doctor (1-15):

One: Something akin to professional curiosity. One starts chortling during a particularly daring escape, and Houdini decides he likes this stranger.

Two: Houdini flirts with Jamie who, of course, doesn't notice. But the Doctor does, and starts to wonder.

Three: This flamboyant peacock of a man explodes into Houdini's life. Having now understood what his predecessor was trying to figure out, Three takes no time in thoroughly having a lot of fun. Houdini is very happy about this.

Four: An interesting case. Less of a raw physical relationship and more like two colleagues who ended up lounging around each other and thought 'why not?'.

Five: They have tea together. Houdini is amused by the Doctor constantly bickering with the young Australian, whose girlfriend Nyssa is lovely. He isn't sure why the Doctor doesn't seem to notice this about the two women, though.

Six: More raw physicality again. Houdini got used to the coat after a while.

Seven: Houdini doesn't understand why the time lord keeps avoiding introducing him to his young friend Ace.

Eight: Whirlwind romance with lots of day drinking.

War: Houdini wonders why the Doctor hasn't visited in a while, and is faintly worried by the absence.

Nine: The time lord appears on Houdini's door one evening in the rain. They don't speak much at first, so Houdini just cuddles Nine. Sometimes he can see a deep grief in their eyes, and it scares him.

Ten: Houdini would like it to be physical but this face is somehow more depressed than the last. He wonders who this 'Rose' person is. The Doctor tells him to stay away from someone called... Captain Jack? Houdini doesn't understand, but he takes the Doctor at their word.

Eleven: They mostly talk about escapology. Eleven does kiss him once or twice, but they decide it's better to leave things at that.

Twelve: Surprisingly physical and tender. Whose are the names he whispers in quiet moments, seemingly without realising? Who is River? Who is Missy? Who is Clara?

Thirteen: The woman thing wasn't a big deal, but Houdini is baffled by the sheer intensity of the Doctor this time. She apologises whenever he gets close, saying that she isn't really into that at the moment. Houdini asks who this 'Yaz' is; the Doctor waves the question away, with a smile that doesn't reach her eyes and a blush that she doesn't seem to notice.

TenThree/ David Doctor/ Sorry-Mr-Tennant-I-can't-call-you-Fourteen: Houdini is happy that this face seems to have finally gotten some peace. His niece Rose seems lovely.

Fifteen: Houdini is physically reminded of the dandy again. In all the best ways.

[weaversweek]

1 "Since yesterday" - Strawberry Switchblade

writers Rose McDowall, Jill Bryson

12 points (DOUZE POINT!)

Like sixteen swans taking flight at once!

Part of the UncoolTwo50 project, marking the best singles from 1977-99.

Jill: "We get different categories of letter. Ones like 'we think you're a really great pop group', ones from people struggling in other groups saying 'can we support you' and really long, dead sincere letters. I like the long sincere ones the best."

Strawberry Switchblade met at Glasgow School of Art; originally a four-piece, they slimmed down to Rose and Jill. The group was named after a fanzine written by Orange Juice that never came out; it took its name from a James Kirk song.

They hung out on the fringes of the Postcard Records scene, and were particularly close to Edwyn Collins and his group Orange Juice. Supported them on a tour in late 1982, and seemed to be on the gentle nursery slopes, the fringes of fame without ever breaking through to the public consciousness.

Strawberry Switchblade are deceptively strong and marvellously strange. The knowledge that Rose used to be in a group called the Poems who once made a single financed, at least partly, by shoplifting tends to imbue her current endeavours with a somewhat sterner significance. Their songs are sometimes cute, sometimes irksome, sometimes fun, sometimes twee. If I was 10 they'd be on my wall. -- Mick Sinclair, Zig Zag

"Since yesterday" started life as "Dance", changing almost the entire lyric over three years before being released to the world in late 1984. Its minor-key horn riff comes from Sibelius's fifth symphony - the third movement has a recurring motif inspired by swan calls. Perhaps that's what proved key to their success - here's something vaguely familiar, being re-interpreted and literally shattered before our ears.

despite the ribbons and bows falling from their curls, the sentiments that Rose McDowall and Jill Bryson project through their songs are often as pretty as Lou Reed's sugar-coated 'Heroin'. For these two girls, Scots by birth, populist and perverse by and large, are not in the business of soft selling sweet Pop. After all, the twist in the name Strawberry Switchblade could hardly be anything but intentional. -- Adrian Devoy, International Musician and Recording World

"Since yesterday" became an unlikely, unexpected, and wholly welcome hit in early 1985. It opened doors for Rose and Jill to rub shoulders with some of the biggest names in pop...

Until he accepts his second award - after which he leaves - Prince and his two bodyguards sit at the same table as Strawberry Switchblade. "What did you talk to me about?" I ask them. "We were struck dumb," confesses Jill. Apparently there was no conversation whatsoever. -- Neil Tennant, Smash Hits

...but it proved to be the one and only hit. A number of other singles from Strawberry Switchblade fell short of the top 40, and the group broke up a little later.

They'd made an impression.

ROSE AND JILL of Strawberry Switchblade may look like Macbeth's weird witches but sisters they aren't. "We actually think we dress quite differently," complains Jill, "but other people still get the wrong name in the third meeting!" Rose remembers having a polka dot dress when she was wee and claims that, "everyone wears polka dots when they're six months old." Once the girls had polka dots everything just evolved. "If you get the idea, everything just seems to sprout from it…" Everything includes all kinds of accessories, from earrings that look like chandeliers to ribbons that are almost floor-length. Strawberry Switchblade have fertile heads like overgrown gardens and hair like Egyptian haystacks. Witches always invent themselves. Why else would the church have burned them but for their independence and knowledge of nature? After punk, Rose and Jill formed a group and began to learn guitar (not necessarily in that order). Their inspiration came from the softer songs of the Velvet Underground. As followers of Orange Juice, Aztec Camera and the rest will know, everyone in Glasgow has the Velvets "Banana" album on the coffee table. Next year we'll be hearing a lot of Strawberry Switchblade's quietly haunting songs, folk ballads on the eerie side of twee. Meanwhile the girls are concerned to convey the right impression. "People expect us to sound punky because of the make-up so we try to smile a lot to reassure them: we're lovely people, really. The people who hear our music tend to describe it as 'lovely or nice or beautiful' rather than 'great'. Everybody can be great — not everybody can be lovely. Our main problem is the ribbons falling on to the guitar strings while we're playing. We need a ribbon roadie and someone who'll iron our clothes before we go onstage. Oh, and someone to tune the guitars…" -- Mark Cooper, Record Mirror

Some would argue that Strawberry Switchblade still influence fashion. They brought a certain style, sweet polka dots and malevolent attitude, and it clicked with the people of Japan. Did Rose and Jill spark off the enduring "Gothic Lolita" scene? Certainly they're well-remembered and well-loved - I haven't had to go deep into The Internet Archive to find Strawberry Switchblade.net, servicing fans since 2005.

Life has inflection points. They were on the cover of Smash Hits magazine. Inside was a gripping feature on Band Aid, and some serious writing about trivial subjects. Writers like Sylvia Patterson, Mark Ellen, Linda Duff, Dave Rimmer, and the masterful work of Tom Hibbert. Their mixture of breezy chat and intense knowledge is something I try to replicate - in the Week, and in this collection of essays.

Pop music changes lives. Random chance changes lives. I wouldn’t be the same person without a chain of events kicked off by “Since yesterday”, and that’s why it gets the lot - token, teatowel, and my DOUZE POINTS.

Thanks to #UncoolTwo50 sponsor and numbercruncher Arron. And to you for reading, if indeed you still are.

[spacelessbian]

Good Omens S2: review-ish

I saw Good Omens and I honestly don't know what to think. Spoilers ahead. These are my first thoughts and I'm writing it immediately after finishing episode 6, so I will ruminate some more but I wanted to get my thoughts out right now, as some sort of brainstorming.

I am bummed to say that I did not enjoy this new story as much as I enjoyed season 1. Now obviously there is a huuuge difference in watching an adaptation of a story you know well and already love and watching an entirely new thing. But still.

When it comes to the overal plot I did enjoy the Gabriel mystery, at least for about half of the season. It lost steam around the middle and the ending of it... I'm sorry, I do not buy Gabriel falling in love with anyone for one second. Maybe if it wasn't shown in one big info dump and there was time to explore his connection with Beelzebub, I would have enjoyed it better. But Gabriel was such a brilliant asshole in season 1. Amazing even. I loved to hate him and this turnaround did not work for me at all. The fact that I didn't connect with the new actress in the role of Beelzebub probably did not help (obviously I have nothing against the actress personally, she was not bad). So this storyline ended in a disappointment for me. I also cringed a bit ngl. (important to note: I have previously read fanfics for Gabriel/Beelzebub and liked them, so it is not just about this pairing in itself).

Aziraphale and Crowley on the other hand, I enjoyed very much. The whole season is basically a love story, an explicit one this time. Part of me thought - I will admit - that Neil Gaiman just wanted to stop the constant barrage of fans demanding explicit gay sex on screen, but okay, I'll allow it, it was sweet (until it wasn't, then it was heart-wrenching). Both David Tennant and Michael Sheen are in absolute top form and I loved every second of them doing stuff.

The little (and not so little) scenes (or mini episodes) were interesting and fun to watch, the Job story was especially really good. I did not expect to see Crowley as an angel, he was so sweet building nebulas. I could have done without the zombie Nazis... Maybe someone will explain to me why it was necessary to basically stop the story for it, I did not understand it while watching. I expected them to pop up later or something... But no, they are just zombie Nazis. I liked the processing sequence in Hell of that episode, though, it looked very cool and fun, especially the... firewarmer (???).

That brings me to Miranda Richardson. God, I've had a crush on her for about fifteen years now and Shax definitely did not stop that. I loved her so much! She looked fantastic, her dialogue was great and I liked her dynamic with Crowley. I don't understand why would she be offered a position of Duke of Hell, seeing she fucked up everything she was assigned to do, but I can excuse that detail. I hope we see a lot of her in season 3 (which we must get!).

My other gay crush, Archangel Michael, was in a lot of scenes and I'm not complaining. I think her position as possibly the only angel who thinks for themselves (at times) and who is just constantly surrounded by confident idiots while also being an idiot (but not as much) was just great. More of this please.

The other angels were okay. Muriel is a baby ray of sunshine cupcake darling cutie and if anything happens to her, I will kill anyone responsible and then myself. The other demons were not as important, but I must mention Dagon's robe (? coat? uniform?) which fucks verily.

Maggie and Nina did not make as much impact as I thought they would and I didn't care much about their romance tbh. I know, I know, it is supposed to mirror Aziraphale/Crowley but like... I don't see it. Sorry. The ball scene was weird as hell. I appreciated the seamstress joke, a very nice nod to Pratchett.

And I now see that I just started listing characters instead of talking about the whole thing but I suppose this is how my brain works. I can't wait to read and watch everyone else's opinions and reviews. Despite me not being very happy at the end of the show I enjoyed most of it and I truly hope we will get season 3 to tie the bow.

[mooncaps]

Jodie's outfit isn't even that girly, what the fuck?! And so what if the press did run with it? Spread that image far and wide so we can fucking normalize men being allowed to fucking wear clothes because clothes don't have gender!

Fuck, I hate society so much.

Why is Jodie allowed to wear Peter's outfit, but David isn't allowed to wear Jodie's?

Oh, wait, I already know why.

Hide it behind a veneer of progressivism if you want, but you're part of the problem, RTD. You're sustaining the fear of this concept that you claim to respect. By caving to this fear of what the media will do before they've even done it, you're legitimizing their fear tactics. You've let them stop you without even trying. You've let them put a fear in your head that makes you stop yourself.

And now my own baggage is creeping into this because I'm living with the same fear, and it makes me stop myself, and I fucking hate myself for it. And if Jodie's t-shirt, trousers, and long coat is too girly of an outfit for David Tennant to wear, then I sure as shit won't ever be able to find the courage to wear a skirt or dress outside my home. I'm terrified to fucking wear clothes and shit like this is why.

virgin russell t davies: 

chad chibs:

[ineffably-queer-book-lover]

Hello there, @realitythroughthelensoffiction,

thank you for the question on my "boop omens" post. I hope you don't mind me replying in a new post, but this way I can actually add links and pictures to explain it all a bit better.

I assume that your question refers to my custom minifigures of Aziraphale and Crowley and not the custom built furniture here, so I'll focus on them...

CUSTOM LEGO AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY

Let's see… I started out with this set from minifigs.me that was released in 2019, but isn't available anymore:

These minifigures are absolutely awesome! Minifigs.me did a fantastic job of recreating Aziraphale and Crowley here! The full body print is really close to the characters as seen in S1. They use(d) original LEGO parts exclusively, so they did the best they could with limited hair choices available at the time, but seeing these two with the exact same hairstyle just feels "off" to me.

The shape doesn't really fit Crowley at all, whereas it works well for Aziraphale, but the color doesn't look right either. It really should be a lot lighter than LEGO's tan, especially combined with his outfit that's also mostly tan.

As you can see, Crowley is wearing his 2008 outfit with the mauve shirt that doesn't match any of his present day clothes anymore either. So I've made several changes over the years, but especially after S2.

MINI!CROWLEY

First thing I did with Mini!Crowley was to customize various hairpieces for him. Since you inquired about this picture...

... I'll let you know how I customized this hairpiece. It's a modified version of this pompadour LEGO hairpiece.

I was so excited when that one was released in 2021, because the shape is close to perfect, albeit not quite right. Therefore I added a teeny-tiny bit of modeling clay at the front to get that sharper spike/triangle (whatever you want to call it) to make it fit David Tennant's hairline a bit better. Personally I like to use Milliput Superfine for these kinds of customizations, but I guess other brands work just as well (it really depends on what's available in whatever country you live, I guess)

As for the hair color... I've done various paint jobs with different brands of acrylic paints over the years, but ultimately Crowley's hair got a coat of my personal favorite spray paint; it's the shade RUBY RED by Molotow. Of course there are other brands and choices, but I'm really happy with this one, so here you go with the final result:

As for Crowley's new face and torso? Well, I designed those myself and had them custom-printed (in this case also by Minifigs.me, but there are other companies who offer similar services, too). Once again, your options would hugely depend on where you live and how much you're willing to pay. It's relatively easy (but quite expensive) to get torsos printed with your own designs, but heads are a lot harder to get.

Of course you can use decals/stickers which will save you a lot of money! Many talented people do so with really great results! I am just not a big fan of that method for minifigures that will be "handled" a lot... Since I use my babies here quite regularly for photo shoots, stickers just don't work for me.

The original Crowley figure came with a double sided head (basically the same face, but with and without sunglasses), which was a much appreciated bonus, because it provided at least one face with his lovely yellow snake eyes. However, I wanted to have a bigger range of expressions, especially a big smirk/smile with Crowley's raised eyebrow™, so I designed those myself, based on some preexisting LEGO faces and got them printed on minifigure heads!

Crowley also got a new pair of custom legs (#195) by Leyilebrick which just adds a little extra awesomeness! These legs are compatible with LEGO hips, so I could keep the hips with the printed snake belt and just use the longer legs. Yay!

MINI!AZIRAPHALE

I really wanted to have some white hair for him, so I ordered this LEGO hairpiece in white from Bricklink. Interestingly it's not officially listed in white, so I fully expected to receive some fake LEGO pieces from China. Surprisingly the pieces I got have the genuine LEGO seal and number molded on the inside, so they must be some of those very rare unofficial and unreleased LEGO molds. Perfect for the "seller" of rare books, indeed! 😉

Anyway, after a while I decided that the hairpiece was a bit too 'spiky' overall, so I cut off of some of those 'spikes'. X-ACTO knifes are a LEGO customizer's best friend, but their fingers' worst enemy, just saying! Sanding the piece down afterwards gave me that perfect fluffy Aziraphale hair!

A small but significant difference!

I've never changed anything about Aziraphale's outfit, because it really is perfect, but I NEEDED to have a face with his adorable little reading glasses. Once again, I designed that myself, but tried to keep the facial features close to the original minifigs.me figure for some continuity and then got it printed by them (along with another excited face on the backside, which hasn't featured in any of the photos shared here yet, I think).

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And that's it! Hopefully there was some helpful information on how to customize minifigures?

To sum it up, customizing minifigs takes a lot of time, money, and you might get blood on your hands sometimes!

Things I almost always use/need:

Way too much time and money!

X-ACTO knives (please do your best to protect yourself against injuries here; these knives are very sharp and plastic pieces will fight back!)

Some kind of air drying clay that sticks well to plastic, can be sanded down and painted over after drying, e.g. Milliput Superfine

Patience! Modeling LEGO hairpieces is a pain in the ass and nothing for people who expect perfect results within a day!

Spare pieces! Seriously, if you try to modify a certain hairpiece for the first time, get several to begin with. You will almost inevitably ruin something on your first try, so don't get discouraged, but learn from your mistakes and move on!

Sanding paper in various grain sizes!

Paint! That is a tricky one and it took me years to get the hang of what works well and what doesn't, especially for pieces that will get handled and not just put on display. You can use acrylic paints, but the results are not always pretty or durable. If you use spray paints, make sure if they require the use of a primer first (lots of them do). I prefer Molotow spray paints, but that might just be me! Find out what's working best for you!

The usual things for all kinds of crafts: nerves of steel, a bucket for your tears, kitchen towels, band aids, strong coffee or tea, stuff like that in no particular order! 😉😉😉

If anyone has more questions or wants to talk about GOOD OMENS LEGO, please feel free to ask! 😘

[threeeyedharemp3]

Dear Tumblr User,

This is a cordial invitation to infodump.

Yours sincerely,

Tumblr User Chronically-Enthusiastic

What a pleasant surprise! My sincerest gratitude for this invitation!

also, cordial :D

OKAYYYYY todays random information is the costuming for the tenth doctor who, as played by david tennant :DD

the brown and light blue pinstripe suit was actually originally just a pair of pants from a gap store in 2005, but the costuming department decided that that was right & bought a whole bunch of extra pairs which they dissected & then turned into a jacket to match, which is pretty cool if you ask me. i think the blue suit is just a normal suit.

he apparently only wears seven different shirts the entire time he's doctor, but would change up how many buttons he has done up for variety, apparently david would just ask the people on set how many he should do that episode & they'd pick for him which is really sweet hehe. for some reason he also tends to wear A Lot of layers, honestly idk how he's able to do that much jumping around in so many layers without overheating but idk maybe it was really cold where they were filming stuff, like theres one bit where he's wearing a tshirt two normal shirt a jacket & the long coat like. wow ten really is just clothes-as-armour-ing his way through the universe but whatever works i guess. & i think i read somewhere that the long brown coat was one of the first things he asked for when he was approached to play the doctor hehe i love that coat

david had to fight to be able to wear converse - they were going to just put him in boots (every other nuwho doctor wears boots, even if eleven's are a bit dressy) but honestly the converse were such a great choice & so iconic and also way easier to bounce around in than boots & ten is so bouncy hehe. BUT due to something at the bbc they weren't allowed to show brands, so they had to like scrub off the logo off the shoes, so like even though you know they're converse it doesn't actually show that one them anywhere. he has three colours of converse, maroon, a sort of faded black, and natural white, but there were a few different pairs of the white high-tops so they're slightly different colours, some are more creamy or yellowish, ALSO they look different in different lights. i know this because i bought some white converse but they're optical white not natural white so i lightly painted them to be a warmer shade of white (because the brainrot. yeagh.) and they really do look a different shade of off-white in different lights.

he has a bunch of different ties but the only thing i can remember about those is that when eleven is wearing ten's clothes at the start of s5 it isn't the exact same tie that david wore they made a replica so that they could like rip it up & stuff & burn it. i guess they just wrecked tens brown pinstripe jacket when he falls through the glass ceiling in the end of time part two but eleven doesn't wear the jacket for long iirc.

i really like fourteen's costume for a bunch of reasons - it's the same colours as ten's most iconic outfit but almost inverted - dark blue suit with a brown check, long blue coat (much more rounded edges and thicker than the brown one). BUT he's also a lot less buttoned up (literally & figuratively) than ten - waistcoat not jacket, only one button done up. still a long shirt and tie, but sleeves rolled up, and in the giggle his shirt comes untucked & he doesn't bother to tuck in back in. i mean it shows how fourteen is more open and less guarded than ten but also it just does look pretty cool, & like a natural extension of what ten would wear if he were a bit older. also possibly cos when they were filming it was like the hottest uk summer since 1976 or something and he didn't want layers BUT it is really interesting from a character development point of view.

[crow-feather-quill]

Chapter 8: Small Children

Summary: Michael finds a terrified Karen McCormick and slowly figures out that children can be more then just a problem

Charcaters: Michael (tall goth), Karen McCormick, Kenny McCormick

Word Count: 879

A/N: Don't mind this man calling a living human 'it' for most of the chapter.

Previous: [Pressure] | [Sleep]

Life in the East District is pretty damn depressing. The buildings are in disrepair or just out right rubble, and the street is littered with broken glass from bottles or windows. Sure, little communities try to make life better, by taking care of their own greenery, and repairing what they can. They’re easy to spot by looking for flags and well-kept areas. Michael did what was feasible with what he could scavenge, making himself and others mobility aids. He found a hobby of invention and creation, trying to make things that were better or lasted longer than what the city would provide.

He had to go adventuring again, today. He was out of scrap metal and wire. These sort of excursions were never without a cost, his knee was practically screaming. It’s difficult to make a brace that’s comfortable and functional when the most comfortable thing you have is mattress stuffing and an inability to sew. 

He was just going over to raid the mechanic’s dump ground when he heard a rustling nearby. Sure, it was probably a rat or maybe a dumb pigeon, but it was worth checking regardless. He walked over and gently moved the rubble out of the way to see… a little girl.

“P-please don’t hurt me!” The little girl said, covering her face.

“You’re not scrap.. are you, kid?” Michael said, slightly amused

It shook it’s head quickly, and looked as though it was about to cry. Michael really hoped it didn’t do that, that sort of thing was annoying to deal with.

“You should get home… why don’t I help you with that?” Michael said, extending a hand to help it up. The little girl accepted.

“M-my name is Karen.” it said, quickly holding on to Michael’s coat hem.

“Good to know. What street are you from?” Michael hoped it at least knew the street name, otherwise this was going to be near impossible.

“West Johnson but, I can’t find it from here.” Karen looked up at Michael, tears starting to brim in it’s eyes.

“I can get you home. Just follow along.” Michael offered out a hand and Karen quickly took it. 

The two started walking along, and Karen was still shaking. It was difficult to tell if it was from the temperature or if it’s nerves were still on high. Who knows how long it was behind there? It couldn’t be more than thirteen, maybe twelve. It’s difficult to comfort a child so small, sure Michael had Anastasia, but they were closer in age. 

“What’s your name, mister?” Karen asked, quietly. Her voice had some confidence, it seemed. She was getting more comfortable.

“Michael.” He said, relatively uninterested in conversation.

“Oh, like the archangel?” Karen seemed excited at the prospect. His name wasn’t originally drive from that, at least he didn’t choose the name from mythos. But sure, why not be her angel?

“Exactly.” Michael smiled warmly down at the child. It- no.. she. She needs comfort. 

“You’re so nice Mister Michael! Do you have wings like an angel?” The girl asked, looking excited.

“No, I don’t.” Michael replied. How is anyone supposed to respond to that? Children are so strange. This little child is certainly more friendly than most.

They walked along, with Karen asking the occasional question, and Michael trying his best not to frighten the little thing. He knew enough about children to know that they didn’t like the truth, because often it didn’t coincide with what they wanted to be true. Little children like this are so fragile, especially as they mature, though this one’s maturity seems to have stunted at some point. 

Finally they arrived on West Johnson street, and the little one reccognised her house almost immediately. It was a humble old tennant, with a broken truck in the driveway- or what’s left of the driveway. 

“Thank you, Mister Michael!” Karen said as she ran up and knocked on the door. An older boy answered it.

The person was definitely her older sibling, wearing a beaten up orange parka and a dirty blonde mullet.. emphasis on dirty. The person seemed absolutely relieved that their small annoyance was returned to them.

“Karen! Thank fuck you’re okay.” He hugged her tightly.

“Mister Michael helped me find home, Kenny!” Karen said, seeming excited. So.. that’s his name. Kenny.

“Thanks, man.” Kenny said, looking unsure what to make of Michael. It was the typical response he got, in all honesty.

“It’s nothing. Just.. keep an eye on” Michael was about to say ‘it’ but he had a feeling that would get him a couple bruises, “her. She’s… very trusting.” 

“Mhm. See you around, I guess.” Kenny shrugged. 

“Maybe, maybe not.” Michael gave them a loose salute and walked off. He was never that great at parting words.

Michael walked away, and now he had a moment without the small child tugging on his jacket. Karen was certainly not a wasted effort in this case. She probably would’ve gotten herself killed or taken if no one intervened. However, it doesn’t take genius to see the empty beer bottles in the house and cigarette burns on the table. Maybe an occasional check-in would be worth the effort. He’d probably have to do something more inconspicuous, but maybe it was worth it.

[aucoba]

Ep 5

"Can I waatch??"

I'm so weak I would have said yes at the "there will be sandwiches"

Oh god scared for a sec that I had missed the fez scene in ep 4 but it's actualy in the 5th! First doctor who theme when aziraphale mentions his doctor who annual! Noice

Crowley just "watching" letting his angel entertain him ❤️

Aziraphale actually giving away a book for humans... It breaks my heart knowing he will give away his bookshop if it means he can make the world better... He is changing

MAGIC SHOP

David Tennant putting on the fez we all saw it we all love it, Crowley just be vibing

SHAX'S SPEECH after watching s1 again I realised they were trying to recreate the same speech used before they thought they were going to fight for Armageddon!

That demon that always gets killed. I love them. What a role to put on your resume : "played a demon who gets killed - but not just once, more like Everytime they needed to show demons are mean"

French aziraphale is amazing. I'm French. I love it. I wanna speak French with him to help him learn French, he is so dedicated. His "six horre tronte". Don't act like you're not smitten with that Crowley, you know you love it

Aziraphale liking to do things the hard way

Nina calling them out as gay in s1 and again in s2

"civic obligation" yeah right, gonna make him go back to heaven this idiot

"he's far too pure, just an angel... I KnOw" you poor lover demon

I've been thinking about it for a moment now, but in the generic Crowley is always the one leading the way while aziraphale follows him (except when he puts on the magician act, here he aziraphale is waiting for Crowley who walks to him)... Interesting knowing how it'll end

Crowley whistling to get his angel attention and go drink a glass together with a rose on the table

"smitten. You're being siLlY"

THERE'S A HEART WITH C+A on the chalk board (someone else showed it to me but it's nice to see it too now)

Crowley processing his feelings and confronting Jim for his behaviours trying to destroy aziraphale

"looking at where the furniture isn't" I love this line.

I thought it was weird archangel's didn't know you can't make people fall in love miraculously but they don't know how people fall in love so actually it tracks they are so far away from what they should protect and do (you hear this "entrepreneurs"???)

PREPARATIONS FOR THE BALL

Wait and see obviously

Wait just realising this all gathering, it's aziraphale "playing" with the humans, controlling their clothes, and the way they speak and what they do and how they feel... He is actually playing god here. Scary.

Crowley sensing the waves of demonic legion, so aware of his universe

The magic shop owner spouse / Jim's outfit / aziraphale being so extra while Nina is having a mental breackdown

Mr Brown has the same newspaper!!

ADemons wearing chirurgical masks is so sweet

Nina questioning everything... The way the acts is sublime : being under the influence of aziraphale and still fighting it, you can see it all

JIM'S CHEEKS

AZIRAPHALE'S FACE WHEN HE'S ABOUT TO ASK CROLEY OUT FOR A Dance AND YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THE BACKGROUND WHEN WE'RE BACK ON NINA AND MAGGIE

The demons being bad at spelling and Maggie misspelling in the first ep (was it 'cause of emotions or does she have a secret??)

Jim's coat going ////////'' '' ''! //'' '' ::///'' '' '

Just realising once again, what Crowley works on comes back to bite him in the ass lmao as always, he can't do anything without being annoyed by it later

Crowley's imagination giving him the power to improve and invent a whole administrative stupid rule to save lives

Their reaction to mister Brown getting killed

Aziraphale trying to make people forget everything but it fails... Will this happen again when he tries to rule heaven? Will he panic under pressure?

Shax bringing crowley's mail, I love how they think

End of ep 5,crowley goes to heaven by tricking mûrie and we know how ep 6 ends... (I fucking hope aziraphale is pulling a trick!!!!)

Rewtaching Good omens S2 here we go :

Ep 1 :

Aziraphale saying he forgives Maggie for not paying rent 'cause he is "very good at forgiving things, and it' s his favorite thing" - yes that's me dying in the background of foreshadowing

I already saw it the first time but crowley's paper has an article on taddfield being a wonderful place to live in

Crowley wondering what the point is into creating the universe only to stop it Vs after armagedon't, Crowley wondering what's the point of heaven and hell's existence

John ham's ass

Extreme sanction aka book of life... [suspicious]

Aziraphale becoming defensive the second gab's talks about how it feels to be in love

"the something terrible" that might not happen to you in A. Z. FELL bookshop

Why do Crowley not like it when you call and appear mysteriously at the same time? What's wrong with that?

Soon to be 'named Jim saying "you' re funny I love you", sends me to heaven

And the little fly (I did see and hear it the first time, just love the detail)

WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH THE QUOTE ON THE MATCH BOX oh and it's "Job"!

Aziraphale turning on his left when Crowley enters the coffeshop and then saying how nice it is to tell someone about his good deeds now that he isn't reporting to upstairs... Missing heaven??

bohemian rhapsody in the background in the coffeshp ❤️ (I didn't notice the first time)

Crowley calming down, not by eating the eaglecakes but by going outside, tryong to do a human technique before casting lightning - I wish I could do that

Muriel my love

Archangel in front of a material object will never be funny to me

Beelzebub going out of their way to get their boyfriend back

The book of life again and how things might have never existed... Sending Crowley on a "lover boy" driving to his angel

The teeny-tiny miracle bit is still brilliant

Ep 2

Aziraphale and Crowley being workers from ennemies company, just chatting, trying to both do their job. So mundane.

THERE ARE BIRDS FLYING AWAY AFTER CROWLEY DESTROYED THE GOATS

Aziraphale not asking questions, simply saying "killing kids! That can't be right", acting like... Almost has if he is acting as the devil's advocate when interacting with his boss ("job liked his old children... What we could is..." so powerful)

Miracles to make places accessible is such an awesome idea

Gabriel being unnoticeable although he shoves a Terry prachett book into the archangel's faces

Jim using "the wicked bible" to try and kill the fly, what the heck is up with that! Gab the fly must be so chocked by how dumb he is ("the beauty part is that it never works)

Poor aziraphale, that's too much stress for him

"we're never going to the pub" flirt

Mister Brown holds a metro paper saying "Nebraska woman taught duck to play accordeon" and I hope Crowley is the Nebraska woman

"Maggie has a... Pash. And doesn't know how to conduct a courtship" YOU DON'T SAY, AZIRAPHALE

Wait, aziraphale can lie to the archangel's about miracling people falling in love, and knows it wouldn't actually work, but the archangels don't know it wouldn't work??

Invoke fiction properly - Jane austen being cooler than I thought she could ever be - SHE HAD BALLS - "people would gather and then realise they had misunderstood each other and that they were actually deeply in love" I need s3 to have a ball with this happening for our happy ending

Aziraphale being si excited about the clue and doing the same little dance Everytime he sings it

Hearing god's voice when Jim remembers Gabriel and Crowley knowing Jim can do better

The schuhite visiting to check up on the kids

Aziraphale "thinking" about what god's want while Crowley questions it

"may god forgive you" after Crowley does the bad guy act... And then putting his faith in crowley's words that he will not kill the kids

Aziraphale eating for the first time in the middle of a storm, as if he had been starving for ever

God answering job's questions by asking him if he ever paid any attention to everything god ever created, if he realises how insignificant and powerless he is

Crowley stopping job's wife to curse god 'cause "that never ends well"

Aziraphale and Crowley doing an improv scene magic trick to bring back the children and it working 'cause the archangels are too ignorant

Aziraphale feeling like he is failing as an angel when he lies to save humans... Him trying to cope with grey morales for the first time VS now owning the fact that the heavenly hierarchy was awful

Nina saying her partner was "not impressed" for not meeting her insane expectations... Makes me think of heaven's style of monitoring

"what car" "our car" "we don't share a car"

Gabriel rearranging the books, reading the first line of the book Muriel read at the end... And the bible is on the same shelf - and then pride and prejudice incipit-- and then good omens book incipit

Cut to depressed aziraphale in the past with depressed music

This scene... I will have to watch it again and again... It's the first and only time I think we've ever seen aziraphale feel so guilty : he feels guilty for lying, but not for the lie in itself. And Crowley offers him acceptation (rather than forgiveness) : if there's nothing to forgive then there's never been anything wrong. So we can just be, next to one another. And still the scene ends with Crowley referring to his demonic nature, as if they can't escape what the world made them to be

[mesfantomes-marie]

My Favourite TenRose Fics

Fanfiction is brilliant. There, I said it. After years of studying for my PhD in Linguistics and Phililogy, endless nights spent reading Calderón, Diderot and Dostoevsky, I still believe certain fanfiction should be praised and published. It should be remembered.

Quadrophobia by Howlcastle. The Doctor is split in 4 personalities, but not in a creepy James McAvoy kinda way, trust me. I love this, because of our beloved TenRose dynamic. It's well-written and laconic. Novel, Teen (there will be a lot of these in this post, since I'm not a big fan of explicitness in fiction, since it's hard to find something tasteful)

Wolf and the Butterfly by sparrowmarrow. When Rose begins to be plagued by ominous nightmares of the Doctor’s future, a future without her, they realize that something sinister may be lurking behind the exotic stalls of Opifex’s acclaimed market. Oh the Angst! With a happy ending, of course. The characterisation is SO GOOD, darn. Novel, All ages.

Breaking Vows by Molleyn. Ten and Rose accidentaly bump into a parallel version of Rose on parallel Earth at war. Basically, the Doc can't tell them apart and leaves the His Rose there, only to realise his terrible mistake and come back to her 3 months later. Will she ever forgive him? Beautifully written angst with a happy ending. Evil doppelgangers, love confessions and a smidge of well-written smut. Novel, Teen.

Effeuiller La Marguerite Part 2 by whollyuncertain. Angsty and original. Happy ending. Hurt/Comfort. Post ThatDamnedFireplaceEpisode I hate so much it took me 5 months to even CONSIDER reading fixits of. Short Story, Teen

TenToo/Rose

I think it's the best happy ending Rose could've ever gotten. Not gonna lie, it had been difficult and so many fics had dissapointed me in the past. 99% just go in the exact same direction of 10.5 being miserable and as far from 10 as possible. I don't like it. So these fics are the only ones where I feel like Tentoo is actually 'in character'.

Laddie, Lie Near Me by @abadplanwellexecuted. Beautiful. I am a big fan of this author, check out her work. Here, Tentoo is not OOC (what a surprise...) and Rose is not a total byotch to him (another surprise). Short story, Teen.

The Wind By Night by @tripwirealarm. A masterpiece! Told from His perspective, which is honestly refreshing. Angst with a happt ending. Novel, Adult.

AUs

Never been a fan of AU fics before, but I guess falling in love with this particular pairing means you all of a sudden become a fic addict and anything goes. Am I right?

A Place Where We Only Say Goodbye by @weezly14. I cried, but actually it was worth every single tear (cheesy, but heck! that's the way I feel about this masterpiece). So much insight, great character development. Coffeshop AU, novel, part of the Time Loop series, Teen. Did I mention it's slow burn? Gotta love 'em.

nothing happens until something moves by @lauraxxtennant. UniVerse. Professor!Ten / Student!Rose. I had a crush on my German Professor once, it was wonderful. Novel, tastefully Mature.

Sweetheart by @stoprobbersfic. UniVerse. TenRose, Oxford. Read this whilst listening to 'Dark of the Matinee' by Franz Ferdinand with a cuppa on a war mnight in early spring. Romaticize your life a bit. You will not regret it. Novel, part of a Series, tastefully Mature. Warning: mentions of a certain French individual.

A Sun Will Always Sing by @lixabiz. Tutor!Ten / Student!Rose. I guess I'm just a sucker for this particular trope, especially written by someone so talented. What a pleasure. Short story, Teen.

That Home I Find Outside Your Door by Queen of The Castle. Homeless!AU. Last, but definitely not least. This fic just left me speechless. The idea is bloody brilliant, keeps you on your toes 'til the very end. Angst with a happy ending, of course. 2-parter, Teen.

And a bit of a (unofficial) crossover. I love the Harry Potter series and especially the character of Barty Crouch Jr. Tennant in a long leather coat will haunt my dreams forever. So, there's this incredible fic, called Snakes' Nest by elmira777. Summary: When Rose Clifton, a pureblooded witch, had been abducted and forced to marry Barty Crouch Jr, it didn't even cross her mind that this was her chance to save the world. AU, takes place after Goblet of Fire. It's a Work In Progress, which sucks. BUT! And it's a big 'but'. It's so cool! Technically, it's not a HP/Doctor Who crossover, but I just can't help it. Rose here, Rose there. It somehow just works.

And you know what? The best thing about WIPs - you can use your imagination and finish them in your head. Novel, Teen.

[casasupernovas]

I said I was gonna talk about misconceptions about Martha Jones so now I'm gonna.

The Smith and Jones Tardis scene:

Martha's theme is playing. It's smooth, sultry and very underrated. Everything is going swimmingly, right up until Martha is literally too smart for her own good. She sees the Tardis console, the size of the place and immediately asks if anyone else on board. To help fly this thing? I need to stress here, that it is the Doctor that has a very hostile response and starts adding all these ultimatums to Martha travelling with him. Outside he says "fancy a trip" which every viewer probably did not read as a single trip, as one of the most used promotional material for the newly revived Doctor Who was the "trip of a lifetime". But after Martha asks this, he mentions Rose then says "not that you're replacing her" which seems more a comment to himself than Martha despite it's direction, and Martha smoothly responds that was not her intention "I never said I was" because of course isn't, this is literally the first time she has heard of Rose. Then he snaps that it's only one trip. This only happens because Martha is too observant. And because she is observant, she says exactly what the audience is thinking, or at least, immediately states how this entire episode looked. Imagine watching Smith and Jones as your very first Doctor Who episode. Removing the 'genetic transfer'. Strange man winks and grins at woman he has never met, sizes her up in terms of intelligence and picks her as his 'companion' to investigate the strange occurance of the Royal Hope being transported to the moon. Looks her up and down some more as they stand outside looking at the moon. Suprise! He's an alien! Runs from danger holding hands with this woman he has only just met, (holding hands is definitely a RTD era thing and not exclusive to Martha, but it's not exactly something you just do with a stranger). Skip forward to later in the episode, follows woman to her brother's birthday party, suggestive smile to follow him, then proceeds to go out of his way to impress woman with spaceship that can travel in time.

Even without the kiss, the entire thing is very flirtatious and Martha addresses this in the Tardis. I've seen people say she was being 'too suggestive' and 'sexualising' the Doctor which I think is such a disenegous take, because her comments on his appearance are very clearly an in universe way of commenting on the direction the show had now taken. David Tennant himself had become something of a sex symbol in the UK because of his role in the show, as one of the more 'attractive' actors to take up the role, and the show fed into this too. One of his biggest roles prior to the show was as one of the most famous womanizers in history, Giacamo Casanova. David and Russell T Davies have commented on how some of Casanova's 'isms were used in Doctor Who, and it was through Casanova that David got the role in the first place. They had a whole episode to have a big kiss moment between 'Rose' and the Doctor to play into this more romantic and provacative image. 'The Girl In The Fireplace' is a more blatant example. And all of this runs off the back of 'The Doctor Dances' euphemism. And the Doctor's appearance had changed for Series 3 too. He had his famous brown suit, long coat, converse. But now, he was a in a new tight blue suit. It's very insincere to act like Martha's comments were uncalled for, it was clearly the writers way of addressing his new look and what kind of Doctor the tenth incarnation was. The Doctor fervently denies leading her on of course, almost like a parent scolds a child, and it's kind of laughable that the Doctor denies being aware of how he comes across to others. 'Vanity issues'. This is of course the same Doctor that only looks this way because he wanted to be a younger looking version for Rose. I've seen people say this is a more forward-thinking way of making a male/female relationship as it's mainly the woman who in stories changes for the man, but I don't think this makes that trope any less problematic and Rose ends up assimilating into Doctor so much that even Jackie notices it so she still changes for a man.

Besides, we all know that if we rewind to the moment Martha sees him around the corner, following him, then seeig him leaning against the Tardis, we can see he knew exactly what he was doing. The whole thing looked very 'inviting' let's say. It's annoying though, that in his denial he appears to make Martha feel bad for thinking any of this when that's exactly how it came across. Even when he explains the kiss was just a 'genetic transfer' and had said it meant nothing, it begs the question - why didn't he just kiss her hand or something? It would have been better if he had just licked her face, it would have been funny and worked as a great companion piece to 'barefoot on the moon'. He saw an opportunity and he took it. It's funny, because the Doctor contradicts himself a lot in this season, and the kiss is a perfect example of what the dynamic he would eventually have with Martha would be like - say one thing, then do the complete opposite afterwards.

Of course, all of this is excused from fans because he's acting this way because he's still upset about Rose. Falling for someone nee didn't occur to him as a possibility, we see this in The Family of Blood. I saw a take (think I tumblrd about it too) about how Martha should have realised the Doctor was hurting when he mentioned her, and I need you guys to actually stop and think. Saying that it was 'obvious' that he was in pain when talking about Rose is so untruthful. He just sounded like he was dumped by an ex and is bitter about it. I saw someone say that even Donna knew not to push it so Martha should have. But Donna met him seconds after Bad Wolf Bay and didn't question him more about Rose because the pain there was palpable and besides, she was rightfully more concerned about herself and didn't start being all nice to him because she realised he might be in 'pain'. And Martha didn't push him on Rose, she pressed him on himself and the way he had acted. Not Rose. But you lot are very unfair and blatantly misconstrue things as a way to dislike her so you can wallow in your grief over the previous companion. I just need you to recognise that it's unfair. And the Doctor's behaviour in subsequent episodes don't make it any better. What did he say in Gridlock? That he was showing off? Mhhm.

Part 2 is imminent.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Michael Sheen and Misha Collins (Supernatural) had an incredibly lovely talk about their Be Super Good campaign (Good Omens + Supernatural t-shirt and necklace the proceeds of which goes to charity). ❤ Watch the video here. :)

Misha Collins (about his coat): I took this and several other little props and other mementos from set. ... You know, nice keepsakes.

Michael Sheen: Even though we finished Good Omens well before the pandemic started, that was actually my excuse for why I took David Tennant home. People questioned it, people got weird about it, it all got a bit strange - but, it was because I wasn't sure if we're ever going to do any more, you know?

...

Michael Sheen: Around this time last year in the build up to the Homeless World Cup it was a really tough time, it was a really stressful time going on for me. And because it did coincide with Good Omens coming out and me becoming aware of this fandom happening, starting to grow, that really helped me to get through that period of time. And people didn't know that they were doing that for me but I really want to thank everybody who just poured so much positivity and love and creativity into their responses to Good Omens and without realizing it you got me through that period. I'm a bit choked up now but you really helped me through that period of time and that's why I want to put so much commitment into what is possible through this fandom and fandoms like it and how much you can... you know, I really believe that you can change people's life, because you changed my life and so that is a wonderful, wonderful thing. ❤ ❤ ❤  

Ngk!

[loxare]

Dunno how many thoughts I'll get down because I once again have soup but unlike earlier I am sleepy. But here we go, episode 3!

Who wrote Jim's Mug on A's mug? Does A have multiple mugs that he's comfortable giving Jim one of his? Also I want Jim's coat. I love plaid

OH SHIT SON!!! The customers know Lindsay is bad news. Nina you deserve better. I hope you hear what the people around you are saying soon

Muriel is adorable. Not uuhhh, not understanding of. How colours work. Which makes sense if they've never left heaven before and therefore never seen anything but Pastel, but also. See, this is what I was talking about before, with the huge Human Culture shaped blind spot

Ah, they haven't taken the first bit of human food yet. Well I hope they have the pleasure soon

Should be Constable Inspector but alright

Why is Edinburgh pronounced like it has an extra vowel in it? Why isn't it spelled like it has an extra vowel in it? I know English is a hodgepodge of a language but the English have made it worse I think

Oh. The Bentley doesn't deserve what's about to happen to it. The drivers in London might, but not the poor car

Mmmmm, wontons.

YASSSS SCOTTISH ACCENT DAVID TENNANT

Hey Red, it's you and Dork's first date. Oh, the grave robbery wasn't on your date. Well it's your first date with a bit of extra crimes then

Oh boy. A needs a lesson in socioeconomic unfairness, he's got it all backwards. Where's Vimes?

Lol car arguments and OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT HUGE PILE OF SCHIST HOH IT'S MASSIVE AND GLORIOUS AND FULL OF STRIPES

Sir stop talking you're going to get sent to the dung pits to get your tongue ripped out. Poor Beelzebub just wants a compliment

This week on Good Omens, Jim discovers gravity

NO THE BOOKS

Ok so that was a suspicious fly right? Like, among us levels of suspicious?

Aziraphale no, she needs the money! Use your miracle to give her money instead!

Shoulder angel, shoulder devil

Sadly, this is how modern medicine got to where it was. Autopsies to understand the human body were uh, kinda necessary.

Ah, he's going in as a reporter. You can tell by the slip of paper in his hat

A is kinda cringe in this flashback. Stop moralizing at them. You look like a rich man getting his jollies from some Lite Crime

Oh boy. Oh shit. Ok. Well. This is a lesson learned for A. Fuck's sake.

Ah, practicality

"Guaranteed by C.M.O.T Dibbler & Co CHEMISTS". Kinda surprised that bottle of poison isn't innabun

Aw, is she going to try and poison A? That's sweet. Don't blame her at all. Hope it works out for her

Oh, she was just going to take herself out. That's sadder. But understandable. Also, that's opium and alcohol C just drank. I know he's a demon but he's acting a bit high right now

Tiny Crowley!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, Godzilla Crowley now. King Crowley.

She's depressed and poor and grieving just give her the money

Oh dear, he fell in a hole. I hope he didn't get in too much trouble about that

Where is C taking all the books? He's just. Stacking them and moving them and then chucking them. Is he just bored?

Oh wow. Nina. Get someone who trusts you. Please.

Oh dear. Well. That broke the awning and also the romantic tension. Maybe Nina should have sheltered Maggie under her wing instead. (I see you Crowley and your awnings. Instant romance, eh?)

Purple eyes again and revelations

Shax running on vampire rules

Oh, Shax got his apartment. Well, that's another mystery solved. Why. Why was C living in an apartment provided by hell? Does he not have the funds to get his own place? A seems independently wealthy, enough that he owns his bookshop and also the record shop

This is all very dramatic

Oh fuck yeah, bagpipe end theme!!

I want the boys back together. They should have locked up the shop for a few days and taken Jim with them to Edinburgh. Gotten him one of those child leash backpacks so they could keep him close. But I guess the bookstore is the safest place to keep him if the demons can't enter without permission.

Good omens 2 ep 1 thots under the cut!

CROWLEY LOOKS!!! SO HAPPY!!!!!! MAKING HIS NEBULA!!!!!!!!! I'm so sad he got the wind taken out of his sails. And I know exactly how much trouble he got in just for asking a few questions. Theory: God is omniscient, and as such knew Crowley needed to be a demon to save the Earth. It sucks, but it's growth for both him and Aziraphale, who needed to learn to duck around the rules, and growth tends to hurt. I'm just sad Crowley got hit that hard

Aziraphale only valid landlord???

Crowley ornithologist?????

Wait, why is the mail getting delivered to the Bentley rather than Crowley's apartment? What happened to his plants? Is he just never in his apartment so it's better to deliver to the car?

Record shop coffee shop ff slow burn

John Hamm's john & hamms are on display

This is unrelated to GO but I made wonton soup to eat while watching this and it is very good. Mmmm

Those poor tomatoes

Aziraphale's music interrupted by nudity and amnesia

Oh god heaven still hurts my eye holes. So shiny

No one tell naked amnesiac Gabriel about the existence of twins

Someone get him some pants. Aziraphale please get him some pants not just a blanket. What if he stands up?

Trailer ship bait line is a good line. Aziraphale thinks of Crowley and goes all soft

"The thing" is probably the box that was doing a lot of heavy lifting to keep this show PG, that was also dropped when the door opened and left in the street. Someone should probably go pick that up before someone else takes it

Ah. Good, it's still there

Oh her name is Shax. Neat! I love Crowley's hair swirlies. The ones on top. They're nice

Gabriel's Jim's terrible short term memory will absolutely be remembering Gabriel and not retaining anything else

The reaction to a bit of litter in heaven is killing me

So Crowley is one of those coffee drinkers. Also, if I were the record shop lady, I'd bake Aziraphale a thank you cake

Getting tired of writing out all the names, sk they're just A and C now

Oh no, the coffee shop lady is taken. Poor record shop lady

Blanket toga is not a substitute for clothes

I thought "ask him properly" would lead to some magic angel stuff, not asking more aggressively

ARGUMENTS. I feel like A is playing on the time last season when C left, saying he was going to go to another galaxy (Andromeda?) and then ended up regretting that. To clarify, I'm currently paused so I haven't heard C's response yet so this entire paragraph could become moot

I feel like C's going through some stuff that he hasn't told A about

Man drinks six shots of espresso, spontaneously combusts, gets struck by lightning

The relationship and circumstances around these two shop keepers is so fanfiction. If they don't get together, I hope they can spend the time trapped in this coffee shop bonding and becoming besties. Also, there should be a manual override for the security system. Not having one is stupid, because of things like this. What if they were trapped in the record shop instead, and there was no readily available food? An internal manual override is crucial

I like Micheal's sleeve cuffs

Ooo, disabled angel!

Muriel I hope you get some confidence. And also I want your skirt

Small bit of litter confuses and confounds angels

Oh, wonder why Beelzebub got recast. (Don't go out of your way to look it up I don't care enough to check myself and definitely not enough to inconvenience someone else)

So. The conflict here is that C could give up Jim, get a promotion and that's a problem taken off his hands, but A would be mad at him. Or, he could do not that and risk both him and A getting erased from existence entirely, which will uh, make it so the apocalypse last season did not get stopped. Oh boy

Oh this coffee shop lady does not care for records. At all

Crowley "my bad" actually made me die laughing so that was excellent and also my ghost is now typing this

Oh I do not care for the tone of Lindsay's texts. At all. Nina you deserve better. I do like the format of the texts coming up though. The paper and red pen makes it seem a lot more personal and angry and uh. Not good.

One of those said "remember what we said about mutual respect" and blowing up your partner's phone angrily because they're late isn't respect, which is necessary in the "mutual" bit of mutual respect. I would personally be concerned that something had happened. Maybe walk down and see if they're alright. Assume that their phone had died maybe, idk

A: glasses on. C: glasses off

"You were right" does not contain the word sorry and oh good, A knows that. Oh there's a dance? 👀

Why. Why do they do that. This is hilarious, but I feel like it makes it more difficult to apologize for things if there's a humiliating dance involved. Which also still doesn't contain the word sorry

Jim go back upstairs. Also, why does he still not have clothes?

See, in the trailer, Muriel didn't recognize Gabriel, and I thought that was just because they've never met. Interesting to see that, no, there's an active reason for that

Being persona non grata with heaven means A isn't allowed to do miracles anymore? Or just that the miracles he does are more heavily scrutinized?

Ah, the old "immediate proof that the last thing said was completely wrong" trope. Also, weird seeing heaven with a red filter

Ah. Bit of warning for people sensitive to flashing lights. I don't think this flashes fast enough, it's a hard cut between red filtered heaven and white heaven, with a second or two between each cut. But like. Go carefully. It only lasts for a bit and there aren't too many interesting visuals during it. Right after C says "no one will have noticed a thing", stops when Uriel asks for the alarm to stop

Oh A. Can't stay out of trouble to save his life

All in all, I liked it a lot! I'm looking forward to the hijinks A&C get into, I really want to know why C's mood is so foul rn when he was generally cheery at the end of last season, or as cheery as he gets, wondering about all the empty boxes. One empty box is fine, but two? Suspicious. Hoping Nina dumps Lindsay, has a nice long recovery period where she can enjoy being herself, and then gets together with record shop lady, whose name I will remember sometime probably. But I'm out of soup, out of tea, and out of excuses to not pull nails from my wall, so I'm gonna go do that now

[theinvisibledreamergirl]

Sweet dreams, TN

Pairing: Ethan Ramsey x F!MC (Helena Craig) x M!OC (Clay Banner)

Words count: ~2.1k

Category: Smut/Angst/AU

Warning: 🔞 content/Language

A.N: I really wanted to picture something else. What if my MC didn’t get her place at Edenbrook Hospital in her first year and her boyfriend did? And what happens if she comes as a surgical resident in the 2nd year? Also I’ve decided that in this fic I’ll call MC in her middle name Helena or shortened Helen/Ellie. It’s the alter-ego of Klaw so it has nothing to do with her. After posting this I’ll log off from Tumblr ‘cause I know it’s a disaster😭😭😭😭

Song: “Sweet dreams, TN” - The Last Shadow Puppets (pls hear this first to understand it better ❤️)

MASTERLIST

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I just sort of always feel sick without you baby

I ain’t got anything to lick without you baby

Nothing seems to stick without you baby

Ain’t I fallen in love

“Do you have the keys for the handcuffs?”

“Whoa. Is someone getting a little afraid hm?”

“Well I don’t want to be useless without my hands. So I can touch you.”

“I do have the keys darling.” The two faces were closer breathing into each other’s air. “But I need you to be quiet now.”

“Show me then.”

It’s just the pits without you baby

It’s really just the pits without you baby

It’s like everyone’s a dick without you baby

Ain’t I fallen in love

The command was clear and both of them entered to the inevitable path.

Feeling each other’s skins in the most obscenely way and falling to that wild imagination that both of them had been restraining for a long time.

It was a heavenly and a desirably emotion that led themselves to be part of this trap.

They could hear their accelerated heartbeats as more and more they looked hungrily and darkly like animals fighting for domination.

Blue vs Brown.

“I missed you.”

“I missed you too.”

And all my pals will tell me is that I’m crazy

You bet I’m loopy alright

And I just don’t recognise this fool

That you have made me

Whoa I ain’t seen him for a while

Panting breath wasn’t in their expectations and shared a laugh before they reached the culmination and he unlocked her handcuffs to fall completely in his arms.

Their strong embrace fitted perfectly the curves of their bodies despite their sweat. When he was about to pull off she pouted in a whisper.

“No. Stay.”

“I will.” He promised with a searing kiss.

“But you did left me.” Her expression changed completely and in a mere of seconds she wasn’t there.

He blinked. “What?”

The sound of the alarm woke him up and suddenly he felt his underwear soaked.

“Holy shit I did this again!” He growled in frustration as he rubbed his face.

He made attempts to get up but his knees were too weak to keep his balance. Another attempt and he slowly started to walk. Or better a crawling you may call it.

He turned on his bathtub to make a quick shower and to clear this mess of himself. But the hot water made him feel again those goosebumps of that sweet dream and closed his eyes again.

She looped his arms around his waist and start to kiss his shoulders slowly and gently while moving her hands up and down his bellybutton. He let a content sigh while drifting again to that imaginary scene.

And as your shrinking figure blows a kiss

I catch and smash it on my lips

Darling I can’t seem to quit.

When there wasn’t a shoulder to lean on his head, he slapped his face growling loudly and continued his shower in disappointment.

Completely falling to bits

I really might be losing it

The idea that you’ve existed all along is ridiculous

I don’t know what to say

He missed her.

Not longer after that he arrived at Edenbrook gladly on time thanks to his fast BMW vehicle. He carried his bag through the hall of the hospital and a megawatt smile that he recognised it very well stopped him.

“Yo yo look who’s back again. My mann!” They clapped their backs.

“Ooff Bryce!” He was breathing hardly. “We were celebrating yesterday for the end of our intern year. I’m sure that we didn’t miss each other that much.”

“C’mon Banner can’t you just be funnier person in your life for once hm?”

Clay rolled his eyes. “Anyways I have to change my clothes unless you don’t have anything else to say.”

“I do actually.” He wiggled his eyebrows. “I met someone today.”

“So?”

“You have no idea whom I have met.”

“Let me guess did President Biden come here?” He snorted when he saw Bryce’s not amused reaction. “Okay fine go on.”

“As I was saying I met today a female but let me tell you man... this woman is not like the others. She’s like a goddess that entered to this building and blessed my life when I made eye contact with her.”

Clay was really trying his best not to laugh to this exaggeration. “You have met plenty of women and it’s not your first time Bryce.”

“Tsk. It is my first time. And may I add she was like queen Cleopatra that summoned everyone when she walked here.” Bryce added in a wandering gaze while he was doing his usual ministrations. “Black stilettos clicking and wearing those black leathery pants revealing her curves...ohh I’m thinking I’m going to fall in love man. She had a long coat on her shoulders and that white shirt mmhmm.” He closed his eyes. “She truly was the boss and I’m betting on this... her elegant body will be in my bed. But-”

“And there’s always a but right?”

“Can you believe I didn’t get her name?! Not even her number!”

His friend squealed in laughter. “What did you think fool? That she was going to follow you straight into the on-call room?”

“Yes!” Bryce exclaimed. “That’s what I thought too man but I lost her because that damn nurse came to me for signing a patient in a surgery.” He sighed and shook his head. “I lost the most perfect chance today and I don’t even know what she was doing here... she can’t be a doctor though ‘cause she’s too beautiful for this job.”

“Well then good luck on finding her ‘cause I have to go now. See you.” He trailed off to the direction of the elevator.

“Yea see ya.” He waved back at him before he muttered. “Go back to surgery Bryce before Tanaka cuts you off.”

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“This is going to be your office.”

“Thank you so much Mist- Dr. Tennant!” She corrected herself briefly before she would say another embarrassing thing. “I really don’t know how to express my gratitude for this.”

He scoffed. “Please can you just talk normally Dr. Craig? I think at the first time we met the rule was by names. Call me Simon.”

“Sure. Simon.” She really wasn’t used to it though. First no title of Miss/Mister and now calling by names. USA had really big differences with UK not only in titles but also in medical policy and legacy.

“And now I must say to you congratulations!” They shook hands. “And also I’d like to introduce you to our Diagnostics Team.”

She nodded in agreement.

When they finally arrived at the front door Simon stepped first to get the attention of his colleagues who seemed to be occupied as they were studying a case so he cleared his throat loudly. All of them turned their gazes to him except for an attending who didn’t even have to recognise his friend’s voice.

“What now Simon?”

“Hello to you too my pal. You know everyone that there was going to be a resident in the absence of Edgar’s, right?”

“Yes we know that.” The Japanese-British woman spoke.

“Have you brought him here?!” Judging by his accent it was an Indian man who exclaimed happily.

Simon chuckled. “Yes Baz but it’s her.”

“Ooooohh.”

“Let’s hope she’ll be useful for this job.”

“Don’t worry Ethan. She was selected as the best surgical intern in Imperial College of London Hospital and many other things among but I’ll let her to present herself.” He made her a signal to come inside.

“Everyone this is Dr. Helena Craig.”

“Please you can call me Helen or Ellie if you want.”

“I like Helen better.” The woman got up and shook her hand. “Dr. June Hirata.”

“Me too! Hi I’m Dr. Sebastian Mirani but everyone calls me simply Baz.”

“Ethan?” Simon asked quietly to get up and greet with her but he wasn’t moving any inch.

Helen gave him a knowing smile and said without breaking her gaze to him. “It’s alright for me if we don’t shake hands. I feel the same way too when I meet people that haven’t given me a good and a reliable impression at first so I completely understand your condition now.”

She caught him off guard. Ethan Ramsey expected her to scowl or glare into his eyes but instead she was killing him with that radiating smile.

Fuck.

The same smile that was reserved for him yesterday at Donahue’s bar.

In the corner of his eyes there was an unfamiliar face that stayed some stools away from him.

She lit up a cigarette even though Reggie had been strictly to every client not to use it but it seemed she didn’t care about it.

Her blonde hair was tied up in a bun revealing her constructed jaw and her long neck.

She had also earrings pierced. Was she a troublesome woman? Or maybe a drugs dealer judging by her extravagant outfit. But what caught his attention was that she didn’t look amused or happy.

She was sad. And exhausted.

Along with her was a small luggage that she had carried with herself here. She called Reggie to bring her a strong scotch and found by the latter that she was British and it was her first time in Boston.

She had also asked him for a hotel nearby this place and Reggie suggested some of them including “La Vista” Hotel which was the best. She thanked and left him the payment.

Now her eyes landed on the icy blue that had been staring on her for a long time and gave him a wicked smile. She raised her glass in purpose and licked her lips after drinking bits of it.

She was really gorgeous in all of his honesty and they didn’t break their eye contact for maybe a couple of minutes. He could do it every time without any hesitation just to rest in those piercing brown’s.

He was a very handsome man and even though he seemed older than her, she didn’t give a single shit. She could imagine his toned muscles and abs beyond those pesky clothes. She was marveled and could sense that he felt the same too.

It was like they both understood each other.

No words needed.

Only looks.

But she knew who he was. Ethan Ramsey. And she was glad that made him completely at her mercy and was enjoying it.

Poor man she thought.

She couldn’t wait for his reaction tomorrow when he would find out who she was actually.

His colleague.

Helen could imagine his flustered face and transfixed into her with his mouth agape.

She got up from her seat slowly in a tantalizing move while he drank in one gulp his scotch and called Reggie again for another fill.

She walked past him but before leaving with her luggage she lowered her head to his ear whispering dangerously. Her breath was a tingle in his ears and could almost feel her lips brushed.

“Thank you for the distraction. I really needed it.” 

She left unceremoniously when something dropped from her and he immediately caught it.

It was one of her earrings with the initial ‘H’. He was about to call her but she was gone.

Maybe he would find her tomorrow again. Here.

And he really found her. In the most obscenely and the most embarrassing way if he could describe it. Instead of what she said he got up with his smuggling look.

“Wrong observation.” When she heard his deep voice for the first time she gulped and could see his eyes glimmering triumphantly. “I hope you don’t ruin this opportunity.”

He caught her off guard. While they were touching each other’s palms an unknown heat coursed down in their bodies. Bullshit they thought because he was just an attending and she was a resident. Suddenly another voice was approaching to them.

“I’m terribly sorry for my lateness but I was-”

He abruptly stopped himself when he saw her.

His eyes were widened and his breath hitched.

She was here.

Baby we ought to fuck

Seven years of bad luck

Out of the powder room mirror

Could I have made it any clearer

She saw him too.

But not with a happy or a grateful face that always had welcomed his heart.

This was a mere seconds of glaring and then a plastered smile that he knew too well.

Clay Banner had screwed things up a year before he entered Edenbrook Hospital.

And now the woman of his dreams was standing right in front of him with his attending.

His girlfriend.

His Helen.

Or... was?

It’s love like a tongue in a nostril

Love like an ache in the jaw

You’re the first day of spring

With a septum piercing

Little Miss Sweet Dreams, TN

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Ps: if this fic doesn’t surpass The Grinch Girl fic notes... there’s not going to be a part two😂😂 sorry...and Happy (late) International Women’s Day💪🏻💋🥰🥰

UPDATE: Part two is posted and it’s called- She’s thunderstorms

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OCtober, day 7: Power.

Based on this prompt list from @oc-growth-and-development!

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This was a tough choice because my WIP has a lot to do with the idea of power, but I decided to shine the spotlight on one of my grossest, most power-hungry OCs today: Nauxial.

This guy died a hundred years before my story starts but that didn’t stop him from seeping in.

His natural power is to be able to take other people’s power - a rare manifestation of Extraction magic, which usually takes the form of being able to pull magical energies from plants and rocks and the like. He did this to many, many people during his life, amassing an unnatural arsenal of abilities and killing those he stole from.

In the modern-day world the story’s set in, he’s worshipped by unsavories like magic supremacists, who believe they’re meant to carry on his “good work” of making magicians the ruling race. 

Luckily, he ded.

Unluckily, he’s able to latch onto Riley, who can speak to the ded, and he hopes to use her to bring himself back.

Face claim is basically this drawing, but his hair gets longer when he’s older. Aesthetics include long black sweeping coats, frilly accessories worn to tatters, rings and jewels. Sinister-looking bonfires in the woods past midnight. 

Voice claim is David Tennant. You’re meant to read all his dialogue in David Tennant’s voice. 🙌🏻

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An excerpt, of when he and Riley have a proper chat for the first time.

Riley POV

She could live through muscle aches, night sweats, fatigue, the whole gamut of withdrawal symptoms, and she did - it was when the spirits came back that her own mind, on the verge of being shoved out of itself, began to whisper that she couldn’t live like this anymore.

And then it all fell away.

The sudden silence was disorienting - they never just stopped - and she pushed back the comforter and looked around her bedroom.

Nothing was amiss - not that an external disruption could affect her powers, but nonetheless, she was still here. Discarded piles of sweaty clothes lay abandoned on the floor; a bucket sat next to her bed with tissues next to it in case she had to vomit, but otherwise, this was her bedroom, as it should look.

There, there. One single, solitary voice; the taste of metal in her mouth. That’s not so bad, is it?

She knew it like an old friend, except he was anything but, and he managed to convey sitting on the edge of her bed stroking her hair without a body to do it with.

This was less and more than anything she’d ever felt before.

The withdrawal could cause hallucinations, and she hadn’t slept in days - how could she possibly trust her senses?

Enough of that nonsense, came the clear voice again. I’m quite real. Don’t be afraid.

She was, even though this had been the goal from the start, and he knew it, because he was as close to her own thoughts as she was. She licked her dry lips and resigned herself to speaking out loud to a ghost. “What are you doing to me?”

Not to you, love. To the spirits that flock to your light. I’m holding them at bay, so you can breathe.

That he was suspending them somehow was an undeniable truth - they all dissipated the moment he came through and in their place, a single one, much stronger, that left a taste in her mouth like she licked the ports of a battery.

You’ve no clue how to direct your own power, have you? His sing-song voice filled her head. I’ve so much to show you and I ask very little in return.

... he said, like a liar. 😈