aa fantastic! i hope your london time is/was (dk when you’re done) amazing :)) sorry about the stressful time though
Got there today, actually :)
The entire day was less than pleasant tbh,
(had trouble at the airport and then the flat we booked apparently went out of business two months ago and didn't contact us, so when we arrived at the flat on time and called them, we found out we don't have a place to stay and had to book somewhere else)
but at least the three mental breakdowns I had today because of this disaster
(I really do not handle stress and spontaneous plan-changes well, I wish I was joking, but I broke down in the middle of a café)
Sort of hardened me up
(and tbh it can't get much worse than that. I literally talked about both of these possible scenarios w my therapist and she told me i was worrying too much [WHO'S WORRYING TOO MUCH NOW, HUH?!], those were my nightmare scenarios)
I have to write a fourteen page long thesis about a topic I chose myself.
I chose "Codes", specifically queer codes throughout history/ of the past (probably focusing around the 19th and 20th century, with a dash of 21st century just because I can and because there's just too much to go through the entirety of history and I am not allowed to write more than fifteen pages) and because my teacher actually suggested it, I will also be referencing queer coded media.
Which can include music, literature and of course tv shows and movies.
Which, of course means I will be referencing Good Omens excessively.
It also means I have a good reason to reread the book for the fourth time (not that I needed a reason, but now I have one anyway).
My brain just got stuck on the southdowns cottage and how they'd end up there
And honestly, there's this recurring theme of the bookshop getting destroyed or at the very least pretty messed up (S1 by burning down and S2 by getting raided by the demon army).
And while I love to theorise and imagine Muriel might take over the bookshop, I think that, if we're lucky enough to get to the soutdowns cottage, it might be at cost of the bookshop
Another point in favour of that theory might be the whole "You can't leave this bookshop" "Oh Crowley, nothing lasts forever" interaction, which would be incredible foreshadowing
What if Crowley could change his species of snake at will? 🐍
In Aziraphale's defense, Crowley wasn't a rattlesnake when he put him in the box. Crowley could obviously get out whenever he likes, but it’s actually kind of fun.
Stop everything you're doing and look at the Arabian sand boa. You're welcome.
Snakes in order of appearance: Red-bellied black snake, blunthead tree snake, eastern hognose snake, Arabian sand boa, African egg-eating snake, eastern diamondback rattlesnake.
Also -
You ever make something and go, "This is it, my finest work. My magnum opus. I've peaked as an artist."?
HHHHH I AM HAVING GOOD OMENS RELATED THOUGHTS BUT I CAN'T POST ANYTHING BC MY PRIME VIDEO KEEPS SHUTTING DOWN AND I CAN'T FACT CHECK TO MAKE SURE I'M ACTUALLY HAVING A GOOD THOUGHTTT
Wholeheartedly believe he did that bc he was pissed at Aziraphale for running off and leaving him alone in the shop with Jim
y’all need to stop lying about crowley “taking care of the books” .. we all saw him throw minimum of two stacks off into some fuck ass corner. don’t lie