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Can we just talk about the implication of the elevator to heaven and hell being inside of the Dirty Donkey Pub 😭🤔

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*SPOILERS FOR GOOD OMENS SEASON 2*

(No details of specific scenes or events but general discussion of the season as a whole)

It is so fascinating to see the fandom’s reaction to Good Omens season 2. Because people where so shocked about the ending that everyone has just completely forgotten about the rest of the series.

And sure, once we get over the initial shock and pick up the pieces of our hearts back up from the ground, we will discuss the rest of the season in due time.

That is to say. Yes I was and am devastated by the ending. But that does not change the fact that this season was single-handedly the best piece of television I have ever watched and there was a permanent smile on my face throughout the entire thing (well except the last 15 minutes)

I know some people think Neil lied to us when he said this season would be more soft and romantic, but if you think about the whole season, it very much was. He also stated (from what I remember) that this was not necessarily referring to Crowley and Aziraphale. (Though they did have their moments)

I could go on at length about my thoughts on the ending and why it is extremely clever and well thought out (even though it was incredibly painful). As many others have stated the ending was necessary to kickstart Aziraphale’s character development for season 3. Aziraphale is my favourite character but he really needs to deal with a lot of stuff. (Heavens manipulation, understanding of morals in practice vs in theory, his idealisation of heaven, basic communication skills (Crowley could also use this one))

That is to say, that even though the ending hurt, the pain will pass. Neil has promised us that all will be well in the end and in Gaiman we trust.

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If I had a nickel for every time an Indie pop band I like released 2 banger singles after not releasing anything new for 1+ year who release a new album on september 15th, I’d have 2 nickels.

Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

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Most of history isn’t pretty, but that is why it’s important to show it so that we don’t live with an idealised version. It is critically important that everyone has access to this information.

Friends! Country folk! Science nerds! Lend me your ears (ok not literally, put those back on)!

You’ve probably seen my face at this point and know that if there’s one thing I will consistently spam you about, it’s the Mütter museum.

The Mütter houses some of my fave people in the world- permanently- and it fully changed my life.

Recently the Mütter removed all of its online content, citing ethics and respect as their reasoning. However, the current leadership of the college of physicians of Philadelphia (who owns the museum) have made it abundantly clear that they do not like the museum at all. It makes them uncomfortable.

But it’s deeper than that. The current CEO has been heard saying that her life “would be so much easier if only physicians were allowed in the museum”. She has said that she hates walking through the museum. She said that “infotainment” was not a good reason for video content by the museum.

The current executive director of the museum has caused 13 staff to leave since she was hired in September 2022. She has done this at other museums (the Michener, for one). She really is pushing an accreditation for the museum. This would require the Mütter to rid itself of all of its original cabinetry- yes, the cabinets dating from the turn of the 20th century- and make more than $1 million in changes. But here’s the kicker! The fellows of the college of physicians of Philadelphia have actually discussed this at length in the past, and decided that it was not worth the time and money to do, because the Mütter is NOT suffering from a lack of visitors. In fact, there are so many visitors that you need to have a timed ticket to go now.

Neither one of these folks knew that the museum had an audio tour, nor that they had accessible mornings for folks with sensory issues, and “please touch” tours with amazing replicas of the remains and objects within the museum, so that as many people as possible could access the knowledge at the museum.

These people hate the museum and cite accessibility and ethics as their reasoning for content removal. However, if you talk to anyone who has ever watched any videos produced by the Mütter, they’d tell ya (and have told me on insta, and written full ass dissertations on the topic in one case, wherein they compared Mütter content with the content of the British museum and found that the Mütter was the only one that came out equal in terms of content and quality) that every person and artefact were treated with the utmost respect in them.

This is not a museum that highlights and praises colonial practices. This is a museum that helps folks with different disabilities, conditions, and experiences feel seen and respected. It teaches us about the history of medicine, in all of its nitty gritty detail, and let’s us discuss the issues inherent within it. This is a museum that celebrates the birthdays of its residents, when they are known- or at least it did, before the new leadership took over.

And the leadership want to change that. They want to gut the museum because THEY don’t like it, and assume that everyone feels just like they do.

So many of you have shared and commented on my previous posts, and I’m hoping that that will translate into you signing this change.org petition my colleagues and I created.

Remember with change.org that you have to click through the email they send you to confirm the signature. You do NOT need to donate, and in fact, please don’t. We don’t want your money. We want to show the board of trustees and the leadership of the museum that the public cares for the place they want to destroy.

For more info (and so you don’t just take my word for it), see https://whyy.org/articles/philadelphia-mutter-museum-online-exhibits-taken-down-why/

Thank you for listening to me yell from my soapbox. Please share this widely, and please sign.

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Me: Oh I love these funny and lovable characters and games, surely nothing bad will happen.

Let me check out the fandom!

Fandom: Ghost max au, trauma, spoilers for 305

Me: What the hell happens!?

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Don’t mind me I’m just going to lock myself in my room and listen to The Trick to Life on full blast until Good Omens season 2 comes out.

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This is a Max’s cute little giggle appreciation post. 🥹

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So the thing about being a disabled wheelchair user, is that you get asked a lot of questions.

Typically it’s the same stuff like “what’s wrong with your legs?” or “what happened” and so on.

However every now and again someone comes and asks a question that comes completely out of left field, so much so that all you can think is what

For me that was when a man asked me this:

“Do you believe god will grant you a miracle that will cure your disability?”

Like don’t get all existential on me man, I’m just trying to enjoy my Saturday window shopping

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He is one of the most relatable characters ever and at the same time he is this batshit crazy dude who does not appear to fear god 😂

canon Phoenix Wright: *relatively basic twenty-something, good-natured, long-suffering, generally a doormat; clumsy, can't drive, Anxious, and really the only normie in a fucked up universe of psychics, idiots, murderers, and freakish prosecutors*

also canon Phoenix Wright: *fucking decks a man for talking shit about his girlfriend; so ride or die he eats poison infused glass for the same girl; accepts ghosts and psychic abilities without fucking question; infamous throughout the legal world for striking terror into the hearts of prosecutors; engages in mortal combat with a monkey; adopts/hires every fucking child he comes across; has no biological family to speak of (???); incapable of using a computer; wields a magic Soul-Damaging truth stone; voluntarily runs across a burning bridge; undefeated country-wide poker champion; functionally immortal, incapable of dying despite multiple fatal blows*

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Crime solving partners 💕✨

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My first thought when I saw this book was just:

Crowley would DEFINITELY write a book about tarot just to mess with people