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also this!! not hiding my take in the tags this time, but i'm getting the feeling that the metatron asking nina about if people ever ask for death can also be applied to crowley.

as i see it, he wanted to manipulate aziraphale into asking crowley to be an angel again and come back to heaven as a way of presenting a false dichotomy that would ultimately tear them apart. crowley becoming an angel again would effectively be like ego death for him. it would take away everything that he is and that he and aziraphale have worked for, so why would he choose that option?

the metratron knew that crowley would be predictable and not choose death, so he planted the idea in aziraphale's mind that making crowley an angel again would be a good thing for both of them, and we all know how that turned out

Give me coffee or give me death

Why I believe the coffee is important…but not because it’s been tampered with. The coffee represents exactly how Metatron manipulated Aziraphale to return to heaven.

Let’s take a look back at that painful final episode.

In Nina’s coffee shop, the Metatron makes an interesting remark: “Do people ever ask for death? The name of your establishment is Give me Coffee or Give me Death. I assume they always ask for coffee.” And when Nina replies that they never ask for death, he says “No I don’t suppose they do. So predictable.”

This is an interesting line! And in my experience, interesting lines don’t show up for no reason. My takeaway from this is that it means when given the choice between a mildly pleasant thing (coffee) and an extremely unpleasant one (death), the predictable choice most people will make is to pick coffee. Here’s where things get interesting. The Metatron proceeds to apply this exact logic on Aziraphale.

Let’s fast forward just a little bit, to Aziraphale’s retelling of his talk with the Metatron. After being offered the position of supreme archangel, Aziraphale initially refuses! He says “but I don’t want to go back to heaven. Where would I get my coffee?” In other words, Aziraphle likes earth and is happy here amongst his people and things. To this, the Metatron responds: “As supreme archangel, you would be able to decide who to work with…” and says that he was looking back at his precious exploits and saw his “de facto partnership with the demon Crowley.” And continues “Now if you wanted to work with him again, that might be considered irregular. But it would certainly be within your jurisdiction to restore your friend Crowley to full angelic status.” On my first watching, I didn’t catch the threat — but it absolutely was one! Because here, the Metatron has asked Aziraphale to choose between coffee and death. He’ll have to return to heaven, BUT he’ll be able to be with Crowley! The alternative is the threat of never being able to work with Crowley again. And just as the Metatron has predicted, Aziraphle chooses coffee. Because to Aziraphale, the alternative would be inconceivable.

Could Aziraphle and Crowley have communicated better? Yes. Should Aziraphale probably have explained the bit about the Metatron threatening to keep them from working together. YEP. But as Maggie and Nina said, communication is something for them to work on (next season, ideally).

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I believe the coffee theory is a 50/50 situation, clearly there was something iffy about it, this is a Gaiman story, everything is there for a reason, and the way the coffee was constantly brought up definitely means something, but maybe not in the way we are thinking. Azi's trauma still was a big part of it, he hasn't healed, and I'm afraid the only way for him to heal is by going back to heaven. I don't think he was being full on mind controlled, but he didn't seem to be exactly in his senses, it's almost as if he was regressing, tell me, would the Aziraphale we know now put Crowley in a box together with the other demons? ("You are the bad guys"). The conversation with the Metatron did something to him, it triggered some kind of PTSD on him. And of course, there's the theory that Azi is pretending, he noticed something bad was coming and wanted to push Crowley away, when Crowley kissed him, he knew he would have to reject it that’s why it hurt even more. In conclusion, something is definitely going on, it wouldn’t be Good Omens if it wasn’t. We're going to have to trust Neil on this one

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it upsets me that we as a society have forgotten the word for nightcore (and by extension daycore). that shit is not "sped up" it's the nightcore version, embrace the cringe or die

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SILLY4SILLY POLL: ROUND 1

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Projector slides from Portal, ripped from slide1.vtf

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played literally all of the half life games a few months ago for the very first time and uughhf… i have a stock pile of drawings ok. im absolutely obsessed with this game oh my god

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tommy with g-man powers is very good. but consider,

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daily reminder that i want all pr0sh1tters OFF MY PAGE and also DEAD‼️‼️

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Breaking 3 Writing 'Rules':

If you have ADHD or ASC or are some other flavor of neurodivergent, the 'rules' many big name authors post about how they've reached success can actually make you feel REALLY BAD because you can't always do the same thing.

Building a positive relationship with writing can make all the difference in getting you writing more.

'Write every day.' - Don't write every day, write when the mood strikes. But you can trick your brain into work mode by trying different things. Put on your shoes when it's time to write. Light a candle. Put on the same playlist every time. After a while, it'll be like a light-switch. When you light the candle, your brain will find writing easier. Just don't force it. When you try to force writing, you build up frustration and resentment if you don't get anything out. Some days just won't be writing days. That's FINE, lots of authors don't write every day (even if they say they do).

'I write 1000 words every day!' - Well, if you WANT to write and are struggling, a goal of 1000 words seems really far away. So do incremental goals. One sentence. One paragraph. 100 words. Usually by then you're in the flow of things and you can write 1000 words pretty easy. And again, celebrate every single one of those goals so you want to keep doing it. If you have to? One sentence, walk away, come back later, add another, GOOD JOB, two whole sentences!

'Sit down and block out x hours every day just for writing.' - Actually, the best way I've found to write is to tell my brain the deadline or end time is really, really soon - so I write in 20-30 minute chunks, and then walk away or take breaks and come back if I want to later. By setting that arbitrary shorter deadline, my brain can see an end and will work harder and focus more because it knows it's just for a little bit. If 20-30 minutes is too long, start with 15 minute chunks.

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some university lectures just sound like old people getting to rant about their special interests for a few hours, and i dare you to prove me wrong

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one of the slightly less terrible times

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Kiss ya homies why did i work on this for 4 days lmaoooooo

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frenrey if it was awesome

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Freeman Pride

(personal flags - may do more or post a template but that’s why its just a few)

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So @clocksout and I were talking about the idea that Barney made 20 years worth of video diaries for Gordon and it made us sob for real