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if i was in the gangsey and found out ronan is a forest (?) and blue is part tree i wouldn’t let adam live that down like damn you really have a type buddy and it’s snarky trees

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ideal living situation is what i call the 'sitcom special' : having all your closest friends live in the same apartment building or neighborhood where you each have your own space but can wander in and out of eachothers homes at will, seemingly always welcome and never at bad times. and also all of you only have jobs when its important to the plot.

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i have this unrealistic fantasy in my head where if you calmly and logically explain something to someone perfectly they will understand your position and gain knowledge from the exchange. unfortunately in the real world this does not happen often

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old gods are waking

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AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

well…darn

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I think more media should narratively punish parents for not listening to their kids and specifically I think it should punish them in cruel and terrifying ways. I want real life parents to go through life with a healthy fear that if they ignore their children's boundaries a witch might cook and eat them

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I hate the gymbro side of the internet because a lot of it is extremely toxic but I once saw a gymbro meme that was like “befriending the local trans guy so I can steal his testosterone” and I think that’s hilarious and a great plot idea for a movie. Deeply unhappy bigoted red pill meathead gym rat starts trying to befriend a trans man to steal his testosterone and ends up genuinely clicking with him and going on a journey of self discovery that either ends in the protag realizing he’s gay and in love with his friend or transitioning to a woman.

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Yes this character is evil but have you considered that the song that plays while they commit atrocities is a fucking banger

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Something that I’ve noticed is how Crowley and Shax interact during this scene, discussing his old flat and Shax being Hell’s new representative on Earth. I suggest watch the short clip first, then come back for the analysis.

One thing I’ve never been able to understand about Crowley being homeless is how Aziraphale was supposed to have known about his situation (which is why he doesn’t react when Crowley asks for his flat back at the end of season 2) and did nothing about it.

This was a question posed a long time ago to NG and I’m loathe to reference back to anything he has to say, but he did say Aziraphale knew, and Crowley supposedly lost his flat right after the body swap (the implication being Crowley was living in his car during Covid!). And I think this sticking point is probably one of the main reasons why some people hate on Aziraphale. They can’t understand why the Angel wouldn’t be insistent that Crowley live with him, and therefore decided it makes him a horrible person (fuck NG for that).

Now as an avid Aziraphale defender I have a couple of thoughts on this matter.

If Aziraphale did in fact know of Crowley’s circumstance then I think the reason why he didn’t invite him to live in the bookshop is one of the following reasons:

1) he was too scared to ask Crowley to live with him because of a fear of rejection.

2) he was too sacred of what would happen as retribution if either heaven or hell found out (always protecting Crowley).

3) he was waiting for Crowley to ask him first (they’re both pretty stubborn after all).

4) he trusted Crowley to turn to him for help if he needed it.

5) he didn’t ask because it’s so typically them. The age old dance around each other. Forever in a stale mate. They’ve proven time and time again they talk all the time but never actually talk.

6) he did ask but Crowley refused (there is probably a whole plethora of similar reasons why Crowley would say no, but I won’t go into them, and you can probably guess them from the above anyway).

But what if Aziraphale didn’t know? That’s where we come back to the above scene. The way Crowley and Shax talk makes me think that Crowley losing his apartment, Shax becoming Hell’s representative on Earth and therefore taking over Crowley’s apartment all happened really recently. Why his mail keeps being sent to the apartment, why Hell won’t accept her signature, her questions about how things in his apartment works, how surprised she is that every time she comes up with a plan to wreak havoc humans think of something much worse. All of this put together doesn’t sound like someone who has already been operating on earth for four years. It sounds like someone who just got there.

Let’s not forget Shax has also mentioned about Hell being understaffed. So it wouldn’t surprise me at all that it took four years for Hell to actually come up with a replacement for Crowley and then send them to Earth.

It still doesn’t quite answer the question of why doesn’t Aziraphale know. In which case we come back to number 5 on my above list. Because Crowley not telling Aziraphale about his predicament would be so typically them. Skirting around worrying each other. Or waiting for the other to say something first. A stalling tactic to show that they’re fine and they don’t need anyone (Crowley in particular). And in the end, completely failing miserably at proving any of those points. That’s really what the story is about. Them desperately needing each other but failing to express that.

So to put to bed any Aziraphale hate, I think he didn’t know, and I don’t think he could have because Crowley’s homeless problem only happened recently, and before they could properly talk about it, everything with Jim happened, and then Crowley kind of moved into the bookshop anyway.

So that’s my theory. What are your thoughts? Was Crowley losing his apartment something that happened right after the Non-Apocalypse? Or was it a very recent event? And did Aziraphale know? If yes, when do you think he found out? And why wouldn’t Crowley have just moved into the bookshop?

Feel free to share your thoughts and theories on this one!

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and what are we going to do when the HP series comes out and we start seeing a resurgence of the fandom here including gifsets and fics. like are u guys gonna bring up your neurodivergence and cry "can we separate the art from the artist!!!!! you dont need to pay to watch it!!!!!its my comfort show and I'm DEPRESSED and AUTISTIC"

what then

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talking to people online is always like "i should watch that" "i should read that" "i should play that" there are so many things in the world. this is why i am never going to die

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we’ve come to a decision?

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Mmmm... I just went to a museum and came across this painting from Ernest Ange Duez (Ange meaning Angel in french, as if the whole painting wasn't enough). On top of everything obvious, are those wings on Azir- hum, the blonde lady's hat?

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if you're in the throes of cosmic despair i cannot recommend museums enough. art or science or history it doesn't matter. oh we're all connected, all of us and everything, throughout all time and space, and no one, no one, no one is alone? awesome. that's what i thought i just wanted to make sure.

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persephone and adam🔮

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