#appearance swap

[twilightcitysky]

Only Fair

By Twilightcitysky

“Right,” said Crowley, jiggling his key in the lock. “It’s a bit messy.” Like Aziraphale was coming round to borrow a cup of sugar and had caught him between loads of washing, instead of fleeing, newly fugitive from Heaven, to the only one of their flats that was still standing. Aziraphale rolled his eyes and pushed at the door. “If there is even a single video cassette lying out on the sofa I’ll eat my hat. Your definition of ‘messy’ is forgetting to alphabetise them.” “It’s Blu Rays now,” said Crowley. What a blue ray– which sounded like a fish of some kind– had to do with the demon’s extensive video collection was anyone’s guess. Aziraphale sniffed. There was an odour like burning rubber and scalded saucepan, coming from a black coat on the floor which was managing to also smell like wet dog. Maybe Crowley really did need to do laundry. Was that what Hell smelled like? Aziraphale felt a wave of lightheadedness wash over him. After settling him in the kitchen with a mug of black tea, Crowley explained in a far-off voice that it wasn’t, in fact, his coat, and that he’d had to dispatch his immediate supervisor with holy water in order to escape to a bookshop which incidentally turned out to be empty of angels and on fire. Aziraphale gripped his cup so tightly cracks appeared in the ceramic. Crowley walked over and wrapped his hands around the angel’s white knuckles. Then he cleared his throat, looked away, and said in a thoroughly English manner, “Sorry. Ah. Tea’s too hot. I’ll tip a little out and pour some milk in.” He extracted the mug and brought it to the sink. Aziraphale watched his back, eyes stinging. Crowley had run into an inferno for him. He’d driven through a ring of Hellfire. What had Aziraphale done that could compare to that? Things felt hideously unbalanced between them, like the time they’d exchanged Christmas presents and Crowley had given him a first edition Wind in the Willows in a Bayntun-Riviere binding, at which point Aziraphale had shamefully presented Crowley with a novelty toaster. (Though to be fair Crowley seemed pleased to have a toaster that played Radio 1.) Right, time to even the scales.

Complete, rated T, fluff and humor, 2800 words

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[elentary]

Ok, I'm not over Neil Gaiman's post about the appearance swap and, obviously, I had to watch that moment again.

(the "big energy miracle" starts at 7:03 of the you tube video)

Here instead a little gif:

(gif from here @mimisempai)

I have always been fascinated by the "swap back" and I have tried to find which vfx (visual effects) are involved in that shot.

Unfortunately, I'm not one of those special magician so I can have just a couple of polite guesses (Vfx side of Tumblr, please, feel free to comment and correct my mistakes).

Ok, at first I thought it was just a bit or morphing but... ...it wasn't just that.

This is the starting point with just a bit of the miracle going on (at their wrists): you can see that those are David's hand at the left and Michael's one on the right.

And we can see the same hands few frames later when the miracle spreads.

Why is this important? Because there is a "colour changing" (I don't know if it could be called a "colour grading") at first and not a morphing (you can see the wrinkles, sizes and position are the same: just beige where there was black with the opposite going on Aziraphale).

(Crowley's hand is just a bit "paler")

You can also see that the lapels are still unchanged. Aziraphale's bowtie and shirt are starting to disappear, becoming more skin tone.

Here is when it is starting the morphing time:

(sorry, I couldn't resist)

Crowley's glasses and silver tie are starting to appear on Aziraphale.

And On Crowley, his tie is starting to change in the Angel's bowtie and shirt.

(It feels strange seeing Aziraphale with red hair and a blond Crowley)

Last few changes:

(just the glasses)

And then we are done:

There is some blurring at the "edges" of the two supernatural beings that helps in my opinion with the idea of a miracle happening and to smooth the morphing. In my opinion they had the right idea to use a colour changing before the morphing (it helps the changing for our eyes),

I really loved how the transition was done with a camera moving: it makes the change even better (than a static shot).

I think they shot the same moviment twice: one with Micheal on the right side (and David on the left) and the other time they switched sides.

Btw, really cool trick!

Oh, a little thing that i noticed before the swapping:

It's just my theory but i think that is, dear friends, his underwear!

I suppose he's wearing a sort of long johns (or long underwear).

I don't know if it was Michael Sheen's idea to not die in the cold or something the costume department had thought Aziraphale needed (to achieve the proper Victorian silhouette), but now i want to see the angel dressed like this:

(I'm absolutely not thinking of Aziraphale in "The Bathtub" dressing like that).

If it was a "costume design", I may know someone who could be really happy (yes, she is Bernadette Banner).

Back on the swap, I adore Aziraphale's little wiggles!

I think that's all!

[i-only-ever-asked-questions]

Hand holding aside, I have been thinking about the body swapping vs. the appearance swapping (body changing? big-miracle-energy shapeshifting?) and there is something sad about losing that interpretation I think.

Yes, now it makes more sense how Aziraphale would feel comfortable enough mischievously changing the collar from red to tartan since it would be creating something himself as opposed to making alterations to something borrowed. But still, I think we are losing something that started building in Episode 5. Crowley and Aziraphale are known for taking undeniable truths of the universe and turning them on their heads, for saying "why not?". Demons don't sleep? Angels don't eat? ok, fine, you can do this to blend with humans. How about Angels don't dance, it's a distinguishing characteristic of an angel right? Or, angels don't tempt? Demons don't bless? All these are things that everybody knows don't happen, that's not how the universe works.... except it does, because Crowley and Aziraphale have made it work. So, episode 5. Aziraphale gets discorporated and wants to get back to Earth but he doesn't have a body. Undeniable truth: you can't go to Earth without a body Except Aziraphale goes "why not?" (gotta love Michael's expressions)

Oh! but demons can possess humans! Sorry pal, another undeniable truth: Demons can, but angels can't And here comes Aziraphale again "why not?"

At the bar, the next idea comes up, an angel inhabiting the body of a demon! And this one, this one is so strange, so out there that Aziraphale rejects it right away "pity I can't inhabit yours" and Crowley gets completely weirded out, "I am not going to go there"

But the idea was there. If they had switched bodies, it would have meant that they took this, this "fact" that angel (essence? true form? true self?) and demon flesh can't mix and possibly the same with demon essence and angel body and turned it on its head! We see the first reaction at the idea is rejection, of being too weird. But so was the idea of the arrangement when it was first brought up. I really liked the progression of going from this to their "why not?" and then going and defying that universal truth again doing the body swap (body borrowing? corporation swap?) and I am sad to see it go. On the bright side now we have a situation where this is entirely within the realms of possibility, and a whole new world of shenanigans has opened up! And anyway, they like holding hands

[bubblesthecow]

The thing that I love the most about Doctor Who is that it’s just SOOOOOO bad. It’s awful. It’s dreadful. It’s cheesy and stupid and terrible. It has dialogue like “I am the beep of all the meeps!” It’s truly the most embarrassing cringeworthy thing you’ve ever seen. It’s been that way for 60 years. It’s gonna be that way for another 60. It doesn’t matter what kind of budget or fan base they receive. It’s always gonna be this stupid.

I love it so fucking much.

[nottspocket]

Personality swap explained! This is just to clear up some confusion.

Anyway, I’ve started to plan comics and mess around with the narrative for funsies 👍 wish me luck

[the-skeleton-in-ur-closet]

<3

it’s ok it’s just a little.

[didderd]

here have a cute horror Paps for the soul :3

[turtleblogatlast]

Don’t think I ever quite said what my LGBTQ+ headcanons are for the boys, so these are my current thoughts! Always changing of course but this is what I feel most strongly right now.

[effen-draws]

Some intellect concept paintings for the fourth chapter of the swap fic!! I originally just wanted to do some sketches for a all of swap!Kim's skills (since I've had rough drafts for them for over month now) but I got... very carried away. So yeah you get some paintings instead!

Here's a little doodle I made in between painting:

[gingermaple]

design concepts for the watcher etho au!

[blondeaxolotl]

The lady and her fiancé

[mirrorhouse]

💜💙💜💙

[hollypies]

Totk swap!!!!!! I've got more art of them to post after this but I'm trying to finish a few more pieces before posting ^^

Anyway! Zelda, the new hero, and Link, Sage of the Wild. I changes some of the Sages abilities just a bit. Link gives Zelda the flurry rush ability. Tulin stays the about the same. Yunobo also doesn't have any changes. Sidon's water shield acts more like Daruks Protection, and is instantly activated by double tapping ZL in quickly. Riju's lightning also changes slightly! No more charge up, and it's activated by double tapping ZR, so you can do it midair as well. And Minaru also has no changes!!!

Link is the Sage of the Wild, and his abilities to communicate with the Koroks and other spirits has been amplified. They can reveal Koroks to other people by being close to them, and also speak to fairies. That's why they have a new fairy who i named Nava (after Navi lol).

[cubbyhole-for-flea-bee]

chifeng zun and lianfang zun heightswap has serious comedy potential methinks

[muninnhuginn]

Keep thinking about how time in Frieren is measured in years since Himmel's death. The fact that at this point in the anime, he's been dead far longer than Frieren travelled with him, and yet, that's still how she relates time to this world.

[snivyartjpeg]

world's most pathetic wet death god performs worst boom-kill to ever grace this earth, asked to leave the mystery labyrinth