Day 9: "You too." – Good Omens
[TW: Angst, The Flood, and after]
(A tribute to the sad yet poignant 4th Chapter of “Anatomy 1.0.1”, a fanfiction written by Fyre/ @amuseoffyre.)
“I can’t,” Aziraphale cut across him, holding up his hands, trying to stop the words and the reminders and the bodies and the screams.
“Can’t?”
“Can’t,” he repeated. Can’t say anything about it. Can’t do anything about it. Can’t… understand it. Can’t… can’t anything. He took a shuddering breath, shaking his head. It was… a lot. Too much. To stand by, to watch, to listen, to do nothing.
All at once, there were hands in his hair, carding through it, over and over.
“Hey, stay with me, angel.” Crawly was in front of him, so close, wriggling closer, almost in Aziraphale’s lap. (…) At once, damp skin pressed to his, and Crawly wrapped himself utterly around Aziraphale as if trying to press his heat through every point of contact into Aziraphale’s cold, shivering body. His hands ran in widening circles at the points where wings would emerge, palms rough and warm and gentle.
There was something comforting in the weight of his body, the warmth, the tangible solidity of it.
“It’s a bastard of a thing,” Crawly said softly, close to his ear, the warmth of his breath sending a ripple down Aziraphale’s spine. (…) “They’ll pick themselves up, dust themselves off, get back on with things.”
“Yes,” Aziraphale agreed in a whisper. There was no reason for his eyes to be wet or for his body to feel utterly weighed down with exhausted grief for people he didn’t even know. Not really. Names, yes. A little of their lives, yes. But could he ever know people like that? Mortals lives were so short, a blink and they were gone.
Crawly leaned back a little way, searching his face. “You too,” he said.
Excerpts from "Anatomy 1.0.1", chapter 4, by Fyre aka @amuseoffyre.
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Personal challenge: a simple sketch each day
Goal: forcing me to keep things simple - inking, shading, just a few sashes of colour
Improvement pursued: to get the movement, the emotion, finding how to add depth, learning how to leave things barely finished
Max time allowed: 2 hours instead of 8-20 on my previous projects 3h30, because I had to. It's one of my favorites fanfictions ever, and for so many reasons.
Today's theme chosen by me:
There's a relatively classic headcanon in the fandom where Aziraphale and Crowley are present for the 40 days of the Flood. If Crowley then does everything in his power to save as many humans as he can, Aziraphale has to abide by his mission to protect Noah and the Ark – thus, not seeking to save anyone. He can only watch, hear and feel without being able to act in any way while countless people die around him, some quickly, others after several never-ending days, tossed about by the waves.
In a fanfiction written by Fyre, this headcanon is remarkably well used. Aziraphale going through such an event is atrocious, painful. But what comes after is almost worse. The shock of the rescuer who has remained helpless in the face of horror and death – a situation behind real PTSD among emergency doctors and first-aiders – is shown with an accuracy and a respect which left a deep mark on me. Aziraphale remains shocked and torn apart, while questionning his trust in Heaven for forcing him to do nothing but watch. What would have become of Aziraphale, devastated and in a middle of a metaphoric Falling, if Crowley hadn't been there to catch him during the Flood?
"Anatomy 1.0.1" is an E-rated fanfiction striving to describe the evolution and the feelings of Crowley and Aziraphale through the ages, as supernatural beings but first and foremost as a literal couple. Those who have read and enjoyed this story – like me 😊 – will tell you that the terrible passage of the Flood is not representative of the story's spirit and I would agree, this fanfiction is mostly appreciated for its sensuality and eroticism. And yet, this scene from the 4th chapter brings, for the first time, the sincerity and the depth of the feelings between the two characters to the light. I find it to be one of the most touching and realistic scene I have ever read in this fandom.
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Do you have fics for three different James ships you've enjoyed?
Okay, imma try my best and pray I bookmarked them.
For prongsfoot, there is First Day At Work by @mycupofrum and looking forward to more of this au. *cough* *cough* c:
Wolfbucks, By Appointment Only by @puuvillaa It's such a great fic and has side Sirius/Kinglsey which I mean YES.
Plugging my own fic because you didn't say I couldn't~ Deerhunter/Jarion (I just mad that up hahahah) which is Orion Black x James Potter, fic is called Karma's On Your Scent Like A Bounty Hunter by ME. *sobs* Please, there is so little of it out there, @stopme has a fic of it too, London is the fic.
There was a jeverus one but I don't recall the name of it. Need to go searching for it.
There is a Bella/James one I plan to read. I have read a lucius/james one, stopme also has a tom/James one. Hahahaha.
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if fyre has a million fans, i am one of them
if fyre has ten fans, i am one of them
if fyre has 1 fan, that one is me
if fyre has no fans, i am dead
if the world is against fyre, i’m against the world 😤
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- Let's Docu 'Bout It -
Episode 22 - Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
In this episode I recap and talk about the Netflix documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. The Fyre Festival was billed as a luxury music experience on a posh private island, but it failed spectacularly in the hands of a cocky entrepreneur.
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Photos: Ja Rule & Billy McFarland on Norman's Cay, Billy on day 1 of the festival, models filming promotional video, food offered at the festival, the festival "villas"
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So i, like, go round social media and tell people about the series "A Little Kindness" when they're sad about finishing Slow Show because I didn't know it existed for ages, it's a companion fic and is equally great and heartbreaking
THE FIRST FIC IN THE SERIES IS AVERY GOING TO SEE CROWLEY IN SHAKESPEARE BEFORE THEY MEET IRL
AND PRETTY MUCH FALLING IN WITH HIM IMMEDIATELY
And I remembered it this morning and now SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP
Just a little something for everyone who is excited about Michael going to see David in Macbeth 💙
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