#jiggers

[crumb4]

looking at all the spambots following me and smiling (I am actually a mad hermit in a cave, counting the various ticks/jiggers clinging to me which I believe are social media engagement)

[0nlypaul]

(Paul Mishue)

[preachermanhope]

(Paul Mishue)

[dekorspace]

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[simpingforcys]

It's very blink and you'll miss it but during their fight, Ralph does try to push him away and punch him (in the face, no less) but Candybug freaking blocks and catches it into his talons. The Cybug virus enhanced not only his strength and speed but also reflexes.

[wistfulnightingale]

A Hefty Jigger of Death (Coffee Checkmate)

Part 4 in the 8-part Chess Moves Theory Set by @wistfulnightingale.

For over a year, we have been scrutinizing not only the agonizing Final Fifteen, but the chess game that is in play from the moment the Metatron walks into the bookshop. Derek Jacobi is a sublime British actor. In a show with so many clues and layers, we were certain that his nuanced words were loaded with meaning. But what to focus on?

"Do people ever ask for Death?" He had pondered with philosophical detachment. "So predictable." The Metatron doesn't even see his own angels as unique individuals with identities and feelings, let alone humans. Earth is disposable, merely a stage for the Great Plan, and he is here to reinstate the advancement of that plan. Without further interference from Our Ineffables.

Our intuition screams at us that Death, or the threat of it, is somehow part of his purpose. But where? How? We know to whom, though. Crowley. We saw The Look. He hates Crowley. And the Metatron needs 3 things:

(1) The Ineffables separated. (2) Aziraphale under his control. (3) Crowley neutralized as threat to his authority, by any means necessary. The coffee nearly accomplished all 3. If they had done what the Metatron had suspected they might do, Crowley would now be dead.

He made certain that Azi knew. We were watching. We saw how oddly, and intensely, Aziraphale reacted to that "hefty jigger of almond syrup."

I have an idea about what might have caused Aziraphle that degree of worry, and his compliance later.

What if the "hefty jigger" the Metatron added was HOLY WATER?

Checkmate.

The Metatron is giving off loud danger signals. His extreme collegial politeness, his dismissiveness of Crowley and Muriel, his suddenly treating Aziraphale as if he's one of the most important beings in the universe. Our angel is suspicious and guarded, watchful. Even the camara angle and timing in the scene are creating a moment we're meant to notice.

When Aziraphale sips the brew, we can see he's not truthful when he says, "It's... Ooof... It's very nice." He's confirmed what he suspected-- the coffee isn't just coffee. A discrepancy in the sweetness level wouldn’t cause Azi to look so worried. He recognizes that the coffee is laced with Holy Water. Deadly poison if it had been Crowley, looking like the angel.

The Metatron responds, "I should jolly well hope so." Coded Language. "Do you understand the threat I'm making?"

Yes. Aziraphale understands. Look at his eyes as he's invited to "take a little stroll." He's not just guarded. He's aware. In the next moments, his face shows he's nearly defeated.

The Metatron has a "Tell", and we see it in this scene. A Tell is an unconscious action that shows a person is lying or deceiving. The Metatron's Tell is a deep breath, a sigh, when the deception succeeds. We see it in the elevator -- his sigh of relief when Aziraphale gets in. Here, it's a small breath with a full shoulder shrug as he says, "Well we have things to talk about." The Tell signals, "Ah, that worked well. Just as I planned."

He knows by now that they had Appearance Swapped after the almost-Apocalypse. He's very clever, and scorns the angels as foolish. He would not have believed that Aziraphale could suddenly spout Hellfire. He's a master at the game of interpersonal chess. He would have recognized that bold bluff.

The Metatron pressured Azi to drink, showing him the "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" logo, and watching him so closely-- because if they had Appearance Swapped again, Holy Water would DESTROY Crowley if he drank it.

It was a potential check/mate move. A win-win. If that was Crowley, appearance-swapped with Aziraphale, he'd either have to admit it to save his own life, which would put Crowley completely under the Metatron's authority for the ruse, or he would drink and Die. (Did the Metatron want him to?)

If it's Aziraphale, the Metatron wants him to be fully aware of the Holy Water (which Azi is, especially after tasting it). Our dastardly Heavenly Host wants him to know Very Clearly just how Dangerous the Metatron can be. "I've ingested things in my time, you know." His tone is odd, purposeful. His face is intense, watching in an almost predatory way. Is he really saying, "I've destroyed demons before, you know"?

It's the threat to Crowley that we suspected was right there all along.

There is an essential post by @f0ul-f13nd (and @embracing-the-ineffable ) about the ominous meaning of the word "jigger" you really should also check out. When the Metatron says "jigger", it's a dangerous, terrifyingly loaded code word. Aziraphale is now "captured", imprisoned. There will be no free choice for him.

The Metatron also wanted Crowley to know, or to at least recognize the threat. The Glare. It's why Aziraphale looked back, to make sure the Metatron wasn't lingering to smite Crowley then and there.

Crowley is a brilliant, and suspicious, demon. Based on the way he rose from his seat and paced, he suspected something nefarious had occurred. He was sitting back watching everything vigilantly. He knows his Angel.

It's very easy now for the Metatron to put Aziraphale in final Checkmate at the cafe. All he needed was further mild implication: "Previous exploits... de facto partnership... the demon Crowley...Your- Friend... highly irregular..." It's very possible that the memory we saw was real, undistorted, and undiluted. Perhaps even word-for-word.

The Metatron didn't need to say anything more explicit. The attempt on Crowley's life was already made. He implied another would occur, if his will was not followed. Look at Azi's eyes. There is no escape.

Checkmate by coffee. The Metatron's winning move had already happened in the bookshop

Aziraphale will protect Crowley at all costs. We know this. Our angel is a loving, protective, self-sacrificing Badass. So he did. He's on his way to Heaven, grinning madly in an elevator.

..........

Once I suspected that this direct attempt on Crowley's life happened, my brain started lighting up, and all the theories and ideas I've been trying to work out for months suddenly fell into place! This is only part of a theory I'm calling The Chess Moves Theory Set. The Metatron believed this was the winning move, Checkmate. It Was Not. Our Ineffables are in Check, in serious danger, but they have more moves to play in this Matter of Life and Death. (Yes, I'm referencing the 1946 movie "Stairway to Heaven" that @sendarya talks about in Good Omens Love or Law, Which is Stronger? )

There was far more in play here than we could easily see. There is coded language, and distraction. This 8-part series explains how it all might fit together, all the moments that made us asks questions. If we look at all of them at once, instead of one by one, I think they start to make more sense. I hope you might enjoy checking out the rest of The Chess Moves Theory Set @wistfulnightingale.

Thanks for joining me on this crazy ride!

The 8 Chess Moves MetaTheory Set:

1 - The Metatron Misdirection

2 - The Metatron's Second Coming

3 - Ineffables in Check

4 - A Hefty Jigger of Death

5 - Nothing Lasts Forever

6 - The Circle Kiss Theory

7 - The Nightingale DID Sing

8 - Aziraphale's Jubilant Smile (Not the crazy elevator grin)

Also: The Chess Moves Theory Set, Why Chess & Magic?

Shout out to @imagopersonal for their post about finding coffee in the opening credits, and a great analysis in Give me coffee or give me death !

[Btw, there may (or may not!) be a miracle sound at 35:49, precisely as Aziraphale begins to raise the cup and says, "Shall I?" Some people hear it, some don't, and some disagree about what it is. With earbuds and high volume, I clearly hear a light jingling/sparkling sound. It reminds me of a "whispered" version of the miracle sounds when Nina takes Maggie's hand at the Ball, and when Aziraphale suddenly appeared next to the Bentley in the "Our car, our bookshop" scene in E2. If it IS a miracle sound, I propose that it is Aziraphale himself, miracle-scanning the coffee to see if it's safe.]

[most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer]

celestial surveillance + some garden of eden parallels

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open. - Luke 8:17 (NIV)

Over and over, we see how the bookshop feels safe/private while simultaneously being sort of a fishbowl, leaving its inhabitants quite exposed to onlookers. *garden of eden vibes*

Similarly, Aziraphale and Crowley tried to conduct a class-A surreptitious 6000+ year agreement/slowburn romance and yet their 25 Lazarii relationship is fairly obvious to others.

Reminiscent of how Crowley is painfully aware that nothing is certain and time is horribly finite, Aziraphale lives with the knowledge that anything he does or says can be used against him—or much worse, used against Crowley or others our little guardian cares about. Unlike his emotional support demon, however, Aziraphale was afraid Before the Beginning, before The Fall.

While Upstairs aren't the only ones watching, they have the potential to be the most dangerous threat (emphasis on potential bc they have to take an interest and also maybe stumble into important clues): The heavenly office overlooks the entire world. Where Hell had to send Furfur to the theatre with a camera, Heaven's got Earth Observation Files they can pull up to see what someone was doing at any point in history—not even St. James Park can keep you anonymous in the face of thirty-seven classes of scriveners/recording angels!

Aziraphale may tend to underestimate danger in general because of his misplaced hope that Heaven is truly Good, but in the same way that he can be both clever and stupid, I think he trusts Heaven and fears it at the same time. Why else would he be so worried about breaking their rules even when he knows they are wrong?

Of course, Aziraphale is also a courageous little bastard with a deity-defying protective streak! Despite Heaven's indoctrination, we see him navigating all sorts of grey area as he learns to 'blur the edges'. But he knows it isn’t safe to do that openly. He keeps this more human side hidden and tries not to think too hard about why doing good is wrong in heavens eyes. (lol other people's aziraphale metas are my main food group rn)

At the end of S2, we see him leave A.Z. Garden & Co. after tasting the forbidden fruit large oat milk latte, armed with his naïve/misguided 'knowledge of Good and Evil'. (and perhaps he knows he can't 'let the sun can’t go down' on him in Soho lest the the Metatron mete out death instead of coffees?) When Adam and Eve left Eden, Aziraphale and Crowley observed from above. When the angel and demon leave their own garden, we get the sense that they are also being watched.

(also idk if this is anything but Adam facing off against the lion while Eve looks on in the bg seemed a bit like Crowley watching Aziraphale walk into danger w the Metatron. could be a good sign since the lion gets turned into salami)

There are hints at the end of S2 that the watching is getting a little a spicier (at least I think they are hints haha): the bookshop windows are still broken during the last part of E6, further decreasing privacy; the zombies used binoculars to watch A&C from the Dirty Donkey under cover of darkness in 1941 but the Metatron just looks across the road in the light of day. And then there's the whole 'hefty jigger of almond syrup'.

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

To the naked eye, there isn't much difference between a grain of sand and the sand flea! Also known as jiggers or chigoes, sand fleas are the smallest species of flea in the world at only 1 mm (0.03 in) long, although they can grow up to 1 cm (0.39 in) once buried beneath the skin of their host.

(Image: A female sand flea (Tunga penetrans) by Jorg Heukelbach)

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Under the cut: A bonus image of the sand flea on someone's toe (fair warning, it is a little gross)

Source: Jorg Heukelbach

[kalkaros-is-the-boss]

This severus shit is getting truly pathetic. I’m re-reading the books in swedish cuz i’m trying to learn it and they’re easy to read (didn’t buy them, don’t give money to the terfster). And just now, I was fucking giggling and probably kicking my feet all giddy, at the part where harry reads his course book list and it gets to the ‘Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger’ book. THATS NOT EVEN A PROPER MENTION OF SEVERUS. But i’m here all ✨he picked that✨

[the-metatron]

Trick or Treat!!

Please enjoy this delicious oatmilk latte with a hefty jigger of almond syrup. I assure it is not poisoned.

[0nlypaul]

(paul mishue)

[preachermanhope]

(Paul Mishue)

[heavy-nfld]

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Lineup Announcement # 6

JIGGER

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[vpgoldenrod]

The Sweetener is a Lie: The True Meaning of “A Hefty Jigger of Almond Syrup.”

I'll fight the coffee theory with my dying breath, and if Neil Gaiman somehow actually planned it, I'll fight him too. I'll fight everyone.

It's bad storytelling to force characters into major choices not made of their own volition, especially when it comes at the expense of character development. It does seem like most people have moved past it, so harping on about it is unnecessary. But the one point that the Coffee Theory made that always puzzled me was the way the almond syrup goes from “a dash” to a “hefty jigger.” They're side by side in the script, and while writers are fallible, it's far too obvious to be a mistake. But then this morning I stumbled onto this analysis of the coffee scene and the more I think about it, the more this seems like Gaiman's genuine intentions.

We all know how much Aziraphale likes sweets. It's pointed out over and over throughout both seasons. But Aziraphale doesn't just love sweets: they're also his go-to when he's stressed. When Gabriel shows up on Aziraphale's doorstep, Aziraphale doesn't know what to do. He's distraught and confused. And what is his go to when he's stressed? Sweets. So he makes Gabriel a cup of hot cocoa. When Muriel shows up later he's hospitable, but he's not intimidated or stressed so he makes her tea.

When Aziraphale asks Nina what calms people down, she doesn't offer him tea, the most obvious choice for a coffee shop. Again, the writers even make the point in a subsequent scene that Nina has multiple herbal tea options. Nina has never met Crowley before, but Nina knows Aziraphale. She remembers the regulars, not by their names but by the things they order. When posed with the question she pauses, and thinks about it. No, the weird man who owned the bookshop across the street doesn't have tea when he's stressed. What calms him down? Oh, I know! SWEETS. So she offers him Eccles cakes, a pastry originally created for religious reasons then banned by the Puritans they were too sinfully good. A little bit like Crowley, huh?

Crowley is “Mr. Six Espressos in a Big Cup,” but Aziraphale is “Mr. Hot Cocoa and Eccles Cakes,” and the Metatron knows this. So what's the best way to ensure that Aziraphale is reassured, but not actually calm? Ah, yes, offer him something sweet, but don't actually give it to him. Promise a hefty jigger of sweet syrup, then give him some bitter coffee with a little syrup. Suddenly the Metatron isn't such a bad guy. Sure, the coffee wasn't actually sweet, but the Metatron probably didn't know what he was doing, right? He may have ingested things in his time, but he hasn't lived on the Earth like Aziraphale. It's an understandable mistake, but he was trying. He smiles and makes a half-hearted attempt to enjoy it.

Suddenly there's the bitter coffee of returning to heaven as Supreme Archangel. Aziraphale doesn't want that. He implies that he wants something sweet as he gestures to the coffee that isn't actually sweet. Then the Metatron offers him a hefty jigger of almond syrup: Crowley. There's no way the Metatron would know that Crowley would never return to heaven. It's heaven! And Crowley is good. The Metatron wouldn't offer him a sweet coffee that was intentionally bitter. He's trying to be kind. He's not a bad guy, he simply misunderstood what he was offering.

The point of the Metatron's bumbling little old man act isn't just to make himself relatable, it's to give him plausible deniability. The gambit worked in the short term, but I'm looking forward to finding out how that works out in the long run.

[amagnificentobsession]

Husband, come cook some dinner with me.

Let’s have a chin wag, and meet the neighbors.

@the-metatron

@angelo-rib-shack you need to come home, NOW.

@angelo-chuck-wagon are you coming by for dinner?

@e-w-w-morningstar I still don’t like clowns honey. 😕

[kaleidoscope-vol2]

"There will come a tempest, and darkness, and great storms. And the dead will leave their graves and walk the earth once more. And there will be great lamentations. Every day it's getting closer."

Go on, have an ox rib.

I brought you a coffee from the shop. It's an oat milk latte with a hefty jigger of almond syrup.

Are you trying to tempt me?

You brought me coffee?

Not at all. Angels can't be tempted, can you?

Are you going to take it?

Certainly not.

Shall I...?

Well, go on then. You're free to try the food.

Drink it? Of course. I've ingested things in my time, you know.

Oh, I say...

Ooh, it's... It's very nice.

Cheers.

Yes, I jolly well hope so.

"Well I can't think of a better angel to wrap things up and set into motion the next step in The Great Plan."

"Um, yes. You mentioned that. Can I know what it is?"

"Well, it's something we need an angel of your talents to direct. An angel who is familiar with how they do things on Earth. We call it the Second Coming."