#jim's prophecies

[melbatron5000]

Hey! So I was thinking about Gabriel's line about great lamentations, and I read that one post someone wrote about how what Gabriel says there sounds biblical, but it isn't a verse.

I grew up Christian going to church and all and my first thought when I watched that scene with Gabriel was that whether or not it's a Real Bible Verse, it's definitely pointing towards lamentations. Like, Lamentations: The Book In The Bible.

Lamentations is reeeeally short. It's like, 4 pages, if I'm remembering correctly.

Idk if you take suggestions for metas, but I've told you before your my favorite meta writer in this fandom and I think it would be so cool for a mind like yours to look over Lamentations and maybe find some Clues?

But if this isn't your thing, that's fine! You can ignore this! It can be really difficult to make good omens theories connected to the Bible because of how Neil changes things, but I just think Lamentations could be different because there are no characters. It's literally just... lamentations.

There are a few things I want to check against the actual Bible. I'm a pagan kid, I know the handful of big stories that most people know and some mythology, but I'm not familiar at all with actual books and verses in the Bible itself. I once read it cover to cover to try and understand it, but that didn't help and it was decades ago now.

Meta suggestion received! I'll add Jimbriel's prophecies to my list of stuff to cross-reference! Thanks!

[onceuponapuffin]

Why does this sound so much like 1941??

Even though I know this is from Revelations.

[discount-limeade]

Slipknot: A Review

This is a JOKE. That being Said.....

Conrad's Ratings On How much "Pull Game" The Knot Members Had. (And if they use Spray or Stick Deodorant)

This is 100 Percent Biased. This isn't a News source, welcome to My Hyperfixation.

Pull Game: We're gonna Loosely Define this as, If they could Hypothetically get bitches.

0. Sid Wilson

9/10

Starting Strong, Sid's got it on Lock. Docking One Point Because The Hyperfixations can Be DETRIMENTAL to getting bitches and Some people might not think Transformers are Cool.

Spray: Old Spice

1. Joey Jordison

8/10

Joey was For SURE getting Hoes in the Book. No questions. But this Specific picture (because I chose it), What in the 'Just Crawled out from under the Sink' is he doing.

-1 For Posture, tighten up man. Your neck is about to be at a Permanent Right angle. -1 for, idk I feel like he'd Say some strange shit.

Stick: He puts it on by going through the bottom of his shirt.

2. Paul Gray

7/10

Personally, LARGE fan of Paul. But we gotta think about this Logically alright. It's 2000, you're approached by this Man, he offers you a Cigarette. You take it OBVIOUSLY, he's just a being Nice.

-1 for possible Off puttingness. -1 Approachability (??). -1 When he lets you hit the bong he tells you it's not that bad and you end up coughing your eye out.

Stick: He looks like he has a Cool Sock Collection.

3. Chris Fehn

9/10

In our Hearts we all Know this man was a Ten. The eyebrows on His Mask Here are Very Good, which May Cancel out this lost Point.

-1 For Public Masturbation.

Stick: There's a Bite Missing

4. James Root

7/10

Now, if this was Blonde Jim, 10. I'd Find no reason to criticize, but it's not and this One picture will dictate his Entire Rating.

-1 Gay. Self Explanatory. -1 touched his balls and Wiped his hand on your neck. -1 pissed and didn't wash hands.

Does NOT wear deodorant and if he does it's that Paste organic kind.

5. 133

6/10

Once Again We All know he's Ten. Love a Strong Silent Guy. You know how this goes though, the picture selected Has Sealed his Fate.

-1 for, is this a school photo??. Update your portfolio. -1 I don't have my shots and those definitely have something. -1 he looks like a Train Guy. -1 beer cooler says 'for the boys'.

Stick. Looks like he tried to finger it.

6. Clown

5/10

Yo look how Whimsical he is. We got Elderman Shawn here. Physically, jumping this man's bones. Personality wise, he makes me MAD AS FUCK.

-1 if you pulled his hair it would come out in CLUMPS. -1 smells like fish. -1 definitely has a Foot Fetish. But I'm not talking NORMAL foot fetish I mean this man wants to put HIS feet on YOU. -1 says 'Honk Honk' when he grabs your Tits. Fucking YIKES. -1 keeps Muttering to Himself about The Circus, You should probably go...

Stick? It's Somewhere amongst his Things.

7. Mick Thomson

10/10

Any Day of the Week. He's just Got everything Going Right. Possible only downfall would be How strange his Wrist is Bent up in this pic but I will not Dock him for that.

Stick. He gets the Twin Packs to Share With Crew.

8. Corey Taylor

4/10.

Before you Say it, Yes, I would. But this isn't about That. This is about the fact that He gets NO BITCHES. And I'm not Talking about the Occasional, I mean this guy has never doesn't even know what Sex IS.

-2 he's COMING UP THE STAIRS FROM HIS DWELLING. -1 eats His own Ear wax. -1 how do you have lice and you only have Maybe 13 Pieces of Hair. -1 there Are Juice Stains around his mouth. -1 ate a mouse.

Spray. He likes to Stab The Cans So they Explode.

-----

In conclusion, I started Writing this at 4 am. It is now almost Seven. Have a Wonderful rest of your day.

[stepbackattack]

Why does Jim Carrey and RSL look like long lost brothers

[wibble-wobbegong]

jopper wedding where the kids start making people do dance battles and it’s very entertaining because even though nobody is insanely good at it, everybody has their own style and they aren’t Bad. all around it’s a great time! lucas and will have a battle of dance and compliments and it turns into them just dancing together!! joyce and jonathan compete using the dance joyce taught him when he was little! dustin and el have a robot dance fight!!

everything is great, the world is healing. max gets the idea to try and get mike and hopper to go against each other to piss off mike and el thinks it would be hilarious because they get so competitive with each other. mike and hopper are pushed onto the dance floor and everyone is waiting for something to happen. they stare at each other for about 10 seconds before simultaneously breaking into the old man shuffle

[bigjimbopickens]

Didn’t realize that this photo my mom took of me a month ago was a prophecy.

A warning of what was coming.

A sign, literally and metaphorically.

[onwhatcaptain]

tomorrow the big reveal on SNW during Paul Wesley's song will obviously be that Jim Kirk is a theater kid

[sidonius5]

𝒯𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝓇𝑒𝓌 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 ℐ𝓃𝒹𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝑒𝓃𝒸𝓇𝑜𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝓁𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓇𝓊𝒾𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓆𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝓁𝓅 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓂𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓁 𝓈𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓃𝓉𝒾𝓈𝓉𝓈, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 (𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐅𝐨𝐱𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡) 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒾𝒻𝑒 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗲 (𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞) 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑜𝒹𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈𝓈𝓊𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹. 𝒯𝓇𝒾𝒷𝒶𝓁 𝒞𝒽𝒾𝑒𝒻 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗸𝘀 (𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞) 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒾𝓈 𝓅𝑜𝒾𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓈𝒽 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓁𝑜𝑔𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝗠𝗿. 𝗜𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘆 (𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐃𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐭) 𝒹𝑒𝓃𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝓇𝑜𝓃𝑔 𝒹𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎, 𝗗𝗿. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝓅𝓊𝓈𝒽𝑒𝓈 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒻𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓈𝓌𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒪𝒹𝒹 𝓂𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓊𝓅 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝒾𝒷𝑒𝓈 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝒾𝓇 𝒻𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓊𝓅𝓅𝓁𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓈 𝗗𝗿. 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓃𝓎. 𝒮𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝑒𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝓈𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝑒𝑜𝓅𝓁𝑒. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐲 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓈𝑜 𝑔𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓃 ℐ 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝓉 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝓉𝒽𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝒶𝑔𝑜. ℐ 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓋𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊'𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝓃𝒿𝑜𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒶𝓈 ℐ 𝒹𝑜.

[mxbitters]

spent the last hour and a half getting emotional watching the dark crystal while my cat also watches the dark crystal but specifically the small animal puppets as they move across the screen lmao

[stedesbonnets]

re: the cootie catchers/fortune teller, you just know ed would write his name under stede’s favoite color/number he’d most likely choose so when he comes up to him and goes “hey, this thing tells you who your crush is” it would land on ed

[astonishinglegends]

Ep 274: The Astonishing Legends All-Star Holiday Special IV

"A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself."  -- Jim Morrison

Description:

Would you look at that? It’s already the end of 2023, and our second favorite annual holiday is upon us. We’re now into our 4th annual tradition of the Astonishing Legends All-Star Holiday Special, and it indeed has taken on a life of its own. This year, we’re welcoming back all of our guests from last year and being joined by a few new ones as well. This show was recorded and broadcast live on video to our Patrons at Patreon.com/astonishinglegends a few weeks ago and in fact, if you are a patron you can still access the uncensored and unedited version of it there. You’ll hear the audio from that presentation, slightly edited for length and propriety tonight. To the extent that’s possible, anyway. The Holiday Special topics are wide-ranging and generally unplanned; this year is no exception. We touched on everything from the ubiquitous UAP phenomenon to podcast production to some of our various guests’ favorite topics of the past year. Allison Jornlin talks about going on Shark Tank with her brother, and Micah Hanks invites us all to come and see the infamous Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina for ourselves. So get the fire going, settle down under a warm blanket with some eggnog or even a holiday cocktail, and enjoy this wonderful tradition with our returning guests, Richard Hatem, Jim Harold, Micah Hanks, Paul Gledhill, and Allison Jornlin. And please join us in welcoming the hosts of the new Astonishing Legends Network podcast ‘Scared All the Time.’ Stay tuned after the closing credits for a special afterparty and toast to our other network show, ‘The Midnight Library’, and a wonderful visit from our own Tess Pfeifle.

Reference Links:

CLICK HERE to donate to Habitat for Humanity at www.habitat.org

Gledders’ British Paranormal Podcast – anomaly.co.uk

The Debrief at thedebrief.org

Micah Hanks’ website, micahhanks.com

Jim Harold of The Paranormal Podcast, Jim Harold’s Campfire, and so many more!

Richard “Rich” Hatem on X.com

American Ghost Walks with Allison Jornlin at www.americanghostwalks.com

Allison Jornlin on Facebook

The Midnight Library podcast www.midnightlibrarypod.com

Scared All The Time Podcast

Find us on YouTube!

Click this text to find all Astonishing Legends episodes and more on our Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Astonishinglegends

Join us on Patreon!

Click HERE or go to patreon.com/astonishinglegends to become one of our Patreon members and receive exclusive offerings, like our bonus Astonishing Junk Drawer episodes (posted every weekend the main show is dark) commercial-free episodes, and more!

SPECIAL OFFERS FROM OUR SPECIAL SPONSORS:

FIND OTHER GREAT DEALS FROM OUR SHOW’S SPONSORS BY CLICKING HERE!

CREDITS:

Episode 274: The Astonishing Legends All-Star Holiday Special IV. Produced by Scott Philbrook & Forrest Burgess; Audio Editing by Sarah Vorhees Wendel of VW Sound. Music and Sound Design by Allen Carrescia. Tess Pfeifle, Producer and Lead Researcher. Ed Voccola, Technical Producer. Research Support from The Astonishing Research Corps, or "A.R.C." for short. Copyright 2023 Astonishing Legends Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

[soonintheclouds]

Pastors’ Point of View (PPOV) no. 267. Prophecy Update. Drs. Andy Woods & Jim McGowan. 8-11-23.

Prophecy update. Topics covered: Antisemitism, Gold in Israel, Saudi Arabia, Babylon, Global Totalitarianism, USA in Prophecy?

[slave-of-the-lord-jesus-christ]

Tania Harris & Jim Osman - Does God speak through dreams, visions & prophecy?

[confusedraven1]

my favorite thing so far about season 2 is how, no matter what, the crew of the revenge actively chooses their found family, over and over again

• swede loves and is married to jackie, but double crosses her anyway because of his love and “life debt” for his family

• stede leaves ricky at jackie’z, despite ricky being inexperienced, because he’s fucking around and they all need to leave. stede’s not gonna risk his family just because ricky wants some sort of recognition for something he barely helped with

• oluwande leaves zheng yi sao because he’ll be damned if he leaves jim, who he’s reiterated that they’re family for him

• frenchie and jim disobeys ed’s orders and save izzy’s life because, as jim says, “he’s THEIR dick.” archie follows along cause she knows it’s fucked up and wants to stay by jim’s side

• izzy has chosen ed over and over again, and would’ve continued to if ed had accepted the help he desperately needed, but ed isolates himself and pushes izzy to the point where he HAS to choose the rest of the crew instead

• roach, wee john, and pete all get jobs on the red flag that play to their strengths and they enjoy IMMENSELY, but they go back to the revenge cause there’s no world where they wouldn’t. buttons had the opportunity to probably get more sea witch info and tools from auntie, but he also wouldn’t ever choose that over the crew

• lucius is PISSED at stede, and has a ton of ptsd to work through. i imagine he probably felt somewhat safe finally on the red flag. but after talking things through with stede and pete, i know that it was a no brainer for him as well. he’d never give pete up again after that kind of separation

• even though stede is loving the experience of seeing zheng yi sao doing what she does best and the (seemingly) warm and comforting environment on the red flag, he chooses to rescue the crew, even izzy, and take back their ship. because he knows they would choose him (and did during the act of grace, minus izzy). he’s bringing their family back together despite everything else

• i would say that the crew still with ed DID choose him, constantly. any other crew would’ve mutinied WAY before they did, but they love ed and hoped things would get better despite his behavior saying otherwise. the only times they didn’t choose him was out of self-preservation

• ed became a self-fulfilling prophecy and isolated himself. i would argue that he’s the one exception here. he actively chooses to disregard his family because of his self-loathing and deluded himself into thinking they wouldn’t choose him. BUT, in the end, he finally does because stede cast him that line. he chose to live for himself, of course, but i like to think that that decision was also to come back to the one person that truly felt like family for him

i am so fucking excited to see all of the other ways they’re going to choose each other, yet also keep each other accountable for the things they do. because they’re family

[theminecraftbee]

task: answer the following question. do you believe in curses? respond as completely with relevant information as possible.

Grian: Well, that's a lie. This isn't a task. I know it's not a task, I set the things up! Not sure why we're getting a question as pointless as this one, but sure, mysterious scroll, I'll answer. There's no such thing as curses, unless you're Timmy, in which case it's funny, yeah? Besides, I didn't actually kill Etho. Even if that did count, self-fulfilling prophecies aren't the same thing as curses, and I know which one I fall under.

Joel: Do I believe in bloody curses what kind of question is that? Do I really get hearts just for answering this? This feels like a prank or something... well, whatever. There are no such thing as curses, except the Boogeyman curse, which I sort of had today, but it wasn't actually the same at all. A lot of the bloodlust, sure, but a lot more... Etho had to be the one to do it, huh? And it's not the same. Not comforting. That's a stupid thing to say actually. Take it out of wherever you're putting this. Cut it out of the recording. Comforting. Please. As if it were ever... Yeah, I'm done actually. Don't have a good answer. Go away.

Scott: What, other than Jimmy? Bless that man, he may not have died first, but he sure tried his best. Sure, I'll believe Jimmy is cursed. I mean, mostly he's just kind of stupid. Lovingly so. I mean, despite him being stupid, I put up with him, right? That seems like a complete answer to this question. Jimmy's an omen but we put up with him anyway. That's all.

Mumbo: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

Pearl: Oh, I mean, I'm probably cursed. That's what everyone liked to say at one point. I think... I mean, I think this time I have good friends, which is nice. They don't think I'm cursed. And it's not like I--I mean, it's surprisingly fun, acting cursed! And I am just acting. Acting scary, blowing up dance floors, all of that. And I don't really have to this time, so... Maybe I'm not cursed? And since it's acting, it's not real? This is a weird question.

Etho: Oh, man, that's a question. Um, do I have to answer? Because I feel like if I say no, that's really just asking for it, but if I say yes, I have to explain myself. Uh, I think I'm abstaining, unless the zombie thing from earlier counts. That was scary and I hated it. Curses are scary and I hate them in general, but apparently I'm good at them, if you ask everyone else. Um, it's not the only thing I find scary that apparently I'm good at.

Scar: Why, of course I believe in curses! Look at poor, poor... Timbert? Timmy? Jim? Gosh, sorry, I'm very tired right now. That's more proof of curses, by the way! That I'm tired. I've been tired straight since the desert, let me tell you what. And that, my friends, is a curse like no other. What a terrible beast, loneliness is. Wish me luck breaking it, because it's not happening this season!

Cleo: Oh, you mean the thing people like to blame instead of their own actions? Nah. My soulbond was kind of a curse, I guess, but even that's at least half just... bad people. Bad relationships. Good ones, too. We're all just doing what you can, you know? No script, no curses, no characters, just... Oh, I hope everything turns out tomorrow. Sorry, that's unrelated. It's just nicer to hope than to preemptively blame things on curses that don't exist.

Impulse: Well, I mean, I didn't until you just asked me that, but now I feel like I should. Wouldn't that be nice? Being cursed instead of just sort of unlovable? Sorry, no, that's mean to Gem. I shouldn't say that about Gem, she's been good this season. Super, super cursed, mind you, in the like, game mechanic sense? But she's been good, no backstabbing or inability to get love involved. Um, and I guess that's not fair to Bdubs, kind of, except it also totally is and I haven't forgiven him. So I guess if they ask I said I believed in curses, and that's why my life keeps circling clocks? Don't put any of that other stuff down, I'm trying to work on that.

Lizzie: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

Gem: I was just cursed for a task, but that probably isn't what you're asking about, right? I'm new, so I don't know! A task is a concrete thing to believe in, like bloodshed or victory or fun and games. You don't have to believe in those to know they're real, either! They just are, whether you like it or not. I understand that much!

Tango: Gah, don't talk to me about... Deep breaths. Look, I don't care if it's a curse, or if it's just me being really bad, or what, I'm not going out pointlessly this time. Jimmy managed not to die first, I can manage to not go out to a stray arrow or my own bomb or a misstep this time, right? Is that so much to ask?

Skizz: Huh? Curses? I mean, I don't think so, and to be totally honest I think it's kind of mean the way people sometimes rag on people about them. Everyone's got so many good things about them! Why do people like to focus on the unfortunate luck, huh?

Bdubs: Hah! Curses! Let me tell you about curses. When I see curses, I eat them for breakfast. I don't got curses, I've got better things to do! I've got my buddies with the Mounders, and I've got-well, I'd say keeping Etho safe, but he's being weird at me again this season. Not that it matters. It never matters. Etho and I, we're... The point is, that doesn't matter anyway, because I have the Mounders, and they're the ones who matter here. And because I'm a strong, independent Bdubs, who doesn't need anyone but my bow and my perfect, flawless fighting prowess! Sorry, what was the question? I've been thinking so much lately that it's just sort of made everything else pop out of my head, so it's hard to keep track. I'm sure I answered it flawlessly, though.

Martyn: Of course there are curses. That's half the fun for you lot, isn't it? Putting your little curses on us and watching us rail against them. Bet you think it's real cute to ask us what we think of the things, too. "Oh, what do you think of curses," like we have any control over them. Please. If I had any control over curses, Jimmy--or, well, no, I guess that one was technically broken, wasn't it? Sure doesn't feel like it. Point is, curses are bad, and they're definitely real, and I hate you for them, got it?

BigB: Look, man, if you're trying to get me to write my character out for you, just say so! I won't tell anyone. We can come up with a hole thing about holes and red tasks and the Backrooms together! It'll be fun! After all, you probably don't know what kind of curse to say I have, right? Haha, just kidding. I have no idea what I'm talking about. Luckily, neither does anyone else, so I think that evens out between the lot of us.

Jimmy: NO RESPONSE GIVEN.

[guardian-of-soho]

For how tender and domestic (and “quiet and romantic”) the new season is, there’s such an endless sense of hovering danger around the little haven of the bookshop in the present day (not to mention the flashbacks). It’s implied they’ve been left alone a few years; but it’s clear the peace is ending.

From the moment “Jim” arrives we’re never left a minute without the shadow of Heaven or Hell darkening the doorstep of the bookshop and their safety, until the night the last-ditch dance to hold Heaven off turns into Hell coming over the threshold. They’re not left to peace. They’re not allowed to find their human happiness — not via the dance nor even by their one big kiss — not so long as Heaven and Hell want them gone. Not so long as their love stands as the threat to Eternity that it is.

That’s the only way I can make any sense of Aziraphale’s return to Heaven. They never left him alone, and for all he seemed sure of himself in helping Jim hide from them, and wooing Crowley amidst their invasions, and even refusing the Metatron at first — he must have felt the end approaching. He must have known that whatever was done to Jim could be done to him too.

He could lose himself. He could lose his capacity to protect Crowley, or Soho and the humans he loved. He could lose all memory of what had been so precious to him, worth defying Heaven for, and why he was on Earth, and who he could trust, and why.

Others have pointed out how determinedly he ignores Crowley’s fear amid the dancing. I think — I hope — that it’s not that he doesn’t want to hear him. It’s that he is pushing back his own fear to reach for happiness; it’s that he needs so badly to let him know he loves him, before it’s too late. He needs to have a moment’s romance. He knows “too late” is coming.

And then it’s there.

And still when Heaven offers him a way to dodge the doom they bring, he refuses point blank until they promise he can buy Crowley’s safety by his surrender. (And it is a surrender, for all he says he believes he’ll be in charge. Within moments of losing Crowley he’s giving the Metatron the same fake smiles and feigned agreement he’s always offered Heaven. He’s leashed again.) He wants their safety, he wants it unassailable, and I hope that’s the first reason he went back. (I don’t imagine the promise of their approval meant nothing to him. I think he wants their power and their praise. But I don’t believe it was what he wanted first.)

He’s just watched their haven (our shop!) invaded by Hell, and then by Heaven, and then watched two traitors in love, the heads of their sides, driven to the far reaches of the universe under threat of being followed — that’s not the end he wants for him and Crowley. He doesn’t imagine Heaven can be as sweet for them as Earth; but he believes their days on Earth are numbered. I think having watched their refuge breached so easily has had the same effect on him that watching it burn had on Crowley — nothing feels safe anymore; nothing feels permanent.

But Crowley’s reaction was “I want to spend whatever time we have left together as far away as we can get,” Aziraphale’s is “I want to invade the heart of the threat and turn it into home.” They’re so terribly brave; and they’re so in need of some humans showing them how to face down a threat together instead of running or joining it. I want to watch a replay of the airfield last stand, and the bookshop battle, but with power enough on their side to win Earth’s permanent peace.

I want Crowley and Aziraphale both to decide that even without Adam’s power or any particular prophecy or a tangible plan, they’ll take their chances on the humans’ side for good and all, and count it worth the dangers. And I want to see them win. Earth’s side has been theirs; they deserve to be sheltered and saved by it, too.