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[bitchesgetriches]

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[drconstellation]

Obligatory Reminders and Crossing the Lines

Have you been wondering why Shax tries to do a mail delivery to Crowley as he escorts the shop keepers to safety from Aziraphale's Eldritch Ball? It seems a pretty random thing to do at that moment.

SHAX: I brought your mail. CROWLEY: Why? SHAX: It stacks up by the front door. CROWLEY: Keep it for now, not a good time.

It's not the first time Shax has tried to give Crowley his mail. We first see her hand a pile over on the park bench in S2E1, while they have an introductory spy vs. spy catch up, in St James Park.

SHAX: I brought your mail. CROWLEY: Anything interesting? SHAX: Bills, mostly. I don't understand why they won't just deliver them to your car. CROWLEY: Send the bills to Hell's finance office. SHAX: I did. They say they can't accept my signature as your replacement.

Bills, mostly. That aren't being accepted by Hell's finance office, unless Crowley signs them. And they expect to find him in the official residence of Hell's ambassador plenipotentiary to this corner of Earth, in Mayfair.

Next, we see Crowley redefining all that mail as "junk" and discarding it.

uh huh. Lets ignore the conveniently placed disposal unit for the moment...

We need to stop and define what those "bills" actually are. Because they are not actually the financial type of bills. Well, they could be. But this is the GOmens AU, so they have a second meaning as well. Paying your bills is also meeting your duties and obligations to another party, and this is something Crowley is refusing to do right now.

I don't think its as simple as Hell being short staffed and they just haven't got around to doing the change over (I know I suggested the latter recently, sorry) and that's why they aren't recognizing Shax's signature. It's that Hell actually hasn't let Crowley go - he is still "on the books," so to speak, despite all that has been said and done since the Nope-ocalypse. He might call himself a "former demon," and he might call Hell his "former side," but that is definitely NOT how Hell sees it, despite the fact they aren't harassing him or giving him tasks to do.

Actually, that should be haven't been harassing him, because since Gabriel "disappeared," they have been back on his case. The mail is a warning sign, but Lord Beelzebub's summons really should have given you the chills.

Crowley protests that they had a "generalized understanding" that he would be left alone, but Beelzebub declares that "we don't."

Ah. So all is not as it appears. They are just playing nice because they want something (Gabriel) and in reality Crowley's position in relation to Hell really is fragile. Yet outwardly he seems more worried about Aziraphale.

It goes downhill from here. Shax begins to stalk him.

This image of Shax is just delish. The sharp "V" of her her decolletage reminds us of a stork's bill, her avatar animal, and it's stabbing down at the snake on her belt. She might be seeking the Frog Prince who escaped Heaven but she's also got a certain snake in her sights.

Shax can't can't cross the threshold of the bookshop without an invitation from Aziraphale. This plays into the old belief that supernatural creatures such as vampires, demons and faeries can only enter a house if invited in. We also see this extended to the Bentley, once "ownership" is extended to the angel, but the door of the bookshop is the important border here for now.

Then have this threat of war being declared:

War on Aziraphale, not Crowley, as they still consider Crowley to be on Hell's side. They don't see it the way Crowley does as Us and Them, to Shax there is still only Heaven and Hell.

So we come back to the second round of mail delivery:

Crowley is about to escort the human shopkeepers to safety and Shax confronts Crowley right on the threshold with his duties and obligations. He really doesn't want to have that conversation right now, not here and not with Shax. As far as he is concerned, he has no obligations to Hell any more, and he's not taking any notice of their demands in any form, either, so Shax may as well just get out of the way and take the mail with them.

And with that, Crowley crosses the threshold, leading the humans out.

At this point in the story you might be asking what's the big deal about that? Crowley has been going in and out over that doorstep several times a day lately, and has crossed it hundreds of times over the last couple of centuries since the bookshop was built. It's not a barrier to him.

The significance of this boundary line has been highlighted to us in S2. We have Shax actually telling us that she knows she can't cross the "threshold" in S2E3, then she asks again in S2E5 where the boundary line is just before Mr Brown is hauled off into the demon Legion. But its even more than that.

On one level its the line that Crowley has drawn for himself. He's not going back to Hell if he can at all help it, and he's quite resolute about that. It's his side or no one's side, from there on in. He reinforces that when talking to Aziraphale in the Final Fifteen.

On another level, I'm wondering if we could consider this a step on the eponymous Hero's Journey? Crossing the Threshold is one of the early stages of the journey where the hero crosses into danger or the unknown. We're shown things aren't normal outside by the mist and green light. Then he diverts off unexpectedly to Heaven with Muriel. Just throwing it out there to see if its worth exploring a bit further. I'd say we've only got the early stages of the journey in S2, with the remainder to come in S3.

[victusinveritas]

Things I've mailed back to companies using return-addressed, free-postage-in-the-US envelopes: Essays I wrote in college with my name and other identifying details removed.

Rude doggerel.

Scraps from collages. Other junk mail offers switched around. Little pieces of flint folded in cardboard so it doesn't damage the postal system's machines.

[melyzard]

Websites that donate to charity for every click you give (multiple causes available):

Greater Good :

arab.org :

Website that lets you give tiny amounts of money to erase massive amounts of medical debt:

Undue Medical Debt

Websites that let you opt out of mailing lists, reducing the amount of paper and plastic waste (and carbon emissions) from junk mail, ad catalogs, and other trash that goes straight from mailbox to landfill (US and Canada-centric):

Yellow Pages Opt Out

Direct Mail National Do Not Mail List (it's a tiny, hard to find side page on the website for one of the largest data sellers in the northern hemisphere. You want a jolt to your privacy-loving brain? Read the main page of this website)

Catalog Choice (remove yourself from catalog and ad mailing lists)

Paper Karma

21 Virtual Volunteer Opportunities You Can Do From Home (world wide)

List at goodhousekeeping.com

[nando161mando]

[thoughtportal]

Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies are permitted to include your name on lists used by creditors or insurers to make firm offers of credit or insurance that are not initiated by you ("Firm Offers"). The FCRA also provides you the right to "Opt-Out", which prevents Consumer Credit Reporting Companies from providing your credit file information for Firm Offers.

Through this website, you may request to:

Opt-Out from receiving Firm Offers for Five Years - (electronically through this website).

Opt-Out from receiving Firm Offers permanently - (mail Permanent Opt-Out Election form available through this website).

Opt-In and be eligible to receive Firm Offers. This option is for consumers who have previously completed an Opt-Out request, whether through this website, by telephone or by submitting an Opt-Out request directly to the Consumer Credit Reporting Companies.

If you choose to Opt-Out, and if the Consumer Credit Reporting Company maintains a credit file for you, and is able to locate your credit file based on the information you provide, you will no longer be included in firm offer lists provided by these four consumer credit reporting companies. If you are not receiving firm offers because you have previously completed a request to Opt-Out, you can request to Opt-In. In doing so, you may soon be among the many consumers who can significantly benefit from having ready access to product information on credit and insurance products that may not be available to the general public.

[b-0-ngripper]

no one is safe until trans women are morally mandated out of existence

you'll remember this text when one of them rapes you.

i'll see you at the TERF festival.

Wtf is wrong with you? Why do you want me to get raped?

[craftcorner321]

A few paperscrap clusters made today

[seeyaspaceolson]

I’m still a bit shy about sharing more personal zines so I will start with something silly - we get lots of junk mail at work. I hate my boss so I do not feel motivated to do my best all the time. Therefore I made this zine- we did not have glue so it's holding on bits of double sided tape. It's a bit wonky ( tbh I was hiding that I'm making it, lol) - but overall not bad? I’m trying to work on composition more, I don’t have that natural sense of what looks good (some people do it with such ease, wow!). 

whole spread~

idk, i think I like shis pages the most? C:

Do you like your job? Or maybe you did something silly you weren't supposed to during working hours? Please share with me <3 

[bitchesgetriches]

Here’s What to Do With Those Credit Card Pre-approval Offers You Get in the Mail

As tempting and celebratory as those credit card pre-approval offers seem, they’re not actually gifts. They’re advertisements. They serve no purpose other than to sell you something. And we’ve told you before about the money-draining power of advertisements. But just in case, here’s a summary of the insidious nature of ads:

The average person sees between 4,000 and 10,000 advertisements every single fucking day.

Clever marketing professionals design ads to make you feel like the only thing standing between you and eternal happiness is their product. Their tricks are sophisticated, even to the point where you’re excited to see the ad (see the scenario in the intro).

Even when ads don’t work, they are an unnecessary drain on your time, attention, and processing power.

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[willowwindss]

See y’all later I have been chosen 🤣 👋

[victusinveritas]

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Best Level One Warrior - Round 2 Match 12

[snailcheeserulz]

Hello everyone

Hello there Mr Bot

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