#what am i talking about?

[thatpinkweirdo]

I wanna see the beast interact with the soul jams i think that would be funny

[meganwinchester]

patrick verona i love you

[thavron]

I know I'm a little late to the Good Omens discourse, so this has probably been discussed at great length, but here's my two pennies worth.

Crowley, is morally good.

There are different kinds of morality, and there are two competing ideas on display constantly on the show. Deontology versus Utilitarianism.

Deontology essentially boils down to the idea that the morality of an act is inherent to the act itself. Stealing is wrong for example. The angels in Good Omens not unreasonably seem to follow this idea. The morality of the act is defined by a higher authority and they simply obey. God says its a sin, so it is a sin. The main issue with this kind of morality is that there is no flexibility or room for compromise. 

Interestingly, the demons of hell are also following this idea, except whilst angels strive for the good, demons strive to do what is wrong.

Enter Crowley. He is what I would consider a Utilitarian. You’ve probably heard the phrase “the greatest good for the greatest number” that is the bare bones of utilitarianism. What this kind of morality teaches us is that no act is inherently good or evil, we can only find morality in the consequences. Stealing is neither good nor bad, but if you steal from someone who has an abundance of food to feed a starving child, then you could argue it is an act of good. The flashbacks to Edinburgh really tried to drive this point home. The problem with this kind of thinking is that none of us can see the full consequences of our actions. The food you gave to the starving child saves their life, but what if the man you stole it from was planning to donate it to an orphanage? There is lots of scope to get it wrong. That said, Crowley always seems to try to act in such a way that the consequences that he can foresee are good. He is striving to be good, even if he sometimes misses. He is only pretending to be evil to fool hell.

This leads me to previous thoughts about what Crowley did to deserve to fall. He is not evil, he does not deserve to be in hell. Asking questions is not a sin, and should not have resulted in his expulsion. So what did he do? I wonder if his interest in consequences in fact comes from his fall. Did his questions set something in motion, some kind consequence that was so bad he was expelled. The use of goat symbolism around Crowley is very consistent throughout the show, and I wonder if it is pointing to the idea that he is some kind of scapegoat. Or perhaps its simply that, unlike sheep, goats don't always follow the herd. I don’t know, this isn’t really a coherent thought. As a viewer, I’d really like to see Crowely find redemption. For him that doesn’t mean being reinstated as an angel, I think that would mean giving him the answer to the question, what did he do? I'd really like to know too.

[blitzy-blitzwing]

Icy you look like your related to Valentino?

He hasn’t had the displeasure of meeting Valentino, yet. 😎

[calyxthenerd]

Forget about everything, my favorite dynamic now is emotional support exes

[metrixnos]

this was a vent that just turned into animation practice lol. actually really like the silly little moving lines. kinda sucks that uploading it completely watered down the quality tho :/

[rubbish78]

i think the moral of the story is....

become a lesbian

[quibbs126]

It’s been basically 3 and a half days and I have not done anything

I have had all the time in the world and no excuses to not to do my homework, to not study my class material, to not make a resume and actually apply for a job, to not call my parents (and I already didn’t do that last week)

I’m doing exactly what I did last semester, which is the absolute bare minimum, if even that, and by the end of the semester it’ll come back to bite me just like it did before and I’ll have no one but myself to blame, since I knew it was a problem and said I’d fix it, but I didn’t do anything to actually fix it. I suppose the only thing I’m doing better is that I’m doing most of my homework. At least partially

That’s what always happens; I say that tomorrow I’m gonna do something, I say I’m gonna be productive, I’m going to change my ways, and then the next day comes and goes and I don’t do anything, making myself feel more guilty and then ending the day saying again that tomorrow’s a new day, I’ll be productive tomorrow

*sigh* it’s like…I don’t have the motivation to do anything. And I hate it, but I cannot force myself to do something about it. Even if the solution is right there, it’s so easy, I just need to do this one small thing, I just can’t force myself to do that simple task. And that’s the worst part, that the solution is so simple, it’s right there, I have literally no excuse not to do it, but I just don’t do it. And so that opportunity slips by and I know the only thing stopping me from improving my life in some way was that I was just too lazy to do something simple

But going back to the not doing anything for 3 and a half days, what makes it worse is that today at least, I have had no creative juices flowing. I don’t just mean that I couldn’t work on my requests or art (though that’s one thing too, and I just don’t feel like doing my requests right now, even though I should), I mean that usually, when I’m doing nothing, I come up with some story or plot point to focus on to think about and pass the time, usually about a fandom I’m currently in, a character I’ve created, or an original creation of mine (possibly with crossover with another fandom I’m currently interested in). But today, I haven’t had anything good to focus on, and it’s driving me nuts. It’s like when you’re trying to find the right song to listen to, but you don’t know what it is today, and so your scrolling through your entire list of songs on your phone trying to find that good one, and you keep trying songs that just aren’t doing it for you right now, and you just get more frustrated that you can’t find that one song. Which is also something I’m dealing with today, I can’t find the right song to listen to, and it’s incredibly frustrating

I don’t know why I’m posting about this, I guess I just want to say it. I mean, at least I don’t feel as bad as I did yesterday

But also like, every time I post about whatever struggle I’m dealing with, I get comments with people trying to help me, and I appreciate that, I really do, you don’t know how much it means to me, but the problem is I don’t feel as bad about things afterwards, and thus I feel no reason to actually do anything about the problem, as it feels over, and so it remains, festering until it bubbles up again

I dunno. Roommate came back after the weekend around the end of this post and my train of thought was sabotaged

[bloody-hugs]

[swan-orpheus]

“The Axe Forgets” is such a great episode. For the direction, the music, the mood, the dialogue, the acting, the pacing and transition from one scene to the next...it is one of my favorites. It’s just so well-crafted. In a sea of brilliant storytelling and impressive attention to detail, it stands out in my mind. 

[thatsadeevee]

Hehehehe…

Soon.

…

I hope.

[typinggently]

My phone autosuggests fuckdoll when I type fuck, which really shows what I value in my writing I guess

[ziriam]

maybe I’ll go out for a late lunch some place and read a book on my day off today

maybe

[kaylmao]

i am made of jello.... floating down a creek in a storm.... lime jello fresh from the mold into the gutter....... covered in muddy water and dead leaves..

[kyliafanfiction]

So I’m gonna officially call Bullshit™ on the writers for pulling this nonsense.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again