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let time pass.

#let me cry in peace #loki #loki season 2 #lokius #oh my heart #my glorious purpose how dare you

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THE AGONISING BEAUTY OF LOKI: GOD OF STORIES

**SPOILERS AHEAD!!!**

"There is a painful serendipity here."

That's the thought that kept repeating in my mind as I wiped the continous stream of tears from my eyes during the credits of Loki: Season 2.

By now, most of you will know about those heartwrenching final words from our lonely god of mischief who chose to sacrifice his own happiness, his own chance to be with the people he has grown to think of as family, to keep them safe.

If you're like me, you probably felt a deep sense of pride and sadness for Loki as he finally completed his arc and became the deity he was always meant to be; one more than worthy of brandishing Thor's hammer, who fulfilled what it meant to truly be a god.

But despite the painful and lonely ending many fans have taken from Loki's fate, I wanted to offer something of a slightly more philosophical perspective.

Loki is not alone.

Well, not entirely.

As people, we are so used to perceiving everything through our own experiences, we rarely think beyond that of thr physical. Loki, however, is a god, one who has just tapped in to every branch and root of every timeline there ever was, is, and will be.

Not only is his presence now woven into the very fibres of the multiverse, but he gets to experience the stories of each of the people he loves, endlessly.

Whilst his physical body is sat, enduring the weight of the timelines, his mind is everywhere, scattered across space and time, watching it all unfold. Life. Death. Joy. Sorrow. He is the storyteller. The sunset. The dawn rise. Every minute of every hour.

It's all him, keeping it all flowing.

He lived lifetimes with these people, stuck in the continous loop of trying to save them. Now, having done that, Loki finally gets to rest. He gets to sit down be with them, not in body, but in everything beyond a mortal's perspective: every moment and fibre of their reality.

He finally gets to be a god.

A guardian.

A hero.

And that, is so very beautiful to me.

#loki #loki series #loki season 2 #tom hiddelston loki #tom hiddleston #marvel #theory #season finale #finale

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DnD Beholder Pumpkin

Tis the season to be spooky, ghouls, ghosts and dice goblins!

#halloween #pumpkin #pumpkin carving #happy halloweeeeeeen #spooky #dnd #d&d #beholder

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Spooky Season is almost upon us...

Starting off the festivities with a matt-black dice set for my raven-themed goth boi, Apsephion. 🐈‍⬛🦇🕷

#dnd #dnd dice #dice #oc #original character #raven #crow #spooky #gothic #goth #goth aesthetic #spooky season

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I think we all need a little fluff after that S2 finale!

Here's a throwback to Warlock Dowling's 11th birthday, and the wandering thoughts of an anxious demon toward his beloved angel.

A podfic written commissioned by wilyserpent.

Art provided by the incredibly talented @naniiebimworks

#good omens #good omens fanfic #good omens art #good omens fanfiction #good omens podfic #crowley x aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #fanfic #goodomens #crowley #aziraphale #podfic #fanfiction #relaxation #Youtube

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Reposting this after rewatching Good Omens Season 1... because a single line used by Death might give even greater weight to this theory.

Death's final words before departing from the airbase were: "I am Creation's shadow. You cannot destroy me. That will destroy the world."

A CLUE?! The Missing Death Theory

Good Omens S2 SPOILERS below!!!

Okay, it has been the nocturnal habit of mine over the last 3 days to suddenly dwell on the Good Omens finale and scrutinise every detail in a sleep-deprived thought soup.

And apparently, tonight, my last two remaining braincells fired up their little engines and decided to put something rather interesting together.

One thing that got me when I watched the finale was the book that Muriel was reading. "The Crow Road."

So I decided to give it a quick Google, and realised the opening line of the book is one that Gabriel, or Jim, stumbled across earlier in the season. It goes like this:

"It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach."

Now, you may be thinking, okay, but what does this have to do with anything? And you would be right to be confused, but hear me out.

Death has a major, reoccurring influence in S2.

Yes, we have the obvious coffee shop "give me coffee or give me death" reference (this has a major point that I will get to a little later, but please, bear with me). But that is not the only one.

Throughout each episode, Death has been raised and eluded by numerous characters. In ep2, Jobe's family were saved by our ineffable duo. In ep3, we have the incident with the graverobber and stopping her from calling it a day. In ep4, we have the rise of the nazi zombies. In ep5, our unfortunate fellow from the ball gets thrown to the demons and appears to die, only to make a reappearance later on in ep6, albiet looking a little nibbled on.

And then there's the fact that miracles, as Crowley points out, are measured in "the power required to raise people from the dead."

Still with me? Okay good. Because its gonna get a little more crazy from here. Time to break out the funky tinfoil hats.

So, yes, many of the characters seemingly ellude death, right? Not a big point at first glance, considering the upbeat nature of the show... until you consider this.

Whilst in the coffee shop, the Metatron asks whether anyone ever chooses death instead of coffee. A weird line to be sure - perhaps an awkward statement of an angel unsure of how to interact with mortals. Totally plausible, right? Well, what if it was a test?

Nina claimed to remember everyone by what they order, and replied that no one has ever chosen death. I mean, I would hope so, but what if Death was no longer a thing that happened?

What if our devious Metatron wrote Death out of the Book of Life, considering that Death is a being instead of a simple concept as shown in S1 - and so the Metratron was asking as a test to gauge Nina's response. To figure out if his alteration had taken effect?

Okay, yes. It sounds a little wild, but if that is not the case, it does not mean that something is not going on with Death.

Going back to The Raven Road book, the plot follows a boy in pursuit of uncovering the mystery around his missing uncle. So perhaps, it is not so crazy after all to believe that something, or rather, someone is missing.

Which leads me to another missing creature.

Remember that heartbreaking line from Crowley? "You hear that? No nightingales?"

It was the dagger in many fan's hearts, but potentially held another meaning. Because in the poem: "Ode to a nightingale", the bird is used to represent, to an extent, death. As well as the concept of immortality.

Which means it's disappearance may be signalling a strange shift in the world.

Which brings me to my final point. We are in the home stretch now kiddos!

The second coming. The Metatron's grand plan.

In biblical text, it states that the Second Coming will be a sudden and unmistakable incident, like "a flash of lightning".

Now, where else did we see lightning? Hmmm. What about Crowley's enraged outburst that sealed poor Maggie and Nina in the coffee shop?

Which makes their line an episode or two later even more interesting...

Maggie: "Did it all start with the lightning?"

Crowley: "No, way before that."

Does this mean that events were starting to be influenced and set in motion way earlier as the Metatron began to tinker in the book?

We also have the name of S2 ep1 being called "The Arrival" - a name the Second Coming is sometimes referred to as, along with the text: "For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise."

So, just take a moment to digest that.

An archangel's call. Well, we've had two of those - Gabriel calling on Aziraphale as well as Aziraphale being called to heaven. Then we have the trumpet that plays whenever Micheal and co descend from Heaven, a sound Aziraphale actually asks whether Maggie could hear.

Which leads to the final part: the dead in Christ will rise.

People are not dying as they should, be it from the influence of our ineffable duo, or perhaps, it is the Metatron's plan after all. A way to start the second coming.

Even the opening credits alludes to this with Crowley and Aziraphale seemingly leading a crowd of humans out of hell and through various time periods, but perhaps I really am getting ahead of myself.

So yep. Something is very up with Death.

Anyway. I need to be up in 5 hours for work. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk before the incoherent babbling begins.

#good omens #good omens theory #i swear i am going mad #ineffable husbands #neil gaiman #aziraphale #crowley #goodomens #missing death theory #the missing death theory #theory #good omens season 2 #good omens season finale #update

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Let the zines commence!!!

Hello everyone! With the airing of Season 2, now feels like a great time to celebrate the Ineffable Husbands and what might be in store for them when they finally get to settle down in that cottage in the countryside.

The interest check is available now and will be open until September 5th. Included in this form are also contributor and moderator applications for those who are interested. If there is enough interest in this zine, then further steps like a second round of applications and a schedule will be revealed!

Reblogs are appreciated to help get the word out there. Thank you!

#good omens zine #good omens #yes i am interested #i have been in zine withdrawl #heavy breathing intensifies

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"To love you is to desire that which is holy. To whisper the words of a psalm against bloodied lips, to sing the verses of a hymn in the tongue of angels, even when the mere utterance of such scripture destroys the very fabric of me. If I should die by the poison of Grace, by the forbidden act of loving you, then think fondly of me. For I shall have fled existence the same way a black hole consumes galaxies. Softly, then all at once."

Beneath the neon glare of a 1960's Soho street, a distraught Crowley finds solace in music as he comes to terms with the pain, and hope, of falling a second time for the love of an angel.

#good omens #go #goodomens #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #neil gaiman #good omens fanfic #fanfic #fanfiction #writing fiction #writing #poetry #poem #writers on tumblr

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I find it pretty damn ironic that Crowley was supposedly thrown out of Heaven by asking too many questions, when all God did to Job when They finally spoke to him was to sound off a series of questions, whilst providing no answers.

#good omens #goodomens #good omens season 2 #crowley #aziraphale

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A CLUE?! The Missing Death Theory

Good Omens S2 SPOILERS below!!!

Okay, it has been the nocturnal habit of mine over the last 3 days to suddenly dwell on the Good Omens finale and scrutinise every detail in a sleep-deprived thought soup.

And apparently, tonight, my last two remaining braincells fired up their little engines and decided to put something rather interesting together.

One thing that got me when I watched the finale was the book that Muriel was reading. "The Crow Road."

So I decided to give it a quick Google, and realised the opening line of the book is one that Gabriel, or Jim, stumbled across earlier in the season. It goes like this:

"It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmony to Bach's Mass in B Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach."

Now, you may be thinking, okay, but what does this have to do with anything? And you would be right to be confused, but hear me out.

Death has a major, reoccurring influence in S2.

Yes, we have the obvious coffee shop "give me coffee or give me death" reference (this has a major point that I will get to a little later, but please, bear with me). But that is not the only one.

Throughout each episode, Death has been raised and eluded by numerous characters. In ep2, Jobe's family were saved by our ineffable duo. In ep3, we have the incident with the graverobber and stopping her from calling it a day. In ep4, we have the rise of the nazi zombies. In ep5, our unfortunate fellow from the ball gets thrown to the demons and appears to die, only to make a reappearance later on in ep6, albiet looking a little nibbled on.

And then there's the fact that miracles, as Crowley points out, are measured in "the power required to raise people from the dead."

Still with me? Okay good. Because its gonna get a little more crazy from here. Time to break out the funky tinfoil hats.

So, yes, many of the characters seemingly ellude death, right? Not a big point at first glance, considering the upbeat nature of the show... until you consider this.

Whilst in the coffee shop, the Metatron asks whether anyone ever chooses death instead of coffee. A weird line to be sure - perhaps an awkward statement of an angel unsure of how to interact with mortals. Totally plausible, right? Well, what if it was a test?

Nina claimed to remember everyone by what they order, and replied that no one has ever chosen death. I mean, I would hope so, but what if Death was no longer a thing that happened?

What if our devious Metatron wrote Death out of the Book of Life, considering that Death is a being instead of a simple concept as shown in S1 - and so the Metratron was asking as a test to gauge Nina's response. To figure out if his alteration had taken effect?

Okay, yes. It sounds a little wild, but if that is not the case, it does not mean that something is not going on with Death.

Going back to The Raven Road book, the plot follows a boy in pursuit of uncovering the mystery around his missing uncle. So perhaps, it is not so crazy after all to believe that something, or rather, someone is missing.

Which leads me to another missing creature.

Remember that heartbreaking line from Crowley? "You hear that? No nightingales?"

It was the dagger in many fan's hearts, but potentially held another meaning. Because in the poem: "Ode to a nightingale", the bird is used to represent, to an extent, death. As well as the concept of immortality.

Which means it's disappearance may be signalling a strange shift in the world.

Which brings me to my final point. We are in the home stretch now kiddos!

The second coming. The Metatron's grand plan.

In biblical text, it states that the Second Coming will be a sudden and unmistakable incident, like "a flash of lightning".

Now, where else did we see lightning? Hmmm. What about Crowley's enraged outburst that sealed poor Maggie and Nina in the coffee shop?

Which makes their line an episode or two later even more interesting...

Maggie: "Did it all start with the lightning?"

Crowley: "No, way before that."

Does this mean that events were starting to be influenced and set in motion way earlier as the Metatron began to tinker in the book?

We also have the name of S2 ep1 being called "The Arrival" - a name the Second Coming is sometimes referred to as, along with the text: "For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise."

So, just take a moment to digest that.

An archangel's call. Well, we've had two of those - Gabriel calling on Aziraphale as well as Aziraphale being called to heaven. Then we have the trumpet that plays whenever Micheal and co descend from Heaven, a sound Aziraphale actually asks whether Maggie could hear.

Which leads to the final part: the dead in Christ will rise.

People are not dying as they should, be it from the influence of our ineffable duo, or perhaps, it is the Metatron's plan after all. A way to start the second coming.

Even the opening credits alludes to this with Crowley and Aziraphale seemingly leading a crowd of humans out of hell and through various time periods, but perhaps I really am getting ahead of myself.

So yep. Something is very up with Death.

Anyway. I need to be up in 5 hours for work. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk before the incoherent babbling begins.

#good omens #neil gaiman #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #goodomens #missing death theory #the missing death theory #theory #good omens season 2 #good omens season finale #good omens theory

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Warning: Good Omens Season 2 Spoilers below!

Is anyone else absolutely devastated when Crowley told Aziraphale "You can't leave this bookshop"?

It doesn't seem like a super meaningful line at first glance but then I realised... Crowley is saying that because he is so raw and hurt in that moment he cannot bring himself to say "you can't leave me".

And what is even worse is when you click that he uses the bookshop as Aziraphale's incentive to stay because he knows how much it means to his angel. That Crowley feels Aziraphale's shop is more important to him than he will ever be.

Which is wholly untrue, but in Crowley's mind, he believes it is the only way he can beg the angel to stay with him, here, on Earth.

I... I am just gonna go cry in a corner now.

#good omens #goodomens #angst #good omens season 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens finale #crowley #aziraphale #sobbing

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Good Omens Alexandria 48 BC

EPISODE SIX RELEASED!

Dang! It has been a hot minute! Need some fluffy angel and demon interactions after the Good Omens S2 finale?

The Good Omens comic dubs are back!

Part 1 of 2 of the epilogue of Alexandria 48BC by the wonderful and talented @smudgeandfrank

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WARNING: GOOD OMENS S2 SPOILERS!

Okay, so I have a lot of theories bouncing around in my brain after watching the finale of Good Omens S2.

I understand the fandom is currently drowning in a sea of angsty, shared suffering, HOWEVER, I want to voice my opinions and theories of how I personally saw things play out in the finale.

Firstly, I know there's currently a lot of anger directed towards Aziraphale right now. And I get it, but at the same time, I have some thoughts.

This is a man who believed he would be giving Crowley, the being he cares about most of all, the greatest gift he, or anyone including God herself, could ever give: a chance to become an angel again. To go home. To be together.

So brainwashed into believing Heaven to be the "good guys", he truly thought he and Crowley could make things better and be happy up there. He saw the flaws of the system. He saw an opportunity to change it. At least, what he believed to be.

But the Metratron is downright devious in this finale.

He tempted Aziraphale with earthly goods (the coffee) before manipulating him by saying everything he wanted to hear. Which sounds pretty demonic when you think about it! And why? Because of two reasons:

Aziraphale knows Earth. He is a pool of knowledge Heaven can use. Too valuable to be erased.

And, more importantly, Zira and Crowley are the only two beings with the power to truly stand in the way of Armageddon. By intention or dumb luck, they thrawt Heaven and Hell's plans time and again. Let alone the fact that their shared miracles create surges of power so incredible, most angels only believe this to be achieved by the strongest among them.

(I am calling it now - this is gonna be a big plot point in a potential season 3. Perhaps as a way to restore the world).

Now imagine pitting Aziraphale and Crowley against each other. The Metratron knew Crowley would never accept the offer, but now, he has them separated and hurting. The trap is now set for Heaven's plan to spring.

(Tbh, I would not be suprised if the Metraton was watching Crowley and Aziraphale kiss, to use as a form of blackmail or threat when it serves).

Other things like something being in the coffee by the Metatron's insistence that Zira drinks it, to the worried expression of Muriel in the background looking in to the shop before she waves are... interesting, to say the least. But, those are theories for another time.

But my final and biggest point, is that, for me, Aziraphale finally realised that Heaven was playing him. Despite his naivety, he is anything but stupid, and all these years spent with Crowley have rubbed off on him.

As soon as he heard of the 'Second Coming', he looked away from Crowley and went with the Metratron with a coldness we rarely see.

He knows the only way to save Crowley, is to find out what is going on in Heaven and try to stop it.

Remember the discussion about bees in a hive? Aziraphale is acting like a wasp. Feigning innocence, imitating his way in to earn the trust of the angels once more.

He realised in that moment, Heaven was not going to stop, and all he could do is play along to find the corruption at its source.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

#good omens #good omens s2 #aziraphale #crowley #theories #good omens theory #good omens finale

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Hi, this is not really a question, i just wanted to tell u that i really love your youtube videos. I just finished watching Alexandria 48 BC and it was great! I‘m a huge Good Omens fan and watching these videos feels like already having a season two <3

i hope u know that u are a great person :)

have a nice (dooms)day 🙃

I only just saw this! Thank you so, SO much! This absolutely made my day and I hope to release more Good Omens videos soon!!!

Thank you from me and the entire VA team!

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So excited to be a part of this incredible zine!

Spotlights up on… @songbird-of-eden​ ! In “By The Light Of Stars Unseen”, Crowley will make a choice that forever defines his personal path…

Limited time pre-orders for Of Feathers & Wings: A Good Omens Zine are now open!

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They said superheroes don't exist.

Me: *points to this video*

wtf?

#trending #superhero #unbelievable

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Aaaah, thank you!!! I feel absolutely privileged to have taken part in this event with so many other talented writers! ❤️

Fic winners, stay tuned to receive your prizes! Here’s why we loved the angst category winner, “Not Today” by A_J_Crowley!

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