#BUT THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION

[marzipanandminutiae]

I watch a fun IG reel of a maid getting dressed in 1790 vs. 1890. it's great! both maids are in practical, period-typical outfits with a few simple aesthetic touches because Humans Like Looking Good regardless of social class. you can tell they are maids because they put clearly functional aprons on, and the 1890s one is wearing a uniform-style cap. also the caption says they are. love it

I scroll down

the top comment: "but what did POOR women wear? you only ever show rich people's clothes!"

#dress history #fashion history #historical costuming #perhaps...working women...had nicer clothes than you realize? #perchance they...did NOT go about in rags? #shocking to even consider I know! #also if they're not being educational historical costumers don't owe you working-class ensembles in their fun personal hobby #but that's another conversation #(I'm a normal person 24/7! let me be a countess for a while!)

[sunnyspot]

Someone might have pointed this out already but in the first scene of season 2, when Crowley is creating the universe, he’s using a hand-crank to set it into motion. We get a good glimpse of it as the camera pulls into his character, and another when Aziraphale holds the map for him:

When he’s done spinning the crank, Aziraphale asks: “Is that it?”

To which Crowley replies: “Oh, no. That’s just priming the engine.”

Priming the engine. It’s an interesting turn of phrase, since cars won’t be invented for another ~6,000 years, but it’s congruous with the humorous anachronisms in the world of Good Omens. I don’t know much about old cars, so I had to do some reading for this, but essentially hand-cranks were used to quite literally wind an engine up by hand. What I find interesting is that the show has chosen to have a character, who we know will later have an emotional connection to his car, equate the universe to a car.

The Bentley is Crowley’s equivalent to a physical home. The show reinforces, time and again, that he is living out of his car in season 2; that the Bentley is to Crowley what the bookshop is to Aziraphale (Adam restoring the Bentley and bookshop to new after Armagedidn’t, “The Bentley is my car.” “Well, yes, technically. Just as that bookshop is technically my shop…”); that he can feel when Aziraphale turned it yellow. In the book, Hastur even uses the Bentley to explain how Crowley has “gone native” to Earth: 

Crowley’s car represents his connection to humanity. He has chosen a home for himself outside of heaven and hell, within the freedom afforded by Earth and, by extension, his car. So it’s only fitting that he uses a car part to crank the universe into existence. 

But this isn’t the first time we’ve seen Crowley with a hand-crank! Flashback to this scene from the season 1 finale: 

Sure enough, he’s using the Bentley’s hand crank to fight against heaven and hell! As @fuckyeahgoodomens points out in this post, he originally used a tire iron in the book, but it changes to a hand crank in the series.

Major kudos to Neil Gaiman and the directing/props team, because it’s a beautiful parallel to have Crowley defending the Earth with the same technology he used to create it. It’s Crowley saying, “My weapon of choice is the very humanity you’ve tried to squash out of me.” It’s him saying, “Remember, I was there when this infinite, beautiful, messy universe Began.” It’s him saying, “I once used the tools of heaven to create this planet, and I will use the same tools to protect it, whether heaven likes it or not.” 

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #i'm just really emotional about crowley's connection to earth #and how the show uses physical objects to show both his and aziraphale's love for humanity #and by extension each other #but that's another conversation

[dragon-wisteria]

I think a problem with a lot of modern fairy tale retellings and remakes is that the writer(s) will see a shallow romance, and decide that the best way to fix it is to just remove the romance entirely.

The problem is, if you cut out the central relationship arc from a story, you also risk losing the emotional core. It's possible to create a new emotional core by adding or fleshing out a different relationship arc (such as a familial relationship or a friendship) -

But sometimes the best solution is actually to write a better romance.

#also sometimes the romance wasn't shallow in the first place and the writer just hasn't really looked closely at the story they're retelling #but that's another conversation #analysis

[taylortruther]

She will always choose her career because her goal is you shouldn't have to give up your career as you can balance it likes loada of women as for her fame well she was an is still famous so Joe is all the way wrong for that don't date famous women then he satire never went down even hiding it can only go down if she release bad albums no charting etc Katy Perry

i got a lot of asks like this overnight so i'm not gonna post them all but i'm crying at katy perry catching strays

#also i would argue heavily that women often do not balance it because it's very hard and i think lavender haze touches on that quite well #but that's another conversation

[rhaenyra-targaryenn]

i'm sorry tiktok needs to die. the entire "become viral" mentality needs to fucking die. immediately. stalking taylor at work and then showing up at her house and waiting outside with phones pointed at her car as she pulls into her garage is beyond disgusting and disrespectful.

#text #taylor swift #mel talks #more like mel is pissed #you're literally treating her like she's some art piece in a museum or an animal in zoo--which actually zoos are cruel #but that's another conversation #she's a fucking human being just trying to live as normal a life as possible #and here some of you are showing up to her job and her house uninvited #harassing her for the internet #guess what? you're not gonna get free tickets to see her #or a chance to meet her #all that is gonna happen is your going to get yelled at by her security #and added to a list of people never allowed within ten feet of her or something

[sorin-sunchild]

I don't know how to say this but if your first thoughts when someone mentions sex especially queer sex are various sex crimes, not healthy consensual sex and/or kink, that is a You issue and you shouldn't share it on the post/in the conversation.

#I mean I know many of these people are trolls but still #if that's how sex is viewed to you it may be time to adapt how you think about sex to something healthier #yes even if it's from trauma i fully well know what that's like so don't go off on me #nobody is ignoring sex crimes when we speak of sex positivity i assure you #but that's another conversation #sex positive #kink at pride

[mejcinta]

Modern femi-nuhsim stripping fairytales of selfless, romantic moments? Who would have thought. So many so-called feminist executive producers and writers nowadays are so deep in narcissism that they fail to commit to the heart and spirit of love stories, it's concerning. Killing romance altogether in the name of being progressive. 🤦🏾‍♀️

#why?????? #black soft girls want to be loved cared for and rescued #but that's another conversation

[emiliosandozsequence]

'hoard that shit like gold' is such a silly saying. i can get gold anywhere. i'm going to say 'hoard that shit like pain pills', which are far harder to get and so much more satisfying to have when you need them.

#the fact that i have to do that as someone with chronic illness and chronic pain is highly fucked up #but that's another conversation #emilio.txt

[maitanii]

my biggest flex is having a dilf as a boss

#he's so cute i can't #AND HIS WIFE IS BEAUTIFUL #i also have the greatest ass #but that's another conversation #—martha talks

[canongf-archive]

Is it ok not to be comfortable with sharing romo f/os? My friend and I got in a really bad argument where she was basically chewing me out for not being ok with sharing my romantic f/os and that I should be more like her in being accepting that there are other people who ship with my f/os and that I should learn how to share and now I can’t stop thinking about it

totally ok, anon!!! 💗

i feel like this has been a point of contention lately and to be honest with you! i'm not really sure why! the community is made up of all different kinds of people who self ship in their own unique way. and that means that everyone has different boundaries! and that's fine!

i think there's a lot of misconceptions about what it means to be uncomfortable with sharing romantic F/Os but really all it means is that you're just... uncomfortable with sharing romantic F/Os. it doesn't mean that you're mean or entitled or, in this case, unaccepting. you can be accepting and supportive and kind and still just not really wanna see it. and you're allowed to not want to see things. especially in a place like this. that's why we have the blacklist feature. that's why we can block.

like! i'm not really comfortable sharing romantic F/Os! i can't speak for anyone else or anyone else's feelings or anyone else's experiences, i can just say that personally, with who i am and the way that i self ship and the reasons for my self shipping, it's not something i'm comfortable seeing. it's not something i'm comfortable surrounding myself with. that doesn't mean that i don't know that other people love the same characters i do! that doesn't mean that it makes me angry or that i don't feel like they have a right! that doesn't mean that i don't accept it and support it! they're great characters! of course people love them! of course they do! and i'm still allowed to set boundaries for my own sake! i don't have to force myself to do anything or be any certain way! i don't have to force myself to be uncomfortable! especially not here! that kinda defeats the whole point!

that doesn't mean that i'm cruel about it. that doesn't mean that i send angry messages to people that ship with the same characters that i do or that i get upset with my friends for engaging with their content. i just mind my own business! i blacklist what i need to blacklist, i block when i feel like it's best for me to block, and i focus on my own ships. and i think that if that's what you're doing, if you're being kind and you're minding your own business, there's nothin' wrong with it. do what's best for you, anon! 💗

#also i think there is something sort of ironic abt someone giving u a hard time #telling u to be more accepting #when they're like. going out of their way to not be accepting of ur boundaries #but that's another conversation #advice.ask #anon

[guntapon]

pls katie i have one fear and your tags didn’t help

MIND IF I SCREAM BEFORE JUNE 1!?!?

I'M SO SORRY. if it's any consolation, i hadn't at all considered that he might die before right this very moment, especially taking into account that he's the fan fave, so the realization that it's an actual possibility hit me like a freight train. needless to say, i am now also suppressing the urge to scream. :')

also BRO, the way they've split up the episode releases into two separate batches is my actual villain origin story. either let me binge it all at once, or release each episode on a week-by-week basis. waiting a whole month for a whopping few hours of content is!! bullshit!!!!! i mean, i know it's a marketing ploy, but ARghghgdhghg *rattles my cage bars*

#actually my real villain origin story is the fact that they sidelined will for the 565th time #but that's another conversation #snimeat #ask #gei*

[st-dionysus]

We've had strap ons since at least 400 BC, and people still have the nerve to go on gay hook up apps and ask "how can an FTM be a top?"

#Not that you even need a strap to top #But that's a another whole conversation it self #Vent #I guess?

[alientitty]

it really is true that keeping an instrument out will have you play it more or having a yoga mat will make you stretch more. and it's not that i dislike thesee tasks, buy enjoying something isn't enough to get me over the many hurdles of doing it you know. gotta facilitate things for yourself

#if anything i think i don't deserve to do things i enjoy until ive accomplished something else which is why i can't be a freelance creative #but that's another conversation

[jerseymuppet]

getting up on my soapbox for a moment. i find it laughable that nearly every time someone says they don’t like rap they cite hamilton and k-pop as the only rap they can tolerate. because everything else is just so violent and full of blatant consumerism. first off. so is k-pop. secondly. idk how to tell you the founding fathers were some of the most violent people around (coming from a black american descentant of slaves who is most likely related to thomas jefferson. shouldn’t have to explain the relevance here). thirdly. hamilton and k-pop both reference and interpolate rap. so idk what to tell you babes. you do like rap. you just don’t like black people. say it with your full chest next time.

#it’s very funny because there’s a whole conversation about how white people treat k-pop and rap #like they are both a homogenous thing and not two very massive and diverse genres #like k-pop isn’t just pop and the idea of it being ‘purer’ is you guys infantalizing Asians #like idk I don’t think you guys hear yourselves sometimes #but that’s another conversation. #jude.txt

[kashlyn]

I only have three moods when I'm in a conversation:

I get it.

I'll pretend I get it

What planet are we at again?

#i'm just saying #I'm currently blood deprived #also sleep deprived #but that's another conversation #midnight thoughts #I'm dizzy #i now understand why women faint when vampires suck their blood #tired thoughts

[fluentisonus]

the 'roman slavery was just household slaves not like later plantation/industrial slavery' thing I hear all the time from people irl is going to make me insane for real. it's not their fault they don't know but the fact that this is the general perception of roman slavery is literally so hideous to me. frantically leans into the microphone for 300 dollars who can tell me who the people doing most of the large scale agricultural and mining work were. please. pl

#just had another conversation with someone about this 😭 i feel like i come off as mean for being so intense abt correcting them but #i just can't stand it. i can't let there be people out there walking around with this misapprehension #thoughts