#the flood

[mournfulroses]

Delmira Agustini, from The Selected Poems of Delmira Agustini; "The Flood,"

#lit #delmira agustini #poetry #the flood #words #december #the selected poems of delmira agustini #writings #p

[beebopboom]

I don’t remember if there was ever an actual explanation for this but earlier I was just wondering -

What’s with Crowley’s obsession with having things work under water, like his watch and pen?

and because my brain loves me it goes

“oh god the flood”

so enjoy that thought with me

#bee’s headbops #good omens #good omens 2 #book omens #crowley #anthony j crowley #the flood

[blairtrabbit]

Survivors

#art #good omens #crowley #my art #ineffable husbands #crowley and unicorns #unicorn #the flood

[pen-and-umbra]

The Deluge, Paul Merwart, c. 1900

#classical art #academicism #academic art #painting #oil painting #classical painting #mythology #biblical mythology #the flood #the deluge #paul merwart #polish painter #french painters #искусство #живопись #luv вдохновляемся

[jannasophia]

When we were made // It was no accident // We were tangled up like branches in a flood // 🎵

#artists on tumblr #illustration #digital portrait #sleep token #original character #chokehold #the flood #oc #Morraine

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

#art #painting #oil on canvas #bible stories #book of genesis #the old testament #the flood #great flood #deluge #scene of the flood #anne-louis girodet de roussy-trioson

[milot-design]

so far hozier has given us

anti capitalist cannibalism satire

ballad abt the shortness of life and love

“you make me feel more things than i can measure”

“your love is worth dying and coming back for”

there is no reality in which this album will not kick ass

#hozier #eat your young #francesca #the flood #all things end #hozierposting

[aduckwithears]

Sometimes I miss her (long hair Crowley)

#long haired Crowley #with a braid #my beloved #good omens #fan art #Crowley #good omens fanart #crowley fanart #Crowley fan art #the flood #pencil drawing #inktober #a duck draws #oh it’s been a loooooong time since I’ve done fan art #I got a little carried away with her hair :) #gomens #go fanart #david tennant

[biceratops7]

This is…

Absolutely fucking breath taking.

There’s just something so serenely morose about it. Seriously I’m excited as hell to see this scene because it is a beautifully set up shot. The cinematography of Good Omens isn’t talked about much and that really is a shame, because it deserves high praise.

If I were to take a gander, this is right after the flood. Their clothes look the most similar to that period, but different enough to mark the passage of time. Also that would just be SO damn perfect. The landscape is beautiful but bare, drawing stark attention to Aziraphale and Crowley in the middle. They appear to not even be speaking to eachother, just calmly considering the ocean before them. If they are speaking, they are mutually anxious to face eachother. Which is a precaution that’s stayed with them for millennia.

But although they’re two clearly defined figures, their positioning in the shot makes them one focal point. The physical and emotional distance they try and create to shield themselves is futile, broken by the camera. So here we have Aziraphale and Crowley, trying to make sense of a world where “good” means drowning children and “bad” means questioning that, the person who makes them feel happiest is what they’re divinely designed to hate, and ending up in this limbo. Still apart, making sense only together, uncertain, and unaware of the morning sun rising for them to come.

#good omens #season 2 #crowley #Aziraphale #ineffable husbands #promo material #cinemetography #meta #analysis #theory #speculation #biceratops #the flood

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Léon-François Comerre (French, 1850-1916) Le Déluge, ca.1911 Nantes, Arrondissement de Nantes, Pays de la Loire The story of the flood occurs in chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. Ten generations after the creation of Adam, God saw that the earth was corrupt and filled with violence, and he decided to destroy what he had created.

#Léon-François Comerre #french art #french #france #1800s #the flood #the global flood #noah's age #le deluge #christian art #christianity #christentum #western civilization #art #fine art #european art #classical art #europe #european #oil painting #fine arts #europa #mediterranean #le deluge 1911 #classic art #painting #ocean #night

[amagnificentobsession]

“God isn’t upset with the Australians……………

“Yet”

#good omens #michael sheen #david tennant #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #the flood #unicorns #oy Shem

[artnoutdraws]

Conserving Ammo

Was replaying Halo CE and caught myself constantly trying to melee the flood spores to conserve ammo. Thought it would be funny if Chief swung his shotgun around like a baseball bat to deal with the spores

#halo #halo ce #halo combat evolved #halo fanart #master chief #the flood #drew this back in november 2023

[drconstellation]

Goats, Crows and The Flood

Or why Crowley turns the goats into crows in the Job minisode

If you're reading that and thinking "eh, what's the Flood got to do with it?" then read on. It wasn't done just so Crowley got to change his name. It's never as simple as that. C'mon now, this is the GOmens AU, I'm not going to write a meta about something like this and not give you at least three if not four layers as to why, now, am I? Certainly not, and this one won't be any different.

Recently I picked up a book that has been sitting for far too long on a pile near my kitchen that needs sorting through called Parallel Myths* and in it is a section on Flood myths. (It's got lots of other good bits as well, but the Flood myths are what I want to talk about here.) The Flood is a wide-spread myth, with stories all around the world from India, to the Greek myths, to the Incas and Aztecs and in North America as well.

There are four stories that include crows as messengers who are sent to look out for land. The first is our familiar bible story. Oh, did you miss that bit? Yeah, I know, you keep getting told about the dove that represents the holy spirit that came back with the olive branch. Why would they want to tell you about a dirty old crow? And why is that crow dirty anyway? Ah, hold that thought...we'll come back to that shortly.

Another very famous story that include a crow being sent out to look for land after a great Flood is in the epic story of Gilgamesh. While on a journey Gilgamesh meets an old man named Utnaptishtim who tells the hero how he survived a great flood by building a boat after being warned by the gods to do so, and then floating for several days before coming to rest on a mountain top. At first he sent out a dove, but the dove returned. Then he sent out a swallow, but the swallow returned also, so he knew there was no land yet. But the third bird he sent out was a crow, and it didn't come back, so Utnaptishtim knew it was finally safe to leave.

There are also crows mentioned in two North American Flood myths, with the Cree and the Algonquin, and in both stories they are also sent to look out for land.

So why am I telling you this? Because of this:

Which is, as we know, is a bit of a play on words, but it establishes the association between the ungulate offspring and the human offspring when we run into the next occurrence of the innocent being killed on the Almighty's fickle whim in the Job minisode in S2. And we know our favourite demon is just not going to take that lying down that without some kind of protest.

So after delivering his open monologue to the goats, which gives an insight into himself, then being confronted by Aziraphale, and revealing he has a permit, from the Almighty Herself, no less, he turns Job's goats into crows.

(And if you've missed the bit about why the goats, and not the sheep, which the archangels kept going on about, its because sheep were seen as more "Christian" as the rams were considered faithful to their ewes, as good followers should be, but goats were observed to just do it with any-nanny, with no sense of commitment, if you get what I mean, so they were considered more "demonic" in nature.)

The bible seems to have a bit of a love-hate relationship with birds. On hand they can be used for food or sacrifices, on the other hand they are metaphorical demons! There is an association made between "birds of the air" and demons, waiting to pick off the weak (of thought) and young before they can be enfolded into the "safety" of the church.

Even the noble eagle is frowned upon in a way, as it eats carrion, or rotting meat. And that is something ravens and crows are known to do as well. This eating of dead animals, and humans on the field on the ancient battlefield, led crows to be associated with death and the afterlife, and by extension, transformation from one form to another.

(I can't help thinking at this point about the Sandman's assistant crow helper that travels between worlds, but also I've written a couple of metas about both Crowley and the Bentley being facilitators for the crossing of thresholds between different worlds.)

If you've ever had a close association with a crow or two- and I have, over several years, they can be wily opponents! - you come to respect their intelligence and adaptability, no matter how they might be frustrating you! **

The raven is also mentioned in the Book of Job 38:41

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

We didn't hear this line delivered to Job during the minisode, though we certainly heard some of the other lines from verses 38 and 39 that come before and after it. God is in the middle of telling Job about the universe, the earth and the creatures upon it, and how She looks after them. The line Jimbriel speaks about the morning stars all singing together is Job 38:7, for example. Just before mentioning this loathsome bird, She mentions that most noble of animals, the lion. But look, She also cares about ugly croaking raven fledglings that seem to get kicked out of the nest as soon as they can fly. How do they fend for themselves? It is seen as the mercy of God that she provides for each of the creatures of the Earth, both the lion and the raven. (Well, there's some interesting metaphorical links riiiight there...I hope I don't need to spell them out....)

So where are we? We've gone from a crow being a messenger for Noah, to kids/goats from the Flood scene in S1E3, to demon-associated goats being transformed into demon-associated crows in the Job minisode in S2E2, just before Job's human kids are saved from destruction by being transformed into geckos - which is also a significant symbolic creature for resurrection (which I explain in another meta.)

You know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if we loop back for a longer look at the Flood in S3. Kids, crows, a transformative experience...

Va-va-voom, here we come!

*Parallel Myths by J. F. Beirlein (1994) A Fascinating look at the common threads woven through the world's greatest myths - and the central role they have played through time. ISBN 0-345-38146-7

**I know there are corvids all around the world, and they can be shy, important birds in the ecosystem but here in Australia they can also be big bullies who know they are bigger than the other birds and throw their weight around accordingly and then do gross stuff like dirty up the backyard bird bath by finding discarded sandwiches and dog bones or even Lego blocks and drop them in to "soften" them for later consumption and just leave a filthy mess there for everybird else. yyyiikkk.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #good omens analysis #good omens theory #crowley #good omens s3 #goats #crows #not the kids #the flood

[windienine]

digital directory of jenna moran's ttrpgs and where you can buy them

nobilis, 3rd edition

what is it? (diceless game where you play as a human who's been uplifted to be the demigod of a singular concept [like the moon or baseball or telomeres] by a higher power. you are to keep the world in balance and keep world-ending interlopers at bay.)

how much? ($12.95 for the pdf.)

chuubo's marvelous wish-granting engine

what is it? (diceless game where you play as a resident of a magical island hidden alongside our own world. you are a young god who does not yet know you are a god. explore. experience. discover who you are. the end of the world is coming, so you ought to make some friends first.)

how much? ($19.99 for the pdf. however, i also highly recommend the glass-maker's dragon [a campaign] and by the docks of big lake [a setting guide], both are SUPER worthwhile)

glitch

what is it? (diceless game where you play as a human who has suffered a terrible fate. you have died, but you have died wrong, and while this wrongness has granted you terrible power it also imbues you with terrible pain. you once wished to destroy the universe for this injustice. you're over that, but it doesn't make the world any easier to exist in. how do you manage?)

how much? ($32.95 for the pdf)

the flood

what is it? (diced game where you play as a farmer attempting to make enough money to survive an upcoming natural disaster. your crop of choice is poetry. how willing are you to butcher, graft, and genetically engineer your own craft for the money you need to live?)

how much? ($9.99 for the PDF)

[adventures on] the far roofs

what is it? (diced game where you play as a human called to the strange parallel world atop your city's roofs by talking rat-knights. you will be tested not just by the alien environs, by the behemoth monsters that make the rooftops their home.)

how much? (will be for sale soon. you can get a prerelease copy on jenna's patreon if you subscribe, for no extra cost.)

wisher, theurger, fatalist

what is it? (i kid you not, the weirdest little thing you've ever played. design the rules of a game and its world with friends. create, contemplate, veto, and chart alongside one another to find the structure that works best for you. or whatever else you make of this. who is planning to stop you?)

how much? (you cannot put a price tag on WTF)

#ttrpg #rpgs #jenna moran #nobilis #glitch #chuubo's marvelous wish granting engine #cmwge #wtf #the flood

[moltengarnet]

OLD art of Gravemind Vs The Arbiter & Master Chief (2016)

#my art #halo 3 #halo 2 #halo #assault rifle #energy sword #the covenant #Gravemind #the flood #master chief #Xbox #xbox 360 #gaming #halo fanart #red vs blue #Xbox fanart

[cats-and-cacti]

i couldn’t measure it

#the flood #through me (the flood) #hozier #unreal unearth #hozier memes #andrew hozier byrne #eat your young