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We’re all so dumb for not realizing that fish was gonna be the thing to come between them when they LITERALLY kissed and the fish was there…. between them. 😩🫠

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Stede + defending Ed's honor

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I just saw somebody say “calling a trans woman a misogynist is a terf dogwhistle” regarding Dylan Mulvaney’s awful song.

So we aren’t even allowed to call out misogyny when we see it because some men are above criticism.

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it's also worth remembering, right, that ed and stede both wanted that night. ed gives stede a nod before stede kisses him. he kisses back enthusiastically. he goes to bed with stede. we see him sitting a little shyly, on stede's bed - still fully dressed, even, where stede's lost his shirt.

look at how achingly tender that face is. it's ed wanting to take care of stede the way no one took care of him; it's stede wanting to protect ed where he's failed in the past. it's a near-death situation drawing the love and need and desire out of them like bleeding a fever. it's accompanied by a romantic song. the imagery we're giving is fireworks. it's fucking fireworks for them.

the morning after, ed makes breakfast in bed. shares with stede the beautiful moment of his mermaid vision, which is an incredible show of vulnerability. you see the first sign of ed Having A Realization when stede says avoiding near-death situations isn't likely in their line of work.

then they go out to the republic of pirates, but ed takes stede out of the town and into the countryside, to a place where he feels safe. ed high-fives a child who isn't afraid of him. stede tells ed about writing him love letters. they're having a great day together, they're laughing, they're having fun.

it's not really until after ed sees stede becoming famous, until he sees stede stepping into the role of The Pirate, that he starts to pull away. jackie says he's trying to be a regular dude, and that sounds good to ed. trying something new. he wanders off to go watch fishermen and these shots are weird until you see that he's focusing on the twine the fish are caught up in - just like the twine he left stede on their breakfast tray, just like the twine he wrapped up his leathers in. and stede, who is feeling accepted and powerful and capable for the first time in his life, pulls back too.

they each want to be something the other is trying desperately to leave behind. how does anyone reconcile loving someone who loves the parts of yourself you hate the most?

when the fireworks clear, all you have left is smoke.

for ed and stede to find something real, something they can hang onto, they're going to have to put in the work. that's how you build the happily ever after. brick by brick.

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anyone done this yet or....

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i’m ready for a happy ending

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a crowley from an abandoned jc leyendecker study…………..i will redeem myself and do a proper aziracrow piece I PROMISEEEEEE…

but i thought he was pretty so <3 have this atleast

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Can we go back to this for a sec? To Aziraphale having to explain the concept of being in love to the other angels? Because I cannot imagine what a trip it has to be, falling in love with someone when that is literally not something you are supposed to be able to do. When it is something you barely understand. When the object of whatever this is isn't supposed to be able to feel this way either, except as time goes on you start to realize it's happening to him too. And neither of you can actually talk to each other about it.

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I don't think we're talking enough about how the premise for the 1827 meetup in the cemetery was a date, pure and simple. There was no "uh oh, Aziraphale is in trouble again", no big point in history that both sides needed them to attend, no Arrangement at all... nope, it was an invitation and an accepted invitation. It was literally Crowley saying "hey angel, I saw a thing that you'll find funny (I was thinking about you), come and hang out with me about it" and Aziraphale does.

And I wonder what would have happened next if they hadn't stumbled across grave-robbing Elspeth and her moral dilemma.

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The fact that Crowley, whose first instinct is usually avoidance or running away as far as possible (to another galaxy even), goes from this:

To this:

Because he is so protective of Aziraphale that he puts on his meanest, most menacing face and confronts this being that utterly terrifies him.

I mean ughh brave snakey ❤️‍🩹

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as much as i love women seeing art of female aziraphale and crowley going at it is kinda weird. well at least they're not depicted as straight

I feel the same way! I’m pretty sure it’s because most ineffable wives art is basically just Michael’s and David’s faces superimposed onto female bodies, so seeing art of them going at it is basically just like seeing their faces pasted on naked women. It’s an uncanny valley thing.

#this is why I tend not to like ineffable wives art #it just kinda feels off #like I’m not looking at lesbians I’m looking at men dressed as lesbians #especially when you consider that most artists don’t see ineffable wives as an AU but as canon A/C playing dress up #asks #anon

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"You know what's not fair? You expecting me to melt back into your arms!"

That line, guys, that line... I have thoughts on that line that I can't fully articulate yet. Something about Ed being so casually vulnerable, being so open about the fact that he is the one who wants to be held and to be kept safe. Ed seeing Stede as the stronger person out of both of them, as the one person who is able to catch him (mind that Ed was falling off a cliff when he almost died). Something about Ed's need to be in a confined space when he feels unsafe, a bathtub, a pillow fort, Stede's arms? Ed is mad at him, and still basically admitting that he wants Stede to hold him. Like. What.

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I don’t know why but the fact that Crowley has permanent permission to enter the bookshop is so wholesome

I can imagine the first time he had to ask Aziraphale went “You’re always welcome Crowley” and that was that

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VAVOOM!

Get them wet and staring into each other's eyes, all right. I will personally see to it. >:)

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Aziraphale Of The Day: he really said 👀

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