Some more LISA sketches
FOR THE RECORD. i am aware that i am cheesy, corny, embarassing, cringe, stupid, have bad taste, etc. it just means i get to skip to the front of the line at the gates of heaven
I told my gf that I was having an episode earlier and she replied "is it the beach episode" and it shocked me so much that it grounded me immediately
'Welcome back… Would it surprise you to know that one of your hearts stopped completely? You were within an inch of dying.'
i'm spitting out good omens art like it's a full time job rn.. my brain refuses to put the artistic capacity anywhere else sorry
i love the way doctor who implies that the only thing between a time lord and becoming an insane enraged vindictive god is keeping a little human friend. i get it because i too am less mad if i pet my cat
catherine tate rocking up to doctor who with a background in sketch comedy and knowing literally nothing about the show; giving one of the most nuanced, tragic performances in the entirety of sci-fi history; and then dipping after one season with an absolutely horrifically devastating character ending is icon behavior i don’t make the rules
#i think he's been smitten for a long time, crowley
GOOD OMENS
2.05 • "The Ball"
God this is such an example of the problem all season. Over and over again Crowley tells Aziraphale I don't feel safe, but Aziraphale won't hear it.
Gabriel shows up, and Crowley doesn't even get a warning about it by Aziraphale. Crowley is terrified. Gabriel tried to kill Aziraphale! He's incredibly powerful. Crowley can't protect either of them if Gabriel is faking and tries to hurt them. He tells Aziraphale What I need is for him to be nowhere near the precious, peaceful, fragile existence I've carved out for myself. But Aziraphale only hears the "I" and responds "I thought we carved it out for ourselves." "So did I!" Crowley says, meaning, angel, why are you endangering both of us by keeping him here?? But Aziraphale won't budge.
Crowley watches Gabriel all the time. He's reserved and wary. He doesn't want to be left alone in the bookshop with him. He keeps poking and prodding, trying to see if it's just a trick. I know it hurts to remember. Do it anyway. / Remember properly.
He brings it up again before the Ball. What if he gets his memories back? He could smite me. When the Archangel Gabriel smites you, you stay smitten.
Aziraphale just hears "smitten," and smiles, because he's thinking about the Ball and this romantic evening and how he wants to ask Crowley to dance with him. He's focused on that, and isn't hearing what Crowley is saying, which is I spent all night terrified, because he could hurt me/us.
Then the Ball happens and there is actual danger right outside the door, and he keeps trying to tell Aziraphale something's wrong, we're in danger. And Aziraphale still just wants to dance! He won't listen.
I feel like there's a repeating theme in S2 of lies and fantasy. We see the first time Aziraphale deliberately lies to Heaven in Job. Many other times, he plays up these overexaggerated roles. The magician, the newspaperman, the community organizer, the matchmaker. He's having fun, but he's not living in reality. Reality is difficult, and complicated, and messy, and he doesn't want to deal with it. Because facing it means that eventually, he going to have to grapple with the thing he's been avoiding for 6000 years, to finally hear what Crowley is trying to tell him: Heaven hurts people whether they deserve it or not. They are not Good. The world will be just as dead whether Heaven or Hell kills it.
And the thing is that Aziraphale knows. He’s known all along. The look of fear and panic on his face when Gabriel first turns up and asks to come in. The way he backs into the shop away from him. The look of sudden terror when he hears the arrival of the Archangels when Jim is in the shop alone.
But he doesn’t want to admit it. He’s taken 6000 years to step away from Heaven, but he and Crowley are both still dealing with the repercussions of all of those millennia. Crowley still hasn’t processed all that happened to him, which is why his instinct is always to jump out the situation before he’s hurt again. Aziraphale has never been able to get that clean cut between what he’s been told and what is actually true.
Better to play-act and pretend that everything is all fine and dandy, just like he did whenever he was in front of heaven. He’s brittle and too bright and too determined to try and keep everything the way it is.
It all comes down to that line from the end of the Job arc: “I’m not going to tell anybody? Are you? Well then, nothing has to change.”
If they used their words, if they talked about everything, then there could be progress, but for millennia this has been their modus operandi. Keep things secret and quiet and nothing has to change.
But that’s the trouble with life. It does have to change. It’s big and it’s scary, but for progress to happen, things always have to change.
Pls Help
It’s been a very rough week, and I am in need of help raising some money. I have made a previous post on the matter, but it was lengthy, poorly worded, and I made it while panicking. It’s been a few days, so I had time to calm down and collect my thoughts and focus on what I need now.
Long story short, I just spent my entire savings on saving our house, helping my mom catch up on bills and rent. We’re still behind, but we’re in a much better position than we were before. Earlier in the week my mom’s car broke down, and it’s kaput. She needs a new car. I’ve been driving her to work, but my car was borrowed from my dad, who, turns out, is also at risk of losing his house. Literally the day after I spent all of my savings, he called me and said he wants my car back for resale, and after explaining my situation to him, he has given me a few more months to save enough money to get a new car. So the one car my mom and I have between each other is also going to be taken away soon. There is no possible way for us to walk to work, as our jobs are out of town, and we live in the USA where public transit is nonexistent.
So here’s what I need:
My goal is to raise $5000 USD by October 1st. If the goal isn’t met, I could extend that to November 1st. Any later though, I may not be able to extend any more. This money will go to getting a new car. I work part-time and make little more than $1000 a month, and I need to pay bills on the side, so I would be heavily relying on you guys to help me. I will be raising $400 a month myself to add to savings, the rest going to bills and important things like food. Every dollar that is donated through the links below will be going to my car savings.
Cash App: $SRockford96
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