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Everybody talks about how, on the body swap, Aziraphale acts up Crowley much cooler than he actually…

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:58:47 -0400

nitocrisss:
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Everybody talks about how, on the body swap, Aziraphale acts up Crowley much cooler than he actually is. But let’s talk about Crowley in Aziraphale’s body for a sec, shall we?
On the few times we see Aziraphale in heaven, or interacting with other angels, he’s a fidgeting mess. He’s filled with anxiety. He talks too much, looks wildly around, clasps his hands together. Aziraphale is good, but he dislikes being above. He feels uncomfortable. He’s respectful and nice, but uncomfortable nonetheless.
But he’s not like that with Crowley. Crowley knows the Aziraphale that likes wine, the one who laughs at his jokes, the one who is polite but still a bastard, the one who sits up straight while still lounging.
So Crowley acts like that with the other angels. He puts up all the goodness his heart can muster. He’s polite and nice. But he’s confident. He doesn’t look around. He doesn’t fidget. He sits on his chair and gets up to walk towards the fire like that’s what God meant for him to do. He only slips when he glares at Gabriel, but otherwise, he 100% behaves like a nice, confident angel who doesn’t really question heaven, but yet is intelligent enough to see there’s no greater good in an execution.
Because that’s how Crowley sees Aziraphale. He doesn’t know the angel who feels like a failure when put besides the archangels, when forced to interact with the above. He only knows how comfortable, righteous, and clever his angel is.
And I think that’s beautiful.
Thank you for this. The thought that they are acting not like each other, but like the best and coolest and most admirable versions of each other, the versions that live only in their poor lovelorn dumbass brains, truly melts my heart.
Crowley: Aziraphale is CONFIDENT and HOLY
Aziraphale: Crowley is really cool and sly right

sorrens: Good Omens + Text Posts Pt. 3 [Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 4]

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:56:48 -0400

sorrens:

Good Omens + Text Posts Pt. 3

[Pt. 1] [Pt. 2] [Pt. 4]

oldworldasshole: Good Omens + Oscar Wilde 6/? “I lost one...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:53:56 -0400

oldworldasshole:

Good Omens + Oscar Wilde 6/?

“I lost one illusion last night. I thought I had no heart. I find I have, and a heart doesn’t suit me.”
-Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere’s Fan

oldworldasshole: But here is one,Here is one. — Jeff Buckley,...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:43:53 -0400

oldworldasshole:

But here is one,
Here is one.
— Jeff Buckley, from Jeff Buckley: His Own Voice: Journals, Objects, and Ephemera.

kaenith: kaenith: Noticed something while re-reading Good...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:43:15 -0400

kaenith:

kaenith:

Noticed something while re-reading Good Omens: the description of Crowley’s flat mentions beds, plural, but bedroom, singular. Ended up with a funny mental image I wanted to share.

Crowley has been waiting for the right time to say “you can stay at my place, if you like“ for longer than he lets on :P

I honestly did not anticipate how many people would find this sad rather than funny/cute. Oops? Rest assured, he does get that sleepover, eventually.

In fact, the night the world didn’t end, they were both too exhausted* to bother with the ladder, and ended up passed out together on the bottom bunk.

*Sure, they don’t technically need sleep, and sure, Aziraphale isn’t in the habit, but c’mon. It had been a long ~~day~~ ~~week~~ eleven years.

Several people in the notes also suggested that Crowley may have gotten his idea of what a couple’s bedroom should look like from watching old sitcoms, and that’s also very valid.

nannycrowley: and when i pray to godall i ask iscan beauty come...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:41:06 -0400

nannycrowley:

and when i pray to god
all i ask is
can beauty come out of ashes?
— CELINE DION
for @ohhelga & @herzdieb

Ice patterns. Värmland, Sweden (April 17, 2017).

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:19:36 -0400

michaelnordeman:

Ice patterns. Värmland, Sweden (April 17, 2017).

Lúthien and Huan in front of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:18:02 -0400

firinaira:

Lúthien and Huan in front of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
Do not use without my permission, please!

wingslovesfiction: greenteaforbreakfast:heymerle: thefibrarchae...

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:17:19 -0400

wingslovesfiction:

greenteaforbreakfast:
heymerle:

thefibrarchaeologist:

sunlit-capybara:

starsinursa:

“The markings upon the band begin to fade. The writing, which at first was as clear as red flame, has all but disappeared… a secret now that only fire can tell.” - The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, 2001
Want to knit this scarf? You can download my free pattern here! :)

This is called illusion knitting! Basically, you knit a pattern in 2 color stripes, but then you use the difference between the texture of knits and purls to make a pattern appear at a low angle
When you look at it from the aide, a knit stitch looks flat while a purl stitch looks like a little bump. So if you have a pattern of knits and purls you look at from the side, the knit stitches will fade into the background while the purl stitches will stay visible. You use that effect, while keeping a steady stripe pattern, to create the illusion:
From above: plain stripes because your eye focuses on the colors
From the side: you see the pattern of purl stitches because they stick up above the flatter knit stitches
(Photos source)
And this lets you do some absolutely AMAZING patterns:
Plain stripey shawl becomes a PORTRAIT
Or, like above, a scarf becomes the One Ring

This is fascinating, thank you for the explanation! I´ve never seen something like it, but I´m also not the most experienced knitter.

A source for patterns is http://www.illusionknitting.woollythoughts.com/information.html
The main site has all kinds of interesting knitting stuff, but this page is *just* illusion knitting.

Wow

😮
@chthonion I heard you like LotR and fibercrafts…

Limerick Template

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 17:16:00 -0400

randommiscellaneousthings:

frangipani-wanderlust:
There once was a [PERSON] from [PLACE]
Whose [BODY PART] was [SPECIAL CASE]
When [EVENT] would occur
It would cause [HIM OR HER]
To [BREAK A LAW OF TIME AND SPACE]
… I am in awe, well done!
[Edit] Discussion with a poetry nerd friend of mine: some people will find the last line won’t fit, due to it being read in a slightly different cadence.
If so, the last line is a syllable short, and that can be fixed by changing the AND to AND/OR. :)

Elwing 🕊️

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:38:42 -0400

alnilamen:

Elwing 🕊️

Fellowship

Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:36:44 -0400

altarusse:

Fellowship

Basically, I don’t think there’s going to be an announcement that Tumblr is getting shut down. If…

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:12:11 -0400

boss-of-armadildos:

prokopetz:
Basically, I don’t think there’s going to be an announcement that Tumblr is getting shut down. If the pattern we’re seeing holds, I don’t even think it’s going to happen intentionally. I think Tumblr is going to go out like an early 2000s forum: they’re just going to keep cutting the tech support budget until something goes wrong in a way that none of the remaining skeleton crew know how to repair, which could be tomorrow or three years from now. If it does happen, it’s probably going to happen completely at random, so there’s no point stressing out!
asdfghjkl prev tags
#petition to start a social media campaign begging the new owners of the onion to buy us from mullenweg #on the grounds that we’re responsible for like 2/3 of the funny posts on the internet

it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the ‘culture war’. because it’s literally just a…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:42:36 -0400

ms-demeanor:

ms-demeanor:
pangur-and-grim:
it is weird that celiac stuff has become part of the ‘culture war’. because it’s literally just a medical thing…. I get super anemic unless I cut a certain protein out of my diet, because it bulldozes the villi in my intestines. but if I post about it, right-wingers send me gore images. I guess you can’t expect shitty people to be logical, but I’ve even heard lefty people make fun of gluten stuff, and it’s like why are you mad about this??? why are you pissed off that I’m eating bread that doesn’t taste as good so that I can have blood in my body? it’s so morally neutral.
I’m sorry, I know you weren’t actually looking for an explanation but I always have a rant about this locked and loaded.
As far as I can tell the reasons that this happens are:
The interpretation of disability accommodation as wokeness - a lot of the same people who are shitty about food limitations are also shitty about sign language interpreters and ramp requirements (also building regulations relating to the latter) because they view any accommodation as capitulation to a group they think should “suck it up and deal with it” (quietly exist without named or obvious accommodations). The conversations around peanut-free or milk-free classrooms to accommodate children with allergies are similarly unhinged and possibly more horrifying.
Conflating specialty diets as a result of proximity in the popular consciousness - you’re a lot more likely to see something described as “vegan + gluten free” or to see vegan/vegetarian/g-free options grouped on menus than you are to see keto/vegan/gfree options so the “lefty” animal-free diets get grouped with gluten-free (it’s also interesting that there are right-wing diets, and I wonder how many of these people remember when you used to be able to find “atkins-friendly” symbols on casual dining restaurant menus)
Gluten free diets became a fad fifteen years ago; tons of people read “Wheat Belly” and stopped eating wheat as a weight loss hack and when they went back to eating wheat because it’s actually pretty difficult to get around a major staple grain they didn’t experience any negative consequences; people saw this and basically think that it’s a trend, that people are faking medically necessary diets as part of a fad. When questioned about this they always go “but, I mean, it’s okay if you REALLY need to skip the wheat because you have a condition but most people are doing it because it’s popular” when g-free diets haven’t been a major trend for quite a while now. TO BE QUITE FAIR, I think that things like “Gluten Aware” cookies and beer and such, which contain a little gluten but not NO gluten contribute to this perception (these have annoyed me forever for two reasons: 1. They make people without celiac think that a little gluten is fine for people with celiac, which it is not; 2. fucking commit, companies. *I* want the cookies and beer and it’s deeply annoying that these business will go to the lengths to create products with minimal gluten but won’t actually make g-free foods - this is often because of the risk of cross contamination, they won’t claim to make g-free things because they won’t work with a dedicated g-free facility)
Anyway, in conclusion: it sucks, I’m sorry.
The fun flipside of this is that I’ve seen people who are more right wing become aggressively pro regulation and pro accommodation when they or their family members have to suddenly take on the individual burden of making up for a society that doesn’t include them by default.
US specific:
Is your ham made with vinegar? Does your ham have the generic word “spices” on the ingredient list? Does your ham include “smoke flavoring”? Does your ham include caramel coloring?
Because malt vinegar has gluten in it. “Spices” may include wheat products in a mix. Smoke flavoring may be made with barley flour. Caramel coloring may be made with wheat or barley syrup.
If the label says “gluten free” that means that the “spices,” caramel coloring, vinegar, and smoke flavor are certified to contain 20ppm or less of gluten.
If the ham is cured in any way, it may include gluten. If the ham was marinated, it probably includes gluten. If the ham was prepared in a facility that processes wheat in any way, it might be cross contaminated with gluten.
There’s a company out there called “Gluten Free Water” that makes water in plastic bottles, poking fun at the idea that too many things have a gluten free label. I fucking hate that company. Because that company is functionally saying “lol, people are so sensitive and over the top about this, let’s be a little silly and laugh about how crazy people can be with their 'gluten free’ nonsense.”
Did you know that there are sustainable food containers and straws that contain wheat? And that you don’t have to label them? There are definitely people with celiac who have been sickened by biodegradable plastic straws in their “obviously water is gluten free there’s no risk here” water.
“It’s over-labeled so it looks trendy” just means you don’t know how foods are made or what foods contain gluten. Gluten is ridiculously common in foods in general, and also in packaged meats.
Your ham has to say gluten free because it distinguishes it from the hams that do contain gluten, which is a fucking lot of them. And you’re annoyed that your ham has to say gluten free and I’m annoyed that I’m standing in the grocery store calling a ham company to figure out where they source their caramel coloring so I can figure out if the damned ham is safe to eat.
“lol, oats don’t have wheat in them, are people so stupid that they have to be told what is and isn’t wheat? why does this oatmeal have a gluten free label?” Cross contamination; gluten free oats are not grown near wheat and are not processed in facilities that process wheat.
“lol, rice doesn’t have wheat in it, why is this rice labeled gluten free, all rice is gluten free” Cross contamination; the rice isn’t processed on equipment that processes wheat.
“lol why does this turkey breast say gluten free, it’s just fucking turkey” read the ingredients on your “just” turkey, lots of packaged meat is packed in broth, some of which contains modified food starch, which may contain wheat.
“lol why are these strawberries labeled gluten free? they’re fucking strawberries” WAX, BUDDY. SOME FRUITS ARE COATED IN PRESERVATIVE WAX FILMS BY THE MANUFACTURER AND SOME OF THOSE FUCKING FILMS CONTAIN GLUTEN.
I think that part of the reason that people are so irritated by g-free labels is because it exposes them to just how vast and alienating their food systems are.
“Ham should just be meat from a pig, maybe with sugar and salt; what on earth is happening that there might be wheat in that process? Nothing in that process should involve wheat.” And then you might have to think about it for a second, might have to wonder what “sugar” and “salt” mean when someone is producing a million hams to be delivered thousands of miles away. It’s not just sugar and salt; it’s preservatives and nitrates and batch cooking and getting corn syrup instead of sugar and getting smoke flavoring instead of smoking the ham and turning your “whole food” into all the ingredients that make up the ingredients that make up the ingredients.
A “gluten free” label says “you can eat this” to somebody with celiac disease, who has already pounded their skull against the shittiness of the medical system and the food system.
But to someone who doesn’t have to worry that their food is going to disable them, a “gluten free” sticker on ham takes a known quantity and turns their sandwich into a hyperobject that contains animal agriculture and industrial additive production and shipping pollution and the ongoing assault on regulation.
If it doesn’t have the label, you can just eat your lunch. If it does have the label, you are haunted by the specter of RFK junior imploding the FDA.
Turns out that everyone in the US with celiac is already constantly haunted by the possible implosion of the FDA because food regulation is an up-close and personal part of our daily lives that most people would rather not think about.

when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:39:46 -0400

neednothavehappenedtobetrue:

when you go to bed significantly earlier than usual, a little menu should pop up asking if you want Wake Up Early or More Sleep. and then you should get what you requested. that’s my human body UI improvement for the day.

Radiating joy

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:39:32 -0400

psittacined:

Radiating joy

An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:31:09 -0400

maybeallieart:

An embroidery of the Wikipedia page for embroidery.

me when i cant comprehend that different continents have different animals

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:28:08 -0400

majorarc:

dykentery:
iggykoopa666:
me when i cant comprehend that different continents have different animals
the rest of the paragraph that was cut out in that screenshot literally explains the reasons behind the easter bilby and bluntly theyre minimising the impact that wild rabbits have had as an introduced species in our ecosystem.
the easter bibly was an ingenious campaign that builds in social awareness and change to an ongoing annual tradition without detracting from what that tradition represents. the choice behind it was intentional
It also puts the bibly at the front and center, which is important, because bilby were once widespread in Australia, but due to the threat of habitat loss, disease, and predation by invasive species in Australia, like foxes, these little guys have dwindled in numbers.
You can learn more about bilby conservation here, as well as get links to other resources, and, if you’re a bilby fan, some access to bilby merch. I think I see some chocolate Easter bilby in there, too!

i took 3 years of film classes and i still don’t fucking understand how the camera obscura works….

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:27:17 -0400

pleasestopthese:

slutforwings:
slutforwings:
slutforwings:
i took 3 years of film classes and i still don’t fucking understand how the camera obscura works. thats magic to me idc
this? sorcery. they should arrest this guy
people explaining this to me are missing the point. yes i know its a physics thing. i know our eyes work the same way. however. i simply believe light shouldn’t work like that
oh hey it’s my favorite thing that light does: turns the inside haunted by the outside!

if you concentrate really hard you can exude all of your microplastics into a thin waxy layer, not…

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 21:26:00 -0400

i-am-l-ananas:

if you concentrate really hard you can exude all of your microplastics into a thin waxy layer, not unlike that of a babybel cheese