So now that I’ve rewatched the show, I’ve noticed there are some things that really give away the end of the last episode. The first is Crowley!Aziraphale’s reaction to the bookshop. In that scene last night on the park bench, Aziraphale was devastated when Crowley reminded him his bookshop had burned down so you know that little angel would have been jumping for joy to see his books intact again even though Crowley!Aziraphale mostly just maintains a straight face.
Also friendly reminder that Crowley knows Aziraphale’s bookshop so well he can instantly recognize which books weren’t there before 👀👀👀
Then when Aziraphale!Crowley sees the Bentley, he smiles lovingly and then proceeds to gEt inTo a cAb iNsTeAd. When I first watched it I was like “why didn’t he get into his own car??? he freaking loves that thing???” but it makes sense because idk if Aziraphale even knows how to drive an automobile and I bet you anything he’d be too polite to drive Crowley’s car without asking anyway.
Then there’s this scene where Aziraphale!Crowley buys them some treats. It makes sense because I always thought that Aziraphale would be the one buying anyway. Also, if you watch closely, you can see Crowley!Aziraphale’s face twitch a little bit in disgust when he’s first handed the ice cream cone. Crowley hates eating anything really but knows he has to play along and eat the stupid cone lol
Then there’s the tickety-boo line which Aziraphale said to Crowley in an earlier episode!! I didn’t even catch this until I rewatched it. What’s funny about this though is that it might not even be that big of a give-away when you consider the fact that it’s entirely possible Crowley might have just picked it up from Aziraphale at some point lmfao
Then there’s this face when The Archangel Fucking Gabriel™️ is yelling at Aziraphale. It’s such an expression of disgust and hate and it looks so strange on Aziraphale’s face. I bet you anything Aziraphale never made that expression even ONCE during the last 6000 years so that was probably the biggest giveaway for me. Thanks to michael sheen for that amazing acting <3
Also if you look closely, you can see that their posture on the bench matches before and after the final swap. Crowley!Aziraphale is slouching like Crowley usually does and Aziraphale!Crowley is sitting stick straight like he always is. It’s such a small little detail but it really makes the whole thing so much better when you watch closely david and michael are the best
Also, Aziraphale changed Crowley’s normally-red collar to tartan when he was in Crowley’s body! I only noticed this after I rewatched the ending several times and it’s another one of those small details but it’s just so cool to find them all after you know what happened and see how much effort they really put into the swap
And finally, can we all take a moment to appreciate the fact that Aziraphale used Crowley’s face to give us this adorable little nose scrunch???? I’m dying Aziraphale is so pure and david is the most adorable person ever to walk this earth thanks and good night
Pour one the fuck out for Agnes Nutter (witch) who knew 100% that an actual angel of the Lord would read her words centuries into the future and took the opportunity to tell him, directly, that he’s a dumbass.
Why do Goblins have to eat trash? Why can’t goblin cuisine simply have a strong emphasis on fermentation and controlled spoilage?
Like fermentation stinks to high heaven and you typically hide it away in dark and cool places. It fits lore wise for a creature that lives in a cave and is described as unclean.
Anyway this has been food for thought
concept: a setting where every race has a different preferred method of food preservation and each of them is pretty sure that everyone else is ruining their food - goblinoids are masters of fermented foods, elves make exquisite sundried fruits and jerkies, dwarf cities have enchanted walk-in freezers hewn from living stone, gnomes can pickle anything, orcish smokehouses are legendary.
humans and halflings don’t have their own signature food preservation methods, but are notable for being willing to eat everyone else’s trail rations.
an edit of the new taylor swift music video except it’s just the gay and trans people having fun and heaven is a place on earth by belinda carlisle is playing
May be it’s because I’m old, but I am becoming increasingly inconfortable with seeing people on twitter @ -ing Neil Gaiman to require him to specifically say that Aziraphale and Crowley are gay men, then when he doesn’t, saying again and again that yes it is a love story and you could see it that way but you could also see it as them being trans, asexual, nonbinary, and that it is a love story but the specifics are up to us, the same people use Terry Pratchett death as a blunt object to hit him with. Is that how fandom engage with content creators now? I’m not saying we shouldn’t talk about this things at all, but why being so vicious about it?
Because fans are awful.
Maybe I’m just a fandom crone, but I desperately miss the days when most people kept their fandom opinions/headcanons/wank intra-fandom as opposed to entitledly making it the creator’s problem. I’m not sure where this changed, but I am Not A Fan. Stop crossing the streams, children. You can critique it all day long in our spaces, but stop abusing this actual, living human person with a job and family and a creative life separate from yours because they won’t validate your headcanons. It’s an ugly, ugly look.
Let’s make 2019 the year of taking fandom back underground, respecting creators and performers, and acting like normal humans who understand boundaries.
