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sessenaa · 1 year
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huh... I wonder who these guys are... They seem pretty powerful
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bloodyshadow1 · 1 year
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honestly, what bothers me so much about the screw the gods attitude both in show and out is that in Exandria specifically, the gods are impotent.  They don’t interfere with daily life, they can only do the bare minimum by providing clerics with spells and once in a while making a mortal their champion.  very rarely they can perform miracles, but that’s very rare and mostly in before the campaigns.
There’s a goddamn reason (pun intended) that the dawnfather didn’t just rush in and suplex vecna into oblivion when he started getting godhood aspirations.  There’s a reason the Stormlord didn’t burn Obann to a crisp the minute he looked at his barbarian daughter the wrong way. 
That’s literally how it is because after the Prime deities stomped the betrayer gods for the second time, they created the divine gate and went away.  They chose to limit their power on the prime material plane and keep their asshole siblings away from the world. 
literally everything bad in people’s lives is due to other asshole mortals or sometimes demi-god entities like like Uka’toa or the Traveler (archfey).  Not the gods on high.
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mothdogs · 1 year
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People in the CR tag are really bitching about Bell’s Hells intentionally crashing the skyship as if that isn’t 1) the dopest, most fittingly chaotic plan imaginable and 2) a DM’s dream scenario to play out
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beaureblog · 1 year
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BEAUREGARD!!!!!!!!!!!!
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soleildrawsstuff · 1 year
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a Fearne Calloway before my lectures
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pleasantmsp · 10 months
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am i about to catch up on every single episode i missed of campaign 3 of critical role just so i can get some queer women content??
yes
its gonna take so long. im so behind. i stopped watching A WHILE AGO. and then i watched some of the eps around the solstice. and then stopped again. so i have like 40-50 episodes im gonna have to watch to fully catch up
but you know what? imma do it for the gay content. cause I am starved. cr is really the only place i can trust for consistently good queer content anymore. everywhere else gets canceled and/or killed off so... and like yeah, the characters can die in dnd, that's part of the game. but its not like they would die because a studio exec would cancel the show otherwise or because a showrunner wanted to do it for 'shock value' you know? and none of it is gonna get cancelled for 'tax write offs'.
so yeah, imma catch up on c3 even though i haven't been able to get as invested in the characters as i was with c2. cause now that imodna is confirmed (real and true), i need that queer content in my life and i aint just gonna start watching again without getting all the context. I will however probably maybe start watching live again when i can as i catch up so i can be there for moments going forward cause that was one of my favorites parts of watching beauyasha in c2. but yeah, we'll see
congrats imodna fans! I've been rooting for you and i'm glad you have won so thoroughly on this day. I hope to become fully immersed in this ship soon and I'm excited to dive back into this fandom again!
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stay-funky-ponyboy · 9 months
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Hi! Uhhh. I see you freaking out about critical role all the time and I'm intrigued. Would you like to tell me a bit about it? And where would you recommend starting to watch (or is it listen??)? Right at the beginning?
Hey! I’m glad my ramblings have gotten you intrigued. Critical Role is a web series featuring a wonderful cast of voice actors who play Dungeons and Dragons (aka D&D). I’m not sure how aware you are of D&D as a whole so I will give a brief intro to that. D&D is a role playing game typically set in fantasy worlds. Dice are used to determine certain actions and their success. CR is set in Exandria, a world created by Matthew Mercer, who is also the Dungeon Master for their games. Essentially, he is the narrator and organizer for the campaigns.
You can listen to it as a podcast, or you can watch their videos on YouTube! Personally, I prefer watching it because you can see their reactions to things, as well as see the maps Matt creates for combat.
There have been 3 main campaigns so far. Each one features a different party of fun characters. They used to livestream their episodes on Twitch and Youtube weekly every Thursday night at 7pm (pacific time). Because of the pandemic, they switched to pre recording them.
They now stream every thursday night, except for the last thursday of the month, since campaign 3 started.
Where to start? There are a few options:
Starting at the beginning with campaign 1 is perfectly fine. When it comes to D&D, sessions can take hours to complete. It's wild to see how long the episodes for CR are at first, but you get used to it.
The nice thing about each campaign is you can jump into them without having prior knowledge!
For campaign 1 (aka c1) there are 115 episodes. Some audio issues are present, and there is one disruptive cast member that leaves pretty early on. Some fans will say to skip to ep24, simply to avoid these early issues. Ep 1 or ep 24, either works.
Alternatively, if the ep count intimdates you, and you like animated series, you can watch The Legend of Vox Machina. This show covers the entire campaign (so far it has covered the first 50 eps) in a shorter format. It's great.
Campaign 2 is where I started my journey into critical role, and it is the longest with 141 episodes. Audio issues are resolved and the beginning is smoother. We have confirmation of it getting an animated series, but we don't have dates for it yet. I will always recommend watching c2 at some point, because it is truly a lovely story. Take your time with it.
Finally, campaign 3 is also a place you could start. It is currently airing, having 70 eps at the moment, so you could catch up the quickest here. This one does reference c1 and c2 a handful of times (characters, places, plotlines) so without context it could feel confusing. I don't think it is absolutely necessary but I know I prefer having context to things. Mind you, I haven't watched c1 in full, only c2. c3 has been very enjoyable to me all the same.
If you do start with c3, I would recommend watching Exandria Unlimited Prime (an 8 episode miniseries, the dungeon master being Aabria Iyengar), and the first season of The Legend of Vox Machina before you get into the campaign. It will provide insight into some of the references you may miss otherwise.
I hope this helps you a bit. If you have any other questions you can message me or send another ask!
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angeloncewas · 2 years
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:((( yeah, cr 2 is a lot... I watched it while it was airing and I started 40-50 EPs in? Like when they were coming out? I hyperfixated on it and got it all down in less than a week, but still, it was so much!
I would really recommend sticking through it though, these characters really have so much charm and play off each other so well, it really is a thing of watching a group turn into a family and really truly learn to care about one another and become better people. It was beautiful and wonderful to watch if you can manage to sink your teeth in :)
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LESS THAN A WEEK I'm so impressed TBH but also I've binged alarming amounts of d20 so maybe it's par for the course. Thank you regardless ! I've seen so much of them that I really feel like I might as well give in at this point (and I'm excited, although it's daunting). I love them already ngl :') <3
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shrimpnoodless · 3 years
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i think its funny how back when i was really into taz, i also wanted to start listening to crit role too, but then i saw there were like.... hundreds of eps and i was like “hm, yknow what. i think im good actually” and then never listened to it lol
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bloodyshadow1 · 1 year
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before the episode starts.  I just gotta say the Ruby Vanguard’s plan is stupid, they are idiots for going along with it.  Ludanis probably has something up his sleeve like he knows something about predathos and the solstice that the others don’t but the others are idiots for going along with this shit.
it’s a bad plan.  Unleash a god eater into the world because... and what’s to stop it from eating existence once it’s eaten all the gods.  for some reason they believe that it won’t eat them which is stupid.  They believe it won’t come after them because they’re not it’s prey, but that’s not how hungry creatures are. When things get hungry enough they will eat anything and everything they can when Predathos runs out of gods to eat it will go after what it can to try and sate it’s hunger.  It’s not going to just stop once the gods are dead and in its belly
and even if they could somehow make the first part work, Exandria is literally the worst world for this to happen on.  The gods are separated from the material plane by the divine gate because the good deities beat the betrayer gods.  They aren’t ruling exandria like god emperors and can’t even walk among their followers.  They can’t do much and it feels like dumb spoiled wizards who are pouty that clerics get magic of their own that they can’t use.  The stormlord couldn’t save Yasha even though he wanted to when she was being used to free the chained oblivion.  Why does the Ruby Vanguard hate the gods so much when they’re so much freer than most fantasy worlds.  Even if they don’t know about other worlds it’s like someone complaining about God taking their legs when they drove drunk.  It’s whiny and I hate them. 
Needed to get that off my chest before the new episode
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#5
A list of things I can’t wait for new Critter fans coming in through The Legend of Vox Machina to discover/go WTF over:
The legend of Scan-bo (or torching the house)
The first appearance of VM’s most dastardly enemy, the door. You know the one that gave someone damage and took 5th level spell to open…
Victor… just Victor
Feel free to add your own.
128 notes • Posted 2021-10-12 02:41:54 GMT
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Me watching the ads for the new ExU: Matt… why do you have a glitter beard??? You should know that’s a foolish thing to do!
Thirty seconds later: Aabria! You absolute troll! You fiend! You genius! Please never leave us.
144 notes • Posted 2021-07-02 10:08:57 GMT
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One of my favorite things about Aabria DMing within the universe of Exandria is that, as she puts it, “gets to say stuff and it’s true!”
Like the lore drop that Gilmore is a part of the secret council of Emon in ExU ep 3. Ashley looks directly at Matt and asks if they/she already knew this and Matt just shrugs. It’s really cool to see Matt get to discover his world and sides of his characters with the rest of the cast as a PLAYER. There is something magical about it because for a large part of this game, he knows about as much as the rest of the players do. He gets to learn as they do, as we do!
And you know what this means… in the future, it’s something Matt can build on in his own games.
I’m living for the cooperative storytelling.
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Taliesin’s face as Laudna talks about the de Rolos and the Briarwood coup is delightful. He either knows something we don’t, has quickly put something together, or is absolutely clueless as to what’s going on but thrilled to be on this journey with us all.
Don’t know which of the three it is but it’s amazing.
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Crit Role to Robbie Daymond after EXU:
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dndeed · 3 years
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Crit Role Miniature Rollout: C2E132
With Andrew Harshman
An archive and review of the minis used on CR.
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This ep was neat and all. But next ep, that’s what I’m really interested in! I’ve played in sessions like this before, where you are anticipating a particular plot point and fully expecting it to occur that session. But then the game’s progress gets held up by a less story-crucial encounter. On the one hand, the resource management aspect of dealing with encounters such as climbing and this random undead giant encounter is admittedly interesting. BUT- I’m really chomping at the bit for the encounter with the Tomb Takers! Let’s go, can’t we just auto-battle this frost giant fight?
Always with the polymorph, it’s time for Crit Role Miniature Rollout Campaign 2 Episode 132!
The List
Chest and Trove 5E Condition Rings
Mats by Mars: Frozen Lake Tabletop Wargaming Play Mat 
Dwarven Forge Ice Wall Packs
Dwarven Forge Caverns Banks
Dwarven Forge Castle Stone Stairs
Dwarven Forge Stalagmites
Monster Fight Club Rock Hills
Crown of Fangs Dressing: Totem
Steamforged Mighty Nein Miniatures
Eldritch Foundry Essek Painted by Iron Tusk Painting
Hirst Arts Ruined Fieldstone structures
Monster Menagerie 3 #031 Frost Giant (Axe)
Storm King's Thunder #029a Frost Giant (Sword)
Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden #045 Frost Giant Skeleton
Unknown Frog
The Terrain
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I like the starting positions of this combat. So many encounters start with the monsters on one side of the map, the PCs on the other side, then the movement and fighting plays out sorta predictably as both groups spend the first couple turns moving towards one another and then standing in place and slogging it out. I appreciate a fight that starts with all members of the battle right on top of each other and with the adventurers right up against an impassable wall. Quite refreshing.
The Giants
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Big Frosty Monster Menagerie 3 #031 Frost Giant (Axe) Mini photo sourced from minisgallery.com
The pose is about all I like about this undead giant. Reminds me of an arcade fighting game idle animation. So what did this giant die of? Probably having too tight a helmet. The proportions this dude are really bizarre, his head is way too small. And he’s got these weird lookin’ long Gumby legs. Not good. 
Production and design wise, it’s pretty clear the 3D modeler just copy pasted the shoulder pad skull, flipped it 180° and clocked out for the day. Like, where did this giant find two perfectly identical outfit-accessorizing skulls? Did he happen to fight a pair of dragon twins? 
What can be said for this figure is that it is indeed giant. It looks very imposing on the map next to the PC miniatures. The scale of this model definitely works for the overall look of this combat encounter.
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Cranky Father Time Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden #045 Frost Giant Skeleton Mini photo sourced from minisgallery.com
Skeleton miniatures run the risk of looking stiff and uh, well, lifeless. But this model has a very animated pose. I like it very much. The hanging fur clothing even has a billowing sort of effect to it. You can imagine the howling northern winds whistling through the hollow skeletal frame of this towering undead. It’s great. What’s not great is the amount of money this model is currently commanding online. $50 minimum at the time of posting. Probably better off taking your chances with the boosters and hoping you draw one of these. Or wait until an unpainted version is probably released down the line.
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Valkyrie With Serious Drip Storm King's Thunder #029a Frost Giant (Sword) Mini photo sourced from minisgallery.com
Look at all these hot frost giant fashion drops. THREE dragon skulls? The swag level is off the charts! I enjoy this frost giant’s outfit, but same problem as the other Storm King’s Thunder Frost Giant, too symmetrical, very unnatural looking. At least the proportions of this giant gal aren’t so outta whack. The hat is a little silly, but she wears it with such fashion confidence. Very impressive. I couldn’t pull it off, that’s for sure. 
Closing Thoughts and Predictions
Seems like next ep should definitely involve a battle with the Takers of the Tombs. I’m interested to see how the antimagic black light zone is identified on the mat. Presumably with spell templates? We shall see. Sure to be a regular battle royale!
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artemissoteira · 2 years
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Do 10 50s!!!!!! (Any questions you want)
thanks casey ily for enabling me <3 (d&d ask meme here) this is, obviously, a long post bc of who I am as a person. you're all welcome.
6: Which of your d&d characters has been the least like you?
Honestly, probably Medea! And even she has slipped so much towards me lmao. Girlboss is not really my vibe but has been so so fun to play. I don't think I could have found her without Isaac's Sphinx to play off of because I don't have to feel bad about being mean to him sfdsdf and she needs an outlet for that. I'm not a person who carries much guilt or bitterness so that has been really interesting to poke at.
12: Have you ever fought a beholder?
Yes, an undead one, in a oneshot @brogendered ran! iirc we fucked up trying to get into the house over the wall instead of through the door and dropped right into a deadly encounter. we scooped a magic sword and fled back over the wall but left the beholder in some AOE damage spell, then took a short rest, and by the time we came back it was fully dead lmao. Extremely scary surprise encounter to start off the oneshot and extremely kind of jake to let us cheese it that way instead of killing us immediately which we probably had earned.
16. What is your favorite D&D pod/vodcast?
Anything by the Streampunks (Twitter here; most of their shows & others currently hosted on Queuetimes on YT/Twitch). Most of their stuff isn't in the D&D but all of it makes me cry. I started with Callisto 6 back on Geek & Sundry as my first ttrpg foray outside of CR and have never looked back. Strongest of recommendations to anyone interested in superheroes in dystopian cyberpunk Los Angeles 2119 combatting megacorporations with the power of eternal gay love and direct radical action, with a ton of loving care put into worldbuilding and rooting their characters in specific neighborhoods of the city.
It's a story about deliberate compassion and the enduring connection of communities in an unkind capitalistic world, with a storyteller who knows and takes care of his players by giving them every chance to explore what choosing kindness means and to reclaim agency for their own characters, allies, and antagonists alike. Fundamentally changed my understanding of ttrpgs as storytelling you can do, on purpose, with everyone throwing themselves wholeheartedly into a shared story with a deliberate commitment to theme. I think genuinely every single character made me cry at least once, including the ones I originally didn't connect with who ultimately had such powerful arcs that revealed the actors had been paying real damn attention the whole time.
Also has my favorite gay flirting via mechanically suboptimal combat choices that I've ever seen. I simply can't get into it here because I WILL scream but my jaw dropped. gina devivo’s mind. if you want even more longform gay yelling from me send me questions about callisto 6 or other streampunks shows lmao.
watch the first 2 seasons (24 eps) of callisto 6 on youtube. season 3 currently only available on geek and sundry's twitch archive, which you can access for a month for $5 and binge all 12 episodes.
14. Have you ever had a romance with an NPC or another PC?
Casey I will love you forever for turning my sheer lesbian energy and chronic Support Women syndrome into an actual romance for Medea and Medusa. Galaxy brain. I think that's the only romance I've dealt with, unless we count Tony wingmanning Tuck by strongly implying she'd fucked a lot of giants, which we shouldn't, even if it was iconic.
18. Do you use props/minis/terrain in your game?
using this as an excuse to say Roll20 my beloved. still extremely proud of the first oneshot I made from scratch last spring, when I taught myself javascript in order to code puzzles into the Roll20 API. I made: pressure plates that trigger walls to move up and down to allow water to flow; an automatically rotating lantern puzzle that revealed hidden text on the walls and featured actually climbable lanterns that I could hook character tokens to; and most importantly a secret button to change the icon of the goose barbarian, Duck Duck the Goose, from the standard Untitled Goose holding a knife into an edited version of the icon with "then perish" laser eyes.
Oh also a secret pressure plate trap that would only trigger when the bard stepped on it, played a magical sound effect and teleported him to another page where he had to solve a penis nonogram puzzle to be sent back to the party.
Aaand a magic electrical spark that worked as a laser pointer to guide a kitten around the map, complete with both the spark and the kitten’s icons switching orientations as they moved depending on whether they were above/below and left/right of each other.
20. If you run a homebrew game, give an out of context spoiler.
The rats don't like weasels.
21. Drop a picture of a mini you painted (if applicable).
No physical minis, but in the dark ages before heroforge had color options I manually recolored this mini of Tetra using fake photoshop by isolating each part of her body and fucking around with hue filters until I liked it.
tetra with hat dot png:
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[ID: a purple merfolk mini from heroforge with webbed ears, an orange-tinted vest, a bright green kelp skirt, gold leather armbands, a large pink shell on one shoulder, a green kelp headpiece and orange flames rising from one hand. a clipart image of a purple propeller hat covered in gold stars has been edited onto her head. end ID]
yes the propeller hat image is from club penguin. yes i added the stars myself. yes I am this sexy and correct all the time and yes it is exhausting.
32. Most memorable NPC you've encountered in a game you played in.
There's so many, but I've periodically heard Najiba's voice in my head saying "Ithren, are you crazy? Like, you're a little bit crazy, right?" for weeks. her voice is so lyrical I want to listen to her talk for hours.
Ithren doesn't get her at all, but they like when she asks them questions bc it makes them feel like they are doing something useful by answering, even if their answers are completely incomprehensible to the party. I love that after every big thing that happens she goes, "Um, was that okay? That we did that? Like is that a good thing or did we do something bad here?" & makes everyone give their opinions. queen of nosiness.
34. Favorite accent to do for characters?
I've only found one accent I can do reliably so far and it's, like, surfer bro frat boy himbo burnout. Instant hit with the children and got my hapless bandit captive adopted by the party so quickly and now he's in charge of their horses. I love him so much.
all my other NPCs inevitably slide towards vaguely british snooty woman or gruff gravelly uncle no matter what I try to start them as. the two genders etc etc.
36. What was your first d&d character you made?
Tony the Tabaxi, my beloved. Orange tabaxi thembo swashbuckler rogue. The name is a fakeout for Tony the Tiger; they're actually named after Antonio Banderas who voices Puss in Boots. They’re just Puss in Boots. Thought I was gonna have to do something funky for the build but swashbucklers literally get the Panache ability at level 9 that is a free non-magical charm that works perfectly for Puss's big sad cat eyes. Love them so much.
Shrek 2 isn't on Netflix (or wasn't at the time) so for character research I watched Puss In Boots (2011) as well as "Puss In Book: Trapped in an Epic Tale", which is a choose your own adventure interactive special?? And a few episodes of The Adventures of Puss in Boots which (spoilers) takes place in the town of San Lorenzo which puss protects for years until the bloodwolf gets summoned and puss & friends get sucked into a dimensional portal (?) and Puss has to choose to have his friends' memories of him erased in order to correct the timeline, but carries them with him always. From what I recall. He adopts some piglets I think.
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kouichikimura · 3 years
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CR 2 scenes ep 110
Dinner with your ex abusive teacher and your two exes. Trent gets roasted by a vegetarian
Caleb tells everyone about his past 19:48
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Beau is the taste tester for possible poisoned drinks 38:16
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Messaging Trent 40:00
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Plan G. For growth 41:38
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First caleb teleport 45:54
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Nugget 47:27
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Difference between nugget and sprinkle 48:30
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Meanwhile Veth 52:06
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Poisoning Trent 54:58
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Veth is very load with money 57:34
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The Nein are bad influences 59:06
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Dm, how old is my son? Most mature 4yr old 1:00:51
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Cad’s word of recall 1:04:28
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Scrying on Lord Sharpe 1:07:35
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Jester’s room 1:12:18
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Talent comes with height 1:12:50
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Magic the pee away 1:15:10
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They’re lucky to have 2 ish clerics 1:18:37
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Murder Wizard 1:24:12
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Thaddeus Search 1:25:49
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Winter ready Beau 1:30:59
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Eisselcross research 1:33:26
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Winter Nein outfits 1:41:53-1:54:00
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Choosing chairs 2:30:27
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A little bit louder for Jester pls 2:33:44
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He’s a vegetarian, tyvm 2:37:24
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Without tissue 2:41:19
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Hair magic 2:47:38
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I hate Trent 2:50:40
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Trent would happy to be killed by Caleb 3:03:53
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How many beacons ? 3:11:39
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You should have a side hobby 3:14:19
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Eadwulf’s arms are just as great as the were many years ago 3:18:44
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Cad burns Trent :) 3:22:23
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He’s apologizes to Astrid 3:25:12
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Wulf really likes caduceus 👀 3:28:25
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Jes doesn’t like to be mean 3:34:22
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What’s up with so manipulative assholes? 3:35:31
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Veth’s eyes of nein theory 3:42:21
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Cad has boring plans 3:45:45
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Jes reads fjord’s cards 3:48:23
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Messaging The Gentleman 3:56:12
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Messaging Cree 3:57:11
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Hello new home 4:05:07
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ddrkirbyisq · 4 years
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IGT: 1:50:32.16 | CR: 147/216 Looks like I did better on this one than I thought. Ugly seed for sure -- bootsless (boots in GT that I didn't get), forced dips into pendant PoD (mitts) and SP (mushroom, frod), and flute on agina which was really easy to justify putting off. Cane in IP didn't really particularly help either. Despite that the seed was relatively generous early on. Hammer in link's house let you do front of escape ASAP. I tried for the heck of it to do dark cross with 4 hearts and hammer only but didn't make it. Gloves and moon pearl in kak gave you dark world access straight away, plus byrna to kill blind easily, which was an interesting prospect, but I decided not to bite on that and just continue doing light world checks first. After doing south shore/icerodcave/flippers checks the first thing I did was do hype cave (bow), then checked pyramid and took a stupid death on the way to check catfish. I kept on worrying for the rest of the seed that something important like boots would be there, but looks like that wasn't the case. PoD was full clearable (w/dark rooms) at that point but I decided to just grab book from back of escape (dark cross was nothing, woo!) and just do EP only. After that it was pretty obvious I should dip SW and clear out TT and village of outcasts (mirror). That gave access to ToH and light world death mountain, but no progression was to be had there and that's sort of where the seed decided to start brickwalling you. Went to PoD and got my mitts, cleared IP to get cane, then decided to do smithy chain, bombos tablet, then check stuff in DP. Decided to check agina before going into DP -- glad I did, as that was the flute. Of course, MM is the one medallion I didn't have...decided to check dark world DM first, got ether from that, finished MM, then cleared out SP, got the mushroom, and turned it in straight away for the go mode frod (in hindsight maybe should have fake powder'd first in case). Execution mistakes this time: 1) Failed the ToH bomb jump, I need to remebmer what the pixels look like. 2) Forgot that I didn't have the TR big key and had to go back for it. 3) Died to Trinexxx due to missing the double hit on the spin slash. 4) Fell on Moldorm2 more times than I'd like to admit. 5) Minor flubs on the ganon fight, but nothing serious. Managed to stay out of DP entirely and didn't bother killing helma or argghus. Skipped mimic cave and was planning to go-mode TR but ended up opening all the chests because part of laser bridge was required and there was an off-chance that boots (or butter sword) would be there. No such luck, though.
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almaasi · 5 years
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reaction post typed while watching Good Omens (ALL OF IT)
my favourite novel is now my favourite mini-series and IT’S SO BEAUTIFUL
under the cut: a very long, spoilery six-episode reaction to MY NEW FAVOURITE THING EVER
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may 31st 07:36pm nz
i posted my episode 1 reaction a couple hours ago but that got ZERO NOTES so i assume people are either avoiding spoilers or aren’t interested, which is fine, but i’m just gonna put all my reactions in one big post so anyone who IS interested doesn’t have to read 6 separate posts c:
edit june 1st 04:08am: btw i watched using a free trial on amazon prime, which i’m pretty sure is worldwide. soooo if yOU WANT TO WATCH THIS, YOU CAN, FOR FREE
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EPISODE 1: In the Beginning
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04:03pm
idk how much i’m gonna type, whether i’ll post a reaction to the entire thing in one post....... or how much i’ll end up watching right now
kinda want to spread it out and save it as a treat for after i’ve done some writing
but right now i wanna watch before writing
so maybe i’ll do one ep, write something, then return to this?
edit: aahhaha that didn’t happen
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04:04pm
I’M SO EXCITED
I’VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG
well... since 2011 when i first read the book
but regardless it’S BEEN 84 YEARS
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04:05
okay first off i did not know amazon prime did adverts at the start of their videos. so i was like SINCE WHEN WAS CHILDISH GAMBINO/DONALD GLOVER IN GOOD OMENS
and then
yeah
no
either way i thought it was a good opening
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W A R
NING
cool cool cool cool cool
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omg i’m used to where the netflix full-screen button is, and on amazon prime that’s the “next episode” button so i gotta be real careful
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dear god my video quality is TERRIBLE
i.......... i might torrent this show and watch it offline
this is horrendous i can’t see a damn thing
i have never seen pixels this big
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04:11
okay the quality calmed down after a minute
i loooove the intro, i love that it’s basically word for word from the book
i feel like i’d find it funnier if i hadn’t read the book 3 months ago
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also? god is a woman? yes
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04:13
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is it just me or does the snek have a slightly david tennant-esque quality about it
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i’m so happy adam and eve are black
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04:17
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omfg. aziraphale said “ineffable” and now CRAWLEY’S CHECKING HIM OUT TRYING TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY JUNK
WOW
...or y’know, looking for a flaming sword. SAME FUCKING THING.
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also i looove how FLUFFY azi is
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azi: “do hope i didn’t do the wrong thing”
i fucking love them both uhrgughhhuhuhughuhhh
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04:21
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small sob for cuteness
umbella wings
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04:23
in the opening titles, crowley just stopped a spaceship and aziraphale turned it into fish
i feel like that was a douglas adams reference and i’m on board
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04:25
the entire time i read the book, up until i saw video promos of this show, i thought “crowley” was said the same way as spn’s “crowley”, as in “crahwlee”
not “crOhwlee”
i definitely like that they’re different though
both probably named after aleister crowley tbh. all of whom are queer.
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THOSE SWAYING HIPS
i haven’t found david tennant attractive in about 9 years but WHOOOP HELLO AGAIN
somehow attractive for entirely different reasons than before. like. my taste changed but tHEN
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i’m on crowley’s side, taking down a cellphone network is VERY ANNOYING
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04:35
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crowley: shitshitshitshithsit
:D
i can’t wait for aziraphale’s big swear
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04:37
i miss eating sushi
sushi was great
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04:43
this baby delivery thing is sTRESSFUL
“aaaaurthurrrrr”
nooo
poor lady
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04:45
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“little toesie woesies”
where’s the sister mary loquacious fan club and where do i sign up
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i’m glad they colour-coded the babies and did the playing card explanation because this part of the book always tied my brain in knots
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05:00
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this is reminding me how utterly gross england is
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“MY POINT IS............. DOLPHINS”
YES
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05:06
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see in the book
i never once realised that the nanny was crowley in disguise
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05:11
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digging the snake tattoo sideburns
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05:14
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and yeah the short hair looks good
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05:15
fINALLY crowley called azi “angel”
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05:17
crowley: “oh no no don’t do your magic act, pleeease”
the magic act scene is one of my fave parts of the book <3
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05:20
aw man they cut out the best part
i mean i get why
the kids shouted a bunch of gay slurs at aziraphale
and there were no secret service people with guns
but aw mannn
AND THEY CUT OUT THE BIT WITH THE DEAD DOVE AND CROWLEY BRINGS IT BACK TO LIFE FOR AZIRAPHALE
THAT WAS MY SINGLE FAVOURITE BIT OF THE BOOK
AND IT’S GONE
;C
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OH WAIT
THERE’S THE DOVE
OH GOOD
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aw man aziraphhale just brought it back himself
i liked it better in the book
they sat on the steps outside and crowley comforted azi and took the dove and fixed it for him, and then it flew off
idk i just had such a perfect image of that moment in my mind and this was..... good but not the same at all
could be gayer
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05:27
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good dog
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05:28
crowley: *snifsnif* something’s changed
aziraphale: “oh it’s a new cologne, my barber suggeste--”
crowley: “no no i know what you smell like”
gayyyyyyyyyy <3
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05:31
okay that’s ep 1 watched!!! i’ll watch more maybe later tonight :D
ENJOYING THIS SO FAR
not as gay as expected ........YET
needs 400% more “angel” and “dear”
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EPISODE 2: The Book
07:42pm
pillar of salt guy: “something smells evil”
the fact crowley smells evil and yet aziraphale likes his company regardless says a lot
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07:49
fully expected crowley to say “i didn’t fall, i sauntered vaguely downwards”
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07:50
iiiii’m finding the narrator a little annoying
maybe it’s because i read the book so i know what’s going on
but saying “he has four items to deliver in his van. he works for this postage company and he’s making his first delivery in a formal warzone”.... idk i feel like all of those things could be shown visually? saying it rather than showing it probably saved seven seconds of airtime, but damn
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07:56
i wonder if the narrator was a later addition to this, for new audience clarity? the script for god just seems a little stilted, idk
edit: i kind of got used to it, but it was still jarring, which i’m sure was the opposite of the intended effect
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08:09
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the saddest newt
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08:13
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she’s kind of exactly how i imagined her in the book
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and definitely my fave next to aziraphale and crowley
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08:17
i feel so bad for crowley’s plants
poor babies
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08:19
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for some reason i imagined her as a redhead. kind of more like mrs weasley
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08:33
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these wee children......... so soft.......... so smol
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08:25
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v happy with the casting for pepper
tiny downside is that we lose another redhead
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08:29
i find the kids’ conversations hilarious because they’re the same age as harry potter when he goes to hogwarts the first time
idk if this is what eleven year olds are like in real life, but when i read the book i did feel distinctly like they spoke like eight year olds
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08:35
crowley: “i like spooky. big spooky fan, me”
he just sounds like the tenth doctor
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08:36
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YEEE FINALLY CROWLeY DOING NICE THINGS FOR AZIRAPHALE
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08:48
"you know, crowley, i’ve always said that deep down you really are a--”
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“SHUT IT”
DON’T YOU CALL HIM NICE YOU PRETTY BASTARD
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loquacious: “sorry to break up an intimate moment”
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08:45
i imagined anathema’s tripod thing to be about 5 feet tall, not a cute little knee-high thing
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08:48
freddie mercury: BIIIII CYCLE
BIIIIIIII CYCLE
yeah i was waiting for that
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crowley: “get in, angel”
HE MURMURED
DON’T MURMUR YOUR TERMS OF ENDEARMENT noo
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09:00
end of episode 2!!! i freaking loved aziraphale vs the book <3
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the credits for this ep credit konnie huq as someone named pam but idk who that is? i had a crush on konnie huq as a kid when she was a presenter on “blue peter”
OH WAIT RIGHT the lady on the breakfast show on crowley’s tv. aw such a small part. hoping we’ll see her again later
edit: nope. might rewatch that part to pay more attention. obviously i didn’t even recognise her after like.. 15 years
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EPISODE 3: Hard Times
09:05pm
brb gotta get some food
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09:14
and now i wait for food
EPISODE THREE LET’S GO
is this the one that’s just crowley and azi’s backstory?
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09:16
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i can’t even put my finger on why but he’s getting more attractive
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09:21
ah yes
aziraphale is eating shellfish and trying to tempt crowley
“oh... that’s your job”
i love this part of their dynamic
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09:29
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i adore when crowley makes aziraphale smile <3
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09:43
SAUNTERED VAGUELY DOWNWARDS
YEE
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i like seeing how crowley’s sunglasses differ throughout history
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09:36
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“if they knew i’d been... fraternising”
this is such a forbidden romance i love ittttt
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09:49
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CROWLEY SAVED THE BOOKS
and SOFT VIOLIN PLAYS
THIS IS A FUCKING LOVE STORY
k this is my favourite part of the show so far <3
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09:50
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this angel just fell in love
right in that moment
i see cartoon hearts around him
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09:54
just had to pause for a second bc there was some broccoli in my tea :c
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09:56
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awwwwwwwwwwwwww 
he got him holy waterrrrrrr
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UNIVERSAL ANGLE OF HETEROSEXUAL LONGING
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definitely feeling a lot of “NOW KISS” right about now
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09:59
LAUGHING BECAUSE THE OPENING CREDITS ARE LITERALLY HALFWAY INTO THE EPISODE
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10:03
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throughout the entire book azi just came across as the kind of person who wore glasses even though glasses were never once mentioned
I AM GLAD TO SEE GLASSES
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10:12
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i like this colour palette and the gold in their makeup
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10:27
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“we can go off together”
omg the world’s ending and crowley’s all RUN AWAY WITH MEEE
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10:31
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okay then
good eyelashes
edit: i also like how their relationship was explained with a simple tap on the wrist: hurry up, you’re on the clock, i’m a sex worker, finish your call because i’m leaving
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10:32
episode three DONE
these eps don’t feel long enough
maybe that means the pacing is just right? who knows
i feel like i should be doing something other than watching this but..... why
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EPISODE 4: Saturday Morning Funtime
10:48pm
aziraphale is SOFT and he’s perfect like that <3
fuck u gabriel and your body shaming
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10:53
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i want delivery guy to be okay BUT I READ THE BOOK
so............... i know he will be...... eventually
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10:55
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how did they get photographs taken in the 1600s
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oh gabriel’s eyes ARE purple, i thought i was seeing them wrong
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11:02
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“maud i love you”
noo ho hoooo
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11:09
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a little douglas adams, definitely
BUT NO PEPPER POT DALEK
AWW
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11:10
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the season is very much jumping between summer and autumn
though i suppose that’s the point, tadfield is just perfect
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11:12
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“which the internet has begun to refer to as the kracken”
i wonder if good omens inadvertently inspired me to write The Wireless a couple of years back. wouldn’t be surprising
edit: no, couldn’t have, because the internet wasn’t much of a thing (or a thing at all?) in the book, given its publish date
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11:20
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that’s a v nice dress/top combo
gosh she’s so pretty
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11:30
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crowley: “we can run away together!!! alpha centauri!!!”
aw baby
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crowley: “i’m going home, angel! i’m getting my stuff, and i am leaving. and when i am up in the stars, i won’t even think about you!!”
THAT WAS A V SAD BREAKUP NOOOOO
why has there not been a single “dear” yet :c
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11:37
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oh no, this part
i loved this in the book but i am NOT READY for maggots
damn you gaiman
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11:39
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he’s so cute
and so gay
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11:42
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uriel: “don’t think your boyfriend in the dark glasses will get you special treatment in hell”
he looks kinda delighted uriel called crowley his boyfriend
i would say he looks worried but this shot was used without context in the trailer and it came across as genuine joy, i actually thought he was looking at crowley
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11:46
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i thought it was a strange throne before
a spider at the centre of a web
dark halo
yeah
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11:51
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oh now she’s a redhead???
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also i’m glad they implied newt and anathema just kissed because the sex thing was weird in the book
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okay never mind
hmm
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12:05
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aziraphale: “oh.................ffffUCK.”
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH
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12:07
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oh no
it’s happening
oh no
i hate this part but i love what happens because of it
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12:29am
i have eaten and now i have tea and i am back from MORE BOOKSHOP FIRE
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EPISODE 5: The Doomsday Option
12:31
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nuuuuuuuuuu
and “you’re my best friend” playing while crowley’s tryna call azi
nuuuuuu
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“somebody killed my best friend”
jfhsdfjsdj
/sobs
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12:36
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freddie mercury: “somebody find me somebody tooo ooo looove”
edit: the narration WRECKED this. it was so dramatic and visually emotional but the voiceover completely screwed with it and it was SO UNNECESSARY.
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12:46
crowley: “i lost my best friend”
he says, while crying, while talking to that friend
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THE ONE BOOK HE WANTS IS THE ONE CROWLEY SAVED
THEY’RE SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL TOGETHER
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azi wanted to share crowley’s body
and then said they had to get a wiggle on
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12:52
they cut out the hell’s angels / lesser horsemen
i figured they would, but still a shame
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1:54
in the book tracy’s “spirit guide” was native american but daaaaaamn that part really needed to go
now she’s irish which is... better, probably
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01:01
ron: “SHUT. UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP”
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this guy’s having the time of his life
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01:03
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he wave
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01:05
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1926 bentley; sexiest car right next to the ‘67 chevy impala
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01:08
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omg gotta translate and explain the road
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01:13
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OH NO the maggots are about to happen
they changed the placement of this but it worked for the pacing
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OH NO
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k well the maggots were gross but not as bad as i imagined
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01:31
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omg the dog turned upside down rather than be picked up
i wonder if that was intentional
dog: I DO NOT WANT UP
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01:34
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pfff he’s reading “american gods” by neil gaiman
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01:44am
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10/10 flaming car
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EPISODE 6: The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives
01:51am
here we go...
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01:55
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azi so happy that crowley said the dress suits him <3
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01:57
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rip bentley
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01:59
aziraphale: “we are here to lick some serious butt!!”
crowley: “kick!! kick, aziraphale, for heaven’s sake”
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02:06
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i freaking love the parallel between the Them and the horsemen in the book
and i love that they did face shots to show the parallel
pepper = war
wensleydale = famine
brian = pollution
adam = death
the parallel is less clear for brian and wensleydale, at least in the show. was more obvious in the book. but at the same time i kind of got confused between them a lot, brian was always eating, but wensleydale was named after cheese
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02:14
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pepper: “i do not endorse everyday sexism”
/STOMPS ON WAR’S FOOT
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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02:25
shadwell: “anyone who wants ta get ta the hoore of babylon will have to get past me”
earlier anathema said “boyfriend”
may i point out that all the adults are paired up
shadwell & madame tracy
newt & anathema
......and....
aziraphale and crowley
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crowley: “we are FUCKED”
these two need a holiday
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azi: “come up with something... or.... or i’ll never talk to you again”
he knows crowley loves him aww
perfect blackmail material
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02:32
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they went from trying to kill him to being his gay angel parents real quick
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02:35
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thought they were holding hands for a second there
edit: regardless, a whole damn airfield and they’re 2cm apart
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02:39
happy ending for the postman, hooray~
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crowley about the bookshop, softly: “it burned down. remember? you can stay at my place”
awwWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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02:42
CROWLEY GOT HIS CAR BACK AND YET HE TOOK A TAXI
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02:45
anathema: “why is your car called dick turpin?”
newt: “dick turpin is a famous highwayman. it’s called dick turpin because everywhere it goes, it holds up traffic”
i laughed
this wasn’t in the book and i always wondered
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02:51
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i wonder if holy water wouldn’t burn him because he’s too good
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03:00
gabriel: “don’t talk to me about the greater good, sunshine, i’m the angel fucking gabriel”
really enjoying these swears
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03:03
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i thought so
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03:30am
paused for a bit to get ready for bed
i thought it was after 4am but nope
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“there would be other summers, but not one like this. not ever again”
that genuinely makes me emotional
i think that’s why it’s my favourite book, i can relive that summer with them
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03:35
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omg
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OH MY GOD
WAIT
THEY
OH MY GOD
THEY WEREN’T IMMUNE, THEY JUST SWAPPED PLACES
HOLY SHIT
edit: THIS WAS NOT IN THE BOOK AND IT’S BRILLIANT AND I’M GLAD IT’S HERE
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crowley: “let me tempt you to a spot of lunch?
azi: “~temptation accomplished~!”
THEY’RE SO STINKING CUTE
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“just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing”
perfect
STILL NO USE OF “DEAR” THOUGH AND IT’S KILLING ME
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that ending with the bird made me teary-eyed
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credits: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH AS SATAN
WOW
OKAY
AKSFJDSF /snorts
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the end credits and the song i just wanna bawl my eyes out
i loved this so much and i’m so glad it was GOOD
i loved that they added so many people of colour. in the book i imagined crowley played by alexander siddig (star trek: deep space 9 era) but i guess david tennant makes a pretty good crowley too
i’m trying not to be upset that my favourite scene with the dove and aziraphale’s affectionate use of “dear” was taken out
but 
this was damn good regardless. even gayer in places than in the book
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this nightingale song is my new favourite song
i never got the reference before
“and as we kissed and said goodnight, an nightingale sang in berkeley square:
GAY
SO GAY
i love
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the end of the credits “For Terry”
ACTUAL OUT LOUD SOBBING
TERRY YOU WOULD’VE LOVED THIS
NEIL DID YOU PROUD
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oh this was so beautiful
i’m gonna watch it again with my family probably within the week. i’m so emotionally tender now
azIRAPHALE WAS SO FLUFFY AND CROWLEY WAS SO NICE ABOUT THE BOOKS
ugh i love them more than ever
anathema...... i don’t know if i relate to her, want to be her, look up to her, want her to mentor me, live with her, or find her attractive. maybe all of the above. but she was freaking PERFECT. PE R F E CT 
the casting was so... just right. thank you casting people for anathema.
like... i also didn’t mind the newt/anathema thing so much now. it was hard to tell in the book how much of a relationship they had after, but that smile she gave while lying in bed the morning after, that worked, it said a lot. and i like that it was her choice to burn the prophecy sequel rather than newt’s suggestion
gabriel was amusing. like.. i’m glad he wasn’t in the book. but he was great here. also really like michael and uriel. uriel was so damn beautiful.
i also would really have liked to see a mention of the fact crowley and aziraphale are both agender and potentially asexual. not even a hint of it here. buuuuuut it guess i know from the book. so.
my favourite episode was of course episode 3 with crowley and aziraphale’s 6000 year backstory. especially the 1940s bit where crowley saved the books <3
this show was was less confusing than the book too. ugh it was done so well
OH
we didn’t see where the soldier guy went when aziraphale zapped him away!!! in the book he reappeared safely back home and went out to see his family. to be fair i don’t know whether he died and went to heaven, but it was a nice thing to happen
and they took out the Them’s bully/rival gang, who was led by the third baby from the baby swap, and who won awards for his tropical fish. at least that’s what i remember. which meant the parallel about heaven/hell being rival gangs was lost here. but the parallel between the horsemen and the them was stronger than ever and i loved that.
look, i mean, 10 out of 10, EASY.
favourite thing? yes. yes, absolutely.
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shoutout to the one time i wrote a Good Omens/Destiel crossover fic The Angel Cake Challenge
IT’S 04:02am THIS TOOK ME 12 HOURS
04:40am AND FORTY MINUTES TO EDIT
congrats if you made it to the end of this!!! thank you for reading <3 AND GO WATCH THE SHOW IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY
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