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Once again, I sit here in absolute awe of David Tennant and Michael Sheen's acting. (And also the writing for this show.)
Let's talk about S1 E6 of Good Omens, shall we? (spoilers incoming, *in Crowley's mocking tone* obviously.)
Something that absolutely went over my head the first time I watched this episode was how masterfully they fooled us about the body swap. It's a wonderful surprise the first time around, but when you re-watch the episode, certain things makes you question why Crowley acted the way he did at the trial, and same with Azirophale in Heaven. Something seemed off the whole time. And during my first watch, I took it as "oh, they're probably both nervous about what's to come." But noooo, I was dead wrong.
Here's some amazing hints that conveyed, in the most subtle way, that maybe these two supernatural beings were not in their usual bodies.
The Ice Cream Stand
From the moment they go to the ice cream stand, Aziraphale's face looks rather stressed and serious. It's rather out of the ordinary for Aziraphale, there's always a sense of emotional vulnerability in his eyes, but in this scene, there's none of that. He looks around and scans the surrounding, the way Crowley always does. He walks around Crowley, the way Crowley always does around Aziraphale.
In fact, what would be expected of the real Aziraphale would be a stiff stand and some kind of nervous smile, and at least a bit of anticipation for eating ice cream. But who do we smiling instead? "Crowley". (Putting the quotations there because of course they have switched bodies before going to the ice cream stand.) And look at how David smiles here. It's a tight smile after receiving the ice cream cone, the kind that Aziraphale would give in appreciation if he was interacting with the ice cream person (which, he technically is, in Crowley's body.) If David was acting as the real Crowley, we would have had more of grin and maybe a slight tilt of the head even.
It's such a subtle thing but my god does it makes such a big difference and shows how much David and Michael know about each other's characters and I can't even-
Reaction to Gabriel Entering the Scene
Firstly, we have a close up of Aziraphale's hand and Crowley still adjusting to how the angel's body moves and functions (which can be easily taken as adjusting to the tight grip of the rope. Honestly, it's probably a bit of both).
Then Gabriel enters and what we would naturally expect is Aziraphale losing his shit by adjusting in his seat nervously, checking to make sure he looks okay, and loads of anxiety in his voice. But we get none of that. He doesn't even nervously laugh at Gabriel's joke, just gives the slightest little twitch, the kind Crowley would give when he's stressed. There's not a hint of nervousness in his eyes, as if his emotions are tucked away, something Crowley is quite good at.
Holy Water/ Eternal Fire
When Eric shows up from Hell with the eternal fire, the real Aziraphale would've been utterly surprised, but the one sitting down just watches Eric come in as if he was expecting the demon. In fact, if you look closely, everyone reacts to the fire EXCEPT Eric and "Aziraphale".
And when Michael looks at the fire in his subtle (and brilliant) way, the look can be read as both our angel looking reflectively at the very thing that could destroy him AND as our demon in the angel's body holding back the anger that he feels when he sees that this is what they were going to do to his best friend had they not switched bodies.
And can't forget the iconic scene of the roar with the fire spitting out. That is such a Crowley move and so out of character for Aziraphale!!
And we can see the sheer joy as his eyes glow in a shade of yellow awfully similar to Crowley's. I mean that grin is also literally Crowley?!
Lastly, we have the moment where Gabriel says "shut up and die already" and rewatching the show with context of how angry Crowley was at this statement, I can literally feel Crowley's anger in Aziraphale's body here. Michael how do you this? My two brain cells are literally going brrr.
Meanwhile, in Hell, when Archangel Michael enters the scene with the holy water, Crowley looks back and is genuinely surprised, but really it's Azirophale, in Crowley's body, who's like "wait a minute, Michael?!" The real Crowley wouldn't have been surprised even one bit. He'd probably make a snarky remark in fact about something like how Heaven and Hell are not that different after all.
Tone of Voice & Dialogue
It's just all so perfect. I remember reading on Neil's Tumblr that Aziraphale generally speaks with every word in every sentence pronounced perfectly and in an almost bookish way. Crowley, on the other hand, mumbles a lot of his words. They role off the tongue very quickly. There's a peculiar snake-like vibe to the way he speaks.
But during the trial? Crowley doesn't make a single super snarky remark or mumble his words. He stands quite straight (no putting his weight on one knee or slithering around) and the way he speaks is awfully similar to Aziraphale.
"Well, yes, um..." (87.5% of Aziraphale's sentences start like this lol)
"I don't suppose in the nine circles of Hell, there's such a thing as a rubber duck?" (Crowley level snarky yes but Crowley already knows that it doesn't exist, so he would've framed it differently if it was really him speaking. This is very much peak "unexpectedly funny" Aziraphale humor.)
Also, I think the very first hint we have about the body swap, as far as dialogue goes, is when "Crowley" is knocked to the ground and says "It's not a problem. It's a tickety-boo." Just cracks me up cause again, that's something our southern pansy Aziraphale would say.
And then there's the whole scene at the park after the fact, but this post is already long enough as is lol.
I hope I'm not repeating something that another person has already mentioned. I'm just mesmerized by David and Michael's acting and Neil's writing is all. Honestly, there so many other micro moments I didn't cover. And my 2 am brain doesn't have energy for making GIFs, I hope the still images will do. Alt Text will be added soon as well.
#i literally don't know if anyone will read this but i need to vent it out#ineffable husbands#ineffablle plan#good omens#michael sheen#aziracrow#crowley#david tennant#good omens spoilers#acting? chef's kiss#production? chef's kiss#writing? chef's kiss#directing? chef's kiss
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i think we should make love tonight
#rwrbedit#rwrb#red white and royal blue#alex claremont diaz#henry fox mountchristen windsor#firstprince#rwrbgifs#lgbtq#lgbtedit#usernuria#uservik#usermaloune#usersteen#mine*#and that they did!#matthew lopez you genius#this whole scene chefs kiss#can u direct everything from now on
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SubScorp Week 2023 - Day 5: Mortal Kombat Legends
"Such sloppy footwork, Sub-Zero. Get up and try again! Unless, that is, you'd rather stay down here..."
@subscorp-week
#gopher art#subscorpweek2023#mortal kombat#subscorp#mk subzero#kuai liang#mk scorpion#hanzo hasashi#so. i keep drawing kuai being bound with hanzo's chains. which probably says something.BUT YOU CANT PROVE ANYTHING#anyway. ive said before and ill say again that i LOVE their dynamic in the legends duology (snow blind is also *chefs kiss*#but i really dont deel like its meant to be a direct sequel to BOTR. just the little inconsistencies get me.idk)#but i dont think ive mentioned that i ADORE their designs too. they look so fun your honor. i do not and will never give a fuck about#costume realism in mk. i want them to look fun! and silly! and they do in legends!#tried to incorporate some of the actual botr style too btw. i dont think it worked super well but whatever. i still like it.theyre cute
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dearly beloathed,
#CUMPLANE CUMPLANE CUMPLANE#a wife who married a disappointing husband#theyre like some sick twist on 'till death do us part'#once again i am directing you to teardew's sqh design#which is mwah chefs kiss#scum villain#svsss#peerless cucumber#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#airplane shooting towards the sky#shang qinghua#sqq#sqh#cumplane
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#wailord#the ultimate Biggun. you can't even see their eyes. this is just a blue and white sphere. couldn't even tell what this is#there's no face to be found. the prey eyes are in full swing. this is just. chef's kiss. it's beautiful#everyone was talking about how it's a travesty that they made wailord small in newer pokémon games whereas it was big on the spinoffs#aka. y'know. games that were on home consoles and therefore powerful enough to handle bigass wailord#as opposed to tiny screens that would make it a little bit difficult to perceive an entire wailord. but we got it back in swsh (which was on#switch‚ aka half of a home console‚ even though i guess nintendo kinda still sees it as a handheld)#i dunno i'm posting this at 8 AM the morning of the june 21st direct. planning on catching that later. we'll see what they announce#nothing pokémon related obviously bc it's not a pokémon presents but pikmin 4 will be there. i didn't play 2 or 3 but i played 1 so. i care
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MARIAH CAREY
The Roof (1997)
#mariah carey#mariahcareyedit#musicedit#blogmusicdaily#dailymusicians#femaledaily#$*#mine*#gifsbyme**#whoever directed this video#chefs kiss!!#drafts**
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should i watch jennifer's body. i'm so intrigued by all your posting
it’s my firm belief that everyone should watch jennifer’s body because it’s a unique portrait of best friendism that leans into eroticism that leans into murderous desire, the push and pull of being so close and yet growing up and growing apart and hurting each other because it’s the only relationship you have where being the worst is permitted simply because you don’t know how to live without each other. ALSO it’s a great story about competition between girls and how girls eat each other and how girls are victims and how girls can tear everything apart and how girls are mean and cruel and how girls can know each other so much they can feel each other in their bodies and it’s about how we look at popular girls and how we treat high femme girls and how girls love each other and how girls hold each other and how girls are hungry. it’s everything to me.
#not to mention a lot of decaydance rep#panic and cobra on the soundtrack#diablo cody wanted to cast pete#great time capsule if you love the late 2000’s#it’s everything to me and if you watch megan fox in convo with diablo it’s just chefs kiss#and directed by karyn kusama my wife#ask#anon
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ah, hambug!
#a christmas carol#christmas carol#ebenezer scrooge#scrooge#netflix#fanart#girl ok... i might be a little obsessed#the movie was SO good i was balling😔#omg... like the art style and direction... chefs kiss...#lmao theres some serious different face syndrome going on here#but lets roll w it
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arthur & aria: “Come over here and make me.”
"Come over here and make me!"
"AMOS!" The older woman, known to all as the Matron, who ran the orphanage snapped at the boy across the yard. Aria had a sympathetic smile on her face as the boy called Amos crossed the yard towards her, head down.
"Is this any way to behave?" the Matron scolded him. "The Imperial Prince and Prin-- Lady Aria," she corrected herself quickly, "have taken time out of their day to visit us and you are acting like you have no manners at all!"
"It is quite alright," Aria said quickly, smiling at Amos. Arthur, standing beside her, was uncharacteristic quiet for once. He was watching the children running about the yard playing various games with an odd look on his face. Aria wondered to herself if he'd ever had any playmates beyond his siblings-- did Roderick ever allow his precious heirs time to simply be children?
"Prince Arthur has brought something for all you aspiring young knights, didn't you, your Highness?" Aria asked, placing a hand on his arm lightly. He looked at her for a moment as if registering what she had said and then he was back-- smiles and making a grand flourish as the knights that accompanied them lifted a wooden box from the back of their carriage onto the ground.
"Swords!" a couple of the youngest boys cried as Arthur removed the lid from the box, producing one to show the gathered group. The Matron looked to Aria with wide eyes.
"I am so sorry," Aria mouthed to the woman, who simply replied with a small smile.
Arthur had announced on the carriage ride back to the castle following their first visit that he intended to have the royal carpenter craft sparring swords for the boys so they no longer had to settle for sticks they found about the yard. She had thought to try and put him off the idea when he'd suggested it to her-- the last thing the Matron and her employees needed was the children brandishing weapons (even wooden ones) around the crowded orphanage grounds. However, Arthur had seemed so eager, so happy to make something for them that Aria found she didn't want to stop him.
She also assumed he would forget about it entirely within a few days, if not hours.
He did not, however. When Aria dared suggest another trip to pay patronage to the orphanage a few weeks later, Arthur had agreed and informed her of the ideal timing-- the carpenter had just finished his task of crafting the practice swords.
Aria had been rendered momentarily speechless at that news.
"Sparring swords," Arthur corrected the boys, handing them out one by one to the children. He'd overestimated by quite a good number and soon even some of the young girls were snatching swords from the box before anyone could stop them. "And while they are not sharp, they can still be dangerous. You must promise me to only use them for practice and not for real fighting. Do you promise?"
"We promise!" the kids yelled back at various volumes. Aria couldn't help but laugh slightly at their reaction.
"If Matron will permit me, I shall happily send some of my best swordsmen to visit for lessons," Arthur continued. Aria's brow furrowed-- he had made no mention of this to her. She turned to the Matron, who seemed to momentarily be at a loss for words.
"Of course, your Imperial Highness," Matron said quickly. She seemed to be as much caught off guard as Aria herself. "That is very generous of you."
"And you may show myself and Lady Aria your progress on our next visit," Arthur continued, gesturing for Aria to join him. She hesitated slightly before approaching him, forcing a smile on her face for the children.
"How kind, your Highness," Aria spoke genuinely to him for once. "I shall be exceedingly happy to see you all again to check on your progress. Can you all thank the Prince for his thoughtful gift?"
"Thank you!" a chorus of voices rang out.
"Long live Emperor Roderick!" a single small voice added. Aria willed herself not to react but she couldn't help but turn to look at Arthur as additional voices echoed the first. His expression was unreadable.
"Long live Emperor Roderick!"
#drabble#this ended up going a wildly different direction from what i intended lol#also making about 10000 rando assumptions here but#there ya go#also the drama of arias plan backfiring on her a bit is *chef kiss* drama#arthur varmont#meme challenge
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While I've had a four (five?) year old clung to my leg all afternoon, my brain had been stuck on three things tied to Kafka, of which I'll share two over here.
Her name. The more I think about and hear Kafka's name pronounced, the more I fall utterly and madly in love with it. I'm absolutely enamored with how Daman (especially, ship-bias aside) pronounces it, but also Cheryl herself, and Melissa (Silver Wolf), along with the emphasis that Adin (Sam) puts to it. There's something about it that commands such attention, but it also somehow possesses something so inherently feminine, even if the name has no roots as a name for a woman whatsoever. It's still almost exclusively used as a surname in eastern Europe, and in the excessively rare context that it's used as a first name, it's for a man. And yet, I can't shake the feminine rarity of it. It drives me crazy, actually.
Feral, I don't know how to title this. The absolute intense difference, and contrast between a woman that reaches up and wraps her arms around a man's neck when she's kissed. And the inherent intimacy of the kind of woman who never does so at all, and instead, will grasp at the front of a shirt, or of the lapel of a jacket. And it's not to pull down, or to keep him down by force, but as an additional way to connect, for him to feel the intensity of her reaction. It's about being enveloped, it's about being crowded in, and entirely and thoroughly subjecting yourself to it, allowing it to drown and overwhelm you in its entirety.
#[ ooc. ] don't try to make it logical or edit your soul according to the fashion. rather; follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.#[ i absolutely blame a specific individual and a conversation yesterday before i slept. ]#[ it's just. /chef's kiss. ]#[ it's about the romanticism. and it's about the intensity of even the small actions. ]#[ the sensation; rather than the direct actions. ]#[ /shakes fist aT THE PERSON IN QUESTION. ]
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BLUE LIKE THE LIGHTS SURROUNDING ME..... SEE ALL THE WAVES AND WAVES OF GREEN
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STAY GREEN A LITTLE WHILE... YOU BRING BLUE LIGHTS TO DREAMS
#annoyingcouple 🫵😭
#LOUIS REALLY SNEAK IT IN AND NOT PUT THIS IN THE ORIGINAL ALBUM#UNFAIR IT'S SO GOOD WHAT THE HELL#louis tomlinson#harry styles#one direction#one direction fandom#larry#larry stylinson#louis and harry#stylinson#harry and louis#lt#faith in the future#harrys house#larries#Song: High in California - Louis Tomlinson#BUY THE DELUXE VERSION ITS CHEFS KISS MWAH
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7 deadly art sins
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this whole video is super quotable like i keep pausing to yell in discord bout it but. a fantastic ref for artists of all kinds but i have to pull out these quotes:
"you're not perfecting your craft, you're shielding yourself from vulnerability"
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you ever see the opening act of a concert that the crowd isn't really into, but they go "hey…y'all excited for the headliner?" the crowd goes like "woo!"
are those the cheers you want? status without substance?
are you okay with that? do you want to get a million hits on your content because you connived your way into it? or because people loved it so much they wanted to experience it a million times? does it matter to you where your glory comes from? because it should.
#this entire video is incredible#honorary mention to this quote:#“heres a test! make something beautiful.and then.delete it. I DO THAT FOR FUN SOMETIMES. BITCH.”#the distinction between direct marketing and brand marketing is chefs kiss.#hold my hand we'll make fun stuff together for no reason other than making fun stuff#we'll make stuff and find other stuff that is good and say nice things about it#we'll make things because we care and maybe someone else will see it and it will matter to them too#this world is so beautiful and uncomplicated#cj the x#Youtube
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Eᴛʜᴀɴ Hᴀᴡᴋᴇ ᴀs Aʀᴛʜᴜʀ Hᴀʀʀᴏᴡ ɪɴ Mᴏᴏɴ Kɴɪɢʜᴛ [83/?]
#yes I did those because I wanted to see the direct difference when he switches his mood#that's the beautiful example of a manipulator in action#when his plan works vs when he's being morally questioned#the very slight twitch of his eyebrows in the 2nd one??? chef's kiss#Episode 2 Harrow belongs in The Louvre#I don't accept criticism on that one#pure art in every way#arthur harrow#moon knight#mcu#marvel#ethan hawke
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Okay, so I just got finished with the Fallout TV show, honestly? As a super hardcore fan? No notes, they did their fucking job, It might actually be the most visually and tonally faithful TV adaptation I've ever seen in my life
#lamentations of chava#nerd shit#ALL OF THIS IS JUST MY OPINION! I LIKE TO ENJOY SHIT! DO NOT COME AT ME YOU JADED CYNICAL FUCKS#Like i'm sure some people will have problems with the direction they take the story in#especially with regards to canon after the games#but personally i liked it and am VERY excited to see season 2 considering *that* end shot#Also... they did a fucking phenomenal job of bringing the world of Fallout and it's retrofuturist aesthetic to life#The sets! the props! the costumes! THE MUSIC!!!#me and my gf were both singing along to pretty much all of them#It was a very gay time#It was honestly exactly what i wanted from a Fallout TV show#(Also... to be brutally honest.... I'm glad they swiped *that* element of the lore “off the board” so to speak#there really was nowhere for that particular thing to go but just more of the same over and over again. It had to go at some point)#I also really really liked how they made each of the 3 main characters player archetypes#That honestly worked really well#Also Matt Berry as the Mister Handy voice was fucking perfect casting *chef's kiss*
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re-watching DWD and you know... Jack Chambers... just that
#also how many plot holes has this movie 🤦♀️#but Flo and H are *chef kiss*#dont worry darling#harry styles#florence pugh#dont get me started about the directing#it would be much better if the directing was different
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man idk why corners of the internet have been shitting on the live action avatar so much, bc i'm having a lot of fun with it
#like there's a few 'eh' aspects but on the whole it's very enjoyable#i'm esp liking zuko an iroh... and suki... and june... and what they've done with monk gyatso#and i'm a Fan of how they've reordered and recontextualized various events for an eight ep season and new format#i would've in fact been disappointed if they didn't throw their own swing on events#my main 'eh' is mostly the fact that i think the acting directors could've given the kids more direction with emoting some lines#i know these kids can act bc there's some scenes with them that are chef's kiss#just sometimes they come off as flat#all the adults and teens are doing great tho#and the bending is beautiful#jen rambles
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