good omens 2 might have ruined the character (SPOILERS)

i am so distraught over good omens season 2 so i'm going to write this here in hopes that people see where i'm coming from. there will be SPOILERS in this post so if you don't want that please scroll

i love this show so much. it means so much to me i cannot even begin to explain but after seeing some fresh takes on s2 (from the book fans. all the book fans hated s2) i've realized that there are two things that i really didn't like in this season:

1) aziraphale and crowley being friends in heaven 2) crowley creating the universe.

both these things did not sit well with me (more specifically the latter though) their whole dynamic in s1/the book was them befriending each other despite being on opposite sides. that first scene in s2e1 completely threw all of that away. it got rid of the effect their supposed first meet once had on me in the pilot episode. did aziraphale only befriend crowley and maintain their relationship because he remembers the angel crowley used to be? if he'd never met crowley pre-fall would he have just disregarded him as common demon scum? and the whole point of good omens was that it doesn't matter what your upbringing is, whether it be angel, demon or human, it was your CHOICES that determined how "good" or "bad" you are. even the most seemingly "insignificant" of people could make a difference. that was why aziraphale and crowley being nobodies was so important to so many people. they were able to avert the apocalypse yet it wasn't like they were the leaders of heaven/hell or something. anyone could make a difference and good omens showed that. implying how powerful crowley must've been in heaven and offering aziraphale a job as heaven's ruler in s2 completely got rid of all of that. that made me really upset.

lots of people were upset about aziraphale accepting the job offer because they felt it was totally OOC and i COMPLETELY AGREE. this is why i also believe in the coffee theory, it makes the most sense. there's no way aziraphale would've thrown everything he had on earth with crowley away for a mere promotion. it wouldn't even make sense for him to be offered one; why would heaven want a traitor to rule? one of the key points of both seasons is how unfair and systematic both heaven and hell are; neither of them would offer such a thing to either aziraphale/crowley if they didn't have an ulterior motive.

otherwise i loved that season. i know some people felt it was fanficky but i like fanficky!! i love aziraphale and crowley and i really hope neil is able to wrap it up in s3 because if not i will be fucking devastated. i'm not even kidding when i say that i could physically feel my mental health degrading after s2 came out because what the hell

also i think gabriel and beelzebub are cute and all but it really came out of nowhere?? the amount of fanservice was great but i think some of it ruined the feel of the show for me... idk. yes i will forever be grateful for the 5 whole episodes we got of aziracrow fluff. no i am not over the ending or the fact that they were friends before crowley fell.

i'd love to hear your guys' takes

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HOLY. SHIT.

I don’t even wanna separate these?? TAKE THE WHOLE SHEET I’M SO PROUD OF IT WHAT????

I was playing around with expressions and OMG, I think I unlocked something???

It was mostly from yesterday’s post, I liked the way I drew Pizza Head so I decided to try drawing him again (since it’s been a while) AND GOD I LOVE THESE‼️‼️‼️ Seriously started out rough but then I just kind rolled with it! I like it! I like it a lot‼️ 😆😆

Also since I drew Brick yesterday as well, I decided to change the way I draw him, just a bit 🤏

Today was so fun AAAHHH!!!! 💞💞💞💞💞💞

New Year’s Eve

My year already started good after seeing CA’s post. Like I saw the winter outfits and I squeeled out loud. IT’S SO CUTE

like Sam’s beanie?? And his coat? Adorable as hell. I imagine he’d wear those leather-like ones with those fluffy collars.

And Alex oh my god… the boy’s so underdressed for the winter and it’s so him. I first saw him and instantly thought it was a hoodie.. it might be a jacked but STILL.. that’s what inspired making this comic. My boy, at least put on a scarf.

Also Alex, Sam and Sebastian would make a chaotic and hilarious trio and I’m dying on that hill… and dying for more interaction between them.

(Also I may or may not open for art requests.. 👀)

So, how rare ARE Ford's extra fingers, anyway?

I'm not gonna lie, at first I was skeptical of Ford's claims that the Weirdness Magnetism had an effect on him. Like, yeah, the whole having six fingers thing isn't exactly common, but it's a naturally-occurring event. Stan describes it as a birth defect, and there doesn't seem to be a noticeably great number of people with those in Gravity Falls. It wouldn't be all that farfetched for Ford to think he was just Built Different, for like, at least 7 reasons, but then you start actually thinking about it.

Polydactyly isn't exactly common. Approximately 1 in 1,000 babies are born with some form of polydactyly. While it's true that postaxial polydactyly (extra digit is past the pinkie) is the most common form, which is shown to be the kind Ford has in the x-ray at the beginning of AToTS, there are several other extreme circumstances.

Extra digits in polydactyly aren't usually found on all limbs. It can occur on hands and feet (and Alex has confirmed that Ford does, indeed, have six toes on both feet) but rarely does it occur on both feet, or both hands, much less both hands and both feet. And even when it does occur more than once on one person, the extra digits aren't usually fully-formed. Oftentimes they don't even have bones. When they do have bones, they're usually much smaller, or barely opposable (if they have joints at all). When they're big enough to be maneuverable, they usually interfere with the structure of the hands/feet in negative ways. All this means that an extra finger or toe which doesn't direly require a surgery to remove the extra digit within the first year or two of life is incredibly uncommon.

And let's remember: that's just for one extra digit. Ford has four.

For Ford to have fully functional polydactyly on both hands and both feet, to the point where it's basically impossible to tell which one is finger x without x-rays... the odds of that are astronomically unlikely. Never-before-recorded, one in a kazillion, borderline medically unfathomable sort of rare.

I think I do believe the Weirdness Magnetism could've affected Ford, actually.

all the eric and max interactions throughout the film

Someone really was like "if it wasn't for Yuta's Domain Yuji wouldn't be able to hit them Black Flashes"...

If that's the case where in the fuck was Yuta when Yuji was hitting Black Flashes against Hanami? In Africa.

If that's the case where the fuck was Yuta when Yuji was hitting Black Flashes against Mahito in Shibuya where everyone was fucking dying? In Africa.

You're telling me someone opening up their Domain is why Yuji can hit Black Flashes? If that's the case, what about Nanami? The previous record holder (he would be so proud) of the Black Flashes? I don't recall no Domain being opened for him to hit those Black Flashes. Oh, I forgot only Yuji needs some insane reason to hit Black Flashes.

Yuta, apparently, you're some key or something. Sorry.

Yuta has not been in the fight since what chapter? Chapter 252, got teleported the hell out of there with Rika by Ui Ui. That's been eight chapters. Yet to show up as of 260!

The past few chapters since 256, Yuji has been hitting Black Flashes because now he has been awakened. Like, maybe I'm reading a different manga!

Nicole clocking that it’s Terry straight away in Undercover Terry is so funny because the way she turns around and is instantly like “oh my god…we have to fuck with him” and she got everyone (except Aaron who had no idea bless him) to join in.

i've only had leo carlsson for 16 games because the ducks are experimenting with a load management strategy for their second overall pick in the 2023 draft but if anything happened to him i would kill everyone in this room and then myself —

2011 British gp Fernando is such a mood...

Are there any companions you can't stand?

I wouldn't say I have any that I can't stand. Something that's so engaging to me about DA is that the companions have good, bad, and a lot in between. Honestly, I don't hate any of them. There are companions that I have more issues with than others, but I like them all; even, and sometimes especially, the ones that tend to be heavily hated on by the fandom.

The only companion that might fall into this category for me is Sebastian, but I totally acknowledge that I've yet to make an effort to use him when I play DA2. I legit just forget about him. How am I supposed to have a good grasp of his character when I don't engage with him outside of his companion quests? Plus I usually romance Anders so Sebastian always leaves my party in the end with threats of bringing an army down on Kirkwall for not killing Anders, soooo... yeah. Not the greatest impression he's left me with.

I would like to have a more well-rounded opinion of Sebastian because the concept of him is interesting; he's this chantry brother who is also a prince, but his family was murdered so he puts up a bounty on the chantry board [which admittedly is SO funny] and his companion quests are about avenging his family and helping him decide if he should take back his lands or remain a chantry brother. But then I talk to him, I listen to him talk to the other companions, and it's like... oh, the chantry has become his entire personality because the dude was brainwashed and now he's saying shit like the maker was actually the one who freed Fenris from slavery, and when Fenris tells him a story about how Denarius killed a child in a ritual for more power, Sebastian just doubles down that the maker has his reasons, like....babe, c'mon now.

I feel like I've read pieces about him written by fans who love him that are more compellingly written than he is, if that makes sense. Really, I would love to be educated by those who love him, especially Sebastian romancers because of all the love interests in all of DA, he's the one I look at and go, "....okay but why?" I have a lot of fun with character discussions and other perspectives so I mean that sincerely.

Also I think it's worth noting that when I play, I tend to get super into the roleplay of my warden/hawke/inquisitor, but while they have party members they can't stand, I have opinions that are separate from them, y'know?

For example, since I've talked about it a lot recently, my mage Hawke and Aveline butt heads constantly. By the end of Act 3, they're rivalry is heated and Ed's surprised Aveline even sided with him in the end because THAT is how much their relationship deteriorated over the course of the game... but then there's my warrior Hawke who adored Aveline. The two of them were best friends and Aris always gave her the benefit of the doubt, like she had Aveline's back through and through.

I've complained about Aveline a lot in my posts so it probably does sound like I can't stand her, but that's not true. Aveline's actually a companion that fascinates me, like she makes me go, "God, you're such an asshole, tell me more right now." and it drives me crazy how she and Carver are foils, like I love it so much, I could go on and on about how foiled they are, it makes me want to bite something.

It's very easy to look at Aveline and think she's just a bitch, she's a cop, she's a bad character, #Aveline-critical, bad companion, etc. I see it all the time, and not just with her, but with every companion in dragon age, y'know? I'm not saying that's wrong or anything; some characters just don't vibe with you or you have legit reasons for hating them and that's fine. I'm just saying some of it's very surface level unless you make the effort to elaborate.

If you don't like a character, you're less likely to make an effort to understand or see anything positive about them. You're more likely to have confirmation bias, so whenever they do or say anything, you go looking for the worst interpretation. I try not to do this just because for me, that's the "boring" approach to games like this but as we've seen, I'm not immune either... y'know, Sebastian.

But Carver gets this a lot, too, and I think I've made myself clear that Carver is my favorite, I love him, the Hawke twins are S-tier companions and I would throw everyone in Kirkwall into the ocean if it meant Bethany and Carver's happiness.

Now that I'm thinking about it, the characters a lot of fans can't stand are some of my favorites?

Like a lot of people shit on Sera, and I'm like "Nah, that's my girl! Listen, she's got a LOT of internalized issues, but we're working through them okay! She's getting better!"

And Vivienne? Oh, don't get me started on Vivienne, I have a whole deal about her. She's also an asshole and I love her.

My canon inquisitor is Surana who escaped the circle and joined the dalish, becoming Lavellan. Vivienne is a reflection of what Ash could've been if she hadn't run away with Jowan. She played the game of the circle, she stepped wherever she needed to step because Ash knew she was at a disadvantage by being an elf, for one, and for two, not coming from a family with wealth that would give her special privileges. Her downfall was buying into her own hype and believing she couldn't be wrong about Jowan, believing that she could either prevent them from making him tranquil or help him and Lily run away, and believing she was above punishment because she worked her way into being Irving's favorite. Yet it all bit her in the ass and she had to run… so then years later after living outside of the circle and realizing just what the chantry is, how it conditions and abuses mages and shit, she meets Vivienne who also played the game well and came out on top, who now spouts the same shit Ash used to spout and it's makes their dynamic sooo chewable.

Then there's Cullen who's not a companion but I lump him and Josephine in with the companions anyway. They're advisors, they're in the inner circle, they count.

He's such a spineless ass in DA2 like believe me, I get all the criticisms he gets... but he's also fairly polite to Hawke even if they're openly anti-templar, he's softer spoken, and he's unwell after what happened to him in DAO and Meredith's clearly taking advantage of his state... but then he becomes an advisor in DAI who is so done with people's bullshit and blatantly honest about it, like he looks at Chancellor Roderick like "this fucking guy again" and he's so ready to just go for it, y'know? Well... unless you're a pretty lady who bats her eyes at him, then suddenly he doesn't know how words work. Like sometimes I feel crazy because I find him to be so funny in DAI, and overall a compelling character that I enjoy interacting with even when he's being a total asshole. Yeah, there's issues in his writing but I appreciate the vision the writers were going for, even if they stumbled... except for Sheryl Chee, I don't appreciate her contribution of those few posts on the DA forums that everyone uses as a smoking gun to "prove" awful things about him. Nothing gets under my skin more in character discussions than bad faith arguments and there's so much of that when it comes to Cullen.

Actually, while we're on that, can I just add a note that when I first got into this fandom, I saw someone's post about Chee doing an interview where she said all those bad things about Cullen wanting to assault the mage warden and I was like, "What? An interview? What interview?? Where??" and I couldn't find shit until much later when I read another anti-Cullen post that cited a DA forum as the source for her saying those things... so not an interview. I went digging for the forum, went into the way back machine to find it.... only to discover that this smoking gun comes from a fanfiction forum where Mary Kirby was also talking about Sten and catgirls and y'all expect me to take that seriously?

We can have discussions about whether or not Cullen's a bad person or a bad character, but the moment you bring Sheryl Chee into it, I know you're here in bad faith and your argument is void.

Sorry for the tangent and the long answer but this is the stuff I enjoy. I could talk about the characters of DA for ages unprompted that when someone does throw me a bone, I will discuss and gush about them all.

which ocs in the fandom do you find the most interesting? also, which ocs do you think have the most aesthetically pleasing designs? finally, which ocs have you only heard of but would like to know more about?

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nooooooo ha haaa noooo i can't possibly answer this because it would be soooo unfair to have favourites wouldn't it's comet knight by @kittenvirus

MAN THE MUSICAL NUMBERS CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD I HAD TO PAUSE AND STARE FROWNING okok!!! so the thing was that one time agessss ago you said liking ml fanfics is just wanting to read the same story over and over again and after that textbook 2016 post reveal final kiss that sentence just flashed in my mind and everything that happened in the movie (the ladynoir patrol fighting in the rooftops, the adrien snapping at his dad, gabriel being actually decent) just shifted in context for me and the realization of how fanfic coded the movie is and how that directly related to my enjoyment was so clear i couldnt stop laughing hdhshsjs

WOW ACTUALLY

i remember saying that and its STILL TRUE!! And honestly you're putting it in perspective for me, thats why i liked the things i liked about the movie. like the ladynoir patrol fighting on the roofs also did lowkey make my dreams come true they could have done whatever they wanted in the rest of the movie, that scene is what i live for.

And that last scene really did feel like it was out of a fanfic, A 2016 FANFIC, its OLD FANDOM VIBES. back when we were still chewing up the concept of a reveal and not picking apart the bones of adrien's identity like mad scientists.

I remember thinking im sure ive read this scene somewhere. idk where but i have. all of it in different pieces a million times.

Anyways thank you for sharing this i love it?? good take

Btw I’m actually a little behind on the pjo series so I’m only on like. Episode 5. But I’m getting to the end of it and I just wanna say I love Annabeth so much I love her and I love Leah Sava Jeffries they’re both incredible

random but have i ever mentioned how much i love david oakes and his immense acting talents in playing the hedonistic brother of a popular historical figure in period dramas? as well as his wit and his enthusiasm and passion for ecology like...i just find it very endearing how funny, articulate, and intelligent he is, not to mention his evident dedication to the characters he plays and how he always references them in his posts and content. he's simply adorable and brings me so much joy <3