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thewales · 11 months

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The Times:

Harry’s court crusade will define him. And it’ll never end

The Duke of Sussex is on a mission and nothing will deter him from pursuing it, writes Roya Nikkhah

The anguish of reliving what he describes as a lifetime of trauma at the hands of the tabloids was unmistakable, even if the evidence for his claims was harder to detect. Why do it? Why put himself through the pain and emotional angst that many thought he expunged in Spare, his blockbuster memoir?

In short, because he can.

If the past three years have shown anything since the Sussexes stepped down from royal duties, it is that banning them from using their HRH titles has only emboldened them to take on all the battles that royal life once prevented them from entering.

Harry’s performance on the witness stand last week was a textbook case.

Since leaving the royal fold, Harry has repeatedly claimed “the institution” refused to stand up for him and Meghan with the British press, a claim that induces exasperated sighs and rolling eyes in the royal households. It also prompts former aides who worked with the couple and who pushed their relationships with the media to the limit defending them to recall Elizabeth II’s phrase: “Some recollections may vary.”

As some who have worked with Harry over the years say, his memory often does not tally with theirs. A Morten Morland cartoon in The Times last week prompted amusement among several former aides, showing the prince’s hand on a copy of Spare in place of the Bible, swearing to tell “my truth, my whole truth and nothing but my truth”.

But his claim last week that alleged phone hacking by MGN was “contained within the palace” left a senior former courtier who worked with William and Harry during that period scratching their head. “Did we keep things from him? No. At no point did it come up that the Mirror was doing it while I was there, it never came across our desk. I never had any conversations with either of the princes about ‘where are the Mirror getting those stories from?’”

Harry was adamant that “every single one of these articles played a destructive role in my growing up”, but failed to point to any solid evidence linking them to phone hacking. Instead, he often relied on his “suspicions” about stories concerning him, his mother Diana and his first love Chelsy Davy, prompting the same former aide to suggest that Harry’s self-proclaimed “mission” to “reform the media” is more important to him than victory against MGN.

The prince said he would feel it “an injustice” if phone hacking cannot be proved, but the former aide says: “It’s a means to get revenge on the tabloids and an opportunity to pursue that mission, win or lose. He won’t want to lose, but he will have had his chance to say ‘this is what it was like for me, my family, my girlfriend’. Perhaps all those millions from his book and Netflix deal was to build a war chest to pursue the tabloids until the end. Of course he forgets he’s had a lot of positive coverage over the years. Like an actor, he only remembers the bad reviews.

One barbed comment in Harry’s 55-page witness statement last week got Palace aides particularly hot under the collar, given the constitutional requirement for the royal family to be “above politics”. The fifth-in-line to the throne wrote: “Our country is judged globally by the state of our press and our government, both of which I believe are at rock bottom.” Has the prince, who travelled the world for years representing the UK, so soon forgotten that Britain is also judged internationally by its royal family? To many, his comment was woefully misjudged, others saw it as unconstitutional. Either way, what must the royal family make of their unelected, exiled prince launching attacks on this country’s elected representatives?

A royal source says: “The Palace will find that extremely difficult and uncomfortable, because you can never fully separate yourself from the institution and it will have raised eyebrows on both sides of the park — at Westminster too — not least because it wasn’t necessary for the core of his case.

“But it only underlines the wisdom and importance of [Elizabeth II’s] decisions taken at Sandringham [the family summit in January 2020], that you cannot be half-in and half-out. Those decisions are now the royal family’s insurance — when one of its members continues to break with convention, they can point out that he is speaking as Harry Windsor, not as the Duke of Sussex, working member of the royal family representing the nation. Then, there is the deep irony of a member of the royal family talking about how the country is judged around the world, which is often by and through the royal family. It shows a deep misunderstanding by him.”

A source who knows Harry well, says: “I think he’s been sitting in the Californian sunshine for a long time, hanging out with James Corden [the actor and TV host] and has lost all the instincts on how to do this, how to conduct himself carefully, still as a member of the royal family. He’s lost the knack of what he can and can’t say and there is no one around him to say, ‘No, Harry, you can’t say that, take that bit out’. It’s embarrassing for him and for Britain, for a prince to be saying, ‘We’ve got a shit government’.”

The reality is Harry cares little about any of this, because he knows there are no consequences to his actions and the monarchy has no more levers to pull.

He has continued to shrug off raised royal eyebrows and veiled threats. The King might have booted his son out of Frogmore Cottage and relegated him to the third row at Westminster Abbey for his coronation behind Princess Anne’s plumed hat, a detail that a royal insider says prompted “much hilarity among the family about where the plume ended up and what it ended up obscuring”. But the Sussexes have kept hold of their titles and those of their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, proving that however unconstitutional their words or deeds, the punishment is unlikely to be heavier than fiddling with seating plans for the occasional state occasion.

But even some of Harry’s friends and staunchest supporters acknowledge that the noise generated by his legal actions threatens to drown out all the other work on the military, conservation and mental health that he has spent years building. Harry will be at the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf in September, putting him back on the map as a champion of veterans. A friend says: “I couldn’t even tell you, apart from Invictus, what Harry is for at the moment. I think there’s an acknowledgment that while this is all going on, everything else is a sideshow. Championing the causes close to his heart will never go, but he’s hit the pause button to focus on this. It is coming to define him — I think through design.”

The friend also believes Harry’s journey is open-ended: “When these cases are over, it won’t be the end of it. He sees his mission as being the standard bearer of a fair media and I think we’ll see more of this in years to come. He feels so strongly about it. He’ll always be a powerful advocate of fair and true reporting.”

A former courtier has another theory on why Harry is willing to endure the torment: “I think he is seeking inner peace and this becomes the target — he thinks if he can bring the media to heel, it will cure his pain. Sadly, I don’t think it will. He’s still defending his mother. Nothing will take that pain away.”

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#basically they can do whatever they want because the brf won’t do anything to stop this #And that is precisely why he should have been stripped of his titles #because even though he does not work for the monarchy he is a prince of that monarchy the King’s son #and what he says and does reflects on the institution #perhaps not in the same way as it would if they were still an active part of it but it still looks bad.#brf #the suxs

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ebbpettier · 6 months

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i don't believe in the fandom concept of problematic faves (all characters should have at least one Problem, i think, for flavor) but if i did, fiona pitch would have a permanent throne at the very top of my list. i just think she's neato-cheetos.

#on a scale from one to belittling a teenager who was just subjected to weeks of solitary confinement starvation torture #i think that fiona is a 10.5 and should consider prozac #rainbow has a way with multifaceted characters who do things because it's the only thing they know how to do #good things for bad reasons and bad things for good reasons and selfless things for spiteful reasons and vise versa etc #everyone is at least a bit of an asshole about something. even goodboy milk chap boyscout simon killed a bunch of vampires on sight #they were probably up to something shady but the likelihood that they were gonna kill those girls in broad daylight at a crowded renfaire?#probably pretty low. too late to un-kill 'em though. like. those were People. vampires are People. goblins too.#imagine you're a goblin looking to make some serious changes in your society and the only thing you have to do to achieve those goals?#is kill a fifth grader that already hates you and your entire species on principle and would definitely kill you first given the chance #some of those goblins were probably pretty power hungry assholes but i imagine if they have a monarchy they also have tax laws and shit #i couldn't kill a fascist cub-scout for free healthcare but i'm also very anti-murder in general and goblins seem quite pro #i am definitely thinking way too far into this but that's also my One SkillTM #the incredibly similar way that simon and fiona view 'dark' magickal creatures (and what it means about the entire WoM) is an essay itself #its also a LONG essay and i'm too much of a weenie to post in-depth fandom opinions more controversial than 'big teeth Hot'#so the gist of it is 'I JUST THINK THEY'RE ALL NEAT I LIKED THE BOOK A LOT'#del/lat

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daisyachain · 1 year

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Pet peeve is analysis that conflates capitalism with hierarchy and oppression. Yeah yeah money is power etc etc. Capitalism is a theory of free trade that was drafted in the 17th-18th century to rationalize and describe changes in manufacturing organization. Its components are free trade, competition, division of labour. Systems constructed according to capitalist ideals create a self-perpetuating pattern of dehumanization and oppression as outlined by Marx and Engels and everybody else (modes of alienation). It doesn’t mean that any and all oppression is by default capitalism. Capitalism is not ‘power bad’ and if I see one more amateur commentator dumb enough to describe mercantilism/old fashioned command economy/feudal monarchy as capitalism I’m

#economics major hill to die on but it’s idiots who don’t even bother to research what they’re critiquing who make us look bad #we learns this in grade nineeeee. we got given a pdf of the wealth of nations and das kapital and had to argue about it in class #why are 20-somethings calling feudal monarchy capitalism #kelsey rambles l

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giudittas · 1 month

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why I suddenly see many takes like "the dance is actually about how feudalism is bad you shouldn't like neighter side" like sorry but this is so CLEARLY not what GRRM wanted to say here 😭

#I mean monarchy is wrong we all agree on that I hope #but the dance is such a straightforward tale don't know how can be misinterpreted so bad #just look at how it's written...there are very very few flashed out characters guess on wich side #also it doesn't end with like 'and smallfolk suffered a lot 😢'#wich I'm sure they did by the way #the whole story endedwith like 'and then there was never a WOMAN queen and the dragons died out #simple as that #grrm needed to acknowledge why there was never a targaryen queen and how the dragons died so quickly #also he is a history nerd and wanted to write his own anarchy and matilda and if you know history that's all you need to know really #house of the dragon #hotd

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jackgoodfellow · 1 year

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Breaking News: Another horrible man is horrible to literally everybody and is then shocked when people are not nice to him. England once again totally fucked. But I hear the monarchy is good for tourism, so

"Doomed by the narrative? Too easy! No... it is the narrative that is doomed by US! (And also, we are so so horny for each other.)"

So it turns out The Lion in Winter (1968) slaps. Katherine Hepburn somehow manages to capture the feeling of watching someone tear out a person's jugular with smiling teeth. She and Peter O'Toole in this movie are basically performing the cinematic equivalent of the song "No Children" by The Mountain Goats and it is wild.

Tagging @thirdsisfics because I associate the term "doomed by the narrative" with the positive feelings I get from talking to you about the trope!

#it is unclear to me at what point in history people think the English monarchy stopped solely churning out deeply broken entitled people #brits have SUCH a weird reverence for their monarchy but if you're existing outside of that propaganda they all look insane for it #must be like Americans and our military. where it only looks good from the inside and once you figure out how bad it is you're like #oh no. almost everyone I know believes it is socially unacceptable to criticize this institution. oh my god WE are the evil horde.#Peter O'Toole #Katherine Hepburn #Anthony Hopkins #the lion in winter #The Lion in Winter 1968 #old hollywood #alt-text #image description #see Jack talk #King Henry II #King Richard I #King John #Magna Carta #that feeling when your favorite son goes on to permanently limit the powers of the monarchy by doing such a bad job #I think what works best about this movie is even though it's all kings and queens and monarchy and history they all feel horrifyingly human #Henry is not that different from every other patriarch who has worked to ruin everyone in his life only to grow old and find he is #surrounded by people and so so alone #americans and brits are like 'yes our country definitely did horrible things in the past. even in very recent past. but that's changed now'#'not sure exactly when or what the turning point was but it DEFINITELY happened for SURE.'#the movie starts with Henry saying he intentionally raised his sons to be like this and then the rest of the movie is him like wait what #i didn't think leopards would eat MY face. says man who spent his life raising face-eating leopards.#and yet they're all still so deeply deeply sad and sympathetic. which is some good fucking acting.#shitposting #king lear #I recognize that my tags are me bouncing back and forth between movie commentary and slagging off the American Military #and i am not sorry. thank you for coming the speech I am giving on the sidewalk in front of a ted talk

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kittylordinfinity · 1 year

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*screaming crying slamming doors etc etc* guys what in the everloving fuck happened to the voidkin asylum while i was gone???

#i looked away for like a few seconds and i turn back and its all been shit down!!!#and the only info i can find on what happened are a bunch of context-less docs on the wiki page!!!!#and from the vague picture i can get of what happened. sheesh LOIUSE #and i thought it was bad when they threw their support behind the monarchy!!!!#if anyone can tell me what exactly went down on 11/19 id be so fuckin happy #voidkin asylum #voidkin daycare

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mychal-is-ok · 2 years

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me when Lizzy finally croaked

#i wish i felt bad #but she and her monarchy caused suffering to too many people #fuck them fr #bread dont look

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rearranging-deck-chairs · 1 year

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the doctor setting a world record

#start at 0:50 ish to skip the intro #theres no english subs but you can get the vibe the words arent that important i think #hes explaining the uhhh elections for like. well i dont really know what they are bc he did a bad job explaininfg hkjghkjg #but like not the government but like something else #anyway he starts with the guy who in 19th century made the country a constitutional monarchy instead of an absolute one #and then the timer says 2.5 minutes left and hes like oh shit gotta hurry lets skip forward a bit so he gets to explaining #what provinces are and immediately gets distracted by flevoland so hes like 'isnt it funny how this guy invented flevoland look at this map #see how flevoland is missing? how funny'#and then the timer says 2 minutes and hes like oh shit gotta hurry #then he knocks over his water #then hes like 'you know what always works? a metaphor! look at this chess set'#'these chess pieces elect these playmobil figurines who are the ~deputies~. difficult word but im gonna explain it to you with this #mandarin and a ukelele'#and then his annoying colleague calls him fhkjghgjh #Youtube

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thelittlebeekeeper · 2 years

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feeling politically incensed rn

#cat's rambles #with Lizzie's death it's all just kicked off in my head #how much the brits have damaged this whole earth and brutalized and murdered so many people #the amount of culture that has suffered at the hands of the british monarchy #just watched a documentary about NI and it was literally so skewed to make the nationalists look bad......... even though it was american #like bich!!!! how are you gonna comfortably say that the working class irish people of derry and armagh were unnecessarily violent #in the face of literally 800 years of absurd and cruel oppression #like compared to real genocide......... man #im angry for palestine im angry for the aboriginal tribes in australia im angry for the indian people im angry for the maori of aoteroa #im not yet as learned about the british occupation of africa but i recently read that they had full concentration camps in kenya #in the EIGHTIES BRO??#brits out eire abú im angry today

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astrogre · 6 months

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Astro Observations 1

My first Astro observations post, I would like to confirm that my observations are the niche ways in which a placement may manifest, it is the way I’ve noticed it in others, the people around me, celebrities, myself and in my studies. It is not the doctrine wide broad way the placement occurs for everyone.

Venus in 10th house natives tend to be well known for the person they may date. They tend to date people that really match them physically and can have their relationships idolized by others. The sign it’s under can show what their partners may be known for. This is also a common placement for celebrities because the interest from others in your love life increases your public image, making you more desirable and of interest to everyone including agencies/record labels, they will see your influential potential and love that. Even if you guys don’t date anyone people may have someone in mind who they think matches you or others can just look at you and wonder what your “type” is. Your love life in itself is of interest to others.

Eg. Chris Brown, Johnny Depp, Jimin, Victoria Beckham, Kristen Stewart, Billie Eilish, Kanye West.

Another way Venus 10th housers may manifest is they may have crushes on renowned key figures from history like JFK, Alexander Hamilton, Stalin, Cleopatra, Marilyn Monroe, royal monarchy literally any people of historical significance. (Saturn influence is long lasting and for Venus to be here it can make natives romanticise powerful historical figures)

Pluto 3rd housers can dominate the conversations they have with others so much that they don’t let the other person have their own opinion.

Capricorn Chiron in 6th house makes people feel worthless and terrible if they haven’t been productive for a day, these people don’t like to be lazy, it makes them feel inferior. They put a lot of pressure on themselves to produce and their day routine may be their greatest pride.

10H stellium always have career plans, they like to advance their CV and career prowess for fun, always taking up opportunities. Especially if sun is here.

12H stellium always posting the weirdest stuff that others don’t understand but it has a unique vibe to it that just feels “right” at the same time, they may have this aesthetic that feels eery but overtime enjoyable and something to look forward to because of its uniqueness. I have a 12H stellium friend and they always post pictures of weird random abandoned places with crocs and dirty teddy bears laying in the middle of them. At first I thought it strange but overtime, I look forward to what monstrosity of visuals they will bring next. 12H really does bring out things never seen before. 🤔

Venus in 1H makes you look very feminine, you may style yourself in a feminine manner or have a naturally feminine appearance. Eg. Leo Venus in 1H May have very beautiful feminine looking long hair.

1H Libra Mars has a similar effect as Venus in the 1H however these natives have a hint touch of masculinity, are rather playboy, Casanova and can have a big ego. Think of Flynn rider from tangled. Very pretty boy.

People with 12H Capricorn placements may procrastinate or find difficulty in bringing the planets in there into reality and get frustrated at themselves for it. It’s similar to the planet being in retrograde E.g a 12H Capricorn moon not being able to fully show or act on the way they feel in their head. Look at the house of where Saturn is in your chart to find the topics and how you can bring the energy of your Capricorn 12H planets out.

0 degrees for any planet or asteroid means that you embody that planet/asteroid and its sign in its most pure authentic form. It can make you the epithet of that placement.

Lilith Square Asc makes someone not able to escape looking like a bad boy/girl it always comes out in their appearance without them intending to. They don’t want to present themselves in a way that looks scandalous but at the same time a part of them is and they can’t escape that. It’s like an energy. They’re dynamic and free, they like what they like and that shows in their face and appearance. They also can’t change things about themselves to please others even if they wanted to.

Jupiter 1H usually have big features, like a glossy kind of look to them. It may be big eyes, flushed face, supple puffy skin, wide nose or just have an abundant looking face. I’ve also noticed they tend to have a squared shape face with rounded edges. E.g Hailey Beiber, Abraham Lincoln, Gerard Butler, Aishwarya Rai, Niall Horan, Ashton kutcher, Whitney Houston, Cristiano Ronaldo

Also this is completely random and not astrologically backed up but whenever I think of Jupiter 1H I just think of clear gleaming skin. Perhaps it is backed up astrologically as Jupiter blesses and brings luck to the house it’s in and it being in the 1st rules a natives appearance. Anyways when I think of Jupiter 1st house I always imagine that they don’t need very much makeup they have this glow to them already that cannot be copied.

Virgo ASC style and dress themselves in a way that’s unique for them, for an example they may always have a signature accessory that they wear that only they understand why it’s so important to be worn. E.g. can be a headband, jewellery or hat. They may also be consistent in the way they look, they don’t tend to have “bad days”. In my personal opinion I find Virgo rising men the most attractive. But beauty is in the perspective of the beholder.

Speaking of which, my unpopular opinion is that I don’t believe that a sign or planet can make you more beautiful than another sign E.g like how people say Venus, libra and Taurus is an indicator of being beautiful -I just think that each sign personifies beauty in a different way. In my eyes I see Libra and Venus beauty to be feminine and attractive, but I find Pluto Scorpio beauty to be alluring and intense, magnetic, like Phantom of the opera, like an enchanting vampire that resides in the shadows. I also find Uranus Aquarius beauty to be far more entrancing, striking and even as if the native looks like their from a game fantasy novel or a manga protagonist. I don’t think we can just say “having Venus prominent makes someone more beautiful than others”, perhaps conventionally but not universally. Planets and signs of the first house can show us HOW the beauty is made manifest. It being of Venus, libra influence just kind of makes it feminine or conventionally attractive like butterflies or roses rather than intense or of large magnitude (unless making aspects to magnifying planets like Jupiter)

Aquarius moons can feel a lot of emotions but they’re very good at holding it in. People say that they don’t feel much because the nature of Aquarius being detached however I’ve also seen it occur in a way where the Aquarius moon native may pretend they’re not hurt or sad so that they can keep it pushing and force this happy facade so it hurts less but in reality their just burying the pain deeper. They are kind of avoidant but it makes you feel sorry for them because even if you try to comfort them they don’t even acknowledge the pain themselves so it doesn’t make much of a difference.

Jupiter in 6th house always have action packed days, they spend their days with joy and have a really good time. They usually have their dream day to day life. They’re your one friend that is always doing something interesting, fully booked and loves it.

Jupiter 8H are never strapped for cash, these natives can just be very lucky in getting money from others. Especially if in harmonious aspects with sun, Pluto and Venus. If aspects are negative native still doesn’t worry much but may find that people are a little more hesitant to giving or Jupiter 8H native doesn’t want to ask for it.

Mars 1H makes someone want to work harder on their body by going to the gym, may want to look more manly, aggressive.

Jupiter conjunct moon in 7th house makes you a very passionate lover, anyone who is in a relationship with you can always feel excited and you excel in relationships.

Mercury conjunct ascendant can make someone always think about their goals, plan their next move. They use their minds to get what they want from life and can talk about the principles they apply to themselves which can make them look rather intelligent to others. Can also make someone appear very youthful, not only in appearance but their mannerisms too. Like a dimply smile, blushing and shaking their head when complimented. An animated response.

Moon opposite asc, tends to make a person unable to think clearly when emotions are involved, especially when it’s related to topics in the house your moon is in, like you can look a little mentally unstable here 💀 because your emotions that you show can drastically change from 0-100. moon opp asc also can have a person go against what they want, their principles and approach to life, the opposition forces them to deny their feelings existence in order to act in the way they believe is best. You can even care more about your image than the themes of the moons house.

E.g 7H moon opposite ascendant can make someone care about their image in the relationship, display an image of nonchalance when in reality they’re very protective of their partner. The feelings from their partner and their relationship can be irresistible and make them at times abandon their vices and plans for themselves

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veganineden · 9 months

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On the Evolution of “Happily Ever After” and Why “Nothing Lasts Forever”

A reflection inspired by Good Omens 2

One of my favorite Tumblr posts on the second season of Good Omens 2 was actually not about the series at all, but our reaction to it, primarily the ending. @zehwulf wrote, “I think a lot of us—myself included—got a little too comfortable with assuming [Aziraphale and Crowley would] work on their issues right away post-Armageddon.” We did the work for them through meta, fanfiction, fanart, and building a plethora of headcanons. Who among us AO3-surfing fans didn’t read and love Demonology and the Tri-Phasic Model of Trauma: An Integrative Approach by Nnm?

In the 4 long years since season one was released, we did more than seek to understand and repair rifts between two fictional beings: we were forced to reckon with ourselves too. We faced a global pandemic, suffered traumatizing losses and isolation, and were forced to really and truly look into the face of our atrocities-ridden and capitalistic world. The mainstream rise of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice work, and our participation in this work, showed us that the systems in place were built to oppress and harm most of us, and they are.

So, what does this have to do with the evolution of “happily ever after”?

My friend put it best in a conversation we had following the season finale, when she pointed out a shift in media focus. The “happy end” in old stories about wars and kingdoms used to be “we killed the evil old king and put a noble young king in his place and now citizens can live in peace” and we’re transitioning into a period of “we tore down the whole fucking monarchy.”

If we look at season one, written to follow the beats of a love story, it comforted us by offering a pretty traditional happy ending pattern: you get your fancy dinner with your special someone, the romantic music plays, and you have a place to call your own. Season one’s finale provided a temporary freedom for Aziraphale and Crowley, the “breathing room,” but it didn't solve the problem that was Heaven and Hell, or the agendas belonging to those systems of oppression.

Is it good enough to keep our heads down, pretend the bad stuff isn’t happening, and live our own personal happy endings until we die? Moral quandaries aside, if you don't die (or if you care about the generations after you), then, like Aziraphale said, it “can’t last forever.” There’s a clear unpleasant end to the “happily ever after” that’s based on ignoring our problems– it’s the destruction of our relationships, and humanity.

Ineffable Bureaucracy can go off into the stars because they do not care about humanity.

You know who does?

Aziraphale.

And Aziraphale knows that Crowley cares about humanity too. (He knows because Crowley was the one who proposed sabotaging Armageddon in the first place, who only invited him to the stars when he thought all was lost, because Crowley would save humanity if he thought it was possible, and Aziraphale knows Crowley has survived losing Everything before, and he will do all in his power so that Crowley does not need to experience that again.)

In season one and two, we see how much they care about humanity, beyond their orders, to the point The Systems begin to frown at them. Aziraphale hears Crowley’s offer to run away together in the final episode of season two, to leave Earth behind, and just like the first time that offer was made in season one, he declines. He knows choosing only “us” is not a choice either of them can live with for the rest of eternity.

I believe season 3 will provide an opportunity to “dismantle the system,” but I don’t know how it will play out. I worry that Aziraphale has put himself in the now-dead trope of the “young noble king.” (I wish Crowley had told him why Gabriel was dismissed from his duties.) I worry that he would martyr himself as a sole agent for change. I worry that he doesn’t actually know how to dismantle anything by himself: because you can’t. He needs Crowley. He DOES. He needs Crowley, and Muriel, and other angels and demons and humans without fixed mindsets to help him. Only by learning to listen and making room at the table for all can they (and we) move past personal satisfaction to collective liberation.

Crowley was right when he said that Aziraphale had discovered his “civic obligations.”

So, I think we will get our modern-day happy ending– and it’s going to involve a lot of pain and discomfort, communication, healing and teamwork– and in the end, it’ll all be okay. There will be a time for rest and a time for “us.”

And most likely a cottage.

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

- Maya Angelou

Support the SAG-AFTRA strike and other unions. Trust @neil-gaiman. Register to vote if you haven’t yet. Hold yourself and others accountable with compassion. Read books. Keep doing the work. Rest. Then watch Good Omens 2 again.

#good omens 2 #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens meta #good omens 2 meta #ineffable advocacy #ineffable partners #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #gos2 spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers #nothing lasts forever #liked by Neil Gaiman

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