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drconstellation · 2 months

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First-Order Archangels

Part 3: Seeing Eye to Eye

Part 1: Maybe You'll See An Archangel Part 2: Foils of War

This is a topic I've wanted to address for some time (ha!) concerning a discussion around Jim's moments of lilac-eyed possessed prophecy and Crowley not wearing his sunglasses around Jim inside the bookshop in S2. I've had rough thoughts about what's going on at these times, but because its more of a sub-textural implication, rather than being overtly stated I guess I've hesitated somewhat and wanted to think it through properly first. Then I started writing this, and as I starting checking things, one thing led to another...and it's tripled in size. Enjoy the juicy long length!

I've decided to included this meta as part of the First-Order Archangel series as it will focus on Gabriel and Crowley, and their connection with time and prophecy. Both of them wear wristwatches - Gabriel seems to wear one instead of an angel ring, which I find most curious. Both have moments where they talk about the future that has been revealed to them. But when it comes to the Great Plan of the Almighty, they couldn't be more opposite.

The Seer and the Herald

Time is Crowley's domain. He can stop it for short periods, and he seems to know about fragments of human science and technology in the future. For example, he suggests to Mr Dalrymple that a change in hygiene might be beneficial, upon meeting him. It could also be said that he acts an oracle, as he gives advice and counsel, both here with Mr Dalrymple and in 1941 when he warns the Nazi's to flee before the bomb arrives, and that they won't like what comes after. (Although, 1941 was a case of Crowley actively manipulating the outcome of the future, so perhaps that doesn't count.)

Crowley: You might want to think about washing your hands. It's gonna be all the rage in a few years, I'm telling you.

Gabriel, as the Herald, is also given knowledge of the future. It was said he spoke to Daniel several times, explaining the visions Daniel had, which were of things to yet to come, and he was tasked with the "foretelling" of the births of John the Baptist and Jesus to their prospective mothers. I realize none of these examples are GO canons (yet,) but there is also the interesting parallel character in S1 of the lawyer Giles, who delivers the second manuscript of Agnes Nutter to Newt and Anathema the day after the Nopocalypse in S1 who is definitely Gabriel-coded and "heralding" the future possibilities there.

Tense Moments

There are two times during S2 that Jim is possessed by a divine spirit that takes over his corporation, turning his eyes back to Supreme Archangel Gabriel-lilac and putting words into his mouth.

The first instance is about the past: in S2E2 Jim recites a verse from Job 38:7 - and Aziraphale and Crowley both remember it, because they were there when the words were said.

The second instance, towards the end of S2E3, is about the present...

"There will come a tempest, and darkness, and great storms."

...and the future.

"And the dead will leave their graves and walk the earth once more. And there will be great lamentations."

Past, present, and future. For both of them, Crowley has his sunglasses off and he is peering into Jim's face.

I have some notes about which verses these are supposed to be from (Hebrews 12:18 for the first half and Matthew 27:53 for the second half) but upon checking them I'm wondering if they are actually correct, even if we take into account they have probably been re-written for the show, like the lines from the Book of Job were paraphrased in the Job minisode. But that aside, we can still deal with them within their temporal frames of reference - the former describing the not-insignificant piece of weather-work that Crowley had just stirred up, and the latter is pointing to the Second Coming, with the resurrection of the dead.

Both halves have words of significance: The first half has the word tempest, and the second half has the word lamentations.

The Foreshadowing Storm

Storms are often used as a trope to foreshadow trouble in the future of a story. I don't think we tend to see Crowley's rain storm as foreshadowing of what is to come as he was in control of that storm and it was for a particular reason - which failed. But Jim's words contained the future tense of "will" - There will come a tempest - so lets have a look at some possible connotations.

A tempest is a violent storm or thunderstorm, but it can also be an situation in which people are very angry or excited, an upset, calamity, or some unexpected misfortune.

And you could say that did happen by the end of S2.

There is also Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, which our demon would no doubt be aware of (it's considered a romance - you know, once of the funny ones.) In it there is a wizard of sorts, Prospero, the former Duke of Milan, who was usurped from his position, and fled with his infant daughter to an island. Many years later the King of Naples and the Duke's brother are passing in a ship, so Prospero magically whips up a storm and shipwrecks them on the island with him and his now teenage daughter, Miranda. He then tries to manipulate a romance between the King's son and heir and Miranda. Other stuff happens as well but in the end they all escape the island and there is a kind of happy ending, and forgiveness.

The Book of Lamentations

Back to the second half, that is supposed to be from Matthew 27:53, but probably more likely Matthew 27: 52-54. Yes, these verses do describe the dead rising from the grave, but the use of "great lamentations" here is a paraphrasing flag being waved in our faces.

A lament is a passionate expression of grief or sorrow. It can also be a complaint, or an expression of regret or disappointment.

Biblically, a lament is a prayer expressing sorrow, pain or confusion.

And with that, we can go back and re-contextualize a scene from S1.

The Book of Lamentations in the Bible contains five chapters describing the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 587 B.C. after a long siege. Each chapter is a poem from a different viewpoint about this event.

But what do we have in S1E4 instead? We have Crowley with a book of things he helped to build, expressing sorrow and pain at their imminent destruction, and that of the humans and the Earth. He prays to God, asking questions in vain hope of finding answers to his confusion as to why it seems it must all end with such finality.

Jerusalem was destroyed a second time, in 70 C.E. by the Romans. The city was rebuilt, and still stands today, but the Temple of Solomon wasn't, and this is a topic of contention in some beliefs. This also fits in with the theme of Memento mori, "Remember that you die," a reminder that life is brief, and there is a cycle to life and death.

Nonetheless, the Second Coming is connected with a New Jerusalem, a walled garden (a paradise) where those with their names written in the Book of Life will reside, with access to the Tree of Life in the middle.

Within the Walls of The Garden

The bookshop is Aziraphale's modern day re-creation of the Garden of Eden. Within it's walls he has gathered knowledge that he protects, there is a circular "gate" at the entrance, and he's made it a sanctuary for him and Crowley from other supernatural beings, particularly demons.

During S2 we see Crowley spend quite a bit of time inside the bookshop, and more often than not, he has his sunglasses off here.

While we can understand Crowley not wearing his sunglasses around Aziraphale, its perhaps more surprising that he doesn't seem to worried to not wear them around Jim either. He gets into Jim's face, eye to eye, but they don't agree with one another. It takes a lot of questions, from both sides, to turn this around.

The Great Plan

There's the Great Plan, and the Ineffable Plan.

Gabriel would never dream of deviating from the Plan.

At least he didn't, until he said "no" to the second Apocalypse.

Gabriel: Anyway, Armageddon the Sequel, that's a nah.

His own plan went awry when he forgot where he was going.

AZIRAPHALE: Then why did you come to my shop? GABRIEL: I don't know. I just thought I should. You know what it's like when you- when you don't know anything at all, and yet you're totally certain that everything would be better if you were just near one particular person?

And with his memories gone it was time to relearn things from the beginning. Good thing the original teacher from The Beginning was on hand to give some lessons, because we seem to be repeating some things from S1 and the beginning again here.

Right. So who's got a plan? Who's not seeing it this time? Are you actually questioning Crowley's plan, Jim? That's not like you to question plans. Maybe you are finally learning something.

Crowley's other plan was give "Jim" a test, to see if Gabriel was really there. This time Jim was prepared to follow instructions without questions. The gravity of the situation was kind of lost on him, and Crowley had to stop him before it was too late.

Too Early, Too Late

Prophecies are not just about who, what and where, they are also about when.

Crowley makes an angry threat to Jim in reaction to Shax's visit to the bookshop but backs off to enigmatically remark that "it's always too late." There is also the 1827 Resurrectionist minisode, where Crowley stops Aziraphale from healing wee Morag after she is shot with the grave guns, telling him it is too late there, and I think there is even a mention of too late by Shadwell in S1, but I can't remember where (plus Crowley's watch in the book, that has a time-zone in Another Place that is always Too Late.) We are kind-of left hanging here - what is too late? Too late to stop what is already in motion?

Except when its early, and early seems to be associated with destruction as well in the Good Omens AU. We have the examples of Job's house being destroyed, and the arrival of the baby Antichrist, which heralds the destruction of the Earth.

CRAWLEY: Oh. They've started early. Well… Might as well get comfortable. [sniffs wine and pours a glass]

Here, when the Antichrist is delivered in S1E1, Crowley expresses dismay that the time has come so soon.

CROWLEY: "No. Already?"

Could it actually be that the Nopocalypse was too early? And was that why it didn't go to Plan?

The Chosen One

The Antichrist is a sub-trope of The Chosen One tropes, which in itself is prophecy trope. The Chosen One is needed to fulfill the prophecy. We could do a whole line of discussion on how Crowley and Aziraphale then try to subvert this by raising the said Chosen One, only they raised the Wrong One. Instead, I want to point out that Crowley was also a Chosen One. He was chosen to deliver the Antichrist to the satanic nuns on the appointed night. But why? Why didn't Hastur and Ligur just do it?

Ah, you missed that, did you? I don't blame you, and Frances was trying to distract you with a game of three-card monte with the babies as well (and there have been many discussions about that, too!)

This then makes an interesting parallel for Gabriel being the Herald of the first Christ, and Crowley being the Herald for the Anti-Christ. (Or, some meta-ops might even argue, the Second Christ! But that is yet to be determined. How far away is S3 again...?)

The Earth is a Libra

One final prediction, from the very beginning...

Do you recall this seemingly random daily star sign reading from the opening of S1E1?

Most of it makes sense.

A friend is important to you.

uh huh.

Help could come from an unexpected source.

uh huh.

You may be vulnerable to a stomach upset today, so avoid salads.

wot?

I had to kick myself after while on this one, because I was being all smug to myself about catching a quick mention of liver between Madame Tracy and Shadwell at one point, and any mention of a bodily organ is a reference to an emotion and/or virtue. The first thing one must do with deciphering organs is determine whether you are looking at a western or eastern philosophy, as that is most important, but because this is GO we also need too include any biblical influence.

And whoeee - jackpot! There is indeed some symbolism around the stomach in a biblical sense; it is a place of transformation and renewal, where food is broken down and transformed into new energy and the renewing of minds. It emphasizes the need for continual growth and spiritual renewal.

That should ring some bells with you straight away, I would hope.

And the salad? A salad is a mix of different foods together. Foods not separated. (Keep your angels and demons on different sides of the plate, please, no mixing - and don't play with your food!)

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens meta #crowley #gabriel #seeing eye to eye #its about time #the ineffable plan #the great plan #there will come a tempest #great lamentations #the book of lamentations #prophecy tropes #the chosen one #the foreshadowing storm #its always too late #the earth is a libra #avoid salads

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pumpkin-king46 · 6 months

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Alright so just a lil analysis/speculation about the Job mini-episode.

A big part of this episode was Crowley's whole "I'm a demon, I lied" right?? And I just can't stop think about the scene where the bird makes a goat noise. Crowley had absolutely convinced Aziraphale that he was in fact a demon carrying out is devilish deeds until the goat sound.

And I just can't stop thinking. What if?? What if in a hypothetical but very possible s3 we see a scene so so similar.

Aziraphale is carrying out a job intended for the progress of the Great Plan. Crowley so tired and distraught trying everything to stop him. To convince him.

This is wrong Aziraphale this isn't you. I know you.

Aziraphale gives him a look of I won't give up and you can't convince me otherwise. Crowley begins to turn away.

Then a dead give away, much like the bird. Relief washes over Crowley. Aziraphale sheds a tear and walks away, leaving Crowley to put together the puzzle pieces on his own with one thing in mind...

My angel is on our side.

#good omens #good omens s2 #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #go3 speculation #good omens s3 #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #crowley #azicrow #The great plan

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inconveniently-discorporated · 2 years

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Parallels -- let's talk about these guys!

Out of the gate, we've got these two as the most obvious love interests in the story. But it doesn't end there.

I wrote about the parallels between God with the Great Plan, and Agnes Nutter with Nice and Accurate Prophecies. In it, I mentioned the Lucifer-Pulsifer connection and their relation to God and Agnes.

Given this, let's draw a line between these figures and their descendents.

On Heaven's side, we have God and the angels, and specifically Aziraphale. For Angnes, obviously, we have Anathema.

On Hell's side, we have Lucifer and his demons, in particular Crowley. For Witchfinder Major Pulsifer, we have Newt.

I feel like if I were to compare these couples outside of this context, I would've drawn a line between Anathema-Crowley and Newt-Aziraphale because of their general disposition, but if you dig a little deeper, you can see the connections.

Let's look at these two. First, kind of interesting to point out that Aziraphale dresses fairly "vintage" in his coat and his vest and his tartan. Anathema also has a vintage style, with her buttoned-up dresses (which if you'll notice is ALSO, erm -- okay, I am uncultured so I don't know if it's considered plaid or what but it's similar okay, just in different colors).

These two rely heavily on Agnes to tell them how to stop the apocalypse. Aziraphale uses his skills and his cleverness to try and piece together the puzzle, and Anathema does the same.

These two are on the hunt for the antichrist, but who are they outside of that?

Anathema has lived her life according to Nice and Accurate Prophecies. She saves the world because it is written, because this is what she is meant to do.

Aziraphale has lived his life according to the Great Plan. He, in his thousands of years, acts according to the plan, because it is written, because this is what he is meant to do.

Then there's these two. These two wild spirits, for whom nothing works quite as planned, neither of whom are really on God's side.

You have Newton, who is sent on a mission that he doesn't really want to be on (find and burn witches), where ultimately he does not succeed because he falls in love with the one he is not supposed to fall in love with.

You have Crowley, who is sent on a mission that he doesn't really want to be on, where ultimately he does not succeed because he falls in love with the one he is not supposed to fall in love with (okay AND because of the nuns, but outside of that he was still trying to fail).

Now, let's look at everyone's reaction to their respective plans.

Aziraphale and Anathema are both careful followers of their respective plans. They may not always know what it means, but they know the gist of where it's supposed to end up.

Crowley and Newt are basically living life as they want. Sure, Crowley knows that God has the Great Plan, but, y'know, great pustulent mangled bollocks to it and such. Because, guess what? Not everything goes to plan. Sometimes you follow the schematics to the letter, and you blow out the power to the neighborhood. Sometimes you ask questions to try and improve things with career advancement and such, and you get thrown out of Heaven.

Aziraphale has such an incredibly difficult time letting go of his side. Being an obedient angel is all he's known. There's the Great Plan, and he's supposed to follow it. God leads the way. What does choice have to do with destiny?

Anathema has the same struggle. Being an obedient descendent is all she knows. There's Nice and Accurate Prophecies, and she's supposed to follow it. Agnes has special plans for her. What does choice have to do with destiny?

But... Why? Why do they HAVE to know? Why do they HAVE to follow it?

You have Newton, who was named after a famous scientist whose knowledge is associated with a falling apple. You have Crowley, a fallen angel who gave humans the gift of knowledge through tempting them into eating the apple. They question the status quo, they ask their respective partners why it's so important that they hold onto their sides.

Crowley questions and pushes Aziraphale about the power of choice. Newt questions and pushes Anathema about the power of choice.

In the end, you have two characters for whom life is a puzzle to be investigated and put together. You have two characters who are afraid to leave everything they've ever known, and jump into the wild unknown, even if the known isn't really what they wanted in life. But they're not jumping alone. They're jumping in with eyes wide open, with people by their sides who are willing to see the journey through with them.

You have two characters for whom things have never quite worked out, despite their best intentions. You have two characters who have never lived their lives according to the plan, who have been lonely and mistreated, who seem to have been abandoned by God. You have two characters whose ancestors have determined that they must hate and seek to murder the descendants from The Other Side, and you have two characters who disregard this completely and fall in love anyway.

You have Aziraphale and Anathema, who honestly played a significant part in saving the world due to their wit and cleverness. You have Crowley and Newt who contributed a significant amount by being sexy and supportive encouraging these two, and vice versa. You have Anathema who encouraged Newt to use his "powers" to stop the computers and disarm the nukes. You have Aziraphale who encouraged Crowley to use his powers to stop time and disarm Satan.

And that's it, that's the story. The whole thing is driven by the fact that people will tell you that you need to be a certain way, but do you really? Adam shows that you don't have to know the plan, you can go about your life entirely unaware that there is a plan (if the Great Plan is actually a plan and not just God's list of prophecies), and still make your own choice and live in a better world for it.

I'd like to leave off with one last observation, and that is how both couples begin the journey into whatever comes next.

Aziraphale's bookshop burned down, and we end the season with that being reversed after the not-apocalypse and his bookshop becoming whole again. The bookshop is his, it's his defiance against his destiny.

Anathema received a new "book" of prophecy, and we end the season with her deciding to burn the pages. This is her defiance against her destiny.

Either way, after Adam's decision that stops the apocalypse, they've taken charge of their own futures and are moving ahead with their significant others, moving ahead while being on the same side.

#good omens meta #good omens parallels #aziraphale and crowley #newt and anathema #the great plan #nice and accurate prophecies

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finethingswellworn · 8 months

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Some thing I keep thinking about…

At the end of season two episode six, the Metatron says “I can’t think of a better Angel to wrap this up and to put into motion the next step in the great plan.”

The word choice here is so fucking intentional and it’s driving me mad!

Because the Metatron said the great plan. Very specifically the great plan. Not the ineffable plan.

So, I believe we are setting up for Aziraphale to confront the Metatron about The fact that he actually has no idea what God’s ineffable plan is and he’s making up his own great plan to judge all of humanity without Her direct say so.

It’s so good it’s so good it’s so good it’s so good!

#The great plan #The Metatron #aziraphale #good omens #good omens season two

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brainwormcity · 4 months

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“Best not to speculate. It’s all part of the Great Plan. It’s not for us to understand. It’s ineffable.”

“The Great Plan’s ineffable?”

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #aziraphale x crowley #good omens art #good omens fan art #good omens garden of Eden #the great plan #ineffable spouses

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dubiousduckears · 1 year

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One thing that’s always puzzled me is Hell’s willingness to go along with the Great Plan. Sure, they get to battle the angels again and destroy the Earth in the process, but it’s all part of the Great Plan. The Great Plan is supposed to be what God wants, right? That’s why the angels are going along with it. Why would demons be cool with going along with what She wants? Isn’t their whole deal supposed to be rebelling against the Almighty? I mean, maybe not wholesale because what can you really do against a being powerful enough to create everything? But you’d think there’d be SOME resistance.

True, the whole End Times bit does align with what Hell is all about. They get to fight the angels again and trash the Earth, but why do they need God’s permission for that? Is anything really stopping them from duking it out with the angels, on Earth or elsewhere, just whenever? Heaven is expecting it at armaggedon, so why not get the jump on them on some random Tuesday? What’s been keeping the peace all this time? Do they actually need an antichrist to get the ball rolling?

Maybe, deep down, the demons are scared of losing again, as they did in the first war. They want to get even, sure, but the idea of somehow falling further, or being completely destroyed because there isn’t anywhere lower to fall, must be haunting. The idea of putting it off until they’ve had millennia to prepare doesn’t sound so bad in that light. Still, they’re nursing a lot of anger and resentment to counter that fear.

Then again, one of the themes of the story is that Hell is basically just Heaven in a different font. They talk the talk about being different, but they walk the walk in pretty much the same pattern as Heaven. They make decisions based on what Heaven is doing. Before the fall, it was all about doing what Heaven wanted. After, it’s all about doing the opposite of what Heaven is doing. Does that really count as change? What was all that rebellion even for? Shittier office space and less overt gaslighting? I think Crowley resents Hell more for choosing an edgy remake of the same shit they just rebelled against instead of making an actually fresh start than he does Heaven for tossing them out. Some of the time, at least.

But back more strictly to the point, does Hell see following the Great Plan as getting to beat the angels at their own game, or is it something else? Why do they go along?

#The Great Plan #Hell's agenda #Good Omens #between the devil and the deep queue sea

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movedtodykedvonte · 10 months

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*Spidey and the Sinister Six having their usual fight*

Doc Ock, landing a hit: You’re getting slow Spider-Man! Age finally catching up to you?

Spider-Man: You wish! I haven’t even hit my 30s! From those costumes I can already tell I failed to save you guys from those midlife crises! Sorry by the way.

Vulture: Watch it wallcr- wait… Did you just say your not in your thirties yet?

Spider-Man: Surprised that this spiders so young and spry? Well-

Electro: Dude I’ve been fighting you for at least 5 fucking years! How old even are you?

Shocker, joking cause he’s the only one who picked up no grown adult acts likes Spidey: Don’t swear in-front of the boy you don’t want him to pick it up.

Rhino: Christ! You’re tellin me I almost crushed some 12-year-olds skull all those years ago?

Spider-Man, regretting his quipping: I was not that young! Like just starting freshman year but-

Sandman, horrified as he’s the only one with a kid and dad instincts(as of my iteration): I could’ve killed a kid…

Shocker, genuinely curious: Are you even old enough to drink? Cruel to kill a man who ain’t had his first drink yet.

Electro: Please tell us you’re at least over 25 as of this fight. Hell, I’ll take over 21!

Spider-Man:….

Sandman, realizing just how young he really is: Oh my god.

Spider-Man: My birthday’s coming up soon so I guess it counts?

Doc Ock, exacerbated: It. Does. Not!

Vulture: What would your mother think if she knew her son was out here risking his life telling poorly constructed jokes?

Spider-Man, offended cause it quips slap: 1. My jokes are great 2. She and my dad are dead so-

Sandman, hysterical cause holy shit he almost killed a kid orphan: OH MY GOD!

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gahellhimself-blog · 6 months

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Great plan day 4. I think it goes the good way

I'm exhausted... x__x 'll take a little break and draw some fanart today.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens fanwork #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #good omens sculpting #the great plan

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whetstonefires · 11 months

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You know what I realize that people underestimate with Pride & Prejudice is the strategic importance of Jane.

Because like, I recently saw Charlotte and Elizabeth contrasted as the former being pragmatic and the latter holding out for a love match, because she's younger and prettier and thinks she can afford it, and that is very much not what's happening.

The Charlotte take is correct, but the Elizabeth is all wrong. Lizzie doesn't insist on a love match. That's serendipitous and rather unexpected. She wants, exactly as Mr. Bennet says, someone she can respect. Contempt won't do. Mr. Bennet puts it in weirdly sexist terms like he's trying to avoid acknowledging what he did to himself by marrying a self-absorbed idiot, but it's still true. That's what Elizabeth is shooting for: a marriage that won't make her unhappy.

She's grown up watching how miserable her parents make one another; she's not willing to sign up for a lifetime of being bitter and lonely in her own home.

I think she is very aware, in refusing Mr. Collins, that it's reasonably unlikely that anyone she actually respects is going to want her, with her few accomplishments and her lack of property. That she is turning down security and the chance keep the house she grew up in, and all she gets in return may be spinsterhood.

But, crucially, she has absolute faith in Jane.

The bit about teaching Jane's daughters to embroider badly? That's a joke, but it's also a serious potential life plan. Jane is the best creature in the world, and a beauty; there's no chance at all she won't get married to someone worthwhile.

(Bingley mucks this up by breaking Jane's heart, but her prospects remain reasonable if their mother would lay off!)

And if Elizabeth can't replicate that feat, then there's also no doubt in her mind that Jane will let her live in her house as a dependent as long as she likes, and never let it be made shameful or awful to be that impoverished spinster aunt. It will be okay never to be married at all, because she has her sister, whom she trusts absolutely to succeed and to protect her.

And if something eventually happens to Jane's family and they can't keep her anymore, she can throw herself upon the mercy of the Gardeners, who have money and like her very much, and are likewise good people. She has a support network--not a perfect or impregnable one, but it exists. It gives her realistic options.

Spinsterhood was a very dangerous choice; there are reasons you would go to considerable lengths not to risk it.

But Elizabeth has Jane, and her pride, and an understanding of what marrying someone who will make you miserable costs.

That's part of the thesis of the book, I would say! Recurring Austen thought. How important it is not to marry someone who will make you, specifically, unhappy.

She would rather be a dependent of people she likes and trusts than of someone she doesn't, even if the latter is formally considered more secure; she would rather live in a happy, reasonable household as an extra than be the mistress of her own home, but that home is full of Mr. Collins and her mother.

This is a calculation she's making consciously! She's not counting on a better marriage coming along. She just feels the most likely bad outcome from refusing Mr. Collins is still much better than the certain outcome of accepting him. Which is being stuck with Mr. Collins forever.

Elizabeth is also being pragmatic. Austen also endorses her choice, for the person she is and the concerns she has. She's just picking different trade-offs than Charlotte.

Elizabeth's flaw is not in her own priorities; she doesn't make a reckless choice and get lucky. But in being unable to accept that Charlotte's are different, and it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with Charlotte.

Because realistically, when your marriage is your whole family and career forever, and you only get to pick the ones that offer themselves to you, when you are legally bound to the status of dependent, you're always going to be making some trade-offs.

😂 Even the unrealistically ideal dream scenario of wealthy handsome clever ethical Mr. Darcy still asks you to undergo personal growth, accommodate someone else's communication style, and eat a little crow.

#hoc est meum #pride and prejudice #elizabeth bennet #charlotte lucas #meta #charlotte is a much less sociable person than lizzie #so avoiding her husband most of the time and not seeking out his company is more viable for her!#she also has more patience for people being wrong #partly i think because she kinds checks out and lets them get on with it which lizzie isn't too great at even with her mother #people have different needs like that's a thing okay #marriage #spinsterhood #pragmatism #like if elizabeth had to listen to collins talk for a few months straight she would be nearly insane with rage #he's not just a low-quality man he's a man designed to be the worst for her specifically #also note that because jane's marriage is elizabeth's fallback plan #darcy screwed her over personally by interfering between her and bingley #she ofc does not bring this up how could she #but it's intensifying the anger during the hunsford rejection i think

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hiramekiicotl · 4 months

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Today i offer you a low quality cotl drawing on a cat meme once again ‼️‼️🗣️

tomorrow? Who knows

Original,

#also might not be around here for a while #2024 already had a great (!) start for my mental health #haha #but i have a lot of stuff i plan to draw when i have the energy!!#cult of the lamb #cotl narinder #cotl lamb #my art

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farsight-the-char · 1 year

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Lizard Box Purchased.

For The PLAN.

#warhammer #the great plan #Seraphon #age of sigmar

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inconveniently-discorporated · 2 years

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Gather thee right close, good people. We are going to talk about the last true witch in England, and her parallels with God.

Let's talk about her demise.

Agnes Nutter died when she was set aflame by Witchfinder Major Thou-Shalt-Not-Commit-Adultery Pulsifer. We know that her descendent eventually crosses paths and saves the world with one mister Newton Pulsifer, the witchfinder's descendent.

What you may not know, if you haven't read the book, is that it's pointed out that this name sounds a little similar to another, much more known name:

"What’s your name, lad?"

"Newton. Newton Pulsifer."

"LUCIFER? What’s that you say? Are ye of the Spawn of Darkness, a tempting beguiling creature from the pit, wanton limbs steaming from the fleshpots of Hades, in tortured and lubricious thrall to your Stygian and hellish masters?"

"That’s Pulsifer,” explained Newton. “With a P. I don’t know about the other stuff, but we come from Surrey."

In other words, we have a character with massive parallels to God, being hunted down by a character with a name similar enough to Lucifer, who turns her village against her in spite of all the good that she does for them.

And, in the end, she turns it against them, and kills them all in fire and flame. A bit like God did with Lucifer and all the demons who participated in the rebellion, only with fewer pools of boiling sulfur.

Of course, the parallels doesn't end there. In fact, the biggest and perhaps most important one, is her book.

As God explains in the show, Agnes Nutter penned one of the most special books known to mankind.

The book Agnes left behind her was the sole prophetic work in all human history to consist entirely of correct predictions concerning the following 350-odd years, being a precise and accurate description of the events that would culminate in Armageddon. It was on the money in every single detail.

Now, Agnes Nutter certainly influenced the way things turned out, but she didn't make anything happen. Anyone could have made a different choice at any time (as Anathema and Newt prove at the end). She wrote the book, but she wasn't the author, she was the narrator.

However, Agnes's descendants don't necessarily see things that way. They see her book as... a plan. "You see? She's got special plans for you, mi amore," Anathema's mother says to her.

That makes me wonder.

The Great Plan.

The Great Plan, it izzz... written.

It is written, but did God ever tell them that they had to follow it? Or did they know that it was written, and assume that there was no other way?

Aziraphale certainly thinks so, about the Great Plan.

Anathema also thinks so, about Nice and Accurate Prophecies.

Here is where things converge, with Adam, on the airfield. Here is the culmination of God's Great Plan and Agnes's Nice and Accurate Prophecies. I have more to say on that, but that's for another post.

It is a very interesting ineffable game that God has devised indeed. Makes you wonder what she's really thinking, doesn't it?

EDIT: Here we are -- the parallels between Aziraphale/Crowley and Anathema/Newt, and their decisions to take charge of their own destiny after Adam makes the decision to take charge of his.

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