I’m surprised nobody is talking about this moment.

There were many heart-wrenching moments in Reaching Out, but this scene in particular hurt to watch, and not in a cathartic way.

Luz is tired. Between missing her mom and missing her dad - not to mention the frequent struggles of her loved ones and whatever Emperor Belos is planning - she isn’t allowing herself enough time to process her traumas and the near-constant reopening of her wounds.

The crux of her character arc was founded in her longing for a place that accepted her, warts and all. Now Luz bears the responsibility of choosing between two worlds while saving one of them, and it’s wearing her down.

elievervale:

i am so happy with this episode, this show always surpasses my expectations. they show how every relationship faces misunderstandings at one point or another, no one is perfect, but luz and amity talk it through. they communicate and that is how they make it work. they are two 14 year old girls who have issues of their own and are trying to understand their emotions which is always difficult. it almost always causes conflict at one point or another but these two don’t let that ruin their relationship. they support each other through their troubles. yes they have disagreements sometimes, yes they can upset each other but thats normal and they fight their way through it because they love each other.

Love, among many things, is vulnerability. If you can’t give enough of yourself that your partner can hurt you, then it isn’t much of a relationship. Love endures when it overcomes hardship.

liquidlyrium:

okay but contrast episode 1 where Aziraphale instinctively looks to his left in the sushi shop (because Crowley is always on the left when he isn’t orbiting or driving) and is surprised to find Gabriel on his right

Compare to Episode 3 in Mesopotamia thousands of years earlier

Aziraphale looks to his right because he’s expecting someone from Heaven. Perhaps as support, perhaps for the reprimands they love to give, but it’s Crowley who’s decided to show up. Look at his hands. He’s so nervous! Maybe he’d hoped someone was going to come tell him it was all called off? (Was he praying? It’s almost that shape)

After this scene, in Golgatha, Aziraphale is a little surprised to see Crowley, but not to the degree that he was in Mesopotamia. Just the general surprise of seeing a casual acquaintance. He looks forward, unable to look away from the execution. He doesn’t even think of looking to the right. He barely glances in Crowley’s direction either, but it seems like between the flood and Golgatha Aziraphale has given up on expecting any sort of Heavenly support or backup. He’s alone on Earth.

Except along the way he becomes reliant on Crowley. The Arrangement. He can always count on Crowley to be at his side. His left hand man-shaped being. He was neglected and left alone so long he forgot there was even the possibility Heaven might pop in for a surprise visit.

liquidlyrium:

akinmytua2:

liquidlyrium:

liquidlyrium:

joan-daardvark:

I have never noticed how Aziraphale’s instinctive reaction to being called Crowley’s friend is to smile at him:

This is the moment right before Aziraphale remembers that they’re not supposed to be seen together and starts explaining that they have never met before. So, even in Shakespearean times he already considered Crowley to be his friend. Which makes the bandstand scene and the “We’re not friends” even more ridiculous. This angel is so good at lying to himself.

Also, as I’ve already said somewhere, Crowley then proceeds with the famous Age does not wither nor custom stale his infinite variety. By saying this, he’s playing on Aziraphale’s ridiculous excuses about having never met before and not knowing each other. Basically Crowley is emphasizing the fact that, firstly, they are friends indeed and, secondly, that each of their meeting is like discovering each other anew. 

In other words, he says Yes, Aziraphale, one could really say that we’ve never met before because your infinite variety makes each of our meetings feel like the first one. 

Also I just realized the other day… This sentence that Will plagiarizes ends up in Antony and Cleopatra. Like I knew that before, because @drawlight pointed it out, but I suddenly made the connection “Oh, so Anthony wasn’t a random choice for a first name then, huh.” Like wow. Naming yourself after the titular character in a play that didn’t exist yet but you contributed to on one of your dates. How sentimental!!! (Especially when you consider the terms on which they parted… Happier memories… I wonder if the name is a sort of apology/olive branch. ‘let’s start over/dial it back, remember the good times?’)

God I just can’t stop thinking about this now!! Crowley, waking up after his extended nap. Getting back in the saddle, maybe still spending a few years apart from Aziraphale depending on when you think exactly he woke up. Suddenly he’s busy and he needs a name…. And maybe enough time has finally passed that he regrets the argument they had. He knows why they can’t come to terms, and he won’t ask for it again, but he misses his angel. So what better way to signal to him, “If you hear about me, please, I’m ready to talk. I’m ready to make up. Please, I’m going to build up a reputation until you can’t ignore me. I want to meet you again and discover how you changed in my absence” than to pick the name Anthony???

“Remember when I said that about you? When I talked about meetings and knowing? I’m ready for that again.”

Except. He went by some version of Tony with Da Vinci didn’t he?

…… That I think is true (I think it was Antonio maybe??? Idk if that’s a book reference or something they added for one of the special editions), but consider… Anthony and Cleopatra did exist. And their romance was defined, as much as one can glean any truth about such mythologized figures, as an arrangement becoming something more. Something real. Being on their own side against a great power that ultimately vanquished them.

And I also don’t think that necessarily precludes Crowley advertising himself as Anthony as a means of communicating all these feelings to Aziraphale. (In any case, Aziraphale doesn’t seem to know about the moniker prior to 1941….)

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@ambular-d​comment: So does that mean when Aziraphale said ‘Anthony??…I’ll get used to it’ at the church, he was implying 'Wait, you’re seriously casting me as Cleopatra?? … all right, well, if that’s really how you feel about it then who am I to contradict’

@a-ginger-in-black​reply: The Roman dude’s name was Antony, not Anthony, though in British English they’re pronounced the same.

In the novel, there’s mention of the Mona Lisa cartoon being dedicated to Antonio, so he was using the name by 1503 at the latest.

@joan-daardvark​ reply: This makes me wonder why this alias didn’t come up until 1941. Not to Aziraphale, in any case.

joan-daardvarkreply: Upon further consideration and discussion with @forbiddenmadrigals… What if he’d already taken this alias in Rome? He could have witnessed Antony and Cleopatra’s romance and heard Antony say these same words to her in real life. So he didn’t come up with Age does not wither, but rather repeated it. He thought that this description suited the angel well and then uttered it at a convenient time (at the Globe). All that was left was to nudge Shakespeare to write a play about the events which Crowley had actually seen himself.

Another thing excites me though. The details below confuse me more than actually clarify anything but I think they’re worth mentioning anyway:

Original sin, serpents… May I go completely nuts and suggest that Crowley could, in fact, be Cleopatra? This doesn’t explain why he chose Antony as an alias but still it’s a fun thought. Or maybe he was present at her court? Who knows but it’s curious nevertheless.

Also, knowing my obsession with solar/lunar symbolism (Aziraphale = Sun, Crowley = Moon), I found this so very endearing:

Helios meaning sun and Selene meaning moon, ofc.

@liquidlyrium​reply: Yes! I saw that in my frantic wiki reading as well!!! This is all extremely good!!!! (Also if we’re being honest Crowley is not the soldier of the two)

I mean let’s also consider that we know that they view each other far better than they see themselves yes? At the trials, Crowley plays Aziraphale as brave and strong under pressure… Yes he is Cleopatra clearly, but maybe he took that name because of what he sees in Antony (Aziraphale) in the hopes that he’d take on some of those qualities 0:

But he never let on until 1941 I’m still dying at all these Implications

joan-daardvarkreply: …in the hopes that he’d take on some of those qualities

You mean, like, as if they were able to… become each other?? *le gasp*

liquidlyriumreply: but also counterpoint: Crowley adopted the name so that his initials would be AC so that way he could always see them next to each other. Esp when he thought it would never happen because SIDES and all

joan-daardvarkreply(): Knowing his propensity to symbolism, I don’t see why not. We’re talking about a person bringing stone lecterns to his house in memory of his forbidden love, he could absolutely do that.

I am also convinced he sees it as something stylish.

theniceandaccurategoodomensblog:

Bus bench scene…

There’s something about how Crowley throws out that line: what if the Almighty planned it like this all along? that is just so empathetic and caring and selfless… He knows that Aziraphale has had the ground ripped out from under him, he’s lost all faith in Heaven, he’s literally lost Heaven in fact, he will have to discover what exactly being on his own side with Crowley means (Crowley has been on his own side for a very long time now I think, not so much has changed for him). But Crowley sees there’s something that could make it easier. Aziraphale could retain his faith in God herself choosing to believe that it was all God’s plan, including Aziraphale and Crowley forming their own side. I don’t for a moment believe Crowley actually thinks that’s likely (possible perhaps but not likely) or even particularly cares in a sense (he does what he thinks is right, he follows his own compass and doesn’t need to be told it is in the plan to be alright with that). But he gets where Aziraphale is and he just offers this up as a gift, says it casually like it is no big deal and let’s the seed take root. Like he could have tried to get Aziraphale to see it all as he does but he doesn’t, he helps Aziraphale to make his own peace with it all, to figure it out in his own way. Wow, even here he’s the ultimate defender of free will isn’t he?

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@fuckyeahisawthatreply: Oh interesting! I like this interpretation because this has always seemed like…not a very Crowley line to me. (So much so that I had convinced myself it was Aziraphale’s line until I went back and watched the scene again.) But I really like this take on it!

@amuseoffyrereply: Here’s a thing, though: Crowley does believe in God and he questions Her so many times. This is such a him thing to say because when we saw him yelling at Her in the privacy of his own home, he said “You’re testing them, I know you said you’d be testing them”.

To me, this line reads as him realising that humanity wasn’t the only thing being tested. God was testing her angels and demons and everything else in between. She planned it all like this, knowing Aziraphale and Crowley, the only morally grey, imaginative, enthusiastically loving creatures of Heaven and Hell, would be there. She let them share the gift of free will that humanity had and watched them run with it knew they wouldn’t let her down :)

@theniceandaccurategoodomensblogreply: I definitely think God is testing the angels and the demons too and that Crowley realises that, yes. I personally, don’t have faith that God’s plan is all for the ultimate good, that she ensured it would all specifically end up as it does (rather than just testing and seeing the results which is quite different I think). I don’t think Crowley has that faith either, but he’s ok with Aziraphale having that faith as it helps him. The whole “believes in” thing doesn’t really apply. Crowley knows God exists. He believes in God like we believe in the ground under our feet. He is incapable of being either an atheist or a theist in any human sense. The only faith relevant is faith in the plan, faith that God doesn’t just exist but is to be trusted, is a force for the good, is actually in control. I don’t read Crowley as having that personally. He doubts her the whole damn time.

@here-for-analysis-and-squeereply: It echoes his doubts in the garden “what if we both did the wrong thing”, and questioning the God’s plan back then, all the way back

Yeah, Hunter’s a fan of Ruler’s Reach and who did he intend to send the Flapjack pic to, but you know what else I picked up from that scene?

Luz used Eda’sPensta to try getting intel from Hunter after Willow told her about his account.

Does Luz just… not have a Penstagram of her own?

Edric Blight is a zoology nerd just like me…

• Doesn’t have any powers at first, but finds out about their abilities as the series progresses ✅
• Definitely has some baggage they’re lugging around ✅
• Goes out of their way to help others with their problems in an effort to dodge confronting their own problems✅(come to think of it, this was already checked in Follies at the Coven Day Parade…)

…

If anyone lays a single curse or whatever upon Luz’s little head, resulting in a kaiju Luz or any monster form of Luz in general and bringing the comparison full circle, I will SMITE THEM

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reaching out

emotional-mess-in-distress:

They’re so cute ❤️

Bonus:

When the feelings are too jagged and sharp, from all of the gone fair weathers, lost friends, and too many should haves and never should have beens. If in no other when or where. Here and now, you are welcome.

really debating on leaving this account :|

since this isn’t my primary blog, i no longer have messages, when i comment on others blogs i’m not glossymalfoy but glossydols.

and i’m not sure if this is it, but ever since i got my messages taken away—other blogs haven’t been getting notified whenever i post/tag them. i could be shadow banned but i’m really not sure.

i started this account not knowing it wouldn’t be my primary (if that makes sense?) ive tried searching up ways to just get this blog (glossy malfoy) by itself without being connected to anything else, but have failed to find anything that could work.

if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know by commenting/reposting <3

lio-thymos:

Nah bc what happened between them