The thing about romance is, it makes a good story.

As soon as Neil described season 2 as “quiet, gentle, romantic” I figured we’d be in for it, because as he’s the first to point out, writers are liars. And the best way to deceive is with truth.

Season 2 is romantic. The trappings of romance are everywhere. Crowley tries to set up Nina and Maggie by trapping them under an awning during a rainstorm, a classic cinematic bonding technique. Aziraphale’s chosen method comes from his beloved books: the ball, the dancing, appearing as a pair in public, hands held as you twirl gracefully with your heart thrilled and racing. If they can set up a sensational kiss that will unlock the happy ever after. They’ve lived on earth, they’ve studied the tropes, they know how romance works.

The problem is a story is only a story.

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elucubrare:

elucubrare:

saw a poll about whether you prefer corruption or redemption arcs and i realized that for me it’s not really either, it’s a distillation arc: when a character becomes the most intense version of what they could be, everything inessential falling away or being discarded so that only the core remains.

great tags by @neuxue
#‘while you were busy being doomed by the narrative I used it as a whetstone and became the blade’

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pupucino:

ALT

follow your dreams at a sustainable pace

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geeses:

reblog to diminish the horrors from the person you reblogged from

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hollow-head:

His job is holding produce now

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sexualrevoluti0n:

ayeforscotland:

ayeforscotland:

ayeforscotland:

ayeforscotland:

UK VOTERS - GENERAL ELECTION VOTING IS OPEN.

REMEMBER YOUR VOTER ID.

Get the Tories out. Deny Reform any seats. Don’t blindly give your vote to Labour.

Scotland - SNP or Scottish Greens

England - Consider Greens & LibDems

Wales - Plaid Cymru

Northern Ireland - You do your own thing, Labour and Tories don’t really do much there.

This is by far the safest election you’ll ever vote in. Vote for the policies and the party you want.

It bears repeating, do not blindly give Labour a massive majority so they continue Tory policies unopposed.

At the polling station just now, the 65+ vote is out in force.

Get to it folks.

Here’s the link to see who’s the best tactical vote in your area

StopTheTories.Vote

Your vote is your power. Find out how to use it tactically to Stop The Tories and influence the next government.

StopTheTories.Vote

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wetheurban:

Sending love to everyone who is just… tired. Life is a lot, and sometimes the answer to it all is to just be still and silent for a while. Give yourself space and grace. Whether it’s decision fatigue, anxiety fatigue, information fatigue, routine fatigue, getting life back together fatigue, career fatigue, social fatigue, financial fatigue, or physical fatigue—take a moment to breathe and recharge. You deserve it.

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finnglas:

stillhere-erehllits:

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

This is honestly one of the places I find Marie Kondo’s advice most helpful. I stop, look at the thing I’ve spent time and money on only to realize I dislike, and I say, “Thank you for teaching me something about myself and my preferences. I think I’ve learned this particular lesson and we can part ways now.”

And then I don’t feel like I “wasted” things or made a mistake. I just tried one path of learning about myself, learned something, and now it’s time for a different path. Works a lot better for my brain.

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larkbunny:

Request from @lickthecowhappy

Thanks for the request! This was fun ✌️

If anyone likes my art and wouldn’t mind throwing some support my way, I would be super grateful ☺️ here on ko-fi

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ayeforscotland:

UK VOTERS - GENERAL ELECTION VOTING IS OPEN.

REMEMBER YOUR VOTER ID.

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kibumkim:

This like when the costco founder said he’d kill the cfo if he tried to raise the price of the hot dog

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