Can I get a wahoo? This is exactly it.
I know that there are a lot of feelings right now, and everyone is absolutely entitled to them. The announcement certainly hit hard.
I did, however, want to add a little bit of my own hope into the mix. Maybe it won't matter. But maybe it will help someone feel just a bit better about everything.
For context, someone on Reddit made an excellent point that 90 minutes is plenty of time to tell a great story. Many have been told in less than that. Lion King, Nightmare Before Christmas, Beauty and the Beast, Totoro, I could go on.
I completely agreed with them. But I also wanted to add my own personal spin as well.
When you really get down to it, the plot of season two was truly only compromised of 90 minutes worth of plot between A + C. Maybe even less than.
A lot of it was drawing out a mystery that didn't need to be as long as it was. As much as I love me some putzing and meandering, seeing this entire 90 minute drama go down has made me realize just how weak season two was.
Did I love it? Hell yes.
But I'm also realizing that the plot wasn't tight.
Most of the memorable moments are comprised of seconds of screentime.
Not minutes.
Seconds.
The touching of Aziraphale's hand to Crowley's chest
"Look at you, you're gorgeous."
Hands touching during dancing
The final speech and kiss
Michael Sheen's bitchy little eyebrow raise
Michael Sheen eye fucking Crowley every chance he gets
Just Michael Sheen's quiet, quick acting choices in general
When breaking it down, most of what mattered added up to less than 90 minutes, with the rest of it being unfocused and dithering.
Now imagine 90 minutes. 90 minutes of focus on these two characters. No chance for meandering, no opportunity to wander off. These two will be forced to confront their issues, their grief, their resilience, their LOVE with nothing to pull us away. There won't be time for side characters to take the focus. There won't be time to worry about other relationships or spending time apart.
This is going to be about them because it can't waste time on anything else.
AND ANOTHER THING.
I keep seeing people saying "90 minutes isn't enough time to tie up all the loose ends". And to that I say...
What loose ends?
We really only have two. The second apocalypse and their love.
And to those who say 90 minutes isn't enough to stop an apocalypse, I counter with; season 1 stopped it in 5 minutes while they stood on what was essentially a parking lot. And they were side characters at that point.
In conclusion: we will be okay. Would I have loved six episodes to watch them circle one another? Sure. But I have spent more time reading fanfiction of them than watching the actual show, and those writers have created better scenarios than Neil Gaimen ever could. The kind of stories that would make Terry Pratchett proud.
We will get what we need. Because the people who fought for this love these characters. And because David and Michael would personally square up with Jeff Bezos in a parking lot just to be able to lock lips on screen again and again in a cottage by the sea
We will be okay. More than that, we will thrive.♡🖤
❤.
Prev thinks that dc is the worst fandom ever, and is absolutely not a fan of nightwing
Just fucking lie about the previous poster
Oh my god these are such good questions
1- What’s your favorite color?
2- Coffee or tea?
3- If you could live anywhere and cost wasn’t an issue, where would you live?
4- If you were a time of day, what time of day would you be?
5- What’s your phone wallpaper?
6- What’s a song that you relate to?
7- What would you do if you found a 100 dollar bill on the sidewalk?
8- Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
9- What song would you want to get kissed to?
10- What song would you play at your funeral?
11- When’s the last time you cried?
12- What do you want to be remembered for when you die?
13- If you could commit any crime without consequence, which crime would you commit? Or would you not commit any crime at all?
14- Would you rather know the date or cause of your death?
15- What would you do if you found a dead body in a hotel room?
16- Are we really living or are we just slowly dying?
17- Do you like the taste of blood?
18- If you had to lose a body part, which one would you choose and why?
19- Would you rather be frozen, burned, or drowned?
20- If there's hell of some sort, do you think you’re going there?
21- How would you dispose of a body?
22- Would you kill someone you don’t know to save someone you love?
23- Would you rather be burned at the stake but die a saint beloved by all, or die peacefully but have nobody remember you?
24- Would you rather eat part of a human heart or a whole human eye?
25- What question would you ask the devil?
This is so amazing, reblogging so I don’t lose it
I think it was before I started posting story concepts on tumblr but I had an old concept called ‘apocalyptia’ which was a dark comedy about a world where every apocalypse movie premise happened simultaneously
This is such an important post
i don't really understand why you would be pro-zoo. like i understand nature reserves and sanctuaries where people can observe from afar, but it doesn't seem right to me when they're locked up in generally small confined areas for people to watch them do nothing all day. idk maybe i'm getting this wrong, and i still really respect you, i just don't understand this. like i interned at a zoo and felt uncomfortable with how small their living areas were and how they had no stimulation
Zoos don’t look like this anymore.
They look like this:
Good zoos do not keep their animals in “tiny spaces” with no enrichment. I’m not pro-roadside zoo. I’m pro-accredited zoo. Zoos are incredibly important for conservation and education.
Are Zoos Necessary?
The Importance of Zoos: Resource Post
Why Zoos and Aquariums Matter: Assessing the Impact of a Visit to a Zoo or Aquarium
Why I Want to be a Keeper
Why I Believe in Zoos
I don’t know what to call this thing that I’m feeling. All I know is if I start screaming I will never stop.
Just looked at a blog where the header description said 'sometimes I reblog posts I like so I don't forget them'.
And I feel like that, right there, explains so much about how the site has changed in the last few months.
People now think reblogging is an unusual behaviour, rather than a default.
Tumblr newbies, please, for the love of baby Jesus, reblog the posts you like. That is the whole reason the site exists - for you to collect all your shiny fandom objects in a single space. Which you can organize to your heart's content. Or not organize at all, if that's your jam.
Our blogs are intended to be collections of posts, not collections of likes.
To my trauma buddies, i hope you had a better, or even good (shocking right) day. i just want you to know that you are not alone, and even though im a stranger on the internet, im proud of you for being so strong. if its safe, you should get some water, if its not, i really hope it will be soon. remember, you have to take care of yourself too. you're amazing, and you can do this. <3
ps, keeping some water in your room makes it easier if you have to stay in there for hours at a time, also, stash some snacks if u can
Oh my gosh, I hope everything turns out ok
So yesterday I had a fainting episode so bad that the paramedics got called, which isn't funny, but what IS funny is that I kept passing put while I was on the floor and according to my long suffering friends everutime I woke back up I'd announce "I'm back!"
Then usually promptly pass out again
Finnaly