The wedding was planned with some urgency,

Like preparing for open heart surgery;

But what John doesn't know,

Is what Sherlock won't show:

That he's already bleeding ... internally.

May is for Limericks on Ao3

Everyone's talking about how Nina and Maggie seem on the outside to mirror Crowley and Aziraphale respectively, but it's actually switched, and Nina mirrors Aziraphale while Maggie mirrors Crowley.

But I haven't seen as much talk about how the same thing is happening with Shax and Muriel.

Shax is Crowley's replacement on earth at the beginning of S2, and Muriel becomes Aziraphale's by the end. Muriel and Aziraphale particularly are presented as very alike on the surface (see their enthusiasm over playing a 'human police officer' and an intrepid 'newspaperman' for example). And Shax is eager to learn from Crowley, who has kind of taken her under his wing and is teaching her how to be a demon on earth.

But beneath their surface appearances, Shax is actually a mirror to Aziraphale, and Muriel is a mirror to Crowley. Shax and Aziraphale are the (soon-to-be) leaders of their respective Sides. Muriel and Crowley are nobodies, insignificant (as of now) to either Side. Shax and Aziraphale are stubborn, ambitious, and determined to make real change to their respective organizations for the benefit (or detriment) of humanity. Muriel and Crowley both crave connection, they both have (or will) come to deeply care about earth and humanity, and they both are (or once were/still are deep down) openly curious and filled with wonder and love for creation. In season 3, it's going to be Shax vs. Aziraphale in Heaven/Hell, and Muriel and Crowley figuring things out on earth together.

This parallel is just as important as the Nina/Maggie parallel, and will arguably be more important in Season 3.

Nina and Maggie mirror Aziraphale and Crowley as a couple, as partners. How they have to all grow into themselves before they can really be together.

Shax and Muriel mirror Aziraphale and Crowley as individuals. Aziraphale and Crowley have become increasingly codependent for 6000 years, and even more so in the four years before season 2. They need this time apart to learn and become comfortable with who they are without each other. And in that time, their encounters with Shax and Muriel will push them to grow, challenge them, and help them embrace parts of themselves that, up until this point, they relied heavily on each other to bring out in them.

It's Aziraphale, who's always been stereotyped as soft, vulnerable, ultimately weak, who's going to showcase his own strength. It's Crowley, who's always seen as all walls and sharp edges, who's going to become comfortable with his own softness. It's Aziraphale, who's always relied on his connections, not just to Crowley but to the people in his community, the restaurants where they know his name, who's going to have to trust himself to stand alone in order to face off with Shax. It's Crowley, who started out "on my own side" and who's only ever let Aziraphale in on it, who's going to have to open himself up to meaningful connections, first with Muriel, but then with other people and the world.

I have a lot more to say about how this mirror works and how it might play out in season 3, so let's get into it! (Seriously, this is gonna be a long one)(Like I've been writing this for weeks).

Snails/snäckor. Most of them (all?) ought to be White-lipped snail/trädgårdssnäcka, but I'm really bad at classifying snails. Värmland, Sweden (May 10, 2020).

So we all know that Crowley isn't really gay or bi or anything because he's really just Aziraphalesexual, right?

Which means... this is his pride flag.

He would be mortified.

Feelings that will never fade…

Incorrect Good Omens Quotes Masterpost Part 1 : here

Incorrect Good Omens Quotes Masterpost Part 2 : here

Thinking about the Good Omens S1 body swap…

LATER

My heart

CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!❤❤❤

[Mabli on Michael Sheen's lap and in front of them dolls of Aziraphale and Crowley]

Mabli: Daddy.

[Michael points at Aziraphale] Daddy. [and then he points at Crowley] Who's that?

Mabli: Mmmmmm. Uncle David.

Having a bad day? Let Michael greet you with a nice "hello" 🤭

My brother the britsh gouvernment !  I need to fix some stuff shortly. I’m not yet satisfied  

I love their relationship :)

finished one here : the holmes

thanks for all these notes ! *happy happy happy*

Life returns. Värmland, Sweden (May 1, 2016).

Where He Belongs

221B / Prompt for Thursday May 2: Box

When John finally carries his small suitcase and duffle into 221B, he sees that he’s not the one taking up the lion’s share of the space. Sherlock has multiple boxes piled in the sitting room, some open and spilling their contents. 

It’s fine. John travels light, taking up as little space as possible. The army didn’t provide spacious quarters, and in the years before, he’s lived in more spaces than he can count. He carries what he needs, doesn’t settle in. 

Sherlock spreads his possessions around the flat. Crime scene photos are tacked to the wall, maps spread on the floor, chemical experiments on the kitchen table. 

In the shared bath, John’s bar of soap and shampoo bottle sit on the window sill because it apparently takes lots of product, dozens of bottles, to achieve that effortlessly tousled look. 

John rather enjoys the spectacle of Sherlock Holmes on a case, pacing, leaving cups of tea on the mantel, under his chair, behind a pile of books. 

Sherlock is not possessive, and assumes his flatmate isn’t either. He borrows John’s laptop if he can’t locate his own, uses John’s phone, drinks from his RAMC mug. If the flat’s cold, he wears the jumper John thought he’d misplaced. 

And John soon notices a curious thing. He doesn’t mind. This is where he belongs. 

❤️ Thanks for reading/reblogging! I'm collecting all my ficlets here on AO3: Trifles3

Beautiful!

THE ARISTOCATS (1970) Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

A rather wet Red fox/räv. Värmland, Sweden (May 2, 2023).

Why would I

want to have dinner

if I wasn’t

hungry?

This roe deer/rådjur is very pregnant, and if you look at her belly, you can clearly see her babies kicking! She is most likely expecting two fawns, one male and one female. Värmland, Sweden (April 27, 2024).

The mysterious Golden Bullet

Or a take on Aziraphale and Crowley’s Wild West Era

And to this day…

Ok so today I was on the bus with another trans guy and we were talking about how hard it is to get testosterone. The waiting lists, the price, all the doctors you have to go to, that kind of stuff. Except, we were calling it ’T’, like you do when you’re both closeted and in public.

Then suddenly the elderly lady sitting behind us was like ‘young men, either I’m going crazy or you both have never heard of supermarkets, they have shelves full of tea there! Do you need directions to one?’

To which my buddy starts to explain, because why not. ‘Well you see, we’re both trans, and… ’

The lady didn’t wait for him to finish his sentence. ‘Oh no, I don’t mind that at all! Now do you want to know how to get to a place that sells tea? I’m actually heading there right now!’

We let her take us to the supermarket. We let her show us, excitedly, where the tea was. We both bought loads.

This is beautiful