Blog of a Fangirl Mechanic

Menaka Guruswamy and Arundhati Katju if you wanna find out more about them!

Hiya :), it’s the clothes,

Aziraphale is wearing male and Crowley female clothing of that times. There were detailed metas about clothing when first the pic of this scene appeared in march/april but I’m afraid I don’t remember where they were (perhaps someone could share their fav links in the comments :)).

Neil confirmed this as well (x):

Read the full comic: Guy Illustrates How Boys Develop Sexism From Seemingly Small Interactions With Adults

Tweet / Comic source

Cartoonist: https://damianimated.com/

Good fantasy doesn’t make you stop thinking. When you escape, you escape TO somewhere. These worlds all have their purposes. Some give you rest from the stresses of daily life, but some bring out problems that are causing us this stress but frame them in a different setting.

Tolkien wrote about environmental destruction, the cost of war, the deep loyalty that binds people in dire circumstances, things he witnessed in his own life. Pratchett wrote about political corruption, racism, misogyny, justice, self-determination, even elitism in academia, all of which are prevalent issues today.

I think that putting real-world problems into fantasy can be a good way for people to start thinking about them when they’re in a more imaginative mental place and feeling safer because they’re experiencing things through the characters. If you’re a good writer, adding dragons or magic or whatever else doesn’t take away from weighty topics. If your story needs both, use both. It’s not an either/or situation.

If you’re concerned about these stories not being good because they aren’t realistic, it’s worth remembering that to create any story, an author must depart from reality in some way. Every storyteller bends reality by prioritising certain facts over others to build the narrative they need.

at least demons dance, but not what you’d call good dancing though