Purple_Goddess

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The ruin of the lamb

I'm cool with ppl defending GO3 by talking about what they liked or disagreeing with criticisms. I even agree with some points, and if I don't, no biggie. Different opinions won't kill me.

What I can't stick is the it's a bad idea to say that, or they're married what more do you want, or even you're damaging the fandom stuff, and not just because I don't like being told to shut up. These arguments come from the same place as what I hated about the end of GO3.

When Crowley said just be an us it's not just be a couple it also means be ourselves. They weren't together because they weren't free. For Aziraphale and Crowley, just like irl queer people, the freedom to be with the person they love is intrinsically linked to the freedom to be their authentic selves. Who we love is part of who we are.

The Finale gave us a remix of Crowley and Aziraphale who got to be together only when they gave up being themselves. Asa and Anthony are literally pale imitations. Turning a supernatural entity into a human can be a celebration of ordinariness, of humanity (Michael getting a human life the Good Place was a TREAT) but GO3 goes out of its way to make AU Crowley and Aziraphale lesser. Alt!Crowley could've been an artist, or an engineer, or a gardener but that wouldn't have demoted him from starmaker to stargazer. Why demote Aziraphale from bookshop owner to shop assistant other that to take him down a peg or two?

It feels pointed, a put down. No happiness while you're loud, and vibrant, powerful, and defiant. Be smaller, be quieter, be lesser, know your place and you might be allowed a happy ending. Behave.

And whatever the politics of the people saying it, the voices telling us to be grateful so see a married queer couple, to not complain, being annoyed at us for wanting more are giving me the same vibe. It's respectability politics, no kink at pride, assimilate, don't be angry or shrill or weird and don't be ungrateful.

in a short film called the saint of southhall here

in east is east by signing up for a subscription of ntathome here (there are links to watch it without paying but i can't provide that rn)

watch him as florizel in an rsc (royal shakespeare company) production of the winter's tale here (downloadable) he also played a few small roles in an rsc production of coriolanus that you can rent from digital theatre here or with a subscription to marquee tv here

he was in about 5 seconds of the show 'cucumber' which you can watch on channel 4's online player here. this may require a vpn if you're outside the UK. he's in episode 6 (content warning: this episode shows assad's character dying from AIDS and ends with a Black character being violently murdered by a white man in a homophobic hate crime)

he was in one of the 'small axe' films directed by steve mcqueen for the bbc, 'red white and blue' starring john boyega which you can watch here (requires a vpn outside the UK and a content warning for racism) he was in s4e3 of 'our girl' which you can watch here

he was in a couple episodes of a bbc show called 'apple tree yard' that isn't currently available on bbc iplayer but you can watch some clips of him here this youtube channel also has some supercuts of his appearances in other shows (such as 'vera' here) and stage productions, as well as behind the scenes videos, and his lines from a poem here (full video has since been taken down but he looks very beautiful in the clip so watch it anyway) and this classic

he was in a movie called 'we work for the dead' also known as 'this is the night mail' which looks like it's available to rent or buy from amazon in the US here it also appears to be free with ads on youtube (for countries that aren't mine lmao)

if you're going to be in england any time soon you can watch him in a recording of zadie smith's 'white teeth' held in the v&a's video archive. this requires contacting the v&a beforehand to make a request and book an appointment here. you can watch the trailer for that production here

The Boy with the Topknot by Sathnam Sanghera

Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford