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Angelfish - Armor (mostly AI generated)

This video is inspired by many great stories by @ashleighgates, especially "The Child in the Field" (https://archiveofourown.org/works/802...) and "Broken arrow" (https://archiveofourown.org/works/804...), as well as their safe spaces in Hell and on Earth that is part of several of her fanfics. Over the millenia Michael learns to let down her guard around Dagon, especially when she forces herself to stand back as her protegee Joan is killed in the name of the church. Michael is devastated, but still convinces herself that everything is part of the Great Plan. --

Dagon's lair in Hell is from "The Little Mermaid", Michael and Dagon's flat is from "Iron Man" (except for the swords, they are AI-generated).

Joan is from "The Messenger"

because I do not have that much good-quality footage of them that is not from historical series's/movies, I included more of my AI-generated manip-experiments here. Especially with the HotD kiss-scene, which is made of my image edits as keyframes with AI-generated movement in-between.

Aziracrow Family - Ordinary Miracles (for Ashleighgates, partially AI)

Welcome to a new South Downs Cottage Family video! :D

Autumn and Andromeda are OCs by @ashleighgates and used with permission. It was fun to brainstorm casting and story ideas with you! Andromeda stealing the Bentley and her parent’s reaction (Crowley being first proud at first and then worried for the safety and Aziraphale being a bit calmer because he knows that Andromeda is responsible) are Ashleighgate’s ideas as well.

And Lilith (Michael and Dagon’s daughter) and her cousin Eve (Gabriel and Beelzebub’s daughter) are her OCs as well.

There are a few more Aziracrow reconciliation scenes than originally planned because I still felt the need for it, but the family life is part of their healing (both in-universe and from a meta perspective).

Andromeda’s questions trigger some memories for Crowley, but they are slowly all learning to actually talk about their past together.

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I used AI-tools for parts of the backgrounds, the extra kiss and dance scenes, Aziraphale's hair in the reading scene with Andromeda, the leaves with the nightingale, the snow at the cottage transition, Aziraphale’s bathing suit and to track the snake eyes more accurately.

Sleepsong - Mirrah, Lilith and Eve (Dagon/Michael, Gabriel/Beelzebub)

(partially AI-generated)

Lilith, Mirrah and Eve are OCs belonging to @ashleighgates and are used with permission.

Michael/Dagon - Black Sea (for @ashleighgates)

A focus on the side-Angel-Demon-ships for a change. This time Dagon and Michael. It is not really a consistant story, but inspirations from AshleighGates' amazing fanfictions with permission, especially "Siren" and "Let me make up for it".

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52103983

https://archiveofourown.org/works/67312819

And an experiment of how many scenes can be created with footage from the actresses in different shows (historical and modern)

I am REALLY HAPPY with how Dagon's fish scales with the surface tracker in DaVinci turned out (golden as her Angel form and silver in her modern self when she is alone with Michael). And Michael's knife-wings from Rory in "Lucifer". :)

PLOT: Daynael was the angel in charge of creating sea creatures, which she was very passionate about. Gabriel feels bored by her presentation and the Metatron turns down her plans for prehistoric fauna. Daynael feels discouraged, which is noted with interest by Samael (Lucifer) who is searching for Angels for his rebellion. Daygael cheers up a bit when Michael seems to show some interest but when she discovers that Michael just wanted to be polite it is the last straw.

She joins the rebels and Falls, as Michael has to fight against her brother. Dagon and Michael meet again and again over the millennia, when hatred slowly turns to a mutual attraction. Meeting up with Lucifer again, he even teams up with Dagon to get Michael to relax for once.

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Sea stock footage by "Free HD Videos - No Copyright Footage": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBNYhS1PuSU

Angelfish - History Manips

Not a planned video this time around, but the Flufftober event by @ashleighgates https://archiveofourown.org/works/71655021/chapters/186539351

has inspired me to try out some new effects for historical scenes with Dagon and Michael (surface tracking, smoothing transitions between screenshots for some expression and a bit of AI assisted color harmonization and neural filters for a bigger smile (not in this manip, though) in Photoshop).

Dagon's scales spread, as she starts to hold hands with Michael. :D