we’re all distracted by the beautiful queer love between an angel and a demon but can we talk about Adam Young? about Adam as, well, as Adam, as the first man, the first representative of all humanity? it’s not a mistake or coincidence the baby wound up with that name, of course. (ineffable…)
he might have been Satan’s son but he is raised human, by humans, with humans. he is human, in all his upbringing and outlook and emotions, in all his flawed glory. he is proud, yes, and he is a leader (the Them always have looked to him, he has the best ideas) and yet he loves. he loves so deeply and so selfishly, in that very Pratchettian way – selfishly, yes, because he makes everything he loves into his own, and so he protects it as he’d protect himself. and isn’t that such a human thing to do? to take that flaw and make it something beautiful instead?
Tadfield is his Garden, is his youth and his innocence. he’d give the world to his friends but he… he would stay right there, he says. he’d stay in his Garden. it is his paradise, unspoiled, loved so much that Aziraphale felt it at once, that all the summers were perfect summers, that all the weather in general was idealized in a way which it never really is in reality. he reached out through his love and made the world better. and when he came into his powers, what spurred it? a boy’s naive but genuine desire to fix things. it wouldn’t have fixed anything, of course, in the end. he abused his power and hurt people accidentally, and could so easily have abused it more, worse… but the motivations were good. he wanted to help. to make it better. and isn’t that such a human flaw too?
but at the end, through all of it… with the help of his Them – of his Horsepersons, who aren’t just concepts made by humans but are themselves human – and of the same angel and demon who were there at the very first – and that isn’t a mistake or coincidence, either – he knows. he understands. his father, his real father, the one who was there for him all along, says that he might not quite know what Adam did wrong, but that Adam does.
and he does. he knows. after 6000 years outside of the Garden, that first bite of the apple has finally come to, ha, fruition in Adam, that so entirely human boy. he knows what he did wrong. he knows the difference between good and evil. between right and wrong, and between Right and Wrong, too.
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holaa! here's a fun ask (hopefully lol): list of favorite moments from SC?
Gosh, just off the top of my head, in no particular order:
“Amma, kaali billi rasta kaat gayi hai; sadka dedo!!!!!”
Arsal ke Australian totay, lmao
DJ: “Shaayad unhe Australia ka visa mil gaya, wapis chale gaye honge!”
Every time Masooma talks about marhoom Abbaji (“Abbaji zinda hote toh……”) and the people listening are like “for godssake, let him R.I.P.”
Arsal and the autowaala yelling at each other and the first instance of Arsal’s battlecry “nikaah hua hai humaara!”
“YEH (ROTI KE) BEECH MEIN ROSHANDAAN BANAYA HUA HAI TUMNE?”
Everytime Jalal Phupa clashes with Arsal or DJ and calls them “khabees ka bachcha”
All the animal names Jiya keeps calling Arsal (“madmast haathi”, “pahaadi bakra”, “daddu”, lmao)
“Phupa aap kahan jaa rahe hai???” “Jahannum!” “Theek hai, dhyaan se jaayiega.”
Shahana stopping her dil khol ke rona-dhona just to point out Jiya riding the bike to Arsal, lmao.
Jiya’s ecstatic reaction when Kinza tells her Shahana has left home.
BiJaan’s perpetual refrain of “har ek ne yahaan apne dedh-eent ki masjid banayi hui hai.”
I don’t remember the exact dialogue, but Arsal re: his dad and Billo: “Idhar logon ki pehli nahi ho rahi, yeh hai ki dusri shaadi karne chale hai!”
ANY ARSAL AND DJ SCENE. THEY DON’T EVEN HAVE TO HAVE DIALOGUE, JUST THEIR COLLECTIVE PRESENCE IN THE SAME SPACE!!!!!! But some favs:
Anytime DJ comes with “breaking news” and Arsal is like ‘ugh aa gaya, manhoos khabar leke’
Whenever Arsal calls DJ “gonglu”
“Bataa teri behen ko kya hua hai?”“Woh toh aapko pata hona chahiye, aapki Mrs. hain!”“I’m serious!”“Woh bhi toh serious hain!”“Kiske baare mein?”“Aapke baare main! Aur kaun hai yahaan?”
And they dismiss each other with like “chal hatttt!” waale yet happy smiley faces, lol.
Arsal dragging a squealing DJ into his room:
“Kal test hai mera!”“Toh tuney kaunsa markan maar lena hai???? Pehle bhi anda laata tha, kal bhi le aayin!”
Arsal doing DJ ki pitaai for not giving him the video:
“Arsal kya kar rahe ho, bachcha hai woh, usse lag jaati!” “Achcha hai, do chaar din log sukoon se rahenge!”
Arsal’s insufferably smugass “choran nu pe gaye mor” after watching/deleting the video.
“Itni bahaadur behen hai teri, AUR GEEDAD JAISA BHAI!”
“Waise pyaara toh tu bhi lagne shuru ho gaya hai mujhe!”...“Yeh jab tujhpe pyaar aane lagta hai, aur tu beech mein PAISE GHUSED DETA HAI, DIL CHAHTA HAI TUJHE DOON EK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Naazuk kandhein???? Yeh????? Yeh NAAZUK KANDHEIN kisi ko lag jaaye toh DIN MEIN TAAREIN DIKHAAYI DE! Baatein sunlo iski!”
“Ab hatt na, deewaar-e-cheen banke baitha hai humaare beech mein!”
Jalal’s standard dialogues of “Ramzan-ul-mubarak ka paak mahina” and his “woi woi woi woi woi woi”s and “shakal gum karo!!!!!!!!!”s
Every time Arsal gets complacent and happy at Jiya and him having a friendly bonding moment, only to have her cut it short and dismiss him with a “chalo hatto/niklo!”
Every time Arsal does the hand over heart gesture.
Arsal trying to control his laughter (very poorly) in the hospital room, at Jamshed’s overacting.
DJ comforting Jiya when she’s upset.
“Main Jiya ka first cousin hoon ji… Ji……. Aur husband bhi, Masha’Allah se. ” *sweetest, most unassuming smile*
NAZAAKAT VIBRATING WITH RAGE AT ARSAL. LITERALLY VIBRATING.
“JAMSHED BHAI ISKO KAHEIN EK SECOND KE ANDAR ANDAR MERI BETI KO TALAQ DEIN!!!!!!!!”*Arsal observing his watch for exactly one second and marking when it’s done* “HO GAYA EK SECOND! NAHI DETA TALAQ! KYA KARLENGE?!?!!?!?!?”
All the angsty times Arsal and Jiya run into each other and they give each other the moon eyes.
Arsal’s silent but WTF face when Kinza tries to jamaofy haq on him the night after the arrest.
(After fully drenching him) “Chal mera puttar, araam se so jaa.” “Le! Araam se so ja! Pura gila kar diya mujhe!”“Haan toh tuney kaunsa SHLINK ho jaana hai? Tujhe SHLINK hone ka darr hai?????” “SHA-LINK nahi hota, SHA-RINK hota hai!” (Off-screen as she exits) “Bada angrezi ka rob paanda rehda hai mere pe!”
Literally any time Arsal and Shahana have a faceoff, her threatening him (“tere gotte gitte sek dene hai!!!!!“) and his semi-fearful, but sulky and rebellious response.
“Main kabhi tumhe dhoka nahi de sakta, Jiya….. Tumhe chodne ka sochta hoon toh meri saansein rukne lagti hai.”
Sherry’s bewildered faces at this whole family’s pagalpan.
Billo comforting Jiya and telling her that she’ll take care of everything. AND SHE DOES.
Also her parallel scene with Arsal, where’s it’s not so angsty, but she reassures him she’ll handle it.
The face journey Arsal goes through on watching the Huma/Jiya video; from cocky smugness, to suddenly serious, to a tiny shy smile, after which he looks heavenwards to offer thanks.
The finger lock moment.
“Meri room mein le aao na Huma ko; dono baari baari apne dil ka haal sunaenge isko!”
Literally any time Arsal speaks punjabi!
“O Amma, ae te apne masle solve nahi ho rahe, tu apne paale vich!”
Top fave: (on hanging up with Huma after she refused to give him the 411) “Naa dass. ZEHER LAGDI HAI MAINU TIDDI JI!!!!!!!!!”
The scene where Arsal watches Jiya pray, and maarofies taana, but is instantly undone by her tears and implores her to tell him just once to not marry Kinza and he won’t.
Jiya doing Arsal ki pitaai with his own damn kameez.
Despite all the smug cockiness he was showing before about having seen the video, at the actual moment of truth, Arsal just plainly forwards it to her and lets her know he knows and walks away silently. No pretenses or games.
The omelet scene.
Arsal, on the suhaag raat: “NIKLO MERE ROOM SE! BACHPAN SE YEH MERA ROOM HAI!!!!!!!!!!!”
Also him being perplexed at her joda and why it’s so big and all over the place, and sitting down elsewhere and staring at it in confusion.
“Chalo chodo, mujhe sabse Eid milne jaana hai.”*pulls her closer* “Pehle mujhse toh mil lo.”
Nazaakat at the police station: “Inspector saab, aap ko pata hai main kaun hoon?!?!!?!?!? (…..) Main beemar hoon!”
Jiya and Arsal meeting chori-chhipe on his balcony and getting into a shoving match that starts out cute and loving but turns violent.
Chutki Shah Baba to Masooma, when she says he should break Arsal/Jiya and “taanka jodein is ladke aur meri beti ka”: “Dekho bibi, welding ka kaam nahi hai humara.”
29 adorable animals with rare and interesting markings (x)
my favourite trope is when both people understand that they like each other but it’s still unsaid between them and they’re not quite 100% sure the other likes them back so they keep having awkward-flirty moments/interactions and don’t know what to do after it happens so they just ,,, look at each other for a moment before changing the subject…and then it happens again
it’s a super short scene in the show but it says so much. crowley never does anything that really harms anyone (see: paintballs & pennies & phone lines), little of it is cruel in the ways that humans can be cruel — which makes it even more meaningful that he chooses humanity in the end. sure, he needs to drink for days to deal with it, but when he’s sober again, he stays
ok universe, i’m ready to feel good things. make me feel good things.
😂😂😂
But also, why would you send "good"?
how did suzanne collins go from writing for this
to writing this
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