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Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke, the youngest MP in Aotearoa, starts a haka to protest the first vote on a bill reinterpreting the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi

This is a good outline of just what is so repellent about the Treaty Principles Bill.

And further to that, there's a huge hīkoi coming. Thousands of people are walking from the top of the North Island (and the bottom of the South) to Parliament in Wellington. They should have arrived for this debate, but like the toadies they are the Government brought it forward so they would miss it. They're still coming though.

Day 176 of just looking at Astarion 175

YOU GUYS I WAS LOOKING BACK THROUGH ONE OF THE PANELS TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY HIDDEN REFERENCES AND

(when asked to describe his characters journey in one phrase)

(WHEN ASKED WHAT STEDES FAVORITE CRYPTID WOULD BE)

his cryptid loving ass is so excited about getting to be a mermaid

the repetition of Crowley saying, "i'm a demon, i lie" (white lies. little lies. he doesn't lie about stuff that actually matters) vs Aziraphale thinking he really does lie (about stuff that does matter, like not wanting to be an angel, like not being a good person, like not wanting forgiveness). they really are listening to each other but hearing something different. (aim for my mouth, shoot past my ear)

Cannot just drop the "aim for my mouth, shoot past my ear" so casually like you didn't just unravel another brilliant layer of good omens season 2

It makes so much sense I'm goiNG TO CRY

you really gotta trust someone to do a bullet catch. like you would trust everything they say and do and know, implicitly, that you’re safe in their hands. they trust each other so much— despite the fact that their “exactlies” are different “exactlies”. and it’s like they can only see that out of the corner of their eyes because when they look directly at it they’re blinded by something (love? devotion? loyalty? all of the above? who can say. it’s ineffable).

they put trust in each other over everything else, over hereditary enemies and disagreements about humanity and deeply coded ethereal programming. they trust each other despite everything telling them they shouldn’t, through bad moods and insults and breakups. even when it could lead to danger or destruction or death.

Aziraphale caught the bullet in the story of Job (he ate food offered by the snake in eden, trusting him even then, so early, somehow, to not drag him to hell), he caught it again in the 60s (he gives Crowley holy water despite everything telling him not to, he trusts him not to take the suicide pill), he catches it again and again (he trusts Crowley and raises the Antichrist. he trusts Crowley and stops armageddon. he trusts Crowley and swaps bodies and steps down into hell. he trusts Crowley. he trusts Crowley to save him every time). I could always rely on you, you could always rely on me.

so he takes the offer from Metatron, he trusts that Crowley will catch the bullet this time (trust me, trust me, trust me. i know what i’m doing here, let me save you for once). and sure enough the bullet hits the wall behind Crowley’s head but there’s no bullet in his mouth. nothing about it hits. they finally see that they’ve both been aiming at the wrong thing this whole time.

and just when you think it’s over and the magic trick is finished, Crowley levels the gun right back (these are their normal positions. something about it feels right. Aziraphale is very good at looking down the barrel of that gun because he trusts Crowley so very much), except this time the bullet doesn’t graze past his ear.

it hits him square in the mouth.

New interview with Zackery Alexzander Stephens, a writer for Our Flag Means Death. Season two is in good hands.

Kristian Nairn instagram live with Leslie Jones and Nathan Foad

I love ep4 Stede he really does look like he’s on the verge of death like he looks like shit (affectionate). bro’s just been stabbed and hanged and he’s still like “let’s go play dressup I am in so much pain”. he looks wet

@snake-snack-stede SCREAMING

@ourflagmeansparty

Our Flag Means Party Prompt 3 Team Black: Leave Her Johnny

Today’s prompt was to interpret the sea shanty Leave Her Johnny, which is typically associated with shore leave and retirement.

And if you don’t love me now You will never love me again

letting out some steam after a bath

damn your love, damn your lies

The BBC Radio's version of The Blue Carbuncle contains, what has to be said is, one of my favourite scenes... It's when Holmes and Watson are standing in the street after proving the innocence of John Horner.

Here it is in its full text glory 💖

From Bert Coules' book 221 BBC.

[ID: text reads;

A moment.

Holmes says nothing.

Watson breaks the silence. He rubs his hands together, ready to leave.

Holmes desperately wants him to stay.

He drops the mask for the barest moment.

Watson stops dead.

To him, the plea was unmistakable.

He's not sure how to handle this.

And neither is Holmes.

A moment.

Way off, Big Ben strikes the quarter.

Watson looks at his pocket-watch.

An awkward silence. Watson takes charge.

And Holmes realises what he's doing and is grateful for it.

The mask goes back up.

And again the mask disappears...

But not for long. After a moment:

They begin to walk, their footsteps echoing in the early morning stillness.

The scene is over taken by the closing music.

Closing announcements.

The music ends.

The end.

I had more audience reaction to that one single scene than any other in the Adventures. Once again, the combination of the actors' performances, the sounds and the music gave it a power far beyond the words on the page; but if it hadn't been for Patrick Rayner, it wouldn't have happened at all.

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