What appeals to me about whump: an incomplete list
“FOR OUR LOVE AND LUST.”
-Eddie Gluskin, Val from Outlast series. 2018.05.05
I WANT TO CHECK YOUR BLOGS, FTW.
When there’s two Kanos
the thing about good omens 2 is that i have never felt so loved by a piece of media before.
like, ofmd came fairly close, but neil literally knows us, he lives here with us and says hi in the halls and overhears us talking about what matters to us and trading theories and fantasizing about what we’d like to see. and he wrote this for us.
like, this could not more obviously be written for us. for us weird little queers who care so much about these two idiots.
every minute of this was written and crafted and performed to say we love you back. it wasn’t made to be a hip tv show or to impress or entertain anyone except us, and you can see that everyone involved had a blast in the process, because they love these characters too.
it is just so kind, cliffhanger notwithstanding. this show grabbed me by the shoulders, looked me in the eye, and said i see you and i love you too. and that is so fucking extraordinary.
thank you, neil. thank you so much.
I somehow dreamed of this
requested by vajkings
So wait...
A “simple” spy is someone who works for the enemy. This is Snape as a Death Eater trying to spy on Dumbledore.
A double agent is someone who seems to work for the enemy but is actually betraying them with them thinking the spy is loyal. That’s Snape during the 1st Wizarding War, betraying Voldemort and working for Dumbledore.
A deep-cover agent is a person who still works as a spy, for a prolonged period of time (months or years), infiltrating the enemy and taking posts of responsibility and importance in the war, gathering precious information while cutting off all communication with his side of the war until they are “woken up”. That’s what Voldemort thought Snape was doing in becoming a member of the Order, a Potions Professor and Dumbledore’s (fake, but in reality not fake) spy, only to reveal himself as a true Death Eater after all.
A triple agent is someone who acts as if they betray the enemy but who’s really working for them, making the target believe a (false) tale of betrayal. That’s what Voldemort believes about his spy after his resurrection, when Snape tells him he’s “spun a tale of deepest remorse” to Dumbledore.
A quadruple (?)/fourth-time agent is someone who says that they faked a betrayal to the enemy but who’s really betraying them: they’re “faking a tale of false betrayal to the enemy”. That’s Snape who did betray Voldemort and made him think he convinced Dumbledore of a betrayal that was fake... although it was not.
Dammit Snape that’s a lot 😰
The scene where Snape finds Harry in the pensieve is awful, and one of my favourites. The emotions you can imagine both characters going through??? flawless. Harry finding out his father isnt the angel everyone made him out to be and Snape dealing with the fact that his bullies son witnessed his most humiliating moments… dunno, just heartbreaking stuff.