Hoping ‘not Talking’ Devolves Into The Cattiest Behavior Early On In Season 3

alignment chart except it's only crowley

the Winchesters' behavior makes so much more sense when you realize they're concussed and sleep deprived for like 90% of the show

annabeth “insult a god” chase

grover “gaslight a god” underwood

percy “fight a god and demolish him” jackson

The good omens fandom currently:

Fuck it. My hope for s3 is that Neil is satisfied with the finished product. I hope he tells the exact story he wants to tell and I hope he finishes it with a feeling of “this is what Terry and I had in mind all those years ago”.

So we all know this scene, right?

And we know how Dazai tries to handle it by pretending to be a scared kid and Chuuya interrupts him to challenge the guy to a fight, because I have been thinking about these tactics recently.

Dazai is not really mafia at this point, this is his first mission. He's still somewhat naive to the world of gangs, even if he's witnessed it, he's not lived it like Chuuya has. This tactic of acting like a scared little kid, definitely feels like something Dazai pulled when trying to get away with things around regular adults. I mean, look how easily he turns on those tears, it's practiced, he's used to it working.

He's responding to what the guy is saying, he calls them "kids" and looks confused as to why kids are here. Dazai then selects the defenceless innocent act as a way to get out of being held at gun point and possibly get information.

He's used to this kind of thing working, but the fact is, if Chuuya hadn't interrupted him, it most likely wouldn't of. Because Dazai doesn't know the type of enemy he's up against, he doesn't know these people are willing to cross the line and harm kids yet.

Look at these panels closely. The panel before Dazai starts faking crying the gun is pointed directly at him,

whilst he starts his crying act in the panels previously mentioned, the gun is still squarely on him, and afterwards

In the top panel it is still pointing at him, until Chuuya speaks. His tactic isn't working. The enemy never wavers or lowers his gun, he either doesn't believe Dazai or doesn't care.

Chuuya sees that. He sees the gun still pointing at Dazai. He looks annoyed in the first panel above because this man, as far as he knows, is pointing a gun at an innocent kid.

And as soon as Chuuya speaks, the gun shifts to him. Chuuya, King of Sheep, protector and shield. A boy so used to defending those weaker than him, he smiles when he's able to get the attention of a man holding a gun. As far as Chuuya is concerned at this point, Dazai might as well be as defenceless as the rest of The Sheep. Sure, he has his ability No Longer Human, but what good is that against a grown man with a gun? So Chuuya defends him the same way he defends his friends.

And he makes sure to keep that attention on him whilst he tests this man. Yeah, we know he puts his head to the gun to transfer his ability, but I also think it's important that Chuuya waits in this moment. He doesn't just take this guy out because of a perceived threat, he waits until it's confirmed. Chuuya doesn't throw the first punch because Chuuya doesn't start fights, he fights back. Just like The Sheep said, he hits their enemies back a thousand times harder.

Dazai complains Chuuya interrupted him here, but Dazai was completely out of his depth in this moment. Chuuya didn't ruin his plan, he saved his life.

Gutted because I am once again reminded that DEAN LOVED CAS SO FUCKING MUCH had there been no deal with the Empty and they landed in the exact same situation DEAN WOULD HAVE CONFESSED FIRST he would have said he wanted something he knew he couldn't have but at least he got to go out with a bang THAT'S what Pamela stood for during the Michael dream and if that dream, that narrative, was all about Dean's deepest desires being used against him to make him stay then what the fuck was all that subtext about IF DEAN DIDN'T LOVE CAS WHY DID HE PARALLEL JOHN AFTER MARY DIED THE FIRST TIME literally there is no fucking way.

Dean would have confessed first istg y'all, he loved Cas so fucking much it hurts and extenuating circumstances aside, he's always been chasing Cas when Cas left or—like in Rupture—let go when Cas deserved space to rethink his decisions and actions. From Leviathans to Purgatory to the Angel Tablets to the Mark of fucking Cain to Amara and all the crap with Chuck. There were many mistakes made but the fact stands that Dean loved Cas so fucking much.

Heaven: Wow, Aziraphale, I am impressed. It's a miracle how your Absolute Worst Enemy, the demon Crowley, has not noticed you for 6000 years.

Hell: so do you guys fuck or what