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Unable to Reconcile

So, looking for any help. There are a couple of things that "bother" me that I can't reconcile. Well, there are others but I'll start with these two.

First, in E1, the tiny, surreptitious half-miracle-each to hide Jim that results in flashing red lights, and loud klaxons sounding off in heaven.

Compared to E6, when Aziraphale blows up his halo. This we are told is perceived as very nearly an act of starting a war, and all we get is a bright flash of light in heaven?

And second, in E1, Crowley initially refuses to help Azi with Jim and storms out. Returns after the chat with Beez, and he has to do the apology dance.

Then in E5/E6, Crowley tells Azi that he won't leave him on his own to deal with the demons attacking the friggin' bookshop, but then Crowley does just that, does not return to help. And apparently that's not egregious enough to warrant an apology dance? In fact, Azi never brings it up in any way. [Granted things got a little bit busy and emotional, but still.]

It feels like the consequences are mixed up with the actions. Or something. But I can't reconcile them, time-wise, chronologically, to match them up with how -- in my brain -- they "should" have been. For example: The miracle=bright flash of light. The "thing with the halo"=red flashing lights and klaxons.

I know that the idea is that Azi and Crowley working together are very powerful. So much more powerful than blowing up one's halo? I suppose it's possible, but it just still bothers me. Along with what warrants an apology dance.

Any ideas? Is it just me?

UPDATE: For a good laugh, follow up with this one about how ridiculous it sounds to swap things around.

Uncomfortable Ramifications

As a separate follow-up to my post about my perceived disparity between the actions and their results of the alarms in heaven and the apology dance, I'm going to try to describe - as if it isn't obvious - why these are so scary to try and resolve. And this is coming from someone who is all-but onboard with the possibility that there are two realities (for want of a better word). And/or that things are so very out of order. Or overlapping...or something!

So, yeh, I'm just going to put myself out here for ridicule and pity. But I think I will feel better just to get it out of my brain and out there.

If we I try to put the bright flash of light in heaven with the Jim-hiding miracle, that puts Crowley in two places at the "same" time... but at two supposed different chronological times (????): performing the miracle with Azi AND being in heaven with Muriel and Saraqael, which is supposed to be during the demon attack. WTH?

In my post comparing the different Arrivals, I asked about this:

As for those trumpets...what? Why are we hearing trumpets? I know we hear them in S1E4 after they beat up Aziraphale and that was to signal that Armageddon was starting.

If the trumpets that Azi hears in the music shop with Maggie in E2, are when Crowley and the angels return to earth as a result of Azi blowing up his halo and nearly declaring war on hell, rather than the "hiding Gabriel" inquiry...well, that obviously puts Azi in two places at the same...different...time. WTF?

As an aside, if the trumpets really correspond to Michael, Uriel, and Saraqael simply going to earth, to the bookshop, to inquire about Gabriel, that seems to contradict the Metatron's desire (order?) to explicitly NOT raise any alarms about Gabriel's disappearance.

SARAQUEL: Right. I can't… I can't find his memory anywhere. In fact, I can't find him in the building. He's left Heaven. Should I sound an alert? METATRON: Oh, don't be so wet. No, you're all just going to have to find him. That's all.

So, again, I ask, what's with the trumpets?

Anyway, I don't even know what I'm saying anymore.

If the apology dance is for not returning to help defend the shop against the demons, that puts the demon attack before they even perform the miracle to hide Gabriel. Not to mention before the kiss and Azi's departure.

So even though the actions (e.g., the hiding miracle/halo explosion, and what warrants an apology dance) and their results feel out of proportion, trying to swap those around just makes things worse.

And, yes, I am very much aware what utter BS this must sound like. I get it.

My own brain hurts. It's just that I'm having a problem taking the chrono order that we've been shown without questioning it. On the other hand, perhaps I have no choice.

I hope I have given you all a good laugh. And maybe this post just needs to sink into obscurity. Yeh, probably for the best.

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