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"Well... lovely knowing you all. May we meet on a better occasion."

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surely this has been done

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I've decided it would be sensible to collect as much of my S2 meta as I can find into one post:

Gabriel, God's Voice and Misplaced Memories

The Metatron as The Man Behind the Curtain

The significance or lack thereof of #37

Aziraphale as the Last Believer - Parallels with Pratchett's Small Gods

The Relevance of Great Expectations, Pride & Prejudice and The Crow Road in S2

The Significance of Saint-Saëns' Dance Macabre

The Coffee Order - or OMELAS - theory

Almond as a Biblical Reminder

God is Watching - Symbolism in the Set Dressing

The Ineffable Mrs Sandwich

Mr Brown's Chairs - Foreshadowing of S3

Aziraphale's every increasing toe-dip into grey areas

Angels are like Bees - Parallels with Pratchett's Lord & Ladies

The Austentatious Influence - How Austen's works feed into S2

From a Certain Point of View - The Fall-Out

The Metatron's History and Role

Blameless Goats - The Symbolism of Goats in the Bible

Aziraphale's Choice

I'm sure I'm missing some of them, but this is a good start.

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Let there be light

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I love the drama of s2. But I'm not ready to draw anything serious

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#need jesus to recognize crowley in season 3 #aziraphale orchestrates the second coming of christ and then has to watch the man himself flirt with his ex husband #friendship ended with ineffable husbands this is now a crowley x jesus blog

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Perseverance is the key...

Incorrect Good Omens Quotes Masterpost : here

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If the coffee theory doesn't quite sit right with you, but you're still super weirded out by how much emphasis they put on the order, I think I've figured out some symbolism that could be behind the order that would send a message AND has biblical ties.

We've got an oat milk latte (oats) with almond syrup.

In the Bible, Paul says: “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” In other words, you reap what you sow.

What has Aziraphale been doing for the last few years? According to Crowley, dropping the pretense that they aren't a couple. Aziraphale touches Crowley, gazes openly at him, yanks him out to dance with him. That's not even to mention the fact that he was not hiding it very well before, and Heaven knows he's been a "traitor" for a long time.

In other words, to Heaven, he's been wildly irresponsible. He's been sowing his wild oats.

There's been some info floating around that almonds in the Bible mean purity -- there is also a story wherein the almond branch is a symbol that God is always watching. I think it's supposed to be a positive thing, but one could certainly see how that could be threatening.

Putting it together, the message is this: "We know what you've done and we see what you're doing. You think we haven't been watching? Guess again. We are always watching. God is always watching."

Whether Aziraphale knew that right away or not, I don't know. He didn't seem threatened by it. But it's possible that, if he had even a subconscious inkling of the symbolism of these two things, it could've influenced his behavior.

Or maybe it wasn't a message for him at all. Maybe it was a message for the audience. You think Heaven was really just going to go away and our ineffable heroes would just be happy? Hahaha. Think again. Heaven never went away. Heaven will never go away.

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In 0.5 seconds and without saying a single word, Michael Sheen changed lives.

This was the bitchiest bitch moment Aziraphale had in all 2 seasons. Thank you for your service, respectfully, I am deceased.

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Good  Omens S2 (spoilers)

I took a day off work for this. It’s like Christmas. I stayed up the previous night to watch all the episodes, then wrote out this experience before reading anyone else’s reviews and takes. very much a no structure post, not a review for what I thought about the season itself.

I have not slept much since. Be warned.

Also spoilers. Screenshot heavy post >

“Oh Crowley, nothing lasts forever.”

Keep reading

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You remember Jane Austen? Yeah. I'm not gonna forget her in a hurry, am I? The brains behind the 1810 Clerkenwell Diamond Robbery. Brandy smuggler. Master spy. What a piece of work. She wrote books. Novels. Jane? Austen? Yes! Whoa, bit of a dark horse. Novels, eh? Yes. They were very good. Good Omens (2019-) || Pride and Prejudice (2005)

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That nightingale line is ingrained in my brain atm

⚠️ Spoilers for the finale ⚠️

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"That's the point. No nightingales."

DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS MEANS???

Both Crowley and Aziraphale were fully aware that "A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square" was playing while they were at the Ritz

That song holds enough significance for them that Crowley will bring it up in this conversation knowing that Aziraphale will understand what he's saying

They were aware that there was a nightingale singing when they were at the Ritz

They understand the significance of the nightingale in the song and therefore the significance of the actual nightingale and what that represents in their relationship

What Crowley is effectively saying here is "Remember when we were dining at the Ritz? And the song playing in the back was a song about a nightingale singing in Berkley Square while two angels fall in love while dining at the Ritz? And remember that there was an actual nightingale singing in the square when we were there? Well, there aren't any nightingales here."

I'm going to cry

It's their song and they both know that it's their song!

Extra point: A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square played as soon as Crowley got in the car, and he was hoping he and Aziraphale would spend some alone time at the Ritz, so did Crowley have it set up to play on the way there???

This finale broke me

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Crowley is Lucifer

(Ok I know some of you don't believe this theory but I highly suggest you give this a quick read anyway. I tried to make it short and easy and I'll be going chronologically, from s1 all through s2)

- First, let's get this out of the way, Lucifer and Satan aren't neccesarilly the same person. Even in the show the devil that appeared in s1 has only ever been reffered to as Satan, not even once as Lucifer.

- In the bible Lucifer was the one to tempt Eve with the apple, and who do we know that does that in the show. Crowley is literally THE snake from Eden.

- An obvious one perhaps, but the red hair is also a giveaway

- In the bible Jesus was tempted by the devil for 30 days, in the show Crowley says "I showed him all the kingdoms of the world", so that's another role Lucifer has that Crowley had in the show

- It's well known (even mentioned in the Sandman) that Lucifer was the most beautiful of all angels, and our demon is played by no other than David Tennant

Now on to season 2 because there's a LOT to unpack here

- He litterally started the engine of the universe which was one of Lucifers roles

- He's the first to say "let there be light", which is pretty fucking huge since that is Gods line

- "I worked closely with upstairs on it" even in the first scene they're telling us Crowley is an angel of very very high rank

- He fell for asking questions, which is litterally what Lucifer fell for, for questioning God. This in and of itself should be a pretty big indicator. "I only ever asked questions"

- Shax: "a miracle of enourmous power only the mightiest of archangels can perform"

Crowley: "How do you know I didn't do it"

And Shax just... doesn't counter that. She looks even skeptical, as if it COULD be a possibility, unlike Uriel who says to Aziraphale don't excpect us to believe you did it. Shax litterally doesn't shut the option down which confirms Crowley has the power not only of an archangel but of the mightiest kind

- In the bookshop with Gabriel/Jim he says "I don't remember. It [gravity] seemed like a good idea when we were all talking about it"

- "You're welcome to come in, you might even spot an archangel" don't tell me this was Crowley just egging Shax on and not being sneaky

- The fact that he could sense the demons coming. "Somethings wrong""It's coming in waves", when Aziraphale couldn't. It could be a demon thing but we saw Sandalphon, an archangel of lower rank, in the first season mention "something smells evil" so obviously angels can sense demons too, they just have to be powerful enough. And keep in mind Sandalphon was already in the book shop for quite some time, Crowley sensed them even before they had arrived (he also sensed the hell hound who was some fucking miles away)

- The.fucking.folder. "You have to be a throne or dominion above" and this dude opens these clasified documents like it's nothing. If this isn't an indicator of his high position as an angel I don't know what is.

- He's worked with Saraqael, another very high ranking angel

- "I'm the only first order archangel in the room"... and the camera imediately pans to Crowley, and for anyone who's read the book and watched the show you know that rarely anything is coincidental

- When the Metatron says they can't lose another prince of heaven. This... this fucking line. So it's relatively well known that Gabriel and Lucifer are brothers, and if Gabriel is one of the princes of heaven I wonder who the other one could be. "Two princes of heaven". And the Metatrons words were very careful, he doesn't say lost as in heaven can't find him, he says it in the context that they won't be sending Gabriel to hell since they won't lose another prince to downstairs

- In the bookshop when no one can identify the Metatron he turns to Crowley who imediately recognises him. Now you have this dude, who's literally on top of the angel hierarchy and is responsible for running heaven and the connection to God themself, surrounded by archangels and a principality you spoke to face to face with just a few years ago and... none of them can tell who you are, the only one who does is the literal demon. That tells us that Crowley has not only seen him in this form, but has probably worked with the Metaron himself personally. "Always asking damn fool questions", 10 million angels and he remembers what this one particular angel was like 6000 years ago

- Crowley is also very reluctant to reveal his identity as an angel. Now if he were just an ordinary angel of no real significance he wouldn't have a problem revealing his name, but... if his name was one that's the literal representation of all evil in this world, then it is understandable he keeps it a secret, in fear he might scare Aziraphale away

- And I wanted to leave the best for last. So you remember in the book when Crowley has to sign his name to start Armaggedon, and Hastur tells him "no, your real name" after which he reluctantly writes it. Now in the book we never see him write anything, but in the show we see him write a sygil, something that looks very mich like an L. An L... A FUCKING L. And now I wonder how this theory didn't come up sooner.

(Also he can fucking stop time, like dafuq)

Edit:

- "Oh looky here it's Lucifer and the guys" we all thought he was talking about someone else, he's just refferencing things other angels have said about HIM. FUCK

- I keep seing people saying Crowleys memories were wiped because he couldn't remember Saraqael and Furfur. But I think people forget, demons lie. He's lying to make them think he's not that angel they worked with, that he's not Lucifer. (In season 1 we hear him a few times refferencing his life as an angel, so he does remember most of it)

- Also saying if the Raphael theory were true then as showrunners they would have mentioned him somewhere for those not that familiar with the bible (or don't read much fanfiction). The refferences for Crowleys past are so so vague that it would be too sudden and confusing if he were Raphael. But there is one name that everyone is familiar with, no matter who you are how old you are or where you're from, a name that needs no introducing.

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Like father, like daughter

Bonus 🙃

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Crowley’s hairstyles/looks - down through the ages ...now including Good Omens Season Two

The original Season One post [ x ]

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I went through every possible emotion in those last 20 minutes, plus some that I made up on the spot! how are y'all?

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You wouldn’t be interested in humans falling in love, would you?