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made a little aziracrow edit ^^

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Crowley

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In regards to Warlock Dowling,

I feel so bad for him. For starters both of his parents are emotionally neglectful.

His father is always darting around the world, in meetings, and didn’t even spare time for his birth. Let alone, any other milestones in his life pressumably.

His mother doesn’t really care about anything he does, even his name “Warlock” is kind of just a way to get back at her husband. She seems to care more about keeping up appearances and in the one or two scenes their together it’s obvious they aren’t close.

The only time we see them together is during a publicity stunt where Warlock is actually well behaved compared to the failed dinosaur outing.

At his birthday party we don’t see him with a close knit group of friends like Adam.

And to make matters worse he’ll never know his real parents/the more normal childhood he could’ve had.

Crowley and Aziraphale basically acted as his parental figures, and they were also contradicting each other. At least in the show they didn’t raise him since he was a baby but raising a child since they were 6 to 11 certainly leaves a mark on their life.

Then he gets abandoned by the both of them for the 3-5 years in between season 1 & 2 and most likely the foreseeable future . No explanation seen, no nothing. That’s so sad 😭. 6 years is nothing to an Angel and Demon, both of them were ready to kill him with a little hesitation on Aziraphale’s side.

Little Warlocj despite everything is a relatively normal child, though a bit bratty and spoiled. But with his upbringing, this makes complete sense.

anyways this is the end of my rant.

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Crowley being Crowley to Aziraphale (I still haven’t figured out how to draw him TT)

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I’m CACKLING over the fact that Gabriel told Aziraphale “I love you” before Crowley did 😭

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Interpretation of Sn 2 Ending

Throughout the confession and afterwards we see that they are clearly not in the same headspace. Aziraphale tells Crowley that he needs him in Heaven with him, that they can make a change. On some level he is unsure if he can face this on his own (no matter what you think Azi true intentions may have been).

However Crowley takes a step back in all of this. All this new information seems like an affront to his initial plan. He was already confused and overwhelmed with Nina pushing him to confess, Beel and Gabriel getting together, and even before that the two of them dancing together. Now Crowley feels like Aziraphale is slipping away from him and as their trying to convince each other of their viewpoints, both are taking in very different messages.

Aziraphale is confused why Crowley won’t help him as he always has, and in a way feels as though he’s abandoning him because of his hatred towards heaven.

Whereas Crowley feels like Aziraphale doesn’t trust him; that he sees him as an exception to hell or maybe not even that and is anandoning him for his love of heavan.

cue the desperation of their kiss as his last ditch effort to convey something, anything to Aziraphale really. Because I don’t think Crowley believed, wholeheartedly atleast, that he could convince Aziraphale in that moment. He was just slipping away, and what else was there to do.

Then Aziraphale says I forgive you, and then Crowley says don’t bother.

Crowley very much feels like this is the ending of something and sees no point in reconciliation. This wasn’t the moment he envisioned in his head, this wasn’t how things were supposed to go, and he was the one who pulled away first.

He’s lost to heaven before, and this is him losing again.

Whereas Aziraphale doesn’t think they can be together right now until they work things out.

You can see Aziraphale physically wipe off Crowley’s kiss because he knows it was not one borne from love. As though it is something tainted and dirty.

Which adds to the hurt of his “I forgive you” line because it shows him rejection that moment, and that moment felt different in their minds.

A scene I love that they added was when we see that Crowley has been waiting outside and Aziraphale looks back at him.

Throughout history we’ve seen Crowley leaving when things get tough, but he stays. After one of the most gutting moments between them he stays.

A part of Crowley may have been hoping that Aziraphale change my mind. But we see Aziraphale look back, not knowing whether or not Crowley would be there.

Aziraphale needs to see him, and I think that Crowley might have known that.

He needs to see that even though they aren’t on the same page, Crowley will still be there.

It is such a tragic final confirmation of their love, and I think it gives them both some semblance of peace before theyre able to turn away from each other.

because imagine if Aziraphale hadn’t turned back? Imagine if their last moments were backs turnt, doors closing behind them? It’s such a subtle but impactful scene to me.

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Good Omens relates to Pride and Prejudice

Throughout season two we keep seeing allusions of Jane Austen and pride and prejudice. From the bookshop scene where their dancing, Crowley’s offhanded comment about Jane, when Jim reads the first line of Pride and Prejudice, etc.

Though this is used to show how the two of them don’t quite understand love and romance in human terms when pushing Nina and Maggie together, I kept thinking about the greater symbolism Neil was trying to put emphasis on. I don’t think he would have pointed it out so many times if there wasn’t one.

Aziraphale shows parallels to Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice. She starts off as someone who believes herself to be good, and has a fixed perspective on the world around her. We see her respond in disbelief that Mr.Wickham could be a liar, because of her overconfidence in her perceptiveness and good opinion, a downfalling we see prevalent in Aziraphale’s character. 

And just like Aziraphale, Elizabeth is initially quite reluctant to admit that her worldview could be wrong and they both misconstrue their respective partner’s intentions, this being a main motivator when she goes on reject Mr.Darcy’s first Proposal. How she rejected him and how we see Aziraphale rejecting Crowley is very similar. Instead of explaining I’ll show some you:

“walked about the room.  Elizabeth was surprised, but said not a word. After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began”

“Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. This he considered sufficient encouragement, and the avowal of all that he felt and had long felt for her immediately followed. ”

“She tried, however, to compose herself to answer him with patience, when he should have done. He concluded with representing to her the strength of that attachment which, in spite of all his endeavours, he had found impossible to conquer; and with expressing his hope that it would now be rewarded by her acceptance of his hand.”

and of course they get into a fight about who is right, and this quite from Darcy just reminds me of Crowley. “And this,'' cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, ``is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully. My faults, according to this calculation, are heavy indeed!”

``You have said quite enough, madam. I perfectly comprehend your feelings, and have now only to be ashamed of what my own have been. Forgive me for having taken up so much of your time, and accept my best wishes for your health and happiness.'

And with these words he hastily left the room, and Elizabeth heard him the next moment open the front door and quit the house.”

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I was thinking more about the coffee theory, particularly the symbolism of the coffee. Three big things that stand out.

The coffee order: oat milk latte with dash of almond.

2. The phrase: “Give me Coffee or Give me Death”

3. Metaton saying: “Does anyone ever choose Death?” “So Predictable” and Crowley saying: “He’s unpredictable”

With the coffee order two theological references stand out to me, the lesson of the almond tree and Psalms 25:7-17. First of the hebrew of the word “almond” can also be read as “to watch” and throughout the story god is assuring Jeremiah that he is always watching and intends to keep his word. “I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.” (Jeremiah 1:9-10) This is very ominous in the context of the story as he seeks to uproot and bring calamity upon Israel for a better tomorrow. Just like how God wanted to bring about armageddon in season one. Then later on it says, “the Lord watched (shaked) upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all His works which He does: for we obeyed not His voice.” (Daniel 9:14). Metaton is God’s voice, rejection of hin his “almond branch” is a rejection of gods will.

Then the Psalms passage distinctly reminds me of Aziraphale. In the beginning its begs forgiveness for “sowed wild oats” then says “plan only the best for me, god. God is fair and just; he corrects the misdirected, sends them in the misdirected”. At this point in good omens Aziraphale is largely seen traitor and Metaton is quite literally leading him to heaven in accordance to his plans. (I’m willing to admit this part may be a bit of a stretch though)

It’s the last three lines that stand out to me in particular. “If I keep my eyes on god, I won’t trip over my own feet. Look at me and help me! I’m all alone and in big trouble. My heart and kidneys are fighting each other; Call a truce to this civil war”

For reference heart and kidneys are often used in conjunction to one another in the bible. The heart often representing one’s spirit and psyche whereas the kidney representing one’s turmoil, temperament, and sometimes moral discernment. So take that information as you wish.

Then theres the phrase “Give me Coffee or Give me Death” a play on the phrase “Give me Liberty or give me Death.” Aziraphale is presented two positions in the situation, accept the coffee (god’s will) or go against it and receive death. As Metaton predicted he chooses coffee, almost hinting at Aziraphale following a path that’s already been planned out in front of him.

then of course theres the “so predictable” “he’s unpredictable” quotes which I think are pretty straight forward. There’s more to Metaton than meets the eye and distrust is being placed upon him.

I don’t know if this all completely makes sense but it’s been on my mind and I had to tell someone. 🤧

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This has probably already been said, but I love that Crowley has essentially turned his flat into a mini heaven where he positions himself as god.

The organized, minimalistic white walls. His little plant garden where he punishes the plants he views as disobeying him with their “spots”. It’s a really neat detail and him refusing to move into Fell’s bookshop (the opposite of heaven, warm, cozy, and personable) is really interesting to me! ^_^