#Peter Anderson studio

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[pinkladypant]

Forcing a loved one to never skip the Good Omens intro:

[somehow-a-human]

Hey guys, I think everything is going to be okay 🥹

[ilomilodailystuff]

Okay. I see the fandom panicking and even starting to destroy itself...

For the ones who still love GO and would continue to love it as they always did but is judged because of ONE☝️ person's actions that might or might not be true, know you're safe here and I wouldn't judge you for loving GO despite Neil's accusations.

Because you gotta keep in mind that this show AND book are also Terry's. And you have to keep in mind that Neil wasn't alone in that project. Think about all the people that worked on the show, whether it's the crew or the actors. They're absolutely innocent, so why would you spit on their work as if they were guilty too ? Of course none of them would support Neil's actions if it's true, that doesn't mean we have to throw every poster or book or drawing or delete every fanfic or even stop writing fanfic because of this as if everyone were in the same boat.

These accusations are about Neil and Neil only and I would find it kinda sad that this story would be thrown away despite Terry had worked on it too, despite it also was in his memory. Ofc, if it's true, it's obvious Terry wouldn't be okay with it either but does that mean a story fully achieved and their characters have to be condemned with Gaiman ? Mostly when now, a lot of illustrators, writers and animators made it their own ? Mostly when it somehow saved many people's lives ? Mostly when this book or show had made people laugh and cry ?

This fandom is stronger than that.

Let's not mix everything.

Would you find it appropriate to talk about GO to the victims ? Obviously, no. For the sole reason that it's not. the same. thing. We have to put things back in their places. GO is GO, harassment and s*xual aggression are what they are. And it would be incredibly disrespectful to mix both.

So, my point is. Don't be ashamed to love GO despite what's happening. Don't feel guilty for supporting a show while you don't support the author. Don't let the fandom die because of one person's actions when there's so many people who worked on it almost just as much. I understand you're upset, I understand you'd think it might be hypocritical to love a show with the creator being accused of horrible things. But make the difference.

And I can assure you, if Neil is not guilty (and if he is, I hope the victims will get justice and Neil will have what he deserves) I'm pretty sure that he's not thinking about Good Omens at all right now, but just thinking about sorting this out and clearing his name as every innocent person would need to do so.

So, whether the truth is hurtful or a relief, let's keep the GO fandom going. For if it's hurtful, we will make Terry's story alive for his and many people's sake, and if it's a relief, we would have been doing things right by not jumping into conclusions.

Either way, you're welcome here and you're safe with me. Keep loving. Spread some joy. Don't let Neil's possible actions stain a wonderful story that is not only his own ❤️

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Save Good Omens 3!

The delightfully legendary subversive movement among key GO players continues! First, Mickey Ralph, Lead Graphic Designer, tweets on 10/15, "Well team, we may have bloody done the impossible. Looks like I might be headed back up to Scotland" and then adds "KEEP SHOWING LOVE!!", "PROVE TO THEM ITS WORTH IT!!", "@FYeahGoodOmens pls jump in and rally the troops!" (tweet since deleted). Plus a comment on Instagram, "Oops! Not me leaking info to hungry fans":

And now Peter Anderson Studio, today, 10/18, "here's a sign we designed that could perhaps lead you to a nice little cottage" and a reply to someone (about their "weeks of silence") with a gif with the text "Were you silent or were you silencedt?!":

That post was replaced with this less-obviously-GO one (the comments are great, go read them!), "Many of you may not know we design signage sometimes too! Here��s one we made for South Downs National Park a few years ago":

They're feeding us hope in return for us showing strong support to Amazon to #ResumeGoodOmens3 🥰 Keep it up everyone, let's get our hashtags trending!

[rainbowpopeworld]

We love the Peter Anderson Studio and they love the fandom!

Do we think this is the South Downs? Does anyone recognize the structures? That looks like a telephone box on the left

Also I love that the crows are there in the sky😍

Above image is from this post and the rest are from the short video here

And the black and white version if Georgia Tennant were making this post 😅 (too soon?):

[crowleysgirl56]

Good Omens season 3/finale thought of the day:

The opening credits sequence! One thing that I’m very sad about is how we’ll only get to see it the one time. I had wondered if each episode was going to be slightly different to give us more clues as to what would happen. But I guess there isn’t really any point in dwelling on what might have been. So instead, let’s speculate on how the opening sequence might look for the finale.

My initial thoughts begin with where Crowley and Aziraphale are. For seasons 1 and 2 they are always walking together from left to right (kind of like an old 2D platform game), walking towards a specific destination…

…and always had many other characters trailing behind them.

But they aren’t talking this time round. So I believe we’ll have Aziraphale walk across the top of the screen (in the Heavens) and Crowley walking across the bottom (on earth).

Will we see them meet together again in the end? Will we see battles being fought? Will that giant mountain thing with the staircase going up one side and the weird thing sticking out the other side in the first two seasons get explained?

I can’t wait to find out! Let me know your thoughts and theories!

[theonevoice]

I'm sorry are you seeing what I'm seeing?

[leoreadss]

Sorry what?????? I’m so happy!

Here’s the link to the video

[youryurigoddess]

On love and sacrifices

There’s so much more to this scapegoating business and big sacrifices referenced in the Good Omens narrative than the literal goats. And they’re only getting bigger, louder, final.

But let’s take it slow and start with the beginning, quite literally — i.e., with the Good Omens 2 title sequence. As we follow Aziraphale and Crowley on their journey, the universe warps and their usual left and right side positioning switches during the magic show (not accidentally an act of trust and sacrifice required both from the angel and the demon). They stay so throughout the next scene, which is their little dance in the air, and after they seemingly get settled on the A. Z. Fell and Co.’s roof and back to normal, the flipped sky in the background suggests that something’s not quite right yet. In the central part of the shot looms a large, humanlike shadow of the Elephant Trunk Nebula.

The nebula is a part of a constellation called Cepheus, after an Ethiopian king from the Greek mythology who agreed to sacrifice his only daughter in order to appease the gods and end a local calamity started by her mother and his wife, Cassiopeia (talk about generational responsibility). With time and a delightfully ironic twist of fate, the name of said daughter, Andromeda, became more famous than that of her father. Although she was chained up to a rock and offered to the sea serpent Cetus, the girl was spotted by the warrior Perseus, casually flying over the sea — either on the back of the Pegasus or thanks to a pair of winged sandals — after his victory over Medusa. He fell in love on the spot, defeated the serpent (with the help of a magical sword or Medusa’s severed head, depending on the varying sources), and freed the princess. That’s not exactly where their story ends, but we won’t be getting into the rest here.

Not surprisingly, Neil has mentioned two parallel child sacrifice stories from the biblical context back in August. The first is one of the big ones — The Binding of Isaac. God's command to sacrifice Isaac, his only son, was a test of Abraham's faith. The angel of the Lord intervenes and provides a ram to be sacrificed in the boy’s place.

The second one isn’t nearly as popular, but you might have heard a variant of it in fairy tales or as the Law of Surprise invoked in The Witcher saga. In exchange for Israel’s victory over its enemies in battle, Jephthah had rashly promised God to repay the debt with the first thing seen on his return back home. The victorious warrior didn’t suspect to see his only child moving innocently "to meet him with timbrels and with dances" though. In horror, Jephthah covered his eyes with his cloak, but to no avail: ultimately, he was forced to honor his vow to God, and the girl was sacrificed. As grisly as it might look like in the Old Master’s paintings, it’s important to remember that human sacrifices weren’t limited to physical offerings only — Jephthah’s daughter might have been offered to God in the sense of officially shunning her family and dedicating her life to service instead, probably sequestered in a temple somewhere.

Interestingly, the main character of a big chunk of the Bible and the reason for the Second Coming happens to be THE most influential child sacrifice in the modern history. You know, a certain 33-year-old carpenter sent by his Heavenly Father to die on a cross for the sins of the mankind? Someone better call Aubrey Thyme ASAP.

Circling back to Aziraphale, he could be also seen as a representative of the concept of filial piety, since Eden willing to personally take a Fall not only for the humanity’s collective or individual transgressions, but the shortcomings of his Ineffable Parental Figure as well. Our favorite angel angel always fights for what is right and good, sure, but why would that be even a thing if God was truly omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent?

If Aziraphale’s medal is anything to go by, it looks like we might get an answer from the way it’s introducing another mythological narrative into the game, that is the story of Daedalus and Icarus. The most absorbing thing about this is the stark contrast to the recurring child sacrifice references for S3 mentioned in this post — Daedalus isn’t a father who wanted to sacrifice his son, it was his attempt to save him from imprisonment that ultimately drove Icarus to his death. The boy ignored his father’s explicit instructions, committing the grave and culturally universal sin of disobedience to one's parents that simply couldn’t go unpunished, one way or another.

But Icarus’s transgression could be seen both as high-flying ambition and striving for personal accomplishment as well as humanitarian sacrifice for knowledge and humanity’s advancement in general.

Similarly to a certain angel who left everything for what superficially seems like a work promotion, but is the ultimate act of love — both for his demon and the children they have been protecting and nurturing together for six thousand years. From the very Beginning, his white wings have been shielding everything he holds dear in this world.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

[highlandwhackamole]

We could've seen. bus.

Peter Anderson, in his Ineffable Con 5 session, was asked about the name of the boat in the pile of items that the procession climbs in the Season 2 intro. He didn't know off the top of his head. But he did follow that up with: "Speaking of which, did anybody look at the bus? What was on the bus?"

He didn't really elaborate on the bus, other than it "was a special Good Omens bus."

Let's assume for the purposes of this post that he's talking about a bus in the intro, which was the current topic of conversation. (Rather than the actual, in-service bus that was wrapped to promote the series.) I am pretty sure this is the bus in question:

So what's on the bus?

There's an ad on the side, which is interesting. Wings for Victory was a fundraising effort in 1943.

And there's also what looks like a route identifier on the front:

I think this says GO2 (as the route number): Soho, Green Park, Victoria; Soho Square. That's a fairly reasonable bus route; the actual 38 bus takes a similar one.

In the X-Ray, Peter Anderson also brings up where the bus is going. Very briefly. So clearly it means something to him.

There is one more thing I found, because of course there is. Amazon did a behind the scenes tour of the Season 2 set as a prize for a promotional contest. There was a bus involved:

Interestingly, there was also a TikTok including the bus which shows a different set of stops for the route.

What does it mean? I have no idea. Ours* is not to reason why; ours is to deliver packages. Of research. What do you think?

*and by Ours I mean Mine

[captainfantasticalright]

The Peter Anderson Studio and how they originally developed the ineffable opening sequence for Good Omens.

I also covered most of the easter eggs you can find in the season 2 opening sequence here.

And if you want to read the interviews used for this post:

Peter Anderson Studio Title Sequence

Title Sequence Polygon

Indigo Awards

Art of the Title

The official page of the Peter Anderson Studio

[ineffableandco]

A recap of the panel with Peter Anderson Studio at The Ineffable Con 4

- Season 2 opening titles are a direct continuation of the end of Season 1 opening titles.

- All of it is only possible because of Neil Gaiman and Douglas Mackinnon. Peter Anderson says it’s because of “their brillance as creatives and their celebration of each person that they work with. They have a kind of respect for and celebrate, but they also collaborate in the best way possible.”

- Gabriel is hidden in every scene of the title sequence.

- The duck referenced on Mr. Brown’s newspaper (ep. 2) appears in the title sequence too (duck playing the accordion at the front of the stage).

- The indication cards (London, Present Day, Hell, etc) are made for real and then filmed.

- The Scotland hills were made with paper maché. The green and blue tartan is actually a Mackinnon tartan in reference to Douglas Mackinnon.

- The spider and Nazi fly were created for real and then filmed.

- The nebulae we can see at the beginning were chosen because people could relate to them.

- Peter Anderson confirms that there are hints for Season 3 in the Season 2 title sequences.

- It took about 6 months to make the opening titles.

- The symbols in heaven are actual language that can be decoded.

- The planet being born when Aziraphale and Crowley are dancing is just a planet.

- The Adam headstone refers to Adam and Eve.

- The names behind the chairs in the magic show are important. They all connect to different episodes and characters.

@neil-gaiman @theineffablecon

[noneorother]

I see a little silhouetto of a man...in the opening credits of season 2.

While scanning the opening credits for more clues the other day I came across something rather curious... Enhance!

Enhance!

Ah there we go.

Wait, what? Why is there a man hiding under the counter in the theatre. And why is he the only person in the entirety of both season's worth of opening credits to not be side facing, but instead looking directly at the camera? Also, what is he holding? I need answers. Thanks to @embracing-the-ineffable for the enhancing!

[crowleysgirl56]

Anyone else in the Good Omens fandom feel like this:

Last 72 hours be like:

- head graphic designer teases production is back on but then deletes tweets referencing this

- Good Omens starts trending on Twitter

- gorgeous never before seen still shots from season 2 start circulating

- casting outlet and entertainment info media account circulate rumour regarding a season finale movie

- everyone unsure if this means season 3 is becoming a movie or if episode 6 of season 3 is becoming a movie length episode or if it’s just a mistake/lie

- speculation runs wild (yeah I know I’m no help here either)

- Peter Anderson studio drops adorable picture of a South Downs welcome sign they helped design, and hint at a cottage down the road.

Bloody hell, I don’t know about you but I’m exhausted. Honestly I hope I can add Prime confirms season 3 goes back into production and Neil Gaiman has been removed soon to this list. Meantime, I’m going to bed.