#but hell... heaven... michael sheen!

[tampire]

Crowley Edition

[mobius-m-mobius]

Oh, Crowley. Nothing lasts forever.

[bluberryfields]

This is what happens when you're raised by TV and trained in literary analysis

Beyond the crushing heartbreak of that finale, one thing in particular has stuck with me when I look at it in the context of S2 as a whole.

He lays out their relationship, "We're a team, a group. A group of the two of us. And we've spent our existence pretending that we aren't."

He then turns his head away and says, "I mean, the last few years, not really."

He pauses here, facing the interior of the bookshop. Really looks it up and down.

Turns back, "And I would like to spend" before choking on his words and looks toward the window. He can't finish saying something like "And I would like to spend eternity with you" because that's too much, too fast, for both of them.

But it's that "last few years" bit that has firmly lodged itself in my very broken brain.

According to Gaiman, it's been "a few years" since the end of Season 1. Armageddon has been averted. Heaven and Hell have reluctantly retreated. Crowley and Aziraphale have been effectively cut loose from their "sides," leaving them to form their own side.

So at the start of Season 2, we get a glimpse of the “fragile existence” they have carved out for themselves. To me, the biggest difference that we see is how they exist together in front of others. Going to the coffee shop, the pub, and the other shops along the street that Aziraphale has lived on for over 200 years. And don’t forget how they act in front of Nina, Maggie, and sweet, dim Muriel.

At the coffee shop, Aziraphale stammers a bit when Nina asks who Crowley is, but he still seems to have affection in his voice when he says, "We go back a long time."

Compared to Shakespearian "He's not my friend! We've never met before. We don't know each other!" panic, this is an incredible difference.

Of course, each time, Crowley is cool and cheeky and does nothing to indicate that they aren't a pair. Though, of course, he does deny it when Nina asks about Aziraphale being his side piece. “He’s not my bit on the side! He’s far too pure of heart to be anyone’s bit on the side.” And refers to him as an “Angel [swallows]I know.”

When they go the pub, Crowley's joy at doing something together in public that they do not normally do is super cute, including his cheeky order for Aziraphale's sherry. Then, when bringing the drinks over to the socially trapped Aziraphale, he greets Mr. Brown with a truly adorable, "Hello" and a signature DT smile. Then upon hearing how “excited” Mr. Fell is to host the meeting, he looks down and says, “Oh? You astonish me.” while Aziraphale sips his sherry and squirms.

We also watch as Crowley follows Aziraphale as he goes to each shop and talks to the owners about the meeting/secret ball. In theory, Crowley has no reason to tag along, and he certainly doesn’t help sway anyone who doesn’t want to/can’t go. He goofs around at the magic shop. He splays out on the bench, chin on hand, looking for all the world a husband waiting for his wife to pick out a dress at the department store. They are so married it’s ridiculous.

Finally, their behavior in front of Muriel while inside their sanctuary. Crowley sits on the arm of Aziraphale’s chair, somehow looking supremely comfortable on the old-fashioned furniture. He folds up those gloriously long limbs and presses himself as close as possible.

He smiles and plays along with Aziraphale’s coaching of Muriel in her disguise. Calls him Angel and asks to speak in private. And at the end, during the awful wait while Aziraphale talks with The Metatron, Crowley cleans up the shop and tells Muriel that he and Aziraphale will need some “us” time after all this. No beating around the bush. 

Without oversight, they can be openly together and happy. But Heaven just can’t let that happen. 

[mizgnomer]

David Tennant and Michael Sheen on working with each other in Good Omens Season 2 (and talking with their hands)

Source [ MovieWeb ]

[missninapea]

😇☁️Are you a GOOD or a BAD omen..?🔥😈

📖☕Which side are you on?🐍🪴

[acepumpkinpatrick]

Do you see it?!!

DO YOU SEE IT?!!

Like I'm definitely on Crowley's side of the divorce (sorry!) but I see Aziraphale's logic and his honest efforts to say

"I have the power to give you what you needed from heaven now!"

He's trying his damned best to hang on to his principles while keeping Crowley by his side at the same time!! It worked for the past 6000 years why isn't it working now!!!

GAAAH this show is driving me crazy.

[froschli96]

🗣️ Darlin', you give love a bad name

Found this in my old wip folder and it feels now more relevant than ever :)

Also these don't know why I never uploaded these they were just sitting there completely finished:

[geekstuffkittykat]

As promised. This one was alot of imagination work with the lighting but I really pictured this in My mind. ☺️ I'm really enjoying painting my two fav actors together. @neil-gaiman 😇😈

[laniakea314]

“Nobody’s at war. You ✨idiots✨ sent an ✨idiot✨ to lead a gang of ✨idiots✨ to attacK a BoOkShOp. Those ✨idiots✨ there want their archangel back so that they can fire him.” *frustrated demon noises*

Good Omens s2e6 | Every Day

[leoreadss]

Inktober 2024 - Good Omens themed

no.7 Passport(s)

They're ready to go on an adventure!

[noa-oranim]

Another silly little good omens doodle inspired by the good ol’ Pinterest 🤭

I like to imagine that this one is a more casual moment than the other ones I posted. Like the two of them are just waiting at a cross walk (not that Crowley cares about whether or not it says stop or walk, but he knows that azira does) and Crowley has his arm around aziraphale and aziraphale is just so giddy at the whole scene that he can’t help but kiss Crowley, who is delightfully surprised.

Oh to be looked at the way Michael Sheen looks at David Tennant…🥹

[tampire]

"We don’t need Heaven, we don’t need Hell, they’re toxic. We need to get away from them, just be an us."

[hawt-pants-exe]

Day 30 + 31 of Ineffable May

Us, The second coming

I mean I present ye final fifteen Aziraphale and Crowley annnnnd The second coming Archangel Aziraphale and Lord Crowley of Hell 🫡

I’m fashionably late to post this… I know what can I say procrastination seems to love me than myself

Also after all my slacking and procrastination I’ve completed this artwork only in 4 hrs 30 mins??!! Are ya kidding me??? It felt like forever..🤷🏻

[cloud9berries]

Neil Gaiman has said that the season 3 of Good Omens isn’t going to be quiet and romantic, and that it will be the last one. He has told how he and the late Terry Pratchett talked about how the story would continue beyond the book they wrote together.

Now, both Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett have written novels where the existence of gods is defined by belief, American Gods by Neil Gaiman and Small Gods by Terry Pratchett. Gods who are not believed in fade away and eventually cease to exist. Supernatural beings being dependent of human belief are also introduced in Good Omens (both in the book and season 1). Adam tells his human friends that the Four Horsemen are not real: ‘The thing is,’ said Adam urgently, ‘they’re not really real. They’re just like nightmares, really.’ And a little further in the book, Death tells where the four Horsemen disappeared: WHERE THEY BELONG, said Death, still holding Adam’s gaze. WHERE THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN, BACK IN THE MINDS OF MAN. (Capitals by the authors.)

This makes me think that in Good Omens S3, there will be major changes in the relations between Heaven, Hell, and humanity. I predict that Azirapahle and Crowley will join forces and cause a human rebellion against these two arbitrary powers. If Neil Gaiman continues to develop the theme that supernatural beings only survive through human beliefs, it may happen that Heaven and Hell cease to exist. If Heaven and Hell cease to exist, what will happen to the angels and demons? Will they become human? Will they disappear altogether? Or will they find a new way to exist? I hope Azirapahle and Crowley don’t become completely human, but that their ineffable existence would continue in one way or another. Even if Azirapahle and Crowley find humans better than angels and demons. (Aziraphale tells Adam, that he is better than both an angel and demon incarnate, because he is a human incarnate.)

[lodilove]

They look like "Parents listening to their kids gossip from school"

[viking-raider]

Once upon a time, a man from Wales and a man from Scotland fell madly in love--wait, wait, due apologies, that's another story. Let me start over. Once upon a time, an Angel from Heaven and a Demon from Hell fell madly in love...