#goodomenss2spoilers

[vroomvroomwee]

Yes, yes, the "i forgive you," the "no nightingales," and the "nothing lasts forever" are all great lines. But to me, the most heartbreaking was this one

And not enough people are talking about it.

This is the moment where Aziraphale breaks. This is the moment he realises the severity of their conversation. The horrible consequences that could follow.

This is the moment where Aziraphale, for the first time in probably all 2 seasons, spoke from his feelings instead of his logic.

Accompanied by Michael's breathtaking acting, where in just 2 seconds, he managed to convey all the excruciating and tragic feelings that Aziraphale has been going through all this time. His eyes, relaying the utter pain Aziraphale is, and has been, feeling for a long time, that he's finally unable to control anymore.

This is the moment where we and Crowley understand that Aziraphale has been lying this whole time.

"He's not my friend. We've never met before we dont know each other." Yes, he is. Yes, we have. Yes, we do.

"Were not friends." Yes, we are.

"We have nothing whatsoever in common, I don't even like you." Yes, we do. Yes, I do.

This is the moment he admits that every time he's called Crowley a fiend, an enemy, evil, not his friend, he has been lying through and through in an attempt to hide what he really feels, what he really thinks, should by chance Heaven or Hell get a word of it. He has been lying every single time.

This is the moment where he lets his true feelings out. Prompted by sheer desperation and panic, he finally said what he's been denying for millennia.

"I need you"

[reasonably-tattered]

thinking about how gentle and understanding Aziraphale is when Muriel is too anxious to drink their tea, as opposed to the false warmth of the Metatron pressuring Aziraphale into drinking that coffee... that soft guilt is a sort of coercion (see, look at this nice thing I've done for you! now you'd better enjoy it in the ways I demand.)

[abbierhoad]

The part of the kiss that was most heart wrenching was how tightly Crowley was holding Aziraphale. He kept holding him tighter and tighter. Trying to get him to not walk away.

[nice-and-accurate-ramblings]

⚠️WARNING: GOOD OMENS 2 EPISODE 1&2 SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!!⚠️

I need to get my live reactions out because I am LOSING IT. Do not read beyond this point if you don’t want spoilers for the first two episodes!!!

I am going insane after the prime premiere so here are my insane ramblings externalized:

THE COLD OPEN IN EPISODE 1 KILLED ME IN MY SEAT INSTANTLY

THE NEBULA. ANGEL CROWLEY (whose name we don’t get, ofc, that made me laugh). HE WAS SO EXCITED AND AZIRAPHALE’S “I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU GET INTO TROUBLE” AND THE W I N G.

The fjuckin. WING. I AM UNWELL. I AM GOING INSANE JUST THINKING ABOUT IT

AAAAAAAAAA

And then the title music played and I apologized to my friend that I dragged to the premiere for being Extremely Not Normal. And then told her it Would Get Worse.

GOOD OLD FASHIONED LOVER BOY, IM-

Maggie: Oh nooooo, we’re locked in the coffee shop together,,, what will we doooooo (every fanfic author in the room just got so many ideas.)

Hm. Lindsey, huh? Hmmmmm.

That’s uh. Not a normal amount of texts. That seems a bit Not Great. I’m watching you Lindsey. I haven’t seen you yet but I am watching

THE APOLOGY DANCE AHSHDJFJF!!! Stan Pines and Crowley have something in common apparently. Also. Aziraphale what do you mean you had to do it in 1941. what were those other times. Where did this come from. I need EXPLANATIONS.

There’s no way their two-halves-make-a-whole miracle is what set off alarms in heaven. Gabriel Absolutely Did Something.

There are too many flies in the book shop for this to NOT come back to Beelzebub somehow

Re: Beelzebub- why ask Crowley to keep them in the loop if Shax already asked him that? Are they just not communicating, or is this somehow connected to Beelzebub???

My heart fuckin stopped when Gabriel started singing Everyday.

Crowley. Crowley I need you to repeat that bit about Jane Austen. CROWLEY YOU CAN’T JUST DROP THAT, I-

Good to know that scene overlooking the ocean was in fact as emotionally intense as expected. aaaAAAAAA

Re: Job minisode- “I’m a demon. I lied.” Gives a whole new fuckin context to the “Would I lie to you” “You’re a demon” from season 1. AaaAAAA

Another one from that minisode: Aziraphale thinking that heaven could be convinced to not destroy the earth if they just understood properly in season 1… aziraphale being disgusted by human food and drinks until he was tempted to try it and understood… Mr Gaiman I am in your walls for this

Anthony J “You can’t kill kids” Crowley strikes again. And we still don’t get clarification on what kind of kids he meant, which is incredible honestly. Plus, the goats were adorable :)

How is the jukebox doing the same thing as the Bentley. Is this a “every record eventually turns into Everyday in the same way music left in a car too long turns into Best of Queen” or is this a Pointed Thing

Have I mentioned that I would die for Muriel? I would die for Muriel. It has been two episodes and I simply adore the low ranking sunshine angel.

They are so fucking married

“OUR CAR” “OUR BOOKSHOP” they are so fucking married. Crowley why are you sleeping in your car, pls it’s OUR bookshop 😭😭😭

Aziraphale took drivers tests before they were cool (aka mandatory) 🙄 come on Crowley keep up

Aziraphale driving the Bentley is something I didn’t know I needed and yET-

First the “naked man friend” comment and then a random guy stealing the seat across from Aziraphale in the pub… rip crowley

Gabriel with the Terry Pratchett paperback… Gabriel reading off the first line of Good Omens… wait the book exists in the world of the show- Aziraphale owns the book in the world of the show- what

Never thought “Archangels don’t know where babies come from” would be a plot point and yet. Here we are.

Pausing one more time to go absolutely feral over the ending of the Job minisode because that played my heartstrings like a FIDDLE. “I’m like you now” “I’m a fallen Angel” and “I’m not here to take you to hell, don’t think you’d like it”; “I’m on my own side” “Sounds lonely” and “I’m a demon. I lied.”; how heckin PRETTY THE WHOLE SCENE WAS

someone please send help because idk how I’m going to be normal after this.

Okay, scheduling this for a little after the episodes drop and spoiler tagging like crazy! SOON, THE REST!!!

[evil-toast-789]

Rewatching Good Omens S1 (as you do to cope) and I got to the bandstand scene in episode three and at one point Aziraphale says, "May you be forgiven," to which Crowley responds "I won't be forgiven. Not ever," and it's such a damn powerful scene as it is, and then later on in episode four when Crowley is trying to get Aziraphale to run away to Alpha Centauri, he says "I forgive you." That is one of the only times that we truly know Aziraphale is upset with Crowley. Not only that, that's the first time Crowley has heard it. He's gone 6,000 years on Earth being the 'unforgivable' demon doing all the 'bad' and all the years before in Hell that no one has probably ever said that they forgave him for anything. It's a negative thing to him. To be forgiven for anything.

It was also the last thing that Aziraphale face to face to Crowley before he was discorporated.

So when Aziraphale says it at the end of s2 ep6 Crowley knows that he is upset. He knows that Aziraphale is hurting, and it hurts him back. Not only that, but it just reminds him of what happened in the past when he said that and scares him of what's going to happen.

[cuddlytogas]

GOOD OMENS 2 SPOILERS UNDER THE CUT!! spewed out right after binging last night and then added to today. I'm mostly gonna ramble about structure rather than content, but the last few bits get quite spoilery

before that, though, one other thought: I DO hope the power of fandom now will mean that we'll get an influx of people listening to Cabin Pressure and JFSP and Double Acts and all that good stuff!!! John Finnemore is such an incredible writer and comedian, and I know the "following fandom brain into a rabbithole of someone's previous work" is a lot more common for actors than writers, but. one can dream!!!!!!! knowing Finnemore was a co-writer was what reassured me that the new season wasn't going to be an unnecessary sequel, he's so fucking good, and in conclusion ---

okay onto the s2 thoughts

obviously I'm, like. insane now. like I'm gonna shatter into a million pieces and also be sick. I have LOST my MIND. and it WAS good!!!

but also

I thought the pacing wasn't nearly as good as s1? obvs s1 had the ticking clock element, which is hard to recreate without just having another ticking clock, but especially some of the flashbacks tended to linger a smidge too long, and you could tell some of them were written by other writers - the "minisodes" thing I think didn't HELP. obviously I don't think this was a MAJOR problem, and I'll want a rewatch when i feel less Fully Insane to judge properly, but even ending aside, I feel like it didn't have quite the same structural/pacing qualities that made s1 so watchable

I thought the extension of the preexisting 1941 flashback felt... a bit hack-y? (it also went on too long tbh.) the reason those worked so well in s1 was because they were these little snippets, extending it (again, especially to the length that they did) was a little... hm. not, like, a cardinal sin, and it might just be a taste thing, but. again, the "minisodes written by other writers" thing didn't help.

and I'm REALLY sad it was released all at once!! with all the mystery elements, I would've loved a week to week format - even two episodes a week - to really digest all the clues, to sit and speculate and process each reveal/development! I just read that Neil Gaiman wanted that too, so it's extra hurtful. it would've been such a satisfying way to consume the show, but alas, Binge Culture must prevail, I guess :\

finally... I might be genuinely disappointed by the ending? I mean, the religious trauma is Strong With This One, and it'll depend on what they do with s3 (I'm not even going to humour the idea of no s3), but just... okay, real spoilers from here

it felt like Aziraphale really backslided?? like, wasn't the whole point of s1 the learning of "heaven and hell are both a bit shit and we're on our own side"? I understand why the final choice was compelling, both to him and the audience, but even across the season - and especially taking both seasons' flashbacks into account - he really sort of pinged back and forth between learning the lesson and going right back into denial about it, in a way that started to feel less like a character flaw and more like a cheat to keep the drama going. obvs his final choice was DEVASTATING, but also I couldn't stop thinking that Aziraphale... knows better??? not just "he should know better, how heartbreaking", but haven't we SEEN that he KNOWS BETTER?? it felt... inconsistent? again, as a writing choice rather than a character thing

like, I've slept on this thought now and calmed down a little about it, obviously I'm a bit biased by how also extremely painful that whole last scene was to watch, but - thing it, it's not even the decision itself that sits so formally wrong with me! the "I could fix things if I were in power" self-delusion is a very believable and narratively compelling (READ: HEARTBREAKING) move, as is him believing "if Crowley were an angel and I fixed everything then we could be safe and together and everything would be fine"!

but specifically the "but heaven are the good guys" - that gets me! like, after everything?? you really still believe that?? I thought it was obvious you learnt your lesson?? something something, "how can someone so smart be SO stupid?" - except we already did that bit in s1!! ahhh I dunno, it just rings a bit too much of the kind of undoing character development and recycling drama that I reeaaaally don't like :\

like, just. the pure disbelief in crowley's face - "tell me you said no" - like, yeah. and not just in a character sympathy way, but - come on, Aziraphale!! we've been through this so many times now!!!

again, this will also all rest on how it's handled in s3. and I have some faith! s2 actually bringing up crowley's "I was there when you tried to destroy Aziraphale, I saw your face when you told him to shut up and die" was revelatory, I loved that they actually made reference to it. and the writers are good! this isn't going to be a wwdits situation, I think we're safe in that. but s2 definitely had a few more plotty/pacing flaws, and that's just SUCH a huge betrayal - that whole ending was so massive - I have a lot of gay fear about how it'll all be resolved.

or, I dunno. maybe I'm just still too sad to think straight.

[xplrandgoodomensfan]

GOOD OMENS

Any one else notice that during the kiss scene Michael kissed back?

[skittlesaregud]

lets talk about good omens for a bit

Alright, so, in the scene where Gabriel and Beelzebub admit their feelings and decide to go together, we all know how deep into thoughts is aziraphale after Beelzebub and Gabriel hold hands, we seen it, but the sad part is that no matter how much Crowley and Aziraphale would have liked to be able to do that, before Gabriel and Beelzebub, they just would have been punished

Im a bit angry because it was so easy for them, of course, even though i liked that, but seeing ALL THAT, then rewatching the scene afterwards knowing already what will happen, for the second time, is different, atleast for me it was because it got an even greater impact. It wasnt fair, it wasnt fair not for Aziraphale, nor for Crowley because even if they tried and begged to be together, their power over hell and heaven wasnt great enough so that they could afford to be together and even if Crowley would have suggested earlier that they leave earth and sides behind, we all know it would have been the same, maybe even worse because it was too soon.

Aziraphale is chained to heaven emotionally and now, as an archangel, its sad because probably no one is gonna take him for granted, i believe they never will.

[ghostinspacee]

I feel this is an underrated scene in season 2 of Good Omens but my god how do I love it!!

In episode 3 when Aziraphale and Crowley go to Scotland and are talking with the doctor/resurrectionist man, he tells both of them that he removed a tumor from a little 7yr old boy...

AND THE WAY AZIRAPHALE HOLDS THE JAR CLOSE TO HIM CAUSE HE CARES 🥺😭

he didn't even know the kid and yet he still feels for him. The sympathy this angel has for people........he's just such an angel <33

[fresh-and-funky]

good omens x Taylor swift

haunted- Taylor swift

You and I walk a fragile line I have known it all this time

But I never thought I'd live to see it break It's getting dark and it's all too quiet And I can't trust anything now And it's coming over you like it's all a big mistake

Oh, I'm holding my breath Won't lose you again Something's made your eyes go cold

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Something's gone terribly wrong You're all I wanted Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Can't breathe whenever you're gone Can't turn back now, I'm haunted

Stood there and watched you walk away From everything we had But I still mean every word I said to you He will try to take away my pain And he just might make me smile But the whole time I'm wishing he was you instead

Oh, holding my breath Won't see you again Something keeps me holding on to nothing

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Something's gone terribly wrong You're all I wanted Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Can't breathe whenever you're gone Can't turn back now, I'm haunted

I know I know I just know You're not gone, you can't be gone, no

Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Something's gone terribly wrong Won't finish what you started Come on, come on, don't leave me like this I thought I had you figured out Can't breathe whenever you're gone Can't go back, I'm haunted Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh

You and I walk a fragile line I have known it all this time Never ever thought I'd see it break Never thought I'd see it

[vroomvroomwee]

"Surprisingly, really, given the last time you two met, you tried to destroy him. I was there and I do remember, oh very clearly, the look on your face Archangel Gabriel, when you told my only friend to shut his stupid mouth and die. And I... did not... care for it. "

Theres no amount of fanfiction or wishful thinking that could have possibly prepared me for the satisfaction Davids absolute godly delivery gave me in this scene.

[reasonably-tattered]

anthony j. "what, me, a bookseller?? not even at gunpoint! ugh ngk gah ok angel, let me mind the shop while you play detective, call if you need anything" crowley

[brainrotetc]

Episode 1 season 2 first scene good omens lighting design thoughts/observations (or I’m going crazy)…

Is it just me or does the red nebula on Crowley’s side grow closer and bigger as Aziraphale is explaining people and then the ineffable plan of it all going to bits in 6,000 years….

And that the red bit encroaches onto aziraphale’s side of a blue nebula…

And then the orb of red nebula that floats over and behind Aziraphale’s head during his line about the suggestion box….

And then we see a blue orb of nebula appearing in Crowley’s red nebula in the next frame…

Listen all I’m saying is that that may be our first sight of Crowley’s questions influencing (not in a bad way!) Aziraphale into maybe having some (way more low key and kept under wraps) questions…

Bonus, after Aziraphale says he likes the “pinky blue” bits of nebula, there’s some pinky-blue nebula behind his head too

Or they could just be pretty lights :) ?

((Either way i think the lighting design is super cool ))

—> also, I would 100% put the screenshots or gifs of those moments in here but im inept at that so maybe I’ll add them in later or someone else will