#the bandstand

[mielpetite]

Hard Times

It’s March, time for my homage to episode 3. I know there was so much else to choose but what harder time than this was there in season 1? 😅 I really wanted to do a lot with this but life happened so I had to scale it back. But I still like it. Even though it hurts. 😢

#goodomens #goodomensfanart #ineffablehusband

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

the good omens mascot: you broke me

i watched ep 1 2 and 3 of S1 on stream with you guys and fuck me

okay so i know i said that i would sleep and then come on tumblr but i just have so many emotions so i decided to make a post then sleep my head hurts from three hours of having my eyes ROOTED to the screen it didnt feel like three hours my eyes hurt from tears my heart hurts from sadness it's nearly 2 am im delirious and my orange was gaseous (anyone on the stream will know)

im just so sad crowley the bandstand no crowley dont cry i swear he loves you i swear i see it in his eyes he literally stumbles every time you look at him which is always god you're both so in love this is sickening this is beautiful ow my head hurts i didnt even follow the plotline i could just feel emotions from the looks NO THE BANDSTAND NO AND THE CASE OF BOOKS STFU CROWLEY DONT DO THIS TO ME AZIRAPHALE STOP BEING SO SOFT MY HEAD HURTS

HORRIBLE PARENTING, GOOD OMENS FANDOM, YOU ADOPTED ME AND KILLED ME 24 HOURS LATER

I am going to go sleep and dream about crowley and aziraphale being heartbroken and then i will RUIN all of your lives on this hellsite tomorrow

i love you stupid fuckers im so emotional goodnight - asmi

[skelligiri]

Part of a video I'm working on. You guys seemed to enjoy the sketch version, I figured you may like where it's located!

[onceuponapuffin]

Never in my life did I think would have such a visceral reaction to bandstands.

[portraitofalonelydyke]

this human au i’m reading: “perhaps we could go to the bandstand over there”

me knowing something bad is about to happen:

[sammininoofthelord]

Prompt 23 & 24 of #Ineffableinktober by @koko.iep: Bandstand & Kiss

I usually like bull-shtting my way when drawing architecture but I think this time I should have planned more...

Anyway, guess who realized that the bandstand is actually an octagon and not an hexagon?

[shameless-pug]

It would be absolutely amazing if the ineffable husbands reunited and made up under the bandstand in season 3 of Good Omens what if they kissed underneath it that would be even more amazing😊❤❤

[ao3cassandraic]

Hi there! Thanks for all your meta! I was wondering if you had - or if you know of any - meta or discussion about the events of 1827 and 1862. I've seen some questions about how long Crowley was in Hell after Edinburgh, including people talking about the timeline of Aziraphale's diary (in the responses to this post ). I have questions about - if 1862 was the first time they saw each other post-1827, why Aziraphale starts so argumentative when Crowley said they aren't so different "we both started out as angels, but you, I'm afraid, are Fallen" and not at all concerned about his cleary diminished physical and mental wellbeing, outside of refusing him a "su*c*de pill. I would love to read any thoughts you or others have!

I can't think of any meta about this off the top of my head -- which of course doesn't mean it doesn't exist! But I'll take a crack (heh) at it anyway.

Respectfully, though, I'm going to refuse to address the question about how long Crowley was in Hell. We just don't know, despite our well-founded suspicions on what happened to poor Crowley while he was there. There's not enough onscreen (yet?) to tell us the duration. We certainly can, however, look at the park scene and try to read it, in light of what we learned in s2.

What I notice is that they are both rather more uptight than usual for them. They stand a fair distance apart (compared to the Mesopotamia or Globe scenes) and their body language to start is very restrained, though Aziraphale becomes a bit more expressive as they speak. Their voices are fairly hushed, even as they argue -- again, Aziraphale finally raises his -- and Crowley dares not even speak the words "holy water" aloud.

All this, to me, screams "kayfabe," specifically of the fool-Head-Office variety. More of it than usual, even for Crowley, who is generally more kayfabe-observant than Aziraphale. For his part, Aziraphale is showing concern for Crowley and his situation by playing along, doing his little angelic best not to get Crowley in even more trouble with Hell.

Aziraphale being Aziraphale, I think he overplays a bit, which is (in my opinion) where the irritating Heaven orthodoxy comes from. (For a future meta: Aziraphale's Heaven orthodoxy. Best I can tell, there's some of it he believes, some of it he's not sure of, and some of it he just parrots.) But the subtext is kayfabe, again; he's telling Crowley that he'll play along with the hereditary-enemies nonsense to keep Crowley safe.

It's an odd way to demonstrate concern, but I think it's real and the concern is there. Aziraphale can't do much to repair Crowley or Crowley's situation... but he can try not to worsen it, and he does try. And what does Crowley return him? A demand that Aziraphale give him means to destroy himself. I read Aziraphale's extra volume and body language before he stomps off as a bit of a dropping-out of kayfabe: "I pretend for you, and this is how you repay me?"

Aziraphale's black-and-white thinking doesn't help him here. He can only imagine something blessed as inimical to Crowley. (He can perhaps only imagine himself as inimical to Crowley, which is heartbreaking, but would make a certain amount of bitter sense after the events in Edinburgh.) The angel who gave his sword away certainly can't manage to see holy water as Crowley's weapon against other demons. He doesn't think in aggressive, warlike (War-like!) terms.

I hope this holds together for you?

Doylistly, this scene is a bridge to the bandstand. If the bandstand scene had come out of nowhere -- if all we'd seen of them before that was billing and cooing a la Rome and the Globe -- we'd have had much the same reaction as we did to the Final Fifteen Minutes of s2, I think, basically "where the heaven hell somewhere did that come from?" But 1862 means we know what's going on in the bandstand. We know they aren't always aligned. We know the hairs they tend to split, the gaps they can't bridge. It's necessary storytelling.

Just, I think, as the Final Fifteen Minutes is.

[i-only-ever-asked-questions]

Have you ever noticed that Crowley and Aziraphale's positions in the bandstand are inverted? Just like in the bodyswap?

In the bodyswap the reason is very straightforward, they are in their preferred places, they just are wearing the other one's face for a bit. But in the bandstand, what could it mean? Maybe in this case it was an ominous cue to let us know that things are just not right with the boys, that something is broken right now and there is no harmony anymore.

It's been four years and this show just keeps on giving, can't wait for Season 2

[aziraphales-library]

Good day...or whatever time it is there...but anyway, I was wondering if you had any fics where the setting is right after the "break up" scene under the Gazebo and after Crowley and Azirphale part ways, Crowley is absolutely heartbroken and tries to hide his devastation from the world.

Good whatever time of day this posts! Here are some fics following the bandstand break up...

Banstand Break-up Casualties by orphan_account (NR)

My fill-in with Aziraphale and Crowley's thoughts after their infamous breakup and a bookshop fire.

destination: alpha centauri (and your arms) by silentsonata (G)

Crowley learns to find his way home through the stars and is led to a place. Rather, an angel.

Notice Me by Beckers522 (T)

Go off together? Wha- listen to yourself. Friends? We’re not friends. We are an angel and a demon. We have nothing whatsoever in common. I don’t even like you.

Even if I did know where the Antichrist was, I wouldn’t tell you. We’re on opposite sides!

There is no our side, Crowley! Not anymore. It’s over.

*** Crowley returns to his flat after their fight and reflects on his angel's hurtful words, the impending end of everything he holds dear, and the ultimate choice he must make.

The Music Box by SentientBentley (T)

After the bandstand, Crowley and Aziraphale reflect on how they feel as time runs out to avert the Apocalypse. Crowley contemplates getting Aziraphale a gift to show him what he means to him, and Aziraphale is torn between running away with Crowley and his duty to Heaven.

Burning Up by Angelic_Disaster (G)

Crowley kept playing with his hair, remembering all those times that the man who was in front of him, hanging from a cross, bleeding and crying, had braided it when he was just an innocent boy. But He was still just a boy, killed by His Mother.

The Bible said that the demon tried to tempt Christ. Crowley just tried to save Him.

Now, Armageddon is coming in two days, and Crowley finally had the opportunity to kneel in front of Jesus. He hadn't had the opportunity to do it then, but he could do it now.

- Mod D

[dubiousduckears]

I just saw the break up bandstand from Good Omens on another show. It was also a contentious conversation scene but a totally different vibe, which was a bit weird for me, given how very normal I am about Good Omens.

[unsweetenedsugar]

Was reading GO fanfic and it occurred to me that most non-London-residents probably don’t know this?: The Bandstand(TM) is not at st Jame’s Park, it’s at Battersea Park, about 1hr walk from soho and 40min walk from st Jame’s Park (according to Google map).

[skelligiri]

Look what I found on a walk in Battersea park! It's still there, if anyone's in the area!

@theastrophysicistnextdoor

[arielavader]

Just found out I'm triggered by all bandstand style gazebos, not just THE BANDSTAND.

Now I have to be careful of anyone's park photos of anywhere. Thanks Neil. 🙄

[isadrora]

So I guess that all things are one and all roads lead to the warm sticky centre of one's personal brainrot and here's more of mine (ours). The preteen Gomens fan is now being led down the path of the 10th Doctor (verdict; "very cool show mum but he's MUCH nicer old" ... I am very proud tbh) . Confronted with "I forgive you " (last of the timelords) from Tennants mouth with emotional meaning and a bandstand (Forest of the dead) my poor kid insisted on me making his pain known.

"God why does it take so long to make a TV show?!"

Preach it my childe.

[xdestinykey]

always been a big fan of the ✨fingertip touch✨