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Hey, I saw a rumour that the Heaven's outfit is a kilt in Season 1, and thus when David said he got to keep one outfit from the Season 3 and it would make sense when we see it, what is your view on this? Crowley in a kilt?

Hey! Short answer: I would love to see Crowley in a kilt (a wedding one, preferably) as much as everyone else, but am not quite sure if that’s what David might have referenced in these two instances. His comments are always vague for a reason.

Long answer: Let’s start off with explaining how the idea of Crowley’s “Heaven’s outfit” being a kilt is not a production rumour, but a personal headcanon shared by one of my lovely moots, Soni, after David’s most recent comment. The idea of a kilted Crowley itself has a big following within the Good Omens fandom, so naturally the post in question has instantly gained some attention:

However, as illustrated above, Soni’s logic is based on the S1 pre-Armageddon scene in Heaven starring Aziraphale’s platoon in battle-kilts.

Just like the rest of S1 costumes, these uniforms were envisioned by Claire Anderson (a different designer than S2&3 Kate Carin), with the purpose of making a very specific impression of a more ceremonial than practical, genderless angelic army. That’s why they’re wearing kilts in the universal colours of diplomacy without any visible weapons. To quote Ixi from @fuckyeahgoodomens on Anderson’s TIC panel summary:

After they began to define Aziraphale they started to look at how the Heaven army of angels might look - the element of tartan came sort of from Aziraphale and the angels have a not-tartan kilt with a semi military type jacket and a military band across that might hold arms or not, because they are not really violent. She used spats to make them look quite neutral and genderless so hiding fastenings and concealing little details like that seemed a way to do that.

Carin’s team made a very visible effort in S2 to show us that angelic outfits have changed through the ages, as illustrated by the robes on Aziraphale and Not-Yet-Crowley Before the Beginning and the whole flock of angels sent to Job in A Companion To Owls minisode, confirmed by Aziraphale, Gabriel, and Michael looking exactly the same both in Heaven and on Earth.

This means that the evolution of Heaven’s fashion mirrors more or less what humans come up with, just with its own hierarchy and meanings as seen in the colour coding system and other details distinguishing the members of different angelic ranks. In a fragment of The Nice and Accurate Good Omens TV Companion, the assistant director Cesco Reidy refers to modern business suits as “angel outfits” while describing the lower-rank angels gliding on hoverboards in the background of S1 Heaven’s scenes, and the same sentiment is shared in other contexts. Even the unpublished Good Omens sequel (the same one used as the framework for S3’s plot) famously included angelic warriors in suits, serving as bodyguards during the Second Coming.

With all of this in mind, kilts are not “Heaven’s outfits” per se and can be only associated with Heaven in a very limited capacity — that of a modern battlefield. Not the Great War, but Armageddon’t and possibly onwards. Crowley (or Aziraphale, for that matter) wearing one would make sense only if a parallel to S1 was planned, maybe with a certain demon sneaking into Heaven and snatching himself an Archangel getting ready to lead his troops as a last resort to stop the Big One, which could in turn lead to this (shot and cut due to insufficient funding) scene starring the kilted angelic army:

While I find this specific headcanon extremely fun (wouldn’t have detailed it so much otherwise), I’m also aware that it would be probably hard to fit within the 90-minute-long time frame with all of the plot elements we were already teased with. We don’t even know if the Heaven’s outfit in question is related to the current timeline and not, say, pre-Fall Crowley’s shenanigans, maybe a flashback to what else Murder Hornet Crowley and Muriel have seen Up There during the bookshop’s siege in S2. It could be a slave’s or a prisoner’s costume. A Duke of Hell’s bespoke suit with full regalia. A flower delivery boy’s uniform used to smuggle some bouquets and chocolates into Supreme Archangel Aziraphale’s office. Maybe just a simple wedding ring.

Until The Finale comes out and provides definitive proof or lack thereof, the possibilities are virtually endless — and creating and engaging with all of them seems like the best thing we can do while we wait. So tell me, which one is your favourite?

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S3 costumes update!

I might not be David Tennant on his secret Tumblr account, but I can still add something to this unexpected conversation about Heaven’s outfits for the upcoming Good Omens film that is currently making rounds on the other social media platforms.

Kate Carin, the costume designer for S2&3, is now listing Frances McDormand (aka God Herself) in the updated version of her CV as one of the main cast members she’s worked with!

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If I had an apple for every time the Good Omens fandom got Every’d, I would have two apples. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s more than enough to enjoy with a nice cup of tea in the garden.

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Thank you, Louis Ralph, for dropping the right files at the right time.

Hungry for Good Omens 3 crumbs of information? Let’s see what I’ve found and speculate a bit about cast members, filming locations, and… trees! As always, please tag accordingly, share only with the fans consenting to know potential spoilers, and get yourself something to drink since it’s going to be a longer read.

News flash: both Ned Dennehy (well-known to Good Omens fans as Hastur) and Sean Pertwee (recently revealed to star in the Finale as Brian Cameron) admitted to have been working on location in Tenerife during the film’s production time slot (January and early February, respectively). In Dennehy’s case, even providing a rather intimately close look at his character.

The location alone isn’t particularly surprising, as the Canary Islands and Tenerife in particular are currently experiencing an influx of international productions, including several TV shows by global streamers, making use of the favourable weather and prices. But Dennehy’s post, additionally liked by a Good Omens crew member, seems somewhat suggestive.

In the Instagram story above, Sean Pertwee called 14 January 2025 his last day on the shoot in Tenerife and subsequently traveled to London and Edinburgh, from where he shared another video three weeks later.

Now, technically the Tenerife film set could be a part of Pertwee’s NCIS: Tony & Ziva job he started last autumn. However, that would imply that he plays a greater role in the upcoming production than the currently available promotional materials imply, and the location stamp in the bottom right corner, Drago Milenario, is too deliciously Good Omens coded to overlook it.

It isn’t even a place, really, but a living organism. A plant. A tree.

Meet Drago Milenario, also know as El Drago, a natural monument and symbol of Tenerife. The oldest and largest living specimen of the endemic Dracaena draco (dragon tree), it is said to be a thousand years old and stand at 18 metres high with a 20-metre perimeter. “Great big bugger,” as Aziraphale would say.

There has been much debate over the age of the tree, and some even say that it may be over 5000 years old; more recent estimates seem more conservative and suggest that El Drago is no more than 800 to 1000 years old. It is difficult to say unambiguously, because the traditional method of counting rings is not applicable in this case — dracaena has no rings.

Its home, the Millennial Dragon Tree Park, or Parque del Drago, in Icod de los Vinos, is a sacred place and a burial zone of Tenerife’s original inhabitants, the Guanches. Members of the Guanche people venerated El Drago as a divine tree; a symbol of wisdom and fertility, believed to have magical powers, granting longevity and warding off evil spirits. Its blood-red oil or sap is called dragon's blood and historically used to treat wounds and embalm corpses. According to local legends, that’s because slain dragons don’t actually die, but rather turn into dragon trees like this one.

The dragon part of the story sounds objectively cool, but if we overlook it for a second, we might notice why the connection to Good Omens is so strong here. When asked about trees in the show’s context, one’s first point of reference is quite naturally the Garden of Eden scene and the shot above featuring the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The thing is, it wasn’t the only one.

According to the Bible, the very reason why Aziraphale was even stationed in Eden (possibly with a few other armed angels) was to protect the Garden from the newly exiled humans. More specifically, his “apple duty” meant that he was supposed to guard a very particular and yet unseen tree:

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of lifeand eat, and live forever.’ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the Tree of Life.” (Genesis 3:21-24)

In the apocryphal Apocalypse of Moses, the tree of life is also called the Tree of Mercy. Adam, the first human, famously sent his son Seth and wife Eve back to the gates of the Garden to beg God and His angels for some oil of the Tree of Life to save him from his deathbed by granting either full immortality or longer lifespan. They were obviously denied, but in another part of the Bible — the Book of Revelation, on which most of the official Good Omens plot is based, Jesus announces the details of His Second Coming, including who and when will get the right to enjoy this forbidden fruit:

“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to reward each one as his work deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter the city by the gates. (Revelation 22:12-14)

The Catholic Church in particular believes that the Tree of Life mentioned above is the Eucharist and often combines the image of the Tree with the Cross of Christ, both literally and figuratively (see above: The Tree of Life printed by John Hagerty, 1791) granting the immortal life to His Chosen Ones:

And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever. (Revelation 1-5)

In his Roll Play BAFTA interview published on 10 February 2025, while talking about his work for the Good Omens Finale, David Tennant himself has specifically referred to the possibility of Aziraphale and Crowley spending eternity together. But where? Well.

The visual symbolism of an apple tree seems so important for the Good Omens 3 plot that it’s even represented on the exclusive mug design shared on 30 April by one of everyone’s favourite production crew spouses, Carla Scott Fullerton (fullercoaching on Instagram):

For those who missed the original discussion, the reverse side of the complimentary mug gifted to Good Omens 3 crew members and depicted above contains a photo of slate number 100, scene 59 of the production with a quote “We’ve come to a decision…”. A typical feature film of this length consists of around 60 scenes, so it’s definitely the ending or one of the scenes directly preceding it.

Which means that the story ends, as it began, in a garden. And with a very specific apple tree, adorned with initials AZ and CR in two little hearts as hinted by the drawing in the background.

There’s a specific crew member though — one of the firsts to be confirmed for the upcoming production, actually — that has shared a Good Omens themed work with an apple tree a whole year earlier.

Here you can see Michael Ralph’s (i.e., Good Omens production designer’s) concept art depicting Neil Gaiman’s version of heaven on earth – “Heaven is a Library” – at LA music venue, The Wiltern, for The Art of Elysium’s Heaven 2024 charity gala. It’s got Va Va Voom yellow walls, red carpet, spiral stairs, a centrally located oculus, and lots of plants with an apple tree with a swing in the middle. In case this image wasn’t suggestive enough, it’s worth to focus on the twin display tables with Cupid statues on top, direct copies of the one from A. Z. Fell and Co. bookshop in Soho.

It’s not even subtle — and wasn’t meant to be, considering how Event Eleven, the creative agency behind the gala, typically organises high budget premiere events and promotional campaigns for Amazon Prime TV shows, and to this day it’s the closest we’ve got to a Good Omens 3 public celebration.

While this one was for charity and officially not affiliated with the studio, it took place only three weeks after the official announcement of Good Omens 3 and involved not only this curious simulacrum of Aziraphale’s bookshop as a setting, but also Jon Hamm on stage as the guest of honour, referencing the co-leads of the TV series and reciting an excerpt from the 1990 novel in an approximation of their characters’ voices, and the Ukrainian artist Katya Zvereva was commissioned to make an installation for the gala called literally “Tree of Life” (above).

If you remember my bookshop meta, you will probably find the official explanation of the event’s theme particularly interesting:

“Heaven is two things that are, perhaps, the same thing. Heaven is both a library, the place where we go for knowledge, wisdom, advice and for stories, and heaven is also a refuge, somewhere that we can go, whoever we are, for safety and protection. Heaven contains librarians and refugees, shelters the helpless, and gives them — us — somewhere quiet to sit and read or listen.”

Not incidentally, the only iteration of the Tree of Life in the actual show so far has been built into the layout of Aziraphale’s bookshop (left). Its Kabbalah depiction (right) is a representation of the entirety of creation, composed of ten spheres — referred to as the Sephiroth/Sefirot as a whole — each denoting a universal quality, such as wisdom or beauty. To quote The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order by Israel Regardie:

This altar diagram shows the Ten Sephiroth with all the connecting Paths numbered and lettered, and the Serpent winding over each Path. Around each Sephirah are written the Names of the Deity, Archangel and Angelic Host attributed to it. The Twenty Two Paths are bound together by the Serpent of Wisdom. It unites the Paths but does not touch any of the Sephiroth, which are linked by the Flaming Sword. The Flaming Sword is formed by the natural order of the Tree of Life. It resembles a flash of Lightning. Together the Sephiroth and the Twenty Two Paths form the 32 Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah or Book of Formation. The Two pillars on either side of the Altar represent:

1. Active: The White Pillar on the South Side. Male. Adam. Pillar of Light and Fire. Right Kerub. Metatron.

2. Passive: The Black Pillar on the North Side. Female. Eve. Pillar of Cloud. Left Kerub. Sandalphon.

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For those unfamiliar with the intricacies of Discworld: first of all, give it a read as soon as possible, second of all, Samuel “Sam” Vimes is one of the series’ most beloved characters as the cynical yet idealist Commander of the City Watch, the police force of the Discworld’s largest city, Ankh-Morpork. It’s just another argument for a possible casting of Pertwee in some sort of a detective role in the upcoming Good Omens finale.

Darling, wake up, an official confirmation of a brand new Good Omens 3 character with a forename and surname just dropped — one that reveals the first actor outside of the original S1 and S2 ensemble cast at that!

Hamilton Hodell talent agency has surreptitiously revealed that Sean Pertwee (the Third Doctor's son, known for his performance alongside Derek Jacobi in Cadfael TV series) will appear in Good Omens 3: The Finale (2025) as “Brian Cameron” — possible reference to Gaslight (1944)?

Sean Pertwee on the left, Joseph Cotten — the Gaslight’s Brian Cameron — on the right for some comparison.

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Helen Vidler, director of Helevision (the agency responsible for Good Omens 2 X-Ray) is credited on two different websites as BTS Producer/Director for Good Omens The Finale — Behind The Scenes.

Just in case you thought that we’re getting only the 90-minute-long film and nothing else!

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Hungry for Good Omens 3 crumbs of information? Let’s see what I’ve found and speculate a bit about cast members, filming locations, and… trees! As always, please tag accordingly, share only with the fans consenting to know potential spoilers, and get yourself something to drink since it’s going to be a longer read.

News flash: both Ned Dennehy (well-known to Good Omens fans as Hastur) and Sean Pertwee (recently revealed to star in the Finale as Brian Cameron) admitted to have been working on location in Tenerife during the film’s production time slot (January and early February, respectively). In Dennehy’s case, even providing a rather intimately close look at his character.

The location alone isn’t particularly surprising, as the Canary Islands and Tenerife in particular are currently experiencing an influx of international productions, including several TV shows by global streamers, making use of the favourable weather and prices. But Dennehy’s post, additionally liked by a Good Omens crew member, seems somewhat suggestive.

In the Instagram story above, Sean Pertwee called 14 January 2025 his last day on the shoot in Tenerife and subsequently traveled to London and Edinburgh, from where he shared another video three weeks later.

Now, technically the Tenerife film set could be a part of Pertwee’s NCIS: Tony & Ziva job he started last autumn. However, that would imply that he plays a greater role in the upcoming production than the currently available promotional materials imply, and the location stamp in the bottom right corner, Drago Milenario, is too deliciously Good Omens coded to overlook it.

It isn’t even a place, really, but a living organism. A plant. A tree.

Meet Drago Milenario, also know as El Drago, a natural monument and symbol of Tenerife. The oldest and largest living specimen of the endemic Dracaena draco (dragon tree), it is said to be a thousand years old and stand at 18 metres high with a 20-metre perimeter. “Great big bugger,” as Aziraphale would say.

There has been much debate over the age of the tree, and some even say that it may be over 5000 years old; more recent estimates seem more conservative and suggest that El Drago is no more than 800 to 1000 years old. It is difficult to say unambiguously, because the traditional method of counting rings is not applicable in this case — dracaena has no rings.

Its home, the Millennial Dragon Tree Park, or Parque del Drago, in Icod de los Vinos, is a sacred place and a burial zone of Tenerife’s original inhabitants, the Guanches. Members of the Guanche people venerated El Drago as a divine tree; a symbol of wisdom and fertility, believed to have magical powers, granting longevity and warding off evil spirits. Its blood-red oil or sap is called dragon's blood and historically used to treat wounds and embalm corpses. According to local legends, that’s because slain dragons don’t actually die, but rather turn into dragon trees like this one.

The dragon part of the story sounds objectively cool, but if we overlook it for a second, we might notice why the connection to Good Omens is so strong here. When asked about trees in the show’s context, one’s first point of reference is quite naturally the Garden of Eden scene and the shot above featuring the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The thing is, it wasn’t the only one.

According to the Bible, the very reason why Aziraphale was even stationed in Eden (possibly with a few other armed angels) was to protect the Garden from the newly exiled humans. More specifically, his “apple duty” meant that he was supposed to guard a very particular and yet unseen tree:

“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said, ‘The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of lifeand eat, and live forever.’ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the Tree of Life.” (Genesis 3:21-24)

In the apocryphal Apocalypse of Moses, the tree of life is also called the Tree of Mercy. Adam, the first human, famously sent his son Seth and wife Eve back to the gates of the Garden to beg God and His angels for some oil of the Tree of Life to save him from his deathbed by granting either full immortality or longer lifespan. They were obviously denied, but in another part of the Bible — the Book of Revelation, on which most of the official Good Omens plot is based, Jesus announces the details of His Second Coming, including who and when will get the right to enjoy this forbidden fruit:

“Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to reward each one as his work deserves. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter the city by the gates. (Revelation 22:12-14)

The Catholic Church in particular believes that the Tree of Life mentioned above is the Eucharist and often combines the image of the Tree with the Cross of Christ, both literally and figuratively (see above: The Tree of Life printed by John Hagerty, 1791) granting the immortal life to His Chosen Ones:

And he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illuminate them; and they will reign forever and ever. (Revelation 1-5)

In his Roll Play BAFTA interview published on 10 February 2025, while talking about his work for the Good Omens Finale, David Tennant himself has specifically referred to the possibility of Aziraphale and Crowley spending eternity together. But where? Well.

The visual symbolism of an apple tree seems so important for the Good Omens 3 plot that it’s even represented on the exclusive mug design shared on 30 April by one of everyone’s favourite production crew spouses, Carla Scott Fullerton (fullercoaching on Instagram):

For those who missed the original discussion, the reverse side of the complimentary mug gifted to Good Omens 3 crew members and depicted above contains a photo of slate number 100, scene 59 of the production with a quote “We’ve come to a decision…”. A typical feature film of this length consists of around 60 scenes, so it’s definitely the ending or one of the scenes directly preceding it.

Which means that the story ends, as it began, in a garden. And with a very specific apple tree, adorned with initials AZ and CR in two little hearts as hinted by the drawing in the background.

There’s a specific crew member though — one of the firsts to be confirmed for the upcoming production, actually — that has shared a Good Omens themed work with an apple tree a whole year earlier.

Here you can see Michael Ralph’s (i.e., Good Omens production designer’s) concept art depicting Neil Gaiman’s version of heaven on earth – “Heaven is a Library” – at LA music venue, The Wiltern, for The Art of Elysium’s Heaven 2024 charity gala. It’s got Va Va Voom yellow walls, red carpet, spiral stairs, a centrally located oculus, and lots of plants with an apple tree with a swing in the middle. In case this image wasn’t suggestive enough, it’s worth to focus on the twin display tables with Cupid statues on top, direct copies of the one from A. Z. Fell and Co. bookshop in Soho.

It’s not even subtle — and wasn’t meant to be, considering how Event Eleven, the creative agency behind the gala, typically organises high budget premiere events and promotional campaigns for Amazon Prime TV shows, and to this day it’s the closest we’ve got to a Good Omens 3 public celebration.

While this one was for charity and officially not affiliated with the studio, it took place only three weeks after the official announcement of Good Omens 3 and involved not only this curious simulacrum of Aziraphale’s bookshop as a setting, but also Jon Hamm on stage as the guest of honour, referencing the co-leads of the TV series and reciting an excerpt from the 1990 novel in an approximation of their characters’ voices, and the Ukrainian artist Katya Zvereva was commissioned to make an installation for the gala called literally “Tree of Life” (above).

If you remember my bookshop meta, you will probably find the official explanation of the event’s theme particularly interesting:

“Heaven is two things that are, perhaps, the same thing. Heaven is both a library, the place where we go for knowledge, wisdom, advice and for stories, and heaven is also a refuge, somewhere that we can go, whoever we are, for safety and protection. Heaven contains librarians and refugees, shelters the helpless, and gives them — us — somewhere quiet to sit and read or listen.”

Not incidentally, the only iteration of the Tree of Life in the actual show so far has been built into the layout of Aziraphale’s bookshop (left). Its Kabbalah depiction (right) is a representation of the entirety of creation, composed of ten spheres — referred to as the Sephiroth/Sefirot as a whole — each denoting a universal quality, such as wisdom or beauty. To quote The Golden Dawn: The Original Account of the Teachings, Rites, and Ceremonies of the Hermetic Order by Israel Regardie:

This altar diagram shows the Ten Sephiroth with all the connecting Paths numbered and lettered, and the Serpent winding over each Path. Around each Sephirah are written the Names of the Deity, Archangel and Angelic Host attributed to it. The Twenty Two Paths are bound together by the Serpent of Wisdom. It unites the Paths but does not touch any of the Sephiroth, which are linked by the Flaming Sword. The Flaming Sword is formed by the natural order of the Tree of Life. It resembles a flash of Lightning. Together the Sephiroth and the Twenty Two Paths form the 32 Paths of the Sepher Yetzirah or Book of Formation. The Two pillars on either side of the Altar represent:

1. Active: The White Pillar on the South Side. Male. Adam. Pillar of Light and Fire. Right Kerub. Metatron.

2. Passive: The Black Pillar on the North Side. Female. Eve. Pillar of Cloud. Left Kerub. Sandalphon.

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a falling star fell from your heart 💫

my submission to my server's april/may prompt event, 'weather'! what do you mean a meteor shower doesn't count as weather

for prints, find the link in my pinned 🫶

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grumpy crowley wants his snek tattoo back <3

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Is the ending of Good Omens 2 actually inspired by a teenage Terry Pratchett’s Pride and Prejudice and Lord of the Rings crossover fic? I don’t know, but a demon siege of Aziraphale’s bookshop during an Austen-inspired Regency ball and Crowley’s confession filmed as a parallel to Darcy’s first proposal make suddenly more sense in this context.

Here’s an excerpt from Terry Pratchett’s essay called “Cult Classic”, which was originally for a collection called “Meditations on Middle-Earth” (pictured) and was reprinted a few years ago in a compilation of Terry’s nonfiction work called “A Slip of the Keyboard”. Relevant section:

“Before l'd even heard the word ‘fandom’ I was writing weird fan fiction. I wrote a crossover story setting Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in Middle-earth; the rest of the kids loved it, becaues a class of thirteen-year-old boys with volcanic acne and groinal longings is not best placed to appreciate Miss Austen's fine prose. It was a really good bit when the orcs attacked the rectory...”.

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Pertwee’s character in Cadfael was a sheriff, a friend of Jacobi’s titular monk, and a secondary protagonist of the series as well.

Darling, wake up, an official confirmation of a brand new Good Omens 3 character with a forename and surname just dropped — one that reveals the first actor outside of the original S1 and S2 ensemble cast at that!

Hamilton Hodell talent agency has surreptitiously revealed that Sean Pertwee (the Third Doctor's son, known for his performance alongside Derek Jacobi in Cadfael TV series) will appear in Good Omens 3: The Finale (2025) as “Brian Cameron” — possible reference to Gaslight (1944)?

Sean Pertwee on the left, Joseph Cotten — the Gaslight’s Brian Cameron — on the right for some comparison.

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Darling, wake up, an official confirmation of a brand new Good Omens 3 character with a forename and surname just dropped — one that reveals the first actor outside of the original S1 and S2 ensemble cast at that!

Hamilton Hodell talent agency has surreptitiously revealed that Sean Pertwee (the Third Doctor's son, known for his performance alongside Derek Jacobi in Cadfael TV series) will appear in Good Omens 3: The Finale (2025) as “Brian Cameron” — possible reference to Gaslight (1944)?

Sean Pertwee on the left, Joseph Cotten — the Gaslight’s Brian Cameron — on the right for some comparison.

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Scheming something special for @theineffablecon! On a scale from total indifference to drawing your own version of the book cover, how do you feel about Good Omens?

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i desperately need this demon to smile more

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Still thinking about Aziraphale’s favourite waistcoat being originally va va voom yellow and gradually fading to brown after centuries of daily use. How he clearly wanted his relationship with Crowley to vavoom that day in St James’s Park as well and all he got was a broken heart.

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Sad clock face is real and can hurt you with a full account of what transpired during the Final Fifteen.

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It’s “Dear Auntie” — she might be long dead now, but I’m positive that she was still alive and the intended recipient of that message!

While we’re already at it, let’s talk about how James Andrew Gibson’s filmography isn’t the only example of something disappearing from existence, but not the memory. One of the books on display in the Teal Bookshop, Angel Pavement by J. B. Priestley, is known to have had not one, but two adaptations by BBC — a 1957 and a 1967 TV series — nowadays considered completely lost. And then there are the Shakespearean works sharing a similar fate, which eventually became the central element of one of the funniest anecdotes from the Good Omens novel:

Bilton and Scaggs' second great publishing disaster occurred in 1653. By a stroke of rare good fortune they had obtained one of the famed “Lost Quartos” — the three Shakespeare plays never reissued in folio edition, and now totally lost to holars and playgoers. Only their names have come down to us. This one was Shakespeare's earliest play, The Comedie of Robin Hoode, or, The Forest of Sherwoode. [The other two are The Trapping of the Mouse, and Golde Diggers of 1589.]

Master Bilton had paid almost six guineas for the quarto, and believed he could make nearly twice that much back on the hardcover folio alone.

Then he lost it.

To expand our earlier conversation on the topic, the Lost Quartos joke seems to be a literal reference to a popular 20th century British TV series (The Comedie of Robin Hoode, or, The Forest of Sherwoode), The Mousetrap play within Hamlet (The Trapping of the Mouse), and the musical Gold Diggers of 1933 (Golde Diggers of 1589). Which is all fun and games in the context of Good Omens (1990), but with its unpublished sequel’s and the TV show’s Second Coming plotline in mind it becomes much more layered.

Because all three above references have one thing in common: a king character. And Aziraphale and Crowley are currently expecting (or planning) the Second Coming of the King of Kings.

In the general Robin Hood lore, King Richard the Lionheart returns to his kingdom from a crusade incognito due to the his brother abusing the power of an acting monarch and plotting a rebellion. He miraculously avoids a death trap, joins the Merry Men, and befriends Robin under an alias. After his real identity is discovered, he pardons his faithful servants and officiates Robin and Marion’s wedding.

The Mousetrap is based on another play-within-a-play called The Murder of Gonzago, but additionally recreates the events of the former king’s (Hamlet’s father) death as heard from the ghost in an attempt to prove the current king’s (Hamlet’s uncle) involvement in the murder. The murderer in the original play is the king’s nephew, in Hamlet — his brother.

In Gold Diggers of 1933, a millionaire’s son attempts to save his brother from becoming a victim of the titular gold digger, but mistakes his target — a showgirl — with another actress named Carol King. King is so offended by the implication that she decides to play along with it out of spite, which leads to the two eventually falling in love and getting married.

Circling back to Good Omens and its S3, it could mean not only Jesus getting lost in Times Square and donning a fake identity, as it was already mentioned in the context of the unpublished sequel to Good Omens, but being replaced by a “fake king” instead. Possibly a brother, knowing how important identity swaps are to this franchise and how it originally started with a baby swap.

And as @gallup24 mentioned in the post above, the element of gold or money — hinted at in S3 Aziraphale’s context both in what we’ve heard about his stays in cheap motels in the unpublished sequel as well as one specific track in Michael Sheen’s new character playlist — seems to be somewhat relevant here.

Since the official sources (that is, social media admins operating the Real People Scotland casting agency’s accounts) have confirmed that one of the S3 extras was hired specifically to play the role of a croupier for a few days on the Good Omens 3 set, a casino (Vegas?) trip might be more than possible.

What's in the box?

There was an ask to fuckyeahgoodomens about the contents of the box from S2. There has been some speculation, but needs more

We get a glimpse in the box before it's dumped on the floor, lost Shakespeare plays and a will tumble out. This is previous speculation on the plays and will from early after S2. Heres more analysis from youryurigoddess and more recent analysis and wordplay by vidavalor

The will belongs to John Gibson (1855-1894). There is an entire website that delves into Gibson family and the history of the small quaint village of New Cumnock.

The story of New Cumnock reads like an idyllic fairytale. Or maybe a Terry Pratchett novel. There's even a "P" inscribed on the town's map, which is also noted as standing for "post office". A post office that employs 12 people full time and has hours that resemble Aziraphale's Bookshop.

I'm not saying the GO team made an entire website, IMBD page, will, etc. Actually. I am saying that. Did you know who owns IMBD? Amazon. Or it's one hell of a coincidence

There's quite a lot to try and break down.

Gibson is a shoemaker and postman raising his family. His partner and friend John Lees is doing the same.

"Although, there is no information on either stone to suggest any connection between these two men, they raised their families in New Cumnock as work colleagues and friends."

When Gibson dies, Lees continues his work as postman and opens a shoe store. He puts on so many miles he gets an award from His Majesty the KING in 1923. In your favorite Bible index and mine, Strong's Concordance, 1923 is honor/majesty. Lees is awarded the Imperial Service Medal for trekking 1/4 million miles delivering mail.

I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more

Do you know who the patron saint of postmen is? Square jaw, likes nice clothing. Yep, Archangel Gabriel.

One of Gibson's sons becomes postmaster. Here's a note from that lovely New Cumnock website noting his position.

Oh wait, what's written in pencil?

"Dead Auntie this is where"

Am I reading this right? Just what or who is in New Cumnock? Creepy and foreboding.

There's more on the Gibson family to try and unpack.

Another of Gibson's sons is a well known actor that no one seems to remember. Almost everything he's acted in is believed to be lost.

The acting role that is actually available to watch is Ring of Bright Water- he's an uncredited car diver asleep in his car.

Well remembered, but no one remembers you?

ahem, Book of Life

The two plays that tumble out of the box are Gold Diggers and Robin Hood. There's gold, but you have to dig.

Robin Hood steals from the rich and gives to the poor. Something stolen? Stolen by who? Maybe connected to the will in the box?

Something hidden in this small idyllic village?

This is by far one of the weirdest clues from S2. Seemingly random documents that were painstakingly crafted by the GO Team. They provided closeups of the documents, especially the Wedgwood Will after production. They went to ALLOT of effort, but whatever the Clue is seems to be buried deep.

I hope to have piqued your interest enough to go take a look in the box and the clues. Maybe take a peak at some of the other meta on the box and contents.

I don't know what is going on exactly, but there is so much odd going on and this clue needs so much more analysis and speculation crackpotting.