#they can't all be good omens

[idiots-assembled]

I'm seeing a lot of posts worrying about the lack of news, so I just want to say that nothing about this situation is abnormal. The BBC generally doesn't announce airdates until a couple of weeks beforehand (outside of the big shows that is).

If I remember correctly, for series 3 they didn't even get a trailer ready before it aired.

Maybe they want it on around Halloween so it won't air until the very end of September or even after, who knows.

It's coming. Especially with the screening this week, I'm sure there'll be something very soon.

#bbc ghosts #watch there be some news immediately after posting (or within the day) that's always the way #the bbc's marketing budget is one solitary penny #they can't all be good omens #basically: it's fine don't worry #there's a date on one site but it feels too late so i'm dubious #why am i posting this? because i don't like seeing people wind themselves up maybe. as if i know anything.

[hansoeii]

I probably won't finish this piece any time soon, but I wanted to share the unfinished version with you anyways!

#i'm just so busy these days I can't find the time to work on bigger illustrations #:((( #I still really like how this looks tho #So I wanted to show it to you all anyways #this is south downs aziracrow #good omens #good omens fanart #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale and crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable husbands fanart #good omens 2 fanart #my art

[jameszmaguire]

I think it would be better for everyone if I were to be left alone in the future. Don't you?

#goodomensedit #goodomenssource #goodomensedits #Good Omens #Aziraphale #tusermyra #userfra #tusermich #maria7potter #crowleyanthonys #userbecca #usereena #my gifs #this is not a gifset about Aziraphale being badass or him lying to god being a grand thing or anything because it's not #it's about the actions he takes that go against or bother Heaven in all their variety #it's about his unpredictability and the precedents he has set in taking action #and how he has given up everything he loves for the chance to do good #so once he realises that Heaven won't let him he's gonna Do Something and i can't wait to see what #it's Aziraphale so there is a pretty big chance it'll create a mess in wholly unanticipated ways #either way i hink Heaven is going to have regrets one way or another

[amu-says-hav-says]

I can’t believe I went through all of Season 2 assuming Nina was the stand-in for Crowley when you actually pay attention it’s so CLEAR that she’s Aziraphale. I was tricked by her spiky, sarcastic, cynical outer shell and lulled into a false sense of security by Maggie’s bubbly optimism and wholesome goodness, because on the surface they reflect the ineffable husbands perfectly, in their personalities, their aesthetics, even many of their actions and morals. but not, and this is the real key, when it comes to their “relationship”. but those first impressions really had me damn fooled. 

I missed the blatantness of Nina’s “we’re just friends. actually we’re not friends. we barely know each other.” the same thing Aziraphale said in season 1.  the way he still struggles to quantify their friendship when Nina asks. Nina’s sarcasm when Crowley asks about rain and awnings because it worked for him (we all know it LMAO). hell, that whole convo the girls have in the rain is so AziraCrow (“I know. I’m not your type” “...You have no idea” hits so much harder the second time, help meeeee.) “Lindsay” maybe being symbolic of Heaven and Aziraphale’s toxic relationship with them and their abuse? (the handwritten text messages in red pen make me think of angry notes on paperwork, anyone else?) because Crowley has never actually cared about what Hell thinks of him, just not getting into trouble (or him or Aziraphale getting hurt). Maggie is always chasing Nina. NINA NEVER GOES IN THE RECORD STORE. Just like Crowley always goes to the bookstore, to Aziraphale, Zira NEVER WENT TO THE FLAT (apart from The Swap but that doesn’t count imo). Crowley has always chased Zira, not the other way around. Always there to rescue him, always going to him for company, always relying on their shared connection, always US. OUR SIDE. All through season one, he comes to Zira every time to work together, never trying to work alongside Hell in any way that isn’t to save their skins or Earth, while Zira hides things from Crowley because he STILL thinks Heaven is ultimately good and will do the right thing if he can just show them. fix it from the inside. 

Maggie working up the courage to finally say something, to put herself out there, while Nina is utterly oblivious and then when she does realise Maggie has feelings, becoming standoffish, putting up that barrier, fighting it, denying it, ITS SO CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE IN THAT ORDER. the way I was fooled into thinking Nina’s trust issues are Crowley because he does have trust issues ofc he does BUT Crowley has ALWAYS TRUSTED AZIRAPHALE. has always relied on him. has always been hurt when Aziraphale doesn’t immediately reciprocate the way he expects (the holy water request, the bandstand, the “off in the stars” etc). he’s always the one putting himself forward. Aziraphale has always been the one to second guess everything, to fight their connection, their similarities, their friendship. the girls really made me think it was going to be okay when they sat Crowley down, even as my inner sirens were going haywire about Metatron interfering, they were telling Crowley he just needs to open up and it’ll all work out BUT HE’S ALREADY AT THAT POINT. he may not say it, and by gosh is that part of their damn problem, but he’s always SHOWN IT. he’s not Nina who needs time to heal and recover from her broken trust, he’s always been Maggie believing it doesn’t matter, they’ll end up together in the end anyway AND I WALKED RIGHT INTO THE TRAP THAT THIS MEANT THEY WERE GOING TO BE OKAYYYYYYYYYYY

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens 2 #GO2 #GO2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #not me going to my basically unused sideblog that isn't GO related because I NEED TO YELL THIS SOMEWHERE #I mean outside of the relationship thing there are so many ways #that Nina and Crowley line up and Zira and Maggie #but the girls story isn't about them as people #it's about this relationship the boys are tryna push on them and what that relationship reflects about the boys #anyway I'm on my first rewatch for all the clue I missed #so I imagine I'll only spot more clues to berate myself about as I go #HOW DID I FALL FOR ITTTTTT #I can't believe I was so blind #OFC the Disaster Puppy Lesbian was Crowley #and OFC the Emotionally Abused Tortoise was Aziraphale

[joycrispy]

I'm seeing some confusion out and about over the title A Companion to Owls (generally along the lines of 'what have owls got to do with it???'), so I'd like to offer my interpretation (with a general disclaimer that the Bible and particularly the Old Testament are damn complicated and I'm not able to address every nuance in a fandom tumblr post, okay? Okay):

It's a phrase taken from the Book of Job. Here's the quote in full (King James version):

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. --(Job 30:29)

Job is describing the depths of his grief, but also, with that last line, his position in the web of providence.

Throughout the Old Testament, owls are a recurring symbol of spiritual devastation. Deuteronomy 4:17 - Isaiah 34:11 - Psalm 102: 3 - Jeremiah 50: 39...just to name a few (there's more). The general shape of the metaphor is this: owls are solitary, night-stalking creatures, that let out either mournful cries or terrible shrieks, that inhabit the desolate places of the world...and (this is important) they are unclean.

They represent a despair that is to be shunned, not pitied, because their condition is self-inflicted. You defied God (so the owl signifies), and your punishment is...separation. From God, from others, from the world itself. To call and call and never, ever receive an answer.

Your punishment is terrible, tormenting loneliness.

(and that exact phrase, "tormenting loneliness," doesn't come from me...I'm pulling it from actual debate/academia on this exact topic. The owls, and what they are an omen for. Oof.)

To call yourself a 'companion to owls,' then, is to count yourself alongside perhaps the most tragic of the damned --not the ones who defy God out of wickedness or ignorance, and in exile take up diabolical ends readily enough...but the ones who know enough to mourn what they have lost.

So, that's how the title relates to Job: directly. Of course, all that is just context. The titular "companion to owls," in this case, isn't Job at all.

Because this story is about Aziraphale.

The thing is that Job never actually defied God at all, but Aziraphale does, and he does so fully believing that he will fall.

He does so fully believing that he's giving in to a temptation.

He's wrong about that, but still...he's realized something terrifying. Which is that doing God's will and doing what's right are sometimes mutually exclusive. Even more terrifying: it turns out that, given the choice between the two...he chooses what's right.

And he's seemingly the only angel who does. He's seemingly the only angel who can even see what's wrong.

Fallen or not, that's the kind of knowledge that...separates you.

(Whoooo-eeeeee, tormenting loneliness!!!)

Aziraphale is the companion.

...I don't think I need to wax poetic about Aziraphale's loneliness and grappling with devotion --I think we all, like, get it, and other people have likely said it better anyway. So, one last thing before I stop rambling:

Check out Crowley's glasses.

(screenshots from @seedsofwinter)

Crowley is the owl.

Crowley is the goddamn owl.

#good omens #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley #there's probably a few thousand words more I could say about this but. I think I'll just hang the implications deliciously aloft for now. #something something tfw the embodiment of all your worst fears and self-doubts shows you the only real kindness you've known for centuries #you can't help but love him and you can't help but fear him but above all you TRUST him the way you're supposed to trust God but don't #brrrrrrr #do you think Crowley would vibe with being an omen of spiritual devastation or do you think he would get drunk about it #good omens meta

[fearandhatred]

anyone wanna host a lil get together and watch good omens except we pause every 2 seconds and analyse the entirety of every scene and its environment? might take about 26 years to finish both seasons but hey if we work together

#fearandhatred #i can't btw i'm all the way in asia #but hey spiritually i'm there #good omens #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #crowley #aziraphale

[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. 

#good omens #good omens 2 #crowley x aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #david tennant #michael sheen #ineffable divorce #thank you for coming to my ted talk #putting my useless degree to “good” use #I'm not overly invested in these two at all #why can't we have nice things #heaven and hell are toxic af #come on aziraphale #crowley doesn't need to be an angel again #just love him as he is away from that nonsense #good omens meta #The last few years

[mizgnomer]

Crowley and Aziraphale in a graveyard in 1827 Edinburgh - Good Omens Season 2, episode 3

for Tennant Tuesday (or whatever day this post finds you)

#david tennant #michael sheen #tennant tuesday #good omens #good omens 2 #gos2 #go2 #I love the Edinburgh look so much #but it's so dark and moody (appropriately so) #that I can't see the gorgeous costumes all that well #aren't they dashing #ineffable hubands #crowley and aziraphale #stuff i posted #sheen keeps sneaking into my tennant tuesday posts #but I'm fine with that

[crawley-fell]

I'll always be there As frightened as you To help us survive Being alive Being alive Being alive!

#when i tell u i yeeted that kitchen sink #we got some more blues but we also!! have some browns. crazy of me i know #'one single better idea?' bitch i've got 99 problems and i can't say no to any of them #anyway hope u all enjoy much love xx #good omens #gomens #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #crowley x aziraphale #good omens 2 #usersugar #tsusermels #userrlorelei #usereena #userlauren #elinordash #crowleyanthonys #my gifs

[hgracieeees]

my favourite good omens hc is and will forever be that crowley personally met freddie mercury and hozier (during their respective eras) and waxed poetic about aziraphale so much that they used his words in their lyrics

#queen #hozier #good omens #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #NOT MY HC i can't remember who posted it first but all credit to them #thank you for your contribution to my brain rot

[trashmammal-7]

It makes me actually sick how Aziraphale and Crowley love each other SO much but they just don't talk to each other about literally anything important. Season 3 better just be six hours of them finally, properly talking to each other istg.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #gos2 spoilers #ineffable husbands #if you can't tell i'm still very unwell about them #they're all i think about 24/7

[runawaymarbles]

That ending was perfect because you know what Aziraphale is going to have to do in season 3?

The Grovel.

Crowley has been chasing him for thousands of years. "If I introduce you to food will you hang out with me" "I'm here to rescue you, let's have lunch." "I'll hold your hand through a morality crisis, let's get a drink." "Raise a child with me so we can keep hanging out together on earth."

"Run away with me."

"Run away with me."

"Run away with me."

Now Crowley has given up just when Aziraphale realized what was on offer. And so Aziraphale is going to have to be the one doing the "I was wrong" dance and trying to win him back over. He's going to have to actually decide what he wants of his own volition instead of following Crowley's lead and then he's going to have to work for it.

You might say he's going to have to Make An Effort

#and I for one am excited #you can't make it all about Jane Austen and remove the Grovel #good omens #good omens spoilers #ineffable husbands #op

[fru1typunch]

Good Omens season two is coming out a week before Heartstopper season two.

In honor of that I just wanted to remind everyone that canonically, Good Omens was one of Nick Nelson's bisexual realizations™ in Heartstopper lmao. And I of course have to mention Nick and Charlie dressing up as Aziracrow for Halloween afterwards, they are so precious. Two beloved silly little gay British book-to-screen series dropping their second seasons one week apart is gonna ruin me.

And as always, like Nick said;

#Good Omens #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #heartstopper #heartstopper s2 #heartstopper season 2 #nick nelson #charlie spring #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #david tennant #micheal sheen #neil gaiman #alice oseman #doctor who #can't wait for all my british gays to come home from war ❤️

[paperclipninja]

*furtively glances side to side*

*cracks open the window*

*whispers into the wind*

Aziraphale didn't choose Heaven over Crowley

Aziraphale chose Heaven for Crowley

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #i will also shout it from the rooftops btw #he is doing it in the hope he can make a difference #to the system #to the way things have always been #all the reasons they can't be an us #and he also still believes in the good of heaven I'm not arguing against that #but I believe he also saw it as a way to protect them and what they have #ineffable spouses

[kitmarlowe]

See? This is why I don't go to the pub.

#good omens #goodomensedit #michael sheen #david tennant #gif #good omens spoilers #gos2spoilers #'rescuing me makes him so happy' (mundane edition) #apologies to tim for cutting him out :) #the problem with it all being out at once is i can't find the gifsets i want to reblog so i have to make them myself

[mx-anthony-janthony-crowley]

here's my GO2 bingo card!! :D -p&p: pride and prejudice -i got rather carried away doodling the teeny husbands from the opening credits if you couldn't tell -officially @thirteens-pocket-watch approved (plus it helped me with ideas hehe) <3

#good omens season 2 #good omens speculation #good omens tv #good omens #good omens bingo #good omens spoilers #(trying to hit all the tags for anyone trying to avoid this sorta thing before the season dfjhdfhjhfd) #GO2 #ineffable husbands #michael sheen #david tennant #aziraphale #crowley #tumblr really does kill image quality huh #fandom bingo #yes this is very a/c centric but they are consuming my entire brain rn i can't help it 😭😭