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The amount of microexpressions Michael Sheen can make in a minute and convey so much information is absurd. It seems like he doesn't play the characters, he embodies them or is possessed by them. He lives the character, best performing!

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In fact, the serpent does not seem to be lying, but it is sneaky. I believe that God's claim that whoever eats the fruit will die is because in Eden they supposedly had eternal life. However, when they ate the fruit and were expelled, they no longer had it: they will die, although not automatically. As for "knowing good and evil", they already knew "good", which was the security of Eden where they had everything they needed, so by eating the fruit they would come to know "evil": therefore, they would know what good AND evil were. However, I agree with Crowley's premise that Humans are curious and, even if they had not been tempted, at some point they would have eaten the fruit.

The serpent is not the central point as everyone thinks: I have always understood Eden and the act of "eating the forbidden fruit" as a parable for disobedience and the human tendency to question.

As Crowley states, the tree was in the center of the garden, he as a demon had free access to the place, God did nothing to prevent it because God wants obedient creatures, he tested the obedience of Adam and Eve, not the supposed "wickedness of the serpent", Adam and Eve failed the test. And, even after expelling them, God continues to test subsequent generations. Hence Crowley's question makes sense: if you are the creator, why make the humans curious and punish them for it? Maybe that was what God wanted all along? Hence the whole premise of Good Omens and the "Ineffable divine plan".

In the end, God wanted creatures who trusted that God had given them the best under the protection and designated place, while the serpent gave them the knowledge of Good and Evil, which they would have to follow, from then on, with great difficulty, but with free will.

So, humanity left the good graces of God, and, as a young adult, would have to learn to follow according to their own discernment. I have always seen Eden as a parable of growing up: As children, we love, believe and obey our caregivers. As teenagers, we question them because we already have the capacity to know new realities beyond the ones our parents presented to us. We already have the discernment to understand good and evil acts and what conduct we want to follow. And as adults, we have to leave the safety of our parents' home and take risks in the world according to our own judgment, no longer based on what our caregivers say.

As far as I know, and I know very little, religious people who believe the Bible believe that if they are obedient to God again they will inherit a special place and enjoy eternal life under God's protection. Something like "they have known good and evil, they have grown tired of evil of the world they themselves created through their free will, and they want the good of Eden that was taken from them again." I believe this is what "paradise" is all about: A new kind of "eden". But that's just my opinion as a layman.

You know with the "Temptation in The Garden of Eden" scene in the Bible, the "lying serpent" is the only being who doesn't lie/sin.

God says even touching the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil will kill Adam and Eve. Adam says his wife forced him to eat the fruit. Eve chooses to disobey. The Serpent simply asks a question ( “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”) and informs Eve of the truth and consequences of her actions if she takes them (“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”)

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Book worms and comfort boys 🪱

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Every time I remember Aziraphale saying "Oh, Crowley, nothing lasts forever", I automatically remember that quote:

For neither good nor evil can last forever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand

-Cervantes, Don Quixote

Yes, I need something good to come. I've cried a lot. Oh, January arrives soon? 🥺❤️

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I'm excited for Good Omens to start recording in January. Now I'm seeing this more as the true final episode of GO 2. I just want a happy ending. Let it happen.

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hey eklmrlos, thank you for being here and sharing your amazing art with us!

For the request: could you please do Magician Aziraphale and Crowley? Either 1941 oder S1 is fine, i just want Az with his silly little kohl moustache, lol

thank you for this request!! i have to do more 1941….

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i love this audio

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My fantasy/headcanon for the end of GO3 is Aziraphale and Crowley in the garden of their cottage on the South Downs, it is possible to see that the plants are not the most perfect and it is clear that this was where Crowley secretly carry the plants that he pretended to 'kill' (perhaps implied that South Downs Cottage was always his property, and is now theirs) … … they are talking about whether everything that happened (on GO3 plot) was part of some God's plan, and whether they would never know since "the plan is… " and an unknown person, outside the wooden fence of their property, complete it with "ineffable", and would be implied to the audience that this person is God. But before the Ineffable Husbands realize this, it's raining, but in fact it's just the garden sprayer, and they forget the person instantly and and shelter each other of water with their arms (something simulating like when they protected each other from the rain with their wings once [from the rain of stars and the rain in Eden]) as they running to the entrance of the house smiling, so they kiss sheltered on the balcony (this time in a totally adorable, cute and reciprocal way that makes us forget that kiss from S2) while Bentley, parked in a garden area, plays A Nightingale Sang… (and everything is played in very cute and captivating ways). Yes, somewhat similar to that scene from Aziraphale and Crowley's final arc in the book (with that person in the park who says "ineffable" to them, and for a moment they seem like they're going to reach the inevitable conclusion, until they forget everything about it). And that's precisely why I imagine the ending of GO3 like this 😸

{P.s: but considering this is my headcanon, then that won't happen. I'm terrible at guessing the plot and knowing what's going to happen in TV shows and/or movies. And, well, maybe that was a bit too cliché, right?}

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How is it actually possible to be so fucking pretty

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Oh yes, I totally agree❤️ having this on screen is more than desired by many of us (Crowley's downfall, his rank, his angelic name. I love origin stories and now I fear I won't get one in the sequel). I would also like a scene, subtle, where shows him replanting the plants with "imperfections" (in a public garden? In a some place in South Downs? Wherever! But that it shows on screen. And I fear I won't get that in the sequel either).

Having such high expectations for GO sequel scares me.

@hyperfixating-rn-brb P.S.: How I never seen this art before? Oh, it's heartbreaking.

One of my favorites Crowley HeadCanons :

He treats his plants as a way he was treated in Heaven and when he fell.

(Bonus point : It's the exact same thing they told him before his fall)

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Hold a minute, what you mean it's a "Headcanon?" I was sure it was Canon: the name "Fear of God/err Fear of Crowley" is already very suggestive. There is also a suggestion in the book that Hell sometimes treats him like this. So I see this as totally Canon! The way he treats plants is a coping mechanism, the plants are a metaphor for Crowley's fear of Heaven/Hell. We can't know if they said exactly those things, but we know that's how he interpreted whatever Heaven and Hell do/did to him. It's even sadder, because regardless of whether they said it or not, that's how it registered in his mind. And as a defense he terrorizes his plants on the idea that "the desire of the oppressed is to be the oppressor": The way he tries to deal with this is do to the plants what Heaven/Hell did to him.

I think that's why I so want a scene where he doesn't actually destroy the plants, that he takes them to another place of peace and benign rest. This would show that, psychologically, all the terror he went through in Heaven/Hell (and put the plants through) was just an "acting" and how much he hopes that after all the fear, something good would come out of his attempts to 'do his best'. That even if he hadn't been as "excellent/perfect" as he was asked to be, they (Heaven/Hell) would still give him some mercy in the end (how he bestowed the plants).

One of my favorites Crowley HeadCanons :

He treats his plants as a way he was treated in Heaven and when he fell.

(Bonus point : It's the exact same thing they told him before his fall)

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Aziraphale is not "bad". He is clearly suffering and that is noticeable to anyone (or so I suppose).

But, in the same way that Crowley is sad about the whole situation (and about Aziraphale's choice), the audience felt the same way (ok, I know Crowley would never hate Aziraphale, while some fans condemned him and hated him a lot after that). But, getting to my point: I believe that, for most of us, Aziraphale is not "the bad", it's just that the entire 15 minutes were played to make us feel more empathy for Crowley. He is the one we can identify with the most in the 'lover who declares his affection and is rejected'. Meanwhile, the 15 minutes still have Aziraphale saying that heaven 'is the side of the good guys' (something that would consequently be rejected by Crowley and the audience, who would agree with him in 'Heaven and Hell are toxic').

Its much harder to understand Aziraphale's side when the whole scene is played out in Crowley's favor. Aziraphale ends up coming off as the "poor naive" who leaves his love behind in exchange for trying to make Heaven a more decent place. But Crowley's plan to run away isn't ideal either, it's also naive foolishness. They were both purposely put in a difficult situation, Metatron knew he would separate them by confronting them with a topic they would disagree on: Heaven.

Aziraphale, by saying "Heaven is the good guys' side," claimed to believe in the status quo. As if he believes that Heaven is broken, but can be fixed. But Crowley, by saying that "Heaven and Hell are toxic," doesn't believe they can be fixed, that they are both toxic precisely because it are functioning as it should.

I don't think either Crowley or Aziraphale is wrong, they just have different opinions based on what they believe. They shouldn't have to apologize for that. Aziraphale hurt Crowley, but Crowley also hurt Aziraphale. They're both hurt.

The reaction to Aziraphale was only so antagonistic because, as I said, the audience tends to identify more with Crowley and his idea that "Heaven and Hell are toxic", so they tend to give him more credibility during these last 15 minutes. But he was also wrong in the way he conducted the conversation.

Aziraphale saying that they can both go to Heaven as angels, is like having to accept that there is only Heaven and Hell and they need to join one of them, in the classic "if you can't beat them, join them". On the other hand, Crowley does not believe that it is possible to "join them", he believes that it is only possible to play against the system and outside of it, as an "us".

Only the plot of the sequel will show which one is being wiser (and I really hope the plot doesn't do it in a way that blames and ridicules one of them).

Based on the previous premise, from S1, Aziraphale is usually the one who wants to save the world and Crowley (show Crowley) is the one who thinks about go away, but backs down because of Aziraphale. The show in general shows an angel in love with the world and the things in it (and consequently a demon that lives there) and a demon in love with an angel.

They both ended up saying things, and acting, in ways that hurt each other in S2.

But that happens at least once in a couple's life, doesn't it?

So you see, the second season only separated them to bring them back together in the "sequel" in a more epic way (or so I hope).

P.s: beautiful ART❤️

How can there be people who see Aziraphale as the bad one when they must have seen this scene in the series?! Can't they see how desperate he is and how much he's suffering? It makes absolutly no sense to me that someone can't see this..

Thank you for inspiration @crowleys-hips

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When I say 'I love Sherlock Holmes' this is what I mean

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something something it will end in a garden