#Aziraphale is a puppet

[beckelliesden]

I've been thinking about the Metatron's motivations.

At first, I thought he was using Aziraphale in a simple internal power struggle ploy. He can't be in charge because he's just a spokesman and since he knows Micheal has no intention to share authority with anyone else, he needs a puppet if he wants to run the show. Aziraphale, who is naive and, let's admit it, easily coaxed, makes a perfect candidate. He isn't a very elevated angel, so he assumes he'll be easy to handle - and quite as easy to dismiss if he refuses to play along as intended. And recruiting him has the added bonus of getting rid of a torn in heaven's side by breaking up Aziraphale and Crowley, who are blamed for thwarting Armageddon 1.0. After that 25-lazarii miracle they inadvertently produced together, it's easy to see how the Metatron would be very keen to prevent them from standing in the way of Armageddon 2.0.

Then, I thought about it some more. I thought about some of the dark, ominous looks he's cast from the corner of his eyes, the color-coding of his clothes and the way he oh so easily swayed Aziraphale. Heavens is a lot of things in the show, but it's never flattering and persuasive. Not like that. Flattery and bribery are Hell's tools, and so is playing on people's insecurities and setting them up against one another.

And then I thought, what if the Metatron isn't the Metatron? What if Satan took personal interest in the launching of Armageddon 2.0 and impersonated the Metatron?

God couldn't care less, that's a given, but Satan? He was obviously VERY pissed off and personally involved at the end of S01. It's a bit foolish to think that because Adam thwarted him on Earth he's out of the picture permanently. Or that he won't be trying to extract his revenge on those who thwarted him- it's apparently his whole thing.

And then, we come back to Aziraphale - and, more to the point, Crowley. Who is Aziraphale? A mid-level angel - a nobody who means well and can be easily swayed with the right arguments. But Crowley? From Satan's point of view, Crowley is NOT a nobody. If we read the clues correctly, Crowley was NEVER a nobody, in fact. He was a pretty high-ranking angel before the Fall, possibly even an archangel. More to the point, Satan thinks Crowley is his top agent. He's the demon who instigated the original sin, invented the Spanish Inquisition and started WW2. The demonic genius behind the M25.

The demon who was SUPPOSED to deliver the antichrist on Earth.

Crowley did not just turn traitor on Hell, but on SATAN personally.

So it would make sense for Satan to take a personal interest in return.

Everything that follows just makes so much sense if Satan is impersonating the Metatron. He wants the launching of Armageddon 2.0 AND revenge on Crowley. So he arranges to use Aziraphale to do both. He takes him away from Crowley - and makes Aziraphale break his heart in the process.

I've seen people go about the coffee scene, arguing the coffee was spiked. I think that if any 'miracle' was performed at that fateful moment, it was to push Nina and Maggie to have that conversation with Crowley. So that Crowley would finally open himself up and confess to Aziraphale - only to be rejected in the most heartbreaking way possible by Aziraphale, who's been dazzled by the idea of running Heavens along with his best friend as angels.

I've also seen people comment on how manipulative and cunning the Metatron was to 'orchestrate' the break up - and he was, no doubt about it. But how would the Metatron, as an angel, know how insulting and impossible a proposition that would be for Crowley? He'd have to be a fucking mastermind on top of being a master manipulator - two things he certainly didn't seem to be in s01. No, I'm sorry, but an angel would just assume a demon would WANT to come back into the fold. Only a demon would know better. And only a demon would go about breaking them up so cunningly.

And here's the good bit: the Metatron only turns up AFTER the Hell delegation has gone to report Beelzebub's treason to their master. Not before or during, but AFTER.

And what is one of the first thing he does when he walks into the bookshop? He asks Crowley if he recognizes him, of course. He doesn't ask because Crowley used to be a high-ranking angel - he asks because Crowley is a demon, and if he can fool Crowley, then he can fool anyone, can he?

And that leads us to the elevator scene. Notice how fast Metatron pushes the 'Heavens' button as soon as Aziraphale sets foot in? Notice the calculative looks he gives him from the corner of his eyes? They make perfect sense if Aziraphale just fell into a particularly devious and intricate trap - setting himself up as both an hostage and a tool for Satan to further extract revenge on Crowley and start Armageddon 2.0.

Oh, while ALSO providing Satan with his 'ride' to infiltrate Heavens, of course. Demons can't use the elevator without an escort, remember?

It all makes so much damned sense - and it scares the shit out of me for s03.

[tang5325]

Puppet Omens

[gryffindraws]

Hello puppet history nation. Today i bring you a niche crossover

[elevenmonsterart]

Good Omens Animal Puppet AU, S2 Focus

Cast & Species:

Aziraphele is a Rambouillet Sheep,

Crowley is a Red Wolf-Maned Wolf-Snake-thing,

Muriel is a Blue Pitbull,

Jimbriel is a Golden Retriever,

Beelzebub is a Racoon,

Full Page + Extra Below

Cw: the S2 kiss scene but with these silly puppets below:

[alreadysoltye]

@constantstateofpain

SO tempted to give puppet nina and puppet maggie even smaller puppets

[doraminatook]

Another commission from @batfiend

It's a niche, but IT'S MY NICHE DAMNIT!!!!

[actual-changeling]

okay genuine question: why do so many people think the metatron was standing right outside the window listening to/watching aziraphale and crowley?

i cannot help but feel like it is nothing but another way of looking for an excuse for aziraphale's shitty behaviour during the final fifteen. every single thing he said was entirely in character. it was EXACTLY how that situation was gonna go, metatron outside or not.

and i want to add two arguments against this theory.

crowley can canonically sense when he is being watched, no matter who is doing the watching

crowley looks out the window several times and yet nothing changes - if the metatron were there, he'd react. he doesn't.

please, it's been two months. can we start accepting that aziraphale is also a deeply flawed character who fucked up and that there is nothing redeeming about the way he treated crowley this season and during their final argument? yes? because it doesn't mean that he is evil or bad or irredeemable. he is traumatized and acting out of a trauma response and is stuck in century old patterns and an abusive relationship. he is still responsible for his actions. those things can and do co exist so. can we please stop looking for excusing theories without evidence now that would undermine the entire story neil is telling? yes? good.

and yes, before anyone comments, we see him talk to muriel right before, and there is a chance he is indeed watching them - but at that distance he cannot see or hear anything. the way people are talking about it you'd think he'd be pressed against the glass and reading their lips.

[dragonfire42]

Rainbow Connection

Need some fluff today? Have some fluff!

(Btw, puppets are made of fluff!)

Chapter 6 is live: Love Led Us Here

Teen+, chapters posted this month, no archive warnings apply

Aziraphale/Crowley - as PUPPETEERS!

“'What’s the show about?” Crowley asked.

“Well, it’s about two friends, Mark and Book, who have opposite personalities and live in a magic library and go on story time adventures to teach kids to love reading. Together, they are BookMark. Get it?”

Coming from anyone else, Crowley would have found the pitch cheesy. But coming from this kind and fluffy haired puppeteer, he couldn’t help but find it endearing..."

This is my first AU human Good Omens story. And in real life, I'm a puppeteer (you can see some of my puppets here @dorkpixie on Instagram and TikTok) - and I'm over the moon excited to use all my random knowledge in writing this!

Written for the Good Omens Theatre Bang, inspired by the art by Queen of the Cute (@queenofthecute on Tumblr). Special thank you to @fifthstiel for beta-reading!

[wots-all-this]

Angel-disguise Crowley is so 2020 Shane Madej vibes

[ilminnestrone]

I badly did this.

Now someone with real artsy abilities MUST put their artsy hands at work for good.

(Ginger Alex looks incredibly hot).

[sabxhere]

i feel absolutely insane while saying this, but watching all of season 2 of good omens and looking at the progression of aziraphale and crowley's relationship felt like being fed soup. but like, the BEST soup ever.

i eat a spoonful of it. "good soup", i say, absolutely delighted and craving more of it. and the more i got, the happier i was.

and then. and then, suddenly, around fifteen minutes from the ending, everything stops. confused, vaguely upset, i say "please sir, I want some more", just like fucking oliver twist when he asked for more food.

And suddenly i am fucking beaten to a pulp, bench pressed, UTTERLY AND ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED, and as i lie there, on the bloody ground, all i hear is "wait and see"

[extraaa-30]

whickber street: whoa, mr. brown finally got our local fae to host the shopkeepers meeting? wonder what that'll be like

whickber street: okay so we won't be doing that again

[tang5325]

Puppet Omens😘

[pyjamacryptid]

So you know how Aziraphale said Eve was “expecting already”? I bet the tempting worked, not just because of Crowley’s wily serpentine ways, but because the poor woman was desperate with pregnancy cravings

[snickerdoodlles]

in fandom’s quest for a Cute Coffeeshop Lesbian RomanceTM, people are ignoring the fact that Maggie is not written to be a likable character.

[jaspaboi]

just ranted to my mom for almost 2 hours about puppet history lore then the good omens plot, especially the last 15 mins in s2. No I am not joking, I wish I was tho