requested on x and based on a photo of michael and david... feel free to send ideas for aziracrow drawings in my askbox, I'm always looking for something to draw 👀
So we've established Aziraphale was building a barricade to force the demons to step into the portal.
If you read the comments section of the original post we had a bit of fun speculating what was in the box.
Apologies it was@eviebane who first mentioned the sex toys.
@neil-gaiman was generous enough to offer his take on the possible contents.
So of course I had to Google 1970s sex toys and found that Hitachi changed the game with their Magic Wand.
And it follows that Aziraphale would gladly take a few boxes labelled
Then perhaps many years later, when no-one had come to collect them and he was in need of a new wand for Fell the Marvelous' magic show he opens the boxes.
When will we finally talk about the matchiest match made in heaven the ultimate pair-up the worldcuppiest winning of couple goals bildad the shuhite and fell the marvelous
I'm at Dragon Con 2024 and I was able to witness a marvelous gathering of angels, demons, and two Anti-Christs (aka the Good Omens cosplay photoshoot)
Even got to chat quickly with the organizer, our favorite midwife/cobbler!
Seriously, there were so many incredible costumes! I wish I could have documented every single one, but my phone literally got too hot in the Atlanta sun (Thanks, Satan!)
Just not the way he implies. Of course. 🙃
Have you ever wondered what this is? The portal that he calls the Metatron on in S1, and discorporates the demons in S2? Yeah me too. I decided to find out for both of us.
Turns out it's a modified Solomon's magic circle! (there are some angelic symbols in there)
Which is, depending on who you ask, magic passed down to humans (King Solomon) from angels in biblical times. The grimoire that houses this particular version is from 1572, and is one of the oldest surviving ones in book form. So Aziraphale, in the historical sense of the word, is a Magician who performs spells.
Want to see something interesting though? Aziraphale's been hiding an ace up his sleeve.
If you look at the traditional magic circle, you'll see that the one I put up there is actually a small part in the center of this big one. Which also includes that weird triangle up there, which is called a Magic Triangle (of course) or a Triangle of Art (lol Aziraphale). It's used to summon demons and angels, and make them do things. Like tell the truth when they would rather lie.
So do we think that Aziraphale has one of those too? Only one way to find out. Time to find a schematic of the bookshop and put it all together....
The magic triangle seems to be contained pretty perfectly beneath the big persian rug that aziraphale has place under his desk that extends all the way to the bookcase and sofa. With the central mandala of the rug pattern placed on top of the circle space in the triangle.
Wouldn't it be weird if this came in really handy in the show?
Like when an enemy with supposed memory loss shows up and he's trying to question him to make sure Gabriel is telling the truth?
Yeah that would be a really good magic trick.