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[tuscyanie]

white men 🙄

[crocrubies]

when the judge said "serve a sentence" but all they heard was "serve" idk. Anyways 2-3 changed my life irreparably I LOVEEEEE these guys

[wavywhiskers]

I need OFF matryoshkas. .. .

[clockworkvampyre]

ever since october started i’ve just been wanting to listen to malice miser on repeat and doodle my favorite spooky people

[indigovigilance]

Baraqiel and Azazel

Disclaimer: DO NOT ask Neil Gaiman to confirm or deny any of this. He doesn't want you to ask. I don't want you to ask.

SO DON'T ASK.

Edit: Neil confirmed this theory and it's not my fault: see the reblog

Now, on with the meta.

Thesis and evidence below the cut:

Dominion...

Angel of the Sky...

Hair an eye-burning ginger, eyebrows like grisly slugs, often draped in red…

Occasionally damp...

Most likely singed…

Most likely singed…

Most likely singed…

Most likely singed…

So that's everything from purely within Good Omens canon.

Baraqiel is described, additionally, in the Book of Enoch as:

Lord of Lightning

Who taught the forbidden knowledge of astronomy:

He is also the overseer of the Second Heaven, wherein lies the prison of Fallen Angels. More on that later.

The story of Baraqiel’s ejection from Heaven is contained in the Book of Enoch, but he’s not a main character. In fact, he’s only one of twenty major fallen angels, specifically, the ninth. The tenth is Azazel.

Who, then, is Azazel?

Firstly, Azazel is a fallen angel:

Who is damned because he introduces humans to forbidden knowledge, specifically, the knowledge of swords [and other devices of warfare]:

And also the knowledge of adornment, specifically, “the art of making up the eyes, and of beautifying the eyelids, and the most precious stones, and all kinds of coloured dyes.”

And insofar as Azazel is synonymous with Azzael, he denounces the authority of the Metatron:

In fact, Azazel is given all the blame for revealing the secrets of Heaven: “​​the whole Earth has been ruined by the teaching of the works of Azazel; and against him write: ALL SIN.”

and God orders Raphael punish Azazel: “And further the Lord said to Raphael: "Bind Azazel by his hands and his feet and throw him into the darkness. And split open the desert, which is in Dudael, and throw him there.””

We never learn in the Book of Enoch that Raphael actually does this (based on my reading), but it was commanded. In fact, Raphael would have had to throw Azazel into that prison which was in the domain of Baraqiel.

This puts Baraqiel!Crowley and Azazel!Aziraphale among the ranks of angels that went to Earth and delighted in Earthly pleasures, which caused them to be “fallen,” that God refused to speak to from then on, that Enoch!Metatron was ordered by God to tell that they were unforgiven and would never be forgiven.

It’s worth noting that there seems to be some disagreement among rabbinical scholars over whether Samyaza, Azza, Azzael, and Azazel are separate entities or if these are different names for the same entity. We should also remember that in the universe of Good Omens, entities change names when they ascend to or fall from Heaven.

Tying this all back to the Metatron: In 3 Enoch, the book which describes the ascent of Enoch the man to Metatron the angel, we learn that the overseer of the Second Heaven is Baraqiel, angel of lightning. The description of the prison in the Second Heaven and the angels trapped within it is terrifying, but not more than Enoch’s own actions when he is there.

At this point Enoch has not been transfigured into the Metatron yet, but when he passes by, the angels ask him to pray for them to the Lord; and he refuses, for “who am I, a mortal man, that I may pray for angels?” He is told about them again in the Fifth Heaven, about their sins, how they followed Satan, and that they will be punished on Judgment Day.

So we have a lot of reasons here to see that there would be enmity directly between the Metatron and Azazel, for questioning his authority before God, and between Baraqiel and Enoch!Metatron, for either Baraqiel was guarding the prison or already in it when the human who would become Metatron was supplicated for prayers of redemption and refused. Either way, the Metatron is responsible for Baraqiel’s fall, most directly because he refused to take the petition of the fallen angels before God and instead relied on his interpretation of a dream.

There’s been a lot of implication and even exposition throughout S2 that memory is vulnerable to erasure. We’ve gotten some direct hints that Crowley doesn’t remember all of his past, but I would venture to propose that Aziraphale has a very troubled past that he does not remember, that the Metatron (and possibly Crowley) does, and that further, because his memory was [partially] removed, his name was changed to Aziraphale, for which we see precedent in Jimbriel and all the demons.

My absolutely unhinged, unsubstantiated S3 prediction is that Angel!Crowley sacrificed himself to rescue Azazel from damnation, and the price of Azazel remaining an angel was losing the memories of his transgressions, including (and especially) those he formed with Angel!Crowley. That at the Garden of Eden, Crawley!Crowley knew that these things had been erased, and that he was probably talking to a husk of his former friend, the way that Jim was a husk of Gabriel, but that when he learned that Aziraphale had given away the sword, realized that the soul of the person he loved was still in there.

Partner post: For a meta on why we should believe that Enoch!Metatron aka Human!Metatron is a possibility, go here.

Edit: I read the Book of Enoch from front to back, twice, but if you want to check my work (or write a response meta!) you can find the source material here and here.

If you liked this husbands-centric meta, you may like A Nightingale Sang in 1941

If you liked this historic event speculation, you may like Sodom and Gomorrah

[kinginthemask]

𝓜𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓱

*referring to the ascension of the saint in 3 Enoch.

[aquablossomsart]

Somewhere over the rainbow

[euporie-art]

some style experimenting aka i play with new brushes in csp and try and mimic my traditional process

[somegrumpynerd]

One whole year of Pigeon my friend Pigeon!! :D

@pigeonstab you're so funny and cool and I've never had a bad time talking to you and I'm super duper glad we're friends <3

Also get bear hugged >:3c

[thedailymaskedmerchant]

BREAKING NEWS THE BATTER GETS CHASED OUT OF THE SUGAR FACILITY by THE DIRECTOR MORE AFTER THIS COMMERCIAL BREAK— 🎶 Work and toll McElsens~ Work in toll MC 🎵

Ahahahahahaha! What a good show ❤️~

Ring Ring Ring!

Oh it’s from Sugar!

“Hello Zacharie. I presume you are well after your trip?” It’s The Judge nevermind. No mistaking that deep voice.

Zacharie sipped his coffee.

“You need anything my friend?”

“Let’s go back to Mistria. I want to see the big dragon :-)” Ah Sugar. She found Caldarus behind that tree during her adventure. He spoke to her through her mind and she befriended him. She wasn’t blessed with powers though, but she liked him. Why I didn’t catch that on my images…uh. I don’t wanna talk about it.

The Judge had more to say “I must say this “Fish” it’s called is absolutely delectable. May I accompany you along with Sugar back to Mistria.”

Zacharie didn’t intend to stay long. He’d gotten what he could. It’s not like there were other celebrations yet available. The Summer fest was locked behind Player progression/the boulder has to be removed. It’ll be another fishing trip.

“Alright, assistant get the extra paper ready, we're heading out.” …Yesterday I my camera was acting up due to paper and film issues. You didn’t see Sugar talking to Caledarus or Zach on the podium because of it. Really, there wasn’t much to see anyway. But I’ll see what I can do next time they head over there.

Zachaire charged up the Portal Gun again. It could only be shot twice a day, enter and exit all that. Due to this, he hasn’t figured out its capabilities. There wasn’t any telling whether he’d get back to Mistria at all. It could be completely random. He did always prepare for the trip. The motorcycle and backpack yep. He always let me go ahead first saying, “Camera Crews never die.” I won’t comment if that is accurate. If I don’t post in a week without warning, something definitely happened.

By the time Zach finished the Judge and Sugar had already came over. I went in first naturally and gave a thumbs up. They wouldn’t immediately upon entering…and well.

🎶 P O K E M O-N! POKÉMON!!! 🎶

This wasn’t Mistria.

🎶 P O K E M ON—-POKEEEMOOOOM 🎶 Sugar didn’t really understand the music, but she begun vibing anyway.

(All of Sugar’s sprites other that are anything but front facing are taken from fan games. This case, it’s ripped off of Confinium. I won’t tag it Confinium to prevent an influx of my posts from hoarding the stuff actually related to Confinium. I have currently Sincere Decite, SUCRE, Confinium, Rupture, and will install HOME later on to get more sprites.)

Posted early due to my dog eating chocolate and fretting over it for the entire night. Morning I’m going to be up, or completely crashed out.

[crocrubies]

been playing dgs and I'm a little obsessed with this guy

[yoliethenotsoarist]

It totally hasn't been months

[4b-off-serene]

"Heya there, the name's 4B, and i'm Vesper's Morgue Director!~"

"My office is in the endless hallways but you'll find me ANYWHERE BUT!! I could be in area 1, or 2, hell, I COULD BE BEHIND YOU! …not like you wouldn't hear me coming."

"My main place of work is in area 3, vesper's ovens, my work entails pick up, inspection, and quality assurance of the VARIOUS corpses that appear in our Fortress of Happiness!"

"If y'all've uh, seen it, i've been looking for my cafeteria notes, they've misplaced for quite some time.. oops, y'know it really just seems like my brain only remembers what a spot looks like BEFORE i've placed an item of importance down haha… Object permanence am i right? Boy mine is bad."

"But hey! Feel free to ask me whatever! Tell me a song you like maybe… Or uh, you can talk to any of these guys of course, there will be a "masters post" soon. Haha, theres a lot of folks, oooh you wanna talk to them so bad before i tell you a "funfact"(usually morbid) :D"

"Thanks for listening to me here's a lollipop on your way out! :D" [4B hands you what appears to be melted and re-crystalized sugar. Upon closer smell, its a bit buttery]

[splinnters]

Enoch O’Connor, boy wonder

[ab-arts]

Hello all! I’m happy to say that I’ve made some stickers/magnets (a set of 9 in two color variants for a total of 18!) of Enoch that are available on Redbubble! I would greatly appreciate the support, and I have plans for even more Enoch-themed designs in the future! ^^

[neonanemoia]

“Lucifer, please. Enough.”

“I’ve never been happier,” Lucifer seethed, bursting out high laughs in between the tears forcing their escape from the crevices of his eyes.” - Angels Before Man, Rafael Nicolás.