#good omens the metatron

[melbatron5000]

The Metatron

Don't ask Neil about any of my theories, please and thank you!

I'm working on the chiastic structure of Good Omens 2 right now, and man, the parallels are weird.

Big events or scenes that you would expect to have mirrors on the opposite time stamp do not, but little words, phrases, and images do. Like when Crowley rings the bell to say he's back? That moment's exact time-stamp opposite is Aziraphale ringing the bell in the book shop for quiet. What the hell?

You know what else has a weird opposite?

When Crowley asks if they can't talk in the book shop because there's a naked man there, and when the Metatron walks into the book shop for the first time.

They can't talk in the book shop at the end because the Metatron is there.

Wait, the Metatron is a naked man?

Oh hell yes.

Let me go on.

My first thought was The Emperor Is Naked, and I think that's a layer here. The Metatron is wearing what he thinks are amazing clothes and everyone else is going along with it because they're afraid of him? Yep, that tracks.

I know what you're thinking, but my story gets better.

Terry Pratchett has said something along the lines of humans being the place where the falling angel meets the naked ape. He's said it in several places, but most notably in the book Hogfather, one of my favorites. But he also said that he would rather be a naked ape than a falling angel.

Hm. So is the Metatron . . . human?

But Neil said in reply to a Tumblr ask that the Metatron in the Good Omens was never human. Hmmmm.

Okay, yes, you know what else Neil said?

Lucifer doesn't exist in the Good Omens universe. Because when he fell, he changed into Satan, The Adversary, and now that's all there ever was. Lucifer the angel is gone.

The Metatron was never human. When Enoch, the human, became the Metatron, Enoch was ended and now there is only the Metatron. And the Metatron was never human.

Bingo.

Now, what springs to mind there is the phrase "only human." The Metatron may not be human, but that's his original stock.

This guy can be beaten.

And I think Crowley has given Aziraphale the information to do it.

[sonkitty]

The Door Trick Visual Representation

Core concept: Touch the door while touching the door.

This Threshold Trick uses a pocket touch, so it is actually really complicated. I have not fully solved it.

Pocket touches use word play. They have both a Pocket Chain and a Rainbow Connection. They require specific framing.

As such, The Door Trick is actually the first part of a special Double Door Act with Aziraphale. Aziraphale's part is...The Door Catch.

Read more at the end.

Crowley:

One

From the overall first cut of a front view of Crowley:

Two

From the overall second cut of a front view of Crowley:

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The Door Catch Ground Zero

Earthly Objects really likes the number 3, and pocket touches really like word play. Given these two factors, I truly believe that this particular cut is meant to be Ground Zero for The Door Catch. Notice that it has zero ground in it. The Door Catch for Aziraphale officially starts in the next Aziraphale cut when Aziraphale has his feet visibly on the ground.

That way, Crowley gets his 3 shots for The Door Trick, and Aziraphale will get 3 his shots for The Door Catch.

Aziraphale gets an overhead light for his Ground Zero cut.

(GIF version)

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Crowley:

Three

From the overall third cut of a front view of Crowley:

1-Single accessory touch to the door with the watch. 2-Double clothing touch to the door with the jacket and pants thanks to the pocket touch. Double multiplier for having the legs crossed. 3-Triple skin contact touch to the door thanks to the watch and deliberate separation of parts of the hand. Triple multiplier for the collective middle, ring, and pinky fingers together.

Note the illusionary touch onto something from the human behind him. It is a black part of a black bag. Several bags were shown earlier in their assistance with both the Pocket Chain and Rainbow Connection. The illusionary touches tend to be on edges, but this one is not. It is precisely within edges. I assume such a thing is acceptable because of how the nearby humans are framed, especially the one holding the bag and the other walking away from the car wearing a hat and that this Trick is linked to what Aziraphale will do.

Nonetheless, this part is a cue for Aziraphale.

The Door Trick is done.

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Now for The Door Catch with its official start.

Aziraphale

One

From the overall first cut of Aziraphale after Crowley's last shot:

Two

From the overall second cut of Aziraphale after Crowley's last shot:

Three

From the overall third cut of Aziraphale after Crowley's last shot:

This framing is likely intentional and related to the pocket touch:

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Crowley's sideburns are at their longest length despite him not being in the bookshop. I suspect they are contributing.

Even though the pair made a connection with the car during the story, I think Crowley was granting access to the threshold to begin with. He himself is a master manipulator of thresholds as opposed to a demon who has never fired a gun. Aziraphale had to do his part to get in.

The humans nearby were contributing significantly to this special Act. One of the ways they were helping is the Rainbow Connection. You can find out more for this mechanic and my limited understanding of it here: The Pocket Chain Rainbow Connection Part 4 - The Door Trick and The Door Catch.

The Metatron made mistakes that helped both Crowley and Aziraphale succeed.

Aziraphale had a Pocket Frame that was Elevator Edges.

The Metatron had a Pocket Frame that was Doorknobs. The Metatron was making mistakes with his own frame since the elevator buttons are the equivalents of doorknobs.

Note the constant presence of humans in every shot until Aziraphale walked into that threshold...unless of course, the Metatron is secretly human himself. Humans have a significant presence during Crowley's own pocket touches. It's at least worth mentioning.

Much of the above is theory, especially with the more intricate details of the mechanics, but I am as sure as I can get that there is a Door Trick and a Door Catch due to the effort required to play the games in the story and find both.

The Door Trick is the fifth Threshold Trick to start and finish overall. Five down, one to go.

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You can find me going over The Door Trick and The Door Catch in even more detail here:

The Door Trick

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Read more about all the Threshold Tricks in my post for them here: Threshold Tricks.

[cobragardens]

Y'all. The METAtron. It's right there in front of us. God is not the only metafictional character in this series.

[ceaselessbasher]

Season 3 prediction!!!!!!!

The Metatron is an ass.

[victor-the-vampire]

I just finished making my mom watch good omens and I feel like everyone needs to know she refuses to call the metatron by his name. Instead she calls him 'God's Answering Machine'

[cobragardens]

This is what I'm talking about! Look at how fuckin' FOIN Jacobi is in pic 2! The crispness of his shirt, the style of his hair, his immaculate eyebrows! I maintain there is something significant to the Metatron's dishevelled appearance and oversized coat, especially contrasted with all the hypergroomed angels.

Behind the scenes photos with Sir Derek Jacobi on the set of Good Omens :) (first two photos from S1 and the last from S2 ❤)

[loveapologist]

He changed his mind.

[tweedfeather]

if Good Omens season 3 turned out like Coco

[hg-aneh]

The idiots

[risariba]

no nightingales

[slightlyartist]

~ The Very Last Supper of the Rest of Their Lives ~

CLOSE-UPS!

[cobragardens]

This is everything

soooo i've been real busy this past month and change working on this monster of a painting! it was originally for the GO Ref library study club but clearly took much longer than i anticipated😅

for those of you who don't recognize it, this is based on one of my favorite historical paintings, Judith Beheading Holofernes (1620) by Artemisia Gentileschi. i love the Baroque period and this painting (as well as her other works) makes me insane. here it is Good Omens style so maybe all of you can be insane with me <3

"Aziraphale (and Crowley) Beheading the Metatron"

(non-bloody and non-glowy versions under the cut)

[sonkitty]

The Pocket Chain Rainbow Connection Part 4 - LINK - Update

After thinking it over, my assessment of Brown was incorrect with the possible mistakes being made by the Metatron. It is not that the shade of brown of his coat is too dark. It's that in the particular cut of the button being pressed, his thumb joint is not visible. It gets really close as the hint for the mistake, as well as going back and looking for other brown-wearing humans. If another nearby human were around with a visible thumb joint and whatever was required of the framing of the scene, that might have compensated...but there wasn't.

So, I've updated that part about the button-pressing in the link.

[batsyvie]

AZIRAPHALE WITH THE CHAIR🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

May 29th —> Metatron

[gleafer]

I may do a series on how many different ways Crowley can get rid of The Metatron.

[fuckyeahgoodomens]