#good omens eden

[thegreatmousebafoon]

Quick question- is Aziraphels book shop Eden? Isn’t he supposed to be guarding Eden forever- is his book shop like a gateway to Eden? Or something?

Why does Crowley have so many plants? Symbolism? Perhaps? Of some kind? Do they both guard Eden?

But what happens when one of them leaves?

Listen- ok- the fruit of Eden is meant to give someone the knowledge of good and evil. Perhaps knowing evil would destroy it- so someone ‘evil’ ( very heavy quotation marks ) also needs the guard it.

Where they meant to protect Eden together forever? But one of them left. What happens now?! Is the garden open for attack?! One of its guardians has abandoned it, the other is suffering debilitating heart break- who will protect it?!

[knifeforkspooncup]

Things got pretty boring in the garden after Adam and Eve left...

GOD: As it happens, Aziraphale had nothing to say about the word "kiss."

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[orth82]

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[garmrheim]

Just two beings experiencing two different kinds of excitement.. Aziraphales Guardian duties includes observing to make sure the demon isnt going to tumble down and drown ! obviously! Nothing else.

Continuation from these silly things.

1 , 2

edens new inhabitants.

[clakearts]

innocence died screaming

(honey ask me, I should know.)

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[ineffablechocolatecheesecake]

The Angel and The Serpent

[sad-grandfather-clock]

a demon and an angel from Eden - Part I or the first Good Omens fanart I'm actually posting - I found an illustration on pinterest and instantly thought it feels like them, so I drew it!

a demon and an angel from Eden - Part II > look under the cut for the reference I used!

Willy Pogány, 1912, illustration for Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail by T. W. Rolleston

[kimberleyjean]

The Ineffable Detective Agency Presents: What do you mean there are TWO Edens??

Do you remember how we were shown those two different shots of the Eden walls in S1? One is the zoom in, the other a zoom out and they bookend the scene. Here they are back to back...

I've not seen anyone mention it before but these are DIFFERENT WALLS. Yes, you heard me correctly. We have been shown two totally different Edens. Let's talk about it shall we?

The devil's in the detail...

Try to think back and remember - how many spikes jut out from the walls of Eden? I’ll make it easy - is it 7 or 10?

Did you guess 7? Well, congratulations, you’re half correct! 

Did you guess 10? Well, congratulations, you’re also half correct!

That’s right - we see TWO versions of Eden in that sequence.

Here’s the Eden we’re shown first, as the camera sweeps in over the vast sands, and God narrates over the top. Look carefully at the design of the walls here, particularly those spikes. There are supports which have three spikes coming out of them. Take a look at the portions in between...

10 spikes!

And then at the end of this sequence, here are Crowley and Azriaphale, standing on the wall, looking out over the departing Adam, Eve and Flaming Sword. 

So, now we have 7 spikes! It’s not the only change, either. Take a look at the shape, size, colour and weathering of these walls.

So, what’s happened here? The only conclusion I have is that the Good Omens team have purposefully used two different digital assets when creating the VFX for Eden. The reason it flew under everyone’s radar is because these two shots are separated by roughly 4 minutes in total!

But you know what? I think the Good Omens team have been trying to drop hints all along. Check out this post from a fan who attended an event and was told about multiple Edens by Michael Ralph. What else have they been dropping hints about? Lots, I suspect.

With thanks to all the detectives @embracing-the-ineffable, @theastrophysicistnextdoor, @noneorother, @somehow-a-human, @komorezuki, @maufungi, @lookingatacupoftea, @havemyheartaziraphale, @251-dmr, @dunkthebiscuit, and @ghstptats <3

[robinrat]

Totally forgot to post this here! This is my frame for the @gomensframes project!

[theriverspath]

The beautiful Good Omens pixel art* on here has captured my soul. So, I decided to give it a try. Here's an attempt at some Eden-related objects. (I'm a literal baby at this, so please be kind?)

*I'm looking at you, @tofupixel. Specifically the closeup of Crowley and Aziraphale's eyes.

[dalliancekay]

We've been talking for millions of years

Aziraphale was clearly taken by Angel!Crowley from the moment he met him. I think the 6000 years could be read as when the whole human (breeding) thing starts. They didn't start Universe with the Big Bang, much like they didn't start the Earth with micro life and then dinosaurs and then people. They planned up and build everything and then started it up. And once started, it was meant to last about - 6000 years. When we meet Aziraphale and Angel!Crowley in Before the Beginning, Earth was still an idea in the works. The War didn't happen. So I hope after they met, they talked and talked and Crowley grumbled about how unfair it all was and Aziraphale tried to placate him that it will all work out somehow and to be careful. And they kept meeting, Crowley showing Aziraphale the prettiest corners of the universe, Aziraphale telling Crowley exciting developments re: Earth.

I wouldn’t try to guess at how far their relationship has gone… maybe relationships of the kind we know now weren’t invented yet and still, these two loved each other without knowing anything about it. After all, no other angels seem to have ANY relationships of any kind. Apart from higher or lower levels of condescension towards each other.

Then the Great War came and tore them apart. After knowing each other for millions of years and their close more-than-friendship, their world falls apart. ---------

Aziraphale is relieved when he’s sent down to Earth to guard the brand new humans from the demons he has heard that the damned angels have been turned into. He’s a bit fearful about the whole thing maybe but glad to be away and keen, if a bit anxious to see the project he’s discussed/worked on for so long.

Crowley hates Hell. He hates it cos it’s not what he wanted nor what he thought he was joining. He has been lied to. He’s not regretting his decision to turn his back on Heaven, no. He still thinks they’ve made too many crappy decisions. But he despises what the Rebellion became.

When Beelzebub asks for a volunteer to go up to the new planet and tempt the fresh innocent human couple into joining them, he volunteers, even if only to escape the claustrophobic walls and the mess nobody ever clears up.

Tempting comes easy to him. He imagines talking to his lost friend. ‘But why wouldn’t you try fruit from this one tree. What’s the problem with knowing things anyway? Wouldn’t you want to decide for yourself Eve? And Eve does make a decision.

Crowley’s worried now. Not for himself. He’s without hope but did he hurt humans by doing this. He didn’t mean to. He doesn’t really want them to go to Hell. Or Heaven for that matter. He only thinks they should be free to make their own choices. If only he had someone to talk to.

He spotted a distant angel earlier. They held a flaming sword but surely he can dodge that if needs be. He could just try for a simple chat. He has no idea how demons are talked about in Heaven. He guesses the angel might just try to smite him. Worth the risk. Everything feels so raw and strange here. Maybe stealing a bit of familiarity will help him settle his nerves.

He decides to slither over and ask how the angel feels about what’s been done. Will they be furious. Hurt? Guilty? Oh. It’s him. It’s too late now. Always too late. It’s him. Aziraphale. Aziraphale. It is HIS angel. What is he going to do. FUCK! Well. No better way to find out. He could just tease him like the old times. What's the worst that can happen. “Well that went down like a lead balloon.” A lead balloon? Whatthefuck even is that. Oh for Someone's sake.

Aziraphale’s standing on top of the Garden wall, squeezing his fingers with worry - what exactly has happened anyway? What has possessed him to give away his sword. Did he disappoint God? Heaven? It doesn’t FEEL wrong to help them. If only he had someone to talk to.

Oh - who's this. Another angel? Oh. Oh no. Could it be? A lead balloon?!? “Sorry what was that?” Does he remember me? I think he does. I think he does. He’s here. As lovely as always.

I’ll keep him safe. Safe. I will keep him safe this time.

[plxnetatlaz]

It’s ineffable.

So glad to have join the #everyframeofeden project hosted by @gomensframes !! Here’s my frame of #093 of Azi just smiling :D

Here’s also the link to our full video!

Reblogs are very lovely!!

[tickety-boooo]

In the beginning, the Garden was a peaceful place. I could spend hours with you.

I wanted to give demon Crowley a halo anyway, it's a little cracked and less bright compared to Zira's but it's still there!

[orth82]

Smitten Aziraphale 🐍

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Full Aziracrow gallery here

[lordroma]

Hello! I leave you a preview of my frame for @gomensframes new project

[melbatron5000]

The fruit of the tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil

When Gabriel first arrives to Whickber street, a truckful of tomatoes dumps its load at his feet, he even squishes one and almost trips.

@scottishmushroom asked what this means in this post here, and I have some thoughts.

Every scene in this show is doing double duty, every image has symbolism attached to it. The symbolism needs to either be funny, or serve the narrative somehow (often both). And this season is lousy with Clues.

What twigged me to my thought was the further note that there seem to be baskets of tomatoes in the Job minisode. They seem to be a throwaway prop, except that they are placed exactly between Aziraphale and Crowley in the shot they appear in. The placement of objects matters, as it tells the audience what's important, whose POV we're seeing through, etc.

(Oh, hey! I just noticed that the plants in the shot with the pomegranates appear to be dracaena trifasciata -- common names include mother-in-law's tongue, SNAKE plant, and DEVIL'S TONGUE. Native to Nigeria, so not out of place here. I have a six-foot one of those in my sunroom! Hm!)

Back to the tomatoes.

Tomatoes in the Middle East during Bibical times? @docdust pointed out that those aren't tomatoes, they're pomegranates.

Aha.

Tomatoes used to be called "love apples" back in the day, and the Greeks referred to pomegranates as "grainy apples."

Apples, Bible, something something Eve ate something . . .

Eve ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, then offered the fruit to Adam who also ate it. Then both were cast out of Eden, because God was worried they would also eat of the tree of eternal life and elevate themselves to Her own status. (That part of the story gets left out a lot, I wonder why . . . )

There's actually no Biblical reference that we know of to any particular fruit. Some translator at some point labelled it an apple, and it's been thought of that way ever since. But apples weren't found in the Middle East during Biblical times, either, so it's unlikely it was actually an apple Eve ate. Pick a fruit to stand in, any fruit.

(In the TV series Lucifer, Eve jokes that it was always a metaphor, there never was a "fruit" of any kind. Unless maybe a banana? (She grins at Lucifer.) But I digress.)

So pick a fruit to stand in for apples. Maybe a tomato (love apple)? Or a pomegranate (grainy apple)?

In both scenes where these fruits appear, important characters are having a big crisis of faith. In both cases, their first crisis of faith. They are learning that Heaven isn't what it's cracked up to be. Gabriel has eaten of the fruit of the tree of knowledge, and has been cast out of Eden (Heaven). (Though we don't know that yet when he first shows up -- the tomatoes are A Clue!)

Aziraphale has eaten of the tree of knowledge and been cast out of Eden -- though in his case, Eden is simply naivete, his ability to go along with Heaven unquestioningly. ("What am I?")

Aziraphale's crisis of faith seems more clear -- even my bestie, while watching the show with me, got kind of upset at the Job minisode because of her own religious trauma. Job is touchy story for a lot of people. It's an appropriate place for Aziraphale to lose his confidence that Heaven is light and truth and good. It's a story that a lot of people lose faith over.

And Crowley, in this instance, is Eve. The one who's already tasted the fruit, and is offering it their partner. "Let me show you what you don't even know."

And so we have "apples" present at the moment of both characters gaining knowledge of good and evil. Or at least, gaining knowledge that Heaven isn't Good, and going against Heaven isn't Evil.

That's my take on it, anyway, and how I would interpret the symbolism of those two fruits present at that those two points in the narrative. Your mileage may vary.