#our car

[the-ineffable-dance]

So, I made a silly little post a while ago about how cute it was that Aziraphale suddenly wanted to take the Bentley after waiting 90 years to drive here. But since I wrote it, I watched the episode again, and suddenly a few things started to fall into place.

Aziraphale being so desperate to take the Bentley always struck me as kind of strange. Like, he's spent 90 years of Crowley driving around and has never asked to drive before. Why right now? Crowley seems as surprised by the request... he's not taking the train? He loves trains!

And then... it hit me. He's going to Edinburgh.

The last time he went to Edinburgh, his worst nightmare came true. Crowley got pulled down to Hell to face punishment for his acts of kindness.

And now, Aziraphale is going back there. The circumstances are completely different, of course, but I'm certain that he remembers vividly losing Crowley. He would want to make sure that Crowley is safe and out of Hell's reach while he's gone.

But with him out of London, how can he make sure that his demon is safe? The Bentley is now not only Crowley's car, but also where he's living now that he got kicked out of his apartment, so most of his time is spent there. Aziraphale is probably aware of this, but he also knows that the demons can get to Crowley in the car. Beelzebub entered the Bentley without permission, as did Hastur in season 1.

But the bookshop is safe. Only Aziraphale can give permission to enter the shop (Crowley seems to have permanent permission because he can now come at will). So, he takes the Bentley, and asks Crowley to watch over Jimbriel in the bookshop, in the one place that he will be completely safe.

Now all Crowley has to deal with is an amnesiac archangel! What could possibly go wrong?

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Aziraphale: So, I thought I might pop up there myself and investigate!

Crowley: Fair enough. What time's your train?

Aziraphale: Actually I rather thought I might take the car.

Crowley: What car?

Aziraphale: Our car.

Crowley: We don't have a car.

Aziraphale: Of course we do. Isn't she a beauty?

[livhowlett]

What do you think Aziraphale was doing in this scene?

Was he hiding as he waited for Crowley? Or was he talking to the Bentley?

I like to think he was asking the Bentley if it was okay to drive her to Edinburgh. Only if the Bentley was okay with Aziraphale driving her, only then he'd tell Crowley he planned on taking "our car".

Thoughts?

[the-great-pirate-war]

I FOUND MY NEW HEADCANON FOR S3 OF GOOD OMENS

“He did say he liked yellow.”

I need The Bentley to turn into “OUR CAR”. I NEED THIS TO HAPPEN. JUST IMAGINE THE BENTLEY DOING THIS OUT OF SHEER SPITE. THE BEIGE INTERIOR AND BEIGE WHEELS. THE YELLOW DOORS. THE GOLDEN YELLOW HOOD ORNAMENT. I NEED THIS SO BADLY.

-Constantly drives him back to Whickber Street and Azi’s bookshop

-Objects Azi owns unexplainably start turning up randomly in the car (even better if they are from other time periods)

-Bentley stops taking orders from Crowley

-only plays songs about love that are scarily accurate to Azi and Crowley’s dynamic

THIS CAR WILL NOT LET HIM FORGET AZIRAPHALE. IT IS GOING TO ACT LIKE A STUBBORN CHILD. I NEED THIS BENTLEY TO ACT LIKE A TODDLER.

“Demon Dad is mad at Angel Dad, but Demon Dad loves him still. Guess he needs to be reminded of him then.”

I NEED A FANFIC THAT BRINGS IN THE ELEMENT OF THE BENTLEY HEARING THEIR EVERY CONVO IN THAT CAR WHILE DRIVING, and it is going to use it on Crowley.

Almost like it is trying to shake him and telling him not to forget. BECAUSE IT FEELS THEIR LOVE STILL.

I NEED FANFICTION. OH MY GOD. 😫😭

(If someone writes a fic about my headcanon, PLEASE TAG ME. I’D LOVE TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE COME UP WITH! WHETHER IT IS FANART, A FANFIC, OR WHATEVER ELSE YOUR HEART DESIRES, I WILL PERSONALLY LOVE EACH OF THEM.🫶🏼😊)

[you-know-no-one]

Aziraphale from this:

To this:

[littlegaypeopleinmyphone]

[leoreadss]

It's far from finished but I'm already in love with this beauty!

[embracing-the-ineffable]

How to tell the "three" Good Omens Bentleys apart, without talking about color

There's some controversy about the s1/s2 Bentley "actors" in Good Omens, and the Bentley's mid-s2 transformation into "our car" during Aziraphale's trip to Edinburgh.

So, here's a handy guide to telling them all apart, and I'm NOT going to talk about the controversial color changes. (If you want the full details with a million screenshots, look at my earlier post here.)

*Please don't ask Neil about this! He's already said what he wants to say; like any good magician in the middle of their act, he's not going to spoil the mystery before the s3 magic unfolds*

Here's the s1 Bentley "Mary", after Adam reboots reality, next to the s2 initial look for the Bentley; underneath is the s2 new look for the Bentley after Edinburgh, aka "our car":

Keep in mind that the s1 Bentley is a different actor/model, a 2-door named Mary, and the s2 Bentley is actually a 4-door actor/model. In the first half of s2, it's cosplaying as Mary, and in the second half of s2, it looks like Our Car. How can we tell the difference?

Mary, and Our Car dressed as Mary, have the same hubcaps. They have one door handle on each side (as a 2-door car). Our Car as itself has different hubcaps and two door handles on each side (as a 4-door car).

Yes, I know about the half-car/cab-only set that was used to film some scenes in both seasons. It doesn't have hubcaps at all, so it really doesn't explain new hubcaps halfway through s2:

Can we tell the difference between Mary and Our Car cosplaying Mary? Yes:

Because Our Car is actually a 4-door, no matter how it's dressed, the backseat side windows are longer than actual Mary's backseat windows. Our Car's front and back side windows are the same size. Compare the orange lines I added above.

And, when Our Car dresses as Mary, there's an onscreen white line down the side near where the hinge would be if the car were a 2-door, but it's not underneath the frame between the two side windows. When Our Car looks like itself, the frame between the side windows is in line with the door hinge. The frame and hinge are also aligned on Mary in s1. Compare the vertical green lines I added above.

Oh, and remember the s1 cab-only set? Its backseat side window matched Mary and thus is shorter than the front seat window. I can't find ANY shot in s2, inside or outside the Bentley, with small backseat windows. Why? Because they must have updated the cab-only (physically, or with VFX) for s2 to match Our Car, despite rumors to the contrary. Again, compare the orange lines:

What about the Bentley in the s2 flashback to 1941? Take a look at 1941 on top of s1 when they literally run into Anathema:

Do you see it? Yep! It's the s2 actor/model in 1941, because the backseat side window is as long as the front seat side window. (That makes sense; as far as we know, GO weren't able to rent Mary again for any s2 filming.)

And - there's another difference! The side windows in s1 on Mary actually look "3-pane", with a small venting window at the front:

Closer, with my lines to highlight:

Our Car from s2 doesn't have those small venting windows at the front. And what about the windows from the inside? Here's s1e2 Mary above s2e4's Our Car in the flashback to 1941:

And with my lines for emphasis:

I hope this is helpful! I meant for it to be short, but, well, I had things to say.

PS - if you enjoy Good Omens metas, theories, clues, etc, I have a big pinned collection of those from the fandom, here!

[ineffableaddiction]

Crowley stops arguing with Aziraphale about driving the car when Aziraphale tells Crowley he’ll be taking care of the bookshop. He realizes it’s a big step for them.

[2apples-tall]

I would like to bring attention to the fact that Aziraphale got his drivers license 90 years ago and Crowley drives a 1933 Bentley (yes 1929 in the book but the car used for filming is a 1933)

MEANING Crowley got the Bentley and that same year Aziraphale got his license cause is it their car and he is that bitch

[vpgoldenrod]

Hard to watch the “Our Car” scene in Good Omens 2 without noticing that Neil Gaiman thinks refusing to take no for an answer is cute. At first I thought that Aziraphale repeatedly stepping on the toes of other people’s autonomy was intentionally creepy, but now it seems like art was snitching on its author, which it is often wont to do.

[no-paperwork]

Just spotted..

Our car

[yowlthinks]

"Our car" Aziraphale, you sneaky bastard

I was re-watching episodes 2 and 3 yesterday and realised something: Aziraphale got his driving license 90 years ago (= 1933), pretty much at the same time as Crowley bought the car (somewhere between 1926 and 1933).

So while they are still not talking to each other before 1941, they certainly are monitoring each other, so they roughly know that the other one is around. So what does Aziraphale do when he realises Crowley got a car and seems to have taken a particular shine to it? He goes on and learns to drive it.

And he keeps that quiet for 90 years, because he never really needed to drive. He lets Crowley give him lifts, but he CAN drive the car should he want or need to.

Somehow, it feels like this ties in quite well with him saying "I am making my own plans, but saving me makes him so happy!"

[moldyfruitsalad]

i don't remember where i saw this originally, but i found it in my camera roll and felt the need to share

[lickthecowhappy]

Ineffable May - Day 18

Bentley

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