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bluebirdsongs16 · 5 months

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Have you ever wondered why Crowley chose to present himself as a woman during Jesus' crucifixion scene?

This is just my theory, but during Jesus' time, there were strict rules on how men treated women. One of them was that Jewish men would never greet or speak to a woman in public unless they were their wife, daughter, mother, or sister.

Since Crowley wanted to keep himself as low-key as possible (and probably hide his strange eyes from humans), he presented himself as a woman so no one would approach him.

#new headcanon accepted thank you #I love this interpretation so much #good omens #good omens s1 e3 #ineffable husbands

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#levi x xavier OTP #if Hallmark movies were like this I'd have that shit on 24/7

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#omg this is beautiful 🥺#good omens #good omens fanart

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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*spams the like button on this concept*

“Captain’s log, supplemental: the Enterprise has encountered an alien life form who has identified himself as ‘Ziggy’”

#star trek #star trek tos #tos #david bowie #ziggy stardust

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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Crowley: *calls Aziraphale a bastard*

Aziraphale: *blushes like it's the most romantic anyone has ever said to him*

Edit: I'm aware that it's an affectionate insult. I'm not implying that Crowley is being mean to him...

#Crowley saying “I see you”#Crowley saying “I know you”#Crowley saying “I know who you are and I want to be around you”#It's beautiful #it's love #ineffable husbands #good omens

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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So I understand that there are Good Omens show fans who have never read Good Omens the book, and that makes me deeply sad because--

Like, there's so much depth to the story being told about humans and humanity and the choice between good and evil -- and how that's actually a false dichotomy whoooops -- WHILE ALSO not really being about Aziraphale and Crowley at all (who are, imo, basically there as embodiments of "Impressive Failures" for the purposes of Theme and also Plot).

BUT IF you want to know why I've shipped them since the book-- here's the moment it happened for wee teenage me:

Wednesday (before the end of the world)

So it's Warlock's birthday party. And there are all these children and security guards and also an angel doing magic tricks while a demon is disguised as a caterer. This bit is basically the same as the show, so hooray.

But as wee me understood the characters up to this point, they were still basically enemies who had been in the field together for way too long and knew each other's moves well enough for the same tempting/thwarting of one another to become kind of boring and repetitive and generally pointless-- particularly once they realized that they could, for instance, just live their (separate!) lives watching humans being weird (Crowley) and seeking various sensory stuff (Aziraphale) while doing the least work necessary to keep their respective bosses off their backs.

The Arrangement was borne not out of hiding a friendship or anything, but instead the realization that sometimes covering for one another would just... cut down on their total overall workload. They were, at best, employees of two different, competitive companies-- though in same kind of department, doing the same kind of work-- who discovered they liked to have lunch at the same deli and that their jobs were sometimes distressingly more similar than either was comfortable with.

SO ANYWAY. BACK TO THAT WEDNESDAY. They're not covering for one another with this whole Antichrist thing-- they're now actively collaborating, and they've acknowledged (mostly) that it's not to cut down on their individual workloads, but rather to preserve their identical-- but not shared (not yet)-- goals of Getting To Continue The Lives On Earth They've Grown To Enjoy.

But like-- still not friends. Not really.

Until Aziraphale fucks up a bit, Warlock accidentally gets hold of a security guard's weapon and starts waving it around, and:

Then someone threw some jelly at Warlock. The boy squeaked, and pulled the trigger of the gun. It was a Magnum .32, CIA issue, gray, mean, heavy, capable of blowing a man away at thirty paces, and leaving nothing more than a red mist, a ghastly mess, and a certain amount of paperwork. Aziraphale blinked. A thin stream of water squirted from the nozzle and soaked Crowley, who had been looking out the window, trying to see if there was a huge black dog in the garden. Aziraphale looked embarrassed. Then a cream cake hit him in the face.

My teenage brain exploded at this moment.

BECAUSE: there is no reason for Aziraphale to do that.

Work-wise: If he got shot, Crowley would get discorporated, but not die-- and anyway, it would happen in such a way that both of them could explain it away easily to their respective sides (and possibly even be commended for it!).

Collaboration-wise: If Crowley had been watching Aziraphale, and if he'd seen Aziraphale have the chance to change the gun but not do it-- then yeah, probably that would've been annoying enough to have warranted some chilly conversations once he came back topside, and therefore, Aziraphale choosing to save Crowley could've been a reasonable, logical choice to keep their working relationship on an even keel until they'd sorted out this Doomsday thing.

But Crowley was looking the other way.

Work-wise, it doesn't make sense-- and secret-collaboration-wise, it doesn't make sense-- and so it is, overall, really weird that Aziraphale saved him.

But his automatic reaction-- in a blink-- is to stop Crowley from getting shot. And he knows it's weird-- he feels embarrassed that his sudden, unthinking reaction is to save his "enemy".

And the final bit is just a couple paragraphs later:

With a gesture, Aziraphale turned the rest of the guns into water pistols as well, and walked out.

SO LOOK: He changed only the pistol about to shoot Crowley. His automatic reaction had nothing to do with saving a party full of humans, many of them children-- nothing to do with Heaven or Hell-- nothing to do with preserving the coworker he needs to stop Armageddon--

It was all to do with saving Crowley. Who may be the enemy, but he's Aziraphale's enemy. And another part of his life on Earth that he's doing all of this just to preserve.

Which may also be, for the first time, the moment he lets himself realize how important Crowley in particular is to him.

...and so anyway, that's how I started shipping these two immortal idiots, and one of many reasons why everyone should read the book.

#OH #OH OH OH #HI HELLO I LOVE THIS #GALAXY BRAIN ANALYSIS #AZIRAPHALE LOVES CROWLEY #INEFFABLE HUSBANDS SINCE 1991

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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Drawn for @do-it-with-style-events Mini Reverse Bang in collaboration with - @therainbowsaltsblog who wrote a fantastic fic to go with it that you can read here: A Night to Remember

1941: Aziraphale wants to thank Crowley by inviting him over for dinner at the bookshop, after Crowley helped him with his magic act. It's definitely not a date, right?

Picture ref from Masters of Sex photoshoot.

#this is so gorgeous omg!!!#good omens #good omens fanart #good omens 1941

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This angel gives us a Clue in The Beginning!

Okay, here goes! Let there be matter, let there be gravity. Let there be everything from pages 11 to 3,000,602 inclusive.

The Angel's lovely spinning gears reminded me of the Fibonacci Sequence.

If you are not familiar with Fibonacci take a minute to learn something new.

Ready?

Focus on the 11 to 3,000,602

11 and 3,000,602 aren't Fibonacci numbers.

They relate to the Fibonacci sequence of numbers: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181...

The 11th Fibonacci sequence number is 89

Random bits on 89

Cool math facts about 89

There are 1189 chapters in the Bible (11-89)

89 is the greatest number of verses in a chapter of a book of the Bible (other than the Book of Psalms).

It's the Book of Numbers - (Fuck around and find out)

It's maybe told by Moses @ 1450-1410 B.C. Numbers takes its name from two censuses (or "numberings") of the people of Israel and is a narrative sequel to Exodus. The Israelites recieved their laws and covenants from God, who is living among them. People complain over hardships and poor leadership. Israelites send spies into Caanan, hear of fearful conditions and refuse to go there. God gets tetchy and smites them- 15,000 people or so, through "various means" and curses them to wander the desert for 40 years.

Overall the book of Numbers "reveals how God reminded Israel that He does not tolerate rebellion, complaining, and disbelief without invoking consequences."

Back to 89

There is no Chapter 89 in the Bible, but there is Psalm 89.

Psalm 89 is a poem about a covenant (promise) that was made between God and David.

God breaks the promise.

It has two very different parts. Verses 1–37 are a gloriously positive reflection on the character of God and the covenant with David. Verses 38-51 are a lament that God not only has rejected the house of David but seems to have broken their promise.

Overall message of Psalm 89 is one of "hopeless abandonment with reminder to God of God’s promises that were broken."

On to 3,000,602

I found nothing.

The "inclusive" means the numbers between 11 and 3,000,602. The calculator my teachers said I wouldn't be able to carry everywhere says the difference is 3,000,591.

I found nothing.

Back to Fibonacci.

The only number in 3,000,591 that isn't in the sequence is 9.

It's the oddball.

The 9th Fibonacci sequence is 21

Book #21 of Bible is Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes is complicated.

Maybe written by Solomon in 935 B.C. It's vibe is "Wisdom Literature." Scholars find it contradictory and controversial.

It asks Big Questions.

You've likely heard part of Ecclesiastes before:

"Turn! Turn! Turn!" aka "To Everything There is a Season" by Pete Seeger is essentially chapter 3 of Ecclesiastes.

Ecclesiastes inspired literary influences from Shakespeare to T.S. Elliot. Take a look.

Ecclesiastes is the story of Kohelet or Qohelet (thought to be a man, but the Hebrew word root is female).

Kohelet asks Big Existential Questions.

Can life be positive or is it meaningless and empty?

Excerpts from this article tell their story:

Qohelet lived around the mid-300s BCE, likely in Jerusalem, and his writings are preserved in a book of the Hebrew bible by the same name (in English bibles, Ecclesiastes). He probably was not a king, as is said in the book, but was likely a sage or philosopher. Referred to as the Teacher or Preacher, the editor of the book may have been one of his students. The book is part of the Israelite wisdom tradition – a broad range of literature that is concerned very directly with life, and how to deal with the difficulties and challenges of our existence.

The book of Qohelet is unique in being highly skeptical of the goodness of God and of the value of wisdom itself. Its approach is so unusual that people have wondered how it made its way into the bible at all. His search for answers he tenaciously observes what is happening in the lives of the people around him, rich and poor, old and young. Relentlessly clear-eyed, he does not allow himself to succumb to self-delusion or sugar coat what is going on around him. He is not susceptible to spin.

As a result of his explorations Qohelet concludes that the world can be summed up in one word: hebel. This word is typically translated as ‘vanity’, but because ‘vanity’ now almost always has the sense of being vain or conceited, the true sense of the world as it is meant by Qohelet is not conveyed. A more accurate translation of hebel than ‘vanity’ is ‘a breath, whiff, puff, vapour’ and it refers to anything that is illusory, incomprehensible, futile, or meaningless.

This sense of meaninglessness is at the heart of the book – ‘vanity’ appears 38 times and is the first word after the superscription and Qohelet’s last word in 12:8. The superlative construction ‘vanity of vanities’ that begins and ends the book points to complete and utter meaninglessness. Nothing we possess, be it material goods, pleasure, or religion, can change the fact that everything is ephemeral and ultimately futile. As Qohelet discovers in the course of his inquiries, even the pursuit of wisdom itself is finally nothing but folly and ‘a chasing after wind’ (1:17).

Ecclesiastes says we can’t really control much of life, but the difference between enjoying and hating life stems directly from how we choose to see it.

There are absolutely no parallels here.

The Angel did not just use the Divine Proportion, a symbol of ideal harmony, to build stars.

It's not about Crowley's fall from heaven or insight on his demonic nature.

Not a single parallel to the Angel at the top of this meta or the Demon who described their million-light-year freestyle dive into a pool of boiling sulphur and hasn't stopped asking questions...

Oh, Crowley.

Hey @bluebirdsongs16 head cannon accepted.

*Parts of the Bible are estimated to be at least 2700 years old. Researching this clue is the most time I have spent reading it in my life. I am not a biblical scholar. There just might be other analysis available.

#good omens #good omens meta #good omens s2 spoilers #good omens headcanons

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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#just crowley things

#just swag yet no swag at all #that floored me #it's SO true #🤣🤣🤣#crowley #good omens #good omens gifset

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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I fully expected this to be a post about This is How You Lose the Time War. I was wrong, but that's OK. 😂

Oh wait lmao the blue bird on the TIHYLTTW cover isn't even a blue jay, my bad. 🤣🤣🤣

i love seeing cardinals and bluejays together i’m always like “hehe.. evil siblings”

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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My own personal Roman Empire is the deleted scene from S01E03 (written in the script book Neil wrote) where back in 1800 just when Aziraphale was about to open his bookshop, Gabriel arrived ready to get him back to Heaven "as a promotion" and when Crowley overhead them (carrying chocolates and waving at Aziraphale excitedly from outside the shop) he put up a whole ass performance, with a bunch of different characters voiced by him making funny voices mind you, so Gabriel would think getting Aziraphale back to heaven was a good thing for Crowley. His plan obviously worked and Gabriel let Aziraphale stay on earth to battle his "arch nemesis".

Neil also wrote that the producers suggested he cut scenes like the crucifixion, or the Bastille, or even our beloved 1941 church scene. Nobody actually suggested he cut the 1800 scene but Neil chose it anyway. As much as I would have loved to see Crowley mouthing "chocolates" excitedly through a window at Aziraphale behind the archangel's back, I'm so very grateful we didn't lose one of the other scenes.

Who knows, maybe we'll get to see it later on 👀 *crosses fingers*

#I loooove the 1800 scene #I can hear exactly how Crowley would say “But Michael's a wanker!!”#casts summoning circle for many many more historical minisodes #as many as they can fit in honestly #good omens

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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I'm reading Gay New York by George Chauncey, which is a historical account of pre-WWII queer culture in NYC, and apparently in the first half of the 20th century wearing a red necktie could be code for one's homosexuality. The author references Paul Cadmus's 1936 painting "The Fleet's In!" which depicts both women and men seducing sailors:

This figure in the painting depicts "a stereotypical homosexual solicitation" for the time, and well...

I know Crowley wears the red tie because he's a demon and is wearing a blue shirt in 1941 because he's "not going to let anyone assume he's a Blackshirt," but. BUT.

Red ties were also associated with queerness at this juncture in history. At least in New York

Just saying. 👀

I bet Crowley would like New York.

#good omens #good omens meta #queer history #queer art history

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bluebirdsongs16 · 6 months

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i tried to write this ficlet four different times but i'm having a day so. take whatever this is.

aziraphale with fake vampire teeth. he loves them. crowley HATES them because you can just grow them angel, this is humiliating. i'm a fucking snake. i have fangs. take those things out of your mouth.

but aziraphale is doing his dollar-store dracula roleplay because it's halloween! he has to wear a costume when handing out the candy to the children!

"oh also crowley here's your costume-"

"i am not wearing a costume."

"you will wear the costume."

"this is embarrassing even for you angel"

(if there's one thing aziraphale is shamelessly good at, it's making puppy eyes at crowley until he gives in, and oh does he want him to wear the bloody thing)

"... fine. but you owe me" "yeah yeah just get ready"

and THAT is how soho gets to experience count aziraphale and his trusted companion, the bat crowley, who looks particularly dashing (and very much not scary) in a black turtleneck with tiny wings on his back. at least his eyes can be on full display, even if just for tonight, and the kids LOVE them so much crowley's complains die down rather quickly. he might even have *gasp* a good time!

(and if it was more about getting him back into the turtleneck than the costume - well, aziraphale knows how to keep a secret)

#this is so precious and i love everything about it #🥺#good omens #ineffable husbands

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