#the opening sequence

[metatronhateblog]

The Opening Sequence Pt 2 The Cemetery

Welcome back to the opening sequence breakdown. It only took me forever to get back to this thanks to con crunching (curse you Crowley's leather vest), split attention, and work. Today I will be, you guessed it cause you probably read the title, talking about the cemetery sequence.

Now there isn't too terribly much here, and I'm sure a lot of this has already been talked about. I've no doubt people were smart enough to already find all this.

But as I have no self control and am in fact procrastinating finishing my Crowley cosplay, here we are. I promise we'll get into some more....weird? Less noticeable??? I don't even know? Stuff as time goes on. We're just starting off with the basics cause it's easier on my brain.

So in the cemetery, we already know that Jim is hiding out behind some headstones next to the mausoleum they enter. Nothing too weird there, aside from the fact he's hiding. BUT WE'RE NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT JIM.

Instead I'm here to talk about all the weird little things on the headstones. Again, I wouldn't be surprised if it's all already been found, I just personally haven't seen anyone talk about it?

We start off seeing this little mausoleum that says 'ARCHER' on it

Which we also see make an appearance in episode 3, when our beloveds are in Edinburgh.

(Did I start this draft then immediately drop everything to lighten/color correct all of season 2 episode three so I could see if there was anything in the background? Maybe...)

Then we have our lovely statue of the one and only beloved yet self absorbed Gabriel. Again, nothing too fancy.

And this little cross with an very interesting symbol on it right next to Gabriel. The symbol from a glance looks to be a money sign but when you take a closer look, I think it's actually three crosses? Or maybe one cross with two little lines on either side and a big 'S' slapped over top.

Then we have our 'Everyday' headstone which is of no surprise due to reoccurring song appearances in the season.

But then something else caught my eye while I was making this post that I didn't notice previously... See that little guy up in the corner of the everyday headstone?

Him?

yeah well idk who he's supposed to be but he's not the only one...

And then a third that is hidden behind a cross

Perhaps important characters? Or maybe a little hint about something that I don't know yet. Or maybe even just put there to fill in the background with no meaning....who knows.

Either way these gentlemen (or ladies) appear in the actual episode behind the Gabriel statue.

Then here we have two...stone caskets? Above ground graves? Where they both look the same, but one appears to be crossed out, maybe worn away with time, and you can't see the other because it's hidden by a headstone that says 'Peter Paintball.'

I have no clue who Peter paintball is. Maybe it's a reference to Season 1, or maybe it's someone on the crew or something. But I have no Earthly clue.

Moving on. As our boys continue their cemetery date with a trail of people and creatures and...objects? Behind them. We see the mastermind behind our Clerkenwell Diamond Robbery. Miss Austen herself.

I'm just as unphased at her name being in this cemetery as I am 'everyday.'

From here, I've had to do a lot of tweaking and playing with the lighting, and I won't lie, some things are still kind of...not quite able to be made out imo. So now we have...

A two for one that kind of leaves my brain churning questions like butter. I'll start with the more legible one.

"Here lies the former shell of Beelzebub."

I mean 'they're just such a little ray of sunshine' so of course this headstone makes sense. But also...why? What exactly does this mean. Like what's it referring to? I get that demons are dead inside which...mood. But could this possibly be referring to whoever Beelzebub was before falling? Or maybe the fact that Beelzebub feels some sort of happiness after meeting Gabriel and therefore the shell has been buried? I don't know. I just sit here and mull this over sometimes and maybe it's not a detail I should agonize over, but still.

Then we have 'here lies...Adam...' with the words underneath that I can only barely make out some of. I have tried fixing this so many different ways, and maybe it's just my lacking photo editing skills but still. I believe Neil has said this headstone is referring to Adam as in Adam and Eve? (Correct me if I'm wrong.) And if I squint I can make out....(from my best attempt at cleaning this up enough to see it)

"I do not understand, surely your very existence requires....of the world..."

Some of the words I can't make out, and the whole bottom line is a mystery to me because it's blocked entirely by the shadow that I can't fix.

Buuuuuut using my skills of deduction I'm going to assume this is a quote from Adam in the show? Gonna assume show and not book all things considered. (Upon further investigation it's Death who says this to Adam.) I can't remember. But the quote is something like

"I do not understand, surely your very existence requires the ending of the world. It is written."

Which...well hell that's a very interesting thing to put on a headstone (once again questioning which Adam Neil said that headstone belongs to...)

(Maybe it's a reference to Adam Young but Neil is saying he's not dead? Because he never actually confirms which Adam this is a reference to but I suppose it could be either considering it begins and 'ends' with an Adam.

But the thing I find really interesting is actually the headstone right next to it, also a take on something Death says in season 1.

'Left early to beat the rush.'

Which. Hell this one took me by surprise the first time I read it. Death says it to the mail man in Season 1 'Think of it as leaving early to beat the rush.' And if I recall correctly (I don't know where the source is) Neil has said something similar about Terry? So for all I know this headstone could be a nod to Terry Pratchett....or it could be two very interesting Death quotes on back to back headstones.

Could the Adam one possibly be referring to the fact that Adam, by the end of season 1, technically reversed the end of the world? Or something along those lines? I just find it weird that amongst a bunch of (i'm using this word lightly) joke headstones we have two very intriguing Death quotes....

Finally, we have this little interesting bit on the side right here.

We have that symbol from before but a little clearer now...and? A head? There's a bust here in the corner in front of Gabriel.

At first glance it reminds me of the Gabriel angel statue...and maybe this is supposed to be Gabriel...But if you look a little closer...you can see a button up.

Now this is the best shot I can manage of it.

This looks specifically like Jim. Not Gabriel, but Jim. It's dressed similarly and I think that's his hairstyle. The face looks similar. I momentarily thought it might be Aziraphale or even Crowley but that wouldn't make sense...right?

So for now, I'm thinking that this is a bust of Jim. Very interesting considering Jimbriel is hiding right in front of it and there's a different statue of the Archangel Gabriel earlier in the cemetery....So what the heck is this all about...

Now if I missed any, or if any of the headstones in the background have writing that is hard to make out, let me know and I'll update this post.

But as I said before, I'm sure someone has already done this. Consider this a reference post, maybe let your gears turn a bit about some of the epitaphs because they're certainly some head scratchers if you ask me.

Thank you for reading this, and keep a look out for more of the opening sequence breakdown series in which I slowly lose more and more of my mind staring at this thing and picking out little tiny details.

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #good omens meta #the opening sequence

[bixels]

Concept art for the Grand Galloping 20’s NYC story, which’ll split the main six into pairs.

With two tickets to a Wonderbolts ballgame, Wígmuŋke and Félicie must traverse the treacherous transit system of Manhattan island. While Wígmuŋke dreams of meeting her hero, Team Captain “Spitfire,” Félicie learns the value of an assertive voice amongst rude New Yorkers.

#mlp #fluttershy #rainbow dash #flutterdash #my art #fanart #the grand galloping 20s #character design #concept art #the whole story will have some nods to fantasia 2000 but it won’t really look like this #this concept’s stylized for what I imagine would be an opening sequence

[conniemcfalcon]

It should've been you bbg 💔

#he is my roman empire #mark was supposed to be the security guard in the opening sequence #it would've been perfect #fnaf the movie #fnaf spoilers #fnaf movie #markiplier #five nights at freddy's

[scipunk]

The Matrix (1999)

#the matrix #cyberpunk aesthetic #cyberpunk movies #follow the white rabbit #scifi #enter the matrix #scifi movies #command line #console #command prompt #gifs #gifset #opening sequence #graphic design

[curtwildseyeliner]

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

#velvet goldmine #jack fairy #i really love this opening sequence #i love how the logo disappears into a star #and the stars rotating #can you tell i like stars? #also jack fairy looking hip as fuck #really loving his leather jacket #i should draw him #todd haynes

[gunstellations]

In the world I love

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In a different world

#vanitas no carte #vanoé #doomed yaoi save me...save me doomed yaoi #play on the opening song + visual sequence + the fact that vanitas could only ever be happy in an alternate universe also #+ the other fun little fact we learn about him from episode one #i have complex feelings about this anime #its pretty damn fucking good #but im a leeeeetle iffy about the way it developed the female characters.....they had potential and i was actually excited to #to see some good solid female characters even the respective romances with their l/i's felt good at the start #not jeanne obv. they fucked up a perfectly good woman and her whole dynamic with v could have gone sooo well without the reall #really forced flirting behaviour.... i liked the more serious relationship they had it made me actually not hate what they had at the start #but yknow. whatever. sorry about going off about another ship on this but im just....i love jeanne a lot. i wish they didnt do her so dirty #my girl deserves better than this asshole #you want white/black dynamics??? let her get married to domi and then we can talk #i enjoy this show and i enjoy vanoe a lot #very yuriyaoi if you ask me #my art

[scificrows]

“I was having an emotion, and I hate that. I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.” ― Martha Wells, Exit Strategy

Title sequence designs inspired by the real-life shows Martha Wells based Murderbot's favorite shows on.

#the murderbot diaries #murderbot #sanctuary moon #world hoppers #murderbot diaries #hi i spent way too much time putting these together #when i actually just wanted a tiny version of the sanctuary moon one for something else i'm working on #thank you @the-yearning-astronaut for asking for the world hoppers one assdfsjdjsd #i DID have a lot of fun making these #the shows are how to get away with murder (-> sanctuary moon); legends of tomorrow (-> timestream defenders orion) #and stargate atlantis (-> world hoppers) #i watched the first 5 minutes of the first episode of every stargate atlantis season to see which title sequence i liked best #and GOD why don't shows have openings like that anymore??? stargate atlantis looks SO stupid and fun #i might just watch it #(please don't look too closely at them they are a bit messy lol) #𓄿

[the-forest-library]

After now having seen Barbie, I am laughing at the idea of it being the palate cleaning portion of Barbenheimer. It was straight up two hours of existential crisis that left me feeling all sorts of ways. Have now booked my ticket for Oppenheimer tonight because if I’m going to be depressed after two movies, I’d rather get it out of the way in one day than spread it out over multiple days.

#barbie was good and had lighter moments #but she has depth #and it really dived into what it means to be a woman #which can be intense #totally cried during the first two opening sequences #barbie #barbenheimer #oppenheimer

[deliciest]

Bloody Stream

#caejose #caesar zeppeli #joseph joestar #battle tendency #jjba fanart #jojos bizarre adventure #I love this sequence from the opening so much

[arcadebroke]

#Samurai Champloo #サムライチャンプルー #フウ #Fuu #gif #my gif #anime gif #character art #character design #opening sequence #color #style #design #gif set #Mugen #Jin #無限 #ジン #anime #2000s anime #titles sequence

[elitadream]

"You've been hurting so much, and for so long… Please, let me soothe your pain."

-

There was a scenario I had imagined in which Mario would suffer emotional trauma and keep it to himself to the point of becoming depressed, growing more distant and avoiding others as a result. He would so desperately want for his loved ones to be at peace that he would rather endure unbearable misery in silence than speak on it; not knowing just how tired he really is and how badly he needs to be comforted.

So when Peach would finally -and ever so gently- confront him on the matter, his walls would crumble almost immediately, and he would break down in front of her. Anguish and exhaustion slowly giving way to healing. ❤️‍🩹

#This kept coming back to my mind when I was working on both the confession tangent and the body swap one 🥺 #And looking at it... I figured it could indeed technically work for a variety of stories #The context might change but the issue remains 😢 #Mario has a lot of trouble opening up about what upsets him #Especially to both his brother and the princess #Who just so happen to be the two people who care about him the most #So the poor man was essentially bound to experience this struggle 😔 #But- there's beauty in sorrow. And love in suffering 🤲💖 #I have often contemplated drawing a sequence that would showcase this moment #but ultimately felt that it was more impactful as a single image 🌅 #It also deeply resonates with me for many reasons #This was a personal one for me 💙 #Mario #Princess Peach #Mario x Peach #Mareach #hurt/comfort #Super Mario Bros #Fanart

[storybook-souls]

begging my genius girlfriend to stop walking directly into danger despite knowing we're both compelled by the cycles of fate that tie us not only to each other but also to the entity that lies ahead

#tears of the kingdom #totk #totk spoilers #tears of the kingdom spoilers #legend of zelda #loz #loz spoilers #guys i was on the verge of tears that whole opening sequence i am losing! my mind. #zelda my DARLING link my DARLING

[gebo4482]

戦隊大失格 (Go! Go! Loser Ranger!) - Opening

#sentai daishikkaku #go! go! loser ranger! #anime #animation #action series #sci-fi series #opening title #title sequence #gif

[sleepy-edits]

#inuyashaedit #oldanimeedit #anisource #dailyanime #inuyasha #sesshoumaru #jaken #opening sequence

[thewiglesswonder]

TFA StarOp, part four.

#thanks to monkey for the quote #anyway yeah. this is how it happens #I’m exceedingly fond of the headcanon that Screamer and Megs were once really close friends #and start to rediscover that friendship in the hypothetical aftermath I’ve constructed #so yeah the sequence of events here #Starscream recieves a life altering frag and a processor boggling amount of overloads #wakes up the next morning #helps Optimus sneak back into his team’s base #then proceeds to kick Megatron’s door open and tell him EVERYTHING #my art #tf #tfa #transformers #transformers animated #maccadam #starscream #tfa starscream #megatron #tfa megatron #starop #tfa starop

[hoezier]

There's something at the tip of my tongue about the parallels between Jackie and Wilson and Who We Are

How the narrator of Jackie and Wilson wants to run away with a woman that he's carved out of his imagination based on a brief interaction. How they would try the world, but good god it wasn't for them. So they run away from it into a fantasy world where they live by their own rules.

And then comes the narrator of Who We Are, who dreamt his whole life of finding someone who would hold him like water or like a knife, only to find that running away from the world will only get them so far, since "the hardest part is who we are". And only to find out that the "phantom life" he's fantasized about is actually just that: a phantom. And its absence sharpens like a knife

#hozier #sahar stfu about hozier #I'm aware that on the surface these songs are not really about the same thing #but there's something about the way that j&w narrator craves the fantasy he speaks of #that reminds me so much of the voice of Who We Are who thinks he realizes the fantasy only to watch it become a nightmare #and the contrast between the dream-fuelled lyrics of J&W that evoke daring adventures on the wide opened desert #and the sharp concise biting lyrics of who we are sung in tired resignation #and followed by near-wailing at the end #that just sticks out to me so much #it's like the whole of Unreal Unearth is just a sequence of the various voices of the self-titled album coming back #sometimes disillusioned #sometimes exhausted #sometimes resigned #sometimes wise #sometimes at peeace #sometime enraged #to sing about their most bitter disappointments and the harshest lessons they've learned over the years #and I can't stop thinking about it