#good omens opening title

[and-this-of-all-my-hopes]

Sometimes you just are trying to live out your day and then your brain thinks:

What if in the opening titles of Season 3 Aziraphale and Crowley aren’t walking together anymore.

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[captainfantasticalright]

Good Omens opening credits easter eggs part 2!

Also not adding more obvious references like the 🪧* of the procession saying "The Second Coming" or the faces of each (almost all) of the characters being either Aziraphale's or Crowley's.

Part 1 is here.

Also if you want to read it on it’s original format, then it is here.

#aziraphale #crowley #good omens #good omens fun facts #ineffable husbands #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #good omens opening title #peter anderson studios #easter eggs

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Good Omens season 2 opening sequence

I've been studying the gos2 opening credits/title sequence. Is there a place where people are dissecting it? If you know, please share, because I can't find it! And the sequence is a rabbit hole. Seriously, WHY all the rabbits??!? In space, in the audience, raining down on Jesus(?) and someone wearing a traffic cone hat(?), like you do. And who's the dancing person with blue hair and jacket? (Jim?) And the Aziraphale lookalike with headphones(?) over his hair? Plus so many more not in these particular rabbit photos. I have SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I do know about the s1 bunnies - both in the theater and in Aziraphale's magic show - but this is a lot of rabbit references for a season without any rabbits onscreen, even just to imply the magic tricks going on where we can't see them.

Edit: @nadjabea reminded me that Eric the disposable demon's animal is a rabbit! Maybe there's a connection?

Edit 2: I think the blue dancing person with the peacock feather is probably meant to be Jim at the ball:

Interested in diving further into all the Good Omens mysteries? I have lots more of my own posts plus Clues and metas from all over the fandom, here.

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[crowleys-ducks]

Listening to the Good Omens opening theme on loop for hours is self care and nobody can tell me otherwise.

#Good Omens #david arnold #good omens soundtrack #good omens opening title #Aziraphale #Crowley #ineffable husbands

[my-friend-ruined-my-life]

What really gets me about Aziraphale's "If I'm in charge I can make a difference and "We can make a difference" is he's saying that to Crowley, who has already tried making a difference.

He asked questions and wanted something different and it didn't work.

And now he is watching Aziraphale say he wants to try it too. Aziraphale, who knows the extent it can go to but does not understand it.

And maybe just a bit, Crowley is mad that Aziraphale can think that it could work after what happened to him. Mad that Aziraphale to hopeful for his own good. Or maybe Crowley, despite himself, is just mad that he’s understands why.

Either way it’s because he loves him.

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[aduckwithears]

The pneumatic tube angel elevator - Schwoop!

Little things to love about Good Omens S2 (8/?) - Masterpost

#good omens #good omens s2 #good omens opening title #go s2 #little things #a duck talks #good omens 2 #this makes me laugh every time

[kartatchk]

Happy 2 months since Good Omens renewal! 🥰💘❤💕💖💞💓😇💝😈

(and happy Valentine's Day! 😄)

#good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens gif #good omens opening title

[metatronhateblog]

The Opening Sequence Pt. 3 featuring Duck Duck what the Fuck.

So I actually decided to skip my post taking a look at the backs of the theater chairs because I feel I don't need to reiterate something that's been stated and pointed out before. And I've skipped ahead to this thing that has been plaguing @lady-of-the-puddle and myself for who knows how long. Fucking ducks.

I have a lot of thoughts, and a lot of things kinda go hand in hand so it's either a make one really fucking huge post...or I go little by little in multiple parts. I'm going to try to keep these short(ish) and in multiple parts.

So bear with me, and here we go.

By now you probably know I've been tearing the opening sequence apart piece by piece to see what it holds. Well today I'm talking about the duck with the accordion.

'Why?' you might ask, and in a very Neil fashion I wave around my pages of notes and say 'wait and see.'

If I'm remembering correctly, Peter Anderson mentioned that there's ducks with accordions in the opening sequence as a reference to a newspaper being read in the Dirty Donkey. Nothing too bizarre, not on the surface I guess?

Here is the first point in the season 2 sequence where we see the accordion duck. Our little motley crew is continuing their march into the theater and lo and behold, right there in sight is the duck. Did you catch it?

If you did, good for you, I'm proud. Can you please tell me the relevance? If you didn't, allow me to zoom in...

Here he is, hidding under the bleachers/seats/whatever you wanna call them, in what almost looks like a hidden room. Phantom of the Opera vibes much?

But then as our waltz towards the end times continues on, we see our beloved little feathered friend join in with the march, possibly to give a little serenade to trudge along to.

Don't see him again?

Right here up front, next to our mains, Aziraphale, Crowley (who appear to be leading this march towards the end), and Jimbriel and Beelzebub. Now I know there's this seemingly habit of more people/creatures, and objects joining in our march to death as the sequence goes on...but why would the duck be at the forefront? Unless maybe the characters most relevant in an episode appear at the front, hence Crowley, Aziraphale, Jimbriel, and Beelzebub. In episode 6 they're pretty damn integral to our story.

But what is up with this duck?

Now I know there's a duck of sorts in the season 1 opening sequence, and it's a strange looking thing if I ever did see one.

Here is a...completely different duck in the season 1 opening, though it appears to be covered by something...a cloth of sorts?

And he makes his appearances throughout the season 1 sequence. Sometimes he's there and sometimes he's not...in some cases there's more than one.

Hello there? Who are you and who is your little friend.

And the first thought that comes to mind is that line God says in season one when she's talking about how the ducks know when people are having a clandestine meeting, and how that would be relevant here I'm unsure. But what if the ducks are more important than we realize?

I've looked it up and found some mixed results that I don't even know how legit they are, but don't really see them as worth sharing because they don't seem to fit? So again if you have any idea behind the symbolism of ducks, please tell me. I'm desperate.

But there's more to this than I've said here.

Keep an eye out for my next update.

The Opening Sequence Pt 1 and Pt 2

Special mention Mount Zion

#good omens #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands #good omens season 2 #good omens meta #good omens opening title #help #ducks with accordions hsve been plaguing our brains for so long now #not to mention that the ducks have led us down a rabbit hole that has resulted in nonstop thinking about other shit too

[joeydg09]

I was looking through the scenes in the Good Omens season 2 intro and I found this

Of course, the big grave says "here lies the former shell of Beelzebub" but the smaller one is engraved with the name Adam.

I can't make out fully what's written on the rest of the grave. I tried to decode it and it starts with "I do not ____ , surely you_____ world".

So far we've only met Adam from the Garden of Eden and Adam, the leader of The Them. If it's true that the Adam from season one did really die or maybe does die in season three that would be awful. Still I hope we get more of The Them in season 3.

#adam better not die #good omens #go2 #good omemes #scene analysis #good omens opening title #adam good omens #the them

[captainfantasticalright]

I know there are a ton of Easter Eggs in the Good Omens 2 opening sequence, and these are just scratching the surface. But these are all of those mentioned by Peter Anderson, plus a few more we’ve spotted in the form of a visual aid.

Part 1 🍎

Next part 2. 🪧

#aziraphale #crowley #good omens #good omens fun facts #ineffable husbands #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #peter anderson studios #good omens opening title #opening credits #easter eggs

[very-normal-abt-this]

Someone asked Neil why the actor names are next to the wrong characters in the opening title.

I think it was done on purpose to imply that the characters are Ying and Yang, they complete each other, they are part of each other, they're "interchangeable" in a way? The angel is also a bit of a bastard, and the demon is also "a really nice person."

#good omens #good omens prime #aziraphale x crowley #neil gaiman #terry pratchett #good omens opening title #good omens analysis

[spacetorties]

So I saw that the opening credits for GO 2 is a continuation of the opening credits for GO 1. I just did a quick rewatch of both and noticed Aziraphale leads in season 1 and Crowley leads in season 2. Anyone think this means anything??

#good omens 2 #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #good omens opening title #good omens opening credits #what if Crowley is alone in season 3 and Aziraphale watches from above

[apologydanceenthusiast]

Currently sitting on my bed, waiting for my mum to be ready to go out, and all I hear is the Good Omens opening playing from the bathroom

#good omens #good omens opening title #i have created a monster

[raywooposts]

Is that’s A&C leading the people to the temple on the mount!???

From Wiki-

According to the Talmud, the Foundation Stone is the spot from where the world was created and expanded into its current form.[99][100] Orthodox Jewish tradition maintains it is here that the third and final Temple will be built when the Messiah comes.

#good omens #goodomens2 #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #ineffable partners #ineffable wives #aziraphale and crowley #good omens 3 #ineffable lovers #ineffable spouses #good omens opening title

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Peter Anderson: Hi, my name is Peter Anderson. I'm from Peter Anderson Studio and we created the title sequence to Good Omens Season Two. So this scene is quite literally a continuation from Season One.

An interesting detail with this scene is the fly. The fly is significant because it stores Gabriel's memory.

Gabriel is hidden in every scene. This is the first time we see it.

This goat is half bird, half goat, representing a mistake in a moment of transformation.

In the pickled herring barrel, we have literally red herrings sticking out.

A lot of the gravestones have hidden engravings, easter eggs, all written by Neil.

[This one says: HERE LIES THE FORMER SHELL OF BEELZEBUB referncing Beelzebub having a new face in S2 :), another ones are: EVERYDAY, JANE AUSTEN, Here lies ADAM (the Adam from Adam and Eve is meant)]

Another hidden Gabriel.

Our same character that was trying to escape Hell in Season One titles is also trying to escape here, moving in the opposite direction to the rest of the procession. Except this time he's apprehended and dragged back into the procession.

Our Hell spider from episode four makes a little appearance in the background here.

Can you tell where the bus is going? Director Douglas McKinnon selected Powell and Pressburger's Stairway to Heaven to put on the billboard.

Another thing to note here is the type is all handmade specifically for Good Omens. The Alphabet only exists within the show.

The big floating turnip is a nod to Azirafel's magic tricks.

The Ladies of Camelot poster we pulled from the show.

We added plaques to the back of the chairs and Neil chose who to honour.

[There are: A TALE OF TWO CITIES by CHARLES DICKENS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by JANE AUSTEN, THE CROW ROAD by IAIN BANKS (twice!) and GOOD OMENS by TERRY PRATCHETT (Neil missing for some reason :) <3)]

Saraqael made an appearance from Heaven.

Our Space is back from Season One. Aziraphale and Crowley are having a little dance here. A moment of flirtation. There's a tiny planet in the middle that comes into existence at this moment.

Our Scottish tartan hills make an appearance here.

The aeroplane and the airline is a little bit of a clue here.

[THY KINGDOM AIRWAYS 👀]

It's raining love hearts in reference to Aziraphale's attempt at making Maggie and Nina fall in love.

Here are elevators to Heaven and Hell. A wee thing to spot. Here is Gabriel in the lift arriving from Heaven.

We've updated our flags to reference some of the plotlines in Season Two. For example, The Second Coming.

The movie poster artwork changes every week, representing the episode plotlines and the minisodes. We made the posters to look like the time period and in this case we've got a Good Omens version of Buddy Holly.

[The posters are:]

In the snack bar some of our popcorn is actually communion wafers.

There are specific characters from Season One in the boxes watching the movie as the procession goes by. This includes some of our original concept art from Season One.

The duck playing the accordion is from a newspaper headline that someone is reading in The Dirty Donkey from one of the episodes.

[this is also from the Good Omens book :): "Daily Mail. 'Letter From America.' Um, August the third," said Newt. "Just after the story about the woman in Worms, Nebraska, who taught her duck to play the accordion."]

Each episode is showing a new movie on the screen, each one selected by Douglas, and has clues about what's to come.

The season one phone box tumbles in the background.

The big mountain is made of all the ingredients from Season Two and a couple of remnants from Season One. We are heading towards the biggest Easter Egg, which is the lift. We're heading towards the Second Coming..

#good omens #perer anderson #peter anderson studio #bts #opening title #s2 opening title #fun fact #second coming #kingdom thy airways #duck playing accordion #videos #bts videos #easter eggs

[leftduck9986]

Foreshadowing, out of order?

In storytelling, is there a single word that means "the opposite of foreshadowing"?

WARNING: in trying to wrap my head around this, there will be wittering!!!

Wikipedia tells me that a flashback is a method of foreshadowing.

The Bullet Catch in the NZF minisode, being a flashback as well as told before the "present day" [speculated] event it sets up a clue for, well, that's what I've understood foreshadowing to mean until now, because isn't foreshadowing always presented before the event it foreshadows comes to pass?

The flashback/memory minisode, A Companion To Owls, is told after the "present day" event it foreshadows. Does that still count as foreshadowing, or is it instead considered "the big reveal" because it is told after?

And is this all that is meant by various things in Good Omens 2 being "out of order"?

The Hiding Miracle and the Memory That Both Foreshadows and Reveals It?

Indeed, it was a tiny miracle - as titled in the soundtrack - that worked as planned and "barely moved the dials" (but still a miracle in which "Noone will have noticed A Thing" however tiny it was, and that "Nobody notices he's here (...) Nobody can spot him, (...) especially if they're looking for him").

I believe it was the first of three events that happened that night, which, became the main focus of this "quiet, gentle, romantic" season, but paling in comparison to the other two events. Moving on!

Returning to how A Companion to Owls isn't told until after The Hiding Miracle and clues us in as to what was actually going on: this tiny miracle was made to appear far more powerful than it actually was, with the use of showmanship:

The ceremonious setup of being positioned on the circle in the middle of the room hidden under the carpet, between Aziraphale and Crowley; he could have been standing, but instead, "Jim... Sit in this chair." And it's a beautiful chair, like a throne, but Jim being taller wouldn't have worked for the image of the 'W' (similar to the 'W' shape made with Shadwell standing between Aziraphale and Crowley at the airbase, in the book Good Omens.)

ta-da!-look-at-this-very-complicated-and-powerful-miracle-that-we-are-doing

Why perform at all then, for an audience of none?

Ah, they're not alone, oooOoOoOOOoOoOooo, spooky. Go and see for yourself: check out the bottom left area of the screen when Crowley returns to the bookshop and says, "I'm BACK" (this is to do with the "framing opportunities" secret mentioned in the Gavin Finney BTS article https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/gavin-finney-bsc-good-omens-2/) Aziraphale calmly replies, "Yes, I can see that" and later gasps, reacting to something happening off-screen at 40m41s.

So this performance, not yet knowing who their audience might be, could be as a precaution, just in case.

Gabriel instinctively crosses his hands and is confused when Aziraphale and Crowley uncross them - or likely because Aziraphale was even standing there at all - because he remembers, or rather, in his mind's eye, sees the shape left behind by a missing piece of furniture.

The ceremonious setup of being positioned in the centre, between Sitis and Job, this time in the background to have Bildad appear a little shorter in height for the stylized 'W', then crossing his hands. The pot containing Sitis and Job's children being the circle, hidden by the circle of carpet (robes) made as Sitis and Job embrace.

ta-da!-look-at-this-very-complicated-and-powerful-miracle-that-we-are-doing

Had we seen Jim's and Crowley's conversation about memory before The Hiding Miracle instead of much later in episode 5, then it would have been foreshadowing, yes?

*temper rising* A "reveal," or "out-of-order foreshadowing"? (VBUAXNAUSX*keyboard smash*NYVIFGNOMAI) grrrrrr!

...

After the Job story is told, (save for the final scene) and Aziraphale calls for Crowley, my head-cannon used to be that Aziraphale wanted to talk about hair -

Aziraphale: Crowley, I gave you lovely long locks in my retelling of this story, how about you? Crowley: Nah, "shoulder-length bouncy 'bob'" is what I put - a "Lob" I think is what they're calling it these days.

But now I think that, to book-end Crowley's beginning with, "Your boss said that to Job, do you remember?" (imo they are so good at blending in, they can act human better than any human can act human! So, while feigning the memory span&loss&retention of a human, of course they can remember most everything. Angel stock: constitution of an Ox, memory of an Elephant.) Aziraphale may have wanted to remark on Jim's crossed hands from the night before and how similar it was to Crowley's doing so; that it was evidence of Gabriel still somehow being able to connect with images from his memory. "Crowley? You also did that thing... does Gabriel remember?"

If each minisode contains something that foreshadows or reveals what magic tricks occurred during this season's present day events, I feel that the only thing left is from "The Resurrectionists" minisode, where Crowley Goes Large (woah, woah, woah, another case for The Song Is The Clue?!?) ... or makes himself, something or someone else tiny.

"Size and shape are simply options" after all, so I do wonder about Hell's Usher, where the only time we've seen him is when he is small enough to fit in a bathtub and yet he is HUGE in the opening title sequence of season one. Behind him, Noah's Ark stranded between two damaged buildings (or one damaged building and maybe the Pleasure Cruiser Morbillo?)

Something else that may be revealing of stories yet to be told of the past, while also foreshadowing a near-future event:

Based on what Crowley said, this is not the first time Crowley and Aziraphale have performed a half-miracle together! Whatever biiiig miracle they're about to do (speculated event #2) could still be completely balanced and undetected, but then a plume of miraculous activity emerging from the circle gateway (privately speculated event #3) is what poor Aziraphale will appear to take the blame for.

Things being out of order may have started with the question, are season two's present day events being told out of order? There are other things appearing out of order as well, for example a change in the order of colours in the Rainbow (for "present day" episode two only I think, beginning Violet then Red, etc.) Or, in this case, narrative devices being so intertwined, one flashback-event can contain images and phrases that both foreshadow something yet to happen as well as to reveal what happened in a part of the story already told.

As always, please no asking or tagging Mr Gaiman as this blog post contains theory and speculation, thank you.

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