pt XVI good omens season 2 (still not traumatic) episode 3 EDINBURGH
HELLO IT'S ME IT'S THE OFFICIAL GOOD OMENS MASCOT WHY DO I STILL KEEP INTRODUCING MYSELF IDK. If you don't know who I am, thank God and Satan for their mercy and flee. Also, the day after I post this, I'll be watching the last three episodes on livestream for the first time so. You know. I'm hyped on the energy of this being my last day not enveloped in tears. Take the summary:
Before the episode starts, someone asks why Crowley said in the last episode that Aziraphale couldn't fall because look at him, all angelic when Crowley looked the same as starmaker. I reply that "Crowley thinks he deserved it, he sees Azi as something beautiful and untouched while he probably sees himself as idk marked in some way so god kicked him down."
I am told that I am learning too fast to weaponise the narrative to induce angst. So then I say oh, I go too fast for you. Tears ensue.
The episode begins! Everyone shrieks about Edinburgh, David Tennant, how it is their favourite episode, and SCOTTISH CROWLEY.
We open with lesbians being gay, and then Muriel enters as Inspector Constable! They are very sweet and very determined to do their job right, and they are adopted by Crowley and Aziraphale just like Jim.
Crowley sits on Aziraphale's chair's arm. The maggots all swoon.
Fine, I also swooned.
Aziraphale gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-mansplain-manipulate-manwhores his way into getting Crowley to give him the Bentley keys (BOUNDARIES. BOUNDARIES.).
WHAT PLENTY OF USE DO BOTH OF YOU GET OUT OF THE BOOKSHOP?
The really ineffable plan is whatever the fuck was happening in Aziraphale's brain when he somehow went from London to Edinburgh via Loch Ness (check the map) and then proceeded to disguise himself as a detective who pretends to be a journalist.
Crowley slays in sleeve garters and a cardigan keeping house in the bookshop meanwhile, does not sell books, instead cleans with Jimbriel and periodically yeets book stacks into corners when distracted.
Aziraphale reads his old diary entries about Crowley, a (6000+) 13 year old with a crush.
MINISODE MINISODE. They are in Edinburgh during the mid 1800s. Victorian outfits, check. Scottish Crowley, check. Capitalist Karen Aziraphale, che-wait what.
Huh. Well. There's a wee bit of body snatchin' going on, to sell to doctors for medical research because there aren't enough murderers, and to make enough money to survive.
Aziraphale channels his inner capitalist judgemental Karen and ruins that plan, come on Aziraphale you have religious trauma but you're better than this, and long story short, Wee Morag dies after Aziraphale realises his error, her friend Elspeth has to sell her corpse for pennies, and is about to commit suicide with laudanum. Azi, oh god. I'm glad you underwent character development at least.
NOW CROWLEY HERE SLAYS. I KNOW THIS IS AZIRAPHALE'S PERSPECTIVE AND IS BIASED. BUT WITH THIS POV, CROWLEY SLAYS.
He calmly educates Aziraphale about how his whole "the poor have more opportunities and you shouldn't give them money or they'll lose the virtue of poverty" is absolute bullshit, and he does this understanding Aziraphale's situation and not losing his temper.
The framing. The framing of the shot when they see Wee Morag and Elspeth sitting down on a step and explaining their situation. Aziraphale stands above, bustling with righteousness, and judges them. Crowley sits down. He sits down next to them, rather than taking the high ground. He meets them where they are and empathises. It is the fact that he is fallen and damned that makes him behave really divine and sorry I wrote a whole hymn on him have it I'll stop rambling just know I love him.
I think his amusement is a facade so hell won't think he's genuinely being good. I think he's morally grey and incredibly brave and kind.
When Elspeth is bouta kill herself with the laudanum, Crowley grabs it and drinks it himself, and grows tiny and then huge, absolutely high off his head. David Tennant takes the opportunity to travel Scotland from east to west in terms of accent variety.
He gives us the good message of NO DYIN'. NO MORE DYIN'. IT'S NOT ON. And then forces Aziraphale (who doesn't want to ruin her virtuous poverty) to give the girl all the guineas he has in his pocket, and tells her to go off and start a farm or something. BUT NOT JUST PRETENDY GOOD, BE PROPERLY GOOD.
He then gets pulled into hell. To be punished for this. Aziraphale is frightened and heartbroken for him, looking around desperately, and we find out that Crowley didn't meet him for a while after. And later he wanted holy water. To protect himself? He got punished by hell. For how long? The whole month in between the incident and the diary entry? There can't be anyone better at punishment and cruelty than hell.
Sorry I'm just screaming here.
Never mind fuck I started this summary really happy and bouncy and listening to a dance playlist. Dionysus by BTS and Italian pop is still playing and now I'm crying.
Is this the natural progression. Fuck I'm crying. Sorry guys something else happens with Aziraphale politely talking to a phone and Crowley smiling really beautifully while unsuccessfully trying to manipulate two lesbians into a relationship and something about a visit I don't care everyone's being morally dubious as usual and then lovely Scottish music outro I CAN'T FUCKING ELABORATE I'M SITTING HERE CRYING OVER CROWLEY.
right summary done, time to go sob, lmao i thought i wouldn't cry today over good omens HAHAHAHA still not traumatic eh HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Just popping in to point out the fact that in the Spanish version of the Good Omens show, because in Spain "Ángel" is an actual (and quite common) first name and it would've been weird, Crowley calls Aziraphale "Angelito", which literally translates to "Little Angel"
(Totally normal about this, totally DID NOT SCREAM INTO A PILLOW FOR AN UNINTERRUPTED TWENTY MINUTES when I first watched it in Spanish. Yup. Ahem. We're all sane here *eye twitching*)
AND THIS IS NOT ALL
BECAUSE
In the French version, ladies and gentlemen, he calls Aziraphale "mon Ange", which translates...*deep breath*...to "My Angel"...*dEep bREaTh*..."MON ANGE" AAAAAAHHHHH
Cough cough...Please excuse the brainrot, It's getting bad.
help :)
Also, I believe he calls Aziraphale "My Angel" in Portuguese too.
Just wanted to drop this crucial piece of information (which many people probably already know), hoping it'll make someone smile 😊😁
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Hey maggots so today I learned Albania is a real country and not something Harry Potter made up. I also in the same conversation with @1800ineedshelp misread albinism as ableism because I've stared at the screen too long and tumblr ruined my reading comprehension. I am so sorry, world. I also mixed up Albania with Alabama. When I related this to my friend, they decided to quiz me. On where Georgia is.
I... I couldn't resist. They're now so fucking confused. How do I explain to them that when I saw the word Georgia, I didn't think of the US state, but of Georgia Tennant?
HOW DO I EXPLAIN THAT LEVEL OF FUCKING BRAINROT AND BRAINWASHING THAT TUMBLR AND THIS FANDOM HAVE DONE TO ME?
THEY ASKED ME WHERE GEORGIA IS AND I RESPONDED: WITH DAVID, I ASSUME. HOW DO I GO BACK FROM THIS. HOW.
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I'm constantly now just fascinated by what my preteen Good omens fanboy will just come out with. Not only is he delving into lots of other Gaiman stuff ("to get CONTEXT!") About which more later... but earlier there was this:
Alex: So if we say allthe demons we're once angels like crowley was...
Me: I'm not sure if that's totally confirmed but probably. Go on.
Alex: well that means that all those random weirdos were once angels too. Disposable Eric and Demon Josh! Angels! Can you IMAGINE!
I mean... these guys as Applestore brand type angelic beings? Yes, please, I'd like to see more 😄
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