GO Season 2 Ending Re-Analysis
I'm more experienced now and we've all had time to look over more details involved in the scenes. Let's do this boys.
Important Note: Neither Aziraphale nor Crowley are in the wrong. Remember, as the audience we know more details than either character. They reacted as most would with the knowledge that they have.
First thing, as I said in my last post, what Aziraphale and Crowley are dealing with is not your annoying, conservative family. It is a cult and Jim Jones just showed up to take our angel back. The Metatron, based off the comment he made in Nina's shop, offered Aziraphale an ultimatum: coffee or death. Come work for us again or I kill you both. Something that Azi knows full well that he would do without hesitation.
Our angel is being put in a corner and has no other recourse. Running won't help, they can't possibly fight all those angels with just the two of them, and there's no-where to hide. In Azi's eyes, the only way to survive is to submit and hope that if Crowley comes with him that they would figure something out together. I do not believe that Azi actually wants to go back to Heaven, not when he bluntly said 'no' initially to the Metatron's offer. And why would he? Why would he leave Earth, Crowley, his humans, his bookshop? Sure, he says that nothing lasts forever, but the Metatron is directly next to the door and listening closely. Speaking freely is not an option at that moment. Not when an existential threat is lingering nearby.
To Crowley, he has no clue about the discussion that the two Heavenly beings had. He isn't aware of the immediate threat, only the lingering one of their old sides in general. So, he is put-off and extremely confused by Azi's behavior because, again, he doesn't realize that there is an immense threat standing right outside. He thinks that they won. That they can be together now. So, naturally he is hurt when Azi asks him to go to Heaven together. The excuse hurts even more because it implies that Azi doesn't want him as a demon. The kiss was a desperate last-resort to show his feelings as Crowley has always struggled with words. The response that Azi has to do because of the threat is taken with hurt and our demon leaves. An important note is that Crowley likely expected free honesty because that's what they've gotten used to with each other over the few years of peace.
The most important point of this whole thing is that they are both devastated. Aziraphale is better at hiding his turmoil behind a mask when Metatron shows up because he's been doing it for 6000 years. Crowley's emotional state is a bit clearer because he hasn't needed to hide his state as much with Hell being so hands-off. Regardless, they were both left in broken, upset states. Clearly, neither of them wanted this outcome.
And no, I do not believe that anyone was hypnotized, mind controlled, drugged, or anything. I believe that this was a misunderstanding born of both underestimating the other and not being able to speak freely with each other because their existences were being threatened at that moment with one being aware of it & the other being unaware.
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