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[rada-76]

A guide to my articles about Good Omens S2

Путеводитель по моим статьям о "Благих знамениях"

NOT "Jilt Ye" (first letters in episodes) НЕ «Бросаю тебя» (первые буквы серий)

Во втором сезоне создана система символов, как в театре Кабуки, на картинах Фриды Кало, в языке цветов для букетов. Я нашла целые композиции подсказок и сделала выводы о финальных 15 минутах.

In the second season, a system of symbols was created, reminiscent of Kabuki theater, Frida Kahlo's paintings, and the language of flowers. I found entire compositions of clues and drew conclusions about the final 15 minutes.

Series of posts "Breaking the "Good Omens" Code"

If you are short on time, read only Part 1 and Part 2 of this series.

Marvelous! Part 1. Seeming unprofessionalism Supplement one to Part 1. About "rings" and "a spring in a box" Supplement two to Part 1. Analogies to "66" and "66" Part 2. Professionalism and Bullet Catching

Серия постов "Взлом шифра "Благих знамений""

Если у вас мало времени, прочитайте только Часть 1 и Часть 2 этой серии.

Чудесно! (Marvelous!) Часть 1. Кажущийся непрофессионализм Дополнение 1 к Части 1. О «кольцах» и «пружинке в коробке» Дополнение 2 к Части 1. Аналогии на "66" и "66" Часть 2. Профессионализм и ловля пули.

Crowley was poisoned in the fin-15! Кроули в финальных-15 отравлен!

Crowley, Death, and Cups / Кроули, смерть и стаканчики

Part 1. The Cups Discontinuity / Киноляп со стаканчиками Part 2. Crowley's associations with death / Ассоциации Кроули и "смерти" Part 3. The ink ring is Crowley / Кольцо с чернилами - это Кроули Part 4. Excalibur. King Arthur is Azi / Экскалибур. Король Артур - это Ази Part 5. Aziraphale's Diary / Дневник Азирафеля

Series "Numbers" / Серия "Числа"

Clock in fin-15. Quarter and three quarters Часы в фин-15. Четверть и три четверти Clock in fin-15. Who complements whom Часы в фин-15. Кто кого дополняет Quarters. What does the price of “Bullet Catch” mean? Четверти. Что значит цена “Ловли пули”? Clock in fin-15. Number 88 - two lucky infinities Часы в фин-15. Число 88 - две счастливые бесконечности.

The Demon-Snake and the Curtain / Кобра и занавес

Mirrors / Зеркала

Duplicates-Passers-by in fin-15 / Прохожие-дубли в фин-15

House of cards, tarot and characters | Карточный домик, таро и персонажи

Letters, news and suggestion box (see english text in reblog) Письма, новости и ящик для предложений

Metatron is not a villain? / Метатрон не злодей?

Ash Yggdrasil / Ясень Иггдрасиль

Deadpool & Wolverine: Good Omens 2 References Дэдпул и Росомаха: отсылки на Благие Знамения 2

Sandwich, Nina, Muriel and Crowley's Memory / Сэндвич, Нина, Мюриэль и память Кроули

Seamstresses and Miss Cheng's Fan / Швеи и веер мисс Ченг

Gabriel's Cocoa and Crowley's Rain / Какао Гавриила и дождь Кроули

Earring and curtain / Серьга и занавес

Meaning of Eccles cakes /Значение экклских слоек

Views of Edinburgh 11:22 and 22:11 / Виды Эдинбурга на 11.22 и 22.11

1. The tie and Aziraphale's halo /Галстук Нормана и нимб Ази 2. Old and New Contrast /Противопоставление Старый и Новый

The striped man-twice in fin-15 /Полосатый чел-дважды в фин-15

Alekhine's Book on Chess / Шахматная книга Алехина

Why is Dalrymple? / Почему Далримпл?

GO and the Methods of Rationality / Благие знамения и МРМ

Candy in a reactor and a fly in a box / Леденец в реакторе, муха в коробке

What threatened Crowley in S2 final? / Что угрожало Кроули в финале 2 сезона?

Job-episode and the final-15 / Эпизод об Иове и финальные-15

1. Nina Simone, mint and chamomile /Нина Симон, мята и ромашка 2. They'll take my records! / Они возьмут мои записи!

Why is it Azerbaijan? / Почему Азербайджан?

На русском:

Серия "Память Кроули"

1. "Да будет свет", пропажа вещей и память 2. Верх, низ и лошадки 3. Карл, Клара и лошадка 4. Горы и мозги 5. "Воронья дорога", "Доктор Кто" Подраздел "Смена ролей" 6. Волованы 7. Слойки 8. Арестуй меня

Адам и Кроули: You do

Спасибо всей команде создателей второго сезона "Благих знамений" за великолепную головоломку. Я благодарна внимательному фандому и особенно паблику "TWO BEERs or not TWO BEERs".

Переводы на русский:

Хиастическая структура сезона 1

Хиастическая структура сезона 2

«Невыразимое детективное агентство» представляет:

Что произошло «Перед началом»?

Как это понимать — существуют ДВА Эдема?

Параллели в «Благих знамениях» (сезон 1). Часть 1 из (?).

Почему в «Благих знамениях» есть бесконечные петли или ленты Мёбиуса?

Мои фанфики (на русском):

Благие Знамения

Ведьмак

[starmaker-astral]

Just to be clear.

I AM Pro Go3. I liked the finale and I can defend it and bring arguments to state why it is good and makes sense to me.

However, that doesn't stop me from sharing opinions with fans who didnt like it, think its weird or whatever, and I can hear and have the some similar opinions about details; things aren't always black and white. Because im Pro Go3 and try to spread positivity about it, doesnt mean im going to spit on every Anti-GO3-ers.

I'm capable of setting aside my own opinions to understand someone else's and build a nuanced discussion.

However, I do not accept and will NEVER tolerate (anon) asks, messages and comments insulting me personally or my opinions regarding the finale, writing deliberately harsh and attacking texts to try (in vain) to change my mind about it.

I'm open to discussion with people in the fandom because I love this fandom and I know we can be mature and adult. But I don't consider harassers/HARSH Anti-GO3 blogs worthy of being included in a fanbase that has always promoted understanding and working to build and maintain a healthy and safe environment for everyone.

I won't tolerate any hate, even if you think you're just "sharing opinions." My silence doesn't mean I admit I'm wrong, it means I refuse to waste energy into the void.

We can talk, it's ok if we don't share the same opinion and we can debate about it. But this will only work if we both accept that the other thinks differently, in the first place.

This blog is for anyone who needs positive vibes regarding the finale, and is also open to anyone who wants to discuss and share their opinions safely.

Thank you :)

[gallup24]

Ffffffffffffff..... I am just repeating the word closure to myself. X

[5thhorsemnftheapocalypse]

Just a thought expeirment, trying to connect dots.

I joined the fandom post season 2 and I diddnt like the ending

I joined the fandom post season 2 and I liked the ending

I joined the fandom before the show or during season 1 and I diddnt like the end

I joined the fandom before the show or during season 1 and i liked the ending

Remaining time: 5 days 16 hours

[shohji666]

GO3 fix fic take 2: "Dream ending"

Take 1:

Reblog by @shohji666 · 3 images

💬 21  🔁 379  ❤️ 2405 · Please build a cottage or something in that mysterious Eden and live there forever. p.s. From David Tennant’s com

[shohji666]

Please build a cottage or something in that mysterious Eden and live there forever.

p.s.

From David Tennant’s comments, it’s clear that a world where Aziraphale and Crowley have been reincarnated as humans doesn’t officially exist.

Looking at it the other way round, that might mean there’s still a chance that the line through which the real two escaped has survived. Yeah! I’ll cling to that slender thread until the world is restored in GO4.

[mistysblueboxstuff]

soft Azi i painted yesterday

[ilunzaiola]

I mean, Michael... same, girl. Same.

[avoicebehindthestars]

Here's a GO meta nobody cares about anymore.

Remember all the theories about the small discrepancies in s2? A disappearing prop here and there, Crowley's different sideburns length. Funnily enough, it happens at the beginning of GO3 - we see Crowley sleeping on top of his sleeping bag, but when he rolls to his side, his legs are inside it.

Not that we ever got any pay-off for noticing. The only thing that could act as an explanation are Michael's words:

"The Metatron did it first. He used to just fiddle with things in the Book, get them how he wanted them."

So what if the discrepancies in s2 were the Metatron "getting thing how he wanted them"? He was making consecutive edits until he achieved his goal.

Picture this: Take 1: The Metatron: Gabriel, you have failed your duties, I hereby sentence you to fall! Gabriel: Aw, shucks. Tough luck, I guess! [in hell] Beelzebub: Damn it, Gabe, who's going to stop the Second Coming now?? Gabriel: I may have an idea. [Whickber St, a knock on the bookshop door] G&B: Hey guys, how do you feel about doing a little project together?

Take 2: The Metatron: Gabriel, you have failed your duties, I hereby demote you! Gabriel: Well shit! [later] Jesus: This is all very confusing, can I maybe talk to that cool yellow-eyed entity I met last time? Sandalphon or someone: You cannot. He's on Earth. Not our kind of person. [Whickber St, a knock on the bookshop door] Jesus: Oh, hello, consensually co-inhabiting eldritch entities! I was looking for a friend of mine... Oh, there you are! Could you advise me how I should go about destroying all humanity?

...And so the Metatron keeps changing and adding things. Eventually, he realises the only way to stop Aziraphale and Crowley is to get Azirapale back to heaven. We get to an iteration of the Final Fifteen, but I imagine Aziraphale chooses Crowley, and keeps choosing Crowley no matter what the Metatron changes. Or maybe Crowley agrees to tag along, and that's why the Metatron later adds "restored to full angelic status" knowing that would be a dealbreaker.

And while we're at it, perhaps the recasts (Maggie, Nina, Furfur and Shax) are his edits as well? It was aiding Maggie and Nina's romance which made Aziraphale organise the ball that later led to the siege organised by Shax.

It also explains why Crowley doesn't remember Furfur - his brain hasn't caught up with the edited reality. Remember the "two of them were wrong" theory? For those who don't know it - in the novel it's said that people assumed Aziraphale was intelligent, English and gay, and only the first of those things was correct. Some fans noticed that in the minisodes Aziraphale is called brilliant (Uz), English (Resurrectionists) and gay (1941), so if you draw a parallel, only the first minisode was true. Could the other two have been the Metatron's edits? Both show to Aziraphale how much Crowley is risking, how big a threat he's facing (and, Furfur, our last recast is instrumental in 1941). And let's all agree to ignore all the superficial explanations he gives in GO3 - he is horrified after talking to the Metatron in the Final Fifteen! These things, along with many other factors (being exhausted post-siege, robbed of his romantic night at the ball with Crowley, perked on coffeine and sugar) and Crowley hyperfixating on his own confession at the time (thanks to our two other recasts!) lead to the outcome we see in s2.

As I said, at this point with the incompetent disaster of GO3, this is all pretty worthless. But it's nice to imagine Aziraphale had been averting the Second Coming and choosing Crowley over and over, forcing the Metatron to make countless edits and additions to BoL before he finally got it his way (and even then - remember how reluctant and close to changing his mind Aziraphale was?).

On a final, equally useless note. If we accept this theory, the sleeping bag tells us by the start of GO3 the Metatron is still editing. His efforts are cut short by Michael's actions (which in itself is ironical, as this is what finally brings about the planned distruction of the universe he was striving for). This would mean that what we are shown is a version. And at least the second one after Aziraphale becomes the Supreme Archangel. It's frustrating we won't get any more versions after this, we'll never know what the original version was (isn't that meta in a completely different way!).

But perhaps this is all just me still wallowing in denial and desperately bargaining to spot anything salvageable in the debris of this catastrophe.

[rada-76]

На АО3 ачалась "Фандомная битва", команда оменсов выложила работу на первый тур "визитка".

Лайк, шар, коммент)

Кто хочет голосовать, следите за ТГ-пабликом Битвы:

ФБ и ЗФБ: новостная лента Фандомной Битвы 🔞

Голосование за первый тур уже идет. Если не понятно, как, я могу подсказать)

[lilpy]

👸 Find the Lady ♥️

The Queen of Hearts card can stand for loyalty or soul-deep connections and I think that fits our lads pretty well 🥰

This is July's ρατreοn print! You can join until the last day of the month. 🔗 is in my pinned

[zerachin]

that one samurai cat pic but it’s aziraphale holding snake crowley

[iforgiveyouprime]

Show me your edition of good omens in every language! Here's mine:

[iforgiveyouprime]

Recently, looking for ideas and inspiration, I decided to read the Book of Revelation

...Guys...

It's literally almost the exact same thing that happened in season 3. 🤡

A New Eden (the Tree of Life in the bookshop as a sort of new Eden), a new Earth (and no, it's not "godless" no matter how much we're told otherwise. God still created it, and it's still governed by Her rules), the idea that in this new world there will be no suffering or pain (which is exactly how the creators try to present it by giving Asa, Anthony, and the other characters versions of themselves without the traumas and problems they had in the original universe. Sure, they may still have traumas, but they're clearly not the same ones, and we're explicitly shown that everyone there is supposedly happy, unlike in the original world), and so on.

Meanwhile, the Good Omens book, which I recently reread, along with seasons 1 and 2, openly SATIRIZES this entire concept. Just think about Adam's speech, where he says that if people stopped being told about a wonderful life after death, they might actually care more about the lives they're living now, and about the planet they're living on.

What the actual fuck?!

[itsineffhazbinle]

"There's beauty and poetry in not showing queer romances overtly and leaving kisses and love confessions up to interpretation! <3" No. In the real world we have actual queer creatives who have to censor themselves and queer themes so that they can make art that doesn't get attacked by bigots. There's no beauty in having to hide or censor your art. So I won't take the crumbs that the shows are giving me and I'm tired of having to hallucinate my happy endings and follow a trail of crumbs to a dilapidated moldy loaf of bread half eaten by coyotes. Not when queer creatives have to hide to make art. Not in this political climate. I will not accept crumbs anymore from people who have the privilege of showing more but chicken out.

[iforgiveyouprime]

I live in a country where homosexual relationships are treated as a terrorist organization, persecuted by law, and punished. Books, films, and songs are censored; it is impossible to openly show same-sex love, only hints are allowed, which are labeled as “bromance.” It is exhausting and emotionally draining. I hate it. There is nothing beautiful about it.

[pansypaladin]

Anyway the Good Omens social media crew can try to convince us that the lights are off and the bookshop is closed.

But the bookshop in my brain is still open. Only on weekends, or the occasional open stint on a quiet midweek day or two, but Whickber Street still bustles around it. It still exists, and is still tended to by a fussy, soft bookseller and his angular, hot headed, but incredibly loving husband. No one was invited to the wedding, needless to say. They just kind of showed up wearing rings one day, and no one had ever thought to ask when they tied the knot, or in fact if they ever even did.

And within its walls are a stock room, still painted yellow; a bedroom, now shared by a snoozing demon and a reading angel, on the weekend and those hazy midweek days; and a desk which never gets dusty or messy.

There’s also a cottage in the South Downs, with a large green house and vegetable plots which miraculously never deplete, and roses which bloom year round; there’s an armchair which has a worn down left arm cushion, from where a demon drapes himself over his angel more often than he sits on the matching chair across from it; a bedroom, shared, again; and the sounds of two lives well lived, infinite happiness and love beyond measure echoing within its floral, wallpapered walls.

Sometimes there’s still a free table at The Ritz just for them. The piano plays a familiar song softly, in time with the song of a Nightingale, and two immortal beings toast to a World which never closes or goes away, which never shuts, and which never ends.

[shadedlines]

Good Omens

coloured pencil drawings

Reposting a couple of old pieces from the archive