OKAY SORRY One more post because I'm writing a meta and I wanted to keep it on my blog so I'll reblog it to the GO Community, and found something that I haven't seen anyone mention yet and I really need to scream about it before my meta is done for tomorrow.
My thesis:
I THINK WE ARE GETTING A MUTUAL CONFIRMATION / CONFESSION EARLY IN THE MOVIE, and here's why:
(first two: 1:06 to 1:09)
(second two: 1:34 to 1:44)
I truly believe that these scenes in the trailer are part of the same scene, which I think we collectively agree is the reunion scene in the bookshop. In the first chunk, this is where Aziraphale mentions that "You want an apology from me". It's been established that when they need to do a Big Apology, they dance for each other.
What if, and hear me out... Aziraphale does an apology dance but he dances with Crowley (similar to their Ball dance scene in S2) alone, and sings, "you were right", slowly, FINALLY giving us a pet name from Azzie ("dear") , Azzie confesses that he loves Crowley, and that his feelings about them being together are complicated, and promises Crowley that they will talk later after "this Second Coming business" is done, because "you have my word as an angel".
And he confesses KNOWING that The Second Coming may happen and he would regret not telling Crowley that he at least loves him.
And THAT'S why Crowley agrees to help the rest of the episode.
What niggled me on this? Because the scene IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING the second chunk of images is this now-infamous one:
Which I think we have agreed is possibly LATE LATE in the episode. I am of the belief that this is a happy "I can't believe that this is real and all I've wanted for SIX THOUSAND YEARS" incredulous smile and cry.
We already KNOW Crowley is in love with Azzie. AZZIE knows Crowley is in love with him. That arc, in a sense, is DONE. That would make for a really awkward 75-90 minutes.
I believe that, given Crowley is an eternal optimist, a PROMISE of Something More will keep him going and determined to go with whatever his angel needs.
Now, to be fair, I know Crowley rarely ever says "no" to Azzie, especially if he needs help. But I personally feel like that "arc" was already covered in S2, and it doesn't need a rehashing. PLUS a "I love you too but it's complicated" early on will keep the stakes HIGH in the rest of the episode.
Narratively speaking, I think that makes more sense than DRAGGING out a confession RIGHT at the end when it's already been established that there is love there.
I feel like that this "promise of more" is going to carry the episode forward.
I dunno, or I'm talking out of my own arse. I welcome additional theories / ideas.
After watching the Good Omens trailer for s3. Sandalphon is back and I'm laughing. Here is a dude that wasn't around for s2, maybe doing something that Metatron ordered him to do. When he got back; Gabe eloped to a demon and Aziraphale took over his job.
So, I wound up watching the Good Omens trailer for season 2. It was a good trailer! I feel like it didn't reveal anything that hasn't already been hinted at or announced --
Naked amnesiac Jon Hamm ✔️
Something going down in the up ✔️
Angel Muriel my beloved ✔️
Crowley and Aziraphale being domestic ✔️
Crowley and Aziraphale being in some kind of relationship that is clearly a Relationship but does not seem to have a clearly obvious label ✔️
me and my sister just spent 10 minutes talking exclusively about hyunjin in the go trailer and his longer hair tied back like that and his beret and the way he turned around in the end and. hyunjin.
Hi everyone!!! Okay, as we all know, the trailer came out on Wednesday and I have done my DARNDEST to try to avoid other people's theories so that I can make my own here without being TOO influenced.
Because I have limited time in the evenings and I want to go to bed at a reasonable hour since I have to work, I think tonight (Wednesday Apr 15), I'm just going to "snapshot" my thoughts I had while watching it with particular scenes that caught my attention immediately, and perhaps later on when I have more time on the weekend, will sit down some more with expansion on a couple scenes that REALLY got me.
I think I'll do this in point form with my thoughts and screenshots! <3 Thank you for your interest!! <3 Will keep everything below a cut for anyone who is trying to avoid the trailer :)
The Opening (0:00 to 0:19)
OKAY I can't be the only one who thinks it's DIABOLICAL for them to start this trailer with The Ineffable Divorce UGGGGHHH. BUT!! What gives me hope with this trailer starting here is that this feels like it is saying that they are going to expand further on their relationship this entire finale. It's beautifully interspersed with a mini-montage of them "happy together" from S1 and S2 with Crowley narrating over it. Them focusing on this first feels really important, AND curious because they DIDN'T show the break-up kiss for this trailer (though they did for the Muriel Recap Trailer, interestingly)? Almost like there will be something even better than the kiss that was accidentally leaked that we ALL THOUGHT pre-S2 was... NOT THAT. And I unlike OTHER shows (*sideeyes Sherlock S4), I feel confident that they're ACTUALLY going to go the full distance in confirming their mutual love for each other ONLY because it was ALREADY canonized that they both have very strong feelings for each other, but Aziraphale has Many Hangups™, unfortunately.
I've written a lot more about their relationship here if you are interested <3.
Archangel Aziraphale (and Cutie Patootie Jesus) (0:23 to 0:39)
OKAY I don't have much to say about this other than I am upset Azzie is the Archangel and he can't even wear Tartan?!?!?! NOOOOOOO!!! I do like though that he still has his pocket watch. That makes me so happy.
Jesus is SOOOOO cute though. I look forward to seeing them on screen. I especially wonder if it was AZIRAPHALE who dressed him. Because that outfit looks a LOT like something Azzie would put Gabe in when he was taking care of him (namely the cardigan and linen pants)
The Metatron and The Voice(?) (0:40 to 0:45)
Okay, so at first I thought this might be near the end where Azzie and Crowley confront the Metatron, but then I saw on this community post by @ineffablegoodomens that posits that this might ACTUALLY be Crowley's "Fall" Scene, and the more I watch it, UH YEAH, I think they are right. Those robes on the Metatron? Those are similar to the ones Azzie and Crowley wore Before the Beginning, or at least it's got the same sort of style as them. AND Metatron, when we saw him in S2 was bearded (he wasn't in S1) which could signify passage of time between "before" and "after" Armageddon't. This is a scene in the past.
I think we will get an answer to WHO CROWLEY WAS / IS, which I think is a high probability given that they allude to his importance in S1 ("I made those stars"), and then allude in S2 of his previous status being above Aziraphale and the other archangels quite a bit. I think it will show us Crowley being made a spectacle of, possibly, for questioning to show other angels never to question. And I think, in turn, Aziraphale WILL BE THERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENED, AND it will then explain Aziraphale's hesitance to "disobey heaven". It won't be more than probably 5 minutes of screentime, but I think it will help build on Azzie's character.
And I will state here in this section: I think Metatron is the true Big Bad of the entire series, to be honest.
As for the voice right at the start of this scene that says "Something's Wrong", I initially thought it was God, but it doesn't sound like Frances (maybe Michael?). But it's interesting.
And here is where I will say that I genuinely believe that God hasn't really ever been "in charge". The Metatron seems so YIKES always.
Crowley Back in Hell (0:50 to 0:55)
I feel like this actually ties into the promo photo we got late last month:
He's looks like he's restrained in that clip, not sitting comfortably.
I haven't thought why anyone would drag him back down, but MAYBE, and I posited this a while ago on one of the Community posts, that perhaps Hell finds out WHO Crowley was (HENCE the importance of SHOWING the Metatron scene in the past) and in turn think his powers will enable him to find Jesus? I haven't worked up a solid theory yet but I feel like these are both tied together AND that it's to do with Crowley's own power.
Toby Jones (0:56 to 0:58)
OKAY nothing really to say other than, if THIS MAN IS CAST, HE IS A VILLAIN. I don't think I've ever seen him play ANYONE other than "shady or creepy character". I think this is a mafia boss that is implied in some of the descriptions I've seen around. Maybe looking for Crowley? It's not Aziraphale since he's in this scene, though possibly looking for Jesus (hah).
Crowley on The Streets of Soho (0:59 to 1:04)
Why is he though???? He was living in his car before! Or maybe he is keeping a watchful eye on the Bookshop here? Hmm. I can't think of any reason he's choosing to be homeless when he has his Bentley.
EDIT: I saw a theory posited by @htmllost that Crowley might actually still be living in the Bentley but it's either being REALLY annoying (like changing colours or reminding Crowley about Aziraphale) or the demons keep bothering him there. This makes sense to me, and I am adding it here for posterity as what might be going on here.
"I've Come to Help You" and Apologies (1:06 to 1:09)
Something is niggling at me. "I've come to help YOU" Aziraphale says to Crowley. Why does Crowley need help? It contradicts what Muriel said just seconds before to presumedly Aziraphale: "Maybe you can find your friend to help you". Isn't Aziraphale the one needing help to find Jesus? I'm starting to think that this season is actually more CROWLEY'S story than Aziraphale's (which S2 was), given the possible past reveal for Crowley. The more I sit on it, I think Crowley is a target for both sides as possibly a catalyst for the Second Coming(?) once they find out who he was/is, Aziraphale finds out that Crowley is a key, and that's what sends him back down.
I've always said post-S2 that they're going to be used against each other, but they KNOW that they're more powerful together.
And Aziraphale mentioning Apologies... are we getting A DANCE?!?!? Oh gosh WHAT IF their apology dance is LITERALLY Aziraphale grabbing Crowley and dancing with him. As a promise to "talk more about the Last Time We Saw Each Other" once all of This is over?? And THAT'S why Crowley agrees to help Aziraphale.
Listen, a girl can dream LOL.
The Book of Life Mention (1:18 to 1:23)
And here it is! I've been pondering about what the Book of Life ACTUALLY might be, and I think, based on some theories I've been reading where Crowley and Azzie will become human at the end of S3, that the Book ACTUALLY doesn't erase People from Existence, but Angels from Being Angels. It was threatened upon ONLY ANGELS in S2. Never people. I think this might either be how "They Fall" OR they get removed and "condemned" to a mortal life.
However the other angels don't know where it is, which has me thinking only the Metatron knows where it is.
Crowley (and Azzie) in Heaven (1:24 to 1:29)
First off, WHAT. Secondly WHAT?!?!?!. Jesus Christmas Crackers, I am LOVING Crowley's new Heaven look. I THINK that this is actually a plan between the two so Crowley can come back up to Heaven: in S2, he needed to be "arrested" to come up to Heaven, so in this season, surely their security is a bit tighter after Crowley's first breach. The two of them have Crowley pretend to have accepted Aziraphale's offer in the Final Fifteen rather than being forcibly dragged there, and it's Aziraphale who dresses Crowley:
"Dear, you need to LOOK like my second in command, not... whatever that is."
"Oh. ANGEL. I had no idea."
(and yes I think we're FINALLY GETTING A PET NAME FROM AZZIE)
So THIS is what a "second in command" look is to Aziraphale (I REALLY don't believe this is Crowley's doing. I think by this point in the movie, they are in sync). And I say "pretend" BECAUSE Crowley has his glasses on to hide his eyes.
This post mentioned that Crowley's hair looks like horns, and OMG I LOVE this, to show that he really actually ISN'T an angel. I don't think he would ever agree to be an angel ever again, BUT I think he WOULD LOVE to give Heaven the BIG MIDDLE FINGER and play along with Azzie on this one. I think these two idiots would find it fucking hilarious to rub it in Heaven's face and "hide in plain sight" that Crowley once again as a demon made it back to Heaven. We know Azzie is a petty bitch, I think this is ALL HIM. I mean... Crowley's Jacket is close to the same beige as Azzie's original overcoat.
Hmmm. Anyway, LOVE this Crowley look, guh.
"Bigger than You and Me" & "I Was Trying to Do the Right Thing" AND THAT SCENE (1:34 to 1:44)
Okay I think these two scenes are actually part of the Apology Scene at 1:06. THIS HERE IS WHY I THINK we get mutual confirmation REALLY EARLY in the movie, with a promise to talk later, because guess what? THIS NOW INFAMOUS SCREENSHOT is linked to this scene in the trailer at 1:44:
I believe this scene is them "talking later"; that's NOT the Bookshop in the background. In fact, I daresay it might be... a cottage in Sussex or in Tadfield (one of the promo photos as well as the cast list also released confirmed that they go back to Tadfield). I am of the majority that believes this is a happy scene. Azzie's cheeks, when he smiles (as has been pointed out here), "puff out" like that in the front, and I think he's grinning wide in this one.
EDIT: I wrote a meta last night about the apology scene and the linking scene here, please check that out for my expanded thoughts on it!!
And I'll take this opportunity to say that I think David is an incredible facial actor. From 1:44 to 1:45, blink-and-you'll-miss-it, you can SEE Crowley choke trying to hold back a sob, like he's incredulous that this (Aziraphale's reciprocal love) is actually happening because it's been SIX THOUSAND YEARS.
(CREDIT: from this post here)
This episode is going to bloody end me, but I haven't been more certain of one of my fave ships FINALLY coming together in the end. This single one-second frame has alleviated all my doubts about a canon ending for them. Whether as humans, or as celestials, who knows. But I am feeling good about this now.
The Flying Bentley (1:47 to 1:49)
LOL I saw someone mention that this might be a callback to S1 where Azzie says something along the lines of "How are you going to get there, fly?" referring to I THINK Alpha Centauri. Is this the End Scene where they're literally flying away together? HAHAHHAH.
No really, I think that this might either be the very last scenes where they're going on a honeymoon or vacation to Alpha Centauri (since Crowley talks so much about it and Azzie must see it now), OR this is tied into the scene at 1:30 to 1:33 where Azzie says "How fast did you say this goes?" and this is them racing possibly to stop the Second Coming or Something Big and Scary in Heaven. Azzie says that line very urgently, so I don't think it's a jokey line. THE SCENE is jokey, but the line is not.
(Timestamp 1:34)
Final Thoughts
Okay so nothing else from the trailer immediately called out to me, other that Crowley's little grumble / hiss at the end at 1:51. I think this also is tied into the Dance scene above, now that I'm thinking about it, where he's like "OMG I LOVE THIS MAN WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME" and he's just being a big silly.
Some more final thoughts:
I love Crowley's hair and scruff in this movie OMG. The little curl is doing it for me.
I am POSITIVE it's going to be a happy ending. I will be disappointed if it's not, but I've been through so many "my ships are never confirmed canon" at this point that I just roll with it. BUT what has me more hopeful is that it's ALREADY CANONIZED that there is love there, and CLEARLY Azzie loves Crowley too (Azzie's scene just before Metatron shows up).
I think Metatron is the one who actually is running things and the Second Coming is HIS doing. God is mysteriously absent in all of S2 except the Job scene. Makes you wonder how long he's been "the mouth of God" without God? I guess? I dunno where I'm going with this. I just don't like Metatron (I like him as a character, I mean as a "good guy" he seems shady)
I think Crowley and Azzie are the ACTUAL Ineffable Great Plan. I don't know how yet, or why, but I have had this feeling for a little while now. Maybe to bring all creatures together? I dunno. It's stupid, sorry.
I mentioned it above, but I think that this movie is about mostly about Crowley, since S1 focussed more on Aziraphale's character.
Crowley is going to be the first one to absolutely lose it (as in happy crying). Calling it now.
Anyway, thank you kindly for reading!! I'm ridiculously tired now, been doing this for four hours. Perhaps I'll expand upon some more things when I'm not tired and have more time. Some additional points came to light re: the apology and I might flesh out that meta a bit more.
I'm just super pumped for S3 now, gang! <3 Love y'all <3
