#good omens script book

[armageddidnt]

Best of Neil's stage directions/commentary in the good omens s1 script book

I went back and read this to help me cope after s2, as one does

[actual-changeling]

the script book makes all the sweet, heart-wrenching moments even worse because you realise just how much of it is david and michael. i was reading through the tadfield manor scene and i will kill to get season 2 and 3 script books once s3 has been released.

a few highlights:

the paintball and coat scene where crowley does his little kissy blowy miracle? you know what the script says?

gestures. GESTURES. and i assume david went no yeah, kiss time it is, and here we are. unbelievable.

and that soft smiley "come on" it's killing me. someone take this show away from.

ah yes, pushing.

great pushing. amazing pushing. might even be called kicking.

crowley growling out hastur when the nun mentions the fire? not in the script! very curious who decided to add it because i love that change.

this change on the other hand? neil, neil who decided to cut this, NEIL stand trial for your crimes WHERE IS MY GRABBING WHERE IS MY HAULING

[youryurigoddess]

On books and bookselling

The idea that Aziraphale never sells books is a widely popular misconception. He does — when he has absolutely no other option — and used to do it regularly in the past. According to the introduction of the cut 1859 Street Urchin scene from the Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book, “he spent about a hundred years selling people new books before he decided that not selling people old books was a lot more fun, and gave him much more time to read)”.

A similar sentiment was shared later on, explaining that Aziraphale didn’t open a library “Because librarians have to help people and interact with them. Booksellers can ignore people, not sell them books, not open their bookshops and generally be as eccentric and unlikely as they wish”.

Aziraphale’s relationship with books is among the most important ones in his long life and teaches us a very interesting fact about the bibliophile angel: more than anything else, he wants to have a choice. And since he can’t decide on the fate of the world or the demon he loves so much, he does so in relation to individual tomes left in his care by offering shelter to the discarded or mistreated ones and guarding his personal Eden with the ferocity of an avenging angel and the precision of a flaming sword.

This peaceful, fragile existence he has carved for himself took hundreds of years to carefully plan and execute on the margins of history, between different assignments and clandestine meetings, out of his own pocket and in collaboration with countless humans.

It’s worth to keep in mind that when this angel wants to make a difference, he actually does.

[mid13s]

we had it in the book (EVEN had it in the script book) but it couldn’t make it to the show?

[rainbowhyperfixation]

This whole section from the S1 script book, between the two purple quotes, was cut from the tv show:

“CROWLEY: And that’s just the start of what you’ll lose if you win. No more fascinating little restaurants where they know you. No gravlax with dill sauce. No more old bookshops. No more Regency silver snuffboxes.

AZIRAPHALE: But after we win, life will be better for everybody.

CROWLEY: You’ll be about as happy with a harp as I’ll be with a pitchfork.

AZIRAPHALE: We don’t play harps.

CROWLEY: And we don’t use pitchforks. You know what I mean.

AZIRAPHALE: But it’s part of the Divine Plan. The Four Horsemen will ride out.

CROWLEY: Where do they ride out from?

AZIRAPHALE: What?

CROWLEY: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Their arrival signals the end of days. War, Famine, Pestilence and Death. Where do they ride from? Do they have a stables somewhere?

AZIRAPHALE: You ought to know. They work for your lot, don’t they?

CROWLEY: Not as far as I know. Independent contractors, I expect. Specialists. In business for themselves.

AZIRAPHALE: I heard Pestilence retired.

CROWLEY: Really?

AZIRAPHALE: Yes. It’s Pollution, these days. I think this is a bit of a red herring. The point is, the Four Horsemen ride out. The seas will turn to blood . . .

CROWLEY: The seas are where your sushi comes from. And your herrings. …We’ve only got eleven years. Then it’s all over. We have to work together.”

I was looking for something else in the script book (the instances where they said numbers 1-5 for the countdown video I made) and noticed this whole bit. I wasn’t around during the time between season 1 and 2, so maybe it was talked about and I missed it. I wish it were a cut scene that was filmed so we could see it!

[sentientsky]

The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book Depiction of Gay Yearning by Neil Gaiman

[ancientmossheim]

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛

𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢, 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛

𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚢

𝙳𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚎....

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some closeups! drawn back in 2022

this is based off of this scene from the Scriptbook. One of my absolute favorites.

[brainwormcity]

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