Be kind to each other

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

Good Omens 3: The Night Sky in the South Downs

My heart is full of joy watching our beloved husbands Asa and Anthony in their garden, observing the night sky and the Eta Aquariid meteor shower. ✨🖤🤍✨

And just like Anthony, let me check some things and provide some facts. 

The final shot shows a dark sky with the milky way:

Can we map that to a real moment in our Universe?

The open-source planetarium “stellarium” (https://stellarium-web.org/) shows a realistic sky for any place and time. So, I checked May 13th, 2026, in Brighton, located at the coast in the South Downs, and found the sky at 4:20 am a quite good fit to the scene:

What about the meteor shower?

“The Eta Aquariids get their name because their radiant appears to lie in the constellation Aquarius,” – I put in the constellation and it’s art in the picture above – ”near one of the constellation's brightest stars, Eta Aquarii. ... The Eta Aquariids are best viewed in the pre-dawn hours away from the glow of city lights.” (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Aquariids)

How does that look like? Here is a photo – longer exposures and stacked – that shows many Aquariids meteors as bright, arrow-like darts of light. So, they seem to all come from a certain point. 

(Source: "The Eta Aquariids meteor shower, which peaked in early May 2022, was captured in this stunning image by astrophotographer Petr Horálek.")

Let’s compare that to the two shooting stars we see in the scene. The first one as a clip and a screenshot with the path:

The second one with the marked path:

They are definitely, definitely not coming from the direction of the constellation Aquarius. 

So, it’s either some other debris. (Anthony’s answer) Or maybe an angel and a demon passing by? (Asa’s answer)

✨🖤🤍✨

Check out the Ineffable Detective Agency’s posts and a collection of Clues and metas from all over the fandom: embracing-the-ineffable

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

Good Omens Playlist "A Place For Us"

Service post 🖤🤍

GoodOmensPrime posted the playlist "A Place For Us" – "Tunes that carry across the universe."

I have been looking at it and the lyrics to find a pattern, but I haven't found one yet... As I have gathered and checked the lyrics, you can find them below. Let me know if you find a pattern or a message!

Until then, let's simply enjoy it. 🥂 Also, new headcanon listening to "World, hold on": Are Asa and Anthony party people? ✨ Disco-Tony is real in all Universes! ✨

You can find it on... ... apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/playlist/good-omens-a-place-for-us/pl.u-GgA5e1zfZKB9mBX

„Good Omens – A Place for Us“ von theastrophysicistnextdoor bei Apple Music

Playlist · 19 Titel

... youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfF41iT8o1-g

Good Omens 3 - A Place For Us

Tunes that carry across the universe.

1) Seaside Rendezvous (Queen)

Seaside, whenever you stroll along with me I’m merely contemplating what you feel inside Meanwhile, I ask you to be my Clementine

You say you will if you could, but you can't I love you madly Let my imagination (run away) with you gladly A brand new angle, highly commendable Seaside rendezvous

I feel so romantic, can we do it again? Can we do it again some time? (Ooh, I'd like that) Fantastic, c'est la vie mesdames et messieurs

And at the peak of the season The Mediterranean This time of year, it's so fashionable

I feel like dancing in the rain Can I have a volunteer? (Just keep right on dancing) What a damn jolly good idea

It's such a jollification, as a matter of fact So très Charmant, my dear

Underneath the moonlight Together, we'll sail across the sea Reminiscing every night

Meantime, (And in the meantime, baby) I ask you to be my Valentine You say you'd have to tell your daddy if you can I'll be your Valentino We'll ride upon an omnibus and the casino

Get a new facial, Start a sensational Seaside rendezvous So adorable Seaside rendezvous Ooh-ooh Seaside rendezvous Give us a kiss

2) We Will Rock You (Queen)

Buddy, you're a boy, make a big noise Playing in the street, gonna be a big man someday You got mud on your face, you big disgrace Kicking your can all over the place, singing

We will, we will rock you We will, we will rock you

Buddy, you're a young man, hard man Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world someday You got blood on your face, you big disgrace Waving your banner all over the place

We will, we will rock you Sing it out We will, we will rock you

Buddy, you're an old man, poor man Pleading with your eyes, gonna make you some peace someday You got mud on your face, big disgrace Somebody better put you back into your place We will, we will rock you Sing it We will, we will rock you Everybody We will, we will rock you Hmm We will, we will rock you Alright

3) God Only Knows (Beach Boys)

I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it

God only knows what I'd be without you

If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me?

God only knows what I'd be without you

God only knows what I'd be without you

If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on, believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me?

God only knows what I'd be without you

And God only knows what I'd be without you God only knows what I'd be without you …

4) Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)

When you're weary, Feeling small When tears are in your eyes I will dry them all I'm on your side Oh, when times get rough And friends just can't be found Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down

When you're down and out When you're on the street When evening falls so hard I will comfort you I'll take your part Oh, when darkness comes And pain is all around Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down Sail on, silvergirl Sail on by Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way See how they shine Oh, if you need a friend I'm sailing right behind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind Like a bridge over troubled water I will ease your mind

5) Top Of The World (The Carpenters)

Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be Is now comin' true especially for me And the reason is clear, it's because you are here You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found, ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world

Something in the wind has learned my name And it's tellin' me that things are not the same In the leaves on the trees, and the touch of the breeze There's a pleasing sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind When this day is through I hope that I will find That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation And the only explanation I can find Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around Your love's put me at the top of the world

6) A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Tori Amos)

That certain night, The night we met There was magic abroad in the air There were angels dining at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

I may be right, I may be wrong But I'm perfectly willing to swear That when you turned and smiled at me A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

The streets of town Were paved with stars It was such a romantic affair And as we kissed and said goodnight A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

I know 'cause I was there That night in Berkeley Square

7) Last Night On Earth (U2)

She feels the ground is giving way But she thinks we're better off that way The more you take the less you feel The less you know the more you believe The more you have the more it takes today

You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) She knows just what she’s worth But she's Living Like It's The Last Night On Earth

She's Not Waiting On A Saviour To Come She's At A Bus-Stop With The news of the world And The Sun Sun Here It Comes She's Not Waiting For Anyone

You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) She Knows Just What It's Worth But she's Living Like It's The Last Night On Earth The last night on earth. 

Slipping Away... Slip Slide… She lets me, slipping away The World Turns And We Get Dizzy Slipping Away

She's Living, Living Next Week Now You Know She's gonna Pay It Back Somehow She hasn’t been to bed in a week She’ll be dead soon, then she’ll sleep

You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) You gotta give it away (you got to give it away) She Already Knows It Hurts She's Living Like It's The Last Night On Earth The last Night On Earth Last Night On Earth. The last night.

8) In God’s Country (U2)

Yeah

Desert sky Dream beneath a desert sky The rivers run but soon run dry We need new dreams tonight

Desert rose Dreamed I saw a desert rose Dress torn in ribbons and in bows Like a siren, she calls to me

Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes, crooked crosses In God's Country

Yeah-ah Yeah-ah

Set me alight We'll punch a hole right through the night Everyday the dreamers die See what's on the other side

She is liberty And she comes to rescue me Hope, faith, her vanity The greatest gift is gold

Sleep comes like a drug In God's Country Sad eyes crooked crosses In God's Country

Naked flame She stands with a naked flame I stand with the sons of Cain Burned by the fire of love Burned by the fire of love

Love

Love

9) Missing You (John Waite)

Missing you (8x)

Every time I think of you I always catch my breath And I'm still standing here And you're miles away And I'm wonderin' why you left

And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight

I hear your name in certain circles And it always makes me smile I spend my time Thinking about you And it's almost driving me wild

And there’s heart that's breakin' Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all (Missing you) Since you've been gone (Missing you) Away I ain't missing you (Missing you) No matter, what I might say (Missing you)

There's a message in the wire And I'm sending you this signal tonight You don't know How desperate I've become And it looks like I'm losing this fight

In your world I have no meaning Though I'm trying hard to understand

And it's my heart that's breakin' Down this long distance line tonight

I ain't missing you at all (Missing you) Since you've been gone (Missing you) Away I ain't missing you (Missing you) No matter what my friends say (Missing you)

And there's a message that I'm sending out Like a telegraph to your soul And if I can't bridge this distance Stop this heartbreak overload

I ain't missing you at all (Missing you) Since you've been gone (Missing you) Away I ain't missing you (Missing you) No matter what my friends say (Missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you) I ain't missing you (Missing you) I can lie to myself

And there's a storm that's raging Through my frozen heart tonight

I ain't missing you at all (Missing you) Since you've been gone (Missing you) Away I ain't missing you (Missing you) No matter what my friends say

Ain't missing you (Missing you) I ain't missing you I ain't missing you I could lie to myself

Ain't missing you (Missing you) I ain't missing you (4x)

Oh no

No matter what my friends might say I ain't missing you

10) Heart And Soul (Huey Lewis and the News)

Two o'clock this morning (morning) If she should come a-calling (calling) I couldn't dream of turning her away

And if it got hot and hectic (hectic) I know she'd be electric (electric) I'd let her take her chances with me You see, she gets what she wants

'Cause she's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all, hot loving every night Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh

Well, can't you see her standing there (standing there) See how she looks, see how she cares (how she cares) I let her steal the night away from me

Nine o'clock this morning (this morning) She left without a warning (warning) I let her take advantage of me You see, she got what she wanted

'Cause she's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all, hot loving every night Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

(Heart and soul) Yeah, she's heart and soul She's hot and cold She's got it all She's heart and soul

She's got loving every night Oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh She's got it all She's heart and soul (6x)

11) Across The Universe (The Beatles)

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox they They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing Through my open ears inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai guru deva, om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai guru deva (6x)

12) Take Me Home (Perfume Genius)

Take me home, tend to me Baby, lay me down easy For I have grown weary on my own

All alone, I wither and I bruise I run my mouth like a fool

I'll be so quiet for you Look like a child for you Be like a shadow of a shadow Of a shadow for you

Take me home, tend to me Baby, lay me down easy For I have grown weary on my own

All alone, I wander aimless I work the corner of an endless grid

I'll be so still for you Like a dead dog

Lay there 'til my eyes pop All for you

13) World Hold On (Children of the Sky) (Bob Sinclair)

Ohhh, yeah Open up your heart, what do you feel? Open up your heart, what do you feel? Is real

The big bang may be a million years away, oh But I can't think of a better time to say

World, hold on Instead of messing with our future, open up inside World, hold on Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

Ohhh, children of the sky...

Look inside, you'll find a deeper love The kind that only comes from high above

If you ever meet your inner child, don't cry, no no, oh-oh Tell them everything is gonna be alright

World, hold on Come one, everybody in the universe World (come on), hold on One day you will have to answer to the children of the sky

Children of the sky... alright Love, don't take no for an answer, no no. Alright Right here, spread love Everybody join together now One race, one heart Love and unity, everybody say Yeahhhh. World hold on

World, hold on Come one, everybody in the universe World (come on), hold on Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky World (come on), hold on Come on, everybody in the universe World (come on), hold on One day you will have to answer to the children of the sky

14) Would You (Richard Swift)

In the town where I grew up I met a girl She was lovely enough I said to her Would you like to fall in love with me? Oh, tell me girl Would you like to fall in love with me? Now, tell me girl

Well, you know she took my hand And we walked away And I can't understand Why she would stay

Would you like to fall in love with me? Now, tell me girl Would you like to fall in love with me? Now, tell me girl Would you like to fall in love with me? Now, tell me girl Would you like to fall in love with me? Now, tell me girl

15) Kisses (Slowdive)

Tell me, "You're the best thing" I tell you, "That's what you need" Rolling on those good looks Maybe it's just enough I know you dream of snowfields Floating high above the trees Living for the new thing Sometimes the new won't do

Kisses Born desert sun Kisses Born desert sun Kisses Born desert sun

Maybe there's a car there Driving away from here Taking all the ghosts, the hurt Well, everything starts anew Tell me what you need, what's right Whatever is just enough Is living with the truth a start? Maybe it's just enough

Kisses Born desert sun (7x)

16) Hurt So Good (Susan Cadogan)

First you take my heart In the palm of your hand And you squeeze it tight Then you take my mind And play with it all night You take my pride And throw it up against the wall You take me in your arms baby And bounce me like a rubber ball Oh, I’m not complaining What you're doing, you see ‘Cause this hurting feeling is Oh, so good for me

Yes, don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) It hurts so good You take my name And you scandalise it in the street Oh anything you wanna do, I say, it's alright by me You turn right around And make sweet love to me Oh, you see, baby, sure enough good to me

‘cause baby, (‘cause baby), These things  you’re doing to me It hurts to bad, But it’s worth all the misery ‘cause, don’t you know what it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) It hurts so good Oh baby, Oh baby, oh-oh Oh boy, please don't ever take the heat off me' ‘Cause it would hurt even worse If you ever, ever leave Even though sometimes it's hard to me to bear Oh, I’ll make myself hold out ‘cause if it kills me, I don't care' ‘Cause baby, I don't want you to ever quit It ain't no good 'til it hurts just a little bit

‘cause, don’t you know what it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) Don’t you know that it (Hurts so good) It hurts so good

17) Hey Moon (Molly Nilsson)

I know it's been so long Since we saw each other last I'm sure we'll find some way To make the time pass

Hey moon It's just you and me tonight Everyone else is asleep Hey moon If I was to fall I would fall so deep

Though I doubt I'm gonna, You can wake me up if you wanna

And your pale, round face Makes me feel at home in any place I would happen to be At a quarter past three

The moon chased the sun out of the sky Goodbye sun The night's begun

The moon chased the sun out of the sky Goodbye sunshine The night is mine

Hey moon It's just you and me tonight Everyone else is asleep Hey moon If I was to fall I would fall so deep

Though I doubt I'm gonna, You can wake me up if you wanna

I would hate for you to hang there alone The whole night through And I would love to spend the whole night Just looking at you

And those seeds, little stars You spread around They make such a dramatic background

I don't care for sunbeams No, I need the night to feed my dreams

And that's why The moon chased the sun out of the sky Goodbye sun The night's begun

The moon chased the sun out of the sky Goodbye sunshine The night is mine

Hey moon My old friend Hey moon The night is coming to and end Hey moon Come back soon

18) The Sun Can’t Compare (Larry Heard and Mr. White)

You are my life The sun can't compare to your light You are my dream The moon can't compare to your beams

You are my life The sun can't compare to your light You are my dream The moon can't compare to your beams

Oh, how you shine

You are (You are) My life (My life) The sun can't compare (The sun can't compare) To your light (To your light) You are (You are) My dream (My dream) The moon can't compare (The moon can't compare) To your beams (To your beams) Open up (Up) And see (And see) That everything (Everything) Is how it oughta be Day breaks (The day breaks) So free (Feel so free) I am better every moment (Every time) You are close to me

You are (You are) My life (My life) The sun can't compare (The sun can't compare) To your light (To your light) You are (You are) My dream (My dream) The moon can't compare (Can't compare) To your beams (To your beams)

Dreaming, I hear Elements of music so clear It won't (It won't) Feel right If I don't see you in the waking night (When I wake) 'Cause you are my life The sun can't compare to your light (To your light, can't compare) You are my dream (You're my dream) The moon can't compare (The moon can't compare) To your beams (To your beams)

Waiting (I'll wait here) I feel (And I'm feeling) For a moment and a chance So real

Tomorrow (Tomorrow) Will be Another day of love Everlasting

You are my life The sun can't compare to your light You are my dream The moon can't compete with your beams

19) Another Love Song (David Kitt)

I can’t pass the day Without thinking about you I can't pass the day Without thinking about you

When everyone else is sleeping There are things that i have to do When everyone else is sleeping I can't, I just think of you I hope you want me too

I can't fall in love If it's a danger to my health I can't fall in love If it's a danger to my health

When everyone else is sleeping  There are things that I have to do When everyone else is sleeping I can't, I just think of you I hope you want me too

And these are the words that the silence Brings to me And these are the words that the silence Brings to me To me

I can't pass the day Without thinking about you I can't pass the day Without thinking about you When everyone else is sleeping  There are things that I have to do When everyone else is sleeping I can't, I just think of you I hope you want me too

[noneorother]

I wrote an essay about the ending of Good Omens, and you can read it now.

You can't bite the apple twice.

How I learned to love the finale of Good Omens for what it is (and maybe you can, too).

It got so long I had to find another home for it, but if you're feeling sad, confused, lonely or even ambiguous after the finale, maybe reading some hopeful analysis will ease the way. I haven't written an essay in 12 years but this is what this show has done to me so here we are.

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

I absolutely love the Good Omens series, all the way from season 1 to 3.

Are you having trouble loving it? Read @noneorother's article.

Lots of love! ✨🖤🤍🥂

[noneorother]

Can we talk about the meet cute though?

Regardless of your feelings on the finale, can we take a minute to appreciate the costuming genius that is Good Omens? If you ever wanted to know where the meet cute comes from, it’s a recreation of Richard Curtis’ best film Notting Hill.

They even have Julia Robert’s sunglasses and Hugh Grants open collar. But you want to see something even sweeter? Look at their clothes, it’s Aziraphale and Crowley's bookshop comfort clothing and hair, all mixed together.

Asa even has a little gold chain to mimic Crowley's metal scarf.

And I can't leave this fucking show be without talking about the lapels. If you want a refresher, here's my season 2 breakdown and why the jacket lapels are so important. LOOK EVERYONE. THEY MADE IT. Neutral lapels. In front of God and everyone. They're on their own side.

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

They chose us.

✨️✨️🖤🤍✨️✨️

[almostunadulteratedmiracle]

Guess who stared at the burning pages of the Book of Life until stuff became readable around the fire and Crowley's hand? This idiot :D

And here's what it says on the page for the rubber duck (and all the other pages I've managed to glare at long enough, save for Uriel's, who gets her own text)... The layout is a bit strange and there are helpful repetitions of the phrases, so this how I think it's supposed to go:

"Through the loving command of God in Her infinite wisdom and delight in creation, Alpha Centauri, one of the most magnificent constellations in the heavens was brought into being. She entrusted its formation to one of Her most beloved angels, a servant of radiant skill and devotion. The angel was charged with weaving light and harmony into a masterpiece that would forever testify to the majesty of the divine."

I was not prepared to feel many of the feelings of the finale, but I was also most certainly not prepared to read praises of Crowley like this when I just wanted to peek at how you define a rubber duck 😭

[noneorother]

All the music you didn’t hear: The Good Omens soundtrack is lying to you. *Part2*

The Bonkers Meta Series 2: Electric Boogaloo. This week on the chopping block: The official Good Omens 2 soundtrack album!

Part 1  l  Part 2  

If you, like me, have absolutely no respect for your time (or your 2023 Spotify Wrapped) and are willing to sit with the show and the David Arnold score album running side by side to match up all the songs, then you too can find out what I did: exactly 6 songs in the album go off the rails in the show in a very specific way. And you know what they say about a song…

So let’s break these misbehaving songs down, shall we? 

A Bell Tolls for Thee

There are SO MANY DAMN BELLS in season 2. I think the sound department might have had a competition going. But I want to show you the bells that happen in the music of the show, but not in the album.

Specifically, there are tubular bells all over the score in David Arnold’s orchestration in season 2 (and some in season 1). It’s an instrument used throughout classical music to represent grandfather clocks or church bells, signalling time passing, like striking the hour. But, this season has done something devious: it sets up your expectation by putting tubular bells in all the regular places in the score, so that you notice less when they whack a big tubular bell ring in a place where it should not be, at a key moment in the story. 

Feel free to go back and listen to these time codes in the show, it’s going to become obvious real fast.  

S2E1 - 14:55 l Song : Into Soho Aziraphale answers the door to a naked Gabriel, and recognizes him for the first time. A bell rings once.

If you listen closely to the album version, David Arnold recorded a beautiful and uplifting ending to this track. Too bad we never get to hear it in the show, it splits off into a bell toll and then a reorchestration. We never hear the end!

S2E1 - 42:30 l Song : Tiny Miracle Aziraphale & Crowley perform a class-A miracle, and Crowley pokes the barrier with his finger. A bell rings twice.

Same thing for Tiny Miracle! The ending of the song in the album we never get to hear in the show, it gets interrupted by 2 tubular bell tolls and another reorchestration of other music. 

S2E3 - 33:59 l Song : Reprise - Something Terrible Aziraphale considers the statue of Gabriel in his present day trip to Edinburgh. A bell rings three times.

This one starts from silence with 3 bell tolls as a reprise of “Something terrible” starts just after it. The second and third bells are woven into the music on beats they never appear in those bars on the recording. 

S2E4 - 38:00 l Song : Zombie Dressing Room  Shax asks Beelzebub for permission to attack the bookshop. A bell rings four times.

This one is extra weird (see my first music post). Even though we stretch out Zombie Dressing Room way after the dressing room scene is over and into the Shax in hell scene, it still manages to work in 4 new tubular bell rings that aren’t there in the score, and we never hear the same ending as on the album. 

S2E5 - 00:05 - 10:14 l Song : Reprise - Something Terrible Shax requisitions troops and gathers her legion. A bell rings five times.

This one is tricky because Shax’s scene in hell is cut up 5 times, but you probably see where this is going: every time we cut back to Shax there’s a new bell rings once that wasn’t in the recording.  

S2E5 - 29:56 l Song : Shax Shax arrives from Hell in the elevbator to attack the bookshop. A bell rings six times.

This is the last time in the season when we hear extra tubular bells. In a pretty bizarre turn of events, the demons Shax has mustered have walked in from down the street, but Shax takes the elevator to arrive at the bookshop. What a way to treat your troops. In any case, we get a final song that doesn’t get the ending it deserves, and gets cut off in favour of a reprise.

Taco Bell: Live Confused So why put so much effort into signalling these 6 specific actions with bell tolls? The first three are clearly Aziraphale & Crowley related, while the second three are Shax related. (All the Shax actions accompanied by bells have flashing lights above Shax.) Could this be a way of signalling we are halfway to the second coming, 6 hours until midnight on the armageddon clock? Or something else entirely?

Every time we hear the added bells, the soundtrack in the show deviates from the planned endings written for the album. Are these mistakes in the timeline, that were never supposed to happen in the ineffable plan? I guess we'll all be listening together for tubular bells in season 3... -------------------------------- Thanks to @embracing-the-ineffable for the encouragement, and the Ineffable detective agency for all their hard work. Part 1 is here!

[noneorother]

3 days to go until season three and I’m posting some season 2 theory throwbacks to get you back in the mood! Hells bells... that's a lotta bells. More bells to come in season 3? Wedding bells even?

[noneorother]

I bought Aziraphale's Bible so you don't have to.

Am I insane? Yes. Was it worth it? Maybe. In most* of both season 1 and season 2 of GO, there's a very specific Bible on a bookstand next to Aziraphale's desk. It's a vintage illustrated plate book by Harold Copping, known as the Harold Copping Bible, published by the religious tract society in London in 1910. It features some of the most well known Old Testament stories, summarized and annotated by the Bishop of Durham at the time, and illustrated by Copping, who was freshly returned from a sojourn in the middle east. Ironically, It was meant as a lay-person's version of a comic book, short, exciting by use of exotic illustrations, and easy to read.

But my (expensive) gain is now your gain! As I've collected here every visible page in both seasons for your reading and viewing pleasure.

Season 1: All episodes Adam & Eve Genesis iii (1:3) / HCB page 10

Season 2: Episode 1 Joseph known to his brethren Genesis xlv (1:45) / HCB Page 28

S2E1 14:21, S2E1 17:41, S2E1 39:45

Season 2: Episode 2 Jacob's vow Genesis xxviii (1:28) / HCB Page 22

S2E2 5:49

Season 2: Episode 2 Joseph known to his brethren Genesis xlv (1:45) / HCB Page 28

S2E2 13:38 (see S2E1 above)

Season 2: Episode 2 The Brazen Serpent Numbers xxi (4:21) / HCB page 36

S2E2 16:12, 43:40

Season 2: Episode 2* Bible on the desk, Magazine on the stand Annuel L'art Pour Tous, Cover (1861-1880 most likely)

S2E2 22:10

The French L'art pour tous industrial design periodical will have to be a story for another post. For now, just enjoy this 1880 edition copperplate of cherubs discovering a microscope...

Season 2: Episode 2 Imaginary page from HCB, Job KJV Job (18:1) / HCB N/A

S2E2 22:29, S2E2 40:05 Obviously, the plate illustrations and text look different here than in the real bible, because they were created for the show. But there are a few more particularities here. For one, this layout with the thin grid around the text, as well as the paragraph symbol next to the first title, indicate that this would have been a printer's proof copy, not a finished book. It shows you the layout grid and can be annotated for changes. Second, there seems to be a war going on between fonts. Where the "chapter" of Job begins, we get a font and a style similar to the original bible, which gets rudely interrupted by a dropped capital (from the real book) and a Gothic-style font/verse numbers like in the original King James version of the printed Bible.

Season 2: Episode 3 The Brazen Serpent NUMBERS xxi (4:21) / HCB page 36

S2E3 1:18 (see episode 2)

Season 2: Episode 5 By the Rivers of Babylon Pslam cxxxvii (19:137) / HCB page 52

S2E5 21:20

Season 2: Episode 6 Bible missing, L'art pour Tous on the stand Annuel L'art Pour Tous, Cover (1861-1880 most likely)

S2E6 10:21, 17:21, 18:15, 34:28 (see episode 2)

Season 2: Episode 6 Closed HCB, L'art pour Tous on the stand behind HCB page 0

S2E6 37:58, 44:20, 48:08

[noneorother]

7 days left until good omens season 3 so here’s another fun post from season two to get back into the spirit. Analyzing Aziraphale’s bible!

[noneorother]

Some thing you might have missed in the latest GOS3 promo photo: Musical Edition

While most people clocked the name of Crowley’s new Bentley ice cream truck "Scrumptious Quality Ices", you might not have noticed the connection to a beloved children's movie main character. I'm not joking this is major spoiler territory. Proceed with caution.

Well @havemyheartaziraphale did. Say hello to Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's heroine: Truly Scrumptious.

What Does the only children's story penned by (Crowley's favourite) James Bond author Ian Fleming have to do with our beloved season 3? Well for starters, Truly is a blonde haired blue eyed angelically sweet high status woman often dressed in white who drives a yellow vintage car. She's also the only heiress to a huge candy empire controlled by her father, Lord Scrumptious.

S2 original 2 door Bentley turned yellow & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Truly Scrumptious' yellow car. Her partner in crime, Caratacus Potts, rebuilds Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (the car) and uses it to sail across the sky to find a kidnapped grandfather Potts.

Good omens s3, Bentley flying through space & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, (Gen 11) flying through space

Seriously, go read the wikipedia entry, the movie is nuts.

I watched the movie trying to comb for clues, and came up with a few nuggets 1. A story within a story Good Omens is full of movie references, but season 2 took it to a whole new level. Two of the movies I've written about before, as well as three I haven't, fit the same basic premise as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:

Brazil

Tales of Hoffmann

The prisoner (TV series)

Wizard of Oz

League of Gentlemen’s apocalypse

They're all stories that present a real world, and then take you one layer deeper into an imaginary world that reuses facsimiles of the real world characters to play different parts. At this point it would be a little silly to think that they're not trying to tell us something about the structure of the story of Good Omens. Operas especially seem to hold most of the main plot elements between Crowley & Aziraphale in the Good Omens Tv series, with S1 closely mirroring Mozart's Don Giovanni, and Season 2 closely mirroring Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann. As Chitty is a musical, could it be the template for Season 3?* 2. We might get a return to Tadfield?

Thanks to @theastrophysicistnextdoor who noticed that while singing the eponymous song, Caratacus & children actually drive through the same village used to film Tadfield in season 1 of Good Omens. That coupled with the Tadfield newspaper in the season 3 promo photo could mean a return to the most perfect village in England this time around?

Good Omens S1 & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang driving the family through Tadfield

3. The Child Catcher goes rogue and kidnaps Caratacus’ children with the help of and lolly and ices truck.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Child Catcher reveals his prison truck & Good Omens S3

This wild contraption used by the Child Catcher seems like the same kind of disguise the Bentley is adopting in the teaser photo. Gaudy, yellow, over the top, and hiding a suspicious amount of caboose room for.... kidnapping? He even promises "delicious ices, lollies and treacle tarts" to the children in order to lure them in. If I had to guess, I would say someone is going Jesus-napping in S3. Could it be Michael or Dagon’s role?

4. The final fifteen might have been a ruse after all?

One thing that I think is fascinating is that the final fifteen is in CCBB, and it’s clearly real emotions inside of a planned ruse. Let me explain. So Caratacus has taken Truly and the children on a seaside picnic in Chitty, and the children ask for a story about pirates. Caratacus imagines an elaborate tale about a Bavarian pirate army come to steal Chitty for it's flying powers. While telling the children this story, we sink seamlessly into his narrative as it takes over the movie. We are now watching the movie on two levels: As his story time inside the car on the seaside with Truly and children listening, but also as they act out the fantasy he's spinning on-screen. This is important, because when we get to the crux of the great plan to fool the king in the story, Caratacus and Truly's characters pretend to be automatons to entertain the king long enough to let a child army come and attack. But watch the clip of their song and dance and see if you don't notice anything weird happening.

The Caratacus (Crowley) confesses his love to Truly (Aziraphale), but she has to refuse him as part of the ruse. But that's not all.

There's this moment where Caratacus looks in the mirror and realizes that he's inserted himself into the story, and he's basically confessing his real love to real Truly sitting with him in the car listening. And Truly's character buffets him in the head because they’re trying desperately to act like dolls to fool the king of the land (aka The Metatron) and overthrow him as he watches them dance. She gives him this look of "what are you DOING!? This is not what we planned."

And it's the same look we get here when Aziraphale looks just so confused about the way Crowley is talking during his confession. Inside of Caratacus' story the whole confession is part of the ruse, but not his and Truly's very real realizations about their feelings that happen in that moment outside the fake dance. We don't have the answers yet. I suspect, as most of you do, that we'll get the keys to understanding this interaction in S3. But this gives me interesting evidence even though the emotions were all real in the FF, maybe the interaction was part of some other plan.

5. Could a demon/human incursion into heaven be in store?

The climax of Caratacus' story comes after this dance, when the plan goes off and the banned children of the land escape the dungeon and absolutely smash the kings birthday reception with all the lords and ladies in attendance getting absolutely wrecked. Could a similar wrecking of heaven be in store, either by demon hordes, or human ones? Or is this just a rehash of the ball invasion from S2. Who knows.

6. A happily ever after is waiting?

As it is a comedy and a children's movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang does end in the most saccharine of ways, with all obstacles being removed, Caratacus announcing that he can finally be with Truly, and the long awaited kiss. But hey, I'm not complaining.

At least they kiss ankle deep in a duck pond. What remains to be revealed is whether we get the same kind of magical reality we do here, where Chitty flies off into the sky, this time without wings. Only time will tell... Thanks again to @havemyheartaziraphale, @theastrophysicistnextdoor, @dunkthebiscuit, @embracing-the-ineffable and all the @ineffable-detective-agency members who helped out. We're all excited to see if this theory pans out or not!

*Personally, I think it might end up being The Marriage of Figaro, but it's fun to explore anyway

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

This is fantastic 🥂🖤🤍

Go and watch the movie, it's available on prime.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062803/

"A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land."

[wistfulnightingale]

Accidentally Adam All Along? (or, What if the reality shifts are an Antichrist with Imagination?)

(Last week, @siriogold messaged me with a question that inspired me in a cascade of possibilities. With their permission, I'm running with it.)

There have been some odd inconsistencies and strange little time jumps in Good Omens. GO fans and theorists like @ineffable-detective-agency (including @lookingatacupoftea, @noneorother, @embracing-the-ineffable ) have been documenting and speculating about these for literally years. After seeing Justine looking like a French storybook trope, and now Crowley curled up in an alley with rats, I got onboard with the possibility that something's up.

And now this...! (My husband glanced over my shoulder at it and said, "What is that, the Muppets?" My original post this morning, before this photo came out, had the books as the first screenshot. Obviously, that needed changed! 😅)

And I'm wondering -- what if those weird discrepancies lead back to Adam? Starting with events at the Tadfield Air Base? It's possible that the unwillng Antichrist unknowingly created a divergence in reality that day. Maybe it's continued to alter over time, with Adam not even realizing he's gradually making it worse.

It's possible that he's still dreaming up adventure stories as he sleeps. Or maybe his childhood love of story writing has grown as he's matured, and he's writing dramatic tales about battles between good and evil, featuring the Ineffable Almost-Heroes he'd met at an airbase once upon a time.

Adam eagerly told Anathema he'd written a story once. An outrageous story about cowboys and aliens and a pirate-detective and dinosaurs that come out of spaceships. And it became a reality -- without him even knowing he'd done it.

Good Omens was originally conceptualized by its writers as "William the Antichrist", based on the scrappy young boy in the popular "Just William" British children's series that both authors grew up with. They're the red set of children's books that were "new" in the restored bookshop when Aziraphale Crowley inspected it.

What if the appearance of those "Just William" books in Aziraphale's restored shop wasn't just an Easter Egg tribute? What if, in-universe, Adam put them there because he loved those adventures too?

Like William, Adam himself is scrappy and irrepressible. The day after averting the Apocalypse, he's already using his powers in little-boy ways to get out of trouble, casually offing a bit of shrubbery so he can go for a run and swipe an apple... Life should be fun and adventurous, after all! And we know from Crowley's Tadfield Advertiser in S2 that Adam is still at it! The little village got promoted from Runner-Up to actual Best Village in England, still having "Entirely Perfect Weather" every year thanks to a certain Antichrist kid! (You can look at details in the paper with much better photo resolution at @fuckyeahgoodomens, here!)

What if he kept on using those powers for more than weather, even if just for little things? Each time would change reality just a tiny bit more... And what if his imagination was often focused on the intriguing world of angels and demons, and a certain bookshop-loving angel who also loved an unusually nice demon who drove a flaming Bentley and loved an angel and happened to be able to play with stopping Time?

It's easy to imagine that Adam would remember Aziraphale and Crowley fondly -- a real angel and demon who were also good-hearted rebels, risking everything to protect the Earth. Who helped him find the self-confidence to shatter his Universe-Appointed Destiny and renounce his hellish origins forever. Who helped him have his Human Incarnate Happy Ending.

He obviously cared about them enough to want good things for them. When he undid the Apocalyptic damage, he perfectly restored what they each loved most (besides each other!) -- the Bentley and the Bookshop.

And when Adam changed reality that day at Tadfield Airbase, and made it so that Satan NEVER WAS his Father, the new reality that shifted into place had also placed Aziraphale and Crowley together!

In his Antichrist-Knowledge-of-All-Things, he helped nudge their own Destiny along. This is one of the closest we've seen Our Ineffables in all of S1. Adam ships them! But what if that wasn't all Adam did? Maybe he's even responsible for Justine's bizarre outfit choices...

It's possible that Crowley and Aziraphale made such an impression on this impressionable child (think of Anathema's magazines!) that he remained interested in their futures, their neighborhood, their world, but with a child's imagination. As he matured in a teenager's curiosity about relationships and society, perhaps he continued to wonder how they were doing, and imagined stories about them.

Perhaps, when Adam disavowed his Satanic Father and restored all that had been killed or destroyed, and then kept making small changes, he shifted reality from God's view into his own.

Maybe that's why God didn't speak in S2, even though we still were occasionally given aerial views and godly sunbeams -- God was still present, but it wasn't quite HER STORY anymore. This one is, with Her Ineffable Permission, now Adam's story.

At first, it was almost identical to Her Own. Only a few necessary changes, to make everything all better. To make it right. Even the changes he made to the past, by making himself ALWAYS the child of the Young's, only spread small ripples backwards through Time. Small errors only noticed by the most observant of S1 analysts. Still compatible with God's Universe and God's Story.

But as Adam tweaks little things here and there over time -- first a dead hedge, then, a moment his parents forget his latest prank, a slightly better grade on a school exam, a distraction so R. P. Tyler doesn't catch The Them running through his yard, a bully who trips on his own shoelace just before he could shove Brian, a "proper" bike in just the right place for Pepper to find it -- all so easy for Adam to instantly create with barely a thought. Meanwhile, Adam's reality gradually shifts just a bit farther into a diverging, new creation.

And Adam, like the irrepressible William of the storybook series, doesn't see much fun in a calm, peaceful, practical life. Pirates and cowboys are a lot more interesting! But this is England. So he imagines gangsters and thugs and casinos. Maybe he wants his angel and demon friends to finally be seen as heroes, so the setting is their own SoHo neighborhood.

Along the way, an elegant and modern French restaurateur becomes a fairy tale stereotype, complete with pigtails and a beret! The Doctor Who-loving Mr. Arnold bizarrely starts actually wearing a celery boutonniere like the Fifth Doctor did! (Played by Peter Davison, DT's father-in-law who played Job!!!) And the other shopkeepers become character "types" in a grand London adventure.

They're all straight out of a young daydreamer's imagination!

And maybe Adam, in daydreaming or actually writing stories about the amazing "characters" he borrowed from his own surreal encounters with the Ineffable, thought that an abandoned lover lying depressed in an alley sounded dramatically romantic...! Remember, his own father happily opted to duck out of his wife's labor, so a devoted 6000 year relationship would probably be very intriguing to him. Adam's an older teen by now, wondering and forming ideas about what love and commitment mean, and what separation and loss feel like.

I don't believe he did any of this is on purpose. Adam has no guide. At age 11, he changed reality in his sleep, and with his imagination. How can he be absolutely certain when his imaginings seep into reality without his conscious choice even now?

And I'm sure the real people his imaginings are based on still have free will withing their surreal settings. The Metatron is still Meta-villaining....

*****

[Oh! I almost forgot a corollary theory! We don't really know what exactly happened to Satan when Adam said, "You're not my dad. You never were." Satan doesn't seem to be present in S2 any more than God is. Nature abhors a vacuum. What if, without Satan's villainy present in Adam's world, the Metatron became corrupted to fill the vacancy? What if reality gets restored to its proper course and the Metatron becomes a rather sweet, avuncular leader, as he was meant to be? This one is just a curiosity, not a serious theory, but I guess it's possible too if we have shifting realities.]

*****

My guess is that Jesus will be part of all this reality-business with Adam too. Jesus is the counterpart and counter-balance (and probably friend and partner-in-adventure!) to Adam. I suspect Jesus will find Adam and teach him a little bit about controlling miraculous, reality-altering powers a little better. Together, they'll help shift reality (or realities) back to something that's a happier ending for all...

Especially for Our Ineffables!

Thanks for reading this long enough to explore or entertain these fantastical possibilities with me!

To Our World! 🥂✨

[noneorother]

Peter Anderson Studio, go straight to jail

The Good Omens Prime account posted a new poster today, and Peter Anderson Studio decided to give us a ring.

Of course we had to answer the call... Would be rude not to. Translation and explanation for the poster is below the cut.

So first off for those that are curious, this is nowhere near the Angelic trial script found in season 2. On closer inspection, the symbols seemed to be some sort of repeating flourish font. So we had to find the font.

I spent 3 whole US dollars on this terrible decorative filigree. Now all that's left is to type out every single letter by hand one by one, and presto change-o

So what mysteeeeeerious secrets have we revealed?

"dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..." 

If that quote looks familiar to you, you're probably a graphic designer. This text is a mixture of standard placeholder Latin, corrupted fragments, and keyboard-mashing, a literal translation is impossible. However, we can translate the source phrases from which these rings were built.

In professional typesetting, Lorem Ipsum text is meant to simulate the "look" of a document without the "distraction" of meaning. If we translate the intended meaning of the recognizable Latin roots, the inscription reads like a fragmented philosophical treatise on pain and duty.

Most of these rings are derived from the same sentence: "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…"

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain…"

Ring 1 (outside) elit sed do adipiscin do eius modg elit exe adipiscing elit adipiscing elit rcit- tion ind of orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing

Ring 2 orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod ugimt sit vo(vd)luptatem nda dbc iueq sunt in culpa qui dolor incia

These rings focus on dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod.

"…pursuing excellence, but also through the work and pain of the moment. [Corrupted gibberish: dugimt, dbc] …they are in fault who [fail in their] duty through a weakness of mind."

Ring 3 ipsum mnnv dnmvn dfgnkda iem io sum dolor sit amet consecti dolor ea mc vemo cillu volu m dolor eenia i voluus m “Heart broken World Broken What’s the point of anything?” di

This ring contains the most corruption Recognizable Roots: veniam, illum, voluptas.

"…[Gibberish]… pain itself… [Gibberish]… that piece of pleasure… [Gibberish]… Heart broken World Broken What’s the point of anything?"

Ring 4 Amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eius ____lee dolor in reprmin i fmm ve n iekjd eo ore voluptate sum dolor sit

Ring 5 adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod tempor cu quip ex ea comms ltmn jrew t r t e f nb ai nima veniam esi ea commor

These rings use fragments of the section discussing "the effort required to achieve results." reprehenderit, voluptate, eiusmod tempor, ex ea commodo.

"…to find fault in [reprehenderit] pleasure… [Gibberish]… through the effort of work… [Gibberish]… unless they result in some convenience or advantage."

Ring 6 corporis suscipit laeorios am ev a dkd wr scing elit sed mque laudante totam rem aper iam ullam

This ring pulls from the "laborious" section of the text. corporis suscipit laboriosam, laudantium, rem aperiam, ullam.

"…undertakes laborious physical exercise… [Gibberish]… praising… I will open the whole matter… [Gibberish]… no one."

Ring 7 (left side) Ring 7 (right side) um dolor sit ame i consese __ur adipiscing orem ipsum dolor sit

Ring 8 (left side) Ring 8 (right side) eiusmoddbc iue qwkl Orem ipsum dolor sit

Ring 9 (left side) Ring 9 (right side) mec at sua dolor i dolor ee mn neu

These outer/inner fragments are repetitions of the same opening phrases. "Pain itself… consectetur… eiusmod… their own pain."

Conclusion: Peter Anderson studios are giant trolls and deserve to be put in a corner to think about what they’ve done.

On behalf of everyone in the @ineffable-detective-agency who worked on this rush job:

You can also check out our instagram where we posted it first. You can ping Peter Anderson while you're at it and tell them to try harder next time.

[noneorother]

Aziraphale's poster decoded

Translation and explanation for the poster and a little surprise are below the cut.

Sorry to disappoint, but the text is still fundamentally a smattering of Cicero’s 45 BC treatise on ethics (just like Crowley's), also known as Lorem Ipsum or placeholder text. But here is the basic meaning of the text anyway, for all you latin freaks out there.

Most of these rings are derived from the same sentence: "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..."  

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain..."  

Ring 1 (outside)

elit sed do adipiscin do eius modg elit exe adipiscing elit adipiscing elit rcimation ind of orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing

"...pursuing excellence... [corrupted: exercitationem / physical training]... let it be known that the pain itself is the focus, and it is sought after because it is pain..."

Ring 2

orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod ugimt sit vo(vd)luptatem nda dbc iueq sunt in culpa qui dolor incia

"...at such a time as this, [jumbled: ugimt] there is pleasure... they are at fault who [fail] in their duty through a weakness of the soul, which is the same as the beginning of pain."

Ring 3

ipsum mnnv dnmvn dfgnkda iem io sum dolor sit amet consecti doloter cpsur mc vemo cillu volu m dolor eenia i voluus am evolui usm odi ips

...the pain [corrupted: dolore]... [jumbled: mc vemo]... that very piece of pleasure... [corrupted: evolui]... I have unrolled [the explanation] of this very thing..."

Ring 4 & 5

Me m adipiscing elit sed do eius lee "Joy unbounded, peace on earth, and all that good stuff" dolor in reprmin i fmm ve n iekjd eo ore voluptate sum dolor sit

adipiscing elit seddo eiusmod tempo eiusmod tempor cumms ltmn jrew tr te enim ad mi nima vea est ea commor 

"...[to find fault/reprehend]... from that pleasure comes the pain... [jumbled: cumms]... for even down to the smallest details, I shall come [to explain]..."

Ring 6

corporis suscipit labor it lae orisam ev a dkd wr scing elit sed mque laudantium totam raper iam sllam

"...the body undertakes laborious [tasks]... those who are praising... I will open [reveal] the whole matter... [jumbled: sllam / ullam - no one]."

Ring 7 (left side) Ring 7 (right side)

um dolor sit amet i cons                 adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod 

Ring 8 (left side) Ring 8 (right side)

eiusmod dbc iue qwkl           Orem ipsum dolor sit

Ring 9 (left side) Ring 9 (right side)

mec at sua dolor i dolor ee mn neu

"...pursuing the work... at this time... [jumbled: dbc]... their pain."

Conclusion:

And as for the surprise; All's well that ends well. At least we got an apology (dance).

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

Awesome work! 🖤🤍🥂

Kind of disappointing text...

And an apology by Peter Anderson Studio. 🎉😎

[noneorother]

Peter Anderson Studio, go straight to jail

The Good Omens Prime account posted a new poster today, and Peter Anderson Studio decided to give us a ring.

Of course we had to answer the call... Would be rude not to. Translation and explanation for the poster is below the cut.

So first off for those that are curious, this is nowhere near the Angelic trial script found in season 2. On closer inspection, the symbols seemed to be some sort of repeating flourish font. So we had to find the font.

I spent 3 whole US dollars on this terrible decorative filigree. Now all that's left is to type out every single letter by hand one by one, and presto change-o

So what mysteeeeeerious secrets have we revealed?

"dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit..." 

If that quote looks familiar to you, you're probably a graphic designer. This text is a mixture of standard placeholder Latin, corrupted fragments, and keyboard-mashing, a literal translation is impossible. However, we can translate the source phrases from which these rings were built.

In professional typesetting, Lorem Ipsum text is meant to simulate the "look" of a document without the "distraction" of meaning. If we translate the intended meaning of the recognizable Latin roots, the inscription reads like a fragmented philosophical treatise on pain and duty.

Most of these rings are derived from the same sentence: "Neque porro quisquam est qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet, consectetur, adipisci velit…"

"There is no one who loves pain itself, who seeks after it and wants to have it, simply because it is pain…"

Ring 1 (outside) elit sed do adipiscin do eius modg elit exe adipiscing elit adipiscing elit rcit- tion ind of orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing

Ring 2 orem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod ugimt sit vo(vd)luptatem nda dbc iueq sunt in culpa qui dolor incia

These rings focus on dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod.

"…pursuing excellence, but also through the work and pain of the moment. [Corrupted gibberish: dugimt, dbc] …they are in fault who [fail in their] duty through a weakness of mind."

Ring 3 ipsum mnnv dnmvn dfgnkda iem io sum dolor sit amet consecti dolor ea mc vemo cillu volu m dolor eenia i voluus m “Heart broken World Broken What’s the point of anything?” di

This ring contains the most corruption Recognizable Roots: veniam, illum, voluptas.

"…[Gibberish]… pain itself… [Gibberish]… that piece of pleasure… [Gibberish]… Heart broken World Broken What’s the point of anything?"

Ring 4 Amet consectetur adipiscing elit sed do eius ____lee dolor in reprmin i fmm ve n iekjd eo ore voluptate sum dolor sit

Ring 5 adipiscing elit sed do eiusmod tempor cu quip ex ea comms ltmn jrew t r t e f nb ai nima veniam esi ea commor

These rings use fragments of the section discussing "the effort required to achieve results." reprehenderit, voluptate, eiusmod tempor, ex ea commodo.

"…to find fault in [reprehenderit] pleasure… [Gibberish]… through the effort of work… [Gibberish]… unless they result in some convenience or advantage."

Ring 6 corporis suscipit laeorios am ev a dkd wr scing elit sed mque laudante totam rem aper iam ullam

This ring pulls from the "laborious" section of the text. corporis suscipit laboriosam, laudantium, rem aperiam, ullam.

"…undertakes laborious physical exercise… [Gibberish]… praising… I will open the whole matter… [Gibberish]… no one."

Ring 7 (left side) Ring 7 (right side) um dolor sit ame i consese __ur adipiscing orem ipsum dolor sit

Ring 8 (left side) Ring 8 (right side) eiusmoddbc iue qwkl Orem ipsum dolor sit

Ring 9 (left side) Ring 9 (right side) mec at sua dolor i dolor ee mn neu

These outer/inner fragments are repetitions of the same opening phrases. "Pain itself… consectetur… eiusmod… their own pain."

Conclusion: Peter Anderson studios are giant trolls and deserve to be put in a corner to think about what they’ve done.

On behalf of everyone in the @ineffable-detective-agency who worked on this rush job:

You can also check out our instagram where we posted it first. You can ping Peter Anderson while you're at it and tell them to try harder next time.

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

Fantastic job translating and explaining the new poster of Crowley! 🥂🖤🤍

[noneorother]

What happened in between: Crowley's version

After one week of thinking about the trailer non-stop, I really had to purge my brain meat and move on. I've decided to create my version of what happened between seasons 2 and 3. This is Crowley's version.

And haven't we all been there? Going around in circles, wondering what went so wrong. I must insist you listen with sound. Click that unmute button and cry along with me. You'll be in good company.

Charli XCX, Chains of Love

If you'd like to see Aziraphale's version, you'll have to let me know.

[theastrophysicistnextdoor]

This is, without a doubt, the finest edit I have ever seen. ❤️

Amazing work, @noneorother!

[lookingatacupoftea]

Do you enjoy the idea of the ineffables navigating alternate realities? Want to see the return of season 1 and season 2 characters? Interested in the Christ and the Antichrist joining forces?

Well, have I got a fic for you!

Is There a Version? is a complete s3 fic full of plot and feelings, featuring a reality-bending mystery, pining, jokes, and the power of community to change the world. Rated M, 42k words, 25 chapters.

[crowleysgirl56]

Good Omens season 3/finale thought of the day:

I’m finding the shots of Crowley in the ally very interesting because to me, they don’t seem to be from the same scene. They’re obviously different shots, but the time frame is very likely different.

First shot we see Crowley lying star fished on top of the blankets, head on top of the grey looking blanket all bunched up. You can also clearly see Crowley’s dying pot plant from the poster.

Then the next shot is a top down shot, Crowley is inside the sleeping bag, with no plant in sight. It still looks like the same ally though.

The third shot presumably follows on from the fist, as Crowley is lying on his back again, but this time his arms are down by his side, not in a star fished position.

Additionally the way the trailer is cut it makes it seem as if he is waking up to Aziraphale calling his name. But is that what’s really happening? Or have the gangsters perhaps awoken him.

I’m curious, how long is Crowley in this ally for and if all these shots are at different points in the finale?

All I can say is I hope my beloved demon has his heart mended soon! Aziraphale loves you Crowley! He left to protect you and humanity. It’s all going to be ok!

[embracing-the-ineffable]

Good Omens Season 3: Discontinuity and The Bentley! (Again!)

And now, I'd like to share something I'm especially intrigued and excited to have noticed in the good omens season 3 poster and trailer!

Please meet... New for Season 3... the THIRD Bentley actor!

And now I hear you wondering, WHERE did I find such a gorgeous photo of the new season 3 Bentley?

Some of you may remember my detailed....nay, obsessive... posts about the season 2 Bentley and its mid-season transformations 😂 ( How to tell the "three" Good Omens Bentleys apart, without talking about color and Ineffable discontinuity and the Bentley's roadtrip transformation: new back doors and other changes )

Beyond having a new Bentley actor for season 2 that goes through a clear but hushed-up transformation midway through, something I never really posted about publicly was that there were also a few OTHER Bentleys in the mix, showing up at premieres and behind the scenes set tours. Like this one, from the LA premier (notice it has 4 headlights):

Plus, Rob has at least one more Bentley at his home, and he used that one for the reference photos he sent to Colleen Doran for the Good Omens graphic novel.

I didn't really expect to be posting about the season 3 Bentley - but then the trailer was released and I made some time to dig into high-res versions of all the s3 promo materials so far. I did a double take, and then a triple take, and then after all the mental fizzing cleared away, my thoughts sounded something like "wait a minute!!! That's not the season 2 Bentley! It's not the season 1 Bentley! But it IS.... *checks notes* the season 2 promo Bentley?!

That's right. The s3 poster AND the s3 trailer feature a different Bentley than we've seen on screen in seasons 1 OR 2!

How do I know? How can I be sure? Ready to learn the key to telling all the Bentleys apart? It's in the reflectors! Like these jaunty silver funnels from the season 1 Bentley. (Sometimes it also helps to notice the sideview mirrors, or the hubcaps):

So, let's put my hyperfixation and my enormous collection of Bentley images to good use once again! 😂🤩

Season 1

A quick recap: Good Omens rented a Bentley, “Mary”, for season 1. Isn't she lovely? Her funnel-shaped reflectors are especially playful!

Top: S1, Before Adam reboots reality

Bottom: S1, after Adam reboots reality. Notice the two-tone gray and black exterior, the two doors (one door handle on each side), the wide hubcaps, the small round sideview mirrors mounted above the front wheels, and the silver funnel-shaped reflectors above the license plate/below the headlights.

And there was a cab-only set for filming interior scenes. Notice how the colors, body shape, windows, and door handles all match Mary. No reflectors, hubcaps, OR sideview mirrors, though:

Season 2

For season 2, they didn't rent the season 1 Bentley; they bought a Bentley that's really a 4-door with a black interior (Bentley enthusiasts call it "blue"). For the first half of the season, they dressed it like Mary - with a gray two-tone exterior, a brown ("orange") interior, wide hubcaps, and the look of two doors (although the other two doors were still there, carefully camouflaged, and the changed windows from s1's Mary are very apparent). Everything they could reasonably change or disguise was done - except the front reflectors are flat and black instead of a silver funnel shape:

All: S2, before it turned yellow. Although this car "actor" technically has 4 doors, notice the mostly-similar exterior features to Mary.

Next, it turned yellow on the way to Edinburgh:

Left: S2, while the Bentley is yellow. Right: transforming afterwards. The yellow Bentley transformations were done with CG.

And after it was yellow, it transformed into "our car", an all-black 4-door with a black interior and smaller hubcaps.

Top left: S2 door interiors, before and after the yellow Bentley. Top right: Aziraphale parks in Edinburgh.

Bottom: S2, Crowley parks outside the bookshop after Edinburgh. Notice the smaller hubcaps and four door handles (two on each side). The front reflectors are still flat and black, and the sideview mirrors are still small round discs mounted above the front wheels.

It's like having the same actor wear a new costume!

Top: After the Bentley was yellow, you can see "our car" with front AND rear door handles, smaller hubcaps, and a solid black exterior:

Bottom: Before the Bentley was yellow, we see it dressed as "Mary" with front door handles only, larger hubcaps, and a two-tone gray and black exterior.

They still had a cab-only set and a CG model, of course. Here are two moments from the S2 Bentley CG animation they released. They don't change the hubcaps or door handles here, but the color change is clear enough:

Season 3

And now, here's the Bentley from the s3 poster and trailer! Notice the curved bright silver reflectors above the license plate, and the rectangular sideview mirrors mounted to the front doors:

We even got a look at the CG model for season 3! It has the same sideview mirrors and silver reflectors, plus small hubcaps just like the S2 on-screen and promo Bentleys:

RECAP / TL;DR 😅😂

But "Wait!" I hear you asking. "Didn't the Bentley have reflectors and sideview mirrors in seasons 1 and 2?!" Yes, but remember:

Top row: S1 "Mary"; Second row: S2 "Our car". Third row: S3 poster and trailer, with clearly different reflectors and side view mirrors than EITHER S1 or S2; Bottom row: the S2 promo car, for comparison with the S3 model on the row above it.

And again, with the differences in the mirrors (red) and reflectors (aqua) highlighted:

So all this to say.... there's more here than meets the eye, and now I'm so excited to see all the S3 Bentley looks! And hopefully, finally, we'll all get a better explanation for WHY the Good Omens team went to so much trouble to keep changing the Bentley.

I'm partial to multiple timelines theories, but maybe there are other explanations that you like! What do you think?

Just ✨24✨ days until we find out!

Oh, I almost forgot! The S3 Bentley interior is black! (So far!) And are those bullet holes on the top sides of the windshield? Sorry, I just can't stop looking at the details 😂🤩

PS - if you enjoy Good Omens metas, theories, clues, etc, I have a pinned list of my posts, including lots of season 1+2 Bentley analysis, plus a collection of posts from the fandom, here!

PPS - thanks to the @ineffable-detective-agency for being so much fun to share observations and theories with!

[noneorother]

Some (more) things you might have missed in the Good Omens Season 3 trailer

If you want to catch up on what we've found previously you can do that here. There's a maximum of 30 images per post though, so here's the next batch! 16. We've got multiple different Michaels in heaven

Take a zoom in on what I’ve highlighted in the above screenshots and you’ll see that despite all the other angels being very well appointed and same-y, Michael seems to be subtly shifting between shots. Sometimes a fanned out bow, sometimes a season 2 style bow with a diamond oval brooch, and sometimes just a big fuck off star brooch on the lapel that kinda looks like a Scottish flag? Who’s to say if this is actually changing looks on purpose or some multiples/timey wimey stuff.

17. Michael Sheen's title card is on a flooding world garbage heap

It’s basically impossible to make out without manipulating the footage but the world behind Michael Sheen’s actors credit is actually a flooded garbage world filled with of white plastic trash bags and discarded refuse slowly being submerged in roiling teal water.

18. There are (probably) multiple Bentleys. If you want to read a complete rundown of the Bentley madness you can do so here. TLDR; our beloved Bentley is back, but not how we remember her. Here's how you can tell the changes at a glance from season 2* to season 3.

Season 3 keeps the black interior and 4-door construction. From what I can tell at this time, it seems like Season 3's Bentley is the display model they had at the Season 2 set tour (not the season 2 Bentley).

This one right here. Why does this all this context matter? Well, look at this sh*t.

These two screenshots from the trailer are clearly two different moments in S3 judging by Crowley's hair flop (or lackthereof) but also because the "B" hood ornament is now a golden lion in the second shot? An ice cream cone? Whatever that is, it ain't the silver Bentley with wings in the first shot. And it gets worse:

Even if you're not convinced by the golden blur, here's a pretty clear new conundrum. As the Bentley is shooting off to the stars, we get a brief clip of the side, where the silver wing B is back on the hood, but now the S3 Bentley has a brand new silver stripe on the side of the bonnet that it didn't have anywhere else in the trailer. What?

19. We have our first (definitely not only) terrible pun

Don’t see it yet? Don’t, worry, they’ve highlighted the important bit in red. The end times is a common phrase in English with an odd construction. We use the plural of times here as an interpretation of the Greek New Testament and Torah to roughly mean “The end of days” or the end of all things on earth, and because there are several phases of the end in Christian eschatology, days and times get elided together as plural to mean the same thing in English.

Now I’m not a biblical scholar, but I recognize a handy hiding place when I see one. While the end times can be the biblical reference, it could also be construed as the concept of the end of a story (The End) several times. That plural lets you reference the biblical end while also hiding a joke about time travel. Ba-dum psh. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's it for now! If you want more wonderful observations have a look at the other members posts: @theastrophysicistnextdoor Crowley's plant @lookingatacupoftea Heaven outfits @embracing-the-ineffable. Suit easter eggs Crowley on the floor Thanks ever so much to the ineffable detective agency friends for the sounding board @ineffable-detective-agency and @embracing-the-ineffable for the high resolution photos yall are literally the best.