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I believe/HC that Aziraphale whas a Cherubin/Cherub, as in rank, not as in young angel. He had a platoon and still kept it for Almagedon, and thanks to that position he end up in the Garden, but lost his position after Eden's fiasco. He doesn't mind that much (even if he lost wings and heads) and haven't told Crowley because he doesn't want him to feel any guilt. He appears as a Principality in the Bible because, at the moment of writting, that was his rank (just as Crowley is a demon right now, even if he was something else before). This also explains why God talked to him (Cherubs are near God, so he already had previous contact with Her, unlike other angels), why he knew before Crowley about the opressive sistem in Heaven and the end of humanity (as show in the first scene of s2) and why the Archangels have a bad actitude towards him: he messed up and now he is in a lower sphere, wich is embarasing.
I don't want Aziraphale and Crowley to become human, when all is said and done, in the finale of series 3 and the show as a whole. Because it's
Hear me out, because I was just talking about this with a good friend of mine.
It is stated, verbatim in the book itself, that "Crowley [is] an optimist." Now granted, sure, that the sentence following that one also mentions him being an optimist strictly in terms of believing the universe itself will always turn out in his favor; that "he [will] come out on top; that the universe [will] look after him". 
That being said: buckle in, because not only did I just talk about this with a good friend of mine, but I'm fairly certain I talked her ear off about it as well. I have a feeling the rest of this post might possibly get lengthy, so I'm putting it under a readmore as a courtesy to the rest of you. you're welcome xoxo /lh
Crowley is a demon, right? An optimistic demon, who loves listening to Queen, and driving his Bentley, and collecting plants, and drinking wine and Talisker whiskey, and indulging in spy thrillers, and watching humans fall in love (this last one I DEFINITELY will come back to), sure... but still a demon nonetheless. I mean for fucks sake, one of his very first assignments as one, is to "get up there and make some trouble" — 'up there' being the Garden of Eden, and 'make some trouble' being, arguably, to tempt Eve.
I say 'arguably' because as far as I know, we don't... actually know that he was really told to tempt her in the first place. For all we know, 'make some trouble' could have meant anything. It could have meant 'tempt the first woman into disobeying her creator', sure. Or it could have meant causing rain clouds to downpour over a garden where no rain had yet fallen, and in doing so ruin that perfect little image of paradise. Or it could have even meant terrorizing the other animals in his Serpent form.
It could have meant any of those things, and more.
I believe Crowley chose temptation, for a reason — and hear me out: I believe said reason in him choosing to tempt the first humans into a little rebellion, a little disobedience in learning right from wrong after all, actually has to do with why he, himself, was cast out.
Unless I'm remembering wrong we haven't actually been given the reason Crowley was cast out; but our best educated guess, as a collective fanbase, is that he was given such a punishment for daring to ask questions. For wanting to know things. And I won't say this next thing is a good thing of him to have done so, per se, in terms of potential pettiness and whatnot, but.
What if Crowley tempted Eve into wanting to gain the knowledge she did... all because he was denied answers, himself? All because when he wanted to know things, himself, he was also punished? I don't know if anyone else has brought this up as an arguable point already — please free to point me in the right direction if they have — but Crowley being cast out for knowing, but doubting and/or wanting to know more things could very, very much be a direct parallel to Adam and Eve being cast out for possibly having doubts and/or questions, themselves, on top of having gained new knowledge they weren't supposed to have gained in the first place.
What if this very first little temptation of his (and again, I'm not saying it's a good thing, per se) was also the first means of him finding a connection with humanity, despite his position and nature as a demon?
Because as we move on, over the course of the next several thousand years, Crowley remains on Earth almost the entire time, only reporting back to Hell whenever he absolutely needs to; otherwise, at least as far as we've been shown, avoiding Hell if he can help it. He remains on Earth — by doing so, acting on self-indulgence by partaking in the many delights and pleasures (and even some of the vices) that humanity ends up having to offer.
Not only that, but in doing so he as an immortal demon also allows himself the joy of watching us, humanity as a species, evolve, grow, adapt, and change, every step of the way... and in doing so, falls in love with us, humanity, as a whole. He falls in love with us (though of course in a much different way than he falls in love with a certain angel), and all we have to give.
Crowley, as a demon, watches us, as humans, in everything we come up with, in everything we invent, and also watches us in everything we do — the bad and the good, for all of the above. He watches us hate. He watches us go to war with each other, and destroy each other and ourselves, over the thousands of years. And I like to imagine that, frankly, it always breaks his heart watching us do so. However— I also like to imagine that at the same time it's broken his heart watching us destroy, and hate, every time, it's given him happiness and hope watching us not only create and fall in love... but also inspire. I like to imagine that for the latter, specifically, we've not only brought him hope that things can and do get better (because at this rate he's seen it all from us) — but also that we've inspired him as well. Because what if that's the beauty of it. What if it's him having fallen in love with humanity not only for the little things and little gestures that we have come up with and invented as a whole that have brought him, as a demon, joy — but also the thoughts and feelings, the sheer number of complex emotions, we've over the course of our very existence become capable of rendering not out of each other but also out of him as an entirely different being.
Of course none of this is to say that it isn't or can't be the same to be said of Aziraphale. I'm more than convinced that he has also been inspired by us, and felt several emotions of his own, in watching us over the thousands of years.
My point for this post is specifically about Crowley, because in my opinion, as stated already... is what if he's not only connected with us all along, but had somehow found a (albeit, arguably, flawed) way to connect with us from the very start, and will continue to do so?
I don't want him and Aziraphale to become human because I feel that in having been given the opportunity to fall in love with and feel inspired by humanity, and all the ways we've grown, and all we've ever had to offer, as a whole, they also deserve the opportunity to continue to fall in love with us, and continue to be inspired by us.
TLDR; if they're written off as either willingly giving up or being stripped of their immortality in the end, then sure, yes, that's them being provided the opportunity to grow old together and pass on together., etc etc etc. Arguably, that could make for a decently happy ending in and of itself. But. That's ALSO them being robbed of the opportunity to, for the rest of humanity's existence, continue to watch us grow, and to continue to appreciate us and all we've ever been capable of inventing, and will continue to invent, as well as any and all other things we also become capable of causing them to feel as time passes — all while we ourselves, proceed to evolve and grow, and create, and love, even more as a species.
And being robbed of getting to continue to witness such a thing out of humanity isn't what they, in my opinion, deserve.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk, y'all. xoxo ✌🏻✌🏻
I love how much we know about the finale. We know about Jesus, we know about depressed Crowley, we know about the book of life, we know about the Metatron being evil and about Michael going rogue. Hell, we're even fairly certain we know how it's going to end.
And yet we have no clue WHAT TOBY JONES IS DOING IN THE TRAILER!
To tell yall the truth, my heebies are totally jeebied...
Many people have been saying it's Satan/Lucifer, to which I say why not. This particular actor is generally known for playing sinister, evil characters. I think a lot of you will recognise the Dream Lord from Doctor who, Culverton Smith (the cereal killer) from Sherlock or Doctor Arnim Zola from the MCU, just to name a few.
So I think we can all agree that his appearance in the Good Omens trailer means nothing good for our beloved idiots.
I've seen people ask questions and give potential answers, so here are a few theories compiled:
1) It's Satan/Lucifer
Like I said - why not. Although Satan was a character in season 1, voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch, but I would understand if he was not available to play in Good Omens 3 (as a sherlockian, I would have died).
Personally, I am not discarding that theory. It's the final episode. They can go full mental. They are having Jesus, why not have the Devil too?
2) This is a continuation of the 1941 flashback
It doesn't explain who exactly this is, but I also think it's a plausible explanation.
I mean, Aziraphale asked him if he needed help, as if he still owned and worked in the bookshop. I'm pretty sure we will not see bookseller Aziraphale in the final arc itself, since he will probably have bigger problems to deal with and only 90 minutes to do it... So it might just turn out to be a flashback.
And with Toby Jones playing a nazi scientist in Marvel, this theory looks all the more probable.
3) He is connected to the gangsters kidnapping Crowley in the "Absolutely feral" still
I can't really find anything that would prove that theory, except that Toby Jones could definitely slay playing a mafia boss (but that may be because the man has literally played not a single good character in his life).
So maybe he is tied to Hell. Maybe he is tied to the mafia. Maybe the mafia is tied to Hell and he isn't. In any case, we still have no idea who he is and what role exactly he will play in the story.
One thing is for certain - this guy's appearance was completely unprecedented and we might not even find out the truth until the finale comes out. For not we are left with the mystery of the Dream Lord Doctor Culverton Arnim Zola Smith...
Good Omens One vs the Good Omens Novel
Why were there so many changes, big and small, between the Good Omens novel and its later adapted series? That’s something a few people could ask. Here’s my take.
After watching Good Omens season one, I was intrigued by the series. I shortly after watched season two, and later read the script book of the first season twice. I then bought the original novel, and reading it filled me with so much excitement because it was another expansion of what I already loved. Of course I waited to read it until I found the cover with Crowley on it, having been in love with his character. But once I finally found it, I read it in less than a week. I analyzed every single page, having annotated and added sticky notes to mark my feelings about the book. The writing was amazing and intriguing, and I loved the authors (well, Pratchett more than Gaiman). Reading the book, though, left me with several questions for the production team and script writer of the Prime Video Original Series.
I noticed several key differences between the show and the book, having brought several emotions from me. I was angry about some of the choices made, sad about others. Some I was even happy about.
Pratchett and Gaiman had originally written God as a man, for which I’m glad they changed the character to a woman. That was an amazing choice on the script writer’s part. Having added diversity right off the bat, and making God something different from traditional, brought me right into the series; as I’m sure it did with others.
A change they made that I found frustrating was something that happened directly after the magic show scene in episode one titled “The Beginning.” In the novel, it was written as follows: “He reached out and pulled the limp bird from Aziraphale’s coat, and breathed life back into it.” (Pratchett and Gaiman 70) This frustrates me because this scene really shows the humanity that lives within Crowley, especially as a character who is supposed to be a demon and “lost his way” in the beginning of time. If they had added this into the show, I feel like more people would’ve enjoyed Crowley as a demon who doesn’t believe in the systems of Heaven and Hell much earlier on. Looking back at it now, they even changed it from the original script. “Crowley irritably snaps his fingers at the dead dove, which flutters and flies off.” (Gaiman 81)
Prime Video - Good Omens Season 1, Episode 1: The Beginning
Something that stuck out to me immediately when reading the book was that they describe the characters differently than they are in the show. Not to say that every adapted novel captures the correct vision for the characters, but I’m wondering why there were such changes made. Crowley was originally a man in a more formal suit with dark hair and snake skin boots. While the boots stay the same in the show, Crowley has bright red hair and a less-than-formal outfit when presented in the series. Aziraphale is pretty much the same…somehow he didn’t get the adaption changes treatment…
There is also the change where they added Archangel Gabriel into the show, where he wasn’t originally in the book. This is an interesting choice, as it brings in more conflict between the other angels and Aziraphale in the show. It gives us more of a reason to feel for Aziraphale, seeing as how he’s been abused by Gabriel in the first season. Instead of Gabriel, they had the Metatron (the voice of God) as a more recurring character; they later changed the Metatron to a being you rarely see in person and replaced him in the show with Gabriel.
Prime Video - Good Omens Season 1, Episode 4: Saturday Morning Funtime
With this, they also added the scene where Aziraphale and Crowley were sent to die in the show. This part of the sixth episode was not originally written by Pratchett and Gaiman, but was later included in the show by Gaiman. While I agree that this was a great scene to add to the show, I can’t help but wonder why he decided to add it in. I can’t help but wonder why any of these choices were made to be different from the original novel.
Works Cited Gaiman, Neil. The Quite Nice and Fairly Accurate Good Omens Script Book. William Morrow, 2019. Pratchett, Terry, and Neil Gaiman. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch. William Morrow, 1990.