"I'll give you a lift, anywhere you want to go" was metaphorical as well, since the car was parked right next to the bookshop, and Aziraphale is a homebody extraordinaire
Ok, Morgan. No spoilers. As someone who has seen an extensive amount of meta commentary on this show (some from Neil Gaiman himself), you are absolutely NOT reading too far into it. Every little flourish and moment was planned. This is all INTENTIONAL subtext.
Eh, kind of. All fallen angels are considered demons, but not all demons are fallen angels. Pagan gods, spirits, and other things like that are also considered demons
@@WyndStryke You are right that they are all fallen. I think the difference between Crowley and other fallen angels has to do with life experience/personality more than anything. Crowley has spent most of his time since the creation of humans on earth among the humans and spent little time in hell. other demons mostly only see the worst of humanity, either by tempting the weak minded or by torturing the souls that end up on their side. Crowley is basically the only demon who has seen the best of it as well.
@@burtlangstrom1860 yes and no. you're confusing the history of how legends developed with the history told within legends. Characters from pre-Christian beliefs were reimagined as demons by Christianity. That means rewriting their origin. Christian legends don't go "This chick used to be a goddess and then became a demon".
As I understand it, readers used to come up to Neil and/or Sir Pterry at book signings and ask if it were just possible Crowley and Aziraphale might be interpreted as, y'know, maybe a little bit more than just friends, and they'd be like "Hadn't we made that obvious?"
I never read the books but I had read the tweet he made about the obvious queerness, the possibility of them being any of the labels, without the labels of humans, including aroace, I love how they give both absolutely romantically involved vibes and at the same time the most absolute aroace QPR and both work at the same time and both seem right, just love it I suppose that makes them and their relationship...ineffable
@@reedsylvier5250 they have tons of romantic gestures, yet no real romantic needs or connection. They're drawn to one another, complete one another, yet don't lust (probably due to physiology). It's both adorable and frustrating that it's never really a full on partnership.
"I don't like real life relationships. I like fictional relationships." I feel SEEN. Also, it's okay to get emotional! This show really IS emotional. The big thing to remember with Terry Pratchett (one of the original creators) is that he was a deeply, profoundly humanist thinker. He was very focused on calling out the worst behaviour in people while still believing in their better angels (heh). Neil Gaiman, the other creator, is also deepy humanist and together they wrote a story that was...fundamentally...about a deep love for PEOPLE. The story makes fun of religion, religious horror (The Omen mainly), and politics, but the overarching theme at the story's warm core is Compassion. Fun note! The scene with Shakespeare was filmed at the actual existing Globe Theatre in London. It's a gorgeous space. Extra note I love: Neil Gaiman has gone on record confirming that Angels and Demons don't have 'sexes' and choose how they want to present, which is why you'll occasionally see Crowley in women's clothes. Crowley is predominantly genderfluid and I just think that's neat as an old fan of the book.
“Second, Angels are predominantly sexless unless they really want to make an effort” - the same page with the monkeys on nitrous oxide, you know the one
lol i had a similar experience when i watched it with my family. my mom had the sudden realization that Aziraphale and Crowley have feelings for each other after the church scene, and my brother was confused because he still didn't get it 😂
Actually... all demons are fallen angels. The angels who sided with Lucifer were cast into Hell. The reason Crowley is different is because he has spent his entire existence since Eden on Earth rather than in Hell. It's actually why Aziraphale is different from other angels... because he too has spent his existence since Eden on Earth rather than in Heaven.
I had noticed they had missed "Form Shapes Nature' bit. It was always such a unappreciated line as it explains not only Dog but Adam, Aziraphale and Crowley as well.
Crowley doesn't do much on earth. He just reports the evil humans do on their own as his doing. He only does a few things that cause minor evils across a wide area. Like the phone network, he knows it will have thousands of people frustrated and annoyed, which will turn them a little more evil. One of the best lines imo is that Crowley didn't fall like the other angels. He sauntered vaguely downwards
And importantly, it's still ultimately their decision to be Good or Evil after Crowley's done with people, there is perhaps less free will involved with other supernatural meddling. Or if there is still a choice involved with the other occult/ethereal being's meddling, I feel they are rather more likely to attempt to fix the books. Whereas Crowley just vaguely annoys and inconveniences people, which, yes, causes negative emotions, but they are still your emotions to do with what you will and if you choose to take your anger and frustration out on other people that's your choice regardless of whether the initial irritant is Man-Made or demonic.
Crowley does plenty, actually, and never takes credit for humans' actions, though sometimes Hell just assumes that something particular heinous has to be his doing, like the Spanish Inquisition. Some of the world's worst civic infrastructures, traffic and communication systems are his personal doing. Unlike the other demons, he works on a mass scale, seeking to corrupt huge numbers of people ever so slightly, and then letting their human nature to do the rest. Although he doesn't get much appreciation for it, Crowley has likely had hand with more souls going to Hell than any other individual demon out there.
So about Crowley not having that many overtly demonic features: he's one of the only demons who actually spends time on Earth among humans. He likes classy cars and music and clothes and wine - and so his demonic marks are subtler. The eyes, the occasional hiss, the Walk, and of course the snake tattooed on the side of his face.
plus he can still switch to his True Form sometimes, he just chooses not to because he's afraid he'll forget how to change back (as the form he uses in the show is his favorite)
I read somewhere that the "you go too fast" scene was actually the last one they filmed in the series, which is why it's so fraught with terrible love and sadness and why it breaks your heart in a way that you think it logically shouldn't. Because they were thinking about how it was all over after that. (Obviously not once Season 2 became a thing, but I don't think they knew about that yet.) And yes, welcome aboard the ship, my friend. We have cookies and wine and waistcoats and Queen and thousands and thousands of years.
So, Heaven is very cult-y, but in the last episode, Crowley was actually calling himself and Aziraphale "occult" beings, which is why Aziraphale gets offended and says "angels aren't occult, we're ethereal" bc of the negative connotations lmao Also, all of the demons are fallen angels. That's what demons are, where they came from. There was a big rebellion/war led by Lucifer the angel, and he and the others were all cast down to Hell. In the last episode, Hastur says to Crowley over the TV "we are the fallen, never forget that", that's what he means. (Good catch with the Peter Pan memory btw; the animated sequel takes place in London during the Blitz)
[SPOILER WARNING] True, but Season 2 seems to imply something else no? Something special about Crowley meaning NOT with other demons (Don't want to say more to avoid spoilers)
4:42 When Crowley says "you can't kill kids" he could be talking about human children, but he could also be talking about the baby goats, which are also called kids
He's definitely talking about the human children lol. I _love_ the running joke about the baby goats and the more interesting philosophical and theological comparisons to scapegoating and the importance of goats biblically, but he is 100% talking about Human Children!
People who get this episode: "Aww, it's so cute!" People who REALLY get this episode: "It's so cute but so tragic" People who don't get this episode: "Aww, best friends! Anyway back to the antichrist"
To give context to that phone line thing, Crowley secured a lot of souls because that one act caused a chain reaction of people getting angry and taking it out on others corrupting their souls, there are a lot referencing to things in the book Good Omens they don’t tell you about in the show, like the bullet hole stickers
Crowley may be an agent of chaos but he doesn't do much because he knows that humans pretty much cause more of their own torments. One of his few reports back to the home office was just a copy of the user's agreement with a sticky note that said "learn guys".
@@MacTechG4 i'm pretty sure in the story it's supposed to represent a sigil that means something along the lines of "hail our dark master" or something like that (i don't remember exactly)
@@MacTechG4 nah, shaped like an extremely obscure sign of the devil, as determined by a long gone, extremely small, practically unknown monestary/temple (iirc). Or in other words, Crowly moved a single marker in a field from a project he thought would be inefficient and bring frustration, and then claimed it was a grand scheme by bullshitting his way through with the vaguest possible references.
Oh, wow! So many reactors don't realize that that is the Shadwell we already know or even clock it's the same name. Good job there. I love the notes too.
Fun fact about the Ancient Rome bit. Crowley is rather despondent at the start of the scene, and before Aziraphale cheered him up, he was definitely going to drink himself into oblivion. Crowley says that he just "nipped in for a quick temptation". 41 AD/CE was the year of Caligula's assassination. Crowley was given instructions to tempt the Praetorian tribunes to stage a coup against the Emperor; they killed him, and also murdered his wife, their little daughter Julia and a bunch of innocent bystanders. No wonder Crowley went to a tavern to drink it all away. The best bit is, Crowley's costume in the scene supports the "quick job" part of the story. He's usually dressed on the cutting edge of current fashion (while Aziraphale, ever the conservative, is lagging several decades behind). The costume department is very scrupulous about that, in every historical setting they show. However, in the Rome bit Crowley's attire is all over the place, just barely passing. Shows that he was new in town, wasn't planning on staying long and probably didn't want to be there in the first place.
Crowley saying “Is it my fault they never check up?” when talking about Hell, while him and Aziraphale literally never checked up on Shadwell’s “army” is so funny to me 😭😭
Well, they must have met up other than the times we've been shown, because they have an arrangement where one of them goes to do the blessing and the tempting (and we don't talk about this much, but how mindblowing is this arrangement?) "dozens of times now."
I saw a video of Michael Sheen on The Graham Norton's Show. He was talking about fanfiction, how for a while it was kinda looked down on, but actually people write it when they really love and are really passionate about something. Then he said something like, "It can get really intense. For example, some of it is about me and David Tennant having sex." I never forgot this. 😂
Watching Morgan just give progressively more disbelieving looks to the camera during the 6000 year montage was so fun. Personally, I ship them romantically in the show but I will forever and always think of them as qpr in the book, it helps my little aroace heart (even if my fav quote is about Aziraphale seeming gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide)
15:00 in good omens, all demons are fallen angels. crowley's just not like other demons TM 😂 my personal theory on this is that it's bc he fell for questioning God, not for being power hungry or evil like other demons
We never got to see ALL demons. There can be others that, just like Crowley, were banished because they stood in the "wrong" side during war for their wanting to question Heaven's strict rules.
In the book Crowley mentions that most demons aren't especially evil at heart, they're just doing a dirty, unpleasant but essential job in their corner of the Creation. And that there are some angels that are quite nasty pieces of work, in turn. The main difference between Crowley and other demons is that he's got imagination and creativity thanks to spending so much time with humans.
“Crowley (An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards)” ― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
The demons seem to gain more demonic features when they act more demonic. For instance Crowley’s eyes get more yellow and serpent like when he is super angry or scared and he can choose to change his features to look more like a snake. For demons I think it is really just a choice to look like that, gives off the impression that they are a stronger demon
Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right, most of the demons just seem to take pride in that sort of stuff. SPOILERS (minor) When we see Beelzebub in hell they've got the gunky stuff on their face and are always surrounded by flies, but when they come to the human world in the last episode their skin is clear and the only thing fly-related about them is the hat they manifested to wear. And Hastur doesn't do it often, but even he did it in the last episode too to get back at Crowley.
So all the demons are fallen, not just Crowley. They all also have animal motifs and a part of their demoness they can't hide when trying to blend in on Earth. For Crowley it's his snake tattoo and his eyes. There is a theory that he could've been an archangel, specifically Raphael, but that's just a theory. Due to the recent season, the fandom has suggested other angels he could've been, but the Raphael theory is probably the oldest and most popular one for who he used to be. There's even a tag for it on AO3.
Baraquiel is another I've seen used a lot. Raphael would fit more with Aziraphale as it's partially in his name, so it would be odd for he and Crowley to have such similar names (although I could see arguments for it -- Angel and Spike were Liam and William, after all, and when Gaiman started writing the story, he only had one character and later split it into two). I don't think we'll ever be told who Crowley was, though, and I kind of like it better that way. It's fun in fanfic, though.
@@HuntingViolets For me, I like the Raphael theory since their mainish domain is healing, both people and the Earth, and historical and culturally, I'm not sure about biblically, snakes are very prominent imagery for healing and healers. So it works on two levels thematically with Crowley being a snake and his love and protection of Earth and humanity. I also don't think we'll ever know, but it would be fun to explore in universe how two archangels fell and then what happened in season 2.
@@amandajohnson3531 I don't know. It was Aziraphale, not Crowley, who healed Anathema (although I'm sure Crowley could have), so I don't think healing applies particularly more to Crowley or that love of the Earth and humanity is only Crowley. They both have done healing and temptations. Aziraphale is in proximity to snakes just by being involved with Crowley. I really like best the idea that Crowley was that engineer who always helps with everything. He worked on the nebula but he's the one who goes to activate it because nobody else wanted to and he was excited to. The idea that he and Aziraphale were more or less nobody special as far as Heaven corporate was concerned who, millennia later, become the most important monkey wrench in Heaven's plan, is more appealing to me than one of them having been a big deal archangel back in the day. Maybe just me, though.
breaking into tears and then losing your mind over the intro playing after 30 minutes is very real and the only way to watch this episode first time lol
31:24 The color yellow generally means energy, spirituality, hope, happiness, warmth, sunlight, and enlightenment (and at other times yellow color connotes envy, danger, sickness, madness and deceit.) Spiritually, yellow represents joy, happiness, and optimism Meanwhile a “Radiant and glowing, a bright yellow aura is often an indication of happiness, confidence, and an overall pleasant and social nature.
Continue being a shipper I LOVE it!! Ineffable husbands are my babies ❤ All demons are fallen angels the thing that's special about Crowley is that he fell for asking questions rather than anything actually evil. Due to him living on earth he has part of humanity's and Aziraphale's kindness, so he's not really evil which honestly makes me love his character
YOU FUCKING GET ITTTTTTTTTT AAHHHHH WE ARE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU BABE!!! It drives me wild to watch reactions to this ep where the reactors don’t understand why this is such a fan favorite episode. But you are right there with us - thank you thank you thank you!! 💗💗
Aziraphale and Crowley in the Globe Theater watching Hamlet is a nod to both David Tennant and Michael Sheen portraying Hamlet in plays. Tennant in particular got rave reviews for his performance.
I liked that Crowley quoted Antony and Cleopatra to Shakespeare. It was kind of a nod to the Doctor Who episode The Shakespeare Code (which was one of Tennant's episodes). There was a running gag where the Doctor would quote Shakespeare to Shakespeare, who would respond with "Hmm, I might use that."
2:50 - So the show doesn't go into this, but in the book it is stated that demon and angel wings look the same except that the demons' are usually better groomed! (You may notice that the other angels haven't had their wings out either). Crowley is for sure an unusual demon, though, just as Aziraphale is an unusual angel. But ALL the demons are fallen angels! (Well, maybe there are some hell-born, but Good Omens never SAYS that)
Love your reaction. The first 30 minutes of this episode is one of my all-time favorite scenes in this series! Especially the 1941 bombing scene. So unbelievably sweet.
In answer to your question about auras; from what I understand, it can mean different things depending on what shade of yellow your aura is. I’m assuming the ones that said that meant a brighter shade of yellow, because that usually means you’re very creative-oriented & into artistic expression (art, music, dance, etc.), while a dull or muddy shade of yellow unfortunately means you have an addictive personality, and likely struggle with said-issues.
"You go to fast for me, Crowley" is one of the great lines of queer media. 100 years from now it will work it's way onto mugs of ladies in Sweatshirts and yoga pants
Excited to see your reaction to the next episodes and especially season 2. I also like how open you are with your sensitivity. Makes me feel - seen / not alone.
Really fun re-watching this with you here. I think I have watched Good Omens 10 times already, reactions that put a lot of emotions into them makes me feel like I'm watching it sort of for the first time again, so don't feel bad for getting emotional, we are all very emotionally invested in them. Very. Just... welcome to the club! You will see them everywhere now.
Neil has said Aziraphale is perfectly capable of getting himself out of trouble, frivolous miracles or no (he changed clothes but couldn’t save himself?). They both like it when Crowley comes to the rescue…
2:35 Crowley is a demon who is assigned to do his work on Earth, specifically in the London area. Because of this, he has a "human form", since having scales and a toad on his head would definitely turn some heads lol. Hope this helps.
31:30 I happen to have a book about Auras in my collection. *clears throat* "Yellow in an aura is often a reflection of a person's intellect and curiosity as well as how emotional they may be." - Auras: Your Personal Guide by Joylina Goodings. I hope this helps a little bit, Morgan!
There is a part in the book, after Adam has talked with Anathema and is just about to fall asleep that goes: "Besides, he liked Anathema. Of course she was very old, but when Adam liked someone he wanted to make them happy. He wondered how he could make Anathema happy" I love that part because it proves how much Adam is not a bad person. He is an eleven year old who has these powers he can't control and so sometimes rhwy tend to take over a bit. He did the whole nuclear powerstation thing bc Ana had talked with him about them. Idk, just a very cute scene I think
The ship is very much understandable and expected, those two are so perfect for each other! 😭 And I can't wait until you get to season 2, things get much more interesting
Crowley's demon animal is a snake. If you look at his ears. There is a small one there. It's kind of symbolic to me that Crowley doesn't become as evil as the other fallen angels. He has "gone native" from being on earth. The Fallen becoming demons with how evil they are.
15:20 I think it is important to acknowledge that Crowley didn't become a demon because of some major thing crime that got him cast out - he became a demon because his choices progressively led him further and further from God's path. Not one massive incident, but a sequence of smaller ones. To put it how Crowley does, he didn't fall, but rather "sauntered vaguely downward".
7:58 Actually (this is just what my dad told me and he went to Catholic school while I didn’t so he knows more than me) the way that they Crucified Jesus was the faster way than the normally did. I don’t remember exactly how they originally did it, but it would be more painful and longer.
Their reaction to the rest of the series is going to be amazing. I’m DYING for these reactions now. I’m marking it on my calendar, I was literally checking all day. It’s killing me 😂
Watching you react is so satisfying! If you are having feels in season 1, season 2 will be feelings overload 😅 go into it knowing all will be sorted in season 3!
Aziraphale is a guardian, and he protects by keeping people at arm’s length - including Crowley. :( Both of them have a lot to learn when it comes to communicating with each other.
6:21 Random fun facts hb it, cause yes. This unicorn-stuff, w/out its mate, is actually a canon thing in some versions of th biblical story of noah n th ark. Th unicorn, called re'em by th jews, was on board th ark alone cause it was 2 big so there wasn't enough space 4 another specimen, n had its head hanging out of a porthole in th bow, given that its horn must act as a breakwater to protect th hull of th ark frm th violent billows n th wood frm th erosion of th continuous waves. Th myth still say that some animals are actually th hybrid offspring of those other 1s that were on th ark which, still, was not large enough to carry a pair of every animal species on th planet; or were born in a magical way. 4 instance, th giraffes was born frm th union of th dromedary w/ th leopard, while th 1st pair of domestic cats were sneezed by th lion-king at noah's request to eliminate all th rats n mice on board that were eating th supplies. Th more u know 🌈 🦄 🍆
Ok there's a theory that Gabriel actually hung around Christ after giving the news to Mary she was going to birth the Son of God. And that Gabriel grew fond of the boy. But seeing what the rest of humanity did to Christ on the cross and seeing Him die, broke Gabriel and that's why he has a disdain for humanity and he never got close to anyone again. Again, it's just a theory, don't come at me.
2:47 My personal theory/headcanon is that the levels of the fallen angels have different effects, so the higher up you were the less gross you have to look(Crowley had to be pretty high up to have been as directly involved in Eden as he was)
Crowley isn't supposed to be anything special in terms of power or status. He doesn't have a title or authority over other demons. Even his job in Eden was just a vaguely defined scouting mission that he happened to ace beyond all expectations; he was told to "go up there and cause some trouble". In the original book angels and demons look more or less identical to all but the most adept observer, but the show had to make a visual distinction to suit the aesthetic they were going for. Hell is dirty and grimy, so the demons have to be, as well. But Crowley, spending as little time down there as possible, hasn't caught much of that grime on him.
@@Lightice1 Do you not know what a headcanon is? Spoiler warning!!! You do remember season 2, when he opened an archangel file that an *actual* angel couldn't open? I meant stuff like that. Crowley had to be a highly ranked angel to get away with so much with so little worry or care(it doesn't seem like the demons have such rankings anyway). Also, we aren't talking about the books here, we're talking about the show *only* , the book *doesn't* matter.
@@shanajeangedeon9060 Headcanon is an idea or prediction that is neither supported or contradicted by the existing canon. This one is contradicted, unfortunately. Demons absolutely have ranks. Hastur and Ligur are Dukes. Beelzebub is Hell's direct counterpart to Metatron, second only to Satan. Crowley has no rank or title and no authority over other demons. And Crowley could open the file because it was his job to use it. It was Crowley's job to make stars and galaxies happen. He thought it was an important, essential task and was disappointed to learn that he was only making a glorified screensaver as far as the Great Plan was concerned. He fell because he thought that he had been important, but it turned out that he wasn't even told about the real main focus of the Plan, Earth and the humanity.
@@Lightice1 Is that last blurb confirmed from the book or the show? Because I did make it clear we *aren't* talking about the book, did I not? The show(specifically season 2) is confirmed to be separate from the book and is just a set-up for season 3(which will also be completely separate from the book since the writer is using the show to adopt the alternate ideas he had that he didn't put in the book) which means that several smaller details can be either changed or just not apply to the show.
*Morgan:* I’m so sorry! I can’t believe they are making me so emotiona- *Everyone:* Welcome to the show. :’3c (Literally was waiting for you to react to this episode oml-)
According to the original book, all the demons have wings that are no different from angel wings besides being better groomed. The show probably portrays the demons as gross-looking since it's putting a big emphasis on Hell and Heaven being two sides of the same coin, the fancy CEOs in their penthouses and the grimy maintenance workers in the sub-basements. Crowley is securing souls for Hell, too, it's his job and he'd get in trouble if he didn't, but he lets humans do all the dirty work for him. By breaking the cellphone network he makes millions of people angry at the same time, and the all go and turn their ire on each other, and as consequences pile up over time, it can mean thousands of souls for Hell while Crowley just has to sit and watch. He's not a bad person per se, but doing evil is still his day job.
Yes, it's my contention that he's actually the best demon because he's much more efficient than the others and not averse to changing his methods with the times.
@@cawareyoudoin7379 All the demons give people a choice, they have no choice in that matter themselves. The people that Hastur and Ligur tempt always have the option to not follow their demonic influence. Crowley's method is more efficient and insidious than what the elder demons are doing, since it relies on people themselves. And as the book notes, people have a far greater capacity for evil (or good) because of their creativity.
@@cawareyoudoin7379 Insidious, as in harder to notice or defend against. Crowley's methods are harder to counter since they are based on people's own thoughts and impulses, he just gives a nudge to the right (well, wrong) direction and lets the avalanche take its course.
I have watched so many reactions to this episode but I honestly like yours the best! No one has gotten so emotional about theses two before. When you started crying in the beginning I was worried about the breakup 😂 I love these two but sometimes I want to hit them over the head. Keep trying with Aziraphale. I'm sure you'll get it soon!
with the wings i believe its cause he fell, HE HAS MENTIONED IT after talking to the demons on the tv they say "we are the fallen" and crowley goes "I didn't mean to fall, i just hung around the wrong people" Edit: watched more... they figured it out.. good job morgan
I highly recommend you read the book. It was written in the late 80s/early 90s, so it's a little dated, but it makes the show much clearer. The running gag through the book is that Crowley and Aziraphale are both pretty bad at their jobs. Crowley is too good to be an effective demon, and Aziraphale is a little too hedonistic to be a good angel. They're both much more similar to each other than to their own kind, which is why they have such a tight bond. Welcome to the ineffable fandom!
Oh this has definitely been my favorite reaction so far. The freak out when you realized it was a 28 minute cold open 😂😂 I'm so happy you Understand what's going on with Aziraphale and Crowley.
"When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand."
I swear every single person who’s watched this episode had the same reaction to the intro starting after 28 minutes! It makes me laugh every time I watch other people’s reactions
hey Morgan, as a fellow HH and Good Omens fan, I found a fanart/meme I thought you might enjoy. It features Lucifer as Aziraphael, and Alastor as Crowley. I just thought it was an awesome fanart and thought I'd raise awareness of it.
Me watching this: "I didn'tknow the show is that emotional" ecc... Girl. Wait until that last minute of the last episode of season two (btw I cried with you)
Hastur and Ligur’s one-off temptations gained 2 souls for Satan. Crowley’s stunt with the phone network potentially gained 100s or 1000s of souls for Satan.
I first read the book this is based on nearly 30 years ago. It has been my favorite ever since. I love this adaptation and your reaction is amazing. I loved watching your initial confusion transform into enthusiasm. Watching you experience this for the first time has been a gift.
6:38 just thought it was fun to mention, Crowley is female presenting in this flashback just like she was as the nanny! Angels and Demons in this universe are genderless and can present themselves however they like! c: 🩷
31:27 a bright yellow aura is often an indication of happiness, confidence, and an overall pleasant and social nature. In some cases, if the yellow is tinted slightly neon, this can mean an imbalance or blockage in the solar plexus chakra
he used to be called Crawley and he changed it to crowley snakes slither but also crawl but he didn't like that and changed to something like a bird because he secretly misses his wings
follow the breadcrumbs, ship thy ineffable husbands
I read sniff instead of ship lol
goblin noises
"You go too fast for me crowley",is really about both, which is the fun of it, physically driving too fast, and relationship wise, going too fast.
bombshell double entendre
Which is beautifully ironic considering it's literally been since THE BEGINNING OF THE UNIVERSE
we love a good double entendre
@@KazeTheCursedOne the stereotype about gays is true, they spend at least thousands of years of pining without doing a thing about it 😂
"I'll give you a lift, anywhere you want to go" was metaphorical as well, since the car was parked right next to the bookshop, and Aziraphale is a homebody extraordinaire
Michael Sheen has said Crowley saving the books is when Aziraphale realized he was in love with him.
And you can tell! He has that panicked, flustered look of realization just after that roughly translates to "Ohh. Oh no."
I also think the look at you your so gorgeous moment is the absolute beginning of any romantic attraction
Ok, Morgan. No spoilers. As someone who has seen an extensive amount of meta commentary on this show (some from Neil Gaiman himself), you are absolutely NOT reading too far into it. Every little flourish and moment was planned. This is all INTENTIONAL subtext.
Exactly if I remember correctly the only scene that was improvised (in season 1 at least) was Aziraphale doing his magic to crowley on the 1st episode
It's not really subtext. It's just text. Small print sometimes, but still main text.
@@bialynia🤣🤭Very true.
15:00 Christian mythology usually holds that all demons are fallen angels. There's no such thing as a true hellborn.
Yep, all the demons have wings ... it's just that they don't usually manifest them.
Eh, kind of. All fallen angels are considered demons, but not all demons are fallen angels. Pagan gods, spirits, and other things like that are also considered demons
@@burtlangstrom1860 agreed, I should have been clearer. I was referring to the demons in the good omens world.
@@WyndStryke You are right that they are all fallen. I think the difference between Crowley and other fallen angels has to do with life experience/personality more than anything. Crowley has spent most of his time since the creation of humans on earth among the humans and spent little time in hell. other demons mostly only see the worst of humanity, either by tempting the weak minded or by torturing the souls that end up on their side. Crowley is basically the only demon who has seen the best of it as well.
@@burtlangstrom1860 yes and no. you're confusing the history of how legends developed with the history told within legends. Characters from pre-Christian beliefs were reimagined as demons by Christianity. That means rewriting their origin. Christian legends don't go "This chick used to be a goddess and then became a demon".
As I understand it, readers used to come up to Neil and/or Sir Pterry at book signings and ask if it were just possible Crowley and Aziraphale might be interpreted as, y'know, maybe a little bit more than just friends, and they'd be like "Hadn't we made that obvious?"
Gotta love those two.
I never read the books but I had read the tweet he made about the obvious queerness, the possibility of them being any of the labels, without the labels of humans, including aroace, I love how they give both absolutely romantically involved vibes and at the same time the most absolute aroace QPR and both work at the same time and both seem right, just love it
I suppose that makes them and their relationship...ineffable
@@reedsylvier5250 they have tons of romantic gestures, yet no real romantic needs or connection. They're drawn to one another, complete one another, yet don't lust (probably due to physiology).
It's both adorable and frustrating that it's never really a full on partnership.
They absolutely love each other. Whether they're IN LOVE depends on their ability for romantic feelings and such, but they absolutely love each other.
Watching them try hard to not talk about one of the most popular ships since the 90s is hilarious.
nah fr
"you go too fast for me" changed all our brain chemistry welcome to the fandom
"I don't like real life relationships. I like fictional relationships." I feel SEEN.
Also, it's okay to get emotional! This show really IS emotional. The big thing to remember with Terry Pratchett (one of the original creators) is that he was a deeply, profoundly humanist thinker. He was very focused on calling out the worst behaviour in people while still believing in their better angels (heh). Neil Gaiman, the other creator, is also deepy humanist and together they wrote a story that was...fundamentally...about a deep love for PEOPLE. The story makes fun of religion, religious horror (The Omen mainly), and politics, but the overarching theme at the story's warm core is Compassion.
Fun note! The scene with Shakespeare was filmed at the actual existing Globe Theatre in London. It's a gorgeous space.
Extra note I love: Neil Gaiman has gone on record confirming that Angels and Demons don't have 'sexes' and choose how they want to present, which is why you'll occasionally see Crowley in women's clothes. Crowley is predominantly genderfluid and I just think that's neat as an old fan of the book.
“Second, Angels are predominantly sexless unless they really want to make an effort” - the same page with the monkeys on nitrous oxide, you know the one
love to see someone falling for this ship in real time
I watched this with my straight friend who has zero gaydar. I laughed my ass off when he, far into the show, suddenly asked "Wait, are they a thing?"
lol i had a similar experience when i watched it with my family. my mom had the sudden realization that Aziraphale and Crowley have feelings for each other after the church scene, and my brother was confused because he still didn't get it 😂
HAHAHAAHHA MY MOM HASN’T FIGURED IT OUT
Actually... all demons are fallen angels. The angels who sided with Lucifer were cast into Hell. The reason Crowley is different is because he has spent his entire existence since Eden on Earth rather than in Hell. It's actually why Aziraphale is different from other angels... because he too has spent his existence since Eden on Earth rather than in Heaven.
Came here to say this
Also, he wasn't really part of the rebelling crowd by conviction; he just hung out with them and agreed with some of their criticisms.
@@HenryLoenwindone of my favourite character descriptions in any book is of Crowley, "an angel that didn't so much fall as saunter vaguely downwards"
Of course, this begs the question of Muriel…
HERE WE GO! THE 6000 YEAR SLOWBURN AND GAZEBO BREAKUP!
Why must you hurt me? 😢
@@pockyhunter187 ;3
"They're Gazebos, they're bullshit!"
NO SPOILERS
@@LunaK-423 I didn't say any? Both of those things are in the episode?
Morgan shipping them and not knowing what happens is so funny omg
Shush! They need to experience it themselves 🤭
The tears will be overflowing.
Spoilers! Shh…
Probably best not to comment spoilery things like this.
HEY shush!!!
20:08 Fun fact: Michael Sheen has said (I seem to recall) that this exact scene is when Aziraphale fell in love with Crowley
Didn't he cry after they filmed that, too 😭
I think what it is is both Crowley and Aziraphale have "gone native," and become more *human* than Demon or Angel. And humans are both good *and* bad.
I had noticed they had missed "Form Shapes Nature' bit. It was always such a unappreciated line as it explains not only Dog but Adam, Aziraphale and Crowley as well.
The ineffable husbands strike again.
yes
Crowley doesn't do much on earth. He just reports the evil humans do on their own as his doing. He only does a few things that cause minor evils across a wide area. Like the phone network, he knows it will have thousands of people frustrated and annoyed, which will turn them a little more evil.
One of the best lines imo is that Crowley didn't fall like the other angels. He sauntered vaguely downwards
And importantly, it's still ultimately their decision to be Good or Evil after Crowley's done with people, there is perhaps less free will involved with other supernatural meddling. Or if there is still a choice involved with the other occult/ethereal being's meddling, I feel they are rather more likely to attempt to fix the books. Whereas Crowley just vaguely annoys and inconveniences people, which, yes, causes negative emotions, but they are still your emotions to do with what you will and if you choose to take your anger and frustration out on other people that's your choice regardless of whether the initial irritant is Man-Made or demonic.
Crowley does plenty, actually, and never takes credit for humans' actions, though sometimes Hell just assumes that something particular heinous has to be his doing, like the Spanish Inquisition. Some of the world's worst civic infrastructures, traffic and communication systems are his personal doing. Unlike the other demons, he works on a mass scale, seeking to corrupt huge numbers of people ever so slightly, and then letting their human nature to do the rest. Although he doesn't get much appreciation for it, Crowley has likely had hand with more souls going to Hell than any other individual demon out there.
So about Crowley not having that many overtly demonic features: he's one of the only demons who actually spends time on Earth among humans. He likes classy cars and music and clothes and wine - and so his demonic marks are subtler. The eyes, the occasional hiss, the Walk, and of course the snake tattooed on the side of his face.
plus he can still switch to his True Form sometimes, he just chooses not to because he's afraid he'll forget how to change back (as the form he uses in the show is his favorite)
I read somewhere that the "you go too fast" scene was actually the last one they filmed in the series, which is why it's so fraught with terrible love and sadness and why it breaks your heart in a way that you think it logically shouldn't. Because they were thinking about how it was all over after that. (Obviously not once Season 2 became a thing, but I don't think they knew about that yet.)
And yes, welcome aboard the ship, my friend. We have cookies and wine and waistcoats and Queen and thousands and thousands of years.
No, you missed Crowley's line about his fall:
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So, Heaven is very cult-y, but in the last episode, Crowley was actually calling himself and Aziraphale "occult" beings, which is why Aziraphale gets offended and says "angels aren't occult, we're ethereal" bc of the negative connotations lmao
Also, all of the demons are fallen angels. That's what demons are, where they came from. There was a big rebellion/war led by Lucifer the angel, and he and the others were all cast down to Hell. In the last episode, Hastur says to Crowley over the TV "we are the fallen, never forget that", that's what he means.
(Good catch with the Peter Pan memory btw; the animated sequel takes place in London during the Blitz)
[SPOILER WARNING] True, but Season 2 seems to imply something else no? Something special about Crowley meaning NOT with other demons (Don't want to say more to avoid spoilers)
@@TYANTOWERS (SPOILER ALERT) I agree. Season 2 seems to let us know that there was others reason why Crowley in particular "fell"
There's a hint that Crowley fell because he asked questions, meaning he doubted god.
"What happend in 1793?...
French people: Oh boy...* takes deep sip from wine glass *
she's not so bright, but she's trying...
"Dis you see that look he gave him..."
Yes Morgan, we saw it and we've been running with it ever since.
we've had a death grip on every single one of those types of moments, they're my sustenance lmao
Morgan: *Ships Crowley and Aziraphale.* "Why is this Episode so emotional?"
Me:[Insane Laugh!]
"Wait and see"
REAL. Wanted to scream what happens to her but it will ruin her experience
4:42 When Crowley says "you can't kill kids" he could be talking about human children, but he could also be talking about the baby goats, which are also called kids
He's definitely talking about the human children lol. I _love_ the running joke about the baby goats and the more interesting philosophical and theological comparisons to scapegoating and the importance of goats biblically, but he is 100% talking about Human Children!
@@mayaenglish5424 nah the camera was focused on goat kids, it was his perspective. He cares more about goat kids
@@bowmanc.7439 It was a shot of Human children running with their goats.
Both? Both. Both is good 😅
7:04
"Be kind to each other"
Yeah. That'll do it. XDD
Edit: Also, fun fact, David Tennent once played Prince Hamlet in a movie recreation of the play.
People who get this episode: "Aww, it's so cute!"
People who REALLY get this episode: "It's so cute but so tragic"
People who don't get this episode: "Aww, best friends! Anyway back to the antichrist"
To give context to that phone line thing, Crowley secured a lot of souls because that one act caused a chain reaction of people getting angry and taking it out on others corrupting their souls, there are a lot referencing to things in the book Good Omens they don’t tell you about in the show, like the bullet hole stickers
"I know people don't come here for my shipping opinions"
DO YOU NOT KNOW YOUR AUDIENCEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I LOVE MORGAN’S SHIPPINGNESS
At this rate Season 2 is gonna send Morgan to the stars (and I am simultaneously dreading and looking forward to it)
Hahahaha ikr!
I'm lowkey looking forward AND scared for Morgan in season 2
I know me too
Crowley may be an agent of chaos but he doesn't do much because he knows that humans pretty much cause more of their own torments. One of his few reports back to the home office was just a copy of the user's agreement with a sticky note that said "learn guys".
That and the A5 motorway in London… (apparently in this reality vaguely shaped like a pentagram)
@@MacTechG4they show it, it's shaped the same as always.
@@MacTechG4 i'm pretty sure in the story it's supposed to represent a sigil that means something along the lines of "hail our dark master" or something like that (i don't remember exactly)
@@MacTechG4 nah, shaped like an extremely obscure sign of the devil, as determined by a long gone, extremely small, practically unknown monestary/temple (iirc).
Or in other words, Crowly moved a single marker in a field from a project he thought would be inefficient and bring frustration, and then claimed it was a grand scheme by bullshitting his way through with the vaguest possible references.
@@DyslecticAttack(The symbol Odegra from the ancient language Mu, I think. Sorry I'm GO trash and I've watched this like a million times lol)
Oh, wow! So many reactors don't realize that that is the Shadwell we already know or even clock it's the same name. Good job there. I love the notes too.
Fun fact about the Ancient Rome bit. Crowley is rather despondent at the start of the scene, and before Aziraphale cheered him up, he was definitely going to drink himself into oblivion. Crowley says that he just "nipped in for a quick temptation". 41 AD/CE was the year of Caligula's assassination. Crowley was given instructions to tempt the Praetorian tribunes to stage a coup against the Emperor; they killed him, and also murdered his wife, their little daughter Julia and a bunch of innocent bystanders. No wonder Crowley went to a tavern to drink it all away.
The best bit is, Crowley's costume in the scene supports the "quick job" part of the story. He's usually dressed on the cutting edge of current fashion (while Aziraphale, ever the conservative, is lagging several decades behind). The costume department is very scrupulous about that, in every historical setting they show. However, in the Rome bit Crowley's attire is all over the place, just barely passing. Shows that he was new in town, wasn't planning on staying long and probably didn't want to be there in the first place.
Crowley saying “Is it my fault they never check up?” when talking about Hell, while him and Aziraphale literally never checked up on Shadwell’s “army” is so funny to me 😭😭
Well, they must have met up other than the times we've been shown, because they have an arrangement where one of them goes to do the blessing and the tempting (and we don't talk about this much, but how mindblowing is this arrangement?) "dozens of times now."
I saw a video of Michael Sheen on The Graham Norton's Show. He was talking about fanfiction, how for a while it was kinda looked down on, but actually people write it when they really love and are really passionate about something. Then he said something like, "It can get really intense. For example, some of it is about me and David Tennant having sex." I never forgot this. 😂
I saw an interview after season 2 where Micheal said he reads all the fan fiction. I love him so much.
Watching Morgan just give progressively more disbelieving looks to the camera during the 6000 year montage was so fun. Personally, I ship them romantically in the show but I will forever and always think of them as qpr in the book, it helps my little aroace heart (even if my fav quote is about Aziraphale seeming gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide)
15:00 in good omens, all demons are fallen angels. crowley's just not like other demons TM 😂
my personal theory on this is that it's bc he fell for questioning God, not for being power hungry or evil like other demons
We never got to see ALL demons. There can be others that, just like Crowley, were banished because they stood in the "wrong" side during war for their wanting to question Heaven's strict rules.
@@OrdemDoGraveto fair. but all of them are fallen angels nonetheless
@@damiannotdamien Yeah. My point is just there can be others that, like Crowley, aren't power hungry.
In the book Crowley mentions that most demons aren't especially evil at heart, they're just doing a dirty, unpleasant but essential job in their corner of the Creation. And that there are some angels that are quite nasty pieces of work, in turn. The main difference between Crowley and other demons is that he's got imagination and creativity thanks to spending so much time with humans.
“Crowley (An Angel who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards)”
― Terry Pratchett, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Yellow is a the color of curiosity, happiness, fun, clarity, warmth, positively, and joy.😃
The demons seem to gain more demonic features when they act more demonic. For instance Crowley’s eyes get more yellow and serpent like when he is super angry or scared and he can choose to change his features to look more like a snake.
For demons I think it is really just a choice to look like that, gives off the impression that they are a stronger demon
Yeah I'm pretty sure you're right, most of the demons just seem to take pride in that sort of stuff.
SPOILERS (minor)
When we see Beelzebub in hell they've got the gunky stuff on their face and are always surrounded by flies, but when they come to the human world in the last episode their skin is clear and the only thing fly-related about them is the hat they manifested to wear. And Hastur doesn't do it often, but even he did it in the last episode too to get back at Crowley.
@@chronosclaimsallYes, it's a demon fashion element.
So all the demons are fallen, not just Crowley. They all also have animal motifs and a part of their demoness they can't hide when trying to blend in on Earth. For Crowley it's his snake tattoo and his eyes. There is a theory that he could've been an archangel, specifically Raphael, but that's just a theory. Due to the recent season, the fandom has suggested other angels he could've been, but the Raphael theory is probably the oldest and most popular one for who he used to be. There's even a tag for it on AO3.
Baraquiel is another I've seen used a lot. Raphael would fit more with Aziraphale as it's partially in his name, so it would be odd for he and Crowley to have such similar names (although I could see arguments for it -- Angel and Spike were Liam and William, after all, and when Gaiman started writing the story, he only had one character and later split it into two). I don't think we'll ever be told who Crowley was, though, and I kind of like it better that way. It's fun in fanfic, though.
@@HuntingViolets For me, I like the Raphael theory since their mainish domain is healing, both people and the Earth, and historical and culturally, I'm not sure about biblically, snakes are very prominent imagery for healing and healers. So it works on two levels thematically with Crowley being a snake and his love and protection of Earth and humanity. I also don't think we'll ever know, but it would be fun to explore in universe how two archangels fell and then what happened in season 2.
@@amandajohnson3531 I don't know. It was Aziraphale, not Crowley, who healed Anathema (although I'm sure Crowley could have), so I don't think healing applies particularly more to Crowley or that love of the Earth and humanity is only Crowley. They both have done healing and temptations. Aziraphale is in proximity to snakes just by being involved with Crowley.
I really like best the idea that Crowley was that engineer who always helps with everything. He worked on the nebula but he's the one who goes to activate it because nobody else wanted to and he was excited to. The idea that he and Aziraphale were more or less nobody special as far as Heaven corporate was concerned who, millennia later, become the most important monkey wrench in Heaven's plan, is more appealing to me than one of them having been a big deal archangel back in the day. Maybe just me, though.
@@amandajohnson3531"snakes are very prominent imagery for healing and healers"
Are you saying that Crowley is a Doctor ? :)
@@davidwebb4451 🥁
breaking into tears and then losing your mind over the intro playing after 30 minutes is very real and the only way to watch this episode first time lol
31:24 The color yellow generally means energy, spirituality, hope, happiness, warmth, sunlight, and enlightenment (and at other times yellow color connotes envy, danger, sickness, madness and deceit.) Spiritually, yellow represents joy, happiness, and optimism
Meanwhile a “Radiant and glowing, a bright yellow aura is often an indication of happiness, confidence, and an overall pleasant and social nature.
Continue being a shipper I LOVE it!!
Ineffable husbands are my babies ❤
All demons are fallen angels the thing that's special about Crowley is that he fell for asking questions rather than anything actually evil. Due to him living on earth he has part of humanity's and Aziraphale's kindness, so he's not really evil which honestly makes me love his character
YOU FUCKING GET ITTTTTTTTTT AAHHHHH WE ARE RIGHT THERE WITH YOU BABE!!! It drives me wild to watch reactions to this ep where the reactors don’t understand why this is such a fan favorite episode. But you are right there with us - thank you thank you thank you!! 💗💗
"I'm not gonna survive my hearts gonna melt into a puddle in my chest"
Good luck with series two....
FYI, Good Omens came out as a show a few years ago. But it is based on a book of the same name from 1990. (Note the complete lack of cell phones.)
Aziraphale and Crowley in the Globe Theater watching Hamlet is a nod to both David Tennant and Michael Sheen portraying Hamlet in plays. Tennant in particular got rave reviews for his performance.
I saw Tennant's Hamlet back in the day. It was good.
Tennant's was also filmed. It's on UA-cam for free. I guess his recent _Macbeth_ has been filmed too.
I liked that Crowley quoted Antony and Cleopatra to Shakespeare. It was kind of a nod to the Doctor Who episode The Shakespeare Code (which was one of Tennant's episodes). There was a running gag where the Doctor would quote Shakespeare to Shakespeare, who would respond with "Hmm, I might use that."
2:50 - So the show doesn't go into this, but in the book it is stated that demon and angel wings look the same except that the demons' are usually better groomed! (You may notice that the other angels haven't had their wings out either). Crowley is for sure an unusual demon, though, just as Aziraphale is an unusual angel. But ALL the demons are fallen angels! (Well, maybe there are some hell-born, but Good Omens never SAYS that)
@36:00 you were scared of the angels seeing and I was scared for you knowing how emotional this scene is!
Love your reaction. The first 30 minutes of this episode is one of my all-time favorite scenes in this series! Especially the 1941 bombing scene. So unbelievably sweet.
In answer to your question about auras; from what I understand, it can mean different things depending on what shade of yellow your aura is. I’m assuming the ones that said that meant a brighter shade of yellow, because that usually means you’re very creative-oriented & into artistic expression (art, music, dance, etc.), while a dull or muddy shade of yellow unfortunately means you have an addictive personality, and likely struggle with said-issues.
"You go to fast for me, Crowley" is one of the great lines of queer media. 100 years from now it will work it's way onto mugs of ladies in Sweatshirts and yoga pants
Excited to see your reaction to the next episodes and especially season 2. I also like how open you are with your sensitivity. Makes me feel - seen / not alone.
Really fun re-watching this with you here. I think I have watched Good Omens 10 times already, reactions that put a lot of emotions into them makes me feel like I'm watching it sort of for the first time again, so don't feel bad for getting emotional, we are all very emotionally invested in them. Very. Just... welcome to the club! You will see them everywhere now.
25:09 i will never get tired of reactors just realizing that the intro just started lol
Neil has said Aziraphale is perfectly capable of getting himself out of trouble, frivolous miracles or no (he changed clothes but couldn’t save himself?).
They both like it when Crowley comes to the rescue…
2:35 Crowley is a demon who is assigned to do his work on Earth, specifically in the London area. Because of this, he has a "human form", since having scales and a toad on his head would definitely turn some heads lol. Hope this helps.
The point of bringing down the phone network was actually bringing a LOT of souls that closer to damnation than corrupting one priest ;)
He's very good at his job.
31:30 I happen to have a book about Auras in my collection. *clears throat* "Yellow in an aura is often a reflection of a person's intellect and curiosity as well as how emotional they may be." - Auras: Your Personal Guide by Joylina Goodings. I hope this helps a little bit, Morgan!
There is a part in the book, after Adam has talked with Anathema and is just about to fall asleep that goes:
"Besides, he liked Anathema. Of course she was very old, but when Adam liked someone he wanted to make them happy. He wondered how he could make Anathema happy"
I love that part because it proves how much Adam is not a bad person. He is an eleven year old who has these powers he can't control and so sometimes rhwy tend to take over a bit. He did the whole nuclear powerstation thing bc Ana had talked with him about them. Idk, just a very cute scene I think
so incredibly unrelated to good omens, but that perry the platypus impression was spot on - like dayum
Thank you! I also said he looked like a member of The Beatles, and you're the first other person to confirm it wasn't all just in my head.
I've seen that a lot. Somebody on Twitter really wants him in a John Lennon biopic.
The ship is very much understandable and expected, those two are so perfect for each other! 😭
And I can't wait until you get to season 2, things get much more interesting
25:05 Is exactly the appropriate response and the same one we had in our house.
Crowley's demon animal is a snake. If you look at his ears. There is a small one there.
It's kind of symbolic to me that Crowley doesn't become as evil as the other fallen angels. He has "gone native" from being on earth. The Fallen becoming demons with how evil they are.
15:20 I think it is important to acknowledge that Crowley didn't become a demon because of some major thing crime that got him cast out - he became a demon because his choices progressively led him further and further from God's path. Not one massive incident, but a sequence of smaller ones. To put it how Crowley does, he didn't fall, but rather "sauntered vaguely downward".
7:58 Actually (this is just what my dad told me and he went to Catholic school while I didn’t so he knows more than me) the way that they Crucified Jesus was the faster way than the normally did. I don’t remember exactly how they originally did it, but it would be more painful and longer.
Their reaction to the rest of the series is going to be amazing. I’m DYING for these reactions now. I’m marking it on my calendar, I was literally checking all day. It’s killing me 😂
Watching you react is so satisfying! If you are having feels in season 1, season 2 will be feelings overload 😅 go into it knowing all will be sorted in season 3!
the magic of Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, it's funny as hell, while making you think and hitting you in the feels
Aziraphale is a guardian, and he protects by keeping people at arm’s length - including Crowley. :( Both of them have a lot to learn when it comes to communicating with each other.
Preach, they need to learn SO much
6:21 Random fun facts hb it, cause yes. This unicorn-stuff, w/out its mate, is actually a canon thing in some versions of th biblical story of noah n th ark. Th unicorn, called re'em by th jews, was on board th ark alone cause it was 2 big so there wasn't enough space 4 another specimen, n had its head hanging out of a porthole in th bow, given that its horn must act as a breakwater to protect th hull of th ark frm th violent billows n th wood frm th erosion of th continuous waves. Th myth still say that some animals are actually th hybrid offspring of those other 1s that were on th ark which, still, was not large enough to carry a pair of every animal species on th planet; or were born in a magical way. 4 instance, th giraffes was born frm th union of th dromedary w/ th leopard, while th 1st pair of domestic cats were sneezed by th lion-king at noah's request to eliminate all th rats n mice on board that were eating th supplies. Th more u know 🌈 🦄 🍆
Welcome aboard the HMS Ineffable Husbands. There's no way off this ship, you're trapped here with the rest of us 😔🙏
Morgans' grave says this:
Here lies Morgan,
Killed by the Crowley and Aziraphale drama
R.I.P
Ok there's a theory that Gabriel actually hung around Christ after giving the news to Mary she was going to birth the Son of God. And that Gabriel grew fond of the boy. But seeing what the rest of humanity did to Christ on the cross and seeing Him die, broke Gabriel and that's why he has a disdain for humanity and he never got close to anyone again. Again, it's just a theory, don't come at me.
Oh, i love this! It makes what happens in season 2 sweeter to me.
….I really wanna read a fic for this ngl
That's an awesome theory, I'd love to see more about that
@@awkward_robyn7148 I have actually read this fic, lol
@@calisto1123 don’t be shy, drop the link!!!
all of the demons are fallen angels. that's why hastur says "we are the fallen" in episode 1
2:47
My personal theory/headcanon is that the levels of the fallen angels have different effects, so the higher up you were the less gross you have to look(Crowley had to be pretty high up to have been as directly involved in Eden as he was)
Crowley isn't supposed to be anything special in terms of power or status. He doesn't have a title or authority over other demons. Even his job in Eden was just a vaguely defined scouting mission that he happened to ace beyond all expectations; he was told to "go up there and cause some trouble".
In the original book angels and demons look more or less identical to all but the most adept observer, but the show had to make a visual distinction to suit the aesthetic they were going for. Hell is dirty and grimy, so the demons have to be, as well. But Crowley, spending as little time down there as possible, hasn't caught much of that grime on him.
@@Lightice1 Do you not know what a headcanon is?
Spoiler warning!!!
You do remember season 2, when he opened an archangel file that an *actual* angel couldn't open? I meant stuff like that. Crowley had to be a highly ranked angel to get away with so much with so little worry or care(it doesn't seem like the demons have such rankings anyway). Also, we aren't talking about the books here, we're talking about the show *only* , the book *doesn't* matter.
@@shanajeangedeon9060 Headcanon is an idea or prediction that is neither supported or contradicted by the existing canon. This one is contradicted, unfortunately.
Demons absolutely have ranks. Hastur and Ligur are Dukes. Beelzebub is Hell's direct counterpart to Metatron, second only to Satan. Crowley has no rank or title and no authority over other demons.
And Crowley could open the file because it was his job to use it. It was Crowley's job to make stars and galaxies happen. He thought it was an important, essential task and was disappointed to learn that he was only making a glorified screensaver as far as the Great Plan was concerned. He fell because he thought that he had been important, but it turned out that he wasn't even told about the real main focus of the Plan, Earth and the humanity.
@@Lightice1 Is that last blurb confirmed from the book or the show? Because I did make it clear we *aren't* talking about the book, did I not? The show(specifically season 2) is confirmed to be separate from the book and is just a set-up for season 3(which will also be completely separate from the book since the writer is using the show to adopt the alternate ideas he had that he didn't put in the book) which means that several smaller details can be either changed or just not apply to the show.
@@shanajeangedeon9060 The last bit is straight from the show, season 2 opening. The book doesn't tell what Crowley's role as an angel was at all.
Hope your ready...you will be like this through the entire show...lol Love your reaction, and Thank you for your honest emotions. Hugs
*Morgan:* I’m so sorry! I can’t believe they are making me so emotiona-
*Everyone:* Welcome to the show. :’3c (Literally was waiting for you to react to this episode oml-)
According to the original book, all the demons have wings that are no different from angel wings besides being better groomed. The show probably portrays the demons as gross-looking since it's putting a big emphasis on Hell and Heaven being two sides of the same coin, the fancy CEOs in their penthouses and the grimy maintenance workers in the sub-basements.
Crowley is securing souls for Hell, too, it's his job and he'd get in trouble if he didn't, but he lets humans do all the dirty work for him. By breaking the cellphone network he makes millions of people angry at the same time, and the all go and turn their ire on each other, and as consequences pile up over time, it can mean thousands of souls for Hell while Crowley just has to sit and watch. He's not a bad person per se, but doing evil is still his day job.
Yes, it's my contention that he's actually the best demon because he's much more efficient than the others and not averse to changing his methods with the times.
But he also gives people a choice. Yes, they can get annoyed and take it out on others, but they could also try to be kind even when annoyed.
@@cawareyoudoin7379 All the demons give people a choice, they have no choice in that matter themselves. The people that Hastur and Ligur tempt always have the option to not follow their demonic influence.
Crowley's method is more efficient and insidious than what the elder demons are doing, since it relies on people themselves. And as the book notes, people have a far greater capacity for evil (or good) because of their creativity.
@@Lightice1 Eh, I wouldn't say insidious. Also, Crowley is characterized a bit differently in the book than in the show.
@@cawareyoudoin7379 Insidious, as in harder to notice or defend against. Crowley's methods are harder to counter since they are based on people's own thoughts and impulses, he just gives a nudge to the right (well, wrong) direction and lets the avalanche take its course.
I have watched so many reactions to this episode but I honestly like yours the best!
No one has gotten so emotional about theses two before. When you started crying in the beginning I was worried about the breakup 😂
I love these two but sometimes I want to hit them over the head.
Keep trying with Aziraphale. I'm sure you'll get it soon!
with the wings i believe its cause he fell, HE HAS MENTIONED IT after talking to the demons on the tv they say "we are the fallen" and crowley goes "I didn't mean to fall, i just hung around the wrong people"
Edit: watched more... they figured it out.. good job morgan
I have been WAITING for you to get to this episode, and your reactions DID NOT DISSAPPOINT. The shipping, the shipping is good here. Carry on.
I highly recommend you read the book. It was written in the late 80s/early 90s, so it's a little dated, but it makes the show much clearer. The running gag through the book is that Crowley and Aziraphale are both pretty bad at their jobs. Crowley is too good to be an effective demon, and Aziraphale is a little too hedonistic to be a good angel. They're both much more similar to each other than to their own kind, which is why they have such a tight bond. Welcome to the ineffable fandom!
Oh this has definitely been my favorite reaction so far. The freak out when you realized it was a 28 minute cold open 😂😂
I'm so happy you Understand what's going on with Aziraphale and Crowley.
"When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand."
I swear every single person who’s watched this episode had the same reaction to the intro starting after 28 minutes! It makes me laugh every time I watch other people’s reactions
I love watching you have the reactions that everyone else including myself had while watching these scenes
hey Morgan, as a fellow HH and Good Omens fan, I found a fanart/meme I thought you might enjoy. It features Lucifer as Aziraphael, and Alastor as Crowley. I just thought it was an awesome fanart and thought I'd raise awareness of it.
Aaawww if I could come through the screen to give you a big hug I would've seeing you get teary eyed
Me watching this: "I didn'tknow the show is that emotional" ecc... Girl. Wait until that last minute of the last episode of season two (btw I cried with you)
Hastur and Ligur’s one-off temptations gained 2 souls for Satan. Crowley’s stunt with the phone network potentially gained 100s or 1000s of souls for Satan.
I first read the book this is based on nearly 30 years ago. It has been my favorite ever since. I love this adaptation and your reaction is amazing. I loved watching your initial confusion transform into enthusiasm. Watching you experience this for the first time has been a gift.
6:38 just thought it was fun to mention, Crowley is female presenting in this flashback just like she was as the nanny! Angels and Demons in this universe are genderless and can present themselves however they like! c: 🩷
"It warms my heart, it warms my cold dead heart" I coudn't have say it better
Oh I absolutely LOVE that you are already shipping them! I can't WAIT to see your reactions to Season 2! Subscribed! 😍
31:27 a bright yellow aura is often an indication of happiness, confidence, and an overall pleasant and social nature. In some cases, if the yellow is tinted slightly neon, this can mean an imbalance or blockage in the solar plexus chakra
THANK YOU FOR THE ANSWER! Its been bothering me for years
@@Morgan_Reactsno problem!!!
It was Tip-top, Absolutely tickety boo!
NOT THE TICKETY BOO 🤣 (Not got to episode 6 so I understand this reference)
he used to be called Crawley and he changed it to crowley snakes slither but also crawl but he didn't like that and changed to something like a bird because he secretly misses his wings