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Flights of Fanciful Fandom: Good Omens
Jul. 30th, 2023 11:09 amI love having Good Omens on DVD. Being able to plunge into the commentary, watch the episodes, pausing at my own pace without being pushed into the flow of the stream. Streaming is very nice for watching things for the first and only time, but being a fangirl who likes to return to favorite series and moments again and again, it’s a delight to own these discs.
I found myself able to pause and study God’s card game with the babies; noticing for the first time that Baby A was the Ace of Spades, Baby B was the Jack of Clubs, and Baby C was the King of Hearts, appreciating the detail and the fact that God doesn’t allow the viewer to see all her moves. :)
I speculated about Baby B’s adventures after being wheeled away. Yes, it could have been Baby A, Arthur and Deirdre’s son, but I like to imagine it was the ambassador’s actual son, paralleling events of The Omen. A horrible fate of the child’s fat being harvested for a warlock’s spells was averted by Crowley running down the warlock when said villain set the baby’s basket down for a moment. A goth child hanging out in the graveyard found the baby and took him home. The goth child (who would later be in bed with the owner of the power plant) wanted to call the baby Damian, but their parents called the foundling Brian. Thus Brian ended up close to the Antichrist, even if he wasn’t the Antichrist himself, and was actually the son of the American ambassador, not Warlock.
The moment Adam acknowledged Arthur Young as his real dad may very well have erased the third baby or erased the Antichrist. This means there was only two babies in the reformed universe; the Youngs’s and the ambassador’s.
This erases the other idea I had of young Warlock having a genetic test, only to discover his parents aren’t his parents. He might come looking for Deirdre and Arthur, his biological parents, only to find Adam, this interloper living with them. Or he might try to kill Adam, thinking he’s the actual son of the ambassador and legally entitled to his inheritance. After all, Warlock was raised with Crowley and Aziraphale both influencing him, having the potential for either good or evil.
Warlock might miss his nanny and his gardener. He might try to find them, only to cross Adam’s path.
What Neil Gaiman came up with for Good Omens 2 was much better than anything I speculated. I had a feeling there’d be more flashbacks with Crowley and Aziraphale. Wow, did we ever begin with a beauty, following the theme of Crowley and Aziraphale questioning Heaven and Hell’s plans, bonding as they did. Much of what happened was a delightful surprise. It was great seeing certain actors return as different characters. The speculative, suspicious part of my brain wonders if they’re truly different people or just altered by the Apocalypse, hellish, or heavenly design.
It’s been a delight to watch. I look forward to seeing more!
I found myself able to pause and study God’s card game with the babies; noticing for the first time that Baby A was the Ace of Spades, Baby B was the Jack of Clubs, and Baby C was the King of Hearts, appreciating the detail and the fact that God doesn’t allow the viewer to see all her moves. :)
I speculated about Baby B’s adventures after being wheeled away. Yes, it could have been Baby A, Arthur and Deirdre’s son, but I like to imagine it was the ambassador’s actual son, paralleling events of The Omen. A horrible fate of the child’s fat being harvested for a warlock’s spells was averted by Crowley running down the warlock when said villain set the baby’s basket down for a moment. A goth child hanging out in the graveyard found the baby and took him home. The goth child (who would later be in bed with the owner of the power plant) wanted to call the baby Damian, but their parents called the foundling Brian. Thus Brian ended up close to the Antichrist, even if he wasn’t the Antichrist himself, and was actually the son of the American ambassador, not Warlock.
The moment Adam acknowledged Arthur Young as his real dad may very well have erased the third baby or erased the Antichrist. This means there was only two babies in the reformed universe; the Youngs’s and the ambassador’s.
This erases the other idea I had of young Warlock having a genetic test, only to discover his parents aren’t his parents. He might come looking for Deirdre and Arthur, his biological parents, only to find Adam, this interloper living with them. Or he might try to kill Adam, thinking he’s the actual son of the ambassador and legally entitled to his inheritance. After all, Warlock was raised with Crowley and Aziraphale both influencing him, having the potential for either good or evil.
Warlock might miss his nanny and his gardener. He might try to find them, only to cross Adam’s path.
What Neil Gaiman came up with for Good Omens 2 was much better than anything I speculated. I had a feeling there’d be more flashbacks with Crowley and Aziraphale. Wow, did we ever begin with a beauty, following the theme of Crowley and Aziraphale questioning Heaven and Hell’s plans, bonding as they did. Much of what happened was a delightful surprise. It was great seeing certain actors return as different characters. The speculative, suspicious part of my brain wonders if they’re truly different people or just altered by the Apocalypse, hellish, or heavenly design.
It’s been a delight to watch. I look forward to seeing more!
