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No OP, I don't think you're crazy, I've been screaming about this to my only other irl friend that watches the series how much I believe and down right just KNOW that Metatron not only has it out for Crowley for not following instruction like a good little angel and he was the reason that Crowley fell.

I mean, we don't even know why most demons fell (the actual reason, since obviously those that fell, including Crowley, were in the revelion with Lucifer AKA Satan), like Furfur seems half decent, and Eric is just a sweetheart all around.

I dunno, I'm really suspicious of the whole Heaven/Hell industrial complex, starting with the Metatron, because I do believe that there is a bigger reason for God to do what they're doing (with the whole ineffable plan TM) and it has something to do with free will more than anything (maybe if I manage to gather all of my thoughts cohesively I'll write a meta).

But yeah, I'm almost certain that the Metatron has his own agenda going on in the background.

The Metatron is responsible for Crowley falling.

In the first episode Crowley says that there should be a suggestion box so that they can advise God on their plan. The closest thing to a 'suggestion box' is the Metatron as he is the 'Voice of God' and a direct link to them.

So, Crowley makes the nebula and then goes to make a suggestion by praying or whatever and instead of talking to God, the Metatron answers Crowley instead. THATS HOW CROWLEY RECOGNISES HIM.

In the last episode the Metatron asks Aziraphale how Crowley took the news and he responded 'not well'. The Metatron then says 'Ah, well, he did want to go his own way. Always asking damn fool questions, too.' AND HE KNEW THAT BECAUSE CROWLEY IS THE ONE WHO SUGGESTED THE SUGGESTIONS TO THE METATRON WHICH INTERN RESULTS IN CROWLEY FALLING.

METATRON YOU BASTARD!! HOW COULD YOU, THEY WERE ONLY ASKING QUESTIONS!!!

Am I crazy?

I just wanna say that I love this discussion and in general I DO think that Mrs. Cheng is a bit... weird, even when compared to the other people (that are somewhat peculiar) of that little corner in Soho.

That being said, the only thing I can add to this conversation is that whether or not Mrs. Cheng is God (would be interesting if she is, why else give her the type of focus shown in the show if she doesn't end up being important), is that God is dead and the Metatron killed Them (I'm only half joking)

Ms. Cheng

Okay so this might be a bit out there, but there's something about this moment that I can't stop thinking about.

Why do we have a particular moment of Ms. Cheng STOPPING and LOOKING WORRIED on her way into the bookshop? It feels like maybe she's noticing something. (s2e5 22:03)

This moment is giving me a similar feeling to another scene.

^This is the moment when Gabriel's file plays "However, I am the only First-Order Archangel in the room, or, you know, the Universe..." and we get THIS shot of Crowley. It's quite an odd shot, but it's there FOR A REASON. It has to be. The shot could've remained as a wider shot, but it didn't. (s2e6 09:22)

Back to Ms. Cheng. We don't get a lot of information about her, nor do we see her very often on screen. She's a very minor character, that's for sure, but something about that moment seems so significant. Perhaps she's just very in tune with the metaphysical (re: angels/demons), or perhaps she's not who she seems to be at all. Could she be God? Or could she be some other kind of entity?

God doesn't narrate the second season. Perhaps there's more to that than just a simple change of delivery style. Perhaps God went down to Earth after Armageddidn't and has been living on Earth. Perhaps she was curious about this little planet? Perhaps she needed to get away from Heaven? Perhaps Metatron is up to more fuckery than the audience is aware of? We all know the Metatron is an ass and throws his weight around as the Voice of God (TM), but is he actually in touch with her? Does he actually communicate with her? Or is he staging or has he staged a hostile takeover?

Or, perhaps, Ms. Cheng is someone else entirely that's been keeping an eye on Aziraphale and Crowley? Who knows!

holy fuck

The 3 Falls of Anthony J Crowley

So far, Crowley has told three different stories to three different audiences about why he Fell, and there's some important information that can be inferred from them. Let's get nerdy.

(Nb. C. 25% of this is from a previous post I made about Crowley's memory problems.)

Here's Crowley's 1st story (gifs courtesy of Fuck Yeah Good Omens), in 1867:

In Book Omens this line is narration about Crowley, and means that Crowley didn't embrace evil and side with Hell so much as he just wasn't into the whole Heaven shindig.

In Show Omens, this phrase becomes a little more fraught, because Crowley says it about himself, and he says it to Aziraphale.

Aziraphale has just disagreed with Crowley's assertion that the two of them have a lot in common. Az thinks Crowley means their origins as angels, and demurs, "I don't know. We may have both started off as angels, but you are fallen."

But what Crowley means, as we find out in pretty much every other scene the two of them share in S1 and S2, is that that he and Aziraphale have a lot in common now, in their current positions. He wants Aziraphale to see him as a friend--and to be his friend--so he elides the difference his Fallenness makes to Aziraphale, all "Ehhh, it wasn't really a fall kind of Fall, it wasn't that bad."

Also, given the conversation they have in the Final Fifteen, I feel like his phrasing is kind of important here, because falling is not voluntary, but sauntering is. In saying this Crowley is claiming that to some degree he chose to reject Heaven.

It's entirely possible that Crowley may have been lying to Aziraphale in 1867--he is, as he says, a demon, and he's lied to him before to make something bad seem less bad--but maybe not. Remember what the Metatron says about Crowley:

And this is another interesting point: The Metatron knew Crowley as an angel. The Metatron. The being who, after shepherding Aziraphale out of the bookshop, turned back and looked at Crowley with hate.

(And tense music playing, in case you weren't sure.)

So maybe that's it. Maybe Crowley just chose to be on his own side.

But in 2019, and addressing God, Crowley's story of his Fall is slightly different:

I think we can take this as Crowley's sincere belief. It's unlikely that he would lie when speaking to God, because that is Aziraphale's job because he doesn't have any reason to do so: God hasn't been listening to Crowley for 6,000 years at this point, and if She were listening, lying would not work. So Crowley probably believes he's telling the truth here with this story: Crowley believes one reason he Fell is that he asked questions.

But is he right?

Another line from the Metatron:

The Metatron seems to speak of Crowley's habit of asking questions as though he finds it obnoxious rather than damning, so maybe the questions weren't the problem. Then again we know that the Metatron is a lying piece of shit and an authoritarian who doesn't want his regime questioned, willing to erase memories and destroy lives to cover up the 'institutional problem' that Heaven doesn't know what the Plan is and is run by a handful of warmongers who want everyone dead or indentured.

Either way, this is the third time in the series someone has talked about the problem of Crowley asking questions, so my guess is his questions were probably a salient feature of his Fall.

Onward!

Before we look at the 3rd story, remember that we have strong evidence now that Crowley has had his memories erased by Heaven.

But we also know Furfur, another demon, still has his memories. Inference: Heaven don't erase the memories of every angel who Falls. This suggests that Heaven erased Crowley's memories because he had knowledge in those memories Heaven didn't want him to have anymore.

This may not be specific knowledge. We know Crowley has a high security clearance in Heaven and therefore must have been a high-ranking angel, and we know he created a nebula with Saraqael, so presumably there was a lot of stuff in his head Heaven wanted stripped out.

But I think there was something specific, and here's why. Firstly, there's no reason to assume that importance in Heaven is a guarantee of importance in Hell. Furfur could have been a high-ranking angel too before ending up an admin in Hell. (Hell does not seem to be any more of a meritocracy than Heaven does.)

Secondly, it's clear that Crowley doesn't know his memories have been erased. If he knew, then when Furfur says "We were in the same Legion? Just before the Fall? Doing dubious battle on the Plains of Heaven? Remember?" he'd say something like "Don't be stupid, of course I don't remember, Heaven erased my memories."

Instead he says,

Now, maybe Crowley is just being a dick here. Certainly we're supposed to take it that way until he goes up to Heaven with Muriel and doesn't remember Saraqael either.

But what if he's being truthful? If Crowley is being honest (and a dick), that would mean the Fash didn't erase all of Crowley's memories of his time in Heaven. We know this because Furfur says he and Crowley fought together "on the Plains of Heaven," and "just before the Fall" [emphasis added].

This suggests that Maybe Heaven didn't erase time from Crowley's memory. Maybe they erased people.

Okay, now here's Crowley's 3rd story about how he Fell:

It's a cute line, but what if it's not just a throwaway joke referencing what people say about kids who go down the wrong path and become criminals?

Crowley mutters this 3rd story to himself, so we can be confident Crowley believes this to be true. But Crowley doesn't know who the wrong people are. He doesn't know whose company got him thrown out of Heaven, because his memories of all those people have been taken from him.

And taken together, these three stories and Crowley's stolen memories suggest a bigger, more disturbing inference: Crowley doesn't know why he Fell. (Or sauntered vaguely downwards.)

Like Crowley, Job was once a favorite of God. But he has fallen out of that favor and been delivered to demons for reasons God refuses to tell him.

We the audience are meant to draw a parallel between Job and Crowley. We know this not just because of the speech Crowley cathartically gives Job's goats, in which everything he says to the goats can be just as easily applied to Job or himself, but from two other indications. Here's one:

Job is wearing Crowley's color.

The other is the minisode title, "A Companion to Owls." This phrase comes from the Book of Job, specifically Job 30:29. Job, lamenting what has happened to him, says,

 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

In Biblical symbolism, dragon=serpent=snake=demon. And in some Mesopotamian beliefs--one of them Judaism--owls were associated with demons as well:

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So the Job of the Bible is saying in this verse the same thing the Job of Good Omens says: God has forsaken me and delivered me to demons. Or even: God has forsaken me and I am now being treated like demons are treated.

And he's also saying something else. In the Bible, owls symbolize loneliness, desolation, and solitude. They're consistently depicted as living in barren, abandoned, isolated places. Seriously. Go search owl(s) in a Biblical concordance and read all 30 entries: it comes up a lot. If you're a companion to owls, you're alone (except for the owls) in the wilderness. You're forsaken.

WHOMST do we know whose signal color is yellow, who's a brother of demons, and who admits at the end of the episode that being alone and forsaken in the wilderness is lonely?

So. Job, a character whose claim to fame is that God punished him and he didn't know why, is a mirror character to Crowley. This on its own isn't enough to say definitely that Crowley doesn't know why he Fell, but combined with the three different stories he tells about his Fall, I think there's enough textual evidence to conclude that Crowley isn't entirely sure why he fell; he only has educated guesses. Either he knew and the memory was erased, or he was never told at all.

My question about Crowley's Fall is this: Who pushed him?

Was Crowley's Fall an act of God Herself, or was it an act of Heaven? What did the fucking Metatron have to do with it? What was Crowley's crime? When Aziraphale takes charge of Heaven and the Second Coming, will he read Crowley's file?

I don't think that Crowley didn't get the message. it feels like after some point Crowley does in fact realize what is going on.

in the scene which Aziraphale is trying to "make Crowley reconsider the offer" Crowley seems to be looking at the window and staring at someone possibly, the Metatron.

later on, Aziraphale tries again by saying "I don't think you understand what I'm offering you."

which Crowley responds to by saying "I think I understand a whole lot better than you do", that seems to suggest that he did in fact realize what what Aziraphale was trying to tell him.

at this moment if you look closely, you can see how Aziraphale also takes a small glance at the Metatron and with somewhat of a relief responds to Crowley "well… then there is nothing more to say." indicating that they both got the message across successfully.

Wait what the hell is Aziraphale mouthing here. Lip-readers sound off!!

This is RIGHT before "The Metatron! I don't think he's as bad a fellow - well I think I might have misjudged him."

His line was: "I, um... [mouthing something]" THEN the above line.

This can't be nothing. Can it? "We need to get out"??? Not sure.

Further deep dive on the most painful conversation I've ever seen:

Azi makes the most INTENSE EYE CONTACT I'VE EVER SEEN during "I think I might have misjudged him."

"PLEASE HEAR WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU RIGHT NOW."

After a few intercuts with the flashbacks we get to the really painful bit.

"He said that I could appoint you... to be an angel." His voice is so strained and high pitched even for him, here.

"Like the old times, only even NICER!"

The super nice old times where you couldn't be together at all, eh?

Crowley starts his confession and we get the "What the blazes is he doing?" face as he starts to realize Crowley is NOT picking up on any of this. Azi's breathing heavily here, revealing how very stressed the fuck out he is.

After this point is when things get really hard to interpret. Aziraphale sounds so genuine about "Come with me!" and "We can make a difference, I'll run it and you'll be my second in command." It feels like Crowley starting his very real confession broke through the charade of 'The Metatron knows something and we're in fucking danger'.

He blathers about Angels and Doing Good before breaking again, letting the "I need you!" slip. We get this HALF A SECOND look of the most profound sadness right before the "I don't think you understand what I'm offering you."

"You idiot. We could have been us."

Azi looks like he can't believe just how badly this went. This is right before he looks away.

OH NO NOW I'VE SEEN CROWLEY'S FACE RIGHT WHEN HE STARTS TO GO OVER FOR THE KISS AH MY FEELS

Azi is not hiding his emotions well, right before the grab:

Then of course we get the I Forgive You, which sounds like his most bitter one yet. A flash of anger and resentment, frustration, immediately followed by remorse and grief.

Having seen all that, my best guess now is:

Metatron made the (barely) veiled De Facto Partnership threats, implying he knows about the body swap and, implicitly, threatening Crowley with Holy Water, at least to some extent.

Aziraphale tries his damnedest to communicate to Crowley that Something is Fucking Wrong and they Have to Go to Heaven to Fix It.

Crowley, having been primed by the various chats with Nina and then the 2v1 chat with Nina and Maggie RIGHT before this, clearly timed by the Metatron, fully misses all of this and takes it all at face value.

Crowley starts to give his confession and Aziraphale realizes what he's trying to say, tries to adjust his Heaven Pitch to hinge on staying together as a team to fix things."

"You cannot leave this bookshop." "Nothing lasts forever." Azi has chosen the worst way to make another attempt at saying he has no choice but to leave the bookshop. I don't think this is about the Second Coming, given his reaction to the info later.

Everything deteriorates from there as Aziraphale tries again to imply something is Fucking Wrong by going back to the "Angels! Doing good!" shtick, but it's too late. It's always too late.

"I don't think you understand what I'm offering you." He doesn't but Azi is also communicating it very badly, likely because the Metatron is indeed watching.

Crowley thinks this is all real so he gives his No Nightingales line, etc etc. Aziraphale can tell there's no fixing this, gives up.

Crowley swoops in with The Kiss as a last ditch effort to get Azi to listen. Azi WAS listening, but cannot respond other than in anger and frustration that Crowley, in his view, refuses to listen to him again, has called him an idiot again. This happens multiple times throughout the show so there's history to fuel that assumption.

This is the precise outcome the Metatron was vying for, to split them up and emotionally/psychologically weaken them, to ensure there was no chance of a united front as there was for Armageddidn't.

My heart hurts, ow.

Okay This Might Be Stupid: A Comparison of Adam Young and Aziraphale for Clarity Sake

Now I don't mean a comparison of their characters to say one was better than the others. It's more so a comparison of their personal relationships with Heaven and Hell. A comparison of how those relationships/connections formed their most impactful decisions with incredibly powerful beings.

Now...lets start with Adam Young and his relationship with Hell.

...crickets

It doesn't exist. Adam Young had literally no relation to hell other than Satan being his biological father. He had his friends and his family and Hogback Woods. Nobody in Hell really came up to talk to him and Adam didn't KNOW he was the son of Satan either until he started coming into his power OR until the devil showed up.

Adam Young has no connection to hell aside from Biology, and Hell has no connection to him. Of course he was able to stand up to his Father and Heaven and Hell and his own Destiny.

Because he's so brave- I love Adam so much

Aziraphale and Crowleys talk with him gave him a bit more confidence

HELL HAS NO HOLD ON HIM

They couldn't sway him even if he wanted to. Beelzebub TRIED sure offering to him that he'd get to rule the world. But he didn't want it anymore. He was able to break away from what was written and make his own Destiny.

Now...Aziraphale and Heaven.

Heaven has so much hold on Aziraphale- it's something else.

Emotionally, Physically, Mentally- Heaven is his foundation and fundamentals. They fed him the most rigid and incorrect ideas and lies and when he starts breaking from the mold they reprimand and belittle him until he's back into the shape they want him in.

They can watch him whenever they want. They already watch his miracles and got upset for having too many "frivolous" ones. They can pick and choose whatever they wish to do to/with him. He knew NOTHING of Jobs trials until the day it happened and the acted as though he was an idiot for not understanding.

HEAVEN has a hold on Aziraphale. Oh they have the strongest hold on Aziraphale- millions of years in the making. So strong that we can see the indent lines from their cold callous fists in Aziraphales words and ideals throughout history.

So of course the Metatron could come down, manipulate Aziraphale, and get EXACTLY what he wanted for him. OF COURSE it's that easy for them to do.

When it's said Aziraphale had no choice- we don't mean the Metaton tied him down or beat his ass and screamed "GO TO HEAVEN! NOW!"

It means his going to Heaven was NEVER a choice to begin with. The Metatron did not come down from HEAVEN to ask a yes or no question. He wasn't gonna leave without a souvenir- the tartan wearing Angel made of the clay heaven can mold however they like.

Oftentimes when a parent asks you to do something- it is not a question. It is a statement- an order- formed as a question for MAYBE the sake of politeness. But there is no NO option.

When the METATRON comes down from Heaven and offered you the position of Supreme Archangel so perfectly and carefully gift wrapped and catered towards you there is no NO option. There is no version of that conversation where Aziraphale would have said no.

So...can we stop calling Aziraphale an idiot or an asshole or something for doing what was set in stone the moment the Metatron walked into the bookshop.

TOODLEOO!

The Narrator of Season 2

I love Sendarya's videos about analysis Good Omens and all the good stuff she does (thank you a lot @sendarya for Good Omens's got Talent and for all your work). Then I founded this question on her Youtube channel : where is God in Season 2 ?

First of all, the narrations between Season 1 and Season 2 are very different.

S1 : God is the narrator and speaks to us, the spectators. She is omnicient and tells us what's happening everywhere at the same time with every characters (the four kids, Warlock, Newt, Anathema, Aziraphale, Crowley, Heaven, Hell). God does a lot of jokes in Her narration, as She says She smiles a lot during a game that nobody understands except Her. She is an interesting character we supposed to like. She's mysterious, funny, tries to explain us what's happening everywhere in a way we can understand. She's also able to explain what the characters are feeling inside their heart.

S2 : We don't hear God's voice, we just follow Aziraphale and Crowley more closely, even if we still can see what's happening in different places (Nina & Maggie, in Hell with Shaks, in Heaven with archangels). We have no clue about what the feelings of the characters are, as we used to hear in season 1.

Those elements leads me to a conclusion : God is not the narrator, of course, because why would She change Her way of speaking and joking ? Why would She complicate the understanding of the characters and our understanding about the story ?

Second conclusion : there is a narrator, because there is always a narration that's dicted by the present. When something happens in the present, we have a flashback linked to that. For example, when Aziraphale goes alone to Edimburgh with the Bentley, we have the flashback in the graveyard about the resurectionist, linked to this place.

Third conclusion : the narrator doesn't speak to us, and this can only mean that the narrator doesn't know we are here. It's obvious if you consider that God knows everything, even the viewers presence. But the narrator from Season 2 is not able to know that, or to know what's going on everywhere without any help.

From that, I have to explain something important about the book ! In the series, when Adam refuses to start Armageddon, Gabriel and Belzebub decide to come to make him starting it. In the book, this scene is different : instead of Gabriel, the Metatron comes to explain that Adam has to do what's the Great Plan is.

And just with that, we can all see the problem.

Aziraphale tricks them by saying "Are you sure this is the Inneffable Plan ?", and Metatron doesn't know that AT ALL. The tricks works on him ! He explains that must be the same thing as the Great Plan, but Crowley and Aziraphale just follow their opinion by saying that God is the only one who can know about that, with the little smirk they love to show. Metatron then explains that he has some questions to ask and goes away. why the changing ?

The only explanation to me is this one : Metatron is the narrator of Season 2.

METATRON IS NARRATOR OF SEASON 2

They introduce the concept of Book of Life, that we never see in the show. But someone in the show could have an access to this book, not for editing, but for seeing what's written in it, so this someone can use the past as a knowledge to do the best in the future.

We know that Metatron is manipulative toward Aziraphale, but the only thing he couldn't know is the reason why Aziraphale tried to stop Armageddon. Then, he understands Crowley had a huge role in this, and consider both as a team he has to destroy.

To destroy that team, he had to understand why they are a team, and how to separate them. What's the best way to do that ? Watching through the Book of Life what happened in Aziraphale's past of course !

Did you notice that we only follow Aziraphale during the flashback ? We never follow Crowley, as if we were there to see Aziraphale, to investigate about Aziraphale, about who he is, how he reacts and how he lives.

We never follow Crowley as a protagonist in the flashbacks, except during the first minutes, Before the Beggining. There is a theory about the Falling, saying that all the fallen angels had their past erased from the Book of Life (this is why Crowley has trouble to remember his old life and says "I'm not the angel you knew"). that could explain why Metatron doesn't have flashbacks with Crowley as a protagonist, but we can also think that Metatron doesn't give a sh*t about Crowley, and only wants to know about Aziraphale so he could take him back to Heaven.

This way allows Metatron to use manipulation in order to convince Aziraphale to do something he wouldn't without Metatron.

Metatron isn't omniscient and can't see future and past, like God does. Metatron can't see everywhere at the same time, like God does. The only thing that can make him sure to have Aziraphale on Heaven's side is manipulating him.

You have my thoughts, what do you think about it ?

I forgot to write it, but I also think that the reason why Crowley is the protagonist of the first flashback ISN'T because Metatron was watching him directly before the War. There is several possible reasons according to people :

The Metatron was aware of Crowley's novel ideas and wanted to put a stop to them, but first needed to witness them to know how to react.

Metatron knew from God that Crowley would fall.

Angel Crowley was supposed to get a better place in Heaven. Metatron could have heard about him from other angels who were surprised by his uniqueness in finding new ideas, but by investigating himself and seeing that his ideas are problematic Metatron may have abandoned the idea.

...but even if this idea is interesting, I think it is not possible, for the simple reason that we see the characters too closely and we hear clearly what they say. Metatron is visible from afar, Aziraphale and Crowley would have noticed him.

I still think it's about Metatron reading the Book of Life, to learn more about the connection between Aziraphale and Crowley. The only difference is the purpose between Aziraphale's flashbacks and Crowley's only flashback as a protagonist.

Aziraphale's flashbacks all have the same theme : a meeting with Crowley that went well and strengthened their bond.

It is normal for the Metatron to wonder how this relationship came to be.

Metatron, however, cannot understand Crowley and his stubbornness in going to find Aziraphale as soon as he has the chance.

Metatron understands that he must also see Crowley's point of view about Aziraphale.

Just as Metatron analyzed the best times Aziraphale had with Crowley, Metatron decides to see the best times Crowley had with Aziraphale.

Metatron realizes that Crowley's best time with Aziraphale was their first meeting, the one that changed everything in Crowley's eternity. This allowed him to start thinking about the meaning of everything. Questioning things is Crowley's greatest freedom throughout the series.

Since the series features non-stop situational comedy, I think it would be funny if Metatron searched for the best moment in Crowley's life, realizing that it was the moment when he began to doubt Heaven for at least ultimately fall because of this. This could have pissed off the Metatron. He would have moved on to Aziraphale quickly, out of disdain for Crowley. Classic Metatron... 😏

The Narrator of Season 2

I love Sendarya's videos about analysis Good Omens and all the good stuff she does (thank you a lot @sendarya for Good Omens's got Talent and for all your work). Then I founded this question on her Youtube channel : where is God in Season 2 ?

First of all, the narrations between Season 1 and Season 2 are very different.

S1 : God is the narrator and speaks to us, the spectators. She is omnicient and tells us what's happening everywhere at the same time with every characters (the four kids, Warlock, Newt, Anathema, Aziraphale, Crowley, Heaven, Hell). God does a lot of jokes in Her narration, as She says She smiles a lot during a game that nobody understands except Her. She is an interesting character we supposed to like. She's mysterious, funny, tries to explain us what's happening everywhere in a way we can understand. She's also able to explain what the characters are feeling inside their heart.

S2 : We don't hear God's voice, we just follow Aziraphale and Crowley more closely, even if we still can see what's happening in different places (Nina & Maggie, in Hell with Shaks, in Heaven with archangels). We have no clue about what the feelings of the characters are, as we used to hear in season 1.

Those elements leads me to a conclusion : God is not the narrator, of course, because why would She change Her way of speaking and joking ? Why would She complicate the understanding of the characters and our understanding about the story ?

Second conclusion : there is a narrator, because there is always a narration that's dicted by the present. When something happens in the present, we have a flashback linked to that. For example, when Aziraphale goes alone to Edimburgh with the Bentley, we have the flashback in the graveyard about the resurectionist, linked to this place.

Third conclusion : the narrator doesn't speak to us, and this can only mean that the narrator doesn't know we are here. It's obvious if you consider that God knows everything, even the viewers presence. But the narrator from Season 2 is not able to know that, or to know what's going on everywhere without any help.

From that, I have to explain something important about the book ! In the series, when Adam refuses to start Armageddon, Gabriel and Belzebub decide to come to make him starting it. In the book, this scene is different : instead of Gabriel, the Metatron comes to explain that Adam has to do what's the Great Plan is.

And just with that, we can all see the problem.

Aziraphale tricks them by saying "Are you sure this is the Inneffable Plan ?", and Metatron doesn't know that AT ALL. The tricks works on him ! He explains that must be the same thing as the Great Plan, but Crowley and Aziraphale just follow their opinion by saying that God is the only one who can know about that, with the little smirk they love to show. Metatron then explains that he has some questions to ask and goes away. why the changing ?

The only explanation to me is this one : Metatron is the narrator of Season 2.

METATRON IS NARRATOR OF SEASON 2

They introduce the concept of Book of Life, that we never see in the show. But someone in the show could have an access to this book, not for editing, but for seeing what's written in it, so this someone can use the past as a knowledge to do the best in the future.

We know that Metatron is manipulative toward Aziraphale, but the only thing he couldn't know is the reason why Aziraphale tried to stop Armageddon. Then, he understands Crowley had a huge role in this, and consider both as a team he has to destroy.

To destroy that team, he had to understand why they are a team, and how to separate them. What's the best way to do that ? Watching through the Book of Life what happened in Aziraphale's past of course !

Did you notice that we only follow Aziraphale during the flashback ? We never follow Crowley, as if we were there to see Aziraphale, to investigate about Aziraphale, about who he is, how he reacts and how he lives.

We never follow Crowley as a protagonist in the flashbacks, except during the first minutes, Before the Beggining. There is a theory about the Falling, saying that all the fallen angels had their past erased from the Book of Life (this is why Crowley has trouble to remember his old life and says "I'm not the angel you knew"). that could explain why Metatron doesn't have flashbacks with Crowley as a protagonist, but we can also think that Metatron doesn't give a sh*t about Crowley, and only wants to know about Aziraphale so he could take him back to Heaven.

This way allows Metatron to use manipulation in order to convince Aziraphale to do something he wouldn't without Metatron.

Metatron isn't omniscient and can't see future and past, like God does. Metatron can't see everywhere at the same time, like God does. The only thing that can make him sure to have Aziraphale on Heaven's side is manipulating him.

You have my thoughts, what do you think about it ?

“I’m pissed off is what I am!”

Alan Rickman as the Metatron. Based on my favourite behind-the-scenes photo from the set of Dogma. 

He looks a little more angry than I intended ... but then I’m pretty angry too. Cancer can just sod right off.

This is my first proper(ish) attempt at digital drawing. I can’t think of a more fitting subject than my hero. 

Since I haven't seen this one yet-

Had to put it out there.

you just know that insanely powerful miracle aziraphale and crowley conjured to hide gabriel scared the absolute shit out of the metatron. if given the time to really think it over, there’s no way crowley wouldn’t have puzzled out that together he and aziraphale managed one of the most wickedly powerful miracles ever— while they were actively trying NOT to conjure a wickedly powerful miracle. can you imagine what they could have done if they’d actually put in some effort?? the metatron was PANICKED. he was in such a fit he elevatored all the way down to earth to break them up PERSONALLY.