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** Michael believed it to be within the Supreme Archangel's authority, and thus started using the threat while she was trying to assert herself as Gabriel's replacement. However, the Metatron makes it clear that it's ''not'' actually in her authority. Presumably Gabriel knew that when he was still Supreme Archangel, and didn't suggest it because he knew it wasn't actually in his power.
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** Hell seems to work on the ''threat'' of consequences, much as contracts do here on Earth. Crowley explicitly told Aziraphale he was bluffing - he made up a rule and counted on Shax to believe him without checking for herself. The implication was that she could go ahead and break it, but there would literally be Hell to pay after.
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** I know you were asking rhetorically, but a top-of-the-line commercial espresso machine can easily cost as much as a new car, and there's always a healthy market for parts. (Then again, somebody stealing the machine probably wouldn't have any qualms about breaking those giant windows to get out.)
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* Why didn't the angels just erase Aziraphale and Crowley from the Book of Life after the failed executions? They were going to use it when Gabriel went missing, so it was clearly within their limited imagination.
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** The shop ''is'' in central London — it's not uncommon for shops in big cities to have extra security in case robbers ''assume'' there must be something valuable there just based on the location. [[EpilepticTrees Also]], Lindsay seems to be a bit of a paranoid control-freak, and may have insisted that Nina splurge for costly, cumbersome security she didn't really need.
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** Season 2 shows that some people in Hell ''were'' aware of it, and others tried to use it as an office-politics weapon against Crowley, but it didn't work. The implication is that higher-ups in Hell (lower downs?) don't really care.
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** At the time when they committed themselves to the plan of proxy-seducing Nina, they don't seem to have been aware that Lindsay existed. By the time they found out, she and Nina were already breaking up.
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** In [=S2E6=], Crowley briefly mentions that apparently when they do a miracle together it is particularly effective. Presumably this is either ThePowerOfLove, a YinYangBomb, or both.
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** What went wrong is they used it on Gabriel. Had it been say a human, probably simple and less energy. But using it on Gabriel was never going to be small.


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** Gabriel apologized sort of even if his memories were erased. Beelzebub is still a demon. As for the others not trying to bring it up. Well Metatron basically through a wrench. Should there be a season 3. The matter of the Apocalypse 2.0 has not been resolved.


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** This is what Nina's chat with Crowley is partially about. They duo weren't trying to get them together for believe in romance. It was for their own ends. That Lindsay and Nina's relationship was already on the way to ending was to make it seem less bad. But no, it was a selfish plan. Something we've seen the Angels engage in like with Job.


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** The show has established multiple times how Angels and Demons for as powerful they are, they lack imagination. Part of it due to how sheltered they are up stairs. It's what makes the guys on earth so effective.
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** It doesn't seem like they're capable of imagining another angel ''lying'' (and they may not even think it's possible.) Earlier, Aziraphale is able to get past their questions about Job's children this way, even though some of them suspected something was up.
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** Two possibilities spring to mind: A, the combination of Angel and Demonic actions made it unusual enough to sound the alarms. B, Crowley and Aziraphale just are not that competent at doing things quietly.
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* What went wrong with Crowley and Aziraphale's half-miracle? Why did it set off Heaven's alarm bells and rank the equivalent of 25 resurrections when they were both trying to do as little as possible? I kept thinking it would be revealed that a DIFFERENT miracle took place around the same time, but there was no such reveal.
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* When the pair make a project of proxy-seducing Nina, they simply do not consider what they may be doing to Lindsay.


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* When the pair make a project of proxy-seducing Nina, they simply do not consider what they may be doing to Lindsay.
** Indeed they don't. Just part and parcel of the whole plan being very ill-thought-out and thoughlessly invasive.
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*** I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that heavy fraternizing between an angel and devil is what got them in trouble in one of the minisodes.



*** I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that heavy fraternizing between an angel and devil is what got them in trouble in one of the minisodes.
*** [[https://neil-gaiman.tumblr.com/post/725409094745325568/hi-neil-ive-just-finished-watching-good-omens According]] to WordOfGod, Crowley kept the fact that he was now homeless a secret from Aziraphale.
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* Why would the inspector angel believe that Nina and Maggie are the kinds of people that are worth performing a miracle over? Wasn't some sort of verbal explanation needed?
** Angels are SuperGullible thanks to their lack of creative thinking.

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* Why would the inspector angel believe that Nina and Maggie are the kinds of people that are worth performing a miracle over? Wasn't some sort of verbal explanation needed?
** Angels are SuperGullible thanks to their lack of creative thinking.He is. However, he is a JerkassGenie using ExactWords. "As agreed, irrevocable eternal life on Earth… ''[[WhoWantsToLiveForever as zombies]]''."


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* Why would the inspector angel believe that Nina and Maggie are the kinds of people that are worth performing a miracle over? Wasn't some sort of verbal explanation needed?
** Angels are SuperGullible thanks to their lack of creative thinking.
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** Angels are SuperGullible thanks to their lack of creative thinking.
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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the season-wide theme of [[PoorCommunicationKills Crowley and Aziraphale failing to communicate healthily]], he CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")

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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the season-wide theme of [[PoorCommunicationKills Crowley and Aziraphale failing to communicate healthily]], he CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")

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** a) Why ''isn't'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

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** a) Why ''isn't'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im in his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.need.
*** I'm not entirely sure, but I believe that heavy fraternizing between an angel and devil is what got them in trouble in one of the minisodes.


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* When Furfur makes a deal with the Nazis, isn't he obliged to keep it by the same kind of contractual oral law that, Crowley seems to have weaponized against Shax in the penultimate episode? It seems like this universe holds people to the words they use.
* Why would the inspector angel believe that Nina and Maggie are the kinds of people that are worth performing a miracle over? Wasn't some sort of verbal explanation needed?
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* Why on Earth does an ordinary coffee shop need a security system that locks the place down completely in case of a power failure and can't be overridden with a manual key? Do they have a diamond-studded coffee maker or something like that there?
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* When the pair make a project of proxy-seducing Nina, they simply do not consider what they may be doing to Lindsay.
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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the season-wide theme of [[PoorCommunicationKills Crowley and Aziraphale failing to communicate healthily]], he CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car for four years, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")

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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the season-wide theme of [[PoorCommunicationKills Crowley and Aziraphale failing to communicate healthily]], he CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car for four years, car, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")
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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the term of PoorCommunicationKills, CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car for four years, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")

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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the term season-wide theme of PoorCommunicationKills, [[PoorCommunicationKills Crowley and Aziraphale failing to communicate healthily]], he CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car for four years, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")

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* Season 2 reveals that Crowley has been living out of his car since getting "fired" from Hell and the demon Shax moving into his flat - but even in-universe, that occurred several years ago. Why is he ''still'' living out of his car?

* There are actually two parts to this question:

* a) Why ''isn't'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

* b) Assuming one or both of them can't/don't want to live together for whatever reason, or that Crowley can't/doesn't want to live in the bookshop - why hasn't Crowley found another place after four years? The whole angels-demons-money thing is never really addressed, but he seems to be able to splash out on boozy meals at the Ritz easily enough, even after getting cut off from Hell. Or he could presumably trick a landlord into giving him a place for free or something. Surely he could somehow get a flat somewhere. So why is he still in his car?

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*** ThisTroper would personally hazard a guess that ''Crowley'' wants to move into the bookshop, but, feeding into the term of PoorCommunicationKills, CannotSpitItOut. And Aziraphale wouldn't dare make the first move. So Crowley, for four years now, has been dramatically moaning about how sad he is to have to live in the car for four years, and Aziraphale still hasn't caught on. (There's precedent for this. "I lost my best friend…" "Oh, s-so sorry to hear it.")
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* a) Why ''isnt'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

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* a) Why ''isnt'' ''isn't'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

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There are actually two parts to this question:
a) Why ''isnt'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

b) Assuming one or both of them can't/don't want to live together for whatever reason, or that Crowley can't/doesn't want to live in the bookshop - why hasn't Crowley found another place after four years? The whole angels-demons-money thing is never really addressed, but he seems to be able to splash out on boozy meals at the Ritz easily enough, even after getting cut off from Hell. Or he could presumably trick a landlord into giving him a place for free or something. Surely he could somehow get a flat somewhere. So why is he still in his car?

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Why ''isnt'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

b) *b) Assuming one or both of them can't/don't want to live together for whatever reason, or that Crowley can't/doesn't want to live in the bookshop - why hasn't Crowley found another place after four years? The whole angels-demons-money thing is never really addressed, but he seems to be able to splash out on boozy meals at the Ritz easily enough, even after getting cut off from Hell. Or he could presumably trick a landlord into giving him a place for free or something. Surely he could somehow get a flat somewhere. So why is he still in his car?
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* Season 2 reveals that Crowley has been living out of his car since getting "fired" from Hell and the demon Shax moving into his flat - but even in-universe, that occurred several years ago. Why is he ''still'' living out of his car?

There are actually two parts to this question:
a) Why ''isnt'' Crowley living with Aziraphale? It seems like he spends a lot of time at the bookshop as it is, they're both comfortable with him being there, Aziraphale even obliquely refers to it as "their place" in the conversation about "their car". Moreover, Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley is living im his car (helping move his plants back and forth), and it's hard to believe he'd never offer up his own place to his friend in need.

b) Assuming one or both of them can't/don't want to live together for whatever reason, or that Crowley can't/doesn't want to live in the bookshop - why hasn't Crowley found another place after four years? The whole angels-demons-money thing is never really addressed, but he seems to be able to splash out on boozy meals at the Ritz easily enough, even after getting cut off from Hell. Or he could presumably trick a landlord into giving him a place for free or something. Surely he could somehow get a flat somewhere. So why is he still in his car?
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** Arguably, neither was fully to blame: as demonstrated by Gabriel's summary trial, going against the will of the other Archangels (who certainly wanted to punish Aziraphale) would not have gone well for him at the time, or saved anybody. And given the parallels, we can infer that the same goes for Beelzebub. But even if Crowley and Aziraphale don't ''actually'' forgive them, what are they going to do? Both parties are extremely powerful entities, who seem perfectly happy to bugger off to Alpha Centauri and never get into anyone's hair again. Better to go along with it and hurry them on their way, than to antagonise them and risk more trouble. Self-preservation beats revenge.
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* At the end of the season, it is revealed that Gabriel and Beelzebub were conspiring with opposite number on the other side in order to avert the Apocalypse. In other words, the very crime that they had ordered Aziraphale and Crowley executed for at the end of the previous season. Yet neither of them show any sign of acknowledgement of the inherent hypocrisy, or any remorse for trying to kill two people for something they themselves ended up doing. Why didn't Crowley try to get Gabriel to do the "I Was Wrong" dance?

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