#tadfield

This was SOOO much harder than I thought it would be😭😭

Local news reporter for BBC Oxford, Don Kincaid (aka Mobius for his sports podcast) meets an insufferable YouTube ghost hunter that's just descended upon Tadfield to investigate the many, many paranormal stories there. Little does anyone know Loki is actually a non-believer, but Tadfield may just make a true believer out of him. And maybe, a believer in love as well?

disclaimer: I'll be doing a lot of stating the obvious here but that's just cuz I'm covering everything which will probably makes this too long for anyone's attention span

Also I haven't finished this completely but I've got too much to do at the moment so I thought I'd just post what I have so far so it doesn't just sit in my drafts perpetually and I might come back and edit later

It's no mystery that The Them are adjacent to The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse:

War → Pepper

Pollution → Brian

Famine → Wensleydale

Death → Adam

As we're reminded of it constantly throughout, starting with when we're introduced to them in Hogback wood at the end of episode 1.

Although it's easy to miss when we're first introduced to The Them Wensleydale is holding a potato and then near a set of scales as they stand round in shock watching dog appear. (we also know this because it's said in the book and also in the book when they're cycling to the airbase they stop to make their own makeshift versions of the things that were delivered to the four horsemen.)

I've circled the scales in front of Wensleydale bc idt they're very easy to see↓

Also Pepper and Brian are sword fighting - so War and her(/Aziraphale's) flaming sword & Brain is wearing a crown like the one delivered to Pollution.

Adam Young (The Antichrist)

In the book he is called The Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness. Although in the series this has been shortened to The Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Prince of This World, and Lord of Darkness.

Adam & The Omen

Adam is based heavily on Damien from The Omen which was originally a film written by David Seltzer in 1976 and was later adapted into a book also by Seltzer. Damien was adopted in secret by the American ambassador when his own son died shortly after birth and he was persuaded by the priest who worked at the hospital into pretending to his wife that this was their real son so he didn't have to tell her that her child was dead. This of course is what the baby mix-up with the Satanic Nuns of the Chattering Order of St Beryl was based on although I'm pretty certain that The Chattering order of St Beryl itself is based on Maria in The Sound of Music when she's pleading to the Mother Superior about allowing her to stay in the convent, which I'll probably talk about in a future post apart from showing you this video because that's of topic from The Them and this post is already going to be way too long anyway lol:

On Damien's 5th birthday strange things start to happen around him which I'm not gonna mention here otherwise I'll have to put a trigger warning and it's not strictly relevant anyway. But before anything does happen on his birthday, a big-ish black dog appeared and after that it stayed by Damien to protect him and others like that dog guarded areas that linked to him as his father attempted to find the truth.

So this is Dog the Hell Hound but without it becoming small and friendly.

There were then the films Damien II - Omen in 1978 and The Final Conflict in 1980 by 2 different people that followed on from the original. There are 5 total novels in the series, the first 3 being adaptions of these films. I've only watched the original film so I don't know how or if the others also inspired any aspects of Good Omens but I'd guess from the title of the last one 'The Final Conflict' it probably did (if anyone has watched them/has any ideas then lmk if you want!).

Adam was originally always going to be called William after the Just William novels by Richard Crompton that were published between 1922 and 1970. The short original story by neil gaiman that ended up being the foundation of our Good Omens before it was sent around to multiple people including Terry Pratchett was even called William the Antichrist!

Pepper

Full name: Pippin Galadriel Moonchild ⬇️

Peregrin Took AKA Pippin

This says more about her mother than Pepper herself, which is nice as we hear a lot about her mum and she has a bug influence on Peppers character but we never get to meet her

She is nicknamed Pepper because in the book her character has red hair and so many freckles that it has a pepper effect, also that her temper was quite peppery (as well as it making sense as a choice of name coming from Pippin)

Wensleydale

His first name is, or widely rumoured to be, Jeremy.

In the show when God tells us that the only thing that stands between Wensleydale and chartered accountancy is time, it makes it sound like that's because of his family or upbringing, especially as she also tells us that his parents had only ever referred to him as Youngster, emphasising their 'poshness' but in the book it reveals that they call him youngster in the hope that it might sink in and he might start to act more his age as he is described as being born with the brain of a 47 year old.

We have here Crowley on the bench reading the Tadfield Advertiser :)

The articles are:

...home ... in 45 years with a picture of a post box. Perhaps a letter found after a long time?

Norton Institute reports its highest intage of students since opening in 1888. but the picture is of the Trerice Manor.

Is apparently the article from Daily Express 16.04.2019: BILLIONS STILL OWED TO MILLIONS • Have you spoken up about the PPI compensation you may be owed? • We’re talking about billions of pounds owed to millions of people • Up to £7,000 could be owed to you* • Time is running out and you could miss your right to PPI repayment Our PPI check is FREE, so what are you waiting for?

Henderson Used Cars

Is Tadfield The Best Village In England, According to voters of latest "Best Village in England" poll Tadfield really is the loveliest place to live, Entirely perfect weather AGM for Tadfield

The picture is I think from Hambleden where Tadfield was shot in S1 :).