#the elevator

I can't believe I've drawn elevator fanart, I don't know what to do with myself.

So yeah, I had very high standards  relating how juicy the image was going to be. That said, am I disappointed? Not in the slightest. Because this is so fucking on brand with the show' s humour and writing style I'm face-palming over the screen. It contains multitudes and allows for so much speculating room that whatever pattern you might have seen in stills 1 & 2 could very well hold true. Think about it: the image we have been given is so deceptively minimalistic it could fit EVERYWHERE. In the Job minisode we see Aziraphale going to heaven in that same lift, so it can still be a flashback, just in line with the scenes for 1 & 2.

Also, for the people saying that because in 1 Crowley was closer to the camera while in 2 Aziraphale was, they'd both be at the same distance; it's still possible, just not side by side in front of the lens. It's still entirely plausible that this image belongs to a scene where both are present: Aziraphale as the shadow we see over the door, therefore behind the camera, and Crowley behind the doors, technically in front of the camera, albeit out of view.

And and AND for the those who got their hopes up that it was going to be their infamous "we've come to a decision" declaration (because, you know, in 1 it is Crowley "speaking" through the "holy water" note and in 2 Aziraphale is straight-up speaking, declaring loudly, in fact; so 3 HAD to be both of them talking at the same time and it HAD to be something big) well, to that crowd, I'm rising this: what if they are talking to each other from each side of the closed lift doors? What if they are pulling some ridiculous loophole in such a way that Crowley is TeCHniCaLly not on Heaven's turf? After all, everybody and their mother know about their "partnership" by now, so what gives? What about the possibility of Crowley having sneaked into Heaven to rescue Aziraphale in the past? There are so many possibilities to play with, just by assuming they followed the "rules" set in the former stills, just not the way we thought they would...

And as I was writing all of this I had to pause and chuckle because I was imagining this: empty Heaven hall, the lift sign pings yet the door isn't opening. Silence. From the other side, a rapping of knuckles over metal can be heard. It sounds suspiciouslly similar to the bass line at the beginning of Another one bites the dust. Tun tun tun tun-t-tun-t-tun. The camera pans in to the elevator door, a shadow approaching it until we the get The Shot TM. The rapping repeats. Before it can start a third time, the figure this side of the door speaks up, voice tense "I'm afraid we are quite closed". A few seconds tick by before another voice emerges from behind the door "Angel, you need to come downstairs. Things are getting...you need to see for yourself. What are you doing up here that's taking so long?". The first voice now sounds more rushed, but also softer, worried "What are you doing up here? I think I made quite clear you were not to come for me this time, no matter what happened." "Well, not in Heaven, am I now? Listen, you coming or not?". The being the shadow belongs to sighs deeply, weary, another second of silence passing before a snap can be heard. The lift doors finally open, the light pouring from inside blinding the camera *queue opening credits with the music*