Neil Gaiman

anjukurada-fanfic-rec-blog:

neil-gaiman:

k1ranishf4:

neil-gaiman:

Right.

Now we just need him to clarify that Satan and Lucifer are not the same demon when either name is mentioned

Satan in Good Omens used to be Lucifer when Satan was an angel. Crowley wasn’t Lucifer. (Is this a new fan theory I missed?)

It is a new theory that Crowley was actually Lucifer before he fell. A rough explanation is that, in some beliefs, Satan and Lucifer weren’t necessarily the same person, and that over time, the names just became interchangeable after so many translations and itterations. So, many believe that Lucifer in Good Omens may not actually be Satan, leaving Crowley open to take that title instead.

It’s a pretty new theory, though, but it did gain some quick popularity because there were a lot of things that Crowley did that could be tied to what we know of Lucifer. But since we still are unsure of who he was for certain, we all just kinda speculate.

But he talks about hanging out with Lucifer and the boys when he’s getting drunk in the pub in Season 1. And he’s obviously not suddenly talking about himself randomly in the third person while inebriated in a conversation in which he’s complaining about the choices that led him to that pub and two bottles of Talisker…

Anyway.

Feel free to write all the Crowley is secretly Lucifer fictions you like, but that has to be fanfic I’m afraid.