Thought Gaiman was inspired by Supernatural? It was the opposite.
Neil Gaiman ‘s undeniable main hit is Good Omens. The adaptation spent 29 years in the making – the book was written in 1990, and the TV series didn’t come out until 2019. But it was worth the wait.
The angel Aziraphale and the demon Crowley have been living on Earth for a long time and have managed to get used to it. One day, Crowley is told to come to the hospital and replace the diplomat’s son with the devil’s child, who eventually will cause the apocalypse. To avoid this, the angel and the demon sent him to a simple family and agreed to keep the child in balance: to teach both good and evil.
And now let’s remember the already iconic Supernatural. The name Crowley will certainly sound familiar to fans of the show, as will the name Metatron.
Yes, both of these names also appeared in Good Omens, and the most astute fans thought that Gaiman, as a Supernatural fan, used these names in his work to pay homage to Eric Kripke’s show. It turned out to be quite the opposite.
Yes, We All Are Good Omens Fans, But You Know Who Else Is?
The writer revealed that Supernatural creator Eric Kripke is a longtime fan of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens, American Gods, and The Sandman, and that details from those books can be seen in the Winchester brothers’ series.
For example, episode 19 of season 5, Hammer of the Gods, in which the pagan gods decide to capture the Winchesters in order to find and destroy Lucifer, is a clear reference to American gods.
Also, the portrayal of Death as a being who existed before the creation of heaven and hell is reminiscent of a similar concept in The Sandman.
Moreover, Chuck, who wrote a book about the lives of Sam and Dean Winchester and ended up being a god is suspiciously similar to Gaiman’s Agnes Nutter, who wrote The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter.
Neil Gaiman is not just a talented writer – he is a person who has created an entire culture of fantasy in his own right, and whose work has proved so memorable that it is quoted not only in Supernatural, but in other projects of equal magnitude.
