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#goodomens #crowley #aziraphale #azicrow #aziracrow

#ughhhhh i love these so muchhhh #aziracrow

kartatchk

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Anathema Device and Freewill

I've always thought that Anathema Device's character arc was underappreciated. Specifically the bit about burning the second book of prophecy.

Agnes obviously knew she was going to burn it but still went to the trouble of creating it and putting all of the necessary pieces in place to have it delivered at exactly the right time and place. Why go to all of that trouble? And the answer is, of course, so that Anathema could have a choice.

If the first book was all Agnes wrote, then Anathema would have been left abandoned because none of it was ever her choice. She was born with a destiny, it was written, and there was never a question about whether she would fulfill it or not. What's she going to do, rebel and refuse to save the entire world? And once she filled that purpose, prophecies done and the way she has lived her life up until that point is gone. Which is, again, something she never had a say in.

So Agnes gave her a choice.

I remember I hated her burning the book the first time I read it. I couldn't imagine why she would give that up, both in character and also why something with so much interesting narrative potential had been introduced only to be immediately discarded.

But after the show came out, I got it. It's about free will, it's about choice. It's really quite beautiful if you think about it.

It's one of the things that makes the original novel and the first season so great. It's all connected. The themes are underscored over and over again everywhere you turn. It's cohesive and it's hopeful and it's really, really good story telling.

#her burning the book does have a splendid push-pull to #it. gives the act of choosing to burn it weight and consequence #no frivolous choices here #I love anathema

depraveddame

Thinking about how joy is resistance. That happy endings are not boring, less-than, or overly simple, but radical— especially queer happy endings. Queer joy is a radical act of resistance and rebellion and love. We deserve queer happy endings. We need queer happy endings. We shouldn’t have to fight for queer happy endings, but they’re worth fighting for; we are worth fighting for. We deserve stories where we find love and happiness and acceptance and community and hope regardless of the broken world we live in. We’ve always been here, we will continue to be here, and it is not impossible to find joy in this life. We are not broken beyond repair and we are not inherently doomed.

No one can convince me that the Crowley and Aziraphale we all know— the real ones, not the strangers of the finale— would ever choose our destruction (or their own, for the matter). They would understand on a personal, molecular level how vital it is to keep going and how important it is to be yourself in spite of the oppressive systems that do their damndest to shape us. They wouldn’t give up— not ever.

So fuck this finale, fuck the idea that it’s too late and fuck anyone who says otherwise, frankly.

#keeping that image forever thank you

bunnykyu

so... they deserved so much better

#so beautiful and tender #aziracrow

bl0ndwave

Aziraphale's Booknook 📚

DIY miniatures? Always wanted to try one...

And because it's a magic bookshop, I simply had to make it Good Omens.

A video and more pictures beneath the cut.

#aahhhh it turned out so well!!!

maryilix

Now an angel and a demon dance around the stars...

Hoy se cumple exactamente un mes desde el final de Good Omens y todavía estoy de luto por el final de mi serie confort😩

#ahhhh they’re beautiful #aziracrow

kandelyabr55

#yessss I love thissss #crowley feelings

linipikk

Anathema crashing out.

and for the relevant current situation

#yep i’ll reblog that #have I mentioned how much I love anathema

lichjuno

something something husbands something something

#oh so charming!!#aziracrow

cassieoh

Just normal behavior between hereditary enemies in Eden

#this one paired with the other??? brilliant #aziracrow #the LIGHT in this one my goodness

cassieoh

Something so familiar about you

#gorgeousssssss wow #aziracrow

electricarpeggio

The thing about South Downs that gets me is that it was the promise of them being retired. Good Omens started as a comedy about beings (celestial, human, and occult) who are bad at their jobs, and none more so than Aziraphale and Crowley. The two of them invent the entire Arrangement as a way to skive off work and have more time to hang out together! They mouth the party line, but neither one of them more than one-quarter believes it. They always just wanted to quit and hang out and day drink and putter around and goggle at the things humans get up to and occasionally get mixed up in them. The mistake everyone around them made was assuming that being an angel and a demon said something about their nature, but really it was just their job description. And it would have been such a fitting character arc, and perfect send-off, if the ending had gotten things to where they could have said "we are not those jobs anymore, we are just us" and gotten to spend the rest of eternity being themselves. And not working. Which they are very bad at anyway.

#very agree