Too old for a teenage crush? Apparently not!!

Good Omens!! Tennant and Sheen!! 😇😎 Once just peacefully obsessed with Star Trek Enterprise & Trip Tucker, now swept away by the Good Omens maelstrom. Also love DS9, Next Generation, Voyager, flowers, photography, music, tea parties (with cake!), colour & clouds.

[ineffable-feels]

Since you motherfuckers are as thirsty as me, here’s every single frame of Aziraphale feeling indulgent relief in the beginning of the time-bubble at the end of the world. I sliced it TO THE INDIVIDUAL FRAME on either side.

I hope I recorded it good enough.

[itslikelux]

so like WHAT was the deal with Aziraphale/Crowley producing such powerful miracles together??? Like WHY point that out if you’re literally just going to take away Crowley’s powers from minute 0. The THINGS you could have done with that.

[tinhaaaaat]

lots of spare planets up there

nobody would even notice us

[twilightofthesandwiches]

Like, GO1/Book Omens opinion on the idea of Free Will at the face of God’s Ineffability was a lot more…jovially ambivalent, I guess is the best way I’d put it. The idea of ‘actually, what if trying to go against the Great Plan is actually still part of God’s bigger Ineffable Plan?’ was originally a triumphant, positive moment. Crowley and Aziraphale’s biggest actual contribution to saving the world…

Although the final note on it is still ambiguous between that viewpoint and Adam’s more straightforward ‘Yeah, I don’t care it was written, I am defying the plan, fuck you.”

And then again when Crowley has his big revelation at the end of the book, in that context, the Universe being God’s ‘giant game of Solitaire’ was maybe not an inherently positive thing, but it was not inherently negative either.

God wanted Adam and Eve to eat the Fruit of Knowledge, for Humanity to have their own sense of right and wrong, to have humans disobey Their commands, to have Free Will… but is it all kinda nullified by the fact that it was just God’s plan all along? The whole Chess-vs-Solitaire thing demonstrates that God isn’t really on Heaven’s side, and that seems like a good thing considering Heaven is full of assholes, but is that the same thing as God being on the side of Humanity? The ‘real Ineffable Plan’ Crowley speculates about here is the concept of a Humanist Revolution against Heaven and Hell, but will it actually be an empowering moment for Human agency if it was planned by God all along? If all the heroic actions taken by our cast to try and save the world, Adam defying his destiny and all that, if they were essentially just part of God’s Rube-Goldberg machine to see if They built the world properly enough to save it from destruction, does it make them lesser and not as ‘Free’ on some level?

There’s no real definitive answer for these questions either way. Part of the point is that these are ideas are truly hard to grasp and are actually kinda Ineffable. (The Joke, especially in the original book, is Aziraphale tossing out the word ‘ineffable’ when he just doesn’t to argue with Heaven’s doctrine, then culminating his character arc by turning this around on Heaven at the airfield… and then the final punchline is that Crowley ended up stumbling on a revelation that is legitimately Ineffable). And it’s also paralleled with the Paradox at the end of Newt and Anathema’s storyline. Anathema decides to stop living her life following Agnes’ prophecies… but it’s pretty clear that Agnes predicted that as well, and is happy with it.

Does this weaken the Free Will of Anathema’s decision? Well, that depends how you look at it, but it’s hard to deny that this scene is framed in a very positive way.

All of this plus, just, generally the ending of the Book having all the characters living Happily Ever After, and insinuating that Humanity’s future is going to be defined by Adam’s ordinary mischievous hopefulness ‘for ever’, just sort of incentivizes the readers to see the more optimistic sides of these Ineffable Paradoxes. To believe that even with this Biblically Literalist Universe’s many downsides and self-contradictory Ineffability, there is room for Free Will and there is room for human agency and there is room for hope that Humanity will make things better eventually…

But it’s just when GO3 turns around and goes ‘no, God is an unambiguously sinister figure, She does want the world to end eventually, Her plans do unambiguously negate everyone else’s agency, believing you have Free Will under God’s existence is like believing you can win a rigged game, the world could only be ‘free’ and ‘real’ if it was Godless, and this is so important that it not only requires our two main leads to sacrifice themselves and their relationship after 6000 years of longing and doubts, it also justifies not bringing back the old world and the old supporting cast back, because the ‘Real Free Will’ of the new humanity is so important that the lives of the humans that came before will just pale in comparison apparently…’

It’s when you pull out all of this bullshit, that questions like ‘hey, if everything that happened in the old universe was part of God’s will, how do we know Crowley and Aziraphale’s sacrifice and the Universe Reset wasn’t just the next step of the Ineffable Plan?’ or ‘is this New Universe really Godless? Couldn’t God go back on Her promise?’ or ‘does the New Universe have Real Free Will, actually?’ do actually feel like they require a more definitive answer, or at least a heavy implication in their favor. Paradoxical ambiguity isn’t going to cut it anymore. Trusting God to have anyone's best interests at heart feels like it should be out of the question and the price paid for the creation of this new universe was immeasurably high, and it was supposed to be worth it because it was ‘’’better’’’. At this point, when someone asks ‘wait, how do we know it’s better?’, the answer can’t just be ‘*shrug* Well, who can really say for certain……”

[dalliancekay]

We never found out when or why Aziraphale changed his ring....

[bluberryfields]

Welcome to Eden Cottage in the South Downs

Hello! This is my little cottage built as a retirement present for my beloved Ineffable Husbands. It is a customized version of a kit bought online, with lots of little nods and Easter eggs to ensure both occupants are duly represented. Technically, this is designed for Crowley & Aziraphale, but I absolutely can see this working for two retired Professors as well. I welcome all adorable husbands/partners/spouses here!

The living room is a place of compromise in design, comfort, and style. They were sure to bring the bookshop with them, of course, just in miniature.

Who says you can't have a picnic in your own front garden? A little wine, some cheese and crackers, maybe some fruit, and a nice chocolate cake for dessert.

A kitchen should be as warm and inviting as a good meal. Don't forget to restock the bird feeders so the feathered visitors get nice snack, too!

It's important for couples to have their individual spaces. To pull a completely random example, cozy reading library for one and a stargazing garden for another. Harry the Rabbit likes burrowing among the stacks of books, but careful not to tip over that mysterious snowglobe!

Bedrooms are cozy little sanctuaries, perfect for spending long, lazy mornings together, or even longer, less lazy days together.

Over time, the cottage spent enough time with its occupants that it learned a song or two. It was bound to happen...

I am very proud of this build. It is my most involved project to date and I have spent untold hours customizing kit items and building things out of random objects just because I wanted them to exist. The itty bitty wine glasses alone! I almost didn't want to finish building it because it was so fun, but also bittersweet to complete (that's a familiar feeling, eh?) I hope that I can share this with the GO fandom because it was a labor of love. I don't know what I'll do next, but maybe a nice little bookshop in Soho?

[caminholonge]

Absolutely fantastic!

[iforgiveyouprime]

An appreciation post for Adam, his pure heart and his free will.

He's so lovely😭❤

[letmetemptyou19]

the fact that crowley and aziraphale performed the tiniest half-miracle they possibly could and it generated enough power to resurrect 25 people from the dead, only for it to NEVER BE MENTIONED AGAIN, is and always will be my roman empire. WHY WAS THIS NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN

[caminholonge]

EXACTLY! Did the new writers even watch the previous two seasons or read the book? Seems not! And Crowley can STOP TIME! 😡

[tweedfeather]

On the matter of tags: an earnest attempt to communicate

As a random member of the Good Omens fandom community, I’d just like to toss my hat into the ring and attempt to clear up some misunderstandings. I also want to encourage some honest, good-faith dialogue in a severely fractured fandom.

This is not an attempt to convince anyone to interpret the finale a specific way. This is a practical conversation about how we discuss the finale in fan spaces.

For the purposes of this discussion, I will be focusing on tags as they are used on social media platforms like Tumblr, Twitter, Bluesky, and Instagram. AO3 tagging is considerable more complex and warrants a whole convo in its own right, so I won't focus on that here.

THIS POST INCLUDES DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE.

So, tags. Tags have become a thorny issue in the Good Omens fandom. I suspect this issue is so pertinent now, two months after the finale aired, because most of us have dropped “GO3 spoilers” tags, which people would have been filtering out if they did not wish to see anything from the finale. The finale is no longer a fresh commodity, so we are all trying to determine for ourselves what the next phase of our engagement with fandom will look like.

In fandom spaces, tags are a courtesy. No one can force anyone to use tags, of course. But tagging is a long-running standard of fandom etiquette across multiple online platforms. Tags are tools that help us find or filter out specific content. But what happens when we disagree on what tags should even be used in the first place? When tags themselves are a battleground?

I have seen assumptions that finale dislikers are demanding that all content with Asa Fell and Professor Anthony Crowley be tagged with “suicide.” It's possible that I’ve missed some significant conversations, but as someone on the disliker side, I have not seen anyone demand that Asanthony shippers use a "suicide" tag on all their posts featuring Asanthony. If anyone has asked that, I agree that it would be unreasonable! But I strongly suspect this perception comes from a game of fandom telephone in which different conversations are being conflated.

What IS being asked:

All content featuring Asa and Anthony should be tagged with their names or their ship name, Asanthony.

The "ineffable husbands" ship name should not be used for Asanthony.

Content warnings are strongly encouraged when sharing visuals of the scene where God grants Crowley and Aziraphale’s request to be removed from existence, specifically the moments as they disintegrate, as this decision is interpreted by many fans as a suicide.

Let’s address that first point now.

Tagging Asanthony as "Asanthony" makes sense. I think most people are already doing this. If you’re not doing this, well… I strongly advise you to reconsider. Tags aren’t just for those filtering out content, but for those seeking it. Someone who doesn’t want to see Asanthony can use this tool to avoid them, and someone who is specifically seeking out Asanthony content can use the tag to find them and share some appreciation.

Where we have some disagreement is the second point listed above: whether Asanthony deserve to be tagged with the general “ineffable husbands” ship name as well. I don’t think we’re ever going to agree on this one. Some people do see them as the same ship, and others do not. Personally I’m someone who does not see Asanthony as "ineffable," but I am okay to concede on someone using the general ship tag for them, as it really does boil down to one's own interpretation. In my view, so long as "Asanthony" is also used, tag them as you see fit.

Now for the third point. This is where I'll be talking about suicide.

Suicide is obviously an incredibly sensitive and distressing subject, one that is highly likely to carry a personal resonance for many fans on all sides of the GO3 debate. I understand why people are upset to have to bring this subject up in their tags when they do not see the final scene that way.

But if you do find it upsetting to even consider using that tag... that means you agree that this topic is distressing, yes? The ineffables' decision was genuinely genuinely distressing for people who interpreted their choice as a suicide. I am pleading with you to understand this: there are members of our community who struggle with suicide ideation, and that scene genuinely triggered some of these people.

You don’t like to see this tag imposed. Well, others don’t like to suddenly come across visuals that in their view shows a suicide. Not seeing Crowley and Aziraphale's decision as a suicide is just as much an interpretation as seeing it as a suicide is.

We will never agree on our interpretations of Crowley and Aziraphale's final request to God and how it played out. The fact remains that the scene where they make this choice and it is granted is triggering to a significant portion of the fandom. This is not a niche opinion.

We won't be able to reconcile our views on this. But we do have to share fandom spaces together. Blocking others who have a different approach to discussing this scene is always an option. But maybe we can also attempt to reach a middle ground in the form of a tag.

I have chatted with others about this, and an idea I have seen discussed is for the fandom to come up with a neutral term for the scene where God grants Crowley and Aziraphale's request, akin to how we settled on “the Final Fifteen” for the last fifteen minutes of season 2. This term should not favour one interpretation over another.

Some suggestions:

The Final Half Hour (or… the Final Twenty? How long is this scene? Anyone clocked it?)

The Decision

We’ve Come to a Decision (WCTOAD? Well, I do like toads)

Please chime in if you have other suggestions!

Like I said at the top, no one can force anyone to use tags. This is ultimately down to one's own discretion.

But I think it's fair to say that our fandom is currently in crisis. The community has fractured — or perhaps it is simply going through some very nasty growing pains. Maybe we can grow with it.

We will never be in a place where we all agree on GO3’s choices. Right now, we are all figuring out how we want to navigate this story and fandom we have all come to love. However we feel about the finale, we are all trying to find new ways forward.

We can argue about who’s right. We can block as we see fit. We can tag or not tag according to our own interpretation to make a point.

We can also decide to make productive choices that will help us all navigate our fandom spaces moving forward. Above all else, we can choose to be kind.

If you've read this far, thank you for hearing me out.

[abraham-wrote-mockingbird]

Crowley who asked to go off together to alpha centauri when the world was ending, Crowley "tell me you said no" when the world was ending again, but was fine with staying there when the world truly ending? I don't buy it. He wouldn't let that happen to Aziraphale, he wouldn't let him die like that

[vivi-theakuneko]

We need to talk more about the fact that Crowley does stress cleaning… 

And also the fact that he READS. He lied to Aziraphale that he doesn’t…

Evidence provided by @brightwanderer​

[vivi-theakuneko]

This comic was done for OLHTS Holiday Gift Exchange~

There is also a small fic I wrote for the comic. You can read it here.

[vivi-theakuneko]

Took me way too long for this but it's finally done.

They deserve all the kissing!

[miellez]

"But it was this ending all along" my arse

(Newt and Anathema probably never met)

[2dulce-archive]

destroy the idea that angels are blonde and blue eyed and fair skinned !!! destroy the idea of holy imagery consisting only of white people !!!

[banshees-deactivated20180812]

iirc this is actually one of thomas blackshear’s main subject matters! so check out his stuff if ur interested

[angelbabyspice]

YES!!!!

[caminholonge]

Gloria Obianyo as the Archangel Uriel in Good Omens.

[brinnanza]

there are a lot of Extremely Married moments in good omens, but I maintain that the Most Married moment is when crowley says out of nowhere, “ducks! they’re what water slides off.” and aziraphale heaves a deeply put-upon sigh and says, “….just drive the car.”

[alexunbalanced]

a close runner up is when Aziraphale wants to do magic at Warlock’s birthday party and Crowley just goes, “Make you disappear”, and Aziraphale’s not put out in the slightest

[silver-shores]

and third place goes to “Oh Lord, heal this bike”

[amadness2method]

“Not you, I know what you smell like.”

[ednav]

I’m sorry, but the Most Married Moment is the compromise:

A: “You lost the child.” C: “We lost the child.” A: “A child has been lost.”

[ashfae]

For me it’s always the bit on the airfield where Aziraphale is going “I was technically on apple tree duty–” and setting up for a very long explanation akd Crowley just looks at him and makes a little gesture and shakes his head a bit with “Sweetheart this is really not the time” written all over him.

[joyandotherstories]

I feel like at some point this post will have just listed every exchange they have

[pyracantha14]

forever and always and @ashfae put it so well “sweetheart this is really not the time”

[caminholonge]

My favourite is the scene after Anathema gets knocked off her bike and Aziraphale miracles a bike rack onto the back of the Bentley!

[crowleysgarden]

this will leave a bitter feeling forever

I wanted Season 3 to actually be about Crowley and Aziraphale repairing their relationship and stopping the Second Coming.

Not the Book of Life. Not the universe being erased.

But this is what we got.

The worst part is that I can't even find comfort in fix-it fics where Aziraphale and Crowley decide to reboot the universe, because that doesn't feel like a solution either.

This isn't the world of the Good Omens novel, where Heaven and Hell are mostly two rival organizations that mirror each other.

In the TV series, angels and demons were never equals.

The imbalance is there from the very beginning.

Then Season 2 makes it even worse. Beelzebub says they command the same number of demons as Gabriel has angels. That doesn't sound like a small group of rebels who followed Lucifer. It sounds much more like half of Heaven was simply destined to fall from the very beginning.

A random cosmic lottery.

Half condemned to become demons.

Half condemned to suffering.

Half condemned to eternal punishment after the Second Coming.

If that's true, then preserving the status quo isn't justice. It's sadism.

And rebooting the universe would just reboot the same system—a system that was never fair in the first place and never would be.

I honestly think this is a subject the story should never have touched if it wasn't prepared to deal with it.

Because now we're left with knowledge that poisons everything.

It undermines the whole meaning of fighting for kindness, for love, for warmth, for hope in an unfair world.

We're simply expected to accept it.

And it's incredibly hard to be happy with that unless you ignore it completely—but once it's there, you can't really unsee it.

It feels like we've been left with an open wound that will never heal.

Even in fanfiction, no ending really brings comfort anymore.

What makes it even worse is the implication that if a world without suffering is impossible, then the most beautiful ending is simply... nonexistence.

Not trying to change the system.

Not making it even a little kinder.

Not standing beside those who suffer the most.

Not choosing each other.

Just ceasing to exist.

And I genuinely want to understand what was going through the minds of everyone who thought this was a satisfying direction for the story.