Take a sad song and make it better

Jen. 30-something. Bibliophile. Daydreamer. Ace af. Obsessed with Good Omens (but rejecting the finale. I am not into erasing worlds.)

[dining-and-pining]

Just a reminder that the TV show ending is not the only canon.

And it most certainly is not more canon than the book ending.

[vivi-theakuneko]

Book Omens in TV Series situation #1

This is something that's been in my head since S1 lmao

[midnights-dragon]

what a spectacular review of go3 this is

[cliopadra]

I haven’t painted anything in months and I feel like I’m quite out of practice, so have a very loose repaint of La Gimblette by Jean-Honoré Fragonard I made today to get me back into painting.

[gleafer]

@ezra-didntreallyfall

Here’s that Book Crowley about to beat TV Crowley’s ass!

He ain’t havin it!!! NOT ONE BIT!

Wash your ASS, son!!!

[dining-and-pining]

Remember when Crowley was more of a "lovable rogue" type of character rather than the new Jesus? Yeah, good times

[iforgiveyouprime]

He's just a fucking charming little shit (I say this with all my love for Crowley from the book and the first two seasons), why the hell did he become the second Jesus😭

[dining-and-pining]

Yes, he is a charming bastard who has a good heart but who's also morally grey and not some saint 😈🐍❤️

[dining-and-pining]

Remember when Crowley was more of a "lovable rogue" type of character rather than the new Jesus? Yeah, good times

[fluentisonus]

they're trying to get me to do something called ""my job"" instead of reading about medieval english poaching laws

[rneliflua]

IDGAF if the women in my fiction are empowering or aspirational, I'm an adult, I don't need role models, I want the women in my fiction to be interesting, and if that involves being pathetic, hypocritical, amoral, or trapped in a delightfully dysfunctional relationship so be it

[dining-and-pining]

Yes! LET THEM HAVE WEAKNESSES. Let them be contradictions. My women can swoon AND be strong.

[colubrina]

for the love of god, write all the self-indulgent scenes you want.  be utterly  shameless about including every last fantasy.  i know everyone likes to share quotes and quips about how miserably hard writing is, but please please try thinking of it as a joyful act where you get to be a messy human who makes art rather than some pain filled quest for icy perfection.

[colubrina]

“authenticity looks an awful lot like self-indulgence but it is the only way to find your true audience”

[gleafer]

AS IF.

[dining-and-pining]

Somehow, GO3 seemed to make "Spoiled Wife Aziraphale" into "That Toxic Ex-GF Who Contacts Their Ex When In Need Of A Favour", and it just feels so wrong

[thatgaybitxh-deactivated2025062]

why am i dressed slutty you ask? to read classic literature alone in my room. mind your own business.

[somekindaspacecadet]

[depraveddame]

AND ANOTHER THING.

“Destined to find each other in every universe no matter what” is literally the definition of predeterminism— it’s the soulmate trope.

Is the free will in the room with us?

[rainbowhyperfixation]

This was my comment when I reshared this meme I made about 6 months ago:

Yes, this. Fuck predeterminism, fuck god shipping people she’s torturing, fuck queerphobia even if it’s unintentional, and fuck Neil Gaiman

[tweedfeather]

I didn’t love them because they were soulmates or “meant to be together in every universe” or because God shipped them.

I loved them because they were two lonely weirdos who found each other all on their own while getting by in a fucked-up little universe. I loved them as an angel and a demon who cobbled together something strange and meaningful between them even when they were never supposed to do that. I loved how they loved each other in spite of the great plan, in spite of a system intended to tear them apart.

I wanted their love story to be one of defiance, not compliance with destiny.

[depraveddame]

This 👆🏻

Their connection was one they formed against all odds.

How could it ever be them in a hypothetical, fated-to-be-together multiverse where there are no odds at all?

[kitcat-italica]

Their love and connection was NOT the most predictable thing in the universe. It was magical and special precisely BECAUSE it wasn't supposed to happen. But they made it happen anyway. Love wins bye

[dining-and-pining]

The ending of GO3 could have worked if we were shown repeatedly how awful the original world was. If it was some horrible dystopia, erasing it and starting over could have been justified (even though I still think there are better ways of "fixing" worlds than erasing them).

But the world was... just a regular world? Like this one we live in? Just people living their lives, trying their best, having free will.

The ending just seems to belong to an entirely different story.

(AND if you argue "but Heaven and Hell comdemned people after their deaths", then the answer lies in changing Heaven and Hell, not erasing the entire world as it was.)

[colourlifesmile]

~ the prettiest star 💫~

inspired by this beautiful frame from the good omens s2 opening title sequence

[dining-and-pining]

It makes me so happy to know that Aziraphale and Crowley are not really gone. NG might TRY to make us believe that's the case, but we are the ones keeping them alive. By rejecting the finale, by cherishing the original story, by creating our own stories and endings. ❤️🤝