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Trying to make sense of a certain television ending, Crowley and Aziraphale settle down in the bookshop with wine, cocoa, and a plate of Eccles cakes to discuss what they’ve just watched. A cosy, whimsical one-shot sprinkled with that Season One flavour.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/85858421
Rating: General
Words: 2225
A sort of Good Omens meets Gogglebox fic! 😊
Screw everyone who wants you to give up, this world is worth saving
The original pride flag and the sewing machine it was sewn on
On a meta level, Good Omens S3 was EMOTIONAL ABUSE.
... Meaning, I'm pretty sure Neil Gaiman did it ON PURPOSE, knowing how much it would upset the fans.
Neil knew how badly we wanted Aziraphale and Crowley (OUR version of Aziraphale and Crowley---the specific version of them we met in Season 1) to be together. He knew we wanted to see them resolve their issues and ultimately choose to be with each other in the end.
Instead, Aziraphale and Crowley forgo that emotional journey in favor of unnecessary pain. Neither of them experience real character growth in the finale; they are shown to be the worst and unhappiest versions of themselves, without getting a real shot at redemption. They never fix their communication issues. They don't express their true, authentic feelings for one another (don't @ me with that bullshit hand kiss thing). They never manage to get on the same page emotionally---even when they both agree to commit suicide (which I'm pretty sure was not the "one thing" Aziraphale wanted).
"Why give me Crowley? Why make me complete and then take it away?"
EMOTIONAL WITHHOLDING is a common abuse tactic utilized by men like Neil. They enjoy creating ATTACHMENT in their victims and then "TAKING IT AWAY".
It's easy to see how much Neil enjoyed frustrating his fans in retrospect. He actively taunted us on social media with the catchphrase "WAIT AND SEE" and threatened to make Aziraphale and Crowley kiss---but in a way we "wouldn't like". He loved dangling the implied promise of a happy ending over our heads, which we now know he never planned to deliver on.
Neil was unkind to his audience. He was also unkind to his characters. Aziraphale and Crowley are treated as punching bags throughout the entire series---shown to be "messy" for the sake of entertainment, but not as a real obstacle for either of them to overcome. God herself says she enjoys seeing how much Aziraphale values his relationship with Crowley. And this turns out to be her justification for "taking it away". (Tell me THAT isn't some fucked up shit.) Aziraphale and Crowley experience real emotional pain as the result of her actions---and this is demonstrated by the incredible acting of Michael Sheen and David Tennant.
Neil explicitly sold this as "a love story" when he created the show. Based on the tone of the book, an eventual union between Aziraphale and Crowley would have made the most narrative sense. It would have emphasized the overarching themes of love, agency, and the futility of "choosing sides". But that would have required Neil to possess the same ethos as Terry Pratchett---meaning LOVE AND RESPECT FOR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.
We were never going to get a good love story out of Neil. Men like Neil get off on "PUNISHING" people for no apparent reason; he obviously did this with our beloved characters, to disastrous result. Nonetheless, we still manage to ascribe deeper meaning to Aziraphale and Crowley, thanks to the phenomenal acting team and the dedication of this fandom. Aziraphale and Crowley remain the greatest love story of all time, not because of anything Neil actually wrote, but because of everything that was projected onto them by the people who cared. We assigned their relationship a depth "Neil himself" never could have imagined---one that exemplifies our maximalist ideals of love and the decision to choose it again and again, in spite of everything. It is never going to "end" on Neil's preferred terms. In this rare instance, fan interpretation STILL MANAGES TO ECLIPSE THE SOURCE MATERIAL---and that is because LOVE is always a more powerful story than ABUSE.
homophobic gay media isnt dead ♥ so glad we're still repping the classics even in 2026
the novelty of having pets really does never wear off i’ve had my cat for ten years and i still look at him strolling around like can you believe this. a cat. is everyone seeing this. he’s alive he has bones and all. unbelievable
My general response to s3 - ft the last 1/4 from the Wek the Snek zine i did in 2020 or so.
A HANDY CHART FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THESE. NOTE THAT THESE ARE ALL THE INFORMAL AND YOU IS THE FORMAL SO LIKE YOU WOULD ALWAYS ADDRESS YOUR SUPERIOR/ OLDER PERSON/ SOCIAL BETTER WITH YOU BUT WITH YOUR BUDS YOU CAN USE THESE.
GOOD OMENS 3 SPOILERS! Negative opinion also
The thing that really saddens me is this insistence of the importance of Angel Crowley.
Because I'm going to be super honest here, I never really gave a fuck about Angel Crowley. In s2 opening flashback, it was like looking at someone's childhood, that's how I viewed A! Crowley, a fun background of why they love stars so much, a peek into how they looked and that's all for me. I never got attached to A!Crowley, because to me, that simply WASN'T Crowley I learned to love. It was not the speed demon who comes up with silly schemes that come and bite her in the ass, the one that suffered injustice, the one that despite everything was still an optimist.
Crowley is a bit of an asshole, but really, he's kind and I think it's really meaningful for a character that went through so much and saw so much cruelty to be kind.
And then the whole A!Crowley campaign started. That she was kind and loved humanity BECAUSE deep down they were still that same angel, not because of the things he saw and expierenced. And like ok, kinda weird direction but whatever.
Side tangent here, but do some of y'all remember those older professors!au fics? Like before s1 or right after? Crowley in those was usually a Biology professor. Because plants were his thing and loved them in his own, demonic, way.
Back to the plot of s3.
So yeah, the whole spiel of Crowley being the best angel and whole Aziraphale humiliation ritual REALLY didn't sit well with me, because Crowley WASN'T A!Crowley anymore, all that development and just millennia of learning and loving humans was just put under "Oh it's in your deeply rooted nature because deep down you are still that angel".
And the thing is, Crowley was both a shoddy demon AND a shoddy angel. So evaluating him under the angel/demon lense is kinda weird and off-putting. What happened to shades of grey?
Well anyways, then Prof. Anthony Crowley walks in and we see his book about Astrophysics.
If that isn't confirmation that the traumatized, silly, asshole, loving, mischievous Crowley wasn't ever supossed to exist OR be happy then I don't know what is. Demon Crowley never stood a chance, everyone always wanted Angel Crowley.
Painting found at a collector's residence in Florence. Little is known about the painting except the title "Miss A.Z. Fell and Mr. A.J. Crowley at Jane's".
It is speculated that "Jane" was actually Jane Austen and the piece was inspired by a pair of guests at one of her parties.
Little is known about both A.Z. Fell and A.J. Crolwey. Miss Fell owned a bookshop, which she had inherited from her late father which later went to her distant cousin Erza Fell as Miss Fell remained unmarried her whole life and had no children.
A.J. Crowley was linked to multiple robberies across England and is suspected to have been the one to establish the infamous Crolwey mafia family.
Painting of such strikingly different people should raise suspicions to its truthfulness, however both Miss Fell and Mr. Crowley are confirmed associates of Austen's, making the situation plausible. What brought them together, and what transpired after the dance, will remain one of history's ineffable mysteries.
Good omens 3 fandom discussion
Ok so, I know the tensions are high, but I don't think I've ever seen a fandom so divided since good ol' Kataang vs Zutara days.
One thing that REALLY keeps bothering me is how MEAN everyone is and I'm kind of flabbergasted about it.
Accusations of lack of media literacy are flying, there are insults left and right, I've even heard of some death threats???
Another thing I've noticed is that people are really equating some type of morality/intellect to what other's opinion is??? When that's really not the case????
The other side isn't dumb or evil for having a different opinion. We are all just people, with different life experiences and interpretations of a piece. Liking or disliking something doesn't really show who that person is.
I feel like some people didn't learn that art is subjective and that your interpretation isn't the only valid one.
And even if you think someone is wrong, then just block??? The block button is there for a reason. The reason doesn't have to be that someone is a bigot, it can be that you just disagree and don't want to see it. While there are many reasons to block someone, there are no valid ones to harass them.
In the end, there are really no sides. We are all just fans, and our only difference is opinion. We are not black and white, we are shades of grey.
Ok, now that we’ve had a week to think about it, here’s another, more S1-ish fix it (as the last one was desperate and had issues…but let’s be honest, so did the “season”.)
GOOD OMENS 3 SPOILERS!
One discourse in fandom that's been kinda bothering me is the discussion about the kiss.
I wanna preface this post by saying I am a sex favourable asexual person who is in a long term relationship and that I headcanon Aziraphale and Crowley to be ace too.
First of, I want to talk from characters perspective. I've seen some arguments that maybe Aziraphale just doesn't like kissing. This would be a valid argument if we didn't have evidence contradicting it. He learned gavotte, the dance in which people dancing kiss. He liked the gavotte, meaning he at least musn't have minded the kissing part or just likely liked the action of kissing. There is also another evidence (that is controversial), that being EVERY. In that scene he didn't push away Crowley the moment their lips connected. Some might even say he embraced Crowley.
Secondly, I want to talk about it from writing perspective. EVERY was an important plot point of s2, it can be argued it was the most important event between Ineffable Husbands to set up their dynamic for s3. It was full of dispair and anguish. Bringing it up in recap of season 2 also solidified it's importance, screaming in audiences faces "LOOK! REMEBER THAT? IT WILL BE IMPORTANT!" so to be later on have no kiss to counteract the negative one is simply dissatisfying from storytelling perspective. For it to be unadressed, even by a simple conversation between the Ineffable Husbands, is just disapointing.
GOOD OMENS 3 SPOILERS (this is a personal post) TW: suicide mention
I watched good omens back in 2019 when I was a snotty 14 year old queer kid that was going through something traumatic. What that show gave me was not only representation, but also hope.
Good Omens gave me hope and shaped me as a person. For a while, I was even considering going into physics because of Crolwey's love for stars. I went into English because of Aziraphale's love for books. I went into British specialization because of Good Omens. I stopped being ashamed of having to wear sunglasses because of my light sensitivity. I realized I'm genderfluid. Even my tinder picture was me dressed as Aziraphale which led me to meeting my amazing, loving partner. I got my driver's license and immediately started blasting Queen. I dyed my hair red. I led life with imagination, hope and love, and like Crolwey back in s1 believed that, all in all, Universe was still looking out for me.
Lately I've entered a rough patch in my life and that optimism was pulling me through.
So I tune in for season 3, dressed head to toe like Crolwey, expecting to see them fight against the barriers keeping them apart, and win with love for each other and humanity.
And they committed suicide because Universe actually DIDN'T care. There was no point. Barriers were too much to overcome.
Not this universe.
Never this universe.
I saw that and just screamed.
