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[captainchilly]

Edward and Oswald + grabbing each other → for @insanekingy

[mizgnomer]

Behind the Scenes of Good Omens 3

[thavron]

The more I think about it, the more I believe the divide in the Good Omens fandom right now is a philosophical one.

We’re asking, where does the soul live?

For those who think that who we are is shaped by a life time of experiences. That we grow and change with each each heartbreak and trauma. We see the ending as something horrible. We’re witnessing the death of our beloved characters and we are grieving for them.

For those who believe in a soul, who believe that Asa and Anthony are Aziraphale and Crowley because of the something intrinsic that lives inside them, what they’re seeing is a rebirth and a second chance. In that sense the ending is beautiful. They both get exactly what they’ve always wanted. To live as humans without the pressure of heaven and hell. In that sense, the ending is a joyous one.

Sadly these beliefs are deeply held, often the roots begin as far back as our childhoods. No amount of screaming at each other about media analysis is going to change anyone’s mind. Please just accept that there are multiple ways that one can view the ending and that those who are upset are experiencing grief. This is an extremely normal and valid reaction to end of something so meaningful and should be treated with care.

That said, your grief is not an excuse to lash out and those who don’t deserve it.

Be kind to each other.

[trapped-in-amber-666]

They could've fixed it all by making Aziraphale say something like "Until we meet again, my dear".

Or "Excuse me, have we met before?" uttered by professor Crowley.

That's it. One line to make it a little better.

[angelofcentauri]

I've been seeing people say that Aziraphale and Crowley are dead because God said that the new universe would be one they "would never know or experience" and my response to that is, the new universe was created to be godless, to be free of her rules and restrictions and power. Sure, she might've set it off, but after that, it's utterly up to the new universe what happens after the fact. What she says at the end of the day doesn't matter and this new world is gonna do what it's gonna do no matter what she commands.

Also I felt like the ending made it clear that Asa and Anthony were meant to be them, just without their memories and with new mortal bodies.

In the end, the universe rebelled and let them experience it anyway 🤷‍♀️

[morgangalaxy43]

I wish Adam had a bigger role because he be great friends with Jesus

[crowley-anthony]

the fandom: "us" but at what cost?

[kissingkk]

I supremely enjoyed the good omens finale, but I’m seeing a lot of people say they didn’t?

And I kind of get it but also I feel like the whole point of the ending they did was giving them what they, specifically Crowley always wanted for them.

A chance to live life to the fullest without anyone tugging the strings or threatening them with heavens wrath or hellfire. Just the chance for people to be people and love each other.

And then they got the chance to do just that!

Things are different and they are changed and going back to the way things were wouldn’t make anyone happier.

At the end of the day they found each other and they loved each other. That’s all I really wanted from the show, and even though it’s different it definitely wasn’t bad.

[starmaker-astral]

Why Asa is named like that :

First Asa in Hebrew means Doctor and Healer

BUT it also can be the nickname of the demon Azazel, WHO GAVE KNOWLEDGE TO HUMANITY (Asa is a former professor, and working at a bookshop. Cant be more explicit than that)

An Healer and doctor but also fallen angel, human incarnate

(Bonus point for some accent, when you pronounce A.Z. Fell, the A.Z. sounds like Asa)

Im crying

[blue-360]

can somebody talk about how adam and jesus got drinks together in the finale?? can we just take a step back and marvel at that?

[thefevertrope]

More GO3 rambles:

I just dont understand why a great big sacrifice has to happen so often in media. Every once in a while, yeah I get it. But it seems so common now, and frankly it pisses me off. If the shows genre fits it, go for it, but fantasy comedy? No, that's the last thing it needs. I dont like the excuse "thats the only way it could have ended" because that is not true at all. Whoever is writing it has many different opportunities and directions to go. "Sacrifice is more impactful and remembered", so are *happy* and *satisfying* endings. No one is saying it has to be boring, but not everything needs major character death, sacrifice, etc. Especially with today's problems? Escapism for happier lives is at its peak, including seeing people's characters happy at the end.

"But Asa and Anthony did have a happy end!" No, im sorry, they are not the same characters. Maybe parts of their souls were put into these humans, but its not the demon Crowley or the angel Aziraphale. Objectively they are separate characters. I did not watch 13 and 3/4 episodes of them. I wanted *them* to be happy and remember their experiences together. The Ritz, crepes in Paris, world war 2. I wanted them to overcome their troubles, not erase all of it and themselves from existence when it just got too hard :(

[danshee]

“BUT THAT’S NOT THEM!!!!”

HOW can you say that?!?!?! HOW can you sit there and watch Asa say “scrumptious” and “tickety-boo,” bring out the hot cocoa, and then watch Anthony absolutely GEEK OUT over the universe and point out the NIGHTINGALE while they hold hands under the night sky — and then look me dead in the eyes and tell me that’s not them?!?!?!

Like I’m sorry but that is literally their ESSENCE reincarnated into human form. Same souls. Same love. Same ridiculous little mannerisms. They found each other AGAIN. What more do you WANT FROM ME!!!!!!!!

[empireofthesin]

Gobsmacked whenever people say it’s just some random people with their faces. Every single things said it’s them.

[fan-a-tink]

An Ineffable Goodbye | Good Omens 3

[mobius-m-mobius]

Because I only want one thing. And that's not what this is about anymore.

[invisibleicewands]

Michael crying in the behind the scenes of Good Omens 3.

"We've gone through all kinds of experiences doing it, and just such a pleasure. And to go through it with David has been... it's just been wonderful".

[fellshish]

and another thing… idk about you guys but my crowley and aziraphale are a demon and an angel, enemies to friends to situationship to almost-lovers, a 6,000 year slowburn. and they were fully shaped by the fact that they are supernatural beings, and by all their shared experiences, good and bad. that crowley and aziraphale have now semi-canonically been snapped out of existence, they have *never* even existed in this universe, they were basically book of lifed, the very punishment that was a threat in s2. and no weird ooc human au can ever be them because what they’ve been through and what they’ve learned is so much of who they are

[soloorganaas]

honestly part of what I’m struggling with is the sheer grief of the show ending. it feels a little like moving country or going through a break up where the loss is fundamental and absolute. even if it’s something you wanted or prepared for, the sudden realisation that life in that world is over can be too overwhelming to understand. the shift between then and now happens so fast the world feels like a blur. 36 hours ago there was still more of the story to tell and now there never will be again. no new memories. no new joy. and I think that’s especially hard when we’ve waited so long and it came so close to not happening at all. the catharsis of actually getting good omens 3 is a huge wave of emotion in itself but we’ve had no time to process it because then it’s immediately over. no time to enjoy the fact that we simply have them back on our screens because 90 minutes later that ends for good

and I think that compounds the fact that we do lose crowley and aziraphale within the story. all we as an audience have left now are memories, but those are memories of a story that’s now been wiped out. there’s not just no more stories of crowley and aziraphale for us, there’s no more for them, because their future within the story is over. there’s nothing to hold onto. we’re sitting and staring at where the furniture isn’t