Peach

Lover of sapphic tv, hater of bad writing

[discipula20]

Having had some time to process my initial very visceral negative emotions towards the finale in terms of its thematic trajectory and character choices, I’m now struck by just how dumb the plot is.

The Book of Life, which was just a “myth to scare cherubs ” (or whatever that line was) is suddenly something everyone knows about and knows has a prime place where it is kept under watch, now has reality bending powers to give the screenwriters the ability to do whatever the heck they want. It’s not really explained and has no real logic to it. The little logic they attempt to give it doesn’t make sense. Michael goes around murdering just about everyone except for Aziraphale who was supposedly their original/main target. What were they waiting for? They had no issue deleting the Metratron. Surely, Aziraphale should’ve been next.

So much screen time is dedicated to stuff that doesn’t matter. The Eternal Flame (stop introducing new stuff so late in your canon! You only have 90 minutes!) is another plot device that really just seems to be there to further the nonsensical Book of Life stuff and retcon A and C’s first meeting (again). Jesus is just there. You could’ve cut out the gambling plot and the trip to Hell, for that matter, too. So much more time was needed to actually address a lot of the hanging threads left over from season two.

In fact, the more I think about it, pretty much nothing of any relevance actually transferred over from season two. I don’t see how any of this was necessary. The plot is entirely artificially created and divorced from season two; the only real connections to the previous season are that they had to mention the Second Coming, had to get Aziraphale back down to earth and I guess the Book of Life was technically introduced in season two. They did not, in my mind, do a proper reconciliation between our main characters, which was arguably one of their more important jobs.

I’m not gonna even jump into the stuff with God and Satan and all that. I’m sure plenty of people have talked about it better than I could. Needless to say, none of that impressed me either. To top all this off, the dialogue also really took a hit compared to the earlier seasons, especially the first season. It’s not witty. It’s not particularly funny. A lot of it is just plain mean (poor Muriel). And it goes against previously established character traits, motivations, beliefs and series lore.

[armageddidnt]

A collection of shitty GO3 memes, part 3

It’ll never be as good as “nothing legolasts forever” but im cackling anyway

[rantingaboutbadwriting]

How the fuck did we get a happy ending for The Boys and a tragically disastrous and painful ending for Good Omens??

[simperius]

It should have been Jesus running around with Adam doing second coming shenanigans and philosophizing about The Big Stuff and experiencing modernity and regular life and friendship etc. while Aziraphale and Crowley are forced back together in order to look for him and wind up hashing out their differences from before while being endearingly useless to the broader mission, slowly falling back into their Earthly rhythm, addressing The Kiss and clumsily figuring out how to express and accept their love for one another until the two plots converge in an absurd high stakes climax where the Messiah and the former Antichrist implore above and below to embrace their own free will and acknowledge their self-imposed shackles, thereby freeing all beings alive dead and otherwise from an unending cycle of shame and judgement

[pickle-a-in]

Just feelings, not discourse. Still finding my feet...

[can-you-stomach-it]

The longer I think about the finale, the more it confuses me. The new thought I have is: S2 was conceived as a bridge between S1 and the "real" sequel. However, nothing in S2 ended up being important.

More below the cut:

The kiss. Crowley finally allowed himself to express his feelings and kissed Aziraphale. But they do not talk about it in the finale. They do not really address what this means for their relationship. Actually, right before dissapearing, Aziraphale does the weird kiss with his fingers that to me reads as giving Crowley his kiss back. Which is like. Undoing S2's finale.

The main characters' conflicting views. Aziraphale and Crowley's argument and separation comes from the fact that they have different views on Heaven. Aziraphale chooses to try and work within that system to help humanity, believing that being in charge means he can make a difference. Crowley believes that Heaven is irredeemable: that the only way for him and Aziraphale to live truthfully is being their own side. In the finale, they do have this argument again, but it is not meaningfully explored. Aziraphale never has this moment of being overwhelmed by how evil Heaven is. Crowley never gets to dwell on how "running away together" is not a choice that would make them happy, because of how deep their love for humanity runs.

Crowley's character development. S2's ending allowed Crowley to finally say no to Aziraphale's "I need you." He refused to go to Heaven with him even when his angel begged him for help. In the finale, he falls back on the same old dynamic almost immediately. It is even explicitly recognized in the text that yes, Aziraphale came back because he needed something. But it wasn't really explored as a problem that needed some kind of resolution.

This is related to the last point but. Aziraphale never accepts Crowley as Crowley. S2's ending was painful because Aziraphale asked Crowley to be an angel again, thus making him feel like he could never be worthy of love as he was. In the finale, Aziraphale calls Crowley "the best angel" and that really shows how this very important conflict was never solved.

Aziraphale being the Supreme Archangel. He sacrificed so much last season to have this role. However, we do not really get to see the challenges he faced (we are just told in passing about them) nor the choices he made. We do not even get to hear the speech he wrote for Jesus to read. Having him being the top angel actually substracts credibility from the plot: why wouldn't Michael delete him from the Book of Life much earlier? If we had this finale right after S1, Gabriel could have been murdered this way. Michael not targeting Aziraphale would make more sense, as he would no longer be in Heaven's radar (in S2 they only go to him because of his and Crowley's miracle to hide Gabriel).

The Second Coming. During S2, the big mistery uncovered by Gabriel that led to him deleting his own memories was the Second Coming. We do have some of that in the finale, but it goes nowhere. Jesus barely manages to give everyone pizza before dissapearing.

Job's minisode. Its existence really makes it impossible to accept the finale as a happy ending. Like. If you make a new universe instead of asking the current one to be saved, then it is as if Aziraphale and Crowley had let Hell kill Job's children.

Not to mention all the S2 characters that we do not see in the finale. Gabriel, Beelzebub, Nina, Maggie and so on. The Metraton is killed almost immediately. What purpose did introducing him even had?

I can perfectly picture how this finale could fit right after S1 with no need of S2 in between. In fact, it would be a bit less jarring, as we would not have all the unadressed baggage from S2's kiss.

[aduckwithears]

Hey, remember when good omens was a feel good odd couple comedy about a failed Armageddon? Hey? Hey? Is this thing on??!

[fellshish]

[baconmoop]

Thought it only fitting that the episode about defying god and gaining true free will get the destiel treatment

[rantingaboutbadwriting]

My thoughts after watching each season of Good Omens

Season 1:

What a funny and original story with engaging and slightly absurd plot and very likable characters. Every single one of them. The angel and the demon’s relationship is very complex and compelling. I love how it’s open to interpretation.

Season 2:

The comedic nature of the story seems to be replaced with cheap gags and the plot is as uninteresting as it gets. At least we get go see the two of the most beloved s1 characters interact a lot even though sometimes it seems a bit off. Cool to see that they decided to lean fully into the romantic interpretation of Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationship. The rejection/separation twist after a long build-up is surely only there to heat up the drama for season 3, right?

Season 3:

The plot is back but I am not sure how I feel about the tone switch from « whimsical resolution of complex problems and avoiding disasters in the most absurd way » to literally killing everyone off and ending the universe. The dramatic twist in Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationship didn’t actually lead to any positive resolution ? And they never got a satisfying closure??

[rantingaboutbadwriting]

Did we need Good Omens seasons 2&3?

At the end of season 1 we had:

1. Armageddon averted;

2. Crowley and Aziraphale no longer working for heaven or hell;

3. Them being free to openly spend time together (and us being free to imagine our own continuation for them);

4. An optimistic aftertaste and a truly happy ending.

After seasons 2&3 we have:

1. The universe destroyed;

2. Aziraphale returning to work for heaven leaving Crowley behind;

3. Knowing that Aziraphale’s canonical reaction to Crowley kissing him is rejection;

4. Them ceasing to exist along with the whole world and all the characters that we liked;

5. Some random people in another universe having a happy ending.

[plantlordv]

Aziraphale and Crowley did NOT get a happy ending. Let that sink in.

After everything they'd gone through together, all their history, their love spanning 6000 years, they literally vanished into dust.

Their "human versions" are not them. They met each other in their 50s? 60s? and will get like 30 or so years together.

No sticking together for centuries despite being from opposite factions in an eternal conflict, no developing their rivalry, friendship, and eventually love throughout the ages, no having each other's back despite the dangers of doing so, no bickering, no rescuing each other, no "you go too fast for me, Crowley", no 'our' Bentley, no "angel" as a pet name, NO THEM. At all.

This is my worst nightmare I'm going the fuck back to sleep.

[tumbld-out-of-my-bed]

This didn't feel like a love letter to the fandom actually. It actually felt like a very big fuck you.

I just wanna preface it by saying I have a lot of respect and love for the cast and crew, and I blame it all on THAT man.

Because.

We didn't need a S2 and S3. S1 was perfect. We were doing fine with that ending. Why give us all that just for... This? Why would you do this to us? Just, why?

[rantingaboutbadwriting]

Good Omens spoilers

I just rewatched the entirety of Good Omens and it just pisses me off so much that the whole second season’s point was to push Crowley and Aziraphale to communicate clearly about their feelings. And in the end. They never did.

Crowley at least attempted to express his feelings in season 2, but we have. never. seen. Aziraphale. do. the. same.

[vanyamired]

thinking about it more- i don't even completely hate the concept of the ending. i just wish the last ten minutes were devoted to actual aziraphale and crowley saying goodbye to one another- in any way, rather than whatshisface human au versions- who are not them. i think that's the part i really, really think was just badly written. i do not care one whit about these characters they spent so much precious time on at the end. what they needed was a proper crowley and aziraphale scene without being interrupted.

[rantingaboutbadwriting]

The Good Omens finale makes me feel like what Job and Sitis would have felt if they actually got 6 new children instead of 3 of their old ones..

[veryfastnighuncatchable]

Shout out to Aziraphale and Crowley for being such a great example of enemies to lovers despite having never been enemies or lovers