about the end of good omens (spoilers ofc)
when I first watched it I was like "oh damn what the hell this is good but bad but better than could be but also the worst and also the best." from a purely moral and ethical standpoint, this is the best ending that could have been. people were given the freedom to choose, the freedom from higher powers and predetermined destinies and from the constant fear that their lives might be cut short by someone outside of their control. no demons, no angels, no satan, no god. the world is what it should be, what it is now for us. the world is real, true and right. that was the world what crowley wanted for every human, for all humanity.
abandoning the principles of morality and ethics, i'm...... lost, depressed, disappointed, on verge of tears, coping with s3 for the whole week having final exams in thirteen days, feral, apathetic, hollow and feel bad for everything aziraphale and crowley had lost. they have been them for the ridiculously long time -- is six thousand years a joke? they were a team, a group of the two of them, and spend their existence pretending that they aren't. and couldn't they get an ending they deserve? after all these years, after the confession that finally came, they met again. and everything could have been different and stay the same. they would spend time at the bookstore, "dining at the ritz we'll meet at nine precisely", doing their jobs terribly poorly (if they both hadn't already been fired), and doing miracles in small ways. they would continue to handle everything together: "but rescuing me makes him so happy." a well-deserved peace after everything, occasionally interrupted by an ineffable plan. they could ask for everything to be restored to its original state, but they would also need to secure the book of life to prevent anything like this from happening again. and - vavoom - something around happily ever after.
it's the death. they willingly-not-so, consciously decided to leave the past world destroyed and erased. yes, they didn't kill all this people, didn't erase the stars and universe themselves, but they had a chance to get it back. crowley was the one who voiced this idea: if people are not something important to god, they should be freed from this system. allow the creation of god to live in the new world, where god is non-existent. it is right, it breaks my heart.
crowley sacrificed everything he had. the memory of how he created universes, placed constellations in the sky, how he saw the beginning of the world, and how he lived this life. it wasn't the happiest, but it was dear to him.
crowley sacrificed the life of the person he loved the most.