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The 5 real themes of good omens that the finale completely botched

I know we only had 1 episode and whole plotlines were scrapped but I was just left feeling so empty after the finale given how powerful and moving and profound the themes of season 1/the book were. So buckle up for a long ride let's talk about it

Theme 1: Human Incarnate

The book and the show established that humanity is unique because it is neither purely good or purely bad. From the book: "Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil, but by people being fundamentally people." This Aziraphale describes as "much better" than either Heaven or Hell

This is one of my favorite sequences in the whole show. And the music is soaring and gorgeous (but was never released in the official soundtrack, unfortunately, but I digress). Adam recalls the things in his life he has come to know and love; his parents, his friends, his dog, his home. He makes it have nice weather all year. Aziraphale could feel that love at the Tadfield Manor. Heaven and Hell tried to create an instrument of destruction. But by putting that inside a human boy, they didn't realize the strength of that boy's love would be strong enough to literally burn the hell out of him. He told Satan himself to shove it and rewrote reality to have the dad he truly loved. The power of humanity's love is stronger than any immortal power could ever be.

This is the idea that would have been so cool for the finale but unfortunately never paid off. As the second coming prepares to destroy Earth again, Aziraphale and Crowley could have teamed up with the power of humanity to reshape heaven and hell for good. Adam and Jesus as the Antichrist and Christ born to end the world and instead used their humanity to save it. Instead we got the book-of-life arc and humans were literally left to dust

Theme 2: Free Will

Good omens establishes that angels and demons are just puppets but humans are the ones with real free will because they have the ability to be good or bad. Even with heaven and hell, the humans on Earth always have a choice. Aziraphale even describes free will as the defining characteristic of humanity, as the crucial element that angels should exist to protect. In seasons 1+2, they agree on this, but Crowley's main grievance is the inequity of it all. Humans have free will but it still isn't fair.

God made angels and demons and humans but the humans never had to follow her 'plan.' Free will and the ability to recognize what is truly right outside the propaganda of good vs evil is what saves the world.

Humans always had free will, even if God was around to kill a bunch of them with floods or take their stuff to win bets or something. Creating a new universe without God wouldn't change that. They would still have free will, just less threats from above/below, I guess. What Crowley's established character really should have wanted here was to fix the inequity inherent in human society. That's what is truly holding them back, not a lack of will. Removing God from the universe doesn't actually solve the root problem.

Theme 3: Our Own Side

This is something Crowley learned very early and spends the whole show trying to teach Aziraphale. That good must be separated from heaven and bad must be separated from hell.

Heaven can do some truly appalling horrors and demons, at least Crowley (and somewhat Beelzebub I guess) have the potential to be kind. 'Their own side' is one where they have the freedom of humanity, to do what is objectively right. Not of heaven or hell, but true morality. Aziraphale and Crowley sort of found their way there in the finale, but it was all rushed and Aziraphale never really turned his back on heaven, it sort of just became irrelevant when everything started disappearing. What a beautiful world they could have created together, not one of good or evil, but one that--for all its flaws--is kind.

Theme 4: Love Conquers All

What was it all for? Love. God implies Aziraphale and Crowley were made for each other because she liked to smile at the silliness of their love. The literal only constant in the entire universe. Their love for the world and each other saved it. I think the decision to turn Aziraphale and Crowley's queer love story into a tragedy was the biggest mistake of seasons 2/3. Forcing the soft and romantic comedy of good omens into a queer tragedy was the moment it all crashed and burned. Now everything is tainted leading up to the pain and destruction of it all and the whimsy and lightness is gone. There were moments of it, but it was all leading toward the end. And queer love deserves to not be a tragedy. We have far too much tragic queer love in our society. Yes we got the south downs, but Aziraphale and Crowley never got to experience that freedom. They finally came together just to instantly be destroyed. We deserve happy and fulfilling queer love that is sweet without the bitter parts. Good omens was intended to be a comedy, not a tragedy

And then this was SUCH A COOL IDEA they introduced. Perhaps the first time ever an angel and a demon performed a miracle together. The power of their love could create magic stronger than anything heaven or hell had ever seen. I was so excited to see the wonders they were going to create, they ways in which they could have rebuilt the world better using that love. If they had this kind of power doing a tiny miracle, what could they have accomplished if they really put their minds to it??? God herself couldn't have stopped them. And instead, the finale literally revoked Crowley's miracles for the entire episode. They sacrifice themselves for a new earth and people that didn’t even exist yet instead of using any of their power to change it. The god awful execution of this theme is probably the biggest letdown of the entire finale imo

Theme 5: Fix It, Don't Replace It

This is so obviously established in seasons 1/2 I cannot believe how badly they missed the mark with this one

Literally shows us the horror of replacing the Earth with all new people. Even children can recognize that just because something is broken, it doesn't mean you throw it away and start over. They loved the world enough to want to save it. The world is inherently worth saving, flaws and all. If you love something, you don't abandon it. The ENTIRE PLOT of season 1 explores the horrors of humanity and yet humans, Aziraphale and Crowley do everything in their power to save it.

It absolutely blows my mind how directly this scene contradicts the entire message of the finale. Job didn't want new children, he quite liked the old ones. Aziraphale and Crowley didn't want the antichrist's new Earth, they quite liked the old one. We didn't want new human versions of Aziraphale and Crowley, we QUITE LIKED THE OLD ONES. Where the hell did that mentality go when they told God to create an entirely new universe?????????? Season 1 said the world is flawed but it deserves saving exactly as it is. Season 1 said an angel and a demon go off to the ritz together, exactly as they are. The finale said the world is too broken, we have to make it disappear and start over. The finale said Aziraphale and Crowley have too many issues/traumas to be happy, we have to destroy them and start over. That's why as cute as Asa and Anthony's love is, we quite liked them exactly as they were, angel/demon trauma + history and all. They deserved saving too.

Good omens has always been so special to me for how much it pokes fun at but also celebrates the messiness and wonder of humanity and love. The 6-to-1 episodes was a major setback but somehow the finale still managed to drop basically every one of its most endearing and powerful messages. What is the "real world" the finale is trying to make us value? One without a god to screw things up sometimes??? The best parts of humanity always shined through anyway--and not despite, but sometimes even BECAUSE of the heavenly challenges they overcame. It's very clear good omens as a whole was always meant to be a one-season/one-book story. There was so much potential and missed opportunities and I wish we could have had the finale we dreamt of. I will always love the world of good omens season 1/the book, so that is the world I'll keep in my heart. And all the nightingales therein

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Just some comfort. Read below for more about them and a close up <3

Nothing new on Lodolites except I spelled her name wrong.. oops. Also eventually she does have short hair but for now she keeps it long because I dunno proper attire for a quartz or something.

The red one is Crowley, of course. She is a Zircon but changes her name (either to Crowley or something else, possibly Amber(?) since I think it's a neat callback to canon Crowley's interest in plants).

I may change the way she's being held together, but essentially Crowley was shattered before the Diamond Attack, but some humans used welding to piece her gem back together with gold (based on the Japanese kintsugi method).

I thought possibly that Corruption in SU might be equable to Falling in GO, but also I don't know any way that Crowley could be corrupted and still... yk. It's too early in the timeline for her to be corrupted and then subsequently healed. Maybe I'll just bullshit something.

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Yep it's a Steven universe x Good omens AU. I wanna give it a unique name but haven't thought of anything yet, if youve got suggestions id be delighted to read them. Scroll if you wanna read a massive info dump about this.

I made Aziraphale a Lodelite because 1) I felt like it lines up well with Aziraphale role as a guardian and 2) Lodelite is also known as Garden quartz, which I thought was too perfect. Also in this AU she only is called Lodelite, she never changes it or anything.

Right now her story goes as follows: Lodelite was one of many Quartz soldiers sent to Earth to stop the rebellion, but for one reason or another Lodelite was poofed during the Diamond attack, and so reformed on an Earth almost completely barren of other uncorrupted Gems (I beleive in SU this is what happened to Lapis).

At some point she gives away a home world issued flaming sword to some humans (?), but she can also summon a normal sword as well.

Believing that someone will come rescue her, Lodelite stands post at the now empty and destroyed ship she arrived on, sending daily messages out that she hopes will get back to home world. (They never come, of course, but it takes awhile for Lodelite to loose hope).

Eventually she decides to collect Gen artifacts from the war while she waits, mostly to give herself some sense of purpose.

Fun fact: I put Lodelite gem on her back as a little way to signify how she avoids confronting her growing disloyalty to home world. Crowley has her gem on her chest for the opposite reason (also that's just where Zircon gems have always been in SU)

Crowley (previously Zircon) is there too but I'm probably gonna info dump about her in another post.

#stevenuniverse #stevenuniverseau #goodomens #goodomensau #crowley #aziraphale #crowleyxaziraphale #aziracrow #GOxSU

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Do you guys like my meme I made

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Behind the scenes pictures on the set of Good Omens 2 shared by classicaljgh on instagram (who works for DenOfGeek)

“I was lucky enough to be asked to cover a set visit to the goodomensprime set last week, and it is amazing, so gorgeous and so detailed!”

“Most gorgeous of course was Aziraphale’s bookshop”.

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If the show won't give us smiling Cowley then I'll do it myself

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Somebody killed his best friend.

Drenched cat Crowley has a special place in my heart and I hope we see more of her.

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3004 BC, the Flood.

Fanart based on a bittersweet fic I read about Crowley and Aziraphale sheltering during the flood.

Based on a fic called "Pull Up the Ladder When the Flood Comes" by midnightdragons on AO3. I just really liked the scene as a whole.

Scroll for close ups and some minor spoilers (it's a quote I liked)

SPOILER WARNING!

"You know, It would sure be a real shame if my wing were to get injured, wouldn’t it? I would have to stay here, I wouldn’t be able to fly, would I? I’d have to, I don’t know . . . miracle the cave so it doesn’t get flooded.”

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I have the BIGGEST smile on my face right now even if this fanart captures the sadness of my story so very well! Oh my gosh, it is the most incredible, wonderful thing to me when someone feels so inclined to make even a sketch inspired by my work, and this piece of gorgeous art is absolutely stunning. It may seem dramatic to say, but I am truly at a loss for words. Just, oh my goodness, I am so in love with this piece (and WILL be gushing about this to my friends for the next several weeks). The detail (the Holy Water burns, the feathers, the children) is utterly STUNNING and my eyes feel blessed, as do I as a whole. Creation is the ultimate act of kindness. Thank you so very much OP 🤍

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YAYYYY I'm so glad you like it!! It was imagining all the little details of the scene, the burns and the injury and the feathers, that made me want to draw it. This is the first fic art I've made and I'm so so glad u like it :)

I also really liked your "Strays on the Streets fic," I used to be a warrior cats kid and it was a very fun crossover to read. Currently reading "I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you," you really have a way with angst /pos.

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3004 BC, the Flood.

Fanart based on a bittersweet fic I read about Crowley and Aziraphale sheltering during the flood.

The fics called "Pull Up the Ladder When the Flood Comes" by midnightdragons on AO3. I just really liked the scene as a whole.

Scroll for close ups and some minor spoilers (it's a quote I liked)

SPOILER WARNING!

"You know, It would sure be a real shame if my wing were to get injured, wouldn’t it? I would have to stay here, I wouldn’t be able to fly, would I? I’d have to, I don’t know . . . miracle the cave so it doesn’t get flooded.”

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Continuing the good omens x bad guys thing, this time with everyone's least favorite character foils to our boys.

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In which Aziraphale where's a tie to look more "professional" for heaven, and Crowley senses some bullsht.

He also combs back his hair and buttons his suit (crimes)

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DUMPING ALL MY ABANDONED GOOD OMEN WIPS BECAUSE I DONT HAVE TIME TO FINISH IT!!!!!!!!!!

KOKAY BYEE

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All of these are stunning and I will die on that hill

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In which an evil snake from a group of other low life animals is forced to rehabilitate with the help of a stuffy dove.

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~ sometime during S3, when they finally let themselves be angry at each other about being rejected ~

If you'd asked either of them what had happened, you'd get something along the lines of "a great battle between enemies in which neither could best the other."

And indeed a few, half hearted punches and insults had been thrown, a bit of scuffling that landed some books and feathers scattered. But before long, far less than they'd have you believe, they ended up like this. Every so often one of them might spit a venomless jab or thump their first down lightly.

They didn't move for awhile.

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Aziraphale really thought Crowley was happier as an angel meanwhile THIS is how she smiled when they met on the wall