(GO3 critical) Personally, pre-GO3 I was sure whatever solution they were gearing up to present to the whole situation with heaven and hell in the Good Omens universe, it wouldn't involve the complete annihilation of angels and demons.
Because there's this bit in the book where Adam and his friends are discussing angels and demons/heaven and hell through the lens of the Them and the Johnsonites, which I personally interpreted to be in support of this line of thought:
" Seems to me, " said Wensleydale, " that if you asked people in lower Tadfield, they'd say they'd be better off without the Johnsonites or the Them. " ( ... ) " but I bet they'd think it'd be a jolly sight less interestin' if we all weren't here. "
And it was, in my opinion, " a jolly sight less interestin' " for them to have simply removed angels and demons entirely. To have removed that bit of fantasy that made the Good Omens universe what it was. Its entire premise.
I would've thought the conclusion would be more along the lines of what's being said here. Re-emphasising agency to choose to make one's "own side" despite the influences of heaven and hell in their universe. (Which, were arguably not as big and overwhelming as they'd hoped for anyway.) (And wasn't that the joke? That no matter what Crowley and Aziraphale did to influence humanity, it didn't matter all that much, because humanity's capable of both great good and evil all on their own?) (I see arguments that they meddled in Maggie and Nina's relationship in S2 but Maggie and Nina didn't end up immediately together like Crowley and Aziraphale had hoped either. Doesn't that then also prove the lack of real influence angels and demons have on humanity?)
Here I'm talking about the agency of humanity, of course, but also of the other beings in that universe. Many of which were already breaking away from the pure black-and-white thinking expected of them (other than our main leads, there was Gabriel and Beezlebub, Muriel and Eric, etc.).
To quote another part of the book I think many have already pointed out:
Being a demon, of course, was supposed to mean you had no free will. But you couldn't hang around humans for very long without learning a thing or two.
This was in reference to Crowley. Why not applied to other angels and demons as well? I would've personally loved to see more supernatural beings hang around humans and learn a thing or two. The shenanigans that would've ensued.
In my opinion, there was a way for everyone to be happy in their original universe.
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