apelcat

The reality is that I actually have to think about stylization

And oh my god, Bertie is so ugly, but I can't get over how adorable he is and how much he looks like a rat now.......

He doesn't really look like TV Bertie, but honestly, this is pretty much how I picture him in the book. He's naive, a little sly in that rat-like way, constantly stepping on his own tail, kind-looking, and just as straightforward as a rat would be

Like. Literally

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doodles

Thanks for your art!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I’ve decided to slowly start translating my scribbles after all

I slept, woke up, and my brain cleared up a little.

Here’s what I want to say. The concept of the ending is valid, because they basically have two options available to them: either remain within their roles and keep their miracles, since without them they’re incapable of functioning, or take on some other form in order to free themselves from dependence on their very nature, which imposes limitations on them. And if they choose the second option, their memories would inevitably get fucked up. As humans, they simply wouldn’t be capable of containing the memory of who they used to be, because, well, they would be human. A human mind isn’t as vast as that of a supernatural being. And besides, if they remembered their previous existence, they probably wouldn’t even be able to survive in human bodies out of sheer habit of ignoring physical needs.

But even under those circumstances, it still would’ve worked better if their "earthly past" wasn’t explicitly spelled out - like they themselves only vaguely and sluggishly realize that they’ve seen each other somewhere before, but can’t for the life of them remember where. You know that kind of TV format where characters just sort of… don’t age, and the show simply follows their everyday lives? That would’ve made sense here. Not literal immortality, but that sort of sitcom-style disregard for time.

Again, the concept of the ending itself is acceptable. But the way that concept was executed is complete garbage. Because it’s drama for the sake of drama, angst for the sake of angst. Good Omens, despite the weight of the themes it deals with, never stops being a comedy rather than a soap opera. And even the whole "becoming human" idea desperately lacked a more direct, lighthearted perspective instead of this suffocating sentimentality of "and then they fell in love at first sight".

That’s the problem with how everything ended up getting butchered - there was no room left for any lightness at all. The movie feels heavy, dense, unpleasant; there’s not even a safe way to approach it without getting pricked by something. Because in trying to "please the fans", the writers basically staged a clown parade where they crammed absolutely everything possible into a format that couldn’t support it. And it’s not even about the limited runtime - it’s that these people have absolutely no idea how to work with this material or how to preserve tonal balance. They don’t know what can be sacrificed or changed.

My faith in all good things has been crushed