Bits from Good Omens [the book] that when considered within the context of the finale, have me screaming
Basically I re-read The One True Copy and Honestly I Canβt Believe The Nerve Of This Man Would You Just Look At What Heβs Done To Our Story
Iβve talked about this so many times at this point. The book and seasons 1 + 2 stated that humans always had free will to begin with. They literally come up with things beyond and original to anything from heaven and hell. The whole idea of there being Good and Evil is literally what creates the concept of free will in the first place. The reason some humans canβt do as well as others is because there is inequality of the humansβ own making, therefore some are born in castles while others are born in poverty. Please tell me how God has had any kind of a negative impact on any of this???
Iβm willing to bet my life Terry Pratchett wrote this oneοΏΌ
Certainly not giving Depressed-And-Suicidal βGod will always stack the deck against meβ Crowley here, is it???
***For context for the next one: Adam is talking about getting rid of both The Them and The Johnsonites gangs as a metaphor/allegory for Heaven and Hell going to war to try and get rid of each other
While they mainly suggest that either gang coming out as the sole winner is as undesirable as either heaven or hell winning for eternity, I think this serves to make a point about how getting rid of both sides entirely is also a bad idea. The neighbors, the bystanders, the rest of humanity, may see it as βa plaque on both your houses,β But βitβd be a jolly sight less interestinβ if we all werenβt here.β
And remember, Terry Pratchett was responsible for The Them scenes in the book.οΏΌ
βThatβs because the people trying to sort it out were men [Gaiman]βοΏΌ
*cue vague sounds of frustration as I tear my hair out in the background*
NG deserves jail time for taking this quote from Adam and giving it to Crowley to serve as his Righteous Hero Speech. Also, they didnβt sort anything out while any of the humans were alive and only declared that they had βsorted itβ after the entire universe was dead π
I cannot believe this line. It is literally presented as sarcasm, as satire, and yet the finale unironically adopts this entire philosophy in the end.
*cue somewhat louder sounds of frustration as I tear out what little hair I have left in the background*
*Me crossing out every single line in the finale script I just printed* οΏΌ
This is what I did to my good omens copy, btw