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I can't believe in all the excitement, I forgot to post my GO3 bingo card. I mean, my heart is a weeping crater of devastation and loss but hey, at least I won something! BINGO! For real though I wish only one of the spots was tick-able. My card would be unbingoable but it would be a tiny unbingoable blemish in a much brighter world.
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Personally, I don’t want fix it fics, I want to pretend Season 3 was a fever dream that didn’t happen. No disrespect to people who are coping that way, but to me the real canon divergence IS season 3, because that hack job sure as hell has nothing to do with the world they established prior.
It doesn’t exist to me. I have no clue what you’re even talking about. Good Omens film? Season3? Never heard of her. Good Omens was cancelled and didn’t receive a third installment. I’m also pretty sure season 2 was a fever dream, and nothing was actually real except for Bildad the Shuhite, Fell the Marvelous, and Crowley on Laudanum.
Catch me backdating my Archive because I don’t even wanna see the number three in the tags; Having to be reminded of this shit every time I look for something to read pisses me off now. (Which, respectfully, PLEASE remember to tag your fics for season 3.) Asa and Anthony are NOT Aziraphale and Crowley. They get their own tags, and honestly should be tagged as Human AU as well, because that’s what it is: an alternate universe. With humans. That are not Aziraphale and Crowley.
Other people can enjoy it, sure, but I do not want reminders of this doomsday event.
They just retconned the main protagonists out of existence. Our Angel and Demon and all of their millennia of who they are is dead in another universe, and it’s vile, and I REFUSE.
Ive got 70k+ fics to choose from that don’t include this, I’ll see y’all later. I need to mentally recover from the writers’ and Amazon’s fandom abuse. I’m gonna go sit in the corner and read fics about Crowley sneaking kids onto the arc in the flood- Because the Crowley I know is generally pretty against unilaterally wiping people out of existence.
GO3 writing - too much attempted fan service
I'm no screenwriter/movie creating person. Still I feel like GO3 should have been a much better outcome than it was, based the abundance they had going in. Sure. It would be hard to distill 6ish hours down into 90ish minutes. The writers had the benefit of the original 2 movies (plus notes presumably) though. And the book. Plus a written S3 script as a reference.
I feel like they didn't honour this source material though, in 2 ways:
1/ the writers just did not care about Good Omens. Idk who the writers were, if they purportedly liked GO or not - I can't believe they were invested in any way, shape or form beyond a paycheck and credit.
2/ to make up for up the fact that they didn't care about and had no deep knowledge of the source material, and knowing this was going ahead in part due to fan response, they decided to peek into the fandom and skim off the top what they PERCEIVED the fans wanted. (PERCEIVED being yelly because they fucking got it wrong, didn't they).
The finale rehashed what were already known fan obsession points:
Azi moaning over his food and Crowley tempting him into eating and watching
Crowley always rescuing Azi, so Azi finally rescues Crowley back (and again, coz the writers think we're fucking morons, the script pointedly describes what he's doing as he's clearly doing it jfc)
Crowley loving the Bentley and their little 'married argument' about who the Benley belongs to
An outlandish outfit for Crowley in heaven
That godawful half baked Azi apology dance that seemed to have a techno soundtrack this time around.
All these bits (as well as likely others - I genuinely haven't been able to watch the finale more than 1.5 times so may be missing other examples) seem to be slapped into the finale like 'LOOK HERE ARE THE THINGS YOU WANT AND LIKE'.
It's almost like the writers, not caring enough to even actually understand the fandom likes/wants, out of laziness or a misguided desire to try and appeal to the fandom, just ran a bunch of links through chatgpt and asked for 'top 5 things we should stick in GO3 to appease the fans'. With the notable exception of course of any kind of declaration/affection/kiss, which would have been at the top of the fandom list. GO3 appeared dedicated to ensuring Elspeth had no chance of exhuming Buried Gays, with the finale ruthlesslessly ironing out any gayness into straightness - or just plain oblivion. (Don't think of it as dying, think of it as avoiding the rush, Mutt). Side note, I've never really even categorised Azi & Crowley as gay - they're sexless celestial beings after all - but they were 'other' to each other, forbidden, and still found, respected, supported and loved each other despite that. I love that about them, irrespective of plumbing. Nevertheless, S2 was heavy on queer representation even outside of Azi & Crowley, which was wonderful and seemed to set us up for a happy queer ending(s)). Nope. Amazon powers that be: "Pass My Shovel".
So my take on GO3 is that the writing wasn't done with any love or care for the story itself. The writers just didn't care. I feel like the writers tried to appease the fandom and use it as a shortcut to deliver something they thought would tick enough boxes - which ultimately became a script which didn't embody any kind of reverence for the core story as it deviated from it too much into (misinterpreted) fan service. If they'd just stayed true to the core of GO and completely ignored the 'perceived' fandom wish list, we'd have had wonderful new canon compliant material to gnaw over and dissect and adore - rather than stale bubble and squeak.
(I may be wrong, happy to discuss - this was just how the finale felt to me. Too much 'here you go fans' while ignoring GO lore).
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Still reeling. Still on the opposite side.
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Today's vent:
The finale Aziraphale was not our Aziraphale.
I keep thinking about how Aziraphale, when Crowley did not immediately leap to his feet to help him, just turned around and walked away.
He didn’t try to help him up. He didn’t crouch down to his level. He didn’t even look remotely pressed, and he left Crowley lying there, depressed and dirty and drunk and barely conscious, like he was a piece of trash. Like he meant nothing. (I also haaaaate what they did with Crowley here, but that’s another post entirely)
To think they made Aziraphale into the villain so many people thought he was post s2, and for what? To what end? For what reason? It feels so unnecessarily cruel. So callous. So very much not Aziraphale.
“But Crowley told him to go away! Aziraphale was just respecting his boundaries!”
Nah. No. I mean maybe if Crowley was just chilling having a drink somewhere all upright and not covered in shit and mired in despair, then fine. But he’s lying on the fucking street in the alley muttering that nothing matters anymore. I would argue that when someone you care about is THAT depressed and THAT deep in a dark, dark place, that is precisely the time to ignore their attempt to shove you away. At the very least you reach out to them, anyway.
Was that angel the same as this one? This soft but fiercely tenderhearted sweetheart?
Are we supposed to believe this was that same angel we watched walk away from the same demon he guided through that Edinburgh cemetery with firm but careful hands before he was snatched down to Hell?
Out of all the possible things that could’ve happened in the finale— of all the possible endings and scenarios I thought about for months and months— one thing I never even considered to be remotely possible about this angel who always looked at Crowley like he was everything?
I never thought that Aziraphale wouldn’t help Crowley up off the ground.
And apparently, neither did Peter Anderson Studio.
Why that scene didn’t happen this way in the actual film, I’ll never understand. I’ll never understand pretty much any of the finale because it is so fucking nonsensical in every way, but they butchered the characterization so badly it’s almost impressive. It’s sickening. I have been trying to write a version of this scene that fits with the characters but the words won’t come. I’ll keep trying though.
Updated my Cosplay post GO3!!
Labelled, so you can tell who I am in each pic:
Sure, GO3 ripped my heart clean out my chest, but at least it's made cosplay easier!
The End / The Beginning
OK so my usual reaction to uncomfortable situations is to make jokes #Sad Clown Paradox anyone? So yeah it's my go-to so I thought I'd try it to cope with GO3 but ...
Not there yet, not sure I ever will be, back into my happy place of Book/S1/S2. Need to come up with a catchy way of saying that...maybe BookSS? BSSC (Book S1 S2 Canon) - which has the added bonus of sounding like a reference to Rimmer's Bronze & Silver Swimming Certificates for any Red Dwarf fans out there? Anyway. I didn't cry today, so that was a thing. How's everyone feeling?
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The REAL tragedy of GO3 is that Aziraphale and Crowley worked the same jobs for 6,000 years without a sniff of a promotion, made it to literally the day before retirement and got laid off with no payout. To top it off, Boss goes postal and annihilates them before they could even leave the office at end of shift.
#Congrats on 6,000 years of loyal service #Unfortunately your positions have been made redundant as the entire universe has been made redundant #Put Me Through To The Heaven and Hell HR Department #EtherealUnionisationNow
the difference between liking the finale and not isn't just down to the debate of media literacy and taste. because the problem really boils down to the experience of loss.
i keep trying to shout how much i reject the finale. i am filling up every space i can with all of the reasons it doesn't make sense to me, doesn't work for me, doesn't feel canon to me. not because i'm trying to convince myself of my position, but because i'm trying to convince myself that i will be able to move past this feeling by just rejecting it. but in truth i don't know how to unsee it. and i do not know if i can enjoy good omens anymore. because while those issues of taste and media literacy surrounding the convoluted philosophies about free will and reincarnation, and the whole not kissing or not saying "i love you" issues can all be debated as intellectual, matters of logic and judgement and comprehension... there's a big chunk of this schism that comes from perception and emotion, and not all emotional responses/reactions can be logic'ed or be correct or incorrect.
and one of the most impactful for me is what feels like multiple instances of extremely out of character dialogue and choices. and because of aziraphale and crowley's characterization and choices in the finale, i was very quickly drained of the feeling of comfort in them and their love. i can't love that aziraphale with how he speaks to that crowley. i ache too much for that crowley. i don't feel that their love as presented is that powerful or beautiful anymore because now it just radiates what from my experience feels completely toxic. and so i'm left with wondering why would toxic love save the universe. why is it good to get reincarnated back into a toxic relationship. and even if you try to make the logical argument that that toxicity is only there because of the angel/demon opposite sides thing, it doesn't feel like enough to excuse the fact that it happened. it destroys for me the beauty of it.
so even if "that is them," i don't know how to care about asa and anthony getting to be happy and in love if I wouldn't have been peacefully, comfortably happy with crowley and aziraphale getting together after what i saw in that episode.
and trying to look back at season 2 and season 1 and the book and the good old fics is a stab in the heart because i saw in that finale the devastation on their faces when they decided that all of the longing and want and pain of every disagreement and fight and miscommunication and every "almost" over 6000 years would never be rectified. that there was no payoff for all of that trying and wanting. that they were in pain for millennia only to sacrifice themselves for a new universe that i can't feel like was even a guarantee... because god's agreement doesn't feel like something that can or should be trusted. there's no comfort or joy there anymore. it doesn't feel safe. i don't feel held. reading and writing fic just hurts now. drawing, making gifs, editing video, all just hurt now. i can't talk to half of my friends because they're happy about something that broke me. i've lost my source of joy and i don't know if that feeling is ever going to come back. i don't know if i'll ever be able to unsee the finale and shed the visceral emotional reaction i had to it. and that kind of loss carries a whole different kind of weight and consequence and disruption to it than a straightforward or even bittersweet "i liked it."
Your blog saying how you feel like you're "not allowed to be part of the fandom anymore" was so spot on. It's so, exhausting and hurts feeling well... Cast out.
Hey, thanks for your message. Truly - thank you. It's kind of ironic to feel cast out - parallels to S1 much? "Oh hey, it's G03 and the guys...next thing I was doing a million year freestyle dive into a pool of boiling sulfur"!
Look, the fandom is hurting right now. Even those who are screaming at the top of their lungs about how great GO3 was - are mourning a loss, as it's an end (of TV show canon). I think there could be a lot more empathy on all sides; but it does feel like a double attack on those who didn't like the finale, as not only are we gutted at the finale itself, but then are getting attacked by everyone else from so many angles ("you just wanted smut", "boohoo you didn't get a kiss, love is more than a kiss", "you didn't understand the finale", "you're obviously not a fan", "y'all are too dumb to interpret the finale properly, get some MeDiA LiTeRaCy", "at least we got a finale at all"). Its grief on top of grief and yes - it's exhausting. I've found some little relief stepping away from the fandom and being very selective in what I look at. I've tried to find and engage in safe spaces. Sure - another layer of grief is being excluded from the fandom at the exact time I'd envisaged myself being kneedeep in euphoric posts, joyously creating memes and gifs - but S3 is done and out there now - the fandom will still be here if I want to get back into it later - and people will still be ready to talk and engage about it if and when I feel up to participating again. I'm really, really sorry it turned out this way and that you're feeling like this. You're not the only one. Take some time and look after yourself - and maybe reach out to give a hand to anyone else out there you see suffering similarly. Sending a hug if you'd like one. Reach out anytime.
another reminder that it's okay to be shattered by the finale. it's okay to hate it. it's okay to be enraged and it's okay to feel betrayed and it's okay to feel lost and it's okay to feel anything that you're feeling. it doesn't make you less of a fan. your feelings are real and extremely valid. the mix of toxic positivity, smug superiority and outright vicious contempt for anyone who didn't love this finale is suffocating. the pressure to stay positive amidst utter devastation is a cruel prison. clearly there is a reason such a massive, massive number of people refuse to accept this finale as something that fits or feels right. and it's okay. it's all okay. you don't have to love it or even like it and you are still a fan. you matter.
It’s so sad that they never wrote or filmed a finale for Good Omens. So very, very sad we never saw a finale for Good Omens.
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I think im gonna be sick
Shall we make "Another One Bites The Dust" the fandom exodus anthem?
Im not ready to lose the whole fandom though (i think)....can we come up with a name for adherents to the Church of Book and S1? I wont be able to stomach the fandom if i cant somewhat reduce the amount of S3 shite I see.
