Been thinking about this post by @rimonoroni2 on the Christian symbolism of the lamb (post here) in relation to the ending of Good Omens 3
God won. Over Aziraphale, over Crowley, over love, over perseverance, over humanity.
To give context- The original message of Good Omens, as seen by yours truly, was the breaking of molds.
By all rights, Adam should’ve brought on armageddon. Aside from his inherited occult urges, Adam’s young mind was shaped by despair, over a corrupt world, over what awaited him after playtime, what he was left with. The pieces were in place, both external and internal forces pushed the narrative of “restart it all”, he SHOULD’VE fulfilled his given role, but he didn’t. Adam chose to face the world, Adam chose to reject his mold, he chose to be human incarnate, despite all odds stacked against him, he controlled his destiny.
Anthema’s a witch, Newt the descendent of a witch hunter, they should be enemies, but they aren’t.
The same theme follows for Aziraphale and Crowley: an angel who disobeys god, a demon who isn’t entirely evil, and both of them friends, indulging in earthly pleasures, wines, music, chats. It SHOULDN’T have happened, but it DID.
The soul of this story lies in spite of impossibility, to be faced with two paths, and instead of following one or the other, to make a third one. Will overpowers all. (A message that may not translate to other genres, but in a comedy like Good Omens, it’s brilliant and beautiful)
The whole point of their characters was that they weren’t what they were supposed to be. Not in the eyes of God, or of their superiors, they chose defiance over submission!
So to have them stand there, under the eyes of God, and play into her will, to stick to her rules, to have their only semblance of “choice” be the destruction of the universe they loved, along with their own demise, and to pass it off as “nobility”.
THAT right there, the framing of the “Lamb”, to quote: “what's admirable about it is that it doesn't fight back and it doesn't try to defend itself and it's suffering is noble because it just sits there and takes it.” There’s nothing noble there. It’s hopelessness incarnate.
What’s the takeaway? That power always wins in the end? That it’s better to just take it? That there’s no point in fighting for yourself? That- “suffering is godly when you don’t question or try to protect yourself, and survival is ugly.”
I refuse, I denounce such a miserable message, not from the show that brought us so much light, so much laughter and optimism.
What ever happened to them, the optimists we knew?? What happened to the defiant bastards? Where’s that indomitable human spirit we know and love? I don’t believe it, such complete and utter submission, not from our Aziraphale, not from our Crowley.
God wins, submission is the only way, and love is not worth fighting for.
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