(I should say up front that this post is written from the perspective that I don't consider the idea of them having met before Eden to be canon. I don't think that was the intention when there was only Season 1, and personally I don't like the idea of them meeting before the Fall.)
Why had it never occurred to me that, in the Mesopotamia flashback, Crowley calls Aziraphale by name, even though Aziraphale never introduced himself to him on the wall of Eden?
I'd like to imagine that, while Aziraphale was sheltering Crowley from the rain, they had a conversation something like this:
"By the way..." Crawley hesitated. "What's your name?"
"Aziraphale," the angel replied a little bit absently after a brief pause.
The demon gave a little grin.
"Did I say something amusing?" the angel asked, sounding puzzled, though there was no irritation in his voice.
"I was expecting something like Michael or Gabriel," Crawley admitted. "It suits you. Better than mine, anyway."
They stood in silence, watching the rain drink into the flower petals. Aziraphale's curls had started to frizz in the damp air, and Crawley did his best to hide the smile that sight brought to his face.
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I’m genuinely curious how fans of the movie react when they’re told that the finale didn’t just kill Aziracrow. It killed, actually, not only them, it killed 8 billion people on Earth, every plant, every animal. I’m sincerely curious what arguments they start making that don’t sound like fascist rhetoric.
In season 2, they broke our hearts, but they left us with the hope that it would eventually be repaired, only for them to ultimately erase it into dust, leaving us with no hope at all.
I rewatched season 1 over 20 times. Season 2 even more. I watched season 3 twice, the second time only to make sure it wasn't just some crazy dream, and I'll be damned if I ever touch it again. I think that says a lot.
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"But they chose humanity, they saved the Earth!" No. No, they did not choose humanity, and they did NOT save the Earth. They surrendered. They allowed the Great Plan to unfold, taking BILLIONS of lives with it. Children, adults, animals, plants, insects, absolutely everything perished. Everything they fought for perished. They assumed they knew what humanity needed without asking humanity. They did basically what Adam refused to do, demonstrating his free will and his resistance to being what the Great Plan told him to be. He didn't give up on this world. And they did.
"This show is about humanity, not about aziracrow only!" SO WHY DID THEY MAKE IT ABOUT AZIRACROW ONLY. Even in s2, which was focused on aziracrow a lot, humans played a role! They helped to protect the bookshop! And in s3... I cant remember even one single human character, who played a role. Not a single one. So no, it's not about humanity or humanism. They didnt try to understand what good omens is about.
S3 is about money and a very stupid fan service. That's all.
Most people who liked the ending keep falling back on, "Well, at least they're together now. They're married!"
I'm not even going to get into the fact that they aren't really them, I've said it before, and so have plenty of other people.
But a friend of mine gave me a funny thought...
How can we even be sure that Asa and Anthony are married to each other? :D
Maybe they both have wives, and Asa just came over to Anthony's house to look at the stars. Maybe they're just very close friends. How would we know?
After all, even with the human versions, where you can't use the "transcendent, non-human love" argument anymore, the writers still left those who liked Asa/Anthony with nothing but the damn hand-holding. So yes, I see it as nothing more than homophobia.
Trying not to passively-aggressively reblog something to argue with it, so in short:
* Never ever give unsolicited negative feedback to the creator of fanworks. Come on, guys.
* Crowley and Aziraphale never canonically smoke. Shadwell does, because he is icky in general. Mr Young does, because he is a expy of Mr Brown from Just William. Can't remember if Pollution smokes but he's a good bet.
* The idea that pretty much everyone smoked in 1989/1990 is based on mass media (which was influenced by tobacco companies), or on the sheer fact that a minority of 30% of adults in the UK (and some kids) managed to have a disproportionate effect on the environment of the majority.
* Despite mass media, smoking was already looked down on--not as socially unacceptable as now (good job, guys, and I think Australia takes a bit of the credit), but it was on its way down, and smoking was correlated with lower socioeconomic status,.There's a reason Shadwell is more likely to be seen with with nictotine-stained fingers and teeth and addiction than Crowley with his glossy yuppie aesthetic. To put it baldly, if Crowley was going to play the human addict of anything, it would be cocaine.
* The NYR being used as evidence they canonically smoked? It's. A. Joke. It's a comedy. It has jokes. Standing around outside the Gates of Hell, pit of torture, in case you make things unpleasant for damned souls? Needing rules like that in Heaven (Pterry had a running joke about No Smoking signs where no one would smoke anyway making non-smokers want to rebel)? Again, come on, guys. Even if a bit of marketing dashed off was canon anyway.
* All that being said, people can depict our boys as mermaids, mafioso, marketers or merkeets. It's fandom. What you write and draw won't be to everyone's taste, but it doesn't have to be .
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I just wanted Aziraphale to be happy and loved as himself. That's it. I don't see why that was asking too much of Good Omens 3. I wanted him to finally get to live freely and happily with his beloved as he deserved. He fought like mad to do the right thing, and he earned his happily ever after.
BookAziraphael would have let Crowley die in a ditch, SeriesAziraphael cares about Crowley a bit more.
I beg to differ
Book Aziraphale might give bastard-ish vibes, he is still an angel, and he still cares about his (best)friend/unofficial husband
Best exemple I have right now is this moment in the book :
At some point Warlock gets a hold of a gun and Aziraphale's first reaction is to perform a last minute miracle to turns the gun into a harmless water gun
And the water hits Crowley. Warlock was aiming the gun at Crowley, who was distracted with looking for the hellhound.
And then Az is hit by a cream pie
He wasn't even paying attention to his own surroundings, because he had to make sure Crowley didn’t get discorporated FIRST
This is probably the most obvious instinctively attentive and caring thing that Aziraphale did for Crowley in the book
I have been getting several... "Show is better" comments on my art (2 in one day actually??).
This one upset me the most
It makes me so sad that because Book Omens aren't explicitly showing their love, or acting like ShowOmens's bumbling teenagers going through forbidden love arc, there are people saying they are "less warm", "the show is another level" on my BOOK OMENS ART of all places. (On Facebook, not here)
First of all, the show being better? The book didn't kill everyone off and AziCrow didn't die. AziCrow in the Show didn't even say a proper Goodbye before they got erased. They had awkward smiles and finger kiss. Not even a hug. Where's the warmth?
Second of all, Book Omens are like gay old men who are so comfortable with each other that they don't even need to run around saying "I love you" or kissing to understand that they care and love each other. Think those old ladies living together with cats that you are so sure are a couple but you have no proof. That's Book Omens.
To me, Book Omens feel more... mature. More fitting for actual 6000 years in love beings.
By the way, if anyone didn't need a kiss, it's Book Omens. Not Show Omens.
Anyway, made me sad so I looked at the book again. Here are some things I like from the Book about their characters:
Aziraphale didn't let Crowley get fined for speeding. He blushes!
Aziraphale casually eating from Crowley's plate lol
Crowley checking on his angel's wellness XDDDDDDD
Arm grabbing! (not that you don't have this in the show I just love it)
Aziraphale already is aware that Heaven aren't better than Hell. He didn't have the struggles of ShowAzi because the two of them have had these discussions long before mordern time. Both of them have had conversations about their "company policy" long ago.
Even the gun moral argument thing wasn't Azi's thought. It was "current thinking". Not his personal belief.
Aziraphale knows heaven's propaganda is bullshit. He just go along as far as he can.
Look, the wall slam was hot or whatever. I know. But for me, it was unnecessary. They are so cute just talking. I felt the wall slam was a bit too aggressive for my taste. Just preferences.
I love how Crowley learned to control his mischief when he's with Aziraphale. LOL
HE FEELS ALONE. MY POOR SNEK.
This one is enough said. People analyised it to death already.
The implication that Crowley often spent time around Aziraphale until he's hinted that he should leave. lol
This moment alone melts my heart:
They thought they were going to die together here. And this is how they were saying Good bye.
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Imagine looking at this sweet, brave baby and thinking "Ah, yes, he deserves to be belittled and insulted repeatedly, treated like the villain for *checks notes* enjoying earthly pleasures and trying to make things better and save the universe and make Heaven and Hell stop treating people like shit, and not get the happily ever after he's dreamed of for so long."
Imagine looking into his round pookie sunshine face and his bright eyes and being mean to him.
