Good Omens

@neil-gaiman and Terry Pratchett: “Just remember I’ll have known that, deep down inside, you were just enough of a bastard to be worth liking”.

Russian translation #1: “Remember: I will know that, deep down inside, you were enough of a scoundrel for me to like you” 

Russian translation #2: “Just remember that I will always know that in some sacred corners of your soul you are a bastard to enough of a degree to be worthy of love”

Ukrainian translation: “I just want you to remember: I’ve never doubted that deep down in your soul you are enough of a bastard to be worth loving.”

crowley: i’m making a whiskey cake. (takes a long swig out of the bottle.) it’s me, i’m the cake.

pepper (twirling a hammer): yeah, i found the gendered aspect of it all more than a little constraining so i built an end table instead. (she holds up her table. it’s very good)

(newt is covered in jam and crying. the baking challenge did not involve jam.)

aziraphale (eating his cake batter out of the bowl by the spoonful) : (looks up at the camera, confused and caught out, and immediately continues.)

Crowley presenting as female to be Warlock’s Nanny? The way this was filmed, acted, and written wasn’t made to be funny whatsoever. She was stunning, I loved the hat!

Pollution using they/them pronouns while the postman used the gender neutral honorific of sir for them? What’s there to make fun of? They’re royalty.

Archangel Michael, who has a traditionally male name, played by a female actress? Never questioned.

Lord Beelzebub’s androgyny? Only respect for the Lord of Hell.

Aziraphale sharing Madame Tracy’s body? Crowley recognized his angel and accepted it no problem. He was right about the dress too, it did suit him!

Crowley’s pure, unfiltered non-binary/gender-fluid energy in general? Fucking fabulous. Who could seriously make fun of this demon’s style? As someone once pointed out to me, you could swap him with Tilda Swinton and I’d see no difference. What an icon.

For our angels and demons, it was intensely liberating having male and female actors auditioning for the same roles, and just picking the ones who we felt nailed the characters best.

Also, can I just hear a wahoo for the wonderful Archangel Uriel, Gloria Obianyo?

Therapist: That sounds frustrating.

Warlock: God, you have no idea. And then there was my Nanny and the gardener.

Therapist: Did you have close relationships with them?

Warlock: Yeah, I loved them, but it was always “Warlock, you must love and respect all of God’s creatures and only use your power for good, don’t listen to Nanny, blah blah” and then Nanny would be all “Warlock, all creatures exist only to be ground under your heel, all the powers of Hell are at your disposal”.

Therapist: …