hopeless

there are two sides to every story

i’m so serious.

cottage core lesbians, good omens, heated rivalry, etc. etc.

i was obsessed with cottages way before i knew i was queer or that cottages were a thing so many queer people were associated with.

is it in our dna? is it an inherent trait? why are we so drawn to cottages?

they weren’t giving us asa and anthony and being like “here you go, these are exactly like aziraphale and crowley, now you don’t have to be sad”.

no, the ending was meant to be bittersweet and devastating and it was meant to cause people to sob violently.

it did what it was supposed to do. they weren’t trying to act like it was a perfectly happy ending or act like aziraphale and crowley got exactly what they wanted.

this isn’t even in defense of the finale, and i’m not even trying to convince anyone that it was good. i’m just saying that some people aren’t understanding the intent.

it wasn’t like job’s children, because for job, god and the angels tried to act like job should be happy with his “new and improved” children.

but the good omens finale was meant to be heartbreaking. it was meant to hurt, and it did exactly that. again, bittersweet.

you don’t have to agree that it was a fitting ending or that it was satisfying or that you are okay with it being sad. you can hate it.

but it did what it was supposed to do. they weren’t trying to replace aziraphale and crowley with asa and anthony and act like they were exactly the same.

whether you loved it, hated it, or something in between, you are valid.

however, we don’t want to harass the creators, writers, actors, etc.

because at the end of the day, even if it wasn’t good (which i think is debatable), it wasn’t a harmful ending.

it wasn’t homophobic or harmful to the queer community. it didn’t try to teach queer people a lesson that they didn’t need to learn, it wasn’t hateful towards queer people, and it wasn’t harmful.

say what you want about the finale, but it ended with two gay men* being explicitly in love in more universe than one.

i’m not trying to say the ending was perfect or that you can’t hate it or be mad or feel devastated (because i’m pretty devastated). it just doesn’t give people the right to harass the people involved.

*they’re not exactly men because angels and demons don’t really have a gender but like close enough