Chord

There has been a lot of media (especially after everything everywhere all at once) that makes use of the multiverse to put forth the idea of the self as some unchangeable soul. Which is fine! It is, however, a very Christian conception of the self. You’re human! You’re special! You exist outside of your context, and would be the essentially the same without it, because only your soul matters.

But I thought this show was against the fated outcomes of Christianity, and pro free will? I thought that existing among humanity for 6000 years fundamentally changed Aziraphale and Crowley into the immortal beings who loved each other? Did Crowley not love the stars because he brought them into creation?

The idea that everyone would still exist and meet in a brand new universe, that Aziraphale and Crowley would be essentially the same people, seems to me incompatible with the show’s narrative of free will. Where is the free will in question if everyone ends up doing essentially the same thing?

I just find myself not a huge fan of these two new people being equated to the immortal beings we know. I think that the self is more context defined than this finale made it seem, and I think that’s an important component of free will.