she who moves the moon

it's something about s1-3 aziraphale seemingly not 'wanting' crowley because he wants more to 'fix' heaven; only for s3 to reveal crowley as part of his motivation !! that's why he cares so much!! so they have a chance together in the future in a better world!! so now, at the end of the world, he can admit all he wants is crowley.

meanwhile, crowley who seemingly only really wants/cares for aziraphale s1-3 saying that he wants the universe to be fixed more instead of saying he wants aziraphale. like that actually fucking kills me.

the idea that crowley is the 'real angel' has thematic relevance throughout the show, for it to culminate here by exposing their true desires in this way SICKENS me. it is so so so incredibly telling of who they are as people and reinforces their characterization perfectly. crowley is the one to have the selfless wish while aziraphale has the more selfish one. the one seen as morally corrupt chooses the greater good while the one seen as morally pure chooses THEM over the rest of the world I CANNOT. it's the HYPOCRISY and the CONTRAST for me. crowley is the only one who consistently sees the truth of everything as a whole, allowing him to question the fundamental limits of their existence in a way aziraphale never really does.

the end goal of romance is not always physical acts like kissing, so that should not be the normalized expected outcome either !

for this previous point to be argued over feels at the very least ignorant of the aspec community/different experiences and forms of attraction, and no, that does not make them any less gay!!

looking at good omens as a whole, romance was never really depicted this way at all; only pulsifer/anathema have explicit scenes shown on screen:

tracy/shadwell - resolved through eating a meal together & talk of moving in

jim/beelzebub - resolved through literal HAND-HOLDING, touching fingers is the height of romantic tension for this show

nina/maggie - resolved through promise of waiting in the future

idk why some ya'll out there acting like u were expecting a bodice-ripping smut novel. (and i really don't think any of this reflects a supposed unwillingness to depict queer relationships because those last two were the driving forces of s2. like the entire fucking plot hinged around them getting together)

strong, i enjoyed ep 2. felt tamer than how explosive ep 1 was.

one thing about lestat's narration i appreciate is that he's so straightforward about acknowledging that he controls the narrative in a way louis never really was. him straight up saying "yes idk how the talk between daniel & louis went but I'M telling the story so it's going to be set in a bar with a view because *I* said so" is great. and is also great for me personally because i love when he says shit like "yeah i'm fucking my mother i know it's weird i'm sorry" and literally thanking the audience for their patience. like to the show writers genuinely thank you for affirming HOW UNCOMFORTABLE I AM it makes it bearable and i think that was a great move

i'm not sure if the show itself is going for a "they're vampires it's different it doesn't count" route, or if that's just what lestat is telling himself because i'm telling you right now the strange incest energy did NOT start after gabriella's turning. lestat narrating about his mother's beauty or whatever put over a domestic family scene where he's a fucking CHILD? i had to pause every other minute and take a breather. i'm assuming we will... explore this all more because clearly some strange relationship was happening even in lestat's childhood/before turning that is AT BEST unhealthily codependent and AT WORST incestual.

i understand lestat's behaviors as a trauma response to needing his mom for comfort to deal with his abusive household---that makes sense, in a fucked up way, but it makes sense. now what's fucking weird is HIS MOM SHOULDN'T BE RECIPROCATING. perhaps even initiating. "it's different as vampires" OKAY BUT WHAT WAS THAT BEFORE YOU BOTH GOT TURNED. yeah i was FEELING that weirded-out maid standing awkwardly in the corner of the room. idk it does feel like rationalization & a trauma response from lestat's side but i cannot get behind gabriella being down to fuck her son. was he groomed? was he abused? i'm not sure if that's the setup here but god it WOULD be weird if the messaging here was yeah lestat fucks his mom and that's completely CONSENSUAL. i don't think that's possible between a ADULT and their CHILD, when gabriella's weird fucking erotically-charged monologue about fucking whichever man she comes across (including boys apparently) exists THAT SHE SAID TO HER SON, again, BEFORE THEY BOTH GOT TURNED. like. this should not be played as a little funny normal lestat thing. i just idk i'll have to wait and see

i'm sick of discussing incest now how about the LDPDL??? from the trailer scene w/ the band, the lawyer scene being everything i could've dreamed of, and the toledo show with louis in attendence. i'm being fed thank you amc. lestat is such a jealous petty fucking bitch and it's hilarious because he can be (relatively) normal about everyone he sleeps with INCLUDING HIS MOTHER and then it comes to louis and he's the most jealous mf ever. "did you two fuck", making sure louis knows he's also fucking his lawyer, being defensive about who his songs are about, arguing in fucking court like the stupid divorcees they are i love them. like anyone can bring up louis and he immediately gets cagey. how he shut down gabriella so fast when she started commenting on louis & claudia. god what a bitch. lestat knowing the exact count of days he lived before he met louis?? cute.

stand-out scene is the toledo show where lestat froze time(?) to fly up to louis... yes peak content. beautiful lighting with the warm gold coloring it feels so soft and private and romantic like the moment's preserved in amber, and lestat's singing to louis DIRECTLY like something out of a y/n one direction fic, just to pull out the book he pettily annotated to pettily throw it at louis pettily. no one's doing divorce like this fucking guy

and some of louis' lines like how loustat was beginning to heal before the book got published?arghhh and also how HE bought 45% of lestat's merch lmfaoooo sugar daddy du lac. that's great i love him. the scene with the diner & claudia? heartbreaking. and we got more louis & daniel one of my most favorite dynamics!! adore louis the pathological liar being like "you made me seem like a liar and i didn't like that". yeah man