ohhhh-bebop

The only thing more endearing than his angel keeping track of their kisses (organized by location and type, of course) was how quickly he’d abandoned it as impractical.

I find this oddly... comforting?

If the ending as we saw it was always planned, then that's a huge misstep for me in terms of the narrative arc, the genre expectations, and the faithfulness to the story as presented on screen in season 1.

He did okay working within the structure that his story with Terry gave him, but he was pants at extending the story on his own. It's the Game of Thrones situation all over again. The showrunner got beyond the source material and completely butchered the ending, despite having some guidance from the original (main) author.

Don't get me wrong, if this WAS Terry's ending I would still hate it, but I think this was edgelord Neil trying to put his own Deep and Original spin on some vague concepts that he and Terry threw around once.

I think it was an entirely original Gaiman story, vaguely inspired by a few concepts he may have tossed around with Pratchett, 20-30 years ago.

And I think it was dressed up with surface-level allusions to concepts from multiple previous attempted Good Omens adaptations, in a trying-to-be-clever Easter-egg kind of way.

Charitably, perhaps the intention was to make it feel like an homage.

A collective hallucination.

He had a similar response to someone asking him to promise they don’t die.

This infliction of pain was premeditated.

Gold Silk Damask Dress

c. 1844

(If hell has that ability all along. If miracles are actually doled out by Head Office instead of just, in innate ability that supernatural entities have. Then WHY THE FUCK didn't hell do that in S2 after Crowley defected the first time?? It makes no sense)

--but i am not done complaining about this. If your plot required Crowley to be without his powers for a period of time, ALL you had to do to explain it was emotional turmoil. Like in Spiderman 2, when his heartbreak and self-doubt makes him temporarily lose his spidey-powers.

It's a familiar story beat, but it WORKS, and most importantly, the characters can solve the problem by overcoming their emotional struggle in some way. The "external" plot is just a mirror image of the "internal" one (e.g., the emotional journey of the characters).

Then Crowley reuniting with Aziraphale, reconciling with him, would solve this plot point AND provide some catharsis. A visible, tangible way of showing what the characters are dealing with internally.

It's like...it would have been such an easy writing hack to make the story a little more satisfying. And it seems so fucking obvious??? Right?

But nah. We don't have to explain, resolve, or think too hard about the implications of the story.

Make it make sense.

Missing them (I hated the finale) 🥀

This is my first time doing a fanart for the fandom man,,

I still remember the big 2019 when I was introduced to this series by a bunch of Tumblr artist that I followed back then,, and I loved this series so much,,, highschool me was the jolliest fr

After agonizing for a short while over the perfect shade of yellow, Aziraphale cut to the chase and asked Crowley to remove his glasses so he could hold the swatches up next to his eyes.

Day Dress

c. 1878-1879

Just a cute family portrait. With kids (baby goats).

Yes, I was today years old when I learned that baby goats are called “kids”😅

I have drawn quite a few pics for my ko~fi supporters in the last month ❤️

And I've never minded that, people are free to see it differently - but I'm never going to want to read those metas, or fics where that's the main focus.

So when I saw that idea the first time? I fell in love with them a little more, knowing that they could be so perfect for such disparate views.

“college is absolutely nothing like this” “why are we writing four people on the team scoring a hat trick in one game” “so tech work is nothing like this, hope that helps!”

He’d wanted to try sleeping with his Husband. And it had been going so well. He’s donned his new tartan nightgown and cap, had a nice cup of soothing tea, and slid under the covers with his beloved demon. He’d even been enjoying it right up until…

Well, it was only to be expected that his subconscious would still be wrestling with his time in Heaven. It had been…well. It had been.

Fortunately his Husband had awoken at Aziraphale’s first unhappy whimper, and slowly eased him back into consciousness with gentle touches and reassuring murmurs.

The cuddle that had followed had been nothing short of perfect. With Crowley wrapped around him like a constrictor snake, Aziraphale had felt all that visceral fear draining out of him, unable to return thanks to the love his Husband had cocooned him in.

So maybe he needed a bit more time, to come to terms with everything.

Yes, he’d take his time, and let the peace, serenity, and security of their new home really sink in before he tried again.

But try again he absolutely would, if only for those Cuddles.

but I still somehow managed to make myself write about 1,500 words of sappy, sentimental "sorting-out-our-issues, talking about the Final 15 and where we were each coming from" Aziracrow dialogue today.

It was all stream of consciousness and I'll need to do some serious editing for it to be coherent, but any amount of writing for me is a win.