My reaction to the S3 ending was just. Simply ignore it. I don't have to accept the ending, so I didn't. And I'm aware that's harder for some folks more than others, Good Omens meant a lot to so many people. And it meant a lot to me as well- it's the reason I was able to leave the church and come out. And so I've been stuck on the question "if this means so much to me, why is it so easy for me to just say 'nuh-uh' to the series finale?"
And to be completely honest, the more I thought about it I found myself asking 'well what was so special to me about Good Omens?' and I found myself struggling to name a lot of things after S1- maybe a few things about S2 but even less about S3. And I realized that the hundreds of good and happy memories I had of Good Omens was from the community. Sure, the show itself is what the fandom is based around, but fuckin Neil doesn't get the credit for saving my life. That credit goes to the writers, artists and cosplayers of Good Omens who put their fears, desires, hopes, wishes and lives into Aziraphale and Crowley and created something wonderful that they shared with the world. And the more I went back to my early memories of Good Omens, thats where the true happiness could be found. From the love of the community built on the original love story of hope that Terry always meant it to be.
And maybe that's me being a naïve sap, I really don't know. I've been known to be overly-hopeful and optimistic when things are genuinely really bad. But what I do know is that when the doom and gloom of S3 broke my heart, I turned around and said "There are better endings out there. I'll go to those instead."
And hopefully you can too.
Anyway, the world is good, life is worth living, love is real and it exists in your backyard waiting for you to hold its hand.
