I think what upset me most about the Good Omens ending was that they made their relationship ABOUT fate. Or rather, BECAUSE of fate.
See, the appeal of Aziracrow for me anyway, was that they were always about defying fate. They never loved each other because they were always going to. They loved each other despite what fate said. And fate said an Angel and a demon could never get along, let alone fall in love.
What they had was the one thing that was never written. The one thing they had in common. It was a dynamic beyond labels. What made it work was that they didn't HAVE to be together. But they chose to, every single time.
They were together because they chose to be, not because they were meant to be.
I feel like that's what the finale got wrong. Suddenly it was a bittersweet ending that was meant to shock you because they didn't do things how you'd expect them to go. And it felt wrong.
Because you cannot tell me that Crowley and Aziraphale would not always choose each other.
Because when it all came down to it, that's what they always had done. It was never about humanity. It was always them. Always an 'us'.
It felt like I was watching a completely different show from how differently they were all acting.
Because from all that build up about defying all odds and choosing each other, for them to not even acknowledge that they loved each other (I know it was an unsaid thing but come on), and disappearing, then we see them reincarnated and falling in love? Just makes no sense.
Because that stripped away everything that made them compatible in the first place. What made them so special is that they were the only ones like each other, in existence. They understood each other like nobody else could ever have, not because of fate. They both actively fought fate side by side. It was never about humanity, it was just the excuse they used because they never wanted to say it out loud.
Because what they really chose, was each other.
And with these new human versions, there's none of that. They'll never trust each other the way they used to, never like that. They'll never make hard decisions for the sake of the other. They'll never choose each other even when the stakes are impossible the way they did. And they'll never understand each other the way they did.
Aziraphale and Crowley were never together because fate told them to. They chose to be in spite of it.
And that's coming from me. I'm a sucker soulmate stories.
