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something something it will end in a garden

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Good Omens is a Transformative Work

It has been since the very beginning.

NG (fuck NG) thought of a book plot where a demon finds himself in The Omen movie. But he screws up the baby switch. And the Antichrist grew up as a character in a Richmal Crompton novel. He didn't know what to do with it next. TP offered to buy the story. He changed the demon into a demon and an angel defying their bosses on the earth they both loved. He added his smart whimsy and gave the story a moral core far beyond a silly spoof. When the story was written, queer kids saw themselves in the angel and demon based on the subtext. Because they lived in subtext. Gender fluid and trans readers created stories about an angel and demon for whom gender was a choice depending on how or whether they decided to make an effort. The strangeness of fitting into a planet dominated by beings the angel and demon differed from spoke to neurodivergent readers.

Religious readers found healing after years of struggling to make sense of doctrine divorced from morality. Ace and aro readers saw the deep and meaningful relationship different from romance between a pair together over 6000 years. And tons of horny people from all walks of life poured their hearts into smut that made the most of beings whose bodies allowed for a range of sexual practice that would never be realistic for humans.

People who felt rejected or unloved because they were "too much" or "too little", took solace from an angel who didn't mind the gruffness of the demon who couldn't bear to be cruel. And the demon who liked the angel being a little bit of a bastard. If an angel and demon could care for and accept each other for themselves, perhaps it could happen for them too? This is why the Good Omens fandom is so special. Transformation has been baked into his story from the very beginning. Biblical fan fiction, a collaborative story by two authors, a tv show/movie brought to life by a team of actors, designers, writers... And now also entire worlds of fan fiction and art. Good Omens continues to transform itself and the people who love it. And it will always be ours as we continue to transform it for generations to come.

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it’s late at night, it’s like 2:00 am where im from rn, and i just recently finished watching the hobbit/lord of the rings because I suddenly remembered watching this alot as a kid. And holy fucking crap I did not expect to fall in love with Bilbo Baggins… (he might’ve been my childhood crush back then but i don’t remember.)

(i want… actually, no. i NEED this sad middle aged twink ASAP, chat🙏‼️)

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I’m in my annual LOTR/THE HOBBIT marathon mood, It's been a long time since I last drew these two.

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same cute mouth thing

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If I had a nickel for every time an actor was the captain of his own ship, I'd make two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

You look at their faces and realize that they know EXACTLY what they are doing with their respective fandom and you look into their eyes and see that this is not part of the show, this is totally them, them really shipping his character with the other character.

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The news in the original media: The third season of Good Omens will have just one 90-minute movie episode. The news in the media in my country: the third season of Good Omens has been CANCELED and will now only have a 90-minute special.

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If it's a happy ending Aziracrow (which is what we're all hoping for), you just gave me a SOLID reason to watch the movie GO every time there's a football game, GOall for the rest of my life😅

Ok my lovely human. I know we are pissed, I know we are sad, I know it’s not what we wanted

BUT

We are extremely lucky for having an ending.

And I know that it’s too early but think of how easy will be to have it on your phone and watch it on repeat as many times as you like.

A little bit of maths

You can watch GO s3:

- 16 times in 24 hours

- 1 time on a flight from Rome to València

- 1 time while your beloved partner is watching football (soccer for my English fellow)

- 3 times while making tea (this works only is you have ADHD. True story happened to my roommate, the one with the Damer glasses)

- 5 times if you want to make homemade Italian pizza (I’ll suggest 6 or 7 rewatch but you do you)

So my friends grab a cup of tea and try to think about Michael and David dye hair.

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🌟Ichor⚡️

Whose halo is it? Who got to face the wrath of Crowley? It’s up to you.

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please oh please use this to make les mis memes and tag me with your creations

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Day 10 of the Chill Omenstober !

Yellow 💛✨

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I love this little moment between our babies.and floki 🙄

Ragnar : dont look so worried little one . 💓

Athelstan " that is nice but are you serious ???? Of course i am . 🥺"

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"You idiot ...

... we could have been ... us."

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I can understand why someone would read the book and think they are just friends: in the book Aziraphale doesn't put his wing up to protect Crawly from the first rain in Eden. Crowley doesn't pin Aziraphale against a wall after being complimented. That scene with Aziraphale saying he doesn't like Crowley and Crowley saying otherwise, doesn't exist. Bentley doesn't play You're My Best Friend (a song written by Queen bassist John Deacon for his WIFE, whom he considered his best friend) and Somebody to Love when Crowley is going to see Aziraphale and after seeing the bookshop on fire. Crowley isn't devastated and doesn't drink a lot while crying, saying "I lost my best friend".

When other people in the story mention them as "gay", it's mostly in relation to Aziraphale (and most of the time as an insult). Anathema makes a remark about Aziraphale and Crowley as a couple after Crowley calls Aziraphale an "angel", and then she realizes that she wouldn't be at risk of being at the mercy of and in the car of sexual predators if they were gay.

Shadwell also makes an insulting comment about Aziraphale and Crowley together.

But mostly that's just how others see them, not who they are. So far the plot doesn't suggest anything specifically explicit about either of them (not that I can recall, at least). Nothing other than Aziraphale calling Crowley "My dear boy". Nothing other than them acting (and arguing) with each other like long friends (or like an old married couple, if you squint [because couples who share a brain cell often seem like 'best friends' and, like wine, that gets old like "an old couple arguing' {ask John Deacon}, but they really love each other, don't worry]).

The only line that really hints at them being more than friends is this: for the first time in the story 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'.

Let's agree on something: let's face it, everything in the book is there on purpose, all the jokes (the ones that have aged well, the ones that have become obsolete, and the ones that have aged badly). But everything that is there was put there on purpose so that people from 1990 would understand it. With the exception of 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', a ROMANTIC song from 1940.

That this line appears on purpose at the moment of the end of the characters' arcs is obvious. We have Anathema and Newt, an unlikely duo, we have Shadwell and Madame Tracy another unlikely duo, and then we have Aziraphale and Crowley another unlikely duo. All with plot promises of "being able to be something more for each other".

And you can't convince me otherwise: 'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square' was placed in the final arc of Aziraphale and Crowley on purpose, strategically, as a coded message that what happens in the song was Aziraphale and Crowley's "happy ending", coded for a 1990 book. Why else would it be there? What would be the point of putting a romantic song whose lyrics fit perfectly into the plot, if it weren't to suggest something coded? Coded, so most people would continue to think they are just "good friends". And a select group of people would understand the reference and understand their happy ending. A portion of those who noticed the reference would turn up their noses and pretend it was a "bad taste" joke and dismiss it as nonsense. And many others who did notice the reference would be left with their hearts warmed. The end. No problem for 1990. Something that the authors could manage with a witty and insightful comment, either to affirm or deny anything, depending on who asks. And then it's 2005 and they claim that Aziraphale and Crowley are sharing a cottage in the South Downs, when asked what these characters are doing after the end of the book. And then it's 2019/2023 and the show doesn't need to code as much anymore! And then Aziraphale and Crowley can be more explicit, although some will still complain about that.

Some people: there shouldn't be anything romantic between Crowley and Aziraphale, they're just friends in the book and it should be that way in the show.

Last pages of the book, when the plot of each character is concluding, in the EXACT arc of Aziraphale and Crowley: for the first time in history, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square*.

Literally the lyrics of this song:

"When two lovers meet in Mayfair So the legends tell Songbirds sing Winter turns to Spring Every winding street in Mayfair Falls beneath this spell I know such enchantment can be 'Cause it happened one evening to me That certain night, the night we met There was magic abroad in the air There were angels dancing at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I may be right, I may be wrong But I'm perfectly willing to swear That when you turned and smiled at me A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square The moon that lingered over London Town Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown How could he know we two were so in love The whole darn world seemed upside down The streets of town were paved in stars It was such a romantic affair And as we kissed and said goodnight A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square Our homeward step was just as light As the tap dancing feet of Astaire And like an echo far away A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I know 'cause I was there That night in Berkeley Square"

If that isn't an implicit hint about them as a couple, I don't know what is!

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Some people: there shouldn't be anything romantic between Crowley and Aziraphale, they're just friends in the book and it should be that way in the show.

Last pages of the book, when the plot of each character is concluding, in the EXACT arc of Aziraphale and Crowley: for the first time in history, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square*.

Literally the lyrics of this song:

"When two lovers meet in Mayfair So the legends tell Songbirds sing Winter turns to Spring Every winding street in Mayfair Falls beneath this spell I know such enchantment can be 'Cause it happened one evening to me That certain night, the night we met There was magic abroad in the air There were angels dancing at the Ritz And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I may be right, I may be wrong But I'm perfectly willing to swear That when you turned and smiled at me A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square The moon that lingered over London Town Poor puzzled moon, he wore a frown How could he know we two were so in love The whole darn world seemed upside down The streets of town were paved in stars It was such a romantic affair And as we kissed and said goodnight A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square Our homeward step was just as light As the tap dancing feet of Astaire And like an echo far away A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square I know 'cause I was there That night in Berkeley Square"

If that isn't an implicit hint about them as a couple, I don't know what is!

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I really like the book and the show Good Omens but honestly it’s the fanfic that has me obsessed.

This tattoo isn’t for good omens the show or good omens the book, it’s a reminder of every fanfic that made me stay up too late at night sobbing into my pillow and telling myself “just one more chapter”

It’s for every author who posted a piece of their soul in the shape of a fanfic about an angel and a demon.

So all of you wonderful humans out there writing your beautiful sexy weird stories, just know that this tattoo is in your honor and I love you.

Also it just looks cool 🤷🏻

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Hey, here's my one shot "fluffy FanFiction contribution" to this fandom. Just them being foolishly cute at their cottage in South Downs with Aziraphale demanding that Crowley teach him a dance after seeing a video of him doing it.