#how we sould be weary of simple fixes and brace ourselves to do the long grueling work of building a better world

[agape-emo-eros]

As much as it'd give me the warm and fuzzy feelings if God was shown to be vaguelly (and only very vaguelly otherwise you sacrifice the whole ineffabeness of it all) on Crowley and Aziraphale's side it doesn't particularly matter and can't matter. Both Heaven and Hell are primarily guilty of caring too much about what God thinks. They are both caught up in what they think God wants and do either that or the exact opposite, mirroring precisely the same image. Characters can only be free of this if they stop overthinking God and focus on the real and tangible infront of them. It's about doing good first and caring if that makes God your enemy or ally second (or third or twentyfifth or not al all).

'What if God's plan is really to get them together?'

'What if God actually wants the angels and demons to think for themselves?'

'What if God actually wants the Earth to be saved?'

These questions are missing the entire point of the story.

I cannot stress enough that this is a satire of Christian fundamentalism written by an atheist and a Jew. What God really wants or has planned is not remotely the point. God could be dead for all that it matters. We're never going to know more about God. And we're not supposed to base our notion of what's right on what God wants. That's what fundamentalism does. Good Omens is specifically subverting that.

The only real answer to these questions is 'It doesn't fucking matter.' We're talking about right and wrong, good and bad, as it affects people (human and otherwise). We have to decide what happens. God doesn't get a say. Maybe they'll approve, maybe they won't. Fuck 'em either way.