#micheal the good place

[im-always-lost-in-a-book]

[the-feral-gremlin]

The good place finale really just looked at Micheal, Janet and Tahani and said “yeahhhh all your friends literally don’t exist and are the voice in people’s heads now, but the good news is you get to spend the rest of eternity designing and making peoples afterlives better for the time that they are here :))”

[weaponizedducks]

started the good place and micheal's my silly little guy I love him so much and if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in the room and then myself

[youareinlovetv]

is it bad that i would rather have this man as president than the two other candidates

[ghostisseverelyfixated]

Is there any semblance of a The Good Place fandom pls guys pls I need to find my ppl

[smashorpass50plus]

Michael from The Good Place (yes, I'm on a rewatch) toll demon silver haired boi...

[adventures-of-silly-guy]

ART HAS BEEN MADE

[ID: traditional fan art of NBC’s The good place. In the center of the image is a blue couch seen in several posters for the show, painted with guash. At the center of the couch are the words “whenever you’re ready” that come from the title of the series finale. surrounding the couch is a gradient of yellow, orange, red, and green; colored with oil pastels. At the bottom of the gradient, on a white paper background, (from left to right) is a paper clip, a piece of shrimp, a book with the title “what we owe to each other”, a diamond, a Molotov cocktail, and a cactus in a pot. /end ID]

[ineffable-mess]

Once I'm done with a large essay I began writing about the good place and good omens I will post it, meanwhile I will give you a quick few thoughts. Also this has some spoilers.

1 the good place and good omens are quite similar

2 is Aziraphales spit like holy water?

3 the angels (micheal and Muriel) seem to have like self esteem issues. I.e. when Crowley tells Muriel "we humans have a saying that you can't tell if humans are in love after waiting a few days, because humans are weird and that's how it works." Then she repeats it to micheal and they both respond the same way both times "of course, I knew that.".

4 there is soooooo many parallels between beelzbub and Gabriel, Maggie and Nina and obviously Aziraphale and cowley. I'm not going to explain.

5 shax and from what I remember some of the angels seem to be autistic or display traits, which I find funny that they don't understand people, miss social cues and Crowleys plants/stars and Aziraphales books(and just general vibe) to me they just radiate autism.

6 in the good place(tv show) and good omens heaven/tgp and hell/tbp are just real fucking messed up. I will explain eventually.

7 Micheal in good omens is a massive bitch and Micheal in the good place is literally just Crowley and Aziraphale.

Eventually he believes people are good at heart(a)

He's a demon just that(c)

He loves humans(a+c)

Has a horrible boss(a and maybe c I'm not sure)

Is not great compared to coworkers (a+c)

Old genderless man he does have a sex tho(a+c ish)

Again finds humans fascinating

8 sadly good omens is like a million times more British than the good place.

[zoimpetridou]

What matters isn’t if people are good or bad. What matters is, if they’re trying to be better today than they were yesterday. You asked me where my hope comes from? That’s my answer.

Michael, The Good Place 4×06

[cybertron-smash-or-pass]

TF One D-16

[lazersharksfromspace]

Sarek's three (gay) loser outcast children

(total butthole quality what the fart Tumblr)

[weaponizedducks]

maybe the real bad place was the friends we made along the way

[leo-actually-draws-things]

Back to '83 Gregory References

Some Gregory Headshots and references for the Back to '83 au

Bonus sketch for the next upcoming reference ;)

Bonus:

[middle-name-queer]

A great thing about the good place is how all four of the main crew are actually self-centered

We commonly identify forms of self-centered behavior such as selfishness that is exemplified by Elenor. (aka "a Bad Person"), but then you have Chidi and Tehani. These two are far less classical in their self-centered behavior but are still self-centered, nevertheless.

The show makes Tehani's folly pretty clear, despite all her philanthropic acts she still centers herself in every situation. How she ended up there is actually parallel to Elenor's upbringing, the only real difference is the glitz and the glamour. They both had parents that were withholding for one reason or another, neither felt seen nor wanted and so one shut down to protect herself, the other made her entire existence a performance, either way they are deeply, deeply self-centered people.

But Chidi is my favorite, for the obvious reason that his self-centered behavior is the least obvious. Now of course it's made pretty clear to us as viewers but as a character within the world, for nearly all situations most people would judge Chidi as a good (albeit, sometimes annoying) person. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would out right call him self-centered... yet he is!

Chidi acts as though the world rests squarely on his shoulders, that each little choice he makes carries the weight to change the trajectory of humanity. Putting this into words pretty clearly illustrates the ridiculousness of it. It simply isn't reality, and it shows how, even though Chidi is a "good person" (vs Elenor and Jason) he is still susceptible to the very human condition of not looking past yourself. Another way to state it (as I'm sure many have before) he basically suffers from thinking he's a main character. (lol) Now, lucky for him he actually is one but translating this to real life you can see how people fall prey to this way of thinking, convoluting their lives due to the faulty belief that they, and they alone, can make or break the world around them.

This rolls around my brain like a marble because, I did this! For an embarrassingly long time in my youth, I truly felt the grief and horror that comes with thinking you, and you alone, can fix the world's problems. And I think this sort of thing isn't talked about enough because there isn't an obvious red flag of being a "bad person". Chidi is "good" and so there is a smoke screen effect hiding how poor his behavior actually is. (Can you tell I deeply identify with his character? 🤔)

Jason is an interesting case in his own right, because he's self-centered almost in the same way as a small child. I assume Donkey Doug was simply unequipped to help Jason develop past that stage in his upbringing, in tandem with say... other lifestyle choices, Jason's overall mental development is limited. He's an interesting example of how not all self-centered behavior is motivated by innate "selfishness". Jason is very much capable of empathy, generosity, and comradery, as shown by his relationship to Janet, lifelong friendships, and his participation and organization of a 60-person dance crew. This is in opposition to Elenor, a selfishly self-centered person who could not form meaningful or lasting relationships.

Jason Mendoza's behavior is more of a big kid who acts on impulse, this can obviously be perceived as "hurtful" and when done by a grown adult it may be judged as "he's a bad person". But when looking at his overall character it's clear that he doesn't make a single move with any ill intent or malice. You can easily reason with him in nearly all situations, even when he chooses to throw a molotov at a train, all it takes is grabbing him by the arm and telling him to knock it off. He doesn't argue or get defensive, unlike versions of Elenor who would tell you to "go fork yourself". Jason is only self-centered because he struggles to see the big picture, but when it's shown to him, more often than not he accepts it with a little guidance.

I have no end point here other than watching these characters exude self-centeredness in four distinctly different ways, only to then learn and better themselves, is a delight!

[your-fave-is-being-blended]

Blend Michael from the good place

Michael from The Good Place is being blended!!

You cannot save him.