Just finished watching Good Omens 2 and I....have a few unpopular opinions. They're under the cut because I don't want to be murdered by tumblr. They're also a bit incoherent.

I think with all due love for Neil Gaiman, this show and the characters, I did think this season was... um.... unevenly paced, shall we say. The flashbacks and the present story weren't balanced out very well at all, and some of them were way, waaaay too long (Job and the whole Elsbeth thing were way, way too long).

I also don't think they set up the whole Gabriel-Belzebub thing at all, I knew it was coming because I was spoiled from Tumblr and up to the midpoint of Episode 6 I still asked myself when they were planning on doing that.

I'm also not a fan of Maggie and Nina, most of the time they bored me, and at the end I thought their roles as Aziraphale and Crowley mirrors were just a bit on the nose. Also, I didn't see why Maggie was in love with Nina, who was so rude and abrasive to her at times.

I also don't understand why Gabriel and Belzebub just cancelled the second Apocalypse, that was before they... I don't know, fell in love? Three flashbacks didn't exactly sell me their relationship. Gabriel's turn from complete and utter dick in S1 to guy who falls in love with demon and runs off with them isn't exactly given the room it needed in my opinion, because I frankly didn't understand it and I didn't quite buy it as well. That storyline needed so much more room to breathe.

There's still a lot to love here, don't get me wrong. Obviously Aziraphale and Crowley's love story is beautiful, and there's loads of funny, sweet, cute and adorable moments (how happy Aziraphale was that he got to dance with Crowley was just one of them, and the whole Jane Austen thing was just *chef's kiss*). The ending where they break up is heartbreaking and so well acted. And you can see both their points, because Aziraphale thinks he can fix heaven and Crowley knows that's impossible, because the flaws of heaven aren't a bug, they're a feature, as he experienced. But Aziraphale sees it as a chance for the two of them to be together openly and safely without having to constantly run away and look over their shoulder. And they're both right. And of course David Tennant and Michael Sheen give it their all and could read the phone book together and it would be entertaining. I just feel like they've relied a bit too much on that this season, to the detriment of the plot, the pacing and all the other characters, especially Gabriel (not Jim, he was delightful, but actual Gabriel, with whom we've spent about ten minutes).

I do absoultely get why the shippers are both happy and heartbroken, but I'm painfully reminded of Sherlock S3, The Sign of Three: When it was done, my wife turned to me and said, "What a badly paced, slightly incoherent mess." And I said, "Yes, but as a shipper, I loved every second of it."

It wasn't as bad as Sherlock S3 and S4, but after six episodes, I'm not sure why this story needed to be told. They had the same fight in S1. And I don't see how S3 can end any more perfectly than S1 did.

So. Um. Yes. A lot to like here, a lot of lovely moments, and funny dialogue, and Aziraphale and Crowley are obviously so completley in love with each other, and the reconciliation in S3 will be beautiful, but the pacing was really off, the story wasn't very efficiently told, and most of the latter half of Epislde 6 came out of absolutely nowhere for me. I'm a bit sad, honestly, because I wanted to love it as much as S1, but the pacing just really threw me out of the story so many times.

And the thing is, I couldn't really tell you what this season was actually about. I could just about tell you the plot, even though... not really? So Gabriel loses his memory, shows up at Aziraphale's bookshop, then a few angels and demons are looking for him as well, then Aziraphale... tells someone... the miracle was about Maggie and Nina... and then he goes to Edinburgh, where he discovers....um, what, exactly?... and then he comes back to London and they throw a ball and some demons attack the bookshop because they think Gabriel is inside and they want him for... um... reasons? And then everybody yells, Gabriel runs off with Belzebub (and they're allowed to do that for some reason) and Aziraphale is now chief archangel for... um... reasons.

So Season 1, for me, was about free will versus predetermination, of right vs good and of love vs faith.

I have no idea what S2 was about. And it's all very well if you lovely tumblr fans want to explain it to me, but you really shouldn't have to.

I just hope S3 is a bit more evenly paced.

Don't get me wrong, there was some really good stuff in there. The breakup, omg, that was hard to watch. And Aziraphale's joy at getting to dance with Crowley, and their whole "we're so married" but not actually communicating with each other at all. I just sometimes felt like they didn't have enough plot for six episodes of stuff for this season, so they padded it out with unnecessarily long flashbacks during which I'd already forgotten what had happened in the present. And I know it's basically the padding to get from S1 to S3, but what if we never get a S3?

Yeah. So.

I'm glad they're very firmly canonically in love, and the way they look at each other and look out for each other and always think of each other first (Aziraphale would have turned down heaven flat if Metatron hadn't told him he could bring Crowley along). I just wish the rest of the season was as strong as the last ten minutes.

a small note for the incoming 'reddit refugees' because i've seen multiple posts contradicting this:

reblogs are wonderful things. especially when it comes to work people have created because it's the most effective way to share it amongst this site. absolutely reblog posts. but LIKE them too!

when someone likes one of my dumb shitposts it's like receiving a pat on the back for my insanity. it's a subtle nod of appreciation as you pass each other on the street. i love it.

and i keep seeing people saying "don't like posts, that's annoying and serves no purpose to the non-existent algorithm" but that just dismisses all the people on here that love getting likes too? i have a handful of followers that spam like things i've posted/reblogged daily and i treasure those people dearly ✨️

get out of those stuffy clothes, old man, time to get objectified

surprise hug!

His skin is still loading in give him a sec guys

Credits to @agoraphobiaismyname, PURE entertainment

missy having a snack?

She deserves it

Just two kids who got left behind

So now we got Clay's side of the cave in!! He didnt really have time to process any of the emotions he was feeling due to having to immediately run for his life, then guide others to safety alongside Viva.

This was made mostly in response to this fun little tag by @zivazivc

I wasn't planning on drawing it up so soon but AUGH I had to, also ty I pride myself in drawing raw emotions

Btw I do read all the tags and comments I get on my posts I'm very happy to have crushed you all thoroughly 💖

@stanuary Week Two: Possess & Sacrifice

"tough break, sixer! good luck getting your brother's help hiding those journals when he can't remember even having a brother!"

no it's fine this mind flayer is totally my friend and 100% honest with me all the time it's ok it likes me everything's so normal

Have one the Double Fang (well technically two but)

So it's not really a secret that both the MC's and Cove's families are pretty damn rich but can we just look at how fucking huge the MC's house is????

In GB Patch's FAQ on their tumblr there is this question that they answered:

Notice that they said that in the background the MC's whole house is the building in the middle AND the section on the left

Forgive me if I got it wrong but if I'm understanding correctly that means that all of THIS IS JUST THE MC'S HOUSE??????

MAYBE IM JUST POOR BUT THATS A FUCKING GIGANTIC HOUSE AND COVE'S IS APPARENTLY SIMILAR TOO????

when he

The best bachelor boys

Broppy enchanted au, I have no idea if anyone has done this before but regardless I will make my own version

there is a very specific image in my head of early-mid 20’s iwaizumi hajime

i've been thinking about the significance of toph's feet as the crux of her power against/alongside the practice of footbinding. considering her role situated within (an analog for) tang dynasty nobility, thinking through that cultural practice poses direct relevance regarding the overarching theme of how she transcends imposed boundaries, in terms of gender roles, class expectations, and of course along the axis of her disability. i can only gesture to these ideas because i lack the historical framework to construct a legitimate argument, but i'm wondering whether anyone more knowledgable regarding these historical contexts (@atlaculture comes to mind, but of course no pressure!) would like to extrapolate from these ideas.