I want to point out that Aziraphale tries to stay. His first response to the Metatron's offer is, "I don't want to go back to Heaven."
I feel like people think he's going into this somewhat enthusiastically, but that's just not true. You can see the weight of his actions on his face, especially on the elevator at the end. He's not as ignorant or naive as people think. He's just in too deep.
He tries to say he doesn't want to go. That he's made a mistake (right before they leave, he says, "I think I--"), but he cuts himself off. I think this is because of two reasons.
Aziraphale is too scared to say no to an angel who outranks him (both because of who he's talking to, and his overall behavior when talking with other angels). Speaking to the Metatron is literally tantamount to speaking to God. Aziraphale is fully aware of this. He doesn't want to say no. Both out of fear, and because now, he has to save the world again.
He has it in his head that he has to fix Heaven. Not for the world, the other angels, or even for himself, but for Crowley. Even though Crowley said no and rejected him, Aziraphale doesn't know the real reason. He probably thinks that if things change, Crowley will be willing to join him again. But it isn't Heaven or Crowley that really stops Crowley from joining him. It's what already happened. Coming back to Heaven wouldn't erase God's mistake. It would only cover it up. This is what Aziraphale needs to learn. As well as the story of Crowley's fall and what it truly did to him.
But I don't think he really wanted to go. I think he knows exactly what this means, and I think the implications will be very interesting to see when season 3 comes out.
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Voidwalker pearl maybe?
Down, down, down, past the point of no return, drowning in black so deep it became blue-pink-green. The void tugged at her, crawled up her legs, and sensation below her knees went briefly blurry and indistinct as it pulled her temporary skin apart like tissue paper.
Impulse was closest to her- she grabbed his hand, winked at him when he looked over at her. "Don't worry, okay?" she said. "I knew this would happen. Just hold on."
He blinked, alarm visible on his face through his visor. "Pearl? What do you-"
"I said don't worry, goodness, Impulse," Pearl said, as the wave reached her chest. She could feel every detail of the inside of her suit, her self pressing against the seams and seals of it. No toes, or fingers, but there were the gloves, and boots- this would do fine. "I've got you."
The void, swelling and rising, reached her head, and it dispersed into so much darkness and stars.
It took her a moment to reorient herself to the loss of her human senses, but only a moment. In heat vision, her friends were four bright stars against the cold eddies of the void, thrumming with life.
She squeezed Impulse's hand, wordless. It hadn't occurred to her beforehand, to have Scar put a voice modulator like Xisuma had in her suit, but- oh well. They wouldn't be here much longer, anyways.
Oh, and it was a relief to have her feet under her again, to be able to stand properly in the real world below the world that nobody else could see. Everyone was holding hands, tied together for extra reassurance- good. Time to go.
She laughed, the sound echoing through her and into the non-space around them, and set her eyes on the distant heat spot of the nearest world.
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I agree with a lot of what's been said about the pacing (namely that this already great season could have been even better with an extra beat between eps 5 & 6, and likely another between 7 & 8) but I just want to take a second to remember what a fucking accomplishment this season is.
Like, just off the top of my head: they managed to expand the world-building of the show's pirate universe, add compelling new characters, deepen the central relationship in a genuinely complex and nuanced way with rich character arcs for both, at least suggest at greater complexity and emotional development for many of the background characters, and produce more expansive and technically challenging visuals including some very impressive action and crowd sequences. And they did all that with two fewer episodes, while still maintaining the original tone of the show and keeping run times under 30 minutes apiece.
It's not perfect, and they're not equally successful on all fronts, but it is extremely fucking good, and the fact that it gets anywhere close within those limitations is frankly an astounding artistic achievement
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