#bonneannee

[bergamotetrottemenu]

#bonneannee #happy new year #new year 2024 #bergamotetrottemenu

[thesweetestclementine]

They Should Have Killed the Kids

Superheaven this and coffee theory that. The part of GOs2 that made me angriest was the Job minisode. I’m seeing people say that this was the strongest of the three, and I am here to strongly disagree with them. The writers missed the point of the entire book, and they turned what could have been an incredible study on the human condition into, like, a Doctor Who episode with Bible Flavor™. Buckle up. This got very long. 

Forewarned is forearmed: I’m coming at this from the perspective of a lapsed Calvinist Protestant. Come shout at me in my DMs if you have also been traumatized by conservative Christianity :D

Part 1: In the Beginning

The first order of business is to understand the text they are adapting. A Companion to Owls is the only minisode that’s pulling material directly from another source, so it’s easier to scrutinize by merit of there being something you can compare the adaptational differences to. For me, being able to go back and forth between the minisode and Job made the issues with Companion much easier to spot, whereas I had a harder time pinpointing exactly where the other two went wrong. Point being, I re-read Book of Job for the first time since high school, and I’m here to report back with my findings.

The Book of Job is a 42-chapter poetic cycle that covers the worst week of Job’s life. It is a beautiful reflection on the cruelty of existence and the capriciousness of God. There are several, several moving passages that get really existential and take a pretty interesting stance on God’s mercy that you don’t really see in the rest of the Bible. I’d recommend reading it - it’s not super long, and there are some passages in it that people reference constantly.

Here’s what happens in Job as Good Omens tells it: Job is the most blameless man on Earth. Because, or maybe in spite, of his righteousness, he’s absolutely loaded. God and Satan make a bet that Satan can/can’t cause Job to sin by dragging him by his hair through the desert (metaphorically. Maybe). Satan holds up his end of the bet. Job, sheep-less, camel-less, child-less, and covered in sores and ash, fails to forsake God. God talks to him and tells him that he knows jack about all, and that it is not his place to question the Lord. Job passes with flying colors. He gets his stuff back even better than before. The end.

The moral of this story is that God lets bad things happen even to the most righteous, and there’s not a whole lot you can do about it. 

Oh, wait. What’s that? My analysis is incomplete? You’re telling me I’m missing an entire thirty-five chapters of this 42-chapter book? 

Part 2: Where are Job’s friends???

If you’ve never had to sit through multiple, multiple sermons about Job, you might not be familiar with Job’s friends: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. Job calls them ‘miserable comforters,’ and a lot of Christian sources give them a pretty bad rap, but they are genuinely Job’s friends and want the best for him. They hang out with him after he’s lost everything and try to get him to fess up to whatever he did wrong so that he can get God’s forgiveness. They leap to God’s defense, which you’d think for the time and place is the right thing to do. But in their desire to see Job restored to his previous position, they don’t hear Job’s protests that he has remained blameless. They argue with him about this, over and over. In fact, the argument Job has with his friends is most of the Book of Job. It’s the heart of Job. To cut his friends out of an adaptation is a fool’s errand, because it means you’ve misunderstood the point of Job.

When you add the friends back in, Job’s story then becomes a discussion (a literal discussion, because of the arguing) about how God’s will for the righteous includes hardship, and your loved ones, well-meaning as they might be, will be unable to truly grasp your suffering and cannot possibly interpret God’s will for you. Job was bang on the money when he said he hadn’t done anything wrong, and yet his friends talk over him in an attempt to help him. Being offered useless or even harmful help when you’re in serious pain is an incredibly relatable, human experience. 

I don’t know why they cut the friends. Maybe it was too expensive to hire the three actors needed. Maybe the minisode was too short to flesh out a good friends plot. Maybe COVID restrictions fucked it up, I don’t know. Any way you slice it, Companion would have been a hell of a lot stronger had they taken time to actually include them, instead of making a stupid joke about shoemaking. If Good Omens is really a story about humanity, there is no more human experience than having your friends talk over you.

If you’re adapting Job, then, and you’re not going to talk about his friends, what is left in the story to focus on?

Part 3: Job’s Kids: Hotter, Blesseder, Faster, Stronger

So the writers of Companion decide to focus on the morality of God okaying the destruction of Job’s kids. This is such a weird decision. I understand why you’d want to adapt this; harming children should prompt a strong, visceral, horrified reaction from your audience, and it also asks some thorny questions about God’s divine will. It’s a great story for showcasing the callousness of God without having to do a lot of heavy lifting.

But the kids in the Book of Job aren’t even kids--they’re adults with their own households and land. While it is tragic that Job’s entire family dies, Satan is not going after helpless children, but instead markers of Job’s power and wealth. God probably would have told Satan to hold off on killing the kids if they were small, like She told him to hold off on attacking Job’s health initially (key word here is probably. God doesn’t have a good track record there. Hold that thought). This is a huge oversight on the writers’ part. Again, it makes me feel like they’ve missed the point of the book, almost substituting the original message for one they’ve created themselves.

If you wanted to retell a Bible story where you can just tear into the idea of God killing little kids to test someone’s righteousness, you have your pick. The story of Abraham and young Isaac is right there. Hell, the additional complexity of Abraham going along with it and not simply being taken along for the ride would have reflected the themes of Good Omens a lot better. There is no point in adapting Job for that reason.

Ooh, actually, adapting the story of Absalom would have been super cool. I’m getting off topic.

Job works best as a story showcasing the callousness of Man, rather than God. She is peripheral; She’s a side character; She only appears in the framing device and the divine smackdown. Her lack of concern serves as a mirror to the friends’s lack of concern: they are all trying to push their own agenda on Job, who is just trying to weather a cosmic pissing contest. It is not the focus of Job. The Book of Job does not care about the kids, and no adaptation worth its salt is going to care about the kids, either. It’s going to care about the friends.

Also, I couldn’t make this fact fit in cleanly, but the Bible goes out of its way to point out how hot Job’s new daughters are. Anyway.

Part 4: John Finnemore Giveth, and John Finnemore Taketh Away.

This is the part of the screed post where I veer into speculation and armchair screenwriting. If you’re locked in to an adaptation of Job and you want to focus on the kids, how do you make that more narratively satisfying?

You don’t resolve the main conflict by staging a goofy resurrection and returning everything to normal, for one.

When I say that Companion feels like Doctor Who, this is what I mean. A boiler-plate Doctor Who episode introduces a cool sci-fi concept & its complement ethical conflict and aims to resolve it in 45 minutes or fewer. Therefore, the concepts are interesting but not technical, and the conflicts are serious but not complicated. Despite its reputation, the resolution is usually hopeful and upbeat. The minisode has all the makings of a Doctor Who episode - it follows the same formula. Your concept - Job - is something a person who isn’t Biblepilled and Christocelled is probably vaguely familiar with, and, like, you can argue that killing small children for sport is not a conflict with a clear right and wrong, but you would be both incorrect and also a bad person.

To say that this makes me irrationally angry is to underestimate my rage. I realize I am not an average viewer, because I am Biblepilled and Christocelled against my will. BUT it makes me SO MAD that they treat Job like a black and white scifi adventure that they can neatly tie up in 25 minutes. At the end of the original story, Job’s original kids are gone. He may have gotten his health and wealth back, but there are ten people who were very dear to him that he will never see again. It ends in this weird, happy-ish gray space that the original Good Omens book also closes on - the conflict has just been kicked down the road, not fully resolved, and the story ends before we explore the consequences of that.

So, if I was the writer for this minisode, how would I suck the Doctor Who out of the episode? 

I think the thing they should have done was have the kids survive that thunderstorm, and then have the Archangels destroy them before Aziraphale and Crowley could do anything about it. 

Would it be tonally out of wack from the rest of the season? Absolutely. I still think they should have done it. Actually killing the kids gives Heaven teeth and makes the Apocalypse of last season seem like an actual threat. It would also force Aziraphale to have a different, more impactful crisis of faith than the one he had at the end of the minisode. Lying to your superiors is uncomfortable, but the thing that really rocks people’s faith in any system is seeing it fail unnecessarily and catastrophically.

I’m not expecting Paradise Lost, here. I just want something that hits at least half as hard as the original book. And saving the kids just doesn’t do it for me.

Part 5: Oh God, There’s More?

If you’ve read to this point, you are braver than any US Marine. I hope it made sense and that you are now as angry as I am about the Job minisode. I have issues with the other two minisodes (WHY WERE THERE LIGHTS ON DURING THE BLITZ?????) but they did not inspire a 2,000 word Tumblr post that was mostly written in a fugue state between the hours of 3 and 6 a.m. on a work night. A Companion to Owls, to me, missed the main points of both the Book of Job and the original Good Omens. 

Because what Good Omens is is a story about knowing humanity in all its multifaceted ugliness and choosing it anyway because the good and strange bits are good and strange enough to outweigh that ugliness. The Book of Job highlights a little part of the beauty and horror of humanity in a deeply relatable way, and instead of working with the themes of both works, Companion works against them.

Also...Job never had goats. He had sheep, camels, donkeys, oxen, and children, but not goats. Details, motherfuckers.

#good omens #good omens 2 #bible #book of job #i did not have an exorcism to suffer through bad Bible fanfic like this #bonneannee

[yoko-fr]

〜家族揃って お正月🎍〜
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明けましておめでとうございます。
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今年もよろしくお願いいたします。
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新しい年が 穏やかで 心豊かに過ごせますように。
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三年ぶりに 家族が全員揃って，新年のお祝いが出来ました。
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そして もう一つ。 新しい家族を迎える事で 更に 賑やかな新年になって，嬉しさ倍増です。
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今年も 数日前から準備していた手作りのおせち料理をいただきながら，賑やかで おしゃべりも弾みますね。
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面白い食べ比べを用意してみました。
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毎年作る 丹波黒豆 ”飛切‘” 豆のサイズも特大です！
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2022年産の新豆と 2021年産のひねものと言われる黒豆を それぞれ 同じ行程で煮てみて，違いがあるのかを 確かめたかったので。
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分かった事‼︎
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新豆は 皮も豆も 柔らかく どちらかと言うと，あっさり，さっぱり感が。
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ひねものは 柔らかく煮上げるのに，新豆より 時間がかかりました。皮も豆も しっかりしていますが，決して硬くはなく，ふっくら！
.そして黒豆の風味が，しっかり感じられて 味わい深いですね。
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皆んなで 感動しながら 楽しい食べ比べタイム🎶 盛り上がりました。
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今年も アンテナをしっかり張って，色々な事に挑戦！ 前向きに‼︎
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#新年 
#お正月 
#おせち料理 
#てずくりおせち 
#おせちの黒豆 
#わがやのおせち2023 
#我が家の手作りおせち 
#丹波黒豆 
#飛切極上黒豆 
#食べ比べ 
#家族でおせちを囲む 
#おうちごはんlover 
#おうちごはん 
#ていねいな暮らし 
#私のおいしい写真 
#うつわ好き 
#newyeardishes 
#japanesefood 
#newyear 
#bonneannee 
#nouvelleannée 
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#新年 #お正月 #おせち料理 #てずくりおせち #おせちの黒豆 #わがやのおせち2023 #我が家の手作りおせち #丹波黒豆 #飛切極上黒豆 #食べ比べ #家族でおせちを囲む #おうちごはんlover #おうちごはん #ていねいな暮らし #私のおいしい写真 #うつわ好き #newyeardishes #japanesefood #newyear #bonneannee #nouvelleannée

[notrebellefrance]

Notre belle France

Vous souhaite une bonne année 2024 et que cette nouvelle année soit remplie de joie, d'amour et de succès pour vous et vos proches. Pour une année pleine de bonheur et de prospérité, que 2024 soit synonyme de santé, de réussite et de moments précieux partagés.

#bonneannee #2024

[hsbrz]

2022 - 2023

#lifestyle #design #decor #saopaulo #interiordesign #newyear2023 #bonneannee

[dancingtraveler]

Un phare est toujours un point de repère pour les bateaux

L’être humain a besoin de temps en temps d’un phare et il peut prendre différentes formes

Je vous souhaite une belle Tres belle année 2023 je vous souhaite de rencontrer ce phare intérieur qui vous guidera toujours un peu plus près de vous pour aller toujours un peu plus loin m, pour grandir en découvrant des ressources en soi, l’autre et d’autres cultures… surprenez vous! Challengez vous! Faites de la place à de la nouveauté et de l’inattendu car c’est lui qui vous fera grandir en vous faisant découvrir votre propre force-ressource

Ce lieu s’appelle le CAP SAINT VINCENT et comme disent les portugais «  começa qui Europa » ICI COMMENCE L’EUROPE!

#traveler #travel blog writer #travelblogger #travel #greentravel #travelphotography #phare #happy near year #bonneannee #felizaño2023 #2023 #rebirth #nature #sea #Green #hopeful #portugal

[divebyshantime]

Très bonne fête à tous 🎄🎍🎅😉👌 📷 Photo Stéphane Anthonioz 📷 #divebyshantime #stephaneanthonioz #noel #noel2022 #feliznavidad #bonneannee #bonnefetes #dive #diving #divers #scuba #scubadiving #scubadivers #photgraphy #photographer #photos #pics #photographie #photogram #nikon #nikonartists #nikonfr #scubaworld #scubajunkies #scubadivingmag #scubagear #scubaphoto (à The World) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmgpCbXqBbI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#divebyshantime #stephaneanthonioz #noel #noel2022 #feliznavidad #bonneannee #bonnefetes #dive #diving #divers #scuba #scubadiving #scubadivers #photgraphy #photographer #photos #pics #photographie #photogram #nikon #nikonartists #nikonfr #scubaworld #scubajunkies #scubadivingmag #scubagear #scubaphoto

[fucknewsfrance]

4 Janvier 1972 : "é,n,o,b,n,n,a,e,e,n" ..... En 10 lettres : "Bonne année". Première diffusion de l'émission des chiffres et des lettres

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#BonneAnnee #BonneAnnee2024 #meilleursvoeux #humour #tv #programmeTV #TF1 #France 2

[iboga]

De moins de 100 abonnés à 800 abonnés sur #Youtube, #Merci à vous de me suivre  #BonneAnnée à vous et #MERCI

From less than 100 subscribers to 800 subscribers on #Youtube, #Thank you for following me #HappyNewYear to you and #THANKYOU  

Synth(x)_404 Thanks Not Found. https://youtu.be/N5Yk4OTXhVw?si=Uj3eudjTTwadeTG6 Synthwave #Retro

#youtube #SynthWave #Retro #HappyNewYear #ThankYou #BonneAnnee #Merci

[selenahermerel]

#bonneannee #happynewyear #psychologue

[loveparfum]

Photos 2022 👋 On se demande parfois si la vie a une sens… et puis on #rencontre des #êtres qui #donnent un #sens à la #vie (BRASSAî) . . . . #izy #parfums #cinema #paris #nantes #corse #love #bonneannee #visualgrams #mastersofvisuals #photos #visuallovephoto 🚁 . . .🍀 (à Battini) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnXxWLCowtT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rencontre #êtres #donnent #sens #vie #izy #parfums #cinema #paris #nantes #corse #love #bonneannee #visualgrams #mastersofvisuals #photos #visuallovephoto

[lesailesdespapillons]

Voeux 2023 . Pour 2023 je vous souhaite de la Joie . Joie de lire Joie de découvrir Joie d'échanger Joie de se ressourcer Joie de s'évader . Je débute toujours les nouvelles périodes (années ou saisons) avec de grandes résolutions, ma créativité est en ébullition, j'espère réussir à la canaliser pour vous partager mes dernières lectures et découvertes ! . Prenez soin de vous Aimez les bonheurs simples du quotidien . Love . #2023 #joie #bonneannee #meilleursvoeux #litterature #lecture #livres #bibliotheque #bibliothequerevee #lire #jaimelire #fandelecture #bouquiniste #ipreview via @preview.app (à Toulouse, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPPJRgqHrD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#2023 #joie #bonneannee #meilleursvoeux #litterature #lecture #livres #bibliotheque #bibliothequerevee #lire #jaimelire #fandelecture #bouquiniste #ipreview

[thesweetestclementine]

petition to replace 'go touch grass' with 'go see an eclipse.' go watch something rare and beautiful. bear witness to a treasure that obliterates the accomplishments of humanity. be reduced to tears by the love and apathy of the universe. be filled with childlike wonder. idiot.

#solar eclipse #may have had a uhhh religious experience #hootin and hollerin at the moon #like an animal #bonneannee

[benjaminjouet]

Happy new year!!

Bonne année à tous! Meilleurs vœux pour 2023, riche en bonheur, santé et entourée de fleurs!

Happy New Year everyone! Best wishes for 2023, healthy, happy year  surrounding of flowers and plants :)

#bonneannee #happynewyear #frenchflorist #flowerworkshop #benjaminjouet

[les-toupies-h]

✿ஜீ۞ஜீ✿•.¸¸.•*`*•.•ஜீ☼۞☼ஜீ•.•*`*•.¸¸.•✿ஜீ۞ஜீ✿ L’an vieux est mort, Vive l’an neuf ! Puisse cette nouvelle année vous amener inventivité et joies dans l’écriture ✿ஜீ۞ஜீ✿•.¸¸.•*`*•.•ஜீ☼۞☼ஜீ•.•*`*•.¸¸.•✿ஜீ۞ஜீ✿ >

#bonneannee #2023 #écriture #écrire

[mamotto]

Je vous souhaite à tous une merveilleuse année 2023 avec surtout une bonne santé et beaucoup de Pokémon dans vos vie ! 😀🍾🥂🎉 #happynewyear #bonneannee #2023 #pokemon https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm2kS6-oNRI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#happynewyear #bonneannee #2023 #pokemon