The Resurrectionists: a world with life after death
I didn’t fully appreciate the 2x03 minisode when the season first aired, but I keep finding more great details the more I think about it. Unlike our world, Good Omens is a world with confirmed afterlives. This minisode really digs into the implications of that, even in more subtle interactions where heaven and hell aren’t explicitly mentioned.
For example, the biggest issue with digging up bodies is NOT the corpse desecration. In fact, Aziraphale throws on some extra corpse desecration just for good measure. In a world ruled by heaven and hell, morality is less about the effect people have on the world, and more about the effect their actions have on their own immortal souls.
So Aziraphale is much less concerned with doing good than he is with encouraging the humans to do good. That’s also why he’s so unhelpful during the second grave robbery. He’s not being lazy; the humans have to do the actual work so they get the moral credit for doing it.
Now, he clearly wants to adopt earthly morality, and he does in flashes. He cares about the boy’s death, and he wants to heal Wee Morag. But he knows heaven exists, so he quickly focuses back on eternity — not for himself, but for the humans. And hoo boy, as a former evangelical, is that Relatable.™️
Crowley is sort of the reverse. He spends most of the minisode advocating for earthly morality. But, at the climax, he abruptly switches. He emphasizes that Elspeth has to be properly good, not just pretend good. “Pretend good” would have similar if not identical positive effects on the world, but it wouldn’t work for getting into heaven. Now, Crowley knows heaven isn’t that great, and he obviously thinks their moral standards are bullshit.
But… going to hell would eternally separate Elspeth from Wee Morag. Elspeth trapped in hell and Wee Morag in heaven, while the little bird wears down the mountain with its beak.
Hm. I wonder why Crowley might have strong feelings about that?
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I don't know if this is just me but I was kinda caught of guard when ed was talking about intercourse and orgasms..
because (unless I'm forgetting something) i genuinely can't remember ed or stede displaying sexual desire/attraction, unlike other couples in the show.. and i didn't realize that in season 1 but now i just kinda find it little weird that ed and stede have not acknowledged sex on their own..
I get focusing solely on building their friendship and romantic relationship slowly throughout season 1 but it's just i was so taken back when ed started talking about sex that i was like "oh yeah!! Sex!! Of course! Of course ed fucks!!"
and i hope that we get more of it, more of ed and stede (on their own and hopefully towards eachother at some point) displaying sexual desires! Because i need repressed stede bonnet who's probably only been with mary to want and to have good sex with ed!!
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MK: "No way! I may not understand your irrational love of noodles, or working hard, or being angry all the time—but you are always there when I need you, so it's time for me to return the favor! Because Pigsy's Noodles, are noodles worth fighting for!"
(2x04 Sweet'n Sour)
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Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie was a stubborn one too."
Pigsy: "Oh! So you think we're the same just cause we're pigs huh, bet you think I'm just a disgusting little monster too."
Subodhi: "Zhu Bajie had his vices, however, like all the companions he grew up. He struggled the most, but he worked hard, not unlike yourself. Although he didn't start out this way, in time he became a deeply caring and protective creature, and a powerful ally—one of the best in fact. The heart you have in abundance, the power? Why, you've barely scratched the surface of your potential! And that's saying something."
(4x09 Roast of the Monkie Kids)
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Gettin' emotional over my favorite hard working Pig man.
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Prom scene, funeral scene and panic attack all in one freaking episode. They were trying to kill us 😭😭😭😭 and you know what it work.
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