#with anyone! I liked her and crowley hanging out but there weren't a lot of those

[abigailmoment]

I need to talk to someone about Good Omens: Season 2 and none of my friends have watched it yet. I don't know much about how Tumblr works, so I'm tossing this into the # to see if anyone has similar thoughts/insights.

(Warning for all the spoilers.)

I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it quite a bit! I love my gay demon and angel. But I also felt like it wasn't very good.

Which is WEIRD because it had a lot of ELEMENTS of being good. But it's like they weren't put together very well.

(NOTE: I don't want to harsh on anyone else's joy! If you unequivocally loved it I am delighted for you! Rather jealous of you, in fact.)

Most glaringly Metatron and the twist at the end came out of nowhere. It was a cool twist, but it was a jarring departure from everything else. I feel like this could have been avoided and the setup of Aziraphale being a good replacement for Gabriel could have been elegantly shown by introducing Metatron earlier and having him irritably watch the other angels bumble about and be flouted by Aziraphale.

The climax felt like an escalation of incompetence. I know angels/demons being hapless on earth is a running gag, but having demons march pointlessly into a deathtrap seems a bit much. And the demons get into the bookshop because Maggie makes a silly mistake--it would have been so much more interesting if Shax had tricked her. The fire extinguishers were charming, but I wanted like four more clever bookshop-traps for that sequence. The halo deus-ex-machina made all the previous effort feel quite pointless. And the idea that using the halo would start a war seems arbitrary and is dismissed just as easily.

And it felt very sad that Aziraphale was perfectly confident Crowley could come back and save them from the demonic 'legion'. But then he…didn't. He went off to resolve a different problem. And that problem needed to be solved, but…just like everything else it didn't hang together well?

A lot of obstacles are resolved not by inventive solutions, but by the characters doing the same thing, just harder this time. Nina doesn't want to go into the bookshop and Crowley yells at her to do it. Aziraphale doesn't want to give up Gabriel, Shax yells at him to do it.

Many of the flashbacks were delightful. I LOVED the 'I was wrong dance'. And bless them for giving us a kiss. That terrible kiss.

I just…loved all the ideas. And many of the moments! It feels like a handful of jewels assembled into an unpleasantly garish piece of jewelry, and I can see the cheap paste holding it together.

I still do hope they get a season 3.

#good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #good omens spoilers #critical #but loving

[llycaons]

like I don'tseek out fanfiction for the vast majority of media I consume and this is because I like to think I have taste and I enjoy stories that are well made and satisfying and resolve their character arcs. and there are some pieces of media that I respect too much to read fanfiction about because literally nothing a fan could write would come close to canon (this is about rev girl utena). anyway thanks for bearing with it everyone and I promise it'll be over soon

#it just doesn't interest me most of the time #I read a little for h/xh bc its unfinished and I like seeing killua and his sister and younger sibling being happy #also pariston is insane and I like reading about him #go/mens was an unresolved gaybait with intriuging worldbuilding and it was funny #c/ql was an unresolved canon slowburn with a much larger cast of characters and a much more engaging and emotional plot #like who reads fic about anyone besides the two main guys in go/mens...I'd read about anathema but she has no compelling relationships #with anyone! I liked her and crowley hanging out but there weren't a lot of those #but there were SO many people in untamed you could talk for years about only a single sect or arc and not run out of content #also c/ql lived in my head for months and months longer than go/mens and I hate rewatching things over and over so #also cql/mdzs like go/mens was designed to appeal to certain audiences who are both really big into fic and stuff #but I think md/zs was better designed for that than a comparatively short bible parody altered for profit #but I don't feel the need to seek out specifically md/zs (OR tgcf tbh) so I think it is #something about the lack of resolution/reconciliation (respectivlely) and the atmosphere of c/ql #that drew me in #also I like gomens show but I have a LOT more respect for c/ql as an adaptation #the adaptation choices for gomens were often very stupid and needlessly edgy meanwhile we know how I feel abt untamed #so I was less interested in gomens show meta/explorations #cor.txt

[thewolfswriting]

The Dangers Of A Demon Chapter 5

Pairings: Demon Alpha!Dean x Katarina Morgan (Omega OC)

Word count: 1,171

Chapter Warnings: Angst, Pregnancy

Taglist: @charmed-asylum

Divider By: @firefly-graphics

The engine of the Impala was the only thing that disturbed the silence between the Alpha and the Omega. Every now and then he was glance at her, but not once did he say a word to her. He would only turn his eyes back towards the road.

The Demon slicked a hand down his face while gripping the steering wheel so hard his knuckles turned white. He should be pulling over and driving a knife so far into her body over and over until all the blood seeped out. But now, all of a sudden he got a conscious. Or maybe it was the fact that he claimed her and now the Alpha in him won't let him kill her.

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Katarina flinched and covered her ears at the impact of Dean's outburst. When he pushed her off his lap she yelped and crawled back towards the headboard of the bed.

"Get dressed." Dean snarled at her as he threw her clothes in her face, picking his own clothes up off the floor and doing the same.

Not needing to be told twice she dressed as quickly as she could. But in the process, she eyeballed the sharp object still plunged into the headboard of the bed. She sat on the bed in silence as she watched Dean pull on his jacket.

Dean grabbed his keys off the table "Get your ass in the car. We're going for a drive."

---

Dean drove for what seemed like hours to Katarina when really it was only for a few miles. When Dean pulled into the parking lot of the sheriff's office, it only confused her.

"I don't understand. Why are we here?"

He took in a deep breath before exhaling "I'm letting you go, Katarina."

That was the first time he had ever said her name. But still, she was confused "Why? You're supposed to kill me."

"I can't. I don't know why, but I just can't." Liar. He did know why, but he just didn't want to admit it "Before you go" he pulled out yet another knife "I need some of your hair."

"Why?"

"The people that ordered me to kill you, if they find out you're alive, they'll come looking for you. The only way they'll believe you're dead is with a few strands of your hair."

Hesitantly she took the knife from his hand and cut a few strands of her hair. If it was to make whoever it was to believe she's dead then so be it. She didn't want anyone coming after her and apparently neither did he.

He reached across her and opened the passenger door "Go. Your dad will be happy to see you, I'm sure."

Hand him the knife and the few strands of hair she climbed out of the Impala. Before shutting the door she looked at him while holding back tears "Thank you."

"Stay safe Katarina."

There was an enormous amount of questions that racked her brain. Why did he let her go? Why did he claim her if he's letting her go? Was he telling her the truth?

Those were questions that might not ever be answered.

After she watched him speed out of the parking lot she opened the door of the sheriff's office.

"Dad?" She called out.

It was only meer seconds before sheriff Morgan came around the corner along with a man she's never seen before. It was almost like her dad didn't believe she was standing there right in front of him.

"Katarina?" Sheriff Morgan whispered as he quickly walked towards his daughter and pulled her into a hug.

Pulling away from her dad she looked at the man standing a few feet away from them. Her eyes tinted silver-white. Apparently, that's something all Omega's did in the presence of an Alpha "Who are you?"

"I'm Sam. Dean's brother."

"Speaking of that monster, where is he?" Her dad snarled.

"I-its okay. Dean let me go."

Her dad and also Sam looked confused and it was no doubt they had questions for her. Questions she wasn't prepared to answer.

Four months later

Four months. Four months since Dean had let her go. Often she asked herself if it was wrong of her to miss him. Some would frown upon it, others not so much from the fact of the healed claim mark that was now just a scar on the side of her neck. Some days her hand would venture up to the mark and touch it. It was almost like a security blanket to her.

Even after Dean let her go, sheriff Morgan was determined to find Dean on his own. More than likely to make him pay for kidnapping his daughter to begin with and even more so after he found out Dean claimed his daughter and for another reason.

"Please dad, just let it go. You got me back. Isn't that enough?"

"Of course it is, Katarina. But he took you from me, held you, hostage, for a week, knotted and claimed you, and look what happened." He gestured towards her stomach.

Resting a hand on her belly she knew exactly what he was referring to. Yes, Dean had put a child in her and she knew deep down that it wasn't on purpose. Knotting and claiming her, yes. But getting her pregnant, no.

"Dean let me go. He didn't have to but he did and that was his choice." She argued back "Please, leave it be."

---

Sam kept in contact with her after he left Lebanon to continue the search for his brother. When Sam finally found him a month after and cured him of being a demon, she was the first person to know. Often Sam wondered about her and even more, since he got the news of her pregnancy, something Dean knew nothing about.

Once a week Sam called just to checked up on her. Whether it was to ask about how she was doing with her pregnancy or talk about college. Whatever the reason was, she was grateful for it.

But the news of her pregnancy was definitely a shock to herself, her dad, and to Sam.

---

"How far along are you?"

"Eight weeks."

"Are you gonna tell him?"

"Sam-"

"Katarina you have to tell him at some point. I can't be the one to tell him, it has to be you."

"What if he doesn't take the news as well as we're hoping? What if he doesn't want anything to do with it?"

"I know my brother, he wouldn't do that to you. But the only way to find out is to tell him."

"Okay, you're right. Just...give me time."

---

There were times where Dean wanted to pick up the phone and call her just so he could hear her voice. It's what he wanted, no it's what he needed. But of course, he couldn't bring himself to do it. The Alpha hated himself for what he did to all those other Omega's, but more specifically, he hated himself for what he did to her. If he hadn't been a demon, he wouldn't have done any of it and that was a fact. Every single memory from all of it, seered in his brain.

---

The demon practically threw the little plastic bag in Crowley's face once he walked into his office. He hoped like hell giving Crowley a few strands of the very much alive Omega's hair would be enough "proof".

"It's done then?" Crowley picked up the little plastic bag with the few strands of Katarina's hair.

"There's the proof."

"It took you long enough."

"I got the job done did I not!?" Dean snarled.

"As I've stated once before, Alphas don't kill their mates. But you did. I knew you'd get the job done. I was beginning to think you weren't going to kill her."

If only Crowley knew.

---

It was after Sam cured him when finally he admitted to himself as to why he let her go. Only part of him wished he hadn't. The effects of not having his Omega around were beginning to take a toll on him.

"Yeah, please, keep me updated."

Dean walked into the library of the bunker just in time to see Sam hang up the phone "How is she?"

Sam put on his best poker face "She's doing fine. It's been four months and still, nobody's came after her. I'd say what you did worked."

"Does she ask about me?"

"It's not my place to say." He sighed.

"I know I should be the one calling her. I mean I claimed her, Sam. But I can't bring myself to do it. What if I had killed her anyway?" Dean blinked to hold back the tears "I would never forgive myself."

"Yeah, I know. But you didn't kill her even as a demon then you did the right thing by letting her go." Sam sympathized for his brother "I'm sure she'd like to hear from you at least once. See you even. All you have to do is try. You might be surprised."

The last few words stuck out the most to Dean. Sam might as well have just given away the secret he's been keeping from his brother for four months.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"If you ever see her again, you'll find out."

#supernatural #alpha/omega #dean winchester fanficiton #dean winchester #dean winchester x ofc #demon!dean winchester #demon!dean #alpha!dean winchester #alpha dean winchester #dean winchester angst