as we all revel in the many joyous delights of good omens 2, i'd just like to say a deeply personal and heartfelt fuck you fuck you fuck you to every single person who accused neil gaiman of queerbaiting over the last four years.
and then i'd like to wish you an extra special get kicked in the shins, because every time you said "queerbaiting" what you really meant was "nb and aspec doesn't really count as queer".
that's what you meant. you meant "gay is better". you meant "queer love only counts if they kiss". you meant "sure they might technically be ~nonbinary~, but they look like men, so they're really just men". you meant "i don't respect aspecs and i don't think they deserve representation".
so, from the bottom of my heart: fuck you.
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I think what some people overlook when it comes to non-binary representation, but that Good Omens has managed to nail on the head (as usual), is how often we see afab nbs being masculine (short hair, gender neutral/male clothes etc.) and amab nbs being feminine (long hair, feminine characteristics etc.).
And that's just... I don't want to say wrong because it's not, but it's just so telling of how they still see that person as their agab.
What I mean by that is, if someone only accepts afab nb people when they're nonconforming or should I say deviating from their agab, then they still view them as women. The same goes for amab nb people. If someone expects gender nonconformity from them and a more feminine expression, then at a basic level, they still view them as men. And yes, there's been that discussion about trans people not being required to perform and how stereotypes are harmful, but I mean this on a more psychological/ingrained level. (That's why I'm mentioning afab and amab so much (sorry))
And Good Omens absolutely knocks it out of the park with this. Not only does it say a giant fuck you to gender expectations for nb beings, but it has such a diverse range of identities represented. Muriel, an afab nb person who dresses feminine. Beelzebub an afab nb person who presents masculine. Andrew, an amab nb person who presents feminine. Aziraphale, an amab nb person who presents masculine. Crowley, an amab nb person who is somehow every single one of these combined. (I know none of them are humans. I'm speaking about how they are perceived by the audience)
When someone only views nb people as afab=must present masculine and amab=must present feminine, then all they're doing is saying they still view nb individuals as their agab, because if they didn't tie nb people's agab to their personalities then them presenting as their agab would have no influence on a person's perspective of their identity. Nb people deserve to present as their agab without their identity being invalidated or them being viewed as cis.
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For anyone still feral about Good Omens, just so you know, the kiss specifically was filmed 3 times, not the full confession scene, because otherwise the sound guy would’ve been on set as well. Hope that helps!
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LITERALLY EVERYBODY IS CANONICALLY QUEER IN GOOD OMENS AND I LOVE THIS AND I'M HERE FOR IT!!!
This is lowkey my favourite scene cause MOOD AHHHHH 😭😭😭
we've ofc got the ineffable husbands (wallpaper for ya hehe)
Creds: @/aziraphalesbookshop on tiktok
This cutie little angel ajshshshdhdh
Then Nina and Maggie ofc 🥺
And the absolute rejection of gender by both, angels and demons!!! (My fav part lessgoooooo)
And if you're newly discovering this show, then well, please watch it because I NEED A SEASON 3 and YOU'RE GONNA LOVE THIS SO MUCHHHHH (and do tell me about it if you do 💗)
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i need your high school au crowley's gender - hand it over please
If anyone asked "what is your gender?" He would answer "Yes".
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Aziraphale: genderless occult being in an “error, gender not found” kinda way
Crowley: genderless occult being in an “ALL of the gender!!! Gimme! *grabby hands* That’s why angels/demons don’t have genders, Crowley took them all, nothing left for the other angels” kinda way
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