Good Omens Vid

[purplefringe]

Er, hi friends! *waves*. It's been a while! But I, like almost the entire rest of my friend group, have fallen MADLY in love with the Good Omens TV series. It's one of my all time favourite books, and I just, I just can't quite believe how wonderful this adaptation is??? I just??? I was expecting it to be GOOD, but I wasn't expecting to lose my fucking mind like this.

So, here's a vid! This one was a LONG TIME in the making. It first occurred to me...five years ago, I think? Well before the TV show was even announced. It was a hypothetical 'if they ever adapted Good Omens, this is what I would love to make' thing. And....and I can't quite believe I have now finally made it?? wtf.

I just thought, you know what, it would be SUPER INTERESTING to make a vid examining all the theological arguments, biblical concepts and questions of morality which are touched on in Good Omens. There's some really interesting metaphysical ideas in there, and it just struck me that someone should make a vid exploring that more closely - and of course, it would have to be set to a piece of suitably epic religious music. So, here's Bach's Mass in B Minor.

Huge, huge thank you to the *truly* ineffable thingswithwings for her amazingly dedicated beta-ing which made this 1000% better, and also to all my jerk friends (hi guys) who have also lost their fucking minds and yelled at me about this a lot.

Mass In B Minor
edited by purplefringe
fandom: Good Omens
music: Mass In B Minor by J. S. Bach
summary: Kyrie eleison (Lord, have mercy)
content notes: some fast cutting in a couple of places, around 1:33 and 2:18

download: 119MB @ mediafire

stream:

"Good Omens | Mass in B Minor" (Watch on YouTube)

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Comments

[starlady]

Ah ah ha I LOVE IT.

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D thank you!

[laurajv]

*screaming noises*

[purplefringe]

heeeeee!

[aurumcalendula]

I love this!

[purplefringe]

Thank you! :D (btw I am at Vidukon right now and we have already watched several of your lovely vids! <3)

[skygiants]

What a truly perfect use of bebop!

[purplefringe]

love me some bebop! :D (nobody in the WORLD would call it that!)

[solo]

Wait, you kept this vid in the car??

Great stuff!

[purplefringe]

heeeeee I think I kept it in my BRAIN too long, and it had the same effect

[musesfool]

<333

[purplefringe]

:D

[fahrbotdrusilla]

<3 <3 makes me want to rewatch the series again lol.

[purplefringe]

OH NO HOW AWFUL WHATEVER WILL YOU DO

:D

[silverhare]

I watched it three times in a row. <3

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D I'm so happyyyyyyyy!

[promethia_tenk]

Ok, I'm not gonna lie . . . I was really looking forward to your vid examining the theological underpinnings of the show.

But I laughed super hard and then resumed the =DDDD heart-eyes face I've been making for the last two weeks, so I'm gonna forgive you. Well played. Well. Played.

Well, that's basically perfect. We can all go home now and watch it all again. Special love for the quick cuts of them next to each other.

ETA: just saw your 'summary' and broke down again. Lord have mercy, indeed.

[purplefringe]

Ahahahaha, I AM SO SORRY PROMETHIA! XD I am The Worst. If it makes you feel any better, such_heights, aka one of the best vidders I know, is currently having a lot of Ex-Catholic feels and is starting to ACTUALLY make the vid I claimed this was. So you will get it eventually.

But anyway I am delighted it won you over in the end :D It was very hard to vid with my eyes so full of hearts for them. (LORD HAVE MERCYYYYYY)

[elisi]

WHY do you not show up on my flist? I mean, I saw this thanks to Twitter, so I am happy to be congratulating you, but I need to look into what's wrong with my flist.

Anyway, did you enjoy Doing Good? :)

ETA: The vid is FABULOUS and I will happy to help with any future endavours...

[purplefringe]

???? That is very mysterious! I suspect demonic work at play. I am delighted you found and enjoyed it though :D It feels so good (Good) to be vidding again.

I have another Good Omens vid in mind which, weirdly, is NOT a Crowley/Aziraphale-centric one...might make a start on that tonight...

[rheasilvia]

What a lovely in-depth examination of the theological underpinnigs of the story! I think all such explorations should be scored by F. Mercury, if that would make them this fun.

The central relationship of the series in a fun bite-sized bebop version suitable for angel dancing! I really love it. Great work - thank you! :-)

[purplefringe]

Awwwww thank you so much! I am so glad you found my close examination of religious themes to be intellectually engaging! F. Mercury really does make some very good points.

[stellar_dust]

oh my, that was PERFECT, thank you!

P.S. 'Lord, have mercy' INDEED. XD

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D Thank you!! And heeee I was v pleased with that summary.

[hopelesse]

Aaaah, oh my goodness!! I love this so much <3 Every time I think "man, Crowley and Aziraphale sure spent a lot of time lovingly glancing at each other" I see a gifset that reminds me of an instance I forgot.

Whattt a sweet vid :D

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D :D THEIR LOVE IS SO PURE AND BEAUTIFUL I have lost my fucking mind /o\

[bironic]

Haven't seen the show, haven't read the book in ages, but your teaser and music choice lured me in, not to mention the recs... BAIT AND SWITCH! Heh. Cute, though.

[purplefringe]

Ahaha, oh no, I'm so sorry I lured you in and it was a trap.

[sanguinity]

You dork. I almost passed this by because of your vidder notes, and then I was like, "But it's purplefringe! Even if I'm not interested in Christian theology, it's still not gonna suck..."

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D Awwwwww that is the nicest comment! Thank you! To be clear, as a Jewish Atheist I also have very limited interest in Christian theology XD

[colls]

♥

This is fabulous! And your bait and switch feels so very appropriate :D

[purplefringe]

:D :D Thank you so much! And thank you for the rec! <3

ETA: I hope you got home from Vidukon ok! Lithy was reporting on your airport woes :(

[facethestrange]

*here from colls's recs* :)

This post is sneaky! :D Adorable vid, though! And the show really is a perfect adaptation, isn't it? ❤ I've always been more of a casual fan of the book (except the ending; the ending makes me cry my eyes out in a good way) and I didn't know how ~real fans felt about it, but to me it seemed pretty flawless!

[purplefringe]

Hee hee hee, I am so pleased with my sneakiness XD I'm delighted you like it. The show is SO SO GOOD i am OBSESSSSED. I sometimes think I'm not a *real* fan because I read the book for the first time in 2011 and I have friends who were active in the fandom back in 2002...but also I think that is nonsense and we are all eral fans and gatekeeping, as Aziraphale shows us, is bullshit :D

[laurashapiro]

BRB SOBBING

Oh god this was so great I am helpless before your skill at vidding and emotional manipulation whyyyyy do they love each other so much whyyyy

FLAIL

Thank you, yes, I needed this.

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D :D

THEY LOVE EACH OTHER *SO MUCH* I CANNOT DEAL EITHER :D

Same! I had saved this to watch after I got sort of over my first gonadal rush of feelings, and was ready for some juicy meta.

Ahahaha, oh noooooooo I'm sorry!! I mean, I'm not *totally* sorry, I am a bit delighted, but I am a bit sorry that you were hoping for meta and got FEELS instead! I hope you are ok (none of us are ok)

Thank you for flailing at me!

[kore]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH I TOTALLY fell for it, that was hilarious!

....omg, them together. //sob

[purplefringe]

:D :D :D yaaaaaaay! I'm so happy (/slightly sorry, but mostly happy) that people are falling for my stupid thing. I'm glad you like it!

[litalex]

wonderful. and the switch was brilliant! :D

[purplefringe]

Thank you so much!

[alchemise]

This is adorable!!

[purplefringe]

Thank you! :D

[jerusha]

This was absolutely delightful.

[purplefringe]

Thank you! I had fun making it!