My Catholic Mother's Reactions to Good Omens: S1E1

new series alert! I have a few more of these in the process of editing, but if you know me you know i post randomly so who knows when I'll post the next one lol
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[@tishcarey]

My very Catholic mom when Agnes blew herself (and everyone else) up: “Good for her.”

[@katieedits2020]

slay

[@sophiachalloner8951]

​@@katieedits2020
Literally

[@letolethe3344]

Yes, all the names of the "chattering" nuns mean talking a lot or wordy in writing--prolix, loquacious, garrulous, verbose, voluble.

[@a_sentient_blob]

Yep! The deliberate opposite of the traditional “holy” vows of silence 😂
For anyone unfamiliar - taking a vow of silence for the sake of spiritual contemplation is a thing in the Catholic Church. Folks in religious orders, or even lay people on catholic retreats, often observe a temporary vow of silence. Also, there are still some consistently silent or cloistered religious orders though they are dwindling nowadays.

[@katieedits2020]

@@a_sentient_blob ohhh i did not even realize that's a play on vows of silence! i love it even more now lol

[@jortlover3000]

@@a_sentient_blob oh shit, i knew about the names but I didn't realise that!! that's sick :0

[@augustaimperatrix]

Wonderful!
If you want to comfort your mum: in the book, the surplus baby is mentioned again, and he is indeed adopted and has tropical fish, so all good there :D

[@katieedits2020]

love this! i will inform my mom lol

[@juiceboxfromthevoid]

Greasy Johnson in the making /ref

[@lindildeev5721]

Great, I want to see her reaction to the other episodes. I bet she died at "for Heaven's sake".

[@katieedits2020]

there are some pretty good reactions coming up

[@fionamb83]

After two episodes I asked my (very Catholic) mam what did she think and she goes "well it was funny, but I'm not quite sure what's going on". She is 83 though so I guess that's fair.

[@katieedits2020]

very fair lol, my mom's still quite a bit younger than that

[@sarahkoe1903]

You do know that the surplus baby was actually secretly adopted and grew up happy and normal, winning prizes for his tropical fish? It's all in the book - and very reassuring it is! His name is Greesy Johnson (if that his how his name is spelled, I've only listened to the audiobook).
Anyway, you can tell your mum the reassuring news!

[@toomanyfandoms9044]

It's actually Greasy Johnson and it was just his nickname:)
Pretty sure he had a gang like the Them and his friends were the Johnsonites.

[@sarahkoe1903]

@@toomanyfandoms9044 Exactly. 😊

[@katieedits2020]

i love this! haven't read the book yet so i didn't know that, but i will be informing my mom of this lol

[@jortlover3000]

there are also some theories that he'll be christ reborn (dunno what it's called, idk the bible lore sorry) in s3, due to the whole st beryl situation and because he's sort of.. adam's counterpart? i doubt that they'll actually become canon but it's still cool to think about!! :3

[@rlvids9889]

Fun fact in the book Crowley is the one who brings the dove back to life. Aziraphale had to do it here because Crowley was on the other side of the car and it would have made the blocking too complicated

[@iesika7387]

If I recall, Aziraphale is also the one who’s all We Should Murder That Baby. TV Zira is much softer than book Zira. Nobody even seems to think he’s a mob boss!

[@placidqualm]

Missed the chance to “wait and see” your mom at “what happens to the baby?”

[@katieedits2020]

awww dang i did

[@doobat708]

RE: 1:13 - in the novel, it becomes clear that the surplus baby was adopted out, and ended up being the Them's main antagonist/bully.

[@robynloveschocolate]

Omg!!! I just finished listening to the audio book and somehow I managed to miss that?!?! Now it makes more sense why they kept talking about his love of tropical fish 😂

[@ItsFrickinBats]

This is so much more wholesome than I thought it would be

[@katieedits2020]

☺

[@Dude_im_not_makaya]

(SPOILERS IF YOU HAVENT SEEN S2 EP6) really hope at the end when Crowley and Aziraphale kiss she says “I KNEW IT!”

[@katieedits2020]

i'm literally dying to see her reaction to that!

[@psmith0629]

This was great. Good Omens does a lot with names being more than just names. The nuns, Anathema. It's a fun little layer added into the storytelling.

[@mygenderismuffin]

HELP THIS IS SO FUNNY 😭😭 PLEASE MAKE MORE

[@ineffable_ezra]

This is great. Your mum seems cool

[@katieedits2020]

yeah, i think she's pretty cool

[@ameliacrowther-davies6458]

Your mom is so funny with her comments 🤣 i hope she has a great day❤

[@joemiller361]

Im glad MomEdits is enjoying the show c:

[@jortlover3000]

2:23 and 3:01 always upset me a little because in the book, it's aziraphale who suggests killing warlock and crowley who miracles the dove back to life. they changed the dove bit because of blocking issues but I still have no clue why they made crowley the one to suggest killing the antichrist. anthony "jyou can't kill kids" crowley. i feel like the book has always made it a little more clear just how morally grey the two really are, and it's sorta disappointing how much the show woobifies aziraphale.
also I love your mom oh my god

[@katieedits2020]

ah i haven't read the book yet, so i didn't know that, but that's super interesting. I do think the bit about Crowley suggesting killing warlock is more of him seeing if he can tempt Aziraphale into doing it, i don't think Crowley would have actually been down to kill him. but idk that's just my opinion

[@jortlover3000]

@@katieedits2020 ooh good point!! it's also always sorta struck me as weird that the angel who can literally make members of the mafia *disappear* would be so.. i dunno. hesitant

[@melvinawright]

Loved this! Can't wait for the next installment.

[@HuntingViolets]

Tennant.
It was the American ambassador to the UK or whatever, so he was living in England.

[@pikaboubou]

I need more of this 😂

[@nikitabreslin4568]

THE NAMES ARE DIFFERENT WORDS FOR TALKI- NO! OMG, how many years has it been and I never realised

[@katieedits2020]

yeah that was my reaction too!

[@aspiring.creative.person6092]

Those are such mom reactions haha

[@HuntingViolets]

Your mom is cute. We lost the antichrist--whoops.

[@PichDextro]

My mom had the *exact* same reaction about Crowley's eyes during the *exact* same scene...

[@katieedits2020]

lol the mom instinct i guess

[@ShiningLily3]

I love this idea!

[@moron19]

Aw man, I want a second part please dude

[@honey.suckle.plant_]

I want people to know that the surplus baby becomes the kid who leads the rival gang of The Them

[@DrawingWithLuIu]

Love her reactions lmao!
I just wanted to ask how u got the scenes from the show saved or whatever, cos I wanna make some good omens edits and stuff but I’m not sure how to get clips from it and it doesn’t let me screen record n stuff

[@evertime123]

EXCELLENT

[@gumpoi]

Oh my gosh, i need more

[@katieedits2020]

more is on its way👍

[@guit4rluvr]

MY GRANDMA HATES GOOD OMENS BC SHE THINKS IS BLASPHEMY

[@katieedits2020]

😂😂

[@applejustice]

she seems really sweet :)

[@huntwey6623]

I never understood what happened to the baby-

[@katieedits2020]

it's implied that the baby maybe dies, but it's also vague enough for the the audience to pretend he lives (in the book, he does live!)

[@wormish_squirmish_III]

First!
(Speef)

[@katieedits2020]

🫰 (you know what this means)

[@wormish_squirmish_III]

@@katieedits2020 I’m imagining it with the middle finger don’t worry

[@rpmlipert]

speef

[@antonellamR2D2]

Am I your mom? 😊