what is pride month for if not navel-gazing about queerness

  So the Good Omens TV show is out. This isn't a Good Omens post. Good Omens is an illustrative example. The Good Omens show is out and competing people on my tumblr dash are saying "it's really hurtful to me how explicitly queerbait-y Aziraphale and Crowley are in the show" and "stop asking Neil Gaiman to confirm that Aziraphale and Crowley have an explicitly romantic/sexual relationship, because things that aren't those two but are still intimate and deep are also important."

It's stressing me out because I...think they're both right. I mean I haven't watched the show yet, but I've seen enough gifs to get the drift of both arguments and also obviously I've read the book many times and if the relationship is portrayed similarly (and I've been told it is) then yes, I understand.

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