The kiss

Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929) dir. Jacques Feyder

Why can't it just be a kiss!?!?!?! 😭

Periodically, it hits me like a ton of bricks that this scene exists:

With the windows framed as their wings, the hand fluttering to the back, the most emotionally devastating kiss ever to be filmed...

I am still not well.

After all that Angst, I need a “Kiss and make better” moment.

SMOOCH

Kelly Mark: The Kiss (2007)

I think there is A LOT in the fact that Crowley chooses to kiss Aziraphale.

Gabriel and Beelzebub have chosen each other, yet the show is very careful in not having them kiss or even hug romantically; they are Superior Beings, not humans, so they don't conform to humans' way of performing, showing, or possibly even feeling love. If they were humans, I'm sure they would have happily kissed before disappearing into their happy ever after, because that's what (most) humans want to do in such circumstances, and also because it's a fast and sure way to clarify the feelings to the audience.

This is in contrast with the kiss Crowley chooses to give -a very rushed, passionate, not though through, human kiss. He had already talked about his feeling (as Nina suggested), he had already made a confession, no one at that point was in doubt about where he stands for Aziraphale. So why the kiss? It wasn't necessary to clarify his feelings...or was it? I think is was necessary to further clarify them. To me Crowley is not saying just "I love you" with that kiss, he is also saying "I love you in a human way, I love us not the Angels we could be Up There, I love us here on Earth".

He does not want to be back in Heaven, not even with Aziraphale; he's been there, he's been there in a very high rank, he knows that it is not a nice place. He wants to stay on Earth with Aziraphale and that's what he's trying to tell him by choosing to show love in a human way.

The Kiss

Interview with David Tennant, 15 Feb 2024 :)

Q: What was it like kissing Michael Sheen [in season two of Good Omens]? And who enjoyed it more? 

David: Who enjoyed it the most? Presumably Michael was thrilled. How could he not be? But it was another day at work. The most difficult bit was other people’s awkwardness. We thought it was quite fun, so it was fine. He’d brushed his teeth.

my favorite couple + my favorite painting

Didn't notice this at first but the fact Aziraphale pulls his tongue back.... Crowley really fucking went for it didn't he

Last Kiss

Willem van Dort (1905-1996) - The Kiss

Le baiser  | Do NOT repost or use without permission.

…Apology accepted…

Yes, I made his curls look like little horns.

Yves Pires: "The Kiss" (2012)