#(he's definitely shown to master the Wrathful Heavenly aspects)

[virtualcarrot]

Aziraphale’s super anxious and self-conscious from the very Beginning of the tv show

yet it’s got nothing to do with fear of his superiors finding out about the Arrangement. there’s no Arrangement yet in Eden. it’s just how he is.

and he doesn’t quite fit. I mean, angels are supposed to embody the Surety of the Plan after all. yet he is a very unsure being.

it makes sense that after the War, heaven’s a bit of a mess. God’s given the Host humans to look after and of course they’ll do it, it’s their duty, but also, what a chore, you know? There’s tidying to do, departments to rearrange, all that dastardly bureaucracy, they don’t exactly have people to spare yet as they seek how to best fill the blanks in the Heavenly structure left-over from the Fallen

We’ll post Aziraphale in the Garden, they said. He’s a good soldier, Aziraphale, a bit weird, bit dumb, but knows how to follow orders that one, not one disloyal bone in him, not at risk of joining the Fallen, knows his place in the hierarchy. Sure, not the sharpest tool in the box, but a reliable one, might as well put him to use somewhere.

When Aziraphale not only fails to stop the Serpent but also gives away his sword, Gabriel and Michael share a look. Well what did we expect, they say, and Incorruptible, sure, but completely inept that one then what are we gonna do with him and oh bother just send him to look after the humans, he likes them, that’ll keep him from making a mess Up here and we’ve got work to do

And so goes Aziraphale. And they’re right, in a way. Evil does not Tempt him (not the capital kind) no matter how close it circles (and Crowley gets pretty close sometimes, really my dear, what are you trying to accomplish here). He doesn’t Fall.

And he remains as inept at furthering the Host’s cause as ever.

(In 1800, Gabriel briefly takes pity on him. Poor sod’s been down there so long, it’s time to bring him back, no angel deserves this, no matter how terrible at their job and it might be time to steer the humans a bit more firmly again anyway and Aziraphale’s too soft and witless for that. in light of some new information he gleans, he gives Aziraphale another chance. Maybe there’s hope for the Principality yet)

Aziraphale helps avert the Apocalypse.

That little shit