#aziraphale has priorities

[gleafer]

When a certain someone keeps dropping into the shop too often and a demon has had enough.

[bennibeedraws]

Yeah he changed the car to yellow because he thinks Crowley's eyes are pretty, but he literally has a duster with the same color and obviously for the same reason so yeah I need to know immediately how many things aziraphale has that are yellow

[amagnificentobsession]

There’s been a lot of speculation about the secrecy behind the final 90 minutes. “Why isn’t Michael posting? Why isn’t he interacting with fans? Why doesn’t he post like he did for Season 1 & 2? Why, why, why?”

These are MY thoughts on the matter. Michael first and foremost is one of (if not the) kindest, most empathetic person. Friends, family, interviewers, co-stars they all say the same thing.

I believe he is trying to be careful with the feelings of others. With the feelings of the victims. Trying not to post things that could make it appear callous. To make it seem that GO is the top priority.

Michael in an interview, stated he has known NG for approximately 20 years. Read his books, graphic novels, and his first gift to Anna was a signed copy of The Sandman. He is/was a great admirer of his work, among other authors.

I also believe that he knows “fans” are going to be coming at him with questions that he most likely has no answer for. Just because you are “friends” with someone it doesn’t mean you know their personal life. In fact, you can be exceptionally close with someone and not know their demons.

There is no doubt someone would ask his opinion on the whole scenario and he doesn’t want to comment. It’s not that he is protecting NG. He’s protecting himself and his family. How long before the questions come about he and Anna’s age difference?

The interview he did, where the young lady questioned him about Anna and the age difference between her and his daughter Lily, I’m sure, still plays in his mind. The big difference between that and NG’s situation are worlds apart. It’s he and Anna’s personal life and he owes no one an explanation. It’s his choice as to who he discusses it with, if at all.

But we all know there would be someone that would be aggressive and not willing to accept his answer, whatever the question was. Look at how vicious Twitter users became when he stated his feelings on Israel and Palestine. It wasn’t good enough.

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

I believe right now he and David are trying to find their way through to wrapping up this beautiful story that was given us, with everything they have. The absolute pure, unadulterated joy they have when together will carry their friendship on through the rest of their lives.

They are not Aziraphale and Crowley. But I believe they love them just as much, if not more than we do. These characters are part of them, and will be, forever.

Ultimately we can only believe with all our hearts that the TPE, Rob and Terry’s daughter, all the people involved with this ending, love them as much as we do and will do whatever it takes for our Angel and Demon to be together, and able to live freely, love freely, and be happy.

[twilightcitysky]

Everything Is Meant (long S2 analysis, part 2)

Part one here

Okay, so that's how I think the pre-creation scene and Gabriel's arc connect to Aziraphale's choice. I also think the ineffable bureaucracy speedrun exists to prove totally different things to Aziraphale and Crowley: Aziraphale loves that they can love each other but notes they have to run away to be together; Crowley sees this and immediately thinks "hey, we can do that too!", forgetting that running away is not a solution Aziraphale has ever been interested in. It's the mentality of an individualist vs a group-oriented mind, and neither of them is necessarily wrong, it's just that their priorities are different and they HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT, which they don't.

Continued analysis under the cut:

3. Let's take the Job minisode. Why include it? We already mentioned that it proves Aziraphale remembers Crowley as an angel, since he mentions it. And he believes Crowley is the same person he always was, and that he doesn't want to harm Job's crops or animals or children. Crowley tries to convince him he's a Big Bad Demon who is all in on this assignment, but fails utterly to kill even a single goat, soooo... Aziraphale comes to the conclusion that he knows what Crowley wants. Alert! Alert! This is a big problem! Crowley says, "What do you know about what I want?" Aziraphale: "I know you." Crowley: "You do not know me." But because Aziraphale got it right this time, he goes ahead assuming he'll always get it right, which is a crucial failure when it comes to the final reckoning. He doesn't ever ASK Crowley what he wants, he just assumes. When you assume you know what someone wants, you usually assume their priorities align with yours... he couldn't be more wrong about that. The Job minisode sets up this dynamic for them, and they never really manage to change it.

The other thing happens at the end of the minisode. Crowley acknowledges two crucial points: 1) he's lonely ("But you said it wasn't!" "I'm a demon. I lied"), 2) he doesn't think Aziraphale would like Hell. Aziraphale DOESN'T like Hell. Aziraphale hates Hell for what they've done to Crowley. He doesn't see Heaven as innocent or benign, but importantly, Heaven has never tried to hurt Crowley directly. They never threatened his safety. They never tortured him (as it's heavily implied that Hell did). Fast forward to the last ten mins of season 2: Aziraphale excited to tell Crowley that he can be an angel again BECAUSE: he never has to go back to Hell. They can never hurt him again, not the way they did before. And he doesn't have to be lonely anymore.

Last point before I leave Job: Crowley has the chance to cause Aziraphale to Fall, here, probably. ("I lied to Heaven to thwart the will of God!" "You did, but I'm not going to tell anybody. Are you? ...good, then nothing has to change.") He doesn't take it. He doesn't want Aziraphale to be a demon. He loves Aziraphale as he is. "Angel" as an affectionate. Aziraphale certainly doesn't use "demon" as a pet name for Crowley. I think they set up this scene to contrast the final one, and show how deeply hurt Crowley is that Aziraphale suggest he change.

4. Moving on to Victorian Scotland. This one confused me at first. I was delighted that they brought back the "the lower you start the more opportunity you have to rise" dialogue from the book, but apart from that I didn't really see the point of it. It seems like the statue of Gabriel and the fact that he and Beelz ended up at that pub in the present were more or less coincidental.

The point, I think, is actually not the girl, but the doctor. He's a person who is trying to do good by working in a system that's deeply flawed, and engaging in questionable moral practices for the greater good. (Cadaver dissection is still an essential part of medical school. You need dead bodies to understand living ones.) He shows Aziraphale a tumor he removed from a child who died, and Aziraphale clutches it to his chest. The camera zooms in and lingers to tell us that this is a guardian through and through. He wants to protect people. He wants to do good with every fiber of his being.

To Crowley, it's enough to just "be an us" with Aziraphale. He doesn't really want anything more than that. That's an issue! For one thing, it fosters unhealthy codependency, and for another, Aziraphale would never be happy without the opportunity to help and protect people. It's an essential part of who he is. Metatron knows that, and he plays Aziraphale like a fiddle. The doctor showed Aziraphale that you can make a difference even in systems that are flawed, and even if you have to do things you'd rather not do. Aziraphale doesn't want to go back to Heaven, but he truly thinks he can change things; thinks he can be a guardian with some real power. In his mind, that's the right thing to do.

Last thing that happens in Scotland: Crowley saves a soul from Hell, arguably, by preventing a suicide. He gets in Big Trouble. Whatever happened to him downstairs resulted in him coming back up, leaning on a cane, and asking Aziraphale to give him holy water. Go back and watch that scene knowing what we know now about the Victorian minisode. Ask yourself how Aziraphale must have felt. He likely blamed himself for what happened, because if he hadn't meddled then they never would have been there in the first place. He knew where Crowley was, and why he was there, and he had to sit with that knowledge for years. He desperately wants Crowley to be safe; is perfectly willing to push him away to keep him safe-- which is what he does do, the minute Crowley gets back.

Now think again about what Metatron offered him. A chance to keep Crowley safe forever. He'd never be harmed again. Aziraphale is going to take that offer, no matter what else is asked of him. He's shown over and over again that he'll sacrifice his own happiness to make sure nothing happens to Crowley. And he'll do it without talking to Crowley about it first, because he is a moron who doesn't know how to use his words. Leading Crowley to assume that Aziraphale doesn't love him. The idiot angel is doing it all out of love, but because he doesn't make himself clear Crowley doesn't know that.

Part 3: Maggie and Nina, and their roles as mirror couple/ Greek chorus!

[rhetoricalsoapbox]

Reminder to the GO fandom as someone who has been a part of it:

You are 100% allowed to be upset at Neil, you are 100% allowed to feel upset about your favorite characters being "ruined" now.

But, no matter how upset you feel, the people who were harmed by Neil are much more important than a book/show or the characters in it.

The GO fandom is a wonderful community, but the amount of people acting like Crowley, Aziraphale, or any other GO character is more important than real life victims is horrible.

Nothing right now is about any of your favorite characters or your favorite media, it is about real life people that have been hurt and affected by a horrible person.

The GO fandom will not disappear, no fandom surrounding any of Neil's work will ever fully disappear; you can still find your community, discover yourself and your identity, create for yourself, etc. But what matters most right now is being there to support and believe victims. I truly hope that they find peace in what they're going through. I hope that there will be justice for them.

You will find new things to enjoy and new people to bond with and new things to bond over. The people harmed by Neil are going through and have gone through hell and need all the support and backing they can get right now. You and your favorite characters are not the priority in this situation.

[kanna-ophelia]

Please enjoy the Good Omens Script

It's a pretty open secret that I hand out The Good Omens Movie Script (of the never to be made 1990s movie) to anyone who asks nicely or checks my current Dreamwidth. It was published in a small edition, and a pdf of it was very widely circulated in book fandom back in the day.

Someone broke all fan etiquette, and common sense, and the fourth wall and brought it to Neil Gaiman's attention, forcing a situation where people who had already read it would refuse to share it saying it was to respect Neil Gaiman. Me, I never really was very cool with this "I've got mine!" attitude. Incredibly irritatingly, people did circulate out-of-context quotes and used them to portray it as terrible, script!Crowley as abusive, and script!Aziraphale as a doormat. None of these are true: it is an extremely, extremely loose and weirdly Americanised adaptation, but it's fricking adorable, and so are its versions of Crowley and Aziraphale. (The characters who get done badly by are Madam Tracey and Brian, IMO - best to think of them as entirely different characters.) It lacks Terry Pratchett's grace, complex humanity and way with words (see also: GO S2), but it's laugh at loud funny at times and this version of the Ineffable Husbands is a seriously cute grumpy/sunshine couple. Also, it has Business Exec Satan.

All this led to the ridiculous and annoying situation of people who had never read it being derogatory of it, while, despite being published, it was in danger of becoming lost media and a lost opart of GO history. (See also: Revenge of the Old Queen and Rocky Horror.) So I'm sharing the link here. If you want to yell at me, I ask you to first consider why you want to respect Neil Gaiman's wishes on anything and reconsider your priorities. It's a damn pdf of something only eleven people own in hard copy.

Feel free to share, or to archive it yourself. If it gets taken down, let me know and I'll find a new home for it. Just be aware that I'm rarely on Tumblr so it takes me a while.

[jojkees]

Okay i don’t typically do text posts bc I’m mainly an art person but I’m not gonna lie, the Good Omen fandom coffee theory is just a symptom of a lack of character analysis in regards to Aziraphale imo. In every flashback this season, and even going into the first season, Aziraphale makes it clear that he believes, while some angels are superficial and not truly benevolent, God and Heaven as a whole *is*. Crowley’s reasons for leaving Hell are that they became the worst parts of Heaven, but in Aziraphale’s mind, Crowley leaving Hell was completely logical and simply a product of his 6000 year long reformation, whereas both of them leaving Heaven was a temporary measure until a more established angel (like Metatron) can weed out the “bad apples” inhibiting from his mission, which he believes to be the same as God’s. He is the epitome of a well meaning friend that you only learn years later had been trying to steer your life “out of sin”.

Is Aziraphale a genuinely good and kind person? Yes. But, despite Crowley’s priority having grown to become Aziraphale and his “team”, Aziraphale’s priority has never swayed from the beginning. The woobification lenses were taken off and you’re left with the reality of his character: a flawed man who strives to do good but is so deep in his indoctrination that he cannot leave due to a sunk-cost fallacy. Aziraphale cannot admit he’s wrong because he’s spent his entire existence desperately clinging onto the belief that Crowley’s fall was simply a mistake, that Heaven comprises “the good guys”.

Metatron is suspicious, I agree, but Aziraphale’s character was not out of line with all of the information we were given.

[love-me-love-my-weirdness]

Something really interesting about the final fifteen is how perfectly it portrays Aziraphale and Crowley’s trauma responses.

At first, you might think that Aziraphale had the fawn response and Crowley had the fight response but the final fifteen shows something very different.

Aziraphale has the fight response and Crowley has the flight response.

In every situation, when it gets tough, Crowley’s instinct is to run. His instinct is to gather what he cares about and leave to keep himself and Aziraphale safe. Their safety is always the priority. He would sacrifice everything for his loved ones.

Aziraphale, on the other hand, is a fighter. He was named a Guardian and he lives up to his title. His instinct is always to stand his ground and fight for his beliefs. He protects his loved ones like an animal would protect their young. He stands up and chases the danger away.

That’s what makes their communication so utterly shit. They want to protect each other so badly but they have such different ways of going about it. Aziraphale sees Crowley’s trauma response as giving up and Crowley sees Aziraphale’s trauma response as blind hope.

Their trauma responses make so much sense for what they’ve been through individually but they can’t understand the other’s approach.

Crowley is seeing how bad things can get and going “I’m not sticking around for it to get worse” and Aziraphale is seeing it and going “I’m not standing by and letting it get worse”.

There are flaws in both of their thinking and you can’t look at the final fifteen at a surface level because there are so many layers and complicating factors to both of their actions.

That’s what makes Neil Gaiman such a good writer and Aziraphale and Crowley such good 3D characters.

[very-normal-abt-this]

I want talk about how much love was nonverbally expressed *after* their last conversation in S2 Finale.

Yes, you heard right. AFTER.

Sure, they ended the conversation completely pissed at each other. Broken hearted. But, like in any solid relationship, they don't hold grudges. Only a few short moments later, all the anger is gone from Aziraphale's face, and the only emotions left are: love, longing, fear, regret. He can barely pay attention to Metatron, because he keeps looking out the window at Crowley. I think I counted 7 times of him turning his head to look. And of course, he is close to changing his mind several times. (BTW, I would *kill* to know what thoughts were going through his mind right before he committed to leaving, right before he said "nothing at all" with that fake smile)

And Crowley. Most humans, when they feel they've been rejected and/or abandoned - they slam the door and they leave in a huff! They don't look back, they get in their car, and drive away as fast they can, possibly with a middle finger pointed in the direction of the offending party. (Unless they're the type of person who would stand by the door, cry and beg them to stay, but obviously that behavior could never be exhibited by Crowley).

But Crowley does not leave. He does not even try to hide in his car. He stands there, intentionally on display, waiting and watching. Why? Because either A) He is not viewing this as a rejection and abandonment, but as a [huge] difference of opinion, so he is not reacting like someone who has just been rejected. Or B) he IS viewing it as rejection, but he loves Aziraphale so much that his main priority is still to make sure that the Angel is safe, regardless of their current relationship status. His love for Aziraphale is literally unconditional. Crowley wants to watch him walk into that elevator with his own eyes, and make sure that he's not doing so under duress. Or there is option C) He is standing there defiantly, to communicate his disapproval and disbelief at what Aziraphale is doing, like "I can't believe you're actually doing this, I have to see this shit with my own eyes to believe it." Or option D) He is hoping to influence Aziraphale to change his mind, because he knows that its incredibly hard for Aziraphale to leave him. Standing there to send a message of "I'm still here. Are you really sure you are okay with being separated?" Or maybe even E) A small part of him wondered if he (Crowley) might change his own mind about going, once he saw Aziraphale actually walking toward the elevator, once he saw that it's actually happening.

I don't think it's option C because of Crowley's facial expression and body language after Aziraphale gets in the elevator. I don't see any anger, frustration, disgust, or judgment there. All I see is...utter despondency, numbness, melancholy, hopelessness. So, I'm thinking its a combination of reasons A, B, and D. Maybe a little E.

And, I wondered the same about Aziraphale. As he is walking to the elevator, he is not acting as someone who is angry at their significant other. I imagine that a lot of people who feel angry after a fight, and feel their partner is completely in the wrong - they would walk into that elevator without looking back at the offending party. They might put on the happiest face and try to hide all traces of negative emotions, just to "stick it to them." But Aziraphale does look back at Crowley. And, this last nonverbal communication with his partner is also very intentional; he wants Crowley to know that he is looking at him on purpose (just as Crowley's behavior of standing by the Bentley and watching him leave is very intentional). Aziraphale stops and makes eye contact with Crowley, right before he walks into the elevator. Just as Crowley, he is trying to send a message with that pause and look. What message? A) "I can't believe you're not coming with me, I'm hurt and disappointed in you." B) "I want you to know that it's very hard for me to do this, I'm torn about it, and I'm thinking about you." C) "I just found out very bad news and you're in danger." Or option D) "I just found out very bad news and I'm definitely going to need your help. I'll be back."

My opinion is that its a combo of B, C, and D. I do not think its A, based on Aziraphale's behavior and emotions right after Crowley walked out.

So, to summarize the point I am making - despite their deficits in communicating with words, Aziraphale and Crowley continue communicating their feelings nonverbally. They remain committed to each other, even in the face of the biggest rift they've ever experienced in their relationship. Their behavior shows that their first priority in the relationship is not "to be right" or "to win the argument." Their priorities are - taking care of each other. Letting each other know that, "no matter what happens, I am here, and I'm thinking about you."

Thanks for reading! please leave a comment.

[elenthyaolyenths]

I couldn't decide on where to begin, so thank you all by advance for your help! Please reblog so everyone can see it! The winner of this poll will become one of my top priorities during November.

↓LONG POST under the cut! I describe each WIP with pictures and I explain what I would like to do.↓

Tell me in comments/reblogs what you would like to see for these WIPs!

Num. 1: "Please", inspired by David Tennant Richard II Kiss

"Please" is the first part of a diptych. Published as a simple WIP in December 2023, it became for no apparent reason (lol) one of my most famous posts on Tumblr. I have always wanted to full-colour it, but I was feeling so much pressure about this one that I didn't dare to try. And then Time has passed...

I have changed a lot of things in my art practice. Different brushes, different lines, and so when I'll work again on "Please", I already know that I'll have to redo all the lineart - that's ok, it's one of my favorite tasks. I will improve Aziraphale's expression and draw more details on his Archangel suit. Crowley with his dark waistcoat (ngk) and his gorgeous black wings will probably stay the same, even if I'll redo all his lineart so they'll complete each other perfectly. And, of course, full-colour... Teehee.

Num. 2: "...Again." (inspired by David Tennant Richard II Kiss)

"...Again" is the second part of my "Richard II Kiss" diptych. So much potential in Aziraphale's wings, as he literaly lauches himself into Crowley's arms! And how I love the way Crowley embraces him like nothing else matters. I'll have to do all the lineart for this one, and I'm so glad about it, because I guess I have changed and improved my lineart skills these last months, and "Again" is the perfect challenge for proving it to myself.

Num. 3 "Bliss", one of my favourite Red Art Sketches! But...

Achieved on the 29 of January, 2024, "Bliss" is a Daily Challenge sketch, so time completion = less than 2 hours. I love the emotion and the movement in this one, but I have always wanted to come back to it and take my time, in order to draw a cleaner and more detailed version, probably in full-colour. The potential of Crowley's wings is phenomenal (I'm so much more skilled now about drawing wings), and his expression is wonderful. Maybe I'll change a little bit the lineart so we could see Aziraphale's embrace on Crowley - tenderness and passion all the way, always.

Num. 4 "Falling Starmaker" - "If Only I could have been there for you"

"Aziraphale saw the Starmaker's Fall, but didn't (couldn't) intervene. 6 thousand years later, he still regrets. He should have been there for him."

I dearly love this headcanon about Aziraphale, and I like to imagine that he would still dream about saving the Starmaker from his Fall. Not because he prefers Crowley as an angel (Damn, NO), but because he learnt to know Crowley throught the ages. And since he saw how much Crowley has suffered, after 6000 years, Aziraphale would do anything for relieving Crowley of thepast and the pain.

The lineart here is quite ok but needs to be redone so it would be more appropriate for a full-colour rendering. I really want to work on highlights and rendering effects for this one, so the movement of the Fall would be preserved. And I'll work on details like burnt feathers, Crowley's hair and Aziraphale's saddened eye.

Num. 5: "Eden" or "Take me back to Eden"

Since my first reading of "Anatomy 1.0.1", a Rating E fanfiction written by Fyre, I have a thing for them already together in the Garden of Eden. So of course, a kiss on the wall (again), but with their wings apparent this time!!!

I gave up this one in April after trying to full-colour it (that was... hideous.) Now that I have a better idea of how to handle full-colour, I need to come back to it. This one will be a peaceful, innocent fluffy scene. With Crowley's proud wings casting a soft shadow on them, probably, and his gorgeous hair flowing like fire and gold over Aziraphale. A lazy and tender moment in the Garden of Eden, when everything seemed simpler...

Ooooouf you did it! You know everything! So, which one you prefer? What would you want to see in it when it's achieved? Reblog/comment and tell me everything, I'm curious!!!

Thanks to you all, love you!!!

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[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Meet the characters appeared at the Prime page! :) Maggie's shop... 👀

AZIRAPHALE

Aziraphale is an angel who loves his life on earth. He is intelligent, enthusiastic and sometimes a little bewildered. He feels like heaven could do with a great deal of improvement, but he loves God and the ideals of heaven and will do everything in his power to do good.

CROWLEY

Crowley is a demon who plays by his own rules. Honourable, unsatisfied and idealistic, he has always dreamt of a better world but is pragmatic about the one that exists. Even when he was working with hell, he wasn’t quite the wholehearted demon others imagined him to be.

GABRIEL

Gabriel is an archangel but isn’t very angelic at all. Gabriel is fundamentally appalling. He can be self-obsessed, narcissistic and frankly, everyone’s worst boss. The smooth running of heaven is Gabriel’s greatest priority. Whether he’s succeeding or not is another story.

MAGGIE

Maggie owns the Small Back Room record shop next to Aziraphale’s bookshop. Even though the shop is struggling, she still loves running it. Maggie is hopeful, a dreamer who always follows her heart. She’s the type of person you’d want by your side when push comes to shove.

NINA

Nina is the owner of Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death, the coffee shop across the road from Aziraphale’s bookshop. A hypercompetent realist, Nina is great at what she does and cares about her customers, though her current relationship takes up 98 percent of her attention.

SHAX

Shax is an ambitious demon who is taking over Crowley’s role on earth. She has spent around half an eternity working for a better job in hell, and her time has finally come. Shax lives for her work and aims to climb the ladder of power (which feels like hell).

BEELZEBUB

Beelzebub is a desperate, harassed boss who is trying to run the day-to-day madness of hell. This fly-emitting Prince of Hell is dealing with staff shortages and a lack of resources because, let’s face it, there is a lot more “dead person processing” in hell than in heaven.

MURIEL

Muriel is a low-level recording angel. They're innocent, enthusiastic and unworldly. Muriel doesn’t have a lot of experience with earth and is still learning the ropes. When they get to experience anything that’s not their day-to-day in heaven, they're delighted.

[aziraphales-library]

hi i've found so many amazing fics through this tumblr. thank you for saving me when i was sick for weeks. :) i'd like to rec two fics i came across. one that is incredible and one of the best i've read: Five Minute Miracles by keelywolfe and another that is long, really pretty and made me yell: Black Swan Event by fyreavian. sorry if these have already been shared! both E rated.

Hello! I do hope you are feeling better now.

Thank you for sharing your recommendations!

Five Minute Miracles by keelywolfe [rated E, 10k words]

A series of short one-shots for Good Omens:

Ch.2 - Aziraphale contemplates after their first time together, an angel's thoughts do not pause for the afterglow. Predictably, Crowley sleeps.

Ch.3 - Crowley always knew he'd meet his end someday, he just never expected Aziraphale to be the one to end him. But what a way to go.

Ch.4 - Getting to touch Aziraphale for the first time, really touch him, is nothing like Crowley expects.

Ch.5 - One should always have a care when waking a sleeping demon.

Ch.6 - Crowley has never been very good at learning his lesson.

Ch.7 - Aziraphale only wanted Crowley to be still. What he got was an unexpected interest in the demon's hair.

Ch.8 - It's not like Crowley needed to hear Aziraphale was a virgin. He got the memo, thanks.

Ch.9 - There was something about the aftermath of sexual intercourse that made random thoughts percolate through Aziraphale’s mind.

Ch.10 - Aziraphale was not jealous, thank you. He simply did not like bad manners and THAT human who stole his chair? His manners were appalling and he should be sorry for it. It would also be appreciated if Crowley would stop enjoying this as soon as possible.

Black Swan Event by fyreavian [rated E, 56k words]

The distance between “We should have wiped his memory” and “we absolutely did wipe his memory” is miles, and Crowley has made a home between them. And to be fair (not that they deserve it), Heaven was going through a lot at the time. Like, a lot a lot. Catastrophic, if all went according to Lucifer’s plan. Record keeping for memory wipes wasn't exactly the priority.

The angel that missed the processing of his scheduled wipe faced no consequences because their negligence was never discovered. Crowley faced many consequences, most were agonizing, but at least Crowley avoided some consequences. He slid under the radar. He escaped into the night with a Starmaker’s memory.

_________________

Crowley has been loitering in the Universal Creation Grid for, well, basically all of time. And he wants something he can't have.

Aziraphale wants to kill the Metatron, among other things. He also wants something he can't have.

Muriel wants a cat. That's relatively attainable, all things considered.

-Mod AB

[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt VI good omens s1e2, a totally all-inclusive summary i remember everything

i don't, that's a lie. i lie like aziraphale, rarely and badly but with great gaslight energy.

alright well let's not dawdle for 6000 years, i'll forget what i DO remember.

An angel named Gabriel who is not Jimbriel yet, so a foetus Jimbriel, gets into Aziraphale's bookstore and yells about pornography to keep humans from following him into Aziraphale's secret back chamber.

What they do there, I do not know. It is up to speculation. They talk and Aziraphale is flustered about Crowley, I think, but that's the whole show so far.

The intro sequence remains strange. Cartoon Aziraphale is an impregnated chicken, cartoon Crowley is the baby daddy.

There are witch hunters and they want to burn Agnes Nutter alive. I don't know who Anges Nutter is yet.

We cut to Agnes Nutter and I know I will never forget her. She is beautiful and a BAMF. A MILF. An absolute bombshell.

The bombshell part is literal. They set her on fire and she explodes, killing all those in a 100 metre radius. I want to be her.

I assume it is a witch thing, but then find out she put bombs under her skirts. I want to be her, but more ardently.

There is a book. She writes prophecies in it.

There are horsemen of the apocalypse, which I forgot was still happening. We are in present day.

War kills everyone. She is pretty. She is not Warlock, the kid whom Aziraphale and Crowley raised.

Famine is a sexy beast, and runs Michelin star restaurants. He likes tiny food. He is developing foodless food.

If there are others, I do not notice. There could be. There really could be. There probably are.

There is a girl who scribbles on the book from earlier. She grows up. I think she is War. I am wrong. This is probably a good time to mention to Tumblr that I have mild issues with facial recognition, which is totally not going to affect my understanding of what is happening at all.

She is named Anathema. That could be someone else. What is real? Not Neil Gaiman.

She finds the Antichrist and the Them, and they are all playing at a witch hunt. The Antichrist does not have an aura. Yellow is fear. Yellow is joy. I lose track of what is happening for several scenes.

Newt is works in an office. There is a power cut. Newt no longer works at an office.

Newt joins a witch hunt.

There is a delivery man. I think he is Newt. I am wrong. His name is something resembling Judy. It is an easy mistake, everyone's reaction to not-Newt-maybe-Judy is the same as that to Newt, deep protective love.

Crowley and Aziraphale steal a Bentley. Find a Bentley? I am unsure. I am too busy looking at Crowley.

Crowley speeds. Crowley likes speeding. They hit a motorbike that has maybe-Anathema. They pick her up and take her to a house somewhere. The Bentley plays Queen music. Everyone is very excited about this. Beepop.

Maybe-Anathema enters the house. This could have been before she finds the Antichrist. But if the show isn't linear I don't have to be either, I decide.

Crowley and Aziraphale panic a lot, but find time to eye each other hungrily and lovingly. They have priorities, and I respect that.

Crowley yells at his plants to grow better. He pretends to kill one of them. I cannot believe I was entirely right about my interpretation of that GIF. I am filled with confused anger. Later I find out that he is projecting how heaven told him he was a disappointment and threw him out. I am no longer angry. I am sad. This is an ongoing thing when it comes to Crowley.

A major plot point is Dog, the best friend of the Antichrist, having a face off with a fat tabby cat. Dog loses. It was doomed from the start.

Aziraphale gaslights gatekeeps and girlbosses. He assures heaven that everything is under control. It is not. That is okay. I think.

Heaven asks about Crowley. Aziraphale gets flustered. This is as per usual and he assures them that he is battling Crowley, who keeps him on his toes. I not-so-privately think that Crowley keeps him on his knees, really.

Things happen. I'm too busy thinking about Aziraphale's puppy eyes. He is a bitchy sweetheart. I love him.

More things happen. I'm too busy thinking about Crowley's sexy hips and shoulders and, well, everything.

The episode ends. I am still thinking about Crowley. I am always thinking about Crowley. Everyone is always thinking about Crowley.

This... this is all I remember. Have it, Tumblr.

[vidavalor]

The Spear of Destiny

In 1941, Glozier told Aziraphale that Hitler was looking for The Spear of Destiny-- the famous weapon that supposedly pierced Jesus' side during the Crucifixion. There's just one thing about this: it's supposedly a big deviation from at least one version of our real-world history, which holds that Hitler was actually in possession of The Spear of Destiny from 1938 until about 90 minutes before he killed himself on April 30, 1945. It's a little hard to pin down the truth of it and some think it a myth but who knows.

The apparent story/possibly myth of Hitler's connection to The Spear of Destiny is famous enough that this can't be an error on the part of Good Omens. Why did they choose to do this and is The Spear of Destiny about to become important in the end of the story?

The story of The Spear of Destiny goes that at the time of Jesus' murder, the spear belonged to Gaius Cassius Longinus, the Roman Centurion who used it on Jesus. When he did, some water and some of Jesus' blood sprayed back onto Longinus-- who had been going blind until this happened. The water and blood from Jesus' body is said in the legend to have restored Longinus' eyesight and caused him to become a believer in Christ. Ironically, he then wound up also being killed a few years later for being Christian.

Because of its connection to Jesus' murder, The Spear of Destiny was considered a holy relic and it supposedly began to be passed down to different people throughout history. The Spear was thought to have supernatural powers that could be either the ultimate advantage or the worst kind of disadvantage, depending upon whether or not you could keep it in your possession.

Every warrior who was known to be in possession of The Spear of Destiny was also consistently victorious in battle, causing the legend to grow and every army to try to get their hands on it. At the same time, though? The Spear of Destiny was also thought to be cursed because every military leader who had The Spear in their possession but then lost it was said to have died not long afterwards.

So, legend has it that if you have The Spear of Destiny and you manage to keep ahold of it, you can probably rule the world. But if you get it and you lose it? You're totally fucked and you're basically counting down the minutes to your grisly death. Choosing to give it away is fine but getting it, trying to hang onto it, and failing to keep it in your possession will be your end.

Furthering the legend is that it hasn't actually been a functional spear for a long while now. The shaft of the spear has been missing for ages and what's left of the head of it is held together by a single, ancient nail that, legend has it, was one of the ones used to nail Jesus to the cross. Many who believe in this stuff think that the nail imbues the spear with more power.

By 1912, The Spear of Destiny was put in a museum-- Hofburg Treasure House (now known as the Imperial Treasury) in Vienna. The story goes that Hitler first saw it there then and, when he began to amass power, he put it at the top of the list with things like The Holy Grail for The Third Reich to make a priority to either find or steal.

Unlike the Holy Grail, it was easy enough for the Nazis in charge of looting the world's art and antiquities to bring Hitler The Spear of Destiny, which they apparently did on the day in 1938 when the Nazis annexed Austria.

Throughout the war, Hitler was apparently paranoid about losing track of the thing after so many in history had died just a short time after doing so. The story goes that, in April 1945, the U.S. Army captured the Nazi soldiers whose job it was to schlep the ancient weapon around for their batshit Fuhrer. The captured soldiers told the Americans who they were and gave up The Spear of Destiny.

By this point in the war, all of the Allied Forces knew that Hitler was completely bonkers and so having stolen his ridiculous ancient weapon thing was going to deal a big psychological blow to him. It would appear that they were correct because Hitler apparently killed himself about 90 minutes after an aide told him that he was no longer in possession of The Spear of Destiny.

A team of Allied soldiers then transported it through Germany to Vienna and gave it back to the folks at Hofburg Palace from whom the Nazis had stolen it. That is where it has been ever since.

Complicating matters is that, over the years, a pair of other spears have turned up that people claim is the actual Spear of Destiny. Those are also in museums and all of them definitely need to be kept far away from certain people with first names of Donald and Vladimir... ya know, just in case any of the entertaining nuttiness that people think about this weapon is real. 😂

So! If Hitler so famously in real life had The Spear of Destiny to a point that many think it played a role in his death and the events that led to the end of WWII, then why did Good Omens choose to AU this from our reality and have The Spear of Destiny be apparently missing in the 1941 of the Good Omens universe?

Does it have anything to do with how much we also focused on the nail in the one bit of Jesus that we've seen so far, or with Crowley making it clear that it was Heaven who set Jesus' murder into motion, not humans, possibly indicating that Longinus' spear was already a supernaturally powerful weapon?

Further complicating things? There are a pair of copies of The Origins of The Second World War-- an existing, real-world book-- on the shelves of Aziraphale's bookshop, visible during The Meeting Ball.

This, and a few other clues, would suggest that this Spear of Destiny deviation from real history doesn't totally impact what comes after it and that the events of World War II in the Good Omens universe were otherwise pretty much the same as they are in our reality. Whether this means that Hitler eventually got possession The Spear of Destiny before 1945 in Good Omens or he never had it at all is unclear.

Either way? Making an open question out of who is in possession of The Spear of Destiny in the story might suggest that it's going to become important in the end.

So, you know, where in the bookshop do we think it is? 🤔😇

[hazlehoff]

there's just so much to dissect with "the precious peaceful fragile existence i carved out for myself" "i thought we carved out for ourselves" "SO DID I!"

crowley has always felt so alone since the start of time because remember how he wasn't even close with the other fallen angels; he just happened to be around them at the time. he really tried, failed at some things, and succeeded at others to finally make a place and identity for himself in this world.

and sure, then he also suggested to aziraphale that they should team up and have each other's backs. unfortunately, crowley is just so not used to love that even now, he cannot let his friend know he is living out of his car, and ask for help. he cannot fathom that his angel could love him unconditionally, and he still believes he is alone at the end of it all.

then we have aziraphale, who realised during armageddon that crowley would always be there for him. he will always be crowley's number one priority. he always thought it would be them against the universe and the higher powers. so to hear that crowley is only thinking about himself would have stung.

and crowley's final blow once again calling back to their season 1 fight about how there's no heaven or hell, no right or wrong, there's just them. for 6000 years, it's just been aziraphale and crowley, together, helping each other when needed the most. and if aziraphale cannot protect himself from gabriel then what does it matter if crowley defends him or not.

maybe i am going crazy and this wasn't that deep but isn't that the beauty of tumblr?

[ineffabildaddy]

ineffabildaddy fic masterlist

all my fics are aziraphale/crowley🩵

you can read @bowtiepastabitch's analysis on some of the ways i explore queerness in my fics, with an excellent addition by @lalalunamoth, here!

i'm humbled to say that a few of my works have been recced by @fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic - you can read those posts here!

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CURRENT WIPS

an arm to be held at the wrist (E, 20.4k so far, 4/5 chapters posted) - aziraphale, the most successful american traditional tattoo artist in central london, and crowley, charming and heavily inked waiter at marguerite's of whickber street, have been tentatively flirting for a year. one day, aziraphale offers to tattoo crowley himself, and the tension that ensues is impossible to contain...💉fic post here

long time listener, first time caller (E, 22k so far, 4/7 chapters posted) - crowley is in love with the voice of aziraphale fell, late-night radio host, and the face of the handsome stranger he passes in the park every day. what will happen when he introduces himself, and when he has to choose between them? 📻 fic post here

wouldn't it be a lovely headline? (E, 17k so far, 5/? chapters posted) - close friends anthony j. crowley and azira fell are attending their first awards show for the film they recently co-starred in, whose sequel will only be made if they get enough public attention over the course of the weekend... how to garner this attention? why, pretend they're a couple, of course.🎬 fic post here

COMPLETED FICS

snake break (T, 4.8k) - takes place after the lockdown short. crowley takes a very long nap, and his snake tattoo decides to go on an adventure...🐍 fic post here

Whickber Uni's Lonely Hearts Club (E, 21k) - rivals undergraduate students aziraphale and crowley co-run their university's book club. both want to prove themselves the rightful president of the club, but when their event plans for valentine's day go awry, they find themselves shifting priorities...💌 fic post here

crosseyed and painless (E, 4.1k) - dom!az and fem!crowley pwp in which crowley has asked aziraphale to help her relax after a long day, and the results are not at all what she expects💦

take me as your wife (E, 7.1k) - a chance romantic meeting between crowley and aziraphale in a country inn in the 1750s sets off a chain of chases and surrenders🍷fic post here

complementary colours (M, 5.7k) - post-canon. aziraphale moves into crowley's cottage in the south downs and decides to do a little detective work to learn something he's never known about the former demon - his favourite colour🔎🌈 fic post here

angel and ash (E, 5k) - with art by @wasleichtesart! podfic by @outrageousring5655 here! crowley begins to frequent queer bars in london, presenting as a trans woman under the name ash. one night, she stumbles upon a trans man known as angel, whom she recognises immediately...🪩 fic post here

creature of mine (E, 21k) - with art by @omens-for-ophelia! aziraphale buys crowley a snake plant as a gift, whose scent triggers a naga transformation. big dick aziraphale gets stuck in🌺🎁 fic post here

you're a mirror i cannot avoid (E, 1k) - south downs domestic, erotic softness as aziraphale reassesses what it means to be himself🪞 Tumblr | AO3

in your own time (E, 33k) - human priest au set in tadfield, in which crowley and aziraphale are childhood best friends finally reunited. catholic school, apple trees, hogback wood, holy sex, and more⛪️ fic post here

Just Up The Stairs (E, 39k) - cowrite with @foolishlovers, art by @omens-for-ophelia! quiet, gentle and romantic neighbours human au featuring lots of music and harry the rabbit🐇 fic post here

close (well, you couldn't get much closer) (E, 1.4k) - post-ineffable divorce shenanigans featuring crowley using a replica model of aziraphale's penis, through which aziraphale can feel... well, everything❗️

I'm Beginning to See the Light (E, 22k) - gentle enemies to ardent lovers office christmas party human au which quickly devolves into body worship and gender-affirming sex - transmasc az, service top crowley🎄⚧ fic tag here

Despite Knowing Better... (E, 10.9k) - aziraphale and fem!crowley deal with the ineffable divorce by meeting in the bookshop once a week to fuck, while attempting to hold each other at arm's length. things get messy in the process...💔

Strawberry Scripture (E, 6.5k) - pwp oneshot. aziraphale and fem!crowley celebrate averting the apocalypse by playing with food, and with crowley's scales...🍰

ON HIATUS

golly what a spirit (you can only hear it down on whickber street) (E, 5k so far, 1/2 chapters posted) - it's almost christmas eve, and aziraphale has been a total humbug all month long. crowley buys a potion from anathema that promises to get its users in the christmas spirit, and doses their bedtime tea with it. when they wake up the next morning, they have undergone some very magical and very festive transformations...🎅🏻����🏼

Many Different Ways to Eat an Oyster (E, 6.5k) - aziraphale and crowley meet in ancient rome, where crowley admits that he's a virgin. aziraphale sets about putting this to rights immediately🦪

FICLETS, POEMS ETC.

there is no other way to say it (E, 1.5k) - aziraphale ponders the history of the word 'mine' and what it means to him.🪨 Tumblr | AO3

i have waited (M, 0.4k) - poem in which crowley ponders how he has waited for aziraphale over the millennia🕰 Tumblr | AO3

core of a clementine (E, 0,5k) - touch-starved crowley explores the sweet torture of aziraphale's seemingly innocent, mundane actions🍊 Tumblr | AO3

you're so golden (E, 0.9k) - while coupling under cover of night in the garden of eden, crowley discovers that aziraphale has golden stretch-marks. and they aren't the only part of him that's golden...✨ Tumblr | AO3

Only in Dreams (E, 0.5k) - post-season 2 aziraphale pov musings, as he hopes to visit his lover in dreams, if not in the waking world🌫 Tumblr | AO3

Blasphemy (E, 0,4k) - crowley muses about holiness, blasphemy, and how they interact with sex with aziraphale✝️ Tumblr | AO3

Do You Remember? (E, 0.8k) - aziraphale reflects on his first time with crowley - a time in which "they aren't talking" post-season 2💘

Flecks of Stardust (G, 0,2k) - a love poem from aziraphale to crowley🖋 Tumblr | AO3

I Know (E, 0.7k) - crowley reckons he knows exactly how aziraphale wants him... 🌅 Tumblr | AO3

Solitude (G, 0,4k) - supreme archangel aziraphale reminisces on his encounters with crowley through the ages ⌛️ Tumblr | AO3

Please Touch Me (E, 0,5k) - touch-starved crowley reflects on the kind of connection he wants with aziraphale 💭 Tumblr | AO3