#but they are definitely azi and crows kids

[heyimcelery]

Jim on the left holds a sign saying "we are"

Muriel in the middle holds a sign saying "children of"

The Bentley on the far right has a sign leaning on it with the words "divorce"

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just binged all ur meta content on ao3 (so well-written and well-thought) and i think i have an addition to the two Job parts: u said crowley is gloomy and acts cold and distant, tries testing aziraphale's trust in him etc but. hear me out. in the end of the minisode when the angels arrive at Job and Sitis', we see the true actual crowley, all goofy midwife/cobbler and way more himself again and i believe it's because as u said he isn't just as alone anymore. aziraphale has done the right thing and on top of that he saw crowley and trusted him and crowley was a little less alone. and that change of demeanour from all you've - rightfully - stated in the first two parts of analysis melts a little to show the actual crowley, the kinda goofy one. he would've done the right thing and saved the kids and the goats anyways, of course, but for the first time he didn't have to do it alone. he had help, and even someone who trusted and saw him. he's tentative with it but definitely a little happier. maybe he found a little something to - carefully, hesitantly, briefly - believe in after losing faith in god. maybe there's still goodness to be found. maybe even in an angel.

Anonymous asked: Ello ello ello! Since youre my fav meta writer on here, I figured I might ask: I've seen people say Crowley was mean laughing about Aziraphale in the Job minosode when he thought he was a demon now, and in the last episode when Azi told him about using his halo. Do you see it that way, too? I always thought the latter one was surprised and kinda proud. And in the Job minisode, when Crowley noticed Azi was truly upset, he immediately stopped laughing and started comforting him. I don't think Crowley ever meant it in a mean way when he laughed about Azi, and I think it's part of Azi's charm for Crowley is how lovably clumsy he is. Crowley is oftentimes amused by Azi but in a loving, not condescending way. Thoughts? 🤔 Have a good day/evening! ❤

Hey you guys! ❤ I wanted to answer these two messages together, because I think there are some good dots to connect. Both times, Crowley is feeling abnormally good about the situation he's in, and then Aziraphale says something completely off the wall, and Crowley is like "😂 WHAT did you just say?? 💕" I really don't think either time he means to be condescending.

In general, Crowley is delighted by Aziraphale because he keeps doing surprising things. Crowley thinks humans are great because they keep coming up with wacky things demons could never expect, and he likes Aziraphale in large part because that wacky angel keeps doing things like insisting Good is Good and Bad is Bad and then giving away his sword and lying to angels and declaring war on hell.

Keep in mind that during Job, they're still getting to know each other. Crowley in that scene is trying to make Aziraphale feel better, but he also doesn't know what works yet. He's never actually had a friend before.

By contrast, I think the problem in the halo scene is that they know each other too well, or at least they think they do, to the point Crowley's making assumptions.

(This may have ballooned into an analysis of both scenes, but I promise we include the laughing thing. Stick with me!)

I think Crowley is kind of giddy by the end of Job. Overall, things have really just taken a turn for him. You're right, this is the first time he's feeling like he's not completely alone anymore. To a degree he absolutely did not expect! Not only did Aziraphale, in private, trust him beyond being a demon, try food, almost admit he doesn't trust God... but in front of the other angels, Aziraphale backs up Crowley's Bildad ploy. And that was Aziraphale's decision to do so, when Crowley first runs into room, it really doesn't seem like he's counting on Aziraphale to help him out at all. He just throws himself in front of Sitis and starts improvising, and it's the other angels he's looking at.

Anon 1, I like your idea that this is a more real Crowley peeking through here. Compare how he acts as Bildad in this scene to how he acts in S1 when he's tricking Hastur into the phone.

Crowley is a theater kid loves when he's taking charge of a situation and spinning people around on his own terms, and here Aziraphale gives him everything he needs to keep the angels fooled.

One part that's kind of funny and also pretty telling is when Job starts blowing it, Crowley decides this is a fantastic time to not be standing in the Angels' direct line of sight anymore! and goes to hover casually next to the other exit instead.

And Anon1, here's where I'm going to quote you because this made something click for me:

he would've done the right thing and saved the kids and the goats anyways, of course, but for the first time he didn't have to do it alone. he had help, and even someone who trusted and saw him. he's tentative with it but definitely a little happier. maybe he found a little something to - carefully, hesitantly, briefly - believe in after losing faith in god. maybe there's still goodness to be found. maybe even in an angel.

Crowley might not believe in Good and Bad, but he does believe in right and wrong. Crowley started this whole thing pissed off, alone, seemingly the only one operating under none of heaven's illusions about whose fault this is. This is God's fault, heaven might not want blood on their hands but that's where Crowley knows it belongs.

So when Aziraphale comes through for Crowley several times in a row, culminating in him breaking form with the other angels to lie and save those kids, I think yeah, it gives Crowley faith in Aziraphale. This angel might be coated in all heaven's brainwashing, but when it comes down to it, he knows what right and wrong is, and more importantly, he'll do something about it. Aziraphale is the angel. Put a pin in that.

So after everything's over, Crowley goes to find Aziraphale, looking to work out their new arrangement. Not the Arrangement yet, but to get a feel for how things are going to be between the two of them now that this has happened. Probably wanting to check this didn't all scare him off too badly. And uh, it turns out it kind of did, the angel is full on weeping by the sea over here. But he doesn't regret what he did! This is salvageable.

So here Crowley comes, trying to balance Aziraphale out by playing it cool. He really wants this to work.

The first time I heard him say this it knocked the wind out of me. This is Crowley returning the trust the Aziraphale showed him in that barn, and doubling down on it infinitely. Crowley sits down and looks away and makes himself as non-threatening as possible, and he tells this angel, I have no intention of ever being a danger to you as a demon. He's presenting it in a way that is begging the angel not to make a big deal of it, but it is huge.

(This is also, in my mind, where 'angel' becomes a pet name.)

[I realize this has gotten a little far afield but I wanted some groundwork first, and look we're here now!!]

(Also before I get to be funny, can I point out that for "I'm like you now" below, they're occupying the same part of the screen? rad.)

SO, right as Crowley's really settled into this whole 'no, really, you're an angel, you're like THE angel,' thing, and he's tensed up because he just dropped his undemonic bombshell part 2, 'I never killed the goats and now I don't want to drag you to hell...' How is the angel going to react?

Well, here comes Aziraphale, insisting "No, you have to!" okay why, because I'm a demon, are we doing that? "Because no no look, I'M a demon, really!!"

and. Look, Crowley tries, give the guy some credit.

HE IS TRYING NOT TO LAUGH. BUT THEN JUST. LOOK AT AZIRAPHALE. HE IS THE CUTEST MOST PATHETIC (affectionate) THING EARTH HAS EVER SEEN.

Crowley just had what started as the absolute worst day at work, that turned around beyond his wildest dreams, and then he's hit in the face with the most ridiculous, sweetest thing he's ever heard. TELL ME YOU WOULDN'T BREAK WHEN YOU'RE ALREADY RIDING HIGH AND THIS FLUFFY LITTLE BUNNY RABBIT LOOKED YOU IN THE EYE AND INSISTED "BUT I'M A DEMON." YOU LOOK AT ME AND YOU TELL ME YOU'D HOLD IT TOGETHER ANY BETTER.

And Crowley apologizes twice while laughing! Once during his first laugh, even. He knows he's being a dick, but he's got the giggles. It's just so absurd to him, it's like he doesn't know what to do but try to explain what he's seeing. Which is uhh, not the right move, Aziraphale is not ready to laugh about this. But hey, they're learning each other.

And then. in the rest of this scene I think we see Crowley adjusting his expectations in real time. This isn't going to be fully as great as he was hoping, but it can still be good.

They make a point of showing him sighing, then looking small and alone.

I remember someone pointing out (especially in retrospect) how sad a line "Then nothing has to change" is. And I'm thinking now this is Crowley settling them into what's going to be their status quo going forward, in an effort to make Aziraphale comfortable.

(This was about Crowley laughing, how did we get sad. Dammit, Job minisode. MOVING ON.)

You blew up your halo?

OKAY SO. It's a similar giddy situation in 2.06 at the end of Crowley's little field trip to heaven. He's been so stressed all week about the danger they've been in, but now? Look at all he's getting away with!

He's a dorky James Bond, his heaven outfit's even got the tactical turtleneck. He LOVES feeling like he's gotten one over on heaven (his stupid disguise is such a beautifully petty insult), and he's found a huge break in the Gabriel case. He finally got to DO something that wasn't just being trapped in the bookshop or his car. This is peak chaos demon enrichment.

He might not have all the answers yet, but he's got the pieces they'll need. It's starting to feel like they'll be able to solve this all soon and get back to their lives. The only thing now is whatever new trouble Aziraphale's gotten himself into. So Anthony J(ames Bond) Crowley comes swooping back in and…

Angel you absolute madlad, that's fucking fantastic!

From Crowley's perspective, Aziraphale's done what Crowley just did: Got one over on hell like he did on heaven. On the scale of everything Crowley's been worrying about, this is barely anything, he can talk them out of this! They're going to be fiiine! And okay, Aziraphale's being a little glareful about it, but not any more than he was when Crowley was teasing him over his out-of-date music opinions. This is just how they are!

Except. Except with everything that happened, it's not exactly like that right now for Aziraphale. He looks tired, he's maybe embarrassed/ashamed it got this far, AND. He's been worried sick all night, where have you been???

Remember, while Crowley's been worrying about what Heaven will do to Aziraphale, Aziraphale's been freaked out about the threat hell poses to Crowley. And the last time he saw Crowley, he was walking into a crowd of demons and promising Aziraphale he'd come back. And then he didn't.

And now Aziraphale's pissed hell off even further.

And here comes Crowley! Waltzing back into the bookshop, completely fine, with a bunch of angels in tow (?!?!), aaand the first thing he does is tease Aziraphale.

Yeah, Aziraphale is just not in the mood. I think normally, this wouldn't be much of a problem. We don't always react perfectly, sometimes we're just trying to annoy the people we love a little and misstep into actually hurting them, because we mean to say one thing and it lands as another. When my loved ones do that to me, I know them well enough to know they'd be mortified if they realized they were actually hurting my feelings, and that alone soothes the sting most of the time. When it doesn't, that's a thing we can deal with.

Same thing with Crowley here, he doesn't mean anything by it! He's just trying to tease Aziraphale a bit, not laugh at him. He loves him, he respects him, he finds what he's doing charming! What he's trying to communicate that isn't coming across is: 'You're absolutely not a demon, don't even worry' and 'I'm proud of you.'

Someday, Aziraphale will do something wildly unpredictable and Crowley will get to be delighted and laugh freely about it, and Aziraphale will get be annoyed but in a way that's warm underneath, because he knows he's loved and they're not in danger anymore. Let's look forward to that.

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you know, i get it. i also love crowley and aziraphale, and the tv show definitely goes way more into them then the book and most people got into gomens because of the show. plus people write way more fic about ships and romance. but. do you know how hard it is to find adam centric fic? like of the 56k~ gomens fics on ao3, only 2900 even have adam as a listed character. fics without azi/crow brings that down to 500. he's the main character of the book, are you kidding me

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Is there any fic about azi or crow being a single struggling parent

Oh man so many! Anyone else want to leave some suggestions? Here’s a few that I can think of right now:

I have been working with @charlottemadison42 on formatting her amazing fic Shotgun Wedding, so that jumps to mind immediately. It is so good. Crowley isn’t struggling as a parent, exactly, because he’s an amazing guardian for Adam, but he struggles with enough that I need to recommend it first. 😉 Plus it’s one of my all time favorites.

It Was Always You by mltrefry is probably a bit more like what you’re looking for in your ask. Crowley and Aziraphale reconnect after years, they’re both single dads.

Going Overboard by Fyre @amuseoffyre is absolutely amazing. It’s one I downloaded/made a cover for already. Single dad Crowley and memory loss in this fun romcom.

The Stars Walk Backward by Beckers522 is also so good. It takes place in 1926, tutor Aziraphale and (married) dad Crowley. Highly recommend this one, it’s really well done.

Barriers, and the Breaking Thereof by Cardinal_Daughter is actually one of the early ones I downloaded and made a cover for, but it wasn’t very good (the cover, not the fic!) so I haven’t posted it here yet. I definitely should though, it’s amazing. Single dad Crowley comes into the library with a crying baby and asks Aziraphale for help.

This one is definitely not a traditional parenting fic, because they’re cats. But it was so sweet and I loved it. Aziraphale’s definitely struggling to take care of his kids. Aristocats' Class and a Street Cat's Style by skimmingthesurface and SylWritesStuff

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Is there any fic about azi or crow being a single struggling parent

Oh man so many! Anyone else want to leave some suggestions? Here’s a few that I can think of right now:

I have been working with @charlottemadison42 on formatting her amazing fic Shotgun Wedding, so that jumps to mind immediately. It is so good. Crowley isn’t struggling as a parent, exactly, because he’s an amazing guardian for Adam, but he struggles with enough that I need to recommend it first. 😉 Plus it’s one of my all time favorites.

It Was Always You by mltrefry is probably a bit more like what you’re looking for in your ask. Crowley and Aziraphale reconnect after years, they’re both single dads.

Going Overboard by Fyre @amuseoffyre is absolutely amazing. It’s one I downloaded/made a cover for already. Single dad Crowley and memory loss in this fun romcom.

The Stars Walk Backward by Beckers522 is also so good. It takes place in 1926, tutor Aziraphale and (married) dad Crowley. Highly recommend this one, it’s really well done.

Barriers, and the Breaking Thereof by Cardinal_Daughter is actually one of the early ones I downloaded and made a cover for, but it wasn’t very good (the cover, not the fic!) so I haven’t posted it here yet. I definitely should though, it’s amazing. Single dad Crowley comes into the library with a crying baby and asks Aziraphale for help.

This one is definitely not a traditional parenting fic, because they’re cats. But it was so sweet and I loved it. Aziraphale’s definitely struggling to take care of his kids. Aristocats' Class and a Street Cat's Style by skimmingthesurface and SylWritesStuff

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Published: 2021-02-11 Words: 9550 Chapters: 1 Rated: E

Nothing compares to you

@nieded

Summary:

Written for the GO VDay Exchange 2021 for @ladybugcaptor on tumblr.

In which Aziraphale, a lonely bookseller, falls in love with the interim priest at St Edmund's.

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Just read this, so sweet! 🥰

44 notes • Posted 2021-02-12 04:14:56 GMT

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Published: 2021-01-29 Words: 758 Rated: T

For A Sheep As A Lamb

Atalan

Summary:

Aziraphale may have over-egged his latest report, to Crowley's delight and Heaven's consternation.

Another crack prompt offering for the theme "reports".

52 notes • Posted 2021-01-31 05:14:02 GMT

#2

Published: 2020-10-31 Completed: 2020-11-01 Words: 36427 Chapters: 7 Rated: E

Silent as the Grave

miraworos ( @miraworos )

Summary:

Aziraphale Ange, a location scout for Gray Productions, has found the perfect castle for his boss's new moving picture--an adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula. The trick will be convincing the dark, mysterious, and gorgeous Count Crowley to let them film there. Little does Aziraphale know, though, that getting in the door is the easy part.

Haunted castles, centuries-old mysteries, and a love affair that defies the grave...

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Just stumbled on this one today, it’s great! Love the mystery and spooky fun. Definitely check it out!

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54 notes • Posted 2021-05-01 03:04:43 GMT

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Published: 2021-03-08 Completed: 2021-03-13 Words: 20624 Chapters: 6 Rated: E

The Uninvited Guest

entanglednow ( @entanglednow )

Summary:

Aziraphale is used to spending long nights battling insomnia and repairing old and damaged books. But he's unprepared for his new neighbour to be quite so attractive, or to develop a habit for sleepwalking into his flat during the night.

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This was so adorable. They were so lovable and their interactions were great, and they took time to get to know each other without rushing into things or tons of miscommunication. Super sweet and highly recommended! 🥰

88 notes • Posted 2021-03-14 18:30:31 GMT

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