#crowley rome

[brainwormcity]

We gotta talk about Rome, y'all.

So, the flashback in Rome is pretty much exclusively the only time Crowley is actively short with Aziraphale and it has always sort of itched my brain as to why. When I finally got my hands on the script book it started to make sense:

For the uninitiated, Caligula was a Roman Emperor so despicable that there's literally a wiki dedicated to his atrocities.

Some of the deplorable things he was said to have done include, but aren't limited to:

Ordering criminals to be fed to the wild animals used for Gladitorial entertainment, after having cut their tongues out

Decapitating and butchering several people

Beating a priest to death with a mallet

Crucifying, burning, and suffocating multiple people

Literally having a Senator he disliked ripped apart by a mob

With this in mind, we know that Crowley, despite his indifferent attitude toward his demonic assignments, actively works against hurting people and animals, and even though his dialogue implies that he never tempted Caligula, we don't actually know what he might have witnessed. Still, it's not at all out of the realm of possibility that he saw things that could have straight up left him scarred psychologically.

Though the filmed scene leaves this portion of the conversation out, including his failed rebuff of Aziraphale's company, it's clear that he's in some emotional distress. With this in mind, Aziraphale's appearance may have occurred at just the right time. If he saw even just a hint of the monstrosity and madness of Caligula, he'd have needed some sort of comfort, so Aziraphale's stupid question and temptation for oysters may have been the best thing that could have happened under the circumstance.

Plus, given Aziraphale's ignorance about Caligula (he was there for Nero,) he'd have no idea how badly Crowley was messed up. He never reacted to Crowley's irritation or boorish attitude with anything other than continued enthusiasm for his presence. Demonhood has likely been incredibly tragic and traumatizing for Crowley at times, and, in this scene, Aziraphale was a balm for that pain without ever knowing.

[carnival-of-vanity]

Let me indulge you

Let me take you on a little trip back to Roman times. A beautiful summers day in the Mediterranean, lying lazily in the shade by the pool, savouring grapes, figs and wine while listening to the soft buzz of bees flying around the wisteria overhead

So, I've spent the last three weeks on this, my most ambitious and detailed painting so far. I had a lot of fun mapping out the composition and drawing every single grape, flower and tree in the background - my laptop not so much. Noted, 180 layers is about the maximum photoshop can take. But we need to find a way around that cause I've tasted blood now

[bea-n-art]

A secret tryst in Rome 41 ad.

A mild NSFW piece I created for my friend @vavoom-sorted-art. She requested this scene and I couldn't help but say yes!

Support me as an artist here: https://ko-fi.com/beanart

[garmrheim]

Again Thank you @dingledraw for letting me lend your girlies to draw!! i got a bit carried away and colored the thing but i just needed their flushes to show. A small lull in conversation with the rest of the party going on behind the curtains is all you need for a night well spent when in Rome

[crowlixcx]

[captainfantasticalright]

Good Omens and ancient Rome board games:

I remember looking up ancient board games and came across so many versions of tic-tac-toe within the area of Rome. These are some of the names they had back then!

[starksual-art]

when in rome…

[brahms4thrackett]

Our Ineffables have some private moments in the Roman baths after enjoying some aphrodisiacs oysters 💕

Join us at Good Omens After Dark on Reddit and at @goodomensafterdark on Tumblr!

[snek-eyes]

There's a nice mirroring with these scenes that bookend what I think of as the pre-Arrangement era.

Aziraphale laughing together with Crowley, until he realizes this is unangelic and snaps out of it. Crowley turns away.

vs.

Crowley has been turned away, until Aziraphale realizes he's said something unangelic but this time it doesn't deter him. They end up smiling together.

[tdillustrates]

Thx @Stardustcrowley for this inspo for more good omens brain rot

[fearandhatred]

headcanon that aziraphale's Look in 1941 was not him realising he loved crowley but realising that crowley loved HIM

[orth82]

My art

My writing

[kaeraesketches]

✨ Welp…the Smut War over on Reddit has me creating content that requires me to WARN you guys before posting on some platforms 🤣! If you are my child, my coworkers or my irl friends, you may wish to avert your eyes. I’d like to be able to make eye contact with you the next time we see each other 🤣. DON’T JUDGE ME, THIS IS FOR SCIENCE. (It’s me, I’m science 🤣).

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✨ ANYway. This is page one of what’s likely to be a 4ish page comic of what might’ve happened between Az and Crowley after their *very fantastic* oysters. They’ve gone back to the Angel’s place and seem to be having lovely…uh…conversation 😆. When in Rome…definitely snog your demon boyf and see what happens 😜.

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✨Tumblr absolutely destroys the quality of my art…for higher quality images, find me on Instagram or Reddit under KaeRaeSketches. It’s better.

[bea-n-art]

"Nobody Needs to Know" A secret tryst in Rome 41 ad. This was requested by my lovely and talented friend @daneecastle She was very specific and wanted to challenge me. Check out her art. She had some input from Gcaledonian who runs @goodomensafterdark Part two can be found here: Part Two. Which was suggested by also a talented art friend. @vavoom-sorted-art. My art peers all want me to make Romans it seems. I accept this burden! Buy it as a print: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/beanart Like what I do? Can always buy me a coffee https://ko-fi.com/beanart

[ineffableclassics]

"You'll never guess what people have been saying about oysters..." Aziraphale's speech was muffled as his mouth was full.

Crowley cocked his head to the side and raised an eyebrow. He suspected that he knew where this was going, but he wanted to play it off as if he didn't for as long as inhumanly possible. He waved his hand in a gesture of encouragement. "Go on."

"You see, they say that oysters are..." The angel lowered his voice and inhaled. "... an aphrodisiac."

Rome, 41AD: Aziraphale successfully "tempts" Crowley to go for dinner and try oysters with him. Crowley confesses during dinner that he's never hooked up with anyone before, and Aziraphale sets about putting this to rights immediately.

Words: 6,514

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

@ineffabildaddy

Art Credit: Ménage À Trois by Auseklis Ozols, 2019

[skelligiri]

And here's the final part of the new video, 'Dust Shall You Eat', in gif format!

Part 3