#crowley through the ages

[starksual-art]

some of crowley’s iconic hairstyles

[ramennoodleghost]

and heres some misc concepts or sketches that may or may not ever be completed. who knows.

[asphodellabella]

The Empress.

Part III of my Good Omens inspired Tarot deck.

Nanny Ashtoreth

wow i’m on my knees i’ll do anything she says 🙏🙏

as always, love you all, dream of whatever you like best

@goodomensafterdark

[bluberryfields]

Sadly, there's not enough room in the poll for the iconic Heaven disguise, but it's always worth sharing

[ineffable-xenanigans]

Crowley hair studies: all in one

Phew! I dare say I spent as much time editing these collages with the reference pics as I did on the original sketches, haha. You can browse the relevant tag, but also here’s an index of all the parts in chronological order:

Before the beginning

4004 BC (Garden of Eden)

3004 BC (Mesopotamia)

2500 BC (Land of Uz)

33 AD (Golgotha)

41 AD (Rome)

1601 (London — Globe Theatre)

1793 (Paris)

1827 (Edinburgh)

1862 (London — Holy Water request)

1941 (London — the Blitz)

1967 (London — Holy Water heist)

1970s (Disco Tony)

2007 (delivering the Antichrist)

2012 (Nanny Ashtoreth)

2012 (man bun)

2018 (main S1 storyline)

2023 (main S2 storyline)

2023 (undercover in Heaven)

I had an absolute blast working on these, and I learned so much about so many things!!

[ineffableaddiction]

Crowley

I love how Crowley keeps reinventing him/herself.

Even between S1 and S2, there are a lot of differences in mannerisms. Aside from the “In the Beginning“ part, Crowley is a lot more somber and protective of Aziraphale.

If you compare S2 to S1, you see a lot less of the happiness/goofiness that he’d previously displayed.

Crowley’s demeanor in S2 reminds me a lot of the holy water scene. In this scene, Crowley was afraid of something. He asked Aziraphale to help him, as a means of insurance.

So what’s going on? And why is this about the happiest we see Crowley (aside from his attempt to make Nina and Maggie vavoom)?

There are several causes, but I think the main ones are:

- We never saw Crowley deal with the trauma of believing that his friend had been killed. Sure, he was drinking (and probably the most vulnerable) afterwards, but that pain didn’t go away just because Aziraphale was fine. He still feels it, and is determined it will never happen again.

- At the end of S1, Aziraphale believed that they had averted “the big one.” Crowley knows better. He’s waiting for the heaven and hell vs humanity battle that he mentioned after they swapped faces back. It keeps him from filly enjoying things, and makes him watchful.

- Even though heaven and hell were leaving them alone, Crowley didn’t trust either. He lived in his car, not telling Aziraphale. If they cohabitated, it could definitely put Aziraphale in danger. Again, they are still indirectly causing the ineffable couple to not fully be themselves. When Jimbriel showed up at Aziraphale’s door, it brought them unwanted attention. There was no way that was going to end well.

So what will Crowley be like in S3? Will we see a more somber version, or perhaps a “screw it all” over the top goofball? Or something completely different, like a vengeful Crowley?

What I’m hoping we get at the end is a very happy Crowley with his very happy angel, both free of the awfulness that has prevented them from being themselves… as individuals and as the group of the two of them.

[musingsofmaisie]

Thought for the day

I love Edinburgh Crowley so much. David really lets his freak flag fly all over this one. He pulls out *all* the accents ( I was never sure if NG was trolling him or not). The huge grins, almost winking at the audience everytime he has a clever line. And this one in particular kills me.

There are at least 100 different versions, too. Proper ones and posh ones, Edinburgh vs Glaswegian, Orkney vs Highlander, and on and on. Sgt Shadwell's. Some of them are unintelligible to anyone outside the clan. Many contain vocabularies of their very own.

"An' prithee which'un o'deh Scottish accen's deeya wan'a'muh tae doo, laddie?" Is how I'm sure David answered that question.

[gleafer]

“HAVE YOU TRIED NOT BEING THE VILLAGE WITCH??”

[vavoom-sorted-art]

Oh, Aziraphale. I understand now. I'm in love.

[brainwormcity]

I've seen people remark on how awkward the 1967 scene is and that is so frustrating because, for me, it is one of the most emotionally resonant flashbacks in the entire series. It is so multifaceted and ripe with implication and that assertion is baffling. As though just because this conversation appears to be hard for them, it must mean that there has to be some sense of weirdness or awkwardness between them?

This scene feeds heavily into my theory that 1941 ended in some sort of aborted romantic moment between the two, most likely initiated by Crowley. Aziraphale can barely stand to look at Crowley because the very first moment he looks him in the face, he can't stop himself from giving him this hooded eyes, barely contained look of longing.

The next thing we see is Aziraphale immediately launching into a statement about his fear for Crowley's existence that is as brutally sincere as it is heartrending. His eyes are wide, his voice is heavy with emotion, and it's clear that he is terrified beyond belief to lose Crowley. Even as he acquiesces and gives him the holy water, you can see that he wants to take it back and deny him it all over again.

Then, of course, Crowley asks if he can give him a lift, which is definitely something that they both know is a totally different question than what lies on the surface, given that they're mere feet from the bookshop and at first Crowley frowns so deeply that it's almost cartoonish but a moment after Aziraphale turns him down you get this glimpse of very real sadness:

Aziraphale sees it for what it is and in an attempt to comfort him, without being able to do what currently seems impossible to him, shares a fanciful but resigned fantasy about spending time together unbothered and unrestrained, all to the tune of these tight little, loving smiles:

When he asks again, you can just see Crowley's desperation for Aziraphale not to go. It's hard to say how long they'd been apart, but it's safe to say that for them, that previous interaction likely is very fresh in their minds.

Aziraphale has always been more fearful than Crowley when it comes to their feelings for each other. You could even potentially look at the holy water as a metaphor for their relationship. In his expressions of concern about The Arrangement, Aziraphale has always been remarking on how Crowley could be destroyed, similarly to his words here. So when he's telling him, "You go too fast for me, Crowley," what he's really saying is, "I'm terribly afraid and I'm not ready to take that step if it means that I could lose you." And it's plain to see by the wistful look on his face that it pains him greatly to say it:

The scene so quickly cuts to Crowley looking intensely at the holy water after Aziraphale has left the car (as if trying to convince you that that was the real point of the scene) that it's easy to miss this devastated expression on Crowley's face:

There's no look of perceived rejection on his face. Just a somber look of resignation. There are so many barriers in front of them, and I think that Crowley was willing to risk it but understood that Aziraphale wasn't ready to.

This is the most honest and laid bare we ever see these two be when it comes to their emotions. There's so much being said without being said and even their actual words (i.e. Crowley remembering exactly the amount of time when the 'fraternizing' conversation happened) are so full of emotion that it might even be a bit hard for some people to watch.

It's not awkward. It's just that the scene is just so incredibly earnest and heavy with coded language that it's easy to be swept up by the fact that the two aren't engaged in their typical banter and bickering. What we truly have here is an incredibly difficult and loving conversation between two people who are stuck in a seemingly impossible situation.

[guardian-of-soho]

Aziraphale is a guardian.

We left him at the end of s1 with the knowledge that apocalypse was still coming. He'd saved the world for that day, but Heaven was still bent on destroying it. The ones with the power to burn everything were still inescapably loveless. It really looked like he and Crowley alone of all the Earth-walking beings would fight for the world.

And he loves the world so much. The opening scenes of him in the record shop, buying his Shostakovich 78s? The warmth toward Maggie and her music and her heart? The generosity, and the delight in the shared understanding, and the pleasure in the discovery that he could make her life better? That he could spare her pain, give her a little more time with her joys? He knows how fragile those are.

He wants to give that to the whole world.

He wants to believe he can lift the doom hanging over them all, banish it permanently. He is desperate to believe it. Even if he wasn't longing so fervently to be seen, approved, affirmed by God's word (I was so undone by his jealousy as he watched Job speak to her) -- even without that I can't imagine him not wavering at Heaven's offer, faced with the chance that he could use all Heaven's might to guard the world again and get it right this time.

And then he's offered that power with apparent warmth, and feigned approval, and the shameless claim that at last they understand. They hear what he's been trying desperately to tell them as long as he's lived in the world. They're telling him that he's finally made his point -- that they are proud he's tried so hard for so long.

So -- the ending is shattering. It is maddening. It's utterly unfair on Crowley. And I didn't see it coming, and yet.

Aziraphale is a guardian. He really will have to see for himself that power won't love what's good; there is no way to make the world safe forever.

[caterhoades1971]

Through the Ages No13 to no4 and......

[pharlapcartoonist]

I'm learning to work with alcohol markers and colored pencils, and what is a better training than drawing Crowley through ages?

Part 7

Nanny Ashtoreth - 2013

I aspire to be her ❤️😈

[fearandhatred]

i was thinking about this line from my fic:

But the fall had hurt, too. Because the wind had cut into his useless wings like knives, his skin and grace peeling away under the friction, and he had been looking right up at the multicoloured and unreachable expanse of sky just to see it fade from his eyes into dull greys.

and i came up with this. i hope the vision came through

[bluberryfields]

Reposting because I somehow forgot Edinburgh (I'll never forgive myself)

I really wanted to get all of them in one poll, but the delicious demon does love to switch things up. I'll probably do one for the 20th and 21st century looks, too, because yummm

[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