#i am not really into 19th century hungarian literature btw but AJ was a genius with his ballads

[littlemisswhimprone]

just had this insane thought in the shower and as a hungarian good omens fan who is also really big on literature, i need to share this.

in 1857, János Arany, one of the most well-known poets of Hungary wrote "The Bards of Wales", a ballad which is about the legend of Edward I of England who sent 500 Welsh bards to burn at stake after his victory over Wales. he had done this to prevent the bards from telling the glorious past of their nation, to silence them.

all this happened in 1277, according to the legend, which was doubted by historians, though Arany believed in it strongly.

Arany originally wrote this ballad as a metaphor for what was happening in Hungary at that time (after the revolution of 1848/49, oppression by the Habsburg Empire), how there was no right of free speech even amongst poets and/or journalists.

now I say, we had Scottish Crowley, why can't we have Welsh Aziraphale? I'm sure Michael would have lots and lots of fun with it, just as David did with Edinburgh Crowley, and I do think it could work as a metaphor here as well? I'll link a translation of the ballad below for better understanding of my thought process.

so what I'm seeing here is; in Heaven, those who wronged/questioned the will of God, of the Archangels, were looked down upon, cast aside (downwards), just as the bards in the ballad (or the legend) were. i do like seeing episodes where Aziraphale's faith, even if for a less than a second, but wavers, and the micro-expressions betray his every thought in that split second (this had me wondering whether Crowley ever went through the same crisis).

I mean I can genuinely see a scene in my head where they're watching the executions at night, from afar, and Crowley murmurs something along the lines "never thought the truth is the same as asking questions" and that's when Aziraphale just gets knocked back with a wave of raw realisation, but then after he still manages to find a way back to believing as strongly as he did before, if not stronger.

I'm not sure whether this makes sense to anyone besides me, but I think this would make a fun minisode, no?

here's the translation, it has the original hungarian script with it!!