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[earthyorangeaid]

GOOD OMENS 2 SPOILERS

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Okay here’s the skinny: Beelzebub and Gabriel were able to get together with little to no disagreement because they were ON EQUAL GROUND. They were on extremely equal footing in terms of power and position in life (both in trouble with everyone bc Armageddon is off, both “the boss” of their respective systems, etc.)

Crowley and Aziraphel have been having trouble for 6,000+ years because they have never ACTUALLY been on equal footing like Beelzebub and Gabriel were. If the Lucifer theory is right about Crowley (and it’s starting to feel very likely) then that means Crowley was at one point very near the top of it all. And even if he wasn’t Lucifer, it’s still obvious he was high ranking and had significant power.

By contrast, Aziraphel has never been that. He’s always been a lower ranking officer in heaven. And you might think that the Fall would have brought them closer to equal footing but it DIDN’T, because even after falling Crowley was still seen as very successful by his new peers while Aziraphel continued to be stepped all over by his own.

Now I know that there are MORE reasons for why they haven’t worked out. Differences in loyalties to their Comand, differences in opinion of the universe, differences in HOW they think their eternities together should look. But aside from all that one really noticeable difference between Azicrowley and Beelzebub and Gabriel is their positions in relation to power and their peers. They came much much closer to being on equal ground after becoming traitors, but Crowley still has YEARS on Aziraphel of reconciling with being cast away and cutting ties with heaven. Now that Aziraphel’s about to become head of heaven however… we might be seeing some real headway in Aziraphel’s understanding of Crowley’s view point.