#supreme archangel speaks

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

O Great Supreme Archangel,I have bestowed upon thee a great gift:The Savior of Uz, Bildad The Shuite!(Do with them as you please your rightful holiness😉)

Oh my. Thank you for this most generous gift.

(I certainly will do with them as I please.)

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

What a lovely portrait of me. I don't believe I've ever looked quite so regal before.

⭐️ Supreme Archangel Aziraphale ⚡️

Regal and unmoving, steady as a rock — Supreme Archangel Aziraphale, the unhappiest angel in Heaven. The other angels don't question it that there always seems to be some sort of sheen to his eyes these days.

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[supremearchangelaziraphale]

Do u need a secreteree?

_@murrmielmur

Do you mean secretary, perhaps? Thank you for the offer, but I am not in any need of a secretary at the moment. I have @archangelcrowliel for that.

[the-archangel-squad]

Your graces,I have evidence that The Demon Crowley has stolen the heart of Aziraphale,feast your eyes on this!:

@uriel-on-ice: I knew it. Disgusting.

@sandalphonsgoldteeth: *bursts into tears*

@michaelwiththegoodhair: isn't that Bildad the Shuhite?

@saraqael-the-sarcastic: isn't that Archangel 'I Meet A Lot of People' Crowliel?

@archangelcrowliel: *playing dumb* who?

@supremearchangelaziraphale: *blushing, wringing hands* The Demon Crowley? Whoever could that be? I've certainly never met such a person--or even heard of him! And if I did, I'd never let him steal my heart. Stealing is a sin! I'd give it to him freely.

[lower-management]

Word on the street is they lost another Supreme Archangel (@theangel-aziraphale ) Is that a chance for Hell?

-An interested party

It is not. We cannot start the war without an antichrist and for obvious reasons we cannot send a demon to try out for supreme archangel. There's no chancd, unless you are looking to do something else that is.

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

Quiet, darling. We mustn't let @the-metatron catch us fraternising during work hours.

DO IT AGAIN ​​​

[theclaravoyant]

heaven probably approves of like . water torture right . because it’s holy water , it’s not like it’s actually going to hurt the angels . but somehow they always come back from it Re Educated and a lot better at biting their tongues

[doctorqueensanatomy]

Supreme Archangel Aziraphale has the potential to be to Good Omens what the Time Lord Victorious was to post-waters of mars doctor who

in waters of Mars, 10 tries to change history knowing he shouldn't, being conflicted as to whether he should, but he thinks its the morally right thing to happen and that he is the sole arbiter of Time ("the laws of time are mine" but like r they bro) but people still die and you end up being wrong and what is supposed to be your worst enemy comes along who really you just have this affinity for anyway and you dance around eachother and you're aware it's bad, really, and that an end is coming but in that moment it's just you and your best friend and the end of the world. Everything is fractured, and maybe it can't be healed - or maybe they can - and then you'll move on, but things will be ever so different, and the people who were always meant to be gone are well and truly gone

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

hey angel,

sssssory about my last ask. while i underssssstand that you cannot take time off to come sssssee us here on planet earth, i wassss wondering if you possibly had any instructions for muriel on how to sssssell books. you always had a certain routine and i don’t want them to messss it up. you do love your booksss

sssssincerely,

a certain ssssserpent

Hello Crowley,

There is no need for you to apologize--though I, of course, forgive you, as always.

My instructions for Muriel about how to sell the books in my shop are as follows:

Don't

Hope that helps!

But if there is any more confusion, please do reach out. I am always happy to help.

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

I will do no such thing.

I just have one thing to say to Aziraphale in regards to him accepting the Metatron’s offer: get up there and make some trouble.

[kneedecker]

Not sure how well TikTok links translate to Tumblr but—BUT—!! Jensen McRae’s new song “Childproof” is so Supreme Archangel Aziraphale-coded that I’m choking back tears.

[the-archangel-squad]

so…can i come back?

@michaelwiththegoodhair: no. Once a traitor, always a traitor.

@uriel-on-ice: no. Do you know how annoying it would be to have two Aziraphales up here? One is already too many.

@sandalphonsgoldteeth: I WANT GABRIEL BACK *sobs*

@saraqael-the-sarcastic: let's ask @the-metatron what he thinks

@supremearchangelaziraphale: yes, of course, we'd be delighted to have you back *already packing his bags, getting ready to escape as soon as @books4azi takes his place*

@archangelcrowliel: yup, sure, welcome back, you're in charge now, have fun! *shakes hand, shoves a clipboard and paperwork into @books4azi's arms*

*grabs @supremearchangelaziraphale and hurries them both out the door before anyone can stop them*

[onceuponapuffin]

Ineffable Bureaucracy and Ineffable Husbands

So, especially in the early days after the release of S2, I saw and heard a lot of people comparing these two as if they were the same. There were fan comics and fanart and fanfiction that included dialogue that was something along the lines of "why are they so healthy after only a few years and we aren't?" or "why do THEY get a happy ending and we don't?" And I mean, I haven't seen any of that in a while so maybe people have come to this conclusion on their own, but just in case, I wanted to point out

That they are fundamentally different. They are not the same.

And the reason why comes down to this conversation from 2x3:

So, hold this conversation in your brain while we go through this.

First of all, we have our Ineffable Bureaucracy, Gabriel and Beelzebub.

So these are the ones who, figuratively speaking, were born in a castle.

Gabriel was the Supreme Archangel for however many millenia, and Beelzebub was the Grand Duke of Hell for the same, roughly speaking. They are equals in positions of power.

So, when they fall in love, you have two supernatural authorities who have lived their existences believing that they can reasonably expect to have and keep whatever they want. After all, that's exactly what their lives have been (with the one exception being Beelzebub's Fall) - they want something, they get it, they keep it, and no one tells them no.

The biggest risk is to Gabriel. If Heaven were to find out, he would Fall. I can imagine Beelzebub being a bit concerned, but "Oh no," Gabriel probably figured "I Fall to Hell, and straight into your arms!" And I could see Beelzebub with a little smirk saying "I'd look after you, babe," in response.

The only time Gabriel actually worries is when he finds out that there's another punishment that he didn't realize was a possibility.

Falling to Hell is one thing, but having his memories erased is an actual threat, and possibly the first time he's ever been told no. This is when we see him panic, and leave Heaven in a mess, storing his memories away to keep them safe from the Metatron. We find out later that he was on his way to Hell anyway and just forgot halfway there and got lost.

And so, we have two beings who were always told they were Good Enough, who approached each other knowing they were able to have whatever they wanted, and were therefore able to communicate and fall in love in a healthy way. They didn't need to tip toe or hide, because they had no reason to believe anyone would ever tell them no until someone did. Their risk, because of their positions of authority, wasn't nearly as great as Aziraphale and Crowley's risk.

So now we come to our Precious Ineffable Husbands

Crowley and Aziraphale start off in much lower positions on the Celestial Food Chain. We know that they have to be very careful about their relationship to avoid the repercussions. They can't mention The Arrangement out loud, they can't put their feelings for each other into words. It has been made clear to them that they are always being watched, and anything they have can be taken away from them on a whim.

So how can they communicate safely when they've spent millenia living on eggshells and tightropes? Of course they won't, and of course it's going to be much harder for them to believe they can once they finally are safe. I definitely believe that they will get there (for my own wellbeing I have to believe that their love is stronger than anything), but they will need to fight tooth and nail in a way that Gabriel and Beelzebub didn't. All because they aren't figures of authority.

It might honestly be another good argument for Crowley taking the Grand Duke of Hell job (even though I reeeeaaaally don't want him to). It would put them in the same position as Gabriel and Beelzebub, and might give them the footing to actually escape the system (even though I think it's more likely that they're going to dismantle and/or repair the system in s3, but that's my own opinion).

These two pairs aren't mirrors of each other. Rather, they illustrate the problems with inequity that Crowley was pointing out in Edinburgh. And if S2 showed us that, I'm hoping S3 will show us possible solutions for it.

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

Of course. *continues holding snake behind back*

Also, why I remember this pic :D

[dalliancekay]

AFTER

After Crowley slowly drives off, looking heartbroken and lost deep in thought.

After Aziraphale walks into the lift, contemplative and sombre.

I don't think Crowley goes off on a binge drinking session or a hundred. I don't think he goes looking for someone new. I don't think he sleeps until whatever happens next, happens.

I don't think Metatron will succeed in keeping Aziraphale under his thumb as he envisioned. Unless he does something drastic and awful to him (locks him away, erases his memory that kind of thing), Aziraphale will find a way around rules. As he's always done.

And Crowley back on Earth is thinking about what he's learned in Heaven, that he had no time to tell his beloved. He will think about the way Gabriel, who he still hates with his whole being, said no to another Armageddon and was going to be punished for it. He will think about how Aziraphale was willing to try everything to save the world the first time, up to killing a child in the end. And the danger he's in now. Because he will try the same thing again for sure.

Aziraphale wasn't in Heaven for 6000 years, but it didn't change much in the meantime. He still can't stand it, but he also knows it holds prisoners; millions of lonely, overworked angels who never had the chance to learn how to question anything.

Crowley will do things. He's good at doing things after the first shock of a crisis. Just jumping in and trying something. He might go speak to the only other nice angel he knows. He might have questions. He hasn't been in Heaven in a long time. Where is God he asks. When was the last time anyone seen Her. Did anyone get any messages directly from Her since Jesus died on Earth? Aziraphale will find ways to speak to angels no one spoke to for hundreds, maybe thousands of years. He will be kind, gentle and curious and he will answer questions about Earth with a farewell look in his eyes and the angels will beg him to show it to them sometime and the Supreme Archangel will promise to try. Crowley will think back to the tentative talks they had in the last few years about what is most likely to happen. To them. To the Earth. To Heaven. To Hell. When.

Aziraphale will touch his lips and miss his home intensely, vowing to himself to find a way to save it. Again and again. To save his beloved, even if he'd never take him back (but he has hope) to save what matters. And what matters is to be free. To have a choice.

Crowley will think about Aziraphale, hugging the soft grey cardigan to himself, hoping his angel will find a way to break from Heaven. To snap the chains that hold them in the unforgiving system they exist in. And he knows Aziraphale will. Because he has faith. He is mad, but not at his angel. His angel is the only one he can trust. He will wait.

Aziraphale, Guardian of the Eastern Gate and Crowley, The Serpent of Eden, who lead humanity to question rules and choose the option to know; understand that nothing is perfect. It never was and never can be. And they want to keep it that way.

After pt. 2

[supremearchangelaziraphale]

Supreme Archangel Reporting for Duty

I am deeply honored to have been chosen by @the-almighty-god and @the-metatron as Supreme Archangel of Heaven. I resolve to do my best to carry out God's Great Plan as it is written.

The position of Second-in-Command is still open. I do hope Crowley will change his mind and accept it. But in the meantime, I am taking applications if there are any other interested candidates.