More Ineffable Domestic Husbands

You know how Aziraphale always wears clothes that have been out of fashion for at least a hundred years and Crowley just miracles himself up whatever he thinks is modern, right?

So why on earth is he wearing sleeve garters in 2023 then?

(Not that I’m complaining..)

You can just see them when he turns here ⬇️

For me the answer is clearly either:

because he thinks it’s hot

or (better):

because he thinks Aziraphale thinks it’s hot

(Bonus option: they are part of his bookseller cosplay)

merry ineffable christmas ❤️

In addition to my pic for the @aceomenszine, I also did the cover art! I wanted to avoid showing a very specific portrayal of both asexuality, and of Aziraphale and Crowley themselves, so I thought a little nod to time spent together (in the asexual flag colors!) would be nice 🖤🤍💜

I also did the little bumper pieces at the end of fics through the zine, and a postcard, to match the cover motif-

maggots go sleep

dear maggots i know for a FACT that it is past midnight for a lot of you fuckers, I've been going through my notifs and even I got sleepy enough that i'm taking a break and I'm going to nap and it's 3 in the afternoon where I am. if im sleeping im going to yell at you all to sleep too, because sometimes the crazy adopted child must take care of his internet family.

IF IT'S PAST 11 PM WHERE YOU LIVE CLOSE TUMBLR AND GO TO SLEEP YOU BEAUTIFUL IDIOTS I KNOW HOW SLEEP DEPRIVED YOU ARE. NOPE SHUSH-SHUSH-SHUSH NO EXCUSES GOODNIGHT. IF YOU HAVE INSOMNIA GO CUDDLE WITH A PILLOW OR SOMETHING GET OFF THE INTERNET IT'S GOODNIGHT BYEBYE TIME, AS I TELL MY DOGGY SISTER. Here's a photo of her sleeping. Are you inspired? GOOD. GO TO SLEEP. DREAM OF FLUFFY CROWLEY AND AZIRAPHALE THINGS. NIGHT NIGHT.

Fandom acting like Aziraphale is the Bad Guy for asking Crowley to become an angel again is something else. I'm not arguing that offering to turn him into an angel again was the right thing to do, but CONTEXT MATTERS!!

Things Crowley has canonically said about his fall:

"I never asked to be a demon. I was just minding my own business one day and then… Oh, lookie here, it’s Lucifer and the guys. Oh, hey, the food hadn’t been that good lately. I didn’t have anything on for the rest of that afternoon. Next thing, I’m doing a million-light-year freestyle dive into a pool of boiling sulphur." (Aziraphale appeared to Crowley right after he said this so it's not outside of the realm of possibility that he found Crowley by following his voice in the first place.)

"I didn't mean to fall. I just hung around the wrong people."

"I didn't really fall. I just, you know, sauntered vaguely downwards." (Crowley says this to Aziraphale in the same scene he asks for holy water.)

Crowley was turned into a demon against his will.

Crowley hates being a demon too. It makes sense that Aziraphale would mistakenly believe that Crowley might accept the idea of becoming an angel again if what we were witnessing was Aziraphale being honest with Crowley in the final fifteen.

Again, I'm not saying he was right to ask that of Crowley, but let's not just decide that Aziraphale is a Bad Person for asking when he's witnessed ways in which Crowley has suffered as a demon.

There is indeed a lesson to be learned here, but why bring a little more context into the situation when it's just easier to villainize Aziraphale, am I right?

Yes, he was wrong to ask Crowley to become an angel again because it's not what Crowley wants. No, he's not a monster for offering. This is seriously all because of their stunning inability to communicate what it is they actually want.

Aziraphale has to break free from whatever hold Heaven still has on him, but he doesn't deserve to be treated like the Bad Guy.

It is entirely possible to criticize Aziraphale's actions without painting him as a monstrous abusive prick.

"And we've spent our existence pretending that we aren't"

OUR EXISTENCE

Not the last few years, not the last century or so, their EXISTENCE.

They've been in love since the beginning 🥺

Aziraphale: Ahhh romance novels. Beautiful bad boys with their soft hearts for their heroines. Rescuing their loved ones. Always owning a cool car. Always secretive. Always powerful.

Aziraphale: *Looks at Crowley, the bad boy, with a soft heart for his heroine, always rescuing her, with his beloved Bentley, full of secrets and ready to stop the time to save Aziraphale and the World*

Aziraphale: