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Thoughts on Aziraphale
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I think its such a big step for Aziraphale to admit out loud that Gabriel (who enforced Heaven’s will) used be awful.
The reason he’s so flirty after the church scene is because he realized he’s in love with Crowley. But once Crowley leaves, and he has time to think over everything…he gets scared.
Season 2 Spoilers Below
Man, the “welcome home cheater” meme could be applied to Season 2, but not to Aziraphale. To the Bentley. Didn’t see that coming.
Crowley’s Type?
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Okay, so when Shax and Aziraphale are in the car, Shax says to Aziraphale, “You don’t seem his [Crowley’s] type at all.”
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!
What does she think Crowley’s type is? What is she basing this assumption on? Crowley’s aesthetic? Did Crowley curate some kind of reputation as a lusty tempter of goths downstairs in some hilarious scheme? How?! He’s so bad at that kind of stuff!
Maybe she’s just preying on Aziraphale’s insecurities?
I need to know!!!!
On Crowley in the Book of Job
Season 2 Spoilers below:
I just…I’m having a hard time with Crowley tempting Aziraphale to eat.
Like, we just established that Crowley is not capable of true evil.
And he and Aziraphale clearly know each other enough to have a dynamic. Aziraphale clearly knows Crowley enough to have faith in his fundamental hidden goodness. And despite all of his pretense, that faith means something to Crowley.
So…why tempt Aziraphale? It feels so…uncharacteristically sinister.
Is he trying to get Aziraphale to fall too? But why? Some part of him obviously likes Aziraphale.
Maybe he’s trying to prove a point? But what is he going to do if Aziraphale falls over this? How will he carry that for eternity?
Maybe he knows Aziraphale won’t fall, and that’s the point? But how would he know that?
What’s the point?
On Aziraphale and Insecurity:
Spoilers below:
I completely forgot about the speeches Shax gives to Aziraphale. So much makes sense now.
- She says, “I didn’t think you were his type”
- She calls him “Crowley’s emotional support angel”
- She teases him about his love of human things, specifically food. Something Gabriel makes him feel bad about multiple times in season 1.
She brings up every perceived failing of his, and then moments later is given (read: manipulated) into atoning all of his flaws.
And him and Crowley both being angels who aren’t actually very good at it would put them on equal footing.
No wonder he makes the choice he does.
On Gabriel:
Spoilers below…
Oh, I see. Gabriel doesn’t care about Earth. (I never thought he did, but I just figured it out).
He didn’t just leave because he knew Heaven would drag him back.
He was trying to get himself cast to Hell to be with Beelzebub.
Which is sweet, but so…so selfish. Literally the opposite of what Aziraphale wants, who is selfless to the point of ruining the only thing in his existence that matters.
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The only way for this to be fixed is for Aziraphale to be put in one last, very dramatic “Crowley and/or Humanity vs Heaven” situation.
And he chooses Crowley. He chooses their side. Bonus points if he does it instinctively.
Maybe we bring it around to the “I’ve never killed anything” bit from season one.
Neil and fic writers feel free to use this. Just give me credit. 😂
And when this happens, it’s gonna feel so good.
And it better end in their garden in the South Downs.
On Crowley’s Misunderstanding
Good Omens Season 2 Spoilers Below:
In episode 2 when Crowley asks Nina about Maggie she says, “Not a thing. Definitely. We’re just friends. Actually we barely know each other.”
This is verbatim what Aziraphale used to say about Crowley. And Crowley, who misinterprets the understanding between himself and the angel, says “Got it.”
He doesn’t get it. Yeah, it’s an excuse but it doesn’t mean “this is the person I’m deeply in love with, I just can’t say it”. It means, “We have some kind of deep connection but we haven’t worked it out yet”.
And Crowley just doesn’t seem to get that heaven is still a big part of Aziraphale.
He rejects Aziraphale too. Aziraphale asks him to go to Heaven with him and Crowley says no. And we the audience understand why, but Aziraphale doesn’t.
They’ve clearly never talked about any of this before.
Plus, throughout the entire season, he doesn’t seem to consistently know where Aziraphale’s loyalties are.
He says “the existence I have carved out for myself.”
Aziraphale is the one to say “I thought we carved it out for ourselves”.
Crowley straight up says that Aziraphale only calls when he’s bored, when he needs to gush about his good deeds, or if he needs something.
After meeting Muriel, Crowley says, “I don’t know how your lot have stayed in charge all this time.”
My point is dolphins that they need to communicate!!! Both of them are at fault for what happened, and yet how could they possibly know any better?
On the Nina and Maggie Parallels
Good Omens Season 2 Spoilers Below:
I love Nina and Maggie, and love everything they say in their final scene. But they got one thing wrong.
Yes Aziraphale does believe in magic. That he can fix a system beyond repair. But he’s nothing like Maggie aside from aesthetic. He does not show his emotions, not really. Not when it counts. Maggie tackles emotional issues head on while Aziraphale is the literal embodiment of repression.
Crowley isn’t an exact parallel to Nina, because he’s never actually opened himself up. Despite all of the atrocities he’s seen, he’s still got a bit of hope and optimism.
For all of his hard edges, Crowley believes in magic too. He believes in love confessions in the rain, in looking into someone’s eyes and knowing it’s meant to be. That “one good kiss” means happily ever after.
There’s a road to the South Downs, they’re just taking the long way.
(Luckily, the Bentley gets great mileage.)
On the Ineffable Bureaucracy Parallels
Good Omens Season Two Spoilers Below:
It’s easier for Beelzebub and Gabriel to run off together because they were the abusers.
Aziraphale and Crowley lived in constant danger for simply interacting, let alone if they had an actual relationship.
Gabriel and Beelzebub were also the ones in power and weren’t really facing the threat any kind of punishment.
I think their relationship is very sweet, but ultimately, it is nothing compared to the beauty and complexity of Aziraphale and Crowley.
I think Neil used a crackship to make a point. He could’ve given Aziraphale and Crowley a fluffy angst-free get together like Beelzebub and Gabriel do.
But how is that meaningful? (Obviously, part of me says “screw meaningful and let them be happy”)
How is that fateful to these characters?
That’s not who these characters are, at least not yet. Aziraphale in particular has personal growth to do before being with Crowley, he still has learning to do.
He’s finally allowed himself to accept loving Crowley, but wants to take the path of least resistance to be together. One where they aren’t actively hated by two very powerful agencies.
There’s a road to the South Downs, they’re just taking the long way.
On Wording in the Final Scene
Good Omens Season 2 Spoilers:
I’m doing a rewatch, but it has taken all day to watch the season. I keep pausing because I know what’s coming.
But now The Scene is here and…I discovered something that made it so much worse.
Aziraphale says, “Obviously you said no to Hell, you’re the bad guys.”
He doesn’t say “they” he says “you”.
We know that Aziraphale doesn’t see Crowley as a demon not really. Crowley knows what he is, but Aziraphale sees him as a Fallen Angel. It probably doesn’t help that Crowley also often minimizes his own Fall (like telling Aziraphale that he sauntered vaguely downwards). It probably confuses Aziraphale even more. He can’t reconcile that Crowley is a demon who is nice.
And I don’t think Aziraphale wants to “fix” Crowley. I think he sees Crowley’s Fall as a mistake, and that Crowley deserves to be an angel (because he still thinks angels are good).
And it makes sense for Aziraphale to think this way. He just witnessed Gabriel’s redemption. Gabriel who tried to brutally murder him, and callously dismissed human life.
And yeah, Beelzebub is a demon falling in love, but Aziraphale probably explains this as “Beelzebub is another Fallen Angel (rather than demon)”.
Which could perhaps mean that his view of evil is a little more complicated than anyone, himself included, give him credit for. He thinks demons are evil, but not beyond redemption.
But in the moment, Crowley doesn’t think about any of that. He just hears Aziraphale call him “a bad guy”. After everything. In the moment when it matters most, Aziraphale lumps him in the evil category.
And both my heart and Crowley’s shatter a little bit more.
I can’t with these reviews:
- “Indulgent, Romantic, and an Ineffable delight”
- “The Sweetest Love Story This Side of Heaven”
- “A lovey-dovey shipper’s delight”
Like, these last hours are killing me!!!!
Also, I hope they put the opening of Aziraphale’s book shop in. It was deleted from the first season, but it’s such a great “crowley being mischievous and also needing Aziraphale more than anything” scene.
I reread this snippet from the book:
“Aziraphale had tried to explain it to him once. The whole point, he’d said—this was somewhere around 1020, when they’d first reached their little Arrangement—the whole point was that when a human was good or bad it was because they wanted to be. Whereas people like Crowley and, of course, himself, were set in their ways right from the start. People couldn’t become truly holy, he said, unless they also had the opportunity to be definitively wicked. Crowley had thought about this for some time and, around about 1023, had said, Hang on, that only works, right, if you start everyone off equal, okay? You can’t start someone off in a muddy shack in the middle of a war zone and expect them to do as well as someone born in a castle.”
And I had a few thoughts:
1. Aziraphale and Crowley spent 3 years straight having a philosophical debate. (This isn’t a whole lot of time considering their lifespans). Or they just spent three years around each other, then this rebuttal spontaneously occurred to him, and he blurted this out to Aziraphale out of nowhere (kind of like how the “ducks! That’s what water slides off” incident, just more prolonged).
2. Aziraphale and Crowley saw each other once in 1020, had this debate, and Crowley thought of nothing else but Aziraphale (more specifically Aziraphale’s argument, but still…). He came with this answer and either hung onto it in nervous excitement until he sees Aziraphale again or actively seeks out Aziraphale immediately to make this counter argument. He says it even in lieu of greeting before he can forget it.
Side note: I also think Crowley really wants to show off to his bookish angel that he’s smart too.
sketches for the healing of my soul
Translation: You feel good! And it's noticeable! (even too much)
It seems that wine isn't the best helper in solving crossword
and close-up!
they're in love your honor (also i may or may not be writing an ineffable wives au so..... stay tuned)
same man, same
I went through every possible emotion in those last 20 minutes, plus some that I made up on the spot! how are y'all?
“I made them yuri!” They’ve been yuri this whole time! They’re lesbian, they’re gay, they’re everything and nothing all at once
Crowley and Aziraphale are f/f and m/m and f/m (both ways around) and something else entirely