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livhowlett · 6 months

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What do you think Aziraphale was doing in this scene?

Was he hiding as he waited for Crowley? Or was he talking to the Bentley?

I like to think he was asking the Bentley if it was okay to drive her to Edinburgh. Only if the Bentley was okay with Aziraphale driving her, only then he'd tell Crowley he planned on taking "our car".

Thoughts?

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #crowley x aziraphale #crowly x aziraphale #david tennant #good omens season 2 #micheal sheen #the bentley #our car #aziraphale is just enough of a bastard #ineffable idiots #idiots in love #anthony j crowley #crowley and aziraphale #a.z. fell #crowley and the Bentley

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aziraphales-library · 1 year

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i would like to apologize for my earlier ask i though y'all meant book rec as in actual book :(

hope all of you are doing well!! thank you for this site it is so helpful!!

i am looking for bastard aziraphale stuff if y'all wouldn't mind :]

We have some bastard Aziraphale fics here. Here are some more...

Logophilia by CopperBeech & Twilightcitysky (M)

It turns out Crowley likes really big words. A lot.

Oversharing by AppleSeeds (T)

Crowley is helping to facilitate a corporate training day on Zoom and decides to try to find out more about one of the attendees, the insanely attractive Aziraphale Fell. Nobody ever has to know... right?

High Stakes by redundant_angel (T)

The power goes out and Crowley decides to keep Aziraphale company for the evening, but things take a rather revealing turn when Aziraphale produces a deck of cards!

Matching Speed by crepesandoysters (T)

Aziraphale isn't expecting much from the group ski trip he's been roped into, but he's determined to make the best of it.

That is, until he meets Anthony Crowley — who makes a show of skiing like a daredevil — and it's irritation at first sight. For the most part...

Investigative Reporting by greatdistractions (T)

It's well known that Eden is a for-profit charity, but Crowley is working on an article to prove that it's more "for-profit" than "charity." All he needs is an inside source.

The Right Kind of Queer by fenrislorsrai (T)

A major life change makes Aziraphale realize how lonely he is. He’s going to meet someone, damnit! His new friend Madame Tracy gives him a ritual to try and summon love into his life. It’s all rubbish of course. This is just a way to help him visualize what he wants and then she’ll introduce him to people.

That’s what they both intended.

It’s just a coincidence that a handsome artist comes to town right after. Crowley doesn’t even really match what Aziraphale said he wanted! But he’s caught up in his orbit until it all comes crashing down. He doesn’t really know this man.

He might not even be a man at all. But that’s ridiculous. He couldn’t be…. He’s just queer. Really, really, really queer. The bad, messy kind.

And after a life of being the right kind of queer, Aziraphale might just be ready to be the wrong kind.

- Mod D

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale is just enough of a bastard #human au #mod d

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badaziraphaletakes · 2 months

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Bit of a more lighthearted one

I've seen a lot of commentary about how Aziraphale was carrying around the equivalent of £10,000 with him in Edinburgh.

I see Aziraphale's £10,000 and I raise you Crowley's £200,000 car, which we know canonically he bought:

His £15,000 custom-made watch, which he also bought:

His other, £9-15,000 watch:

His eleventy pairs of Valentino sunglasses, and his designer wardrobe.

(Yes, I know he might have miracled watch #2 and the sunglasses into existence, but in that case why not sell them and give the money away in S2?)

Muh point is (dolphins), they're both rich, materialistic bastards. It's part of why we love them. 😁

#good omens #goodomens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #badaziraphaletakes #ineffable husbands #goodomens2 #aziracrow #ineffablehusbands #crowley is a bit of a bastard #aziraphale is a bit of a bastard #just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing

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weirdly-specific-but-ok · 3 months

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aziraphale textposts because humour is my coping mechanism

it's 5 in the morning and i feel like shit, I'm the good omens mascot and i am a professiONAL so this is my way of dealing with life.

[oops]

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ineffablerainstorm · 4 months

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Aziraphale and blasphemy

You know what I find hilarious? When Aziraphale and Crowley see God talking to Job we have this little exchange:

Aziraphale: "Oh, my God." Crowley (not yet seeing what is happening): "Blasphemy, angel? That's not like... you.". Aziraphale (pointing out literal God): "No look! Oh... My God!"

From this conversation we can conclude that both Aziraphale and Crowley consider it blasphemy to "use the Lord's name in vain" (the 3rd commandment).

Well, but you know when Aziraphale does it again? And this time for real? That's right! Paris ⬇️

Which leads us to Aziraphale's perfectly sensible list of reasons to break God's commandments:

Doing the right thing (which includes debating complicated moral questions to justify the decision and then still beating himself up about it afterwards)

Crowley in that outfit

And I love that!

#breaking the 3rd commandment in your elaborate damsel in distress roleplay #he would totally blaspheme in bed lol #wrong shop ladies #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing #good omens meta #does this qualify as meta?

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p4nishers · 10 months

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"I THOUGHT WE CARVED IT OUT FOR OURSELVES "SO DID I"

#get it their colors are switched cause crowley is deep down a just a bit of a good person and aziraphale is just enough of a bastard to be #worth knowing haha im so smart #i will never and i mean NEVER get over this and we haven't even seen the full scene #I NEED IT NOW I CANT WAIT 9 MORE FUCKING DAYS BRO #good omens #good omens s2 #good omens season 2 #azicrow #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands

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eliounora · 9 months

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wine tasting gets interesting

#when i say wine tasting i mean getting absolutely totaled #good omens #ineffable husbands #my art #i have no idea what the story is here #just wanted to draw aziraphale being just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing. ie. with immense top energy #my canvas for this was much smaller than usual and i feel like it looks so grainy loool #edit: gave them some more WRINKLES to age them

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greenthena · 5 months

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Buck up, Hamlet!

***Trigger warning: Death and taking your own life in the context of Shakespeare***

Aziraphale likes Hamlet. Likes the play so much, that he bats his eyelashes at Crowley until the demon performs a miracle to make the mopey Prince of Denmark more popular. Well, good job, the both of you, because four hundred and some odd years later, you still can't get through repertory auditions without some bugger hoisting a skull and starting that monologue. Not that I don't appreciate Hamlet from a structural and analytical perspective. And the Prince of Denmark is a character most actors would sacrifice several toes to play. But it's dark. It's not a fun one.

So why does Aziraphale like it so much? Why's this fluffy little angel so Hell-bent on one of Shakespeare's tragedies? Join me, friendly Good Omens scholars, and let's suss some shit out.

Crowley adamantly dislikes Shakespeare's tragedies. "This isn't one of Shakespeare's gloomy ones, is it? Arghhhh. No wonder no one is here," he complains, wilting like a floppy noodle. Of course, it doesn't take much for Aziraphale to weasel the demon into miracling more people into the audience. But Crowley makes a point to say that he "still prefer(s) the funny ones" as he's leaving The Globe.

Crowley, I would argue, goes to the theatre to escape his real-life situation. He's a bloody demon who, when he's not stationed on Earth, literally goes to Hell. And it's not a nice place. Crowley's everyday life (particularly when he's not around Aziraphale) revolves around pain and suffering--whether its his or someone else's is insignificant. What matters is that regularly sees and experiences tangible, visceral representations of tragedy in his actual existence. Of course he prefers Shakespeare's funny ones! They're a reminder that the world and the human race that he's accidentally become so attached to is full of more than torment and affliction. Crowley doesn't appreciate Shakespeare's tragedies because they're an extension of his own suffering, with which he's already intimately familiar. For Crowley, attending a Shakespearean tragedy is like picking a scab. You already know you've been injured and fussing with the damned thing only makes it worse.

This is not the case for Azirapahle. As an angel, he's not allowed to have any scabs, much less pick at them. Like Crowley, he sees suffering in the world. He knows that humanity is constantly facing difficult odds, and even the most wonderful of human lives eventually ends in death. But unlike Crowley, Aziraphale works within a system in which there is no gray space--and therefore, no room for an angel, an agent of the side of righteousness, to experience doubt in the Ineffable Plan. The Heavenly model is to deal with problems by pretending they don't exist. Heaven has an image to maintain, after all. Like, the sheer amount of repression we see amongst the Heavenly Host is honestly terrifying. I'm thinking about the way in which The Metatron frames the Fall and damnation of a third of the angels. "For one Prince of Heaven to be cast into the outer darkness makes a good story. For it to happen twice, makes it look like there is some kind of institutional problem." It's so cold and removed because to process something so traumatic would not fit the image of Heaven. So it's neatly boxed up and packed away into a soundbite that better fits Heaven's corporate brand.

Aziraphale's suffering is certainly no less than Crowley's. The angel's trauma is repressed. It's cloaked in shining bright hallways of pure angelic light. It's hidden behind false words and tight smiles. It's communicated passive-aggressively by abusers who still have the angel caught in their web of control and manipulation. At least Crowley's trauma is visible. When he fell, the demon took on a new appearance that physically demonstrates his suffering. He has access to feelings of anger and frustration and he's allowed to express these things because he's a demon. He doesn't have to be good.

Since Aziraphale is not permitted to own his emotions and his trauma, he outsources them. He enjoys Shakespeare's tragedies because they give him the opportunity to achieve second-hand catharsis. He may not be able to admit that he's suffering, but he can experience Hamlet's pain vicariously.

***Reminding you of that trigger warning, folks!***

And this is where we get to the question, "To be, or not to be?" This is the moment in S1 E3 when Aziraphale interacts with Richard Burbage, and shouts out, "To be! Not to be! Come on, Hamlet, buck up!" He says this with this coy little smile, obviously trying to get a laugh out of Crowley. But it's indicative of a more serious dilemma that the angel, himself, must parse out. In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet's query is expressed as he wrestles with the choice between life and death. Essentially, it's a contemplation of suicide--a dark part of humanity that Heaven manages by eternally condemning those who would risk it. However there's another way to read this question, not as life and death, but as agency and the lack thereof. We think of "to be" as the choice for life and "not to be" as the option for suicide. But the only way in which Hamlet can express his agency is by taking control of the one thing that truly belongs to him: his own life. So when asking this question of an eternal being, what exactly does it mean, "To be?" What does it mean for Aziraphale to express agency in his immortal existence?

In Western thought, we tend to divide things into binaries: right and wrong, black and white, good and evil...to be or not to be. Back in the Garden if Eden, Crowley first introduced Adam and Eve to the idea that they had a choice. The serpent presented two options, obey or disobey God's authority. Though I think a better way of looking at it would be to say, passively accept your role or have agency in your fate. This is Crowley's method. He never pushes temptations upon you. He just wants to make sure you know all your options.

Like Hamlet, Aziraphale is presented with the choice of, "To be or not to be?" He can sign on the dotted line and follow Heaven's authority or he can be an angel with agency, an angel that goes along with Heaven as far as he can. And though Aziraphale still struggles with how exactly free will pertains to angels, Crowley shows him time and time again that he has options--he can make his own choices. From the very first interaction between the angel and the demon on the wall of Eden, Crowley (ever the optimist) knows there is hope for some meaningful connection with Aziraphale, because the angel makes a choice for himself: he gives away his sword. And from that moment, Crowley realizes that this angel might be just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing.

It's no wonder Aziraphale gets attached to the tragedy of Hamlet. It allows him to observe and process the darker and more difficult emotions that he, as an angel, struggles to manage. And perhaps more importantly, the Prince of Denmark's famous soliloquy mirrors of Crowley's method of temptation, wherein the demon simply reminds him that he has a choice and that, even as an angel, he can find ways to express his agency.

#good omens #aziraphale #aziracrow #crowley #hamlet #shakespeare #free will #our side #ineffable #just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing

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idliketobeatree · 7 months

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eternally funny to me that in the book Aziraphale's moral compass is "I'm an angel. I can do no wrongs. I go along with Heaven! jk haha I would kill a child if necessary" and Crowley has a whole personal list of the 10 Demonic Commandments he won't cross

#crowley #aziraphale #good omens #good omens s2 #ineffable husbands #crowley x aziraphale #aziracrow #anthony j. “deep down a nice person” crowley #azira “just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing” phale #the ten commandments are not even demonic in nature by the way #but crowley would be upset to call them not demonic #it's like he's careful about drawing a line at really harmful things?#and aziraphale? he'd sell you to God for one corn chip if it was somewhat beneficial to him #i love that they are such lovable bastards #and that they are as flawed as any human #gomens #marcela talks

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dracofeathers · 4 months

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Azi studies~! Actual studies, as I used screenshots this time. WHY IS HIS FACE HARDER TO DRAW?! Why is that a thing for this precious man/angel only?

Found out I'm obsessed with drawing his hair now though lol. ITS SO FLUFFYYYYY!

While I would like to say I'll be coloring these at some point, I have NO idea when that will be. If anyone is interested in collabing, or just coloring one or more of these, feel free to ask~!

This batch was part of a discord server that has weekly study prompts that's helped me a LOT with my drawings of these ineffable dorks. Been great for my art confidence, making me want to draw more, which in turn helps my mental health xD

#fanart #my art #aziraphale #good omens #good omens aziraphale #gomens #drawing #digital art #GO reference library #ineffable idiots #ineffable husbands #good omens fanart #angel #michael sheen #just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing #obsessed with these two

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livhowlett · 4 months

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S3: The Bentley is a little shit

*Az shows up to talk to Crowley/ currently chasing him down Whickber Street*

Az: "Crowley please! Just stop!"

*Crowley keeps walking towards The Bookshop*

Az: "Crowley talk to me! We have-"

*Crowley stops and turn to face Az quickly*

Crowley: "We have nothing to talk about! I'm not helping you !"

Az: : "Crowley! I-"

Crowley: "I don't want to hear it! I've been better off without you! Everything's been TICKETY BO-"

*The Bentley Starts blasting 'Love of my Life'*

🎶Love of my life, you've hurt me🎶

Crowley: *Shocked*

Az: *Confused*

🎶You've broken my heart and now you leave me🎶

Crowley: *Gets mad and crosses the street to where The Bentley is parked*

🎶Love of my life, can't you see?🎶

Crowley: "SHAAT UP! YOU STUPID-:

🎶 BRING IT BACK, BRING IT BACK🎶

Crowley: "NO!"

🎶DON'T TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME🎶

Crowley: "You are MY CAR and you will listen to me! Stop playing that song, NOW!"

*The Bentley turns music off*

*Az suddenly appeared next to Crowley*

Az: "Hello Dearest!" *Pets The Bentley*

*Adressing The Bentley*

Az:"I've missed you, You know... I- I got myself in trouble again. It seems I'm not very good at thwarting Heaven. I-I thought I could do this on my own, but...*starts to tear up* I feel as if I've messed everything up and-and I'm unsure what I can do to fix things."

*Az gives Crowley his 'sad angel face'*

Crowley: "GrrrrrrrAhg! FINE!"

Az: "Really?"

Crowley: "Let's go-"

The Bentley: 🎶Dining at the Ritz, we'll meet at nine🎶

Crowley: "NO!"

*Crowley slaps the top of The Bentley, and she stops playing the song*

Crowley: "Going to Nina's Shop! Can't trust The Bookshop..."

Az: "Yes, of course. Lead the way"

The Bentley: 🎶Everything's all right, just hold on tight🎶

Az: "Shhhh... not now dear" *Pets her lovingly*

#i dont know #i need season 3 now #good omens #crowley #ineffable husbands #david tennant #aziraphale #micheal sheen #david and michael #david tennant and michael sheen #crowley and the bentley #the bentley #ineffable boyfriends #ineffable idiots #good omens season 2 #aziraphale is just enough of a bastard #supreme archangel aziraphale #good omens season 3

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e-rated-beardo · 20 days

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So there's this bit in the last chapter of my post-S2 series, Nice And Ominous, where for Reasons™️, Crowley cannot be on the ground. So this ^ happens, and Aziraphale is Just Enough of A Bastard for a second.

And... look... this is a Big, Important Chapter, there's a judgement day and everything, and there are several Very Important Scenes that I'd decided earlier on I'd have a go at making cover art from. But

Grumpy Piggyback Demon

just spoke to me. It is TOO TEMPTING and so here I am after many, many hours, about sixteen false starts on the angel's blessed face, and having made a frightful mess of colouring/shading with physical pens (thank Someone I'd snapped the line art before I screwed it up) - having finished my first ink drawing in years. And it isn't bad.

The full series is at https://archiveofourown.org/series/3929932

(Az's little smirk heavily inspired by this drawing by @muffinpines because I love his Fond But Bastard expression in that picture)

#fanart #good omens #ineffable husbands #good omens fanfiction #india ink #WIP #just enough of a bastard #Crowley's hair is its own character in this picture #and I want his shoes (or-at-least-presumably-he-was-wearing-shoes)#aziraphale #crowley #anthony j. “im not going to piggyback ride you to the apocalypse” crowley #“I suppose I really am the Serpent-Bearer 😏”#Serpens and Ophiuchus #BECAUSE SNAKE OKAY #im funny #Grumpy Piggyback Demon™️

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aziraphales-library · 2 years

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You got any fics where Aziraphale is just enough of a bastard to be worth liking? Not, like dark!Aziraphale or anything like that. Just where he trolls a little bit, cheats a little bit, is a bit self-centered and very human

There are tags for this on ao3: Aziraphale is "just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing" (Good Omens) & Aziraphale is a Little Shit (Good Omens) so check those out! Here are a few for you for now...

High Stakes by redundant_angel (T)

The power goes out and Crowley decides to keep Aziraphale company for the evening, but things take a rather revealing turn when Aziraphale produces a deck of cards!

angels, demons, and poäng armchairs by lexophile (T)

“You did this,” Aziraphale accuses when he realizes that they can’t reach the bedroom section without first passing through the children’s furniture, kitchen, and living room showrooms. Crowley knows he’s mostly cranky because they didn’t stop for Swedish meatballs and oversized cinnamon buns. “This labyrinthine monument to capitalism has Hell written all over it.”

“Nah, you’re wrong. This is all your side’s doing!” Crowley retorts. He’s a bit miffed by the angel’s ingratitude. Crowley isn’t the one who needed new furniture, after all--his flat is full of menacingly artistic bespoke pieces. “I’ve seen Heaven, remember? It looks a bit like this. Besides, you can’t tell me that all this white space and the finicky organization system doesn’t reek of Gabriel’s influence. S’awful. I don’t know why you wanted to come here. You could have just miracled up whatever you needed.”

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After the world almost ends, an angel and a demon go shopping at IKEA.

Put a Little English on It by Mackaley (M)

“Oh! What about pool?”

Crowley lifted his eyebrow.

“Angel, do you even know how to play?”

Aziraphale smiled simply and said, “Oh, it’s been around for over a century. I’m sure I can figure it out.”

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Aziraphale is very good at pool hustling.

Loopholes by GayDemonicDisaster (M)

When Aziraphale finds out that Crowley has only been passing him the easiest jobs to do as part of the Arrangement, he insists that Crowley lets him join in on a more difficult one. When the next hellish order involves tempting criminals to smuggle humans, angel and demon must find a way to subvert the instructions to fulfil the task without harming any innocents. Crowley and Aziraphale pose as fellow gangsters to infiltrate the mob and take things in a more wholesome direction. Expect lots of comedic bickering.

Crowley does have a few darker moments, but all in the name of saving the innocent. There's plenty of light relief to make up for the brief violent bits. There's no smut in this fic, sorry! They're a bit too busy saving people to fall into bed together this time. Have some light pining on a par with the show instead.

Planes, Trains & the Apocalypse by walking_contradiction42 (T)

Crowley only wanted to get home for Christmas. Unfortunately, a sudden onset of winter thwarts his plans. Making his way down to Tadfield by the most obscure means of transportation he is forced to stick with his very annoying seat mate Aziraphale. Only someone up there (or down there, or wherever it is that things are nowadays) seems to have it in for him, because trouble seems to be waiting for them around every corner.

Or the Planes, Trains & Automobiles AU all have been waiting for

Forest for the Trees by Ace_Of_Tales (M)

After discovering his boyfriend of eight years cheating on him with someone else, Ezra Fell decides to take a summer job as a forest lookout in the Scottish Highlands. He leaves the comforts of London to get away from his problems and think about his future. On the job he "meets" his supervisor Anthony Crowley. (Well, communicate through two-way radio, anyway) The two fire lookouts hit it off right away and a bond forms between them, despite being miles apart.

However, all is not well in paradise. On top of dealing with some bratty teenagers setting off illegal fireworks, someone has been listening in on Ezra and Anthony's conversations the entire time.

The question is, who is spying on them, and why?

- Mod D

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale is just enough of a bastard #mod d

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takeme-totheworld · 19 days

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The look on Aziraphale's face when Crowley tells him he's just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing. MY HEART.

#good omens #good omens rewatch #good omens aziraphale #good omens crowley #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable spouses #ineffable flirting #just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing #they love each other so much #and i love them so much #a nightingale sang in berkeley square

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orth82 · 4 days

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