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itsscottiesstark · 3 months

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Here's some of my favorite Crowley on laudanum moments, just because:

1. Death is "just wrONGGG", Crowley said so. No more dying.

2. Because if you don't get high and improvise the unofficial anthem of Scotland (it's canon, Crowley improvised it), what are you even doing with your overly long life?

3. This lil dance is the best, I swear.

4. Reminder, he's looking at a graveyard, at night.

5. Find me someone cuter, I'll wait.

6. It was dark, he was wearing sunglasses, and he was high. Leave him alone.

7. I am petrified.

And bonus points because I will never get over this:

No, don't be shy, get closer.

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babyrubysoho · 3 months

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My illustration for the Good Omens Minisode Minibang 2024. It was so much fun to participate (my first time doing a minibang XD)!

I was lucky enough to get a fabulous fic set on the night of the burning of the Great Library of Alexandria (long hair Crowley, my beloved!😍❤️), by rainbow_salt.

Please do check it out if you're interested!

@go-minisode-minibang

#good omens fanart #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #good omens minisode #aziracrow #babyrubysoho art

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kaeraesketches · 3 months

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✨Golgotha Crowley needed to happen today, apparently! I hadn’t intended to do anything more than a quick sketch (as per usual), but I let myself just flow and this is what happened.

✨ I’ve got a zillion projects needing immediate attention, but I needed to take a couple of hours for myself today, guys. My mom has been in the hospital for over 10 days now, and I needed something comforting.

✨ So…I present to you…HER. 💜

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tchoupiraterie · 2 months

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It just occurred to me that my favourite version of Crowley was missing from my account. I had to fix it.

#drawing #good omens #good omens 2 #crowley #fanart #neil gaiman #dress #good omens minisode #Tchoupiraterie

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zivilzz · 7 months

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“What am I? You’re just an Angel who goes along with heaven as far as he can”

We did an awesome collab hosted by @nightmarewolf133 ✨

Where we all picked one quote from each of the 6 episodes and drew something with those quotes in mind.

I drew episode 2. ♥️

#good omens #aziraphale #crowley #crowley x arizaphale #good omens season 2 #good omens fanart #good omens spoilers #good omens fanwork #go2 #anthony j crowley #inneffable husbands #good omens bildad #bildad the shuhite #what am I #good omens minisode #job minisode

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bowtiepastabitch · 5 months

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Historical Analysis: class and injustice in 'The Ressurrectionists' minisode

Alternate title: why we're tempted to be upset with Aziraphale and why that's only halfway fair

Okay so first off huge thanks to @makewayforbigcrossducks for asking the question (and follow-up questions lol) that brought me to put these thoughts all together into a little history nerd ramble. That question being, Why is Aziraphale so clueless? Obviously, from a plot perspective, we know we need to learn some lessons about human moral dilemmas and injustices. But from a character perspective? A lot of this minisode is about Aziraphale being forced to confront the flaws of heavenly logic. This whole idea that "poverty is ineffable" basically boils down to 'yeah some people are poor, but their souls can be saved just as if not more easily that way, so it's not our problem and they probably deserve it anyway for not working hard enough,' a perspective that persists in many modern religious circles. Aziraphale isn't looking at the human factor here, he's pretty much purely concerned about the dichotomy of good and wicked human behavior and the spiritual consequences thereof, because that's what he's been told to believe. His whole goal is to "show her the error of her ways." He believes, quite wholeheartedly, that he's helping her in the long run.

"the lower you start, the more opportunities you have"

So here's what we're asking ourselves: Why did it take him so bloody long to realize how stupid that is? Sure, he's willing to excuse all kinds of things in the name of ineffability, but if someone in the year of our lord 2023 told me he was just now realizing that homelessness was bad after experiencing the past two centuries, I'd be resisting the urge to get violent even if he WAS played by Michael Sheen.

Historical context: a new type of poverty

Prior to the 19th century (1800s), poverty was a very different animal from what we deal with now. The lowest classes went through a dynamic change leading up to the industrial revolution, with proto-industrialization already moving people into more manufacture-focused tasks and rapid urbanization as a result of increasingly unlivable conditions for rural peasantry. The enclosure of common lands and tennancies by wealthy landowners for the more profitable sheep raising displaced lots of families, and in combination with poor harvests and rising rents, many people were driven to cities to seek out new ways of eeking out a living.

Before this, your ability to eat largely would have depended on the harvest in your local area. This can, for our purposes, be read as: you're really only a miracle away from being able to survive the winter. Juxtapose this, then, with the relatively new conundrum of an unhoused urban poor population. Now if you want to eat, you need money itself, no exceptions, unless you want to steal food. Charity at the time was often just as much harm as good, nearly always tied deeply up in religious attitudes and a stronger desire to proselytize than improve quality of lie. As a young woman, finding work in a city is going to be incredibly difficult, especially if you're not clean and proper enough to present as a housemaid or other service laborer. As such, Elspeth turns to body snatching to try to make a better life for herself and Wee Morag. She's out of options and she knows it.

You know who doesn't know that? Aziraphale.

The rise of capitalism

The biggest piece of the puzzle which Aziraphale is missing here is that he hasn't quite caught onto the concept of capitalism yet. To him, human professions are just silly little tasks, and she should be able to support herself if she just tried. Bookselling, weaving, farming, these are all just things humans do, in his mind. He suggests these things as options because it hasn't occurred to him yet that Elspeth is doing this out of desperation, but he also just doesn't grasp the concept of capital. Crowley does, he thinks it's hilarious, but Aziraphale is just confused as to why these occupations aren't genuine options. Farming in particular, as briefly touched on above, was formerly carried out largely on common land, tennancies, or on family plots, and land-as-capital is an emerging concept in this period of time (previously, landowners acted more like local lords than modern landlords). Aziraphale just isn't picking up on the fact that money itself is the root issue.

Even when he realizes that he fucked up by soup-ifying the corpse, he doesn't offer to give them money but rather to help dig up another body. He still isn't processing the systemic issues at play (poverty) merely what's been immediately presented to him (corpses), and this is, from my perspective, half a result of his tunnel-vision on morality and half of his inability to process this new mode of human suffering.

Half a conclusion and other thoughts

So we bring ourselves back around to the question of Aziraphale's cluelessness. Aziraphale is, as an individual, consistently behind on the times. He likes doing things a certain way and rarely changes his methodology unless someone forces his hand. Even with the best intentions, his ability to help in this minisode is hindered by two points: 1)his continued adherance to heavenly dogma 2)his inability to process the changing nature of human society. His strongest desire at any point is to ensure that good is carried out, an objective good as defined by heavenly values, and while I think it's one of his biggest character hangups, I also can't totally blame him for clinging to the only identity given to him or for worrying about something that is, as an ethereal being, a very real concern. Unfortunately, he also lacks an understanding of the actual human needs that present themselves. Where Elspeth knows that what she needs is money, Aziraphale doesn't seem to process that money is the only solution to the immediate problem. This is in part probably because a century prior the needs of the poor were much simpler, and thus miraculous assistance would never have interfered with 'the virtues of poverty'. (You can make someone's crops grow, and they'll eat well, but giving someone money actually changes their economic status.) Thus, his actions in this episode illustrate the intersection of heavenly guidelines with a weak understanding of modern structures.

This especially makes sense with his response to being told to give her money. Our angel is many things, but I would never peg him as having any attachment to his money. He's not hesitant because he doesn't want to part with it, he's hesitant because he's still scared it's the wrong thing to do in this scenario. He really is trying to be good and helpful. So yes, we're justifiably pretty miffed to see him so blatantly unaware and damaging. He definitely holds a lot of responsibility for the genuine tragedy of this minisode, and I think Crowley pointing out that it's 'different when you knew them' is an extremely important moment for Aziraphale's relationship with humanity. Up until now, he's done a pretty good job insulating himself from the capacity of humans for nastiness, his seeming naivity at the Bastille being case in point.

In the end, I think Aziraphale's role in this minisode is incredibly complex, especially within its historical context. He's obstinate and clueless but also deeply concerned with spiritual wellbeing (which is, to Aziraphale, simply wellbeing) and doing the right thing to be helpful. While it's easy to allow tiny Crowley (my beloved) to eclipse the tragic nature and moral complexity of this minisode, I think in the end it's just as important to long-term character development as 'A Companion to Owls'. We saw him make the right choice with Job's children, and now we see him make the wrong choice. And that's a thing people do sometimes, a thing humans do.

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also tagging @ineffabildaddy, @kimberellaroo, and @raining-stars-somewhere-else whose comments on the original post were invaluable in helping me organize my thoughts and feelings about this topic. They also provided great insight that, in my opinion, is worth going and reading for yourself, even if it didn't factor into my final analysis/judgement.

If I missed anything or you have additional thoughts, please please share!!! <3

#this was a monster of a post to write #in no small part because I was relying more on my own historical knowledge than usual so I had to double check myself constantly #but I had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did #good omens #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #good omens analysis #good omens meta #the resurrectionists #good omens season 2 #good omens minisode #nerd shit #ineffable husbands #aziraphale good omens

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dizziopal · 5 months

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There is just some magic gay fuckery going on in the 1941 flashback that we still obviously don’t know the full extent of. If we don’t get 1941 pt3 in s3 I will genuinely and completely lose my fucking marbles. Keep me contained if we do get it tho. I won’t be normal either outcome. Somebody sedate me please.

#aziracrow #good omens #ineffable husbands #good omens minisode #good omens 1941 #good omens 2 #gomens #ineffable fandom #ineffable partners #ineffable idiots #ineffable wives #good omens 1941 minisode #david tennant #michael sheen #good omens s3 #good omens 3

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opscuritas · 3 months

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"Every day's most quiet need"

My art for GOMM 🥰. The fic is absolutely beautiful and it features 1800's husbands, The Vest™ and the bookshop opening!

The fic is still a draft but I'm posting the link hoping it works when it's finished! @felicitywilds did an amazing job, I'm so thankful to be paired with such a talented writer ! ❤️

If you enjoy my work you can support me on Ko-fi 💜

#myart #gomm #good omens minisode #good omens fanart #fanfic fanart #ineffable spouses #ineffable husbands #go crowley #go aziraphale #1800s art

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apocalypticlardon · 6 months

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I know everyone wants to see the 60's innefable wives but what I would really die to see is 1977 height-of-punk-music-and-culture Crowley.

#anthony crowley #crowley x arizaphale #ineffable spouses #ineffable idiots #crowley good omens #good omens #please if someone knows how to draw #i need it #good omens minisode #innefable husbands

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uziraphale · 2 months

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Avaunt!

Original film set concept

actual scene

#bildaddy #uziraphale #bildad the shuhite #a companion to owls #good omens #aziraphale #land of uz #good omens minisode

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tismrot · 5 months

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GOOD, EXTENDED OMENS - a fic list

READ IT IN THIS ORDER! (And read song lyrics for more clues) Click red links to find my ‘explain what we’re not seeing’-minisode fics - allow me to break your hearts, please. I make my own explanations for everything that hasn't been explained yet. Would be cool if I was right about some of these.

4004 BC - 2000 BC - Mostly hot fluff, them finding each other in odd places throughout history, trying to figure out why the pull is so irresistible. Starts with figuring out certain physical aspects in Eden. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

1941 - Oh no, the apology dance... with a twist! Who confessed their love on this fateful night? ...And who turned out to be the ineffable idiot? And who came back later? TW: Abusive language, bad things happening in bed 🌶️

1991 - THREE NEW CHAPTERS! Celestial beings go to a 👁️rave👁️ Rated E for... E. Yes. That kind. Do not read if you shouldn't. This is not a cautionary tale, but you might pick up life-saving knowledge. Really. 🌶️🌶️🌶️

1994 - 2008 - Crowley is in recovery, Azi is writing about their yearly meetings in his diary. Meshes with the first scene of them in St. James' Park in season 1. 2019 - 2022 - FINISHED! They averted the Armageddon, and nobody gives a hoot what they're up to. Aziraphale seems to have learned to trust Crowley after what happened in season 1, but Crowley doesn't trust herself. This fic is about what happens up until Monday, September 4th, 2022, when a box-carrying man-friend appears on Aziraphale's doorstep. I wrote an alternate ending, what would have happened in season 2 if Gabriel hadn’t showed up.

BOOK OF SARAQAEL - Apparently, Saraqael knows what’s up. So, what is up, you ask? Saraqael wouldn’t tell you, but perhaps you’ve paid attention to the Clues and figured it out?

BOOK OF LIFE - Time hasn’t started yet, and Aziraphale comes to his senses sitting at a conference table, certain the feeling that something is wrong would go away if he could be near… something or someone. He doesn’t know yet. This is the one, guys - this one explains the Fall, it explains everything.

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They’re all on the same timeline and it’s gonna be kinda huge. I don’t know why I’m writing this, but I have to.

To the world!

Will update this when I write more minisode-fics❤️

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pharlapcartoonist · 3 months

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I was waiting so patiently to not spoil anything, but it's finally out! Here is my illustration for Good Omens Minisode Minibang 2024 (@go-minisode-minibang)! I had the luck to be drawing for amazing story Pandora's Box by Suruatnec on AO3.

Check it out! It has all you could want (WIVES IN ANCIENT GREECE)

#my art #good omens #digital art #crowley #aziraphale #innefable wives #good omens fanart #fanfic fanart #good omens minisode minibang 2024 #good omens minisode

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rosettyller · 6 months

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How the minisodes/flashbacks serve to inform Aziraphale and Crowley's frames of mind, and their decisions in 2x06: a meta

part 1: victorian minisode [tag]

I'm sure other people have talked about this a lot, and I did touch on this in my meta here, but all the same, I'd like to sit down and actually get all my thoughts on the matter out somewhat coherently.

I think some people have had some difficulty accepting Aziraphale's decision at the end of 2x06, so it's really a good thing that these flashbacks - which appear to be all from aziraphale's point of view - were including, as they provide a lot of context to aziraphale and crowley's relationship, and why they chose what they did.

The minisode begins right after the intro; before the intro, we have Muriel visiting Aziraphale (and Crowley) to spy on them.

(Please excuse Muriel's blink here, kmplayer was being a nightmare)

It's already been pointed out by many people how this is basically the same as police spying on / targeting queer people, which is again reinforced in the 1941 minisode.

But it brings to the forefront of Aziraphale's mind Heaven and Hell's surveillance of them, which is quite explicit in the Victorian minisode.

Beginning with Aziraphale's bookshop and shots of his diary establishes it is his flashback.

Crowley and Aziraphale are meeting up for a date casual meeting. There's no pretence of business, not even the Arrangement. They're beginning to feel safe(r) in their relationship - it's been almost 6 000 years, and they haven't been caught.

(more under the cut)

This minisode is more focused around morals, and it's set up straight away:

Elspeth wants to keep herself and her partner alive. If she doesn't do this, they're dead, and she's not actually hurting anyone.

Crowley likes causing a bit of trouble, and furthermore, he understands her position. He doesn't agree with the Don't Do This Because God Said So, and sees a) a person not hurting anyone, but doing what they can to survive and b) someone willing to do anything to save someone they love

Aziraphale still thinks like an angel; God decides what is Good, and Bad, and God decided graverobbing is Bad. But Aziraphale isn't saying "stop doing this, you're going to hell because you're bad", he's saying "stop doing this, if you continue you're going to hell, because it's against God's will." he still thinks she can be redeemed.

Throughout this minisode, Aziraphale has big Main Character Energy (and Crowley had big Love Interest Energy), challenging Aziraphale's morals that he learnt from Heaven.

As is the case with all the couples in Good Omens, Elspeth/Morag parallel Crowley/Aziraphale. Morag worries about Elspeth being condemned to hell, just as Aziraphale did.

Crowley and Aziraphale have their conversation straight from the books, about people who are poor having more opportunities to be good.

Apparanently, some people are saying this is OOC for Aziraphale, but I disagree. I think it sounds like exactly the kind of thing Heaven has said, over and over again, something Aziraphale believes because Heaven is Good, and because he wants to believe it, that those who are impoverished have a chance. (I had anther thought here, but I've forgotten it. Hopefully it'll come back to me.)

[Brief cut to Aziraphale & the yellow Bentley, Crowley's matchmaking attempt, then back to the minisode.]

Aziraphale miracles the corpse, in an attempt to prevent Elspeth from sin. However, this means she loses money that would help keep her and Morag alive. We can see from Crowley's glare here that he's not impressed - that Aziraphale would take away Elspeth's choice to risk hell to keep herself and Morag alive.

Aziraphale, Crowley and Dalrymple have a conversation in which Dalrymple explains he's doing it to help people, and Aziraphale starts coming around to his point of view, running out of reasons to argue with it.

Look at Aziraphale's face when he finds out the tumour was a seven year old boy's, and that he died. He's horrified, and then he looks like he's about to cry. (Not screencapped here, but he glances in Crowley's direction, and Up)

His hands are shaking when he hugs the jar to his chest.

Dalrymple reinforces again he's just trying to save lives, and then:

Aziraphale looks down, thinking over what he said, thinking about the dead boy.

[Back to present, Aziraphale arrives in Edinburgh.]

Aziraphale is delighted by his revelation, and shares with Elspeth that it's alright now, because it alleviates human suffering.

In voiceover/diary, Aziraphale states, "Having realised the error of my ways, I resolved to assist Elspeth and wee Morag in their noble quest to decrease human suffering."

This reflects Aziraphale's rather black-and-white view of the world; they're no longer sinners, but heroes, rather than just two girls trying to survive.

When the watch is alerted, Aziraphale opens a tomb to help them shelter. He's committed.

Crowley sends the watchmen down a hole. Rather more severe than Aziraphale's reaction.

Morag dies while Aziraphale is busy giving a big speech on how he's going to save her.

I've spent a lot of time thinking about the purpose of this (not Morag's death itself). The only conclusion I've arrived at is it's making a point about how even if you have a Realisation, and you change your mind and your morals, that doesn't undo the hurt you've done in the past. But I don't really like that.

Upon the suggestion of Elspeth taking Morag's body to Dalrymple, Aziraphale is horrified.

Note how Crowley is in the dark, Aziraphale in the light, while Crowley is the devil on Aziraphale's shoulder, whispering in his ear.

This challenges Aziraphale's newfound Realisation, bringing it closer to home.

(Crowley spends a lot of this minisode lurking in the dark behind Aziraphale's shoulder)

Crowley is decidedly less active in this minisode than Aziraphale, but here he goes big (literally), and saves Elspeth from suicide. Not Aziraphale, the angel.

Crowley brings up sinning again, and suggests to Aziraphale that he give his money to Elspeth, as it's what she needs to live a good life. (Aziraphale's stil a bit iffy at first, but he gives it)

I think this reflects, to an extent, Aziraphale's lack of initiative - he doesn't do things (or isn't supposed to) without Heaven telling him to. Such as the way they limit his miracles. He's not able to see a person suffering, and miraculously fix their life. And while Crowley is watched, and restricted, Hell certainly don't complain when he comes up with the brilliant plan on his own that secures them lots of souls (eg. Spanish Inquisition, French Revolution).

And then we have the lovely moment, Aziraphale reaching for Crowley and guiding him, Crowley saying, "Where are you?"

Aziraphale's hands on Crowley's hips - they do physical contact now

Their positioning is reminiscent of the Wall Slam scene.

And we know Crowley didn't have to drink it - he could have miracled it away, poured it on the floor, whatever. And it definitely did affect him, and yes it was funny, but Crowley's dialogue here reinforces why he did this: Hell is watching.

(and now here's the part where I actually get to the point of this meta. in case you've forgotten, it's how the minisodes provide context for the Final Fifteen)

Heaven and Hell are watching Aziraphale and Crowley - we know it's constant, if not always active, from the Earth Observation Files photos of them together in S1.

And Crowley is aware of this - has he been caught before? Anyway, he has an excuse (that can be verified) all ready to go if he's recalled to Hell.

(I also think it's a bit of a defence - in the Wall Slam scene as well - because Crowley disagrees with Heaven's definition of Good)

When Crowley gets dragged to Hell, Aziraphale is left alone in the cold, dark graveyard.

His voiceover, "And that was the last I was to see of Crowley for quite some time," reflects that this diary entry is written some time after Crowley was taken, and they've since met up again. This means Aziraphale has had a long time to (over)think about what was done to him.

What Aziraphale sees is, Crowley is good. He does good things. And when he does good things, he needs to disguise it so he can excuse it to Hell. And when he fails in that, he is punished by Hell.

Why wouldn't Aziraphale want Crowley back in the fixed Heaven? Where he can help people in safety, without fear of punishment?

And if he can learn, why can't the other angels?

#good omens #good omens meta #meta #good omens 2 #ineffable husbands #good omens minisode #late.meta #flashback meta #victorian minisode #elspeth #morag #go meta #good omens analysis #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley

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kaeraesketches · 2 months

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Well, this has been FOREVER in coming, but here’s my contribution to the Minisode Minibang that happened over on Discord! I made this comic based on an excerpt from a lovely fanfic by Faenix16 on AO3! You can read the fic here:

I hope you enjoy! ☺️

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chaoticgayomens · 4 months

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the 1800s bodysnatching scene.

i think we need to talk about the 1800s bodysnatching scene more, as a fandom. it’s so important in so many ways- crowley looking quite gender in that whole scene, aziraphale beginning to questioning the idea of people who start in worse situations having more room to improve and be good, what we know to be one of crowley and aziraphale’s first major encounters with human mortality, AND also the laudanum scene.

oh my god, the laudanum scene. that’s what i’m going to focus on here. THIS is quite a point in aziraphale and crowley’s relationship- crowley is vulnerable, being drunk like she’s never been drunk before, and aziraphale, after just hearing that crowley’s “down for wicked”, witnessed them do something good, saving someone just she did in bildad-era. now crowley practically is fully reliant on aziraphale to even walk around! their first instinct is to reach for aziraphale! and we witness them say something along the lines of “aziraphale?? where are you??” and we see her practically fall into aziraphale’s arms!! i just think this scene shows how much they rely on each other and always have, and can’t stand being apart, even if they try to hide that… (and, whoops, now they’re apart.)

SO YEAH. THIS SCENE THOUGH.

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable wives #ineffable spouses #ineffable husbands #good omens 2 #good omens season two has destroyed me #good omens season two #good omens season 2 #crowley x aziraphale #good omens minisode

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vampir3sfall · 6 months

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good omens characters as things my strange, gay english teacher has said

'as the kids say, allow him to cook' - aziraphale

'if I learn who's teaching that i'll find then and i'll fight them behind a grocery store' - warlocks father when nanny taught him swears in the name of satan

'what part of 'the biological machine is a horror' do you not understand?' -gabriel, when explaining why he doesn't eat

'if you aren't afraid to put the knives on your feet' - muriel, describing ice skating

'yeah, that's because i can't count' -shax

'i can't promise that i wouldn't build a flamethrower' -crowley, being questioned by aziraphale about what he would do if he was a supreme archangel

'we need something that properly billows' -16th? century aziraphale (the resurrection minisode)

'since i do realize that some you of do experience empty brain no thought' -nina and maggie, reprimanding crowley

'which means it's a good word for you to know, as angsty teens' -crowley talking to adam + his friends in season 1

'the light of the screen, the darkness, the demons coming at you, ect' -crowley when asked to describe hell

'and you might think but mr.tenny you are smart. you use many big words and string them formed into long sentences that still make sense than thank you, and I am even smarter than that' -aziraphale trying to politely tell someone not to fuck with him

bonus - "the battle that students and teachers are always in, similar to that of g-d and lucifer" (no GO character here it's just something he said)

#Good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens season 1 #neil gaiman #inncorrect quotes #good omens incorrect quotes #tenny boy #no one who knows me irl show this to tenny ill die #good omens minisode #shax #crowley #aziraphale #adam young #gabriel good omens #nina and maggie

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