Good Omens Characters I Would Trust With My Car (if I Had One)

when the thousand year old stone tablets write better fics than you T_T

just found fanfic written on clay tablets in cuneiform and then the pictures were uploaded to ao3 the good omens fandom is insane

I wanna talk about The Angel Who Would Be Crowley.

Because I had a certain set of expectations, which got thoroughly trashed in the first five minutes of S2, and my genuine response is, "Oh, fuck, yup. You're right. That's WAY better."

Looking around at GO fandom, I'm not alone in this. So let's talk about it.

Basically, a lot of people (myself included) believed that he was a high-ranking angel, and therefore as chilly and remote as every other powerful angel we'd seen at that point. We pictured Crowley-To-Be as long-haired, regal and imposing --and the fanart at the time reflected this. I'd link some if Tumblr didn't hate links.

Something like this:

We were collectively drawing on a few things --mostly, Crawly's appearance and general bearing in the Biblical scenes of S1--

--But also scattered hints of his importance, backed up by conspicuous absences in Heaven and a few profound displays of power. That's all better covered elsewhere, so I won't reiterate the arguments here. All I'm saying is: I think our headcanons were justified.

But it turns out he was this:

!!!

With his curly little--!!

And his neat white--!!

IT TURNS OUT, he was an angel who squeaked and squealed when he was happy; who flailed his arms around and made explosion noises with his mouth to explain nebulas; who preened when told his stars were pretty. Furfur, who knew him before the Fall, says:

"You used to jump on me back, little monkey in a waistcoat..."

(The use of a diminutive there, 'little'...oh, that fascinates me.)

In a pretty huge subversion of expectations, we're given these glimpses of an angel who was sweet, and joyful, and heart-meltingly silly.

In sum...an innocent.

(Perhaps innocent to a troubling degree.

We see how he troubles Aziraphale, during their first conversation. He starts looking around and behind them, checking to make sure that no one can HEAR the blithe and reckless things coming out of this angel's mouth. This angel who talks like he's never been reprimanded in his life; like it's never occurred to him that anyone would want to hurt him.

Before the Beginning, Aziraphale understood Heaven better than he did. The danger is plainly occurring to Aziraphale.)

So now, we the viewers are in on a cruel joke that Aziraphale has known all along, which is that this --THIS-- is the angel who--

*checks notes*

--did a million lightyear freestyle dive into a boiling pool of sulphur. For asking questions.

...Imagine you are Aziraphale, and everything inside you wants to believe Heaven are the Good Guys, and God is Good and Everything She does is capital-R Right...and now try to reconcile that. Keep trying. I don't think he ever totally managed it in 6000 years.

All this gets further complicated when we learn that, despite all of the above, we were still right. That sweet excitable babby up there?

He WAS a powerful and high-ranking angel.

That much is explicitly confirmed, with significant evidence that he could have been among the mightiest of archangels...

...Who apparently accosted his fellow angels for piggyback rides. And was remembered millennia later by those (now fallen) angels as something 'little.'

What does that tell us about who he was? Is?

Hell, Aziraphale has known to be wary of the archangels (and the judgements of Heaven in general) since before the Fall even happened. He chooses to believe they are Good; he can't fool himself into thinking they are Safe.

Yet he's absolutely certain that Crowley won't hurt Job's children. Enough to stand in a burning building and say to them, "I can't save you, but don't be afraid. I won't need to."

And what reason does he give?

("I know you."

"You do not know me."

"I know the angel you were.")

What does that tell us about who he was? Is?

("The angel you knew is not me."

But how is Aziraphale supposed to believe that, when he can see him all the time?)

tl;dr --yes, this is better. I love the tragedy of it.

'Innocence died screaming' and all that.

Beelzebub's fly hears the drama

Week 87 of posting Good Omens memes for Everyday until Season 3

crying about thoschei rn T_T

no but like the song 'Little Talks' by Of Monsters and Men is so thoschei coded

...Now you're gone, gone, gone away, I watched you disappear, all that's left is the ghost of you. Now we're torn, torn, torn apart, there's nothing we can do, just let me go, we'll meet again soon...

Now wait, wait, wait for me, please hang around, I'll see you when I fall asleep

Don't listen to a word I say (hey!) The screams all sound the same (hey!) Though the truth may vary, this ship will carry our bodies safe to shore...

what if Anathema's aura seeing ability was also a really good gaydar

not anathema clocking them immediately omg😭😭

the American revolution: they were both convinced the British were going to win and now refuse to talk about it again.

Aziraphale and Crowley meet throughout the ages because of special occasions.

It's almost inevitable, given the events that they cross paths. So here's my question: on what other occasions have they potentially crossed paths?

Legolas: ARAGON WHERE IS MY CONDITIONER I CAN'T FIND MY CONDITIONER ! ARAGON THE HOBBITS ATE MY CONDITIONER HOW DID THEY EVEN MANAGE THAT

Aragon: LeGoLaS wE'rE LiTerAlLy aT bORoMiR's fuNErAl.

I know Elves are canonically just effortlessly beautiful creatures but I think it's funny to imagine Legolas having an extensive skin care and beauty routine that he does every morning to maintain his etheral features and he gets so fussy about it too and Aragorn is just like

Shax: What are you, Crowley's emotional support Angel?

Aziraphale, sweating: What? that would be wonder - er, terrible, yes how terrible of you to suggest that! I am shocked and outraged at the mere thought of me supporting my dear - my mortal enemies's emotions....with support...

Shax: You're literally texting him right now to check if he's drunk enough water today

Have we been sleeping on this?!

Shax just casually taunts Aziraphale with being Crowley's emotional support angel and Aziraphale reacts like this:

Look at that eyebrow lift and that almost smile. He likes it!! And then Jim is right there and he realizes that if Jimbriel retains his memories when he gets restored, he's going to be screwed, so he needs to act like he's annoyed by the suggestion.

But look at him!! This precious cinnamon roll wants nothing more than to be his demon's emotional support angel.

Your honor, I love them.

this is so cute omg

Retired Timelords 😃

we are among you

reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts