#asexual aziraphale and crowley

[dinosaurplant]

the full tweet for anyone who like me wanted a little more context on his response to this

[aethelflaedladyofmercia]

Custody Battle--Third Visitation

Angel in Distress

(This cover was designed by @pigeondraws for last years Fandom Trumps Hate!)

The Ritual of Propagation has succeeded. Aziraphale and Crowley are ready to welcome the newest member of Their Own Side. But the Archangels have other plans. No young angel has ever been raised outside their closely guided care, and they have no intention of changing that...

After a very long break (and tons of help from my excellent beta readers) I now present part 3 of Custody Battle! In this newest chapter, Aziraphale struggles with the emotions of the last few days while he and Crowley try to prepare for the Archangels' inevitable return. More chapters to follow shortly!

Read it now on AO3!

(Note: this story is M rated and contains heavy CWs for noncon, SA, emotional manipulation, various forms of abuse, and a good amount of violence. Please check the tags. Continuing readers, please check if you read last month's update, there was no Tumblr post...)

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He jolted awake, trapped, panicked, fingers desperately scrabbling for something, anything to hold onto. A heavy weight rested across his body, like a blanket, pinning him down, white, warm like a body, only—

Only it wasn’t trapping him, it was keeping him safe.

Taking a deep breath, he rolled onto his back and gazed up at his angel. Sitting pressed into the corner of the sofa, a heavy book wedged between his hip and the sofa’s arm, wings spread wide, softly golden in the sunrise light. Rubbing his eyes as he woke.

“Oh!” Aziraphale mumbled. “Oh, I must have dozed…” He glanced down at Crowley and smiled, a beautiful morning smile. “There you are, my dear. How are you feeling?”

“Nnh.” He stretched his legs, but didn’t otherwise move from the safety of the wing. “Shouldn’t’ve let me sleep.”

“You needed it.” Aziraphale stroked his husband’s hair and glanced up at the clock. “It was only two hours or so. We still have… almost six, before…”

Before Gabriel’s deadline. Before the Archangels came to take his family away.

“Really shouldn’t’ve let me sleep,” he growled, pushing himself up. Aziraphale’s wing flicked away, giving him space but leaving him cold and exposed. “Don’t have time for—”

“Yes, we do.” Aziraphale retrieved his notebook from the sofa cushions. “In between research, I jotted down some ideas on our… counter-offer.” His hands were starting to shake. “I think this will be enough to get them to the negotiating table, at least. Particularly once our… enhanced defences are in place.”

Crowley grabbed the notebook, hardly sparing it a glance before tossing it on the coffee table. The too-white pages of Gabriel’s offers lay scattered across it, more reading Aziraphale shouldn’t have had to do alone. Crowley took his husband’s hands, thumbs carefully brushing his knuckles. “And how are those coming? The defences?”

“I think I have enough for us to… to be getting along with.” Another smile, this one far shakier. “Now I just need to set everything up.” He squeezed Crowley’s hands, then stood, arching his back in a careful stretch, enormous wings briefly filling the room before settling to his shoulders. Then he held out the right again with a smile. “And good morning to you, Kokabiel. How was your first night?”

Moving more slowly, still shivering a little, Crowley joined him, slipping an arm around Aziraphale’s waist for support. “Hey, you,” he said softly, pushing his fingers into the feathers, and surrendering to a delighted smile when he felt the gentle tapping of the youngling. “Yeah, I missed you, too.”

Aziraphale kissed him, a careful brush across his cheek. “Another nightmare?”

Read the rest on AO3!

[pikatik]

Also quick Ace Day doodle for you!! :D

[vroomvroomwee]

Lgbtq people saying it's queerbaiting because two people didn't kiss or fuck on screen has the same vibes as cisgender heterosexual people saying two characters aren't gay and completely missing romantic undertones just because the two didn't kiss or fuck on screen

Aphobia is just recycled homophobia

[7upslut]

when I read good omens I fully interpreted ineffable husbands as an asexual couple because like.... they're supernatural beings that don't really jibe with human sex

but in the show they have so much sexual tension and I think that's because Michael Sheen always looks like he's ready to jump David Tennent's bones at any given moment and he's so real for that

[gyffindraws]

butch aziraphale and her cool, mysterious goth partner

bonus pin close up cus its too blurry to see

[mando-lore]

Let asexual characters be asexual you horny bastards

[just-being-aroace]

What happens with aroace coded characters in fandoms that really annoys me:

Frodo Baggins: never involved in a relationship, loves his friends — fandom: he’s so in love with Sam, he even lets him and his family live with him

Bilbo Baggins: never married, dedicates his life to writing, adopts Frodo and loves him like a son — fandom: I ship him with Thorin so much

Sherlock Holmes: dedicated his life to his work, very loyal to his friends, never married or had a real relationship — fandom: he’s in love with Irene! He’s in love with John!

Aziraphale & Crowley: canonically ace according to the book, poster characters for a qpr — fandom: why don’t they just f**k? Why don’t they just k**s? This is queerbaiting!

There are probably more examples because it’s definitely a pattern.

[ineffable-ezra]

In canon, I think Crowley and Aziraphale are asexual.

In fanon, I want them to -- [COMICALLY LONG BLEEP COMPLETE WITH GRAPHIC, INCREASINGLY STRANGE HAND GESTURES]

[sharkintapshoes]

Some GO fans: Neil Gaiman not writing Aziraphale and Crowley as explicitly male and sexual is queer baiting and homophobic 😡😡😡

Fans who are asexual, nonbinary, agender, etc: well I guess we should just jump in a fucking volcano then

[dinosaurplant]

not loving the blatant erasure of asexual ppl in the good omens fandom rn

it feels like everything is seen as either being black and white platonic or sexual without anything being able to be romantic. the main example i think is the kiss, given that kissing isn't a solely sexual act at all. it can be of course but i would argue that it really isn't in that scene.

i really couldn't care less about fanfiction here i'm fine with people writing what they want as long as its not sexualising anything literally illegal etc. aziraphale and crowley are, in canon, asexual and a lot of this is feeling like just yelling at ppl that men can't be ace because if men are ace it's just because neil gaiman 'views gay sex as inherently disgusting' and without his apparent 'homophobic beliefs' there is no way they would ever be asexual

ace people exist, they aren't a choice to make a show more palatable, or a cheap cop out to to deal with whatever people are saying neil gaiman has against allosexual gay men.

being asexual doesn't make a character any less queer, and i'm tired of the cycle of accepting ace people for a bit then completely turning on them again on this site

[jupiterslifelessmoons]

[1941-crowley-slut]

Twitter is literally where braincells go to die

[vroomvroomwee]

David and Michael supporting the ace community 🖤🩶🤍💜

[cuppertys]

The 3 genders are literally

Pirate

Vampire

And

"Angels who did not so much Fall as Saunter Vaguely Downwards."

Thanks for coming to my TED talk

[offline-nobody]

happy asexual awareness week yall!!