#owl aziraphale

[aidaran-alha]

Heaven is so high up that once you’re there, Aziraphale realizes the only way out is to fall.

In an attempt to stop the apocalypse once more, he steals the Book of Life and Jesus’s soul, placing him back on Earth as Adam’s brother. Now suspended somewhere between falling and fallen, Aziraphale needs help from the only one he can trust to navigate his new life. The same demon he rejected a lifetime ago.

Despite how they parted, Crowley can't turn his back on the aching angel, working through his pain and heartache as they slowly inch towards one another, acting on millennia of bottled-up feelings and desire.

The only problem? Adam’s powers are still alive, and he wants everybody to have their “happy ever after” in his town.

Or else.

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The little shreds of sanity they still had at that point were crushed by the fear of never being able to modify reality again, of never stopping hurting. And it was effective; it had taken those who were still strong and defiant over the edge, drove them to their knees asking for forgiveness.

Not Crowley, though.

He hadn’t begged.

He knew at that point that someone willing to destroy the one who had created the stars and wanted life to thrive wouldn’t listen to a plea coming from the darkest pit.

So Crowley hadn’t begged, instead pointing at the Heavens with his animal snoot, daring them to give him an answer. He hadn't broken down and asked for mercy.

He wouldn’t start doing it now. And he wouldn’t give them the satisfaction of seeing his angel do that. This Fall wouldn't be a punishment, wouldn’t make either of them break. He’d make sure of that, he’d protect Aziraphale.

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[idliketobeatree]

btw when you're being mean to aziraphale this is who you're being mean to. hope this helps

[sad-chaos-goblin]

Right after Aziraphale realises that Bildaddy-Crowley did not kill Job's goats, we have the scene with the children and Crowley sets the house on fire ("I'm a demon, I lied"). We all know he would never kill the kids, so why the charade?

I think he needed to test Aziraphale, to know for certain that the angel sees him for what he is, he needed to know that this tentative connection was real. And Aziraphale immediately proves that he does actually trust him.

The fact that Aziraphale trusts him means he sees the good in him. For a fallen angel who's spent so very long being seen as nothing but evil, just imagine how it must have felt to be truly seen.

[cassettedec]

Bildad the Shuhite is workin' 9 to 5!

[brainwormcity]

I'm obsessed with the way Crowley's entire tone changes when he realizes how truly affected and fearful Aziraphale is. He goes straight from teasing to comforting to confiding his own loneliness.

[cesiscribbles]

Art Style challenge round 2!

(I unfortunately haven’t watch the series yet so I’m not familiar with characters, the world, powers etc 🙈)

[snek-eyes]

Aziraphale hasn't been remotely frightened of Crowley since 2500BC.

[meggiscat]

🕊 / 🐈‍⬛

[xdestinykey]

“That sounds….”

“Lonely?”

“You said it wasn’t.”

“I’m a demon.. I lied.”

[uziraphale]

@bil-daddy, You'd make a great MIDWIFE ...

Artist: @yoghurt_vigilante on /reddit

[captainblou]

As far as we can…

(Yay Tumblr is destroying this… click on it for a cleaner version I guess??)

[dazeddoodles]

My Favorite Ships 💕

[idliketobeatree]

when you think of it. Bildad the Shuhite's last 24 hours in the minisode not bloody optimal

getting a combat mission to kill everything his buddy Job owns just because She got into some stupid bet

the kids too??? horrid

right in the middle of growing out his hair awkwardly that angle appears. perfect timing to get thwarted. not like that

oh no he's now legit pissed, like it's HIS fault

good (bad) that Bildad has a plan. bad (good) that Aziraphale follows around like a lost sheep, ready to blow his cover anytime. not like that

cue the mortifying ordeal of being known

angel's smugness visible from alpha centauri and he can't even wipe it off with an angry kiss

the kids remain alive but at the cost of annoyance. human twink has the gall to flirt with Aziraphale right in front of his demonic eyes. is nothing sacred anymore

unsolicited temptation backfires badly ( he didn't sign up for food kink development. Regret)

no let me say it again: sexual awakening through ox ribs what even is his life

angel insinuates being the only demon in existence who tries to go his own way seems lonely -> needs to get wasted immediately

literally so hungover the next day he can barely stand and THIS is the moment he witnesses former Mum talking to a human, probably for the first time since Eden. actually stop here, try to step into his shoes and watch the arrow on a scale for secondhand embarrassment doing a full 360°

magical obstetrics time (he still doesn't know where babies come from)

and to top it off: the devastating vision of Aziraphale almost crying

to conclude, pour one out for Bildad the poor bastard deserves it.

[sad-chaos-goblin]

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before but back in Bildaddy times, during the courtyard scene, Crowley turns around when Aziraphale hears the crows bleating and looks at him expectantly. I just realised it's not a "shit you caught me" look. It's a resigned sort of "I can't help needing you to know that I'd never do that" look. It's a "you do actually know me" look. And he hasn't put his glasses back on and he looks so soft and vulnerable 😭

[jocorvus]

I'd like to talk about "A Companion to Owls" aka the Job minisode flashback.

In the episode, we see Crawly repeatedly saying "I'm a Demon, I lied." YET every instance of this utterance is him appearing to do bad but secretly doing good.

Much like his VERY fae/elven-like double speak where he appears to say he wants to destroy Job's children, BUT when he adds that it's like how he destroyed Job's goats it switches the meaning entirely. Because he DIDN’T destroy the goats. So, he wants to APPEAR to do it, but not actually do it.

Back to the Demon lying thing.

We see him start this off with, "I am a Demon, I could be lying." But he hadn't been. He really did have the permit. But he didn't actually destroy the goats.

Next it's the children. He starts the fires and Aziraphale protests, "But you said you wouldn't!" And indeed, he didn't. He wasn't planning on it. But he made it appear that way.

Then we have a moment where Aziraphale says being on his own side sounds lonely and Crawly says it isn't.

Now... at the end when Aziraphale says being an Angel that goes along with heaven as far as he can sounds... and Crawly answers, "Lonely?.... Yeah." And Aziraphale sounds affronted, "But you said it wasn't!". We get one last, "I'm a Demon, I lied."

But did he? He then spent the rest of his time on Earth continuously bumping into Aziraphale. Becoming more and more his friend and companion and partner. He didn't let Aziraphale become lonely.

And in doing so, Crowley made himself not lonely either.

[vavoom-sorted-art]

sexy bildad for a valentine's day gift exchange! This one surely was a challenge for me, enjoy!

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