“Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide.”
hello mr gaiman! this isn’t a question I just wanted to thank you for good omens and all the joy it has brought me.
I am a very flamboyant and feminine man. I use wild hand gestures, I talk loudly and dramatically, and the way I present myself often gets me a lot of strange looks and ridicule from people. Whenever I see people who look/act like me in media, they are usually treated as the butt of the joke, something hilarious for the audience to laugh at. One of the only characters who isn’t like that is Aziraphale. Aziraphale is dramatic and feminine, but not in a way that is for the audience to laugh at. He is a funny character, but not because of his mannerisms, mostly because of his naïveté and general silliness. He is not the same hurtful stereotype that I’ve been forced to watch again and again. For my whole life I’ve often been treated like this walking circus. I’ve had to hide who I am in order to be taken seriously by most people. It just feels so refreshing to see a character like me be celebrated and loved for his mannerisms. Watching him in season 1 gave me the confidence to be prouder and more true to who I am. Watching season 2 just made me feel even stronger and more confident. He gave me hope that even if everyone is laughing at me right now, someday soon I can be taken seriously.
I know you probably won’t see this, but thank you anyway. This show/book means so much to me and many others. I hope you have a good day :)
I'm so glad. I love him so much, and I know that Michael Sheen loves him too.
So grows the pansy; beauty bathed in light.
His countenance pious humility.
Sought by tempting ebony wings in flight
to rest beside him in tranquility.
So grows the pansy; gazing at the skies
from whence his object of desire fell.
What suffering for golden yellow eyes,
whose essence on those eyes hath cast a spell.
So grows the pansy; symbol now of thought;
the ever faithful partner of free will.
For life and love he sacrificed and fought.
For life and love his heart and eyes cry still.
That all creation sees the love he shows,
along the garden path the pansy grows.
This one is for @adverbian who makes me want to be a better poet.
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Aziraphale, an angel who has miraculously maintained the same haircut for 6,000 years going to the barber? I just know that he went once for appearance's sake and loved it. Probably allows his hair to grow at a normal rate just so he can get it cut once a month.