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a small ineffable wives comic hehe

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One of the hidden gems of the Good Omens television spectacular are Hasturs’s hysterical screaming. Oh, of course his shrieks at the melting of Ligur win the gold medal — but his TERROR at Crowley’s driving…

I took that scene as Hastur not afraid of the flames, so much, but of the SPEED…probably his first time on the highway, definitely first time going over 60 MPH, probably his first time in a car…to suddenly be in this human contraption filled him with mortal terror.

I figured his mind was probably fuckin BLOWN at ‘the wheel’.

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My embroidery piece I did for @sendarya’s Good Omens Got True Talent show!

This was hand embroidered on linen cloth. The background is watercolor. The frame I found at FiveBelow.

Image reference I screenshot from the show. (I had to flip the image on the bottom so Crowley and Aziraphale would mirror the top). I drew my design on water soluble stabilizer before embroidering.

I originally wanted to embroider the whole piece, background and all! But I came to find I didn’t have enough time and inexperienced.

Anyway, thanks for watching! 💗

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consider this: in the world of GO, Chappell Roan is actually post-season 2 Crowley losing it

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can’t be bothered taking a good photo but here

also holy shit my handwriting at the bottom is practically illegible

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💋💋💋

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ugh. thinking again about elspeth & wee morag & how crowley probably decided to help elspeth at least partly because he knew wee morag was definitely in heaven, & if elspeth didn't change her ways ("not just pretendy good, properly good") they'd be separated forever.

which surely reveals nothing about him. or any buried romantic notions or millennia of pain.

surely.

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Ouch, my whole body :(

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tozozozo

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a longing.

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I know this is probably an overused trope, but I just can't help but think about Professor AU. 😗

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If you ask his students, summer is probably their favourite season.

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Which one is your favourite look?

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Crowley's version coming next, hopefully soon. 🤣

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good omens is about duality i think

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Will the profesied picnic ever be canon? I hope so! But, as a backup for the tragic possibility that the finale might not feature one, I made one for myself!

This scene was my entry to Sendarya's Good Omens talent show. I was hit with the idea two days before the submission deadline, and went into hyper-crochet-drive to get it done. No pattern, no planning. Just my trusty crochet hook, some yarn, a bit of cardboard and poly stuffing, a woven paper plate holder, and a dream.

There were so many amazing entries to the talent show this year! If you didn't get a chance to see it live, you can check out the vod on youtube.

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A calm morning

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This pattern is famous!

Strawberry Thief

By William Morris

Botanically appropriate for the Serpent of Eden while planning a robbery.

Edit! Aziraphale with strawberry :) 🍓

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Good Omens is autistic—here’s why!

First off, there’s the angelic/demonic nature of the protagonists

They’re trying to blend in with humanity, but have to pick things up as they go along

Because of this, the way they interact with and view people is different from the expected norm

Which also means they're often confused by human customs and find it difficult to read social cues (think Aziraphale asking Maggie if she actually thinks she isn’t crying later on in this scene)

Crowley has to hide his eyes, a part of his identity, from everyone except Aziraphale and the other demons for fear of seeming different/threatening/not human (masking in the most literal sense of the word)

Muriel is concerned with acting and speaking “correctly” to be seen as human

Even though both main characters don’t fit in with humanity because of their angelic/demonic nature, they also don’t fit in with their respective sides, who view them both as strange and don’t understand them. The only place they find acceptance/belonging is with each other. If that isn’t a neurodivergent (and very queer) storyline, I don’t know what is.

Next up, there’s Aziraphale as a whole

The way he stims

Loves routine, dislikes change

Gets uncomfortable when he has to break rules/disrupt order

Taking things literally— “You can’t drive my Bentley.” “I can— I have a license!” (also, this scene is another example of his insistence on order and rules— he insisted on getting a license before they were even legally required)

Paces back and forth talking to himself, planning out what he’s going to say before a conversation (scripting)

The way he suppresses stimming around Heaven by clasping hands behind back, feels uncomfortable and overstimulated there

Bookshop is super cluttered, he has an organizational system that is comprehensible to basically exclusively him

Clumsy, often sucks at motor coordination

Easily startled

He loves alone time, especially when he’s in his own space— he does everything he can to keep customers away from his bookshop

Attaches a lot of sentimental value to inanimate objects (“I’ve kept this in tip-top condition for over 180 years!”)

Incredibly passionate about his interests, especially magic and books

Black and white thinking and rigid morality— He loves and trusts Crowley more than the other angels, but still has tendency to categorize Heaven, Hell, angels and demons as exclusively good or bad (“of course you didn’t go back to Hell— you’re the bad guys!”)

Crowley’s definitely got something neurodivergent going on too (leaning towards ADHD, but potentially AuDHD)

The way he sits in chairs

Hell, (…or Heaven, whatever…) even just the “ducks!” moment alone is enough to show that that his mind jumps around a lot to unexpected loose threads rather than focusing on the subject at hand

Impulsivity

Creative and has a vivid inner world. As pointed out by God Herself, he has what the other demons don’t— an imagination

Craves novelty, frequently changes appearance

Stimming starmaker

This one is from the book, but it’s too good not to point out: the way he idolizes characters like Bond and copies his behaviors off of what he thinks a cool human would do. He has a new computer because it’s “the sort of thing Crowley felt that the sort of human he tried to be would have” (pg 239)

His understanding of how humans fall in love is based on a Richard Curtis film he’s seen

His insistence on asking questions when things don’t make sense to him, knowing why things are the way they are rather than blindly accepting them

And of course, there’s the themes of the story

Black and white thinking vs shades of grey

Breaking away from a world that doesn’t accept you to find love, belonging, and safety

And, as demonstrated time and time again by our two protagonists: intelligence isn’t synonymous with interpersonal skills (…or common sense.)

Thanks for reading all of that! This isn’t the kind of post I normally make, but I have so many thoughts about this that have been on my mind for almost two years now, so I decided to share them.

While there are of course a lot of plot-related reasons for why they behave the way that they do and many of the traits I brushed on could be explained by other factors, I still find it interesting to explore it through a neurodivergent lens. I also think the existence of angels with physical disabilities (like Saraqueal) adds credibility to the idea that other types of disabilities or neurodivergence is at the very least possible for angels and demons in this universe.

Feel free to point out anything I forgot to include (which I have no doubt is a lot) and let me know your own thoughts in the comments or tags— I’d love to hear them!

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NGK (S1 bts photos, x)