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chamomile blossoms for the angel

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There’s a starmaaaan✨☄️

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Sleepy Crowley on a bench WIP

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Stupid Cute

My friend said his expression here was stupid cute, and I have to agree. One of my favorite parts of making fanart is getting to stare at his adorable face for hours on end!

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I want this in the season 3 😭

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important big post of the day

Aziraphale wears boots not shoes

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Hurt

I have tried to express this opinion before... and been told that people just don't see it.

But Aziraphale is hurt here. He looks like he's about to cry. He's not appreciating Crowley's joke and teasing. Yes, he was very happy to see him come back (not so much the Archangels). But however funny it is to us, who think back to the way Crowley reacted in a same way to the halo as to when Aziraphale gave his sword away, Aziraphale is not laughing here either.

Aziraphale possibly doesn't know Crowley loves his unpredictability. I don't think Aziraphale likes to resort to it, exactly. Nor to having to use violence. Not to mention starting a war. He does it and it works, but he doesn't want to be the soldier he was made to be. He never did.

Aziraphale didn't know where Crowley was for the whole night. He lost whatever connection they have with Crowley once he was in Heaven. He probably thought Crowley was dragged to Hell. Again.

He was left alone and his bookshop has been through a THING (and yes, Crowley tidies it up for the angel but at what cost! - why did he let Aziraphale go with Metatron with a wave of a hand?).

Anyway, I rewatched the scene and it made me sad. I can't imagine how unmoored and scared Aziraphale felt. They deserved a hug and an explanation.

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I definitely agree that he is angry, that's certainly the primary emotion that he's showing in this scene, and they both are extremely inflexible people who don't know how to compromise. I personally headcanon Aziraphale as having pretty high anxiety in the series, on account of the hand-wringing, stammering, and fawning responses he does so often. assuming that, it does make sense that he would be pretty frightened in this scene, where his abuser is lurking upstairs and he's been told something terrible will happen. i also do think that that's what the vacant stare into space is meant to be, although obviously as a vacant stare it's pretty hard to fully interpret.

Regardless of why he lashes out, i think it's pretty clear that that's what he's doing here, which is why it makes me sort of sad to see people treating this scene as if it wholesome and cute. This is a really mean moment for Aziraphale tbh.

But i think we can say from Crowley's reaction that he's not hurt by it, and they both manage to move past it, which is the important thing.

The apology dance and domination

I have wanted to express my thoughts on this for a while, both on what I think is going on in that scene, and what it says about the characters of Aziraphale and Crowley. and disclaimer, everything here is just my opinion. please do not come for me saying i am attacking your headcanon, i am just offering reasons why yours might not be the only headcanon possible.

What is going on, in a Doylist sense. I am not sure that everyone knows this, but the apology dance is an in-joke. It wasn't conceived of out of whole cloth as something these characters would do, it was conceived of as a cute way of referencing Neil Gaiman's habit of making Amanda Palmer (and probably other partners) do apology dances. Now my source for this is a Youtube video of one of their shows together which has since been taken down, so i'm afraid i can't link it. I also suspect that this scene might be in here as padding. looking at how little plot the series had, together with the rumour that it was meant to have six minisodes instead of just three, it is very possible that a lot of scenes were added just to fill time. because the apology dance doesn't connect to anything else in the series, and because it's a direct reference to Neil Gaiman's personal life, it stands to reason it might be a somewhat desperate addition intended to fill time.

2. what is going on, in a Watsonian sense. A lot of people like to take the scene out of context and talk about what it says about Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship on the assumption that it is representative of how they are together. But in context, that assumption seems less likely. here's a recap of the context:

Aziraphale and Crowley have an argument very shortly after the start of S2. Aziraphale wants to help Gabriel and Crowley refuses categorically. he storms out and then runs into Shax, who says threatening things that make him worried for Aziraphale, so he decides to come back. we see then that Aziraphale is sitting at his desk, staring into space. Aziraphale hurriedly pretends to be reading something when Crowley comes in. Aziraphale then gives him the cold shoulder and pretends not to particularly notice or care he has come back. During their conversation about Crowley changing his mind, Aziraphale says he would like an apology with a little dance, actually. He lists three previous occasions when he had to do the little dance, getting visibly angrier with each. Crowley does the dance and Aziraphale tells him it is very nice.

Now obviously there are different ways to interpret this scene. I will give you a couple and then explain which one i prefer.

Aziraphale is sitting staring into space because he's zoning out and not thinking about anything. When he picks up the piece of paper it's so he can ignore Crowley and communicate to Crowley that he is not going to put up with his antics. He is annoyed because Crowley wouldn't help him, and that comes out in his voice when he describes the previous times he did the dance. He gets Crowley to do the dance because it's just a part of their relationship for Aziraphale to order Crowley around, and is happy when Crowley obeys him.

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Aziraphale is staring into space becuase he's quietly panicking/dissociating. We have seen him dissociate previously in Heaven when talking about the coming war in S1 and we have seen him panic several times, such as when he is getting ready to ask Gabe to stop the apocalypse in s1, or in s2 when he thinks he will fall for saving Job's children. I believe it is therefore in his character to be anxious. He is embarrassed about his anxiety and doesn't want to look bad in front of Crowley so he hastily picks up a piece of paper and starts reading. Aziraphale tries to play it cool and ignore Crowley because he doesn't want Crowley to know how rattled he was when Crowley left and because he's still feeling betrayed because Crowley wouldn't help him. Aziraphale gets angry as the conversation goes on, because Crowley didn't help him when asked, and because he remembers feeling humiliated the previous times that Crowley made him do the dance. he gets Crowley to do the dance as a way of getting back at him for the anxiety he has been suffering.

I personally think that scenario two is more likely than scenario one. Firstly because i think it better explains Aziraphale's emotions and behaviour in that scene, and because i don't personally feel that scenario one, where Aziraphale regularly and casually makes Crowley do things all the time, is very evident in the rest of the series. When the two of them are together, there are actually very few times that Aziraphale tells Crowley to do something.

Also, look at Crowley's attitude while doing the dance. I think he is being ironic and unserious. his expressions and the way he moves suggest to me that he feels very flippant about this silly dance ritual, rather than being really turned on and excited to obey his dom. Just my two cents.

3. what this scene tells us about the characters. obviously fictional characters do not have personalities in the way that real people do. it is commmon for fictional characters, even well-written ones, to have inconsistent personalities, especially if they are being written by multiple people who may not agree or talk about what they are planning to write or may have slightly different ideas of who the characters are. there may also be constraints on the writers such a plot points that they want to happen or the need to pad or shorten an episode that can impact how characters come across. therefore i think it's useful when talking about "who a character is" to keep in mind the Doylist aspect of the character and the fact that there were things happening behind the scenes. a scene which is plot important and referenced multiple times is always going to be more relevant to the question of who the character is than a scene which the writers inserted for padding when they learned that the budget didn't allow for as many minisodes as they had expected (not that that definitely happened, it's just a possibility).

so is Aziraphale the person who gave away his flaming sword, or is he the person who made his friend perform a humiliating ritual?

well, canonically, he's both. But I would tend to say that is more likely, given that most of the scenes of Aziraphale and Crowley alone together do not involve Aziraphale making Crowley do things, given that (in my opinion) Michael Sheen is playing Aziraphale as being severely stressed and upset in that scene, and given that we know it is an in-joke about the author's private life, that this scene does not represent how Aziraphale and Crowley would behave together if they were happy and relaxed.

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How is Aziraphale's hair so soft?🤔

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The apology dance and domination

I have wanted to express my thoughts on this for a while, both on what I think is going on in that scene, and what it says about the characters of Aziraphale and Crowley. and disclaimer, everything here is just my opinion. please do not come for me saying i am attacking your headcanon, i am just offering reasons why yours might not be the only headcanon possible.

What is going on, in a Doylist sense. I am not sure that everyone knows this, but the apology dance is an in-joke. It wasn't conceived of out of whole cloth as something these characters would do, it was conceived of as a cute way of referencing Neil Gaiman's habit of making Amanda Palmer (and probably other partners) do apology dances. Now my source for this is a Youtube video of one of their shows together which has since been taken down, so i'm afraid i can't link it. I also suspect that this scene might be in here as padding. looking at how little plot the series had, together with the rumour that it was meant to have six minisodes instead of just three, it is very possible that a lot of scenes were added just to fill time. because the apology dance doesn't connect to anything else in the series, and because it's a direct reference to Neil Gaiman's personal life, it stands to reason it might be a somewhat desperate addition intended to fill time.

2. what is going on, in a Watsonian sense. A lot of people like to take the scene out of context and talk about what it says about Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship on the assumption that it is representative of how they are together. But in context, that assumption seems less likely. here's a recap of the context:

Aziraphale and Crowley have an argument very shortly after the start of S2. Aziraphale wants to help Gabriel and Crowley refuses categorically. he storms out and then runs into Shax, who says threatening things that make him worried for Aziraphale, so he decides to come back. we see then that Aziraphale is sitting at his desk, staring into space. Aziraphale hurriedly pretends to be reading something when Crowley comes in. Aziraphale then gives him the cold shoulder and pretends not to particularly notice or care he has come back. During their conversation about Crowley changing his mind, Aziraphale says he would like an apology with a little dance, actually. He lists three previous occasions when he had to do the little dance, getting visibly angrier with each. Crowley does the dance and Aziraphale tells him it is very nice.

Now obviously there are different ways to interpret this scene. I will give you a couple and then explain which one i prefer.

Aziraphale is sitting staring into space because he's zoning out and not thinking about anything. When he picks up the piece of paper it's so he can ignore Crowley and communicate to Crowley that he is not going to put up with his antics. He is annoyed because Crowley wouldn't help him, and that comes out in his voice when he describes the previous times he did the dance. He gets Crowley to do the dance because it's just a part of their relationship for Aziraphale to order Crowley around, and is happy when Crowley obeys him.

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Aziraphale is staring into space becuase he's quietly panicking/dissociating. We have seen him dissociate previously in Heaven when talking about the coming war in S1 and we have seen him panic several times, such as when he is getting ready to ask Gabe to stop the apocalypse in s1, or in s2 when he thinks he will fall for saving Job's children. I believe it is therefore in his character to be anxious. He is embarrassed about his anxiety and doesn't want to look bad in front of Crowley so he hastily picks up a piece of paper and starts reading. Aziraphale tries to play it cool and ignore Crowley because he doesn't want Crowley to know how rattled he was when Crowley left and because he's still feeling betrayed because Crowley wouldn't help him. Aziraphale gets angry as the conversation goes on, because Crowley didn't help him when asked, and because he remembers feeling humiliated the previous times that Crowley made him do the dance. he gets Crowley to do the dance as a way of getting back at him for the anxiety he has been suffering.

I personally think that scenario two is more likely than scenario one. Firstly because i think it better explains Aziraphale's emotions and behaviour in that scene, and because i don't personally feel that scenario one, where Aziraphale regularly and casually makes Crowley do things all the time, is very evident in the rest of the series. When the two of them are together, there are actually very few times that Aziraphale tells Crowley to do something.

Also, look at Crowley's attitude while doing the dance. I think he is being ironic and unserious. his expressions and the way he moves suggest to me that he feels very flippant about this silly dance ritual, rather than being really turned on and excited to obey his dom. Just my two cents.

3. what this scene tells us about the characters. obviously fictional characters do not have personalities in the way that real people do. it is commmon for fictional characters, even well-written ones, to have inconsistent personalities, especially if they are being written by multiple people who may not agree or talk about what they are planning to write or may have slightly different ideas of who the characters are. there may also be constraints on the writers such a plot points that they want to happen or the need to pad or shorten an episode that can impact how characters come across. therefore i think it's useful when talking about "who a character is" to keep in mind the Doylist aspect of the character and the fact that there were things happening behind the scenes. a scene which is plot important and referenced multiple times is always going to be more relevant to the question of who the character is than a scene which the writers inserted for padding when they learned that the budget didn't allow for as many minisodes as they had expected (not that that definitely happened, it's just a possibility).

so is Aziraphale the person who gave away his flaming sword, or is he the person who made his friend perform a humiliating ritual?

well, canonically, he's both. But I would tend to say that is more likely, given that most of the scenes of Aziraphale and Crowley alone together do not involve Aziraphale making Crowley do things, given that (in my opinion) Michael Sheen is playing Aziraphale as being severely stressed and upset in that scene, and given that we know it is an in-joke about the author's private life, that this scene does not represent how Aziraphale and Crowley would behave together if they were happy and relaxed.

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Drew this in January, my first Good Omens Fanart — I love them SOOO much oh my goodness

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