The GOAD Epic Goblins present - The Serpent and the Owl Volume â - To Be With You - Final Chapter
Thank you @c0smicdisaster for this gorgeous art!
Author: @kotias
Summary of the volume:
What is the meaning of immortality when it spirals towards destruction? What is the meaning of love when it breaks the heart anew every time it is lost? What does fate have in store for our Serpent and their beloved Owl?
Excerpt:
âYou are so deserving, my love. You have been so brave,â Aziraphale said, passing a hand on Crowleyâs face, and the serpentâs tears had found his fingers; he felt his own feelings catching up to him, and tears cascaded from his own eyes as he looked into his mateâs eyes. âSo patient with me, when I have been so afraid, and so slow at finding my eternal place by your side,â he continued. Each of his words was veiled with his complete adoration for his mate, for his⌠Goddess. âCrowley⌠Never have I been happier than when I am allowed to love you.â
Continue reading here!
Read Volume â here
Or, start the whole series here
Holy crap, we did it.
Thank you to everybody who contributed somehow to this fic, or who read it.
It was an incredible journey that took almost two years of our collective labour, and I am incredibly grateful to everybody, it feels unreal to have posted this final chapter.
Some figures here:
Final word count: 348,620 words
Co-creators with an AO3: 77ckk, adverbian, Aidaran, amber_missy, anna_bird, babyrubysoho, Busy24_7, CaptainBlou, cassieoh, cassieoh_draws (cassieoh), ChefsKissXO, Cobeeli, cordsycords, CountryMare, CrystalSilhouette, Daneecastle, Darklunac, dbacklot99, Elenthya, EybeFioro, FeatheredBoaConstrictor (CrystalSilhouette), fishey_me, FloofyRaptor, FuzzyGoblin, GaiasEyes, ghst_signal, goatmeal_craisin, GroovyNightStrawberry, hakunahistata, ireallyneedmoretea, Kiratastic_art, Kotias, Letha, LexArturo, Li_re, LunaIsBlueMcFly, mageofthepeople, millship, MxTHRTN, polychrome, quona (enneadic), saucySmutPigeon, sixbynine, smurfadurf, SpaceGiraffe, Spookysexy83, The 23rd Crow (DoYouRememberAlexander), the_ineffable_dance, theRavenMuse, TheScholarlyStrumpet (equipoise), Trebol_Negro, victims-of-love (toshifee), vieux_yeux, whatareyou42, WiblyWobly_TimeyWimey, Wingsofopal
Launch of the project on GOAD: 20th of February 2024
First day of posting: 19th of January 2025
Final date of posting: 24th of December 2025
Thank you again, to everybody.
Thank you u/ireallyneedmoretea for having gone through the entirety of the fic, several times, to ensure that it will be as good as it can be.
Thank you @theravenmuse, @eybefioro, @whatareyou42, @gaiaseyes451, @theonewiththeshippinggoogles for having been such amazing War Council members with me, I wouldn't have gotten to the end without you all.
And of course, enormous thank you to our 5 teams of incredible troopers, each working on their volume for this entire time.
~Kotias




















