not the coolest but a little interesting

Why is he still wearing tartan, why didn't he immediately help Crowley up in the alley, why didn't he want to eat, why did he ultimately say yes to Heaven, why did he insist the car is theirs, why is he forgiving Crowley when he calls him an idiot, why is he trying to turn insults of god into praise of who Crowley has always been. Why is not everything he does perfect and perfectly curated to please Crowley? Yes, the writing is terrible and the treatment of Aziraphale in S2 and especially in S3 even worse. Yes, they are both written ooc. We know them better. At least I hope we do. Crowley is mean and cruel and doesn't seem to love Aziraphale at all in S3. And it starts in S2. He threatens and promises and then does nothing about either. Waves Aziraphale off to talk to Metatron who he just watched wanting to remove Gabe's memories.

But when it's discussed, there's always the undertone of - 'it's understandable' to it. Crowley was heartbroken. Aziraphale is not enough. He's not trying hard enough. He's not understanding enough. Ah, poor demon.

Crowley's actions are always excused, always reasonable. He drinks, he gambles, he yells at Aziraphale, he's sarcastic with him, he mocks him for the magic tricks (that saved his skin). That's all fine. He's a demon. And he has a lot to deal with and then he has this angel full of faults who's just not good enough. He can't be good enough or they would already be happy together. Right? Whatever Aziraphale does is always dubious. Is he doing this because he still believes in Heaven? Because he's scared of not being 'good'? Does he need more lessons to learn? More explanations? Maybe more pain to endure? Surely he couldn't like tartan jusst because he wants to set his own family away from Heaven. It's not possible he strongly hints at the car being theirs to establish they are an 'us', a group of the two of them. Like with the bookshop that Crowley was always free to enter. Surely it's not possible Aziraphale does things and says things out of caution rather than a strong need to belong to Heaven he can't shake off (which we see him despise and be scared of). He just can't let go of the cult he's in. Right?

Crowley's flaws are often treated as states of being, while Aziraphale's flaws are treated as moral or intellectual failures.

Crowley drinks because he's hurting, runs because he's scared, gets angry because he's frustrated, lashes out because he's heartbroken, withdraws because he's traumatised. It's all internal. It's about him.

Aziraphale wants to fix things, holds on to hope, seeks safety, hesitates, compromises, finds technicalities. Puts on breaks. The explanation is always - he still hasn't learned. His flaws are things to be fixed from outside. Preferably by Crowley. Who knows everything.

Crowley is described with compassion - why is he acting like this? While Aziraphale is looked at with judgment - why hasn't he figured this out yet? this ends up in people trying to understand Crowley. And correct or fix Aziraphale.

Aziraphale and Crowley go thorugh misunderstandings. Yes. And the fault is always laid on Aziraphale. Why didn't he communicate better? Why didn't he understand what Crowley wanted? Why didn't he fix it? Why didn't he just do what Crowley wanted? What is wrong with him?

Meanwhile the angry rebel gets all the grace. His flaws mean he's true to himself. His anger proves he cares. His recklessness proves he's passionate. His refusal to compromise proves he's principled. His descent to despair proves how much he loves. Right?

Aziraphale never gets the same luxury. He's not happy? He just didn't try hard enough. It's his fault.

Crowley says - let's leave. And everyone thinks, yeah, finally, be free! But Aziraphale always asks - and then what? And everyone goes - booo, you are hurting your demon, finally leave your side silly angel!

Fanart based on a bittersweet fic I read about Crowley and Aziraphale sheltering during the flood.

The fics called "Pull Up the Ladder When the Flood Comes" by midnightdragons on AO3. I just really liked the scene as a whole.

Scroll for close ups and some minor spoilers (it's a quote I liked)

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It was poorly written, the characters were badly characterized, plot points from S2 were simply abandoned and in their place poor substitutions were hackneyed in (looking at you Eternal Flame!) Yes let's let Michael - who apparently DOESN'T have free will? - destroy the Book. Let's have Crowley grab her arm but then let go almost immediately so she can continue destroying the Book. Great!

Meanwhile entirely useless side quests were forced in. Like the end of the War, not even the whole War or the Fall, just the end of the War where our heroes aren't even given original dialogue. Just more call backs to remind us all that they can't be together.

Look. I like Slorch the Vile as much as anybody but we did not NEED that. It was a fun thing for Michael Sheen to do, bless him, but it didn't add any relevance at all. The same with Crowley losing his powers, the Bentley, and the bookshop. Brian Cameron plot why? Why was so much time spent on this idiot gangster? Where is my optimistic, imaginative demon?? Why is he rolling around (sluttishly) in a dirty alley!?

Hey? What happened to Gabe and Beez? Obviously they couldn't get those actors but we had zero in-story explanation either! Sloppy!

God, the reason and driving force of all of it; the Creation, angels and demons, the temptation of humanity, then BAM destruction. Why? Humanity learned nothing evidently, and had no importance other than to be part of a plan that only God knew and apparently didn't care about.

Why do this? Why show Aziraphale and Crowley pining and yearning and finding ways to be together anyway and loving each other anyway.....and it all meant nothing. This is a comedy!

Season two was stuffed chock full of Clues and references to secret knowledge and side quests and plans that meant NOTHING! Something besides hiding Gabriel was going on and several people have written extensive metas on it.

I'm very very tired of being handed half ass endings. Asa and Anthony are ADORABLE. Of course they are. But they DO NOT have the Ineffable Husbands memories. If you wiped most of my mind and sent me off to live a new life, is that really me? No.

I know a lot of people have said the same things. So here's more of that I guess. 🥂

i appreciate you all and everything you do for us in this fandom!! it’s lovely to have this as a resource !!

I was hoping to self-rec? I wrote this the day before the actual finale episode came out, based on the trailer. Upon review, some of the scenes are rather close to the actual finale (it doesn’t spoil anything, really. And it was purely drawn from my imagination in my crazed writing mania lol).

https://archiveofourown.org/works/84762346

all my love to you all!! once again, thank you for everything you do and have a pleasant day !! ❤️❤️

Thanks for sharing your fic with us!...

i only want to see you laughing in the purple rain (purple rain, purple rain) by Moriarty4life (M)

"Sometimes, he cries. Yes, goddamn it. He cries himself dry. Screams to Heaven until his vocal cords ache. Another reminder of how tired he is. Because he dared to wonder why. When he finds he just can’t anymore, he’ll just look up at the sky. Every once in a while, raindrops will fall onto his cheeks. His sunglasses fog up. The same raw feeling that he feels when the screams and the nightmares wrack through him whenever he dares to drop his guard comes into his gut. A familiar feeling of plummeting to your doom. One that cannot be escaped, no matter how hard you try. In those times, it’s like the sky is crying for him. Or maybe the sky is crying with him." ~~ Aziraphale and Crowley break each other's hearts, have to fix their relationship, stop the Second Coming, and it just can't seem to stop raining for some unknown reason

He wants to complain about the creations of someone else, adding nothing but despair to their lives, refusing to contribute anything helpful or new.

Over 500 years spent trying to cut down a whole trunk of human culture.