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Please accept this offering featuring art student Crowley, librarian Aziraphale, fabulous Eric and drag show shenanigans!

Figuring It Out

Fandom: Good Omens

Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley

Rating: E

Spring has come to London, and with it, fresh possibilities. Anthony Crowley--determined to finally follow through on old dreams--signs up for a couple of classes as he tries to revisit what he loves best, get out of a rut, and get back into his career as a freelancer. Aziraphale works as a librarian not far from St. Lucius' School of Fine Art, and when his neighbour and friend, Anathema, asks if he would be interested in a little side-gig as one of the life models for her Intermediate Figure Drawing class, he agrees.

That's not going to awaken things in anyone, right?

Read it here.

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Here's my first ever GO baby featuring Ace Crowley and Pan Azi!

When Hell Freezes Over

Fandom: Good Omens

Pairing: Aziraphale/Crowley

Rating: T

Words: 22k

“Not afraid at all,” the angel finally says. “I mean, maybe slightly afraid. You see, my editor-in-chief doesn’t know I’m here.” “He doesn’t?” “I was supposed to review the new production of Hamlet…” “The one with Ian McKellen?” “Yes, exactly, but Eve – Miss Gardner, that is – she’s been working so hard and she would love nothing more than to be taken seriously, and she thought Gabriel gave her this assignment for all the wrong reasons, you see – and, between us, knowing Gabriel, I’m quite sure she was right – and, and I realized she needed my assignment way more than I did. So, if you really must know, I just… gave it away.” “You what?!” “I gave it away!” the angel repeats, slightly distressed. “Let me get this straight: you traded the chance to review one of the most anticipated shows of the year to interview… little old me?” - (Or: Crowley is a magician with a new Inferno-inspired show opening in London, Aziraphale the angelic-looking journalist who's supposed to interview him. Crowley immediately tries his best to ruffle his feathers. Much to his surprise, though, Aziraphale isn't as pearl-clutchy as he looks. Things go as you'd expect.)

Read it here.

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Lesson I've Learned About Love

Fandom: Good Omens

Pairing: Azira/Crowley

Rating: T

Words: 4k

Before the publican could reply, a tall, slender woman with dark, auburn hair tied up in a messy bun strode up to the bar. Azira felt the hair on her arms stand up, almost as if she had received a mild shock from the electrical energy of the woman standing beside her. “I called in a takeaway, Marjorie. Is it ready?” “Just a minute, dearie. I’ll go check.” With a mischievous look, she nodded toward Azira. “Toni, this is Azira. She’s checking out Tadfield to decide if she wants to move here.”

Turning her attention to the other woman, she continued, “Toni Crowley’s been here five years. She knows everyone in town. You should ask her your questions. She’ll tell you everything the tourist board won’t.” With a wink, she turned to enter the kitchen. “So, what do you want to know? Looking to find all the sordid corners of Oxfordshire or to avoid them?”

(Or, While listening to an address by someone very precious to her, Azira Fell reflects on the one in a trillion surprise from the universe that brought her more love than she could have ever hoped for.)

Read it on AO3. (Pssst, and if you liked the sweetness of these girls, check out Buddy Boating for a slow burn love story on the water.)

Thank you for the tag, @hermiola.

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I wrote "The Importance of Being Mr. Brown" for the TIC6 zine. It's a short story affirming everyone deserves love, even those who love the Ineffable Husbands too much. Rated T, about 2,800 words.

Sometimes an angel needed saving from the guillotine or Nazi spies, and sometimes he needed saving from ordinary humans. Particularly from the Mr. Browns of the world, the ones too smitten or too foolish to realize how taken Aziraphale was. God must love them, for although they’d left one Mr. Brown in his World of Carpets on Wickber Street, their village contained a Mr. Browne, with an “e” at the end. This one was an English teacher, which was worse because he mistook Aziraphale’s interest in books for interest in him. Someone bless it, the blond human was following Aziraphale back to their table, and Crowley’s husband was doing nothing to discourage him.

Read more on AO3:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/69379996

S2 seemed to double down on that. Other angels and demons could fall in love. Other angels, like Muriel, could like the Earth. Other demons, like Shax, could be surprised by humanity's cruelty. If anything, the story seemed to be leading towards the realization that if angels and demons just gave a chance to humanity, to love, to connection, they could all be happier for it.

“I know what this looks like, but we can’t give up now.”

“We’ve come so far already.”

“If there is even a tiny chance that we could make it… We have to try.”

“There has to be another way.”

“Your optimism is going to be the death of us all.” “Maybe. But at least we won’t have to say that we gave up.”

“I refuse to accept this outcome.”

“Listen to me: If you give up now, it’ll all have been for nothing.”

“Don’t make me walk this road alone. Come with me.”

“As long as I’m still breathing, we are not giving up.”

“We’ve been through worse than this and came out in top. We can do it again.”

“You think I made it to this point by giving up easily? Hell no.”

... Meaning, I'm pretty sure Neil Gaiman did it ON PURPOSE, knowing how much it would upset the fans.

Neil knew how badly we wanted Aziraphale and Crowley (OUR version of Aziraphale and Crowley---the specific version of them we met in Season 1) to be together. He knew we wanted to see them resolve their issues and ultimately choose to be with each other in the end.

Instead, Aziraphale and Crowley forgo that emotional journey in favor of unnecessary pain. Neither of them experience real character growth in the finale; they are shown to be the worst and unhappiest versions of themselves, without getting a real shot at redemption. They never fix their communication issues. They don't express their true, authentic feelings for one another (don't @ me with that bullshit hand kiss thing). They never manage to get on the same page emotionally---even when they both agree to commit suicide (which I'm pretty sure was not the "one thing" Aziraphale wanted).

"Why give me Crowley? Why make me complete and then take it away?"

EMOTIONAL WITHHOLDING is a common abuse tactic utilized by men like Neil. They enjoy creating ATTACHMENT in their victims and then "TAKING IT AWAY".

It's easy to see how much Neil enjoyed frustrating his fans in retrospect. He actively taunted us on social media with the catchphrase "WAIT AND SEE" and threatened to make Aziraphale and Crowley kiss---but in a way we "wouldn't like". He loved dangling the implied promise of a happy ending over our heads, which we now know he never planned to deliver on.

Neil was unkind to his audience. He was also unkind to his characters. Aziraphale and Crowley are treated as punching bags throughout the entire series---shown to be "messy" for the sake of entertainment, but not as a real obstacle for either of them to overcome. God herself says she enjoys seeing how much Aziraphale values his relationship with Crowley. And this turns out to be her justification for "taking it away". (Tell me THAT isn't some fucked up shit.) Aziraphale and Crowley experience real emotional pain as the result of her actions---and this is demonstrated by the incredible acting of Michael Sheen and David Tennant.

Neil explicitly sold this as "a love story" when he created the show. Based on the tone of the book, an eventual union between Aziraphale and Crowley would have made the most narrative sense. It would have emphasized the overarching themes of love, agency, and the futility of "choosing sides". But that would have required Neil to possess the same ethos as Terry Pratchett---meaning LOVE AND RESPECT FOR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS.

We were never going to get a good love story out of Neil. Men like Neil get off on "PUNISHING" people for no apparent reason; he obviously did this with our beloved characters, to disastrous result. Nonetheless, we still manage to ascribe deeper meaning to Aziraphale and Crowley, thanks to the phenomenal acting team and the dedication of this fandom. Aziraphale and Crowley remain the greatest love story of all time, not because of anything Neil actually wrote, but because of everything that was projected onto them by the people who cared. We assigned their relationship a depth "Neil himself" never could have imagined---one that exemplifies our maximalist ideals of love and the decision to choose it again and again, in spite of everything. It is never going to "end" on Neil's preferred terms. In this rare instance, fan interpretation STILL MANAGES TO ECLIPSE THE SOURCE MATERIAL---and that is because LOVE is always a more powerful story than ABUSE.

#RAINBOWROAD for RAINN Charity Drive will open on 6/1

With Good Omens coming to a close, I'm excited to announce I will be doing a FINAL print run of the #RAINBOWROAD trilogy.

Please reblog so we can spread the news!!!!

What is #RAINBOWROAD? A Good Omens F1 Alternate Universe that ate my brain for 5 years, spans a decade from start to finish, and has changed my life. Through previous print runs and Fandom Trumps Hate, this universe has already fundraised $3000 for charity. Previous proceeds went to Rainbow Railroad. The final print run will be donated to RAINN.

So, what is included?

Printed Trilogy:

Book 1: Sit Tight Take Hold 424 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs Art by Blairamok (See cover art above)

Book 2: How do you solve a problem like Ezira?, Accept a Little Spin, and Oh, there's a long way to go 408 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93. Weight ~2 lbs Art by DustandHalos (cover art below)

Book 3: Fools Rush In and bonus content, 0-60 in 3.5 468 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x1.06. Weight ~2lbs Art by Pyracantha (cover art below)

PDF copies of all three parts + an additional PDF copy of Supercut + Tea With Cyborgs

Option for PDFs only if you donate to a charity of your choice and send me a receipt. Any amount valid.

Where are the proceeds going?

Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

If you are intersted in learning more about their work, please visit their website HERE.

Continued FAQ below:

Please read the following below carefully:

Shipping will take 6-8 weeks after preorders close on 6/30. I will need to submit the order and wait for it to be delivered to my house before preparing shipping. Depending on the quantity of orders, it will take me a while to ship everything out!

*INTERNATIONAL ORDERS OUTSIDE OF THE US:* Orders will be shipped through EMS or Meest for the most cost-effective shipping. Shipping will take additional 2-4 weeks. If you would prefer to ship through USPS or UPS, please contact me directly at ni.scribes [!at] gmail.com. This may increase the cost of shipping by $20-30. Etsy handles calculating VAT. You will also be responsible for any additional tariffs upon arrival.

*Group Orders* If you are interested in connecting with others in your area to do a group order, please contact me BEFORE you orders so I can help find others who are interested. This can help with the cost of shipping. Email me at ni.scribes [!at] gmail.com

*TIC7* If you plan to be at The Ineffable Con this year, I may also be able to deliver the books to you in-person! Let me know, and I will create a separate listing for you that factors out shipping.

Includes:

📕 Book 1: Sit Tight Take Hold 424 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93 Art by Blairamok

📙 Book 2: How do you solve a problem like Ezira?, Accept a Little Spin, and Oh, there's a long way to go 408 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x.93 Art by DustandHalos

📗 Book 3: Fools Rush In and bonus content, 0-60 in 3.5 468 pages on matte 80lb text paper, color printing throughout. Cover has matte lamination in color. Dimensions of the book are 6x9x1.06 Art by Pyracantha

💾 Digital files of all 3 PDFs (including Sit Tight, Take Hold), and additional PDF with the added shorts Not All Treasure, Supercut, and Tea With Cyborgs. I will email you the PDFs separately once pre-orders close.

Proceeds will be donated to RAINN, an organization that works to support and protect victims of sexual assault or abuse.

June 1, 2026: Travelers' Tales

Happy Pride Month! 

I was going to pick my favorite Pride-related stories for this month, then I decided you are going to have no trouble finding those stories. I might even offer a few of my own. 

The travelers in these tales are restless. They don’t know how to settle down, nor do they think they want to. They haven’t stopped moving for some time. Then they meet someone who makes them reconsider. 

Coming up with themes and ways stories are connected isn’t always easy or obvious. But somehow, these three stories fell together immediately.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

The June Fic Recs

1 Corinthians 13 1-13 by ffinoppop  @ffonippop

Rated: M

Published: February 2024, 21K words, 1/1 chapters

Summary: Restless traveler, Aziraphale Fell, meets settled-down Anthony Crowley in middle-of-nowhere, Texas. Aziraphale goes through life flitting from place to place, never staying long. He runs on the belief that if he’s not going, he’s missing out on something better. Crowley’s life is stationary. He keeps himself rooted with the belief that his life is the best it’s ever going to get, and to go would be to risk that. Aziraphale has to go. Crowley has to stay. They have to take what they can get from each other, and that needs to be enough.

My Take: I’ve read this story at least three times now. Each time I get a little more from it. The central question here is, what do you do when you are terribly in love and yet that isn’t enough to make you change who you believe you are at your core? Can one person ever be enough to make you give up everything else? Should they be? It’s something a lot of us have struggled with. It’s very well done, heartbreaking, and the ending makes more sense than you might expect. 

Adaptive Innovations for a Changing World by amelia_airheart

@she-makes-things

Rated: E

Published: March 2024, 70K words, 22/22 chapters 

Summary: When Anthony Crowley meets Aziraphale Fell at Aziraphale's library, little do they know that they will turn each other's worlds upside down. After a magical week spent falling in love, they face a hard reality. Will they be able to make the choices they need to make to build a real life together?

My Take: I’ve read this one several times, too. Imagine my delight when I finally realized the author was my friend Thingy! It takes me a while sometimes. (Those of you who remember my story about my bday fic written by @brenna will understand.)

This story has so many great tropes: strangers to friends to lovers, long-distance relationship struggles, commitment issues, secrets, misunderstandings, jealousy. And of course my BIG requirement: a happy ending.

Here, the problem is Crowley can’t seem to stop moving, to settle into a relationship, to commit—even though it appears he wants to. It takes a while to find out why. When you do, be ready for a bit of heartbreak before the guaranteed happy ending. 

Buddy Boating by CuriousPupsicle @curiouspupsicle

Rated: M

Published: September 2025, 63.5K words, 21/21 chapters

Summary: Azira Fell is happy sailing solo and living aboard her sailboat, Meander, with her cat Oscar. Toni Crowley is happy sailing solo and living aboard her sailboat, Siren. What will happen when the two independent cruisers meet?

My Take: This is the femme Good Omens human AU you never knew you needed. Hell, until I beta’d it, I didn’t even know I needed it. But I did, and so do you.

CuriousPupsicle knows her boats (she lived aboard for years; don’t ask me about it, I’m not the expert) and makes you feel as if you are there when you read any of her sailing stories. This isn’t an adventure story like Anchored (also an excellent story, but much different). This is a lazy, slow, will-they-or-won’t-they summer romance, perfect for reading right about now. Other GO characters pop up (Tracy and Shadwell as long-time sailing friends, Gabriel as, well, Gabriel) and the whole thing feels like a comfort read the first time you read it. 

Okay, that's it for June. We'll be well into summer by the time I write my next set of fic recs. Maybe something about vacations? Or maybe something on the water? We'll see what floats my boat. (See what I did there? Yeah?)

I'm cross-posting this to my main blog for those who might be seeing this twice. Just so you know.

Good Omens Fandom Events - June 2026

Some new (or new to the calendar) events this month. This calendar includes events inspired by Good Omens, across all eras, interpretations, and continuities. Take a look!

Creative Events, Challenges, & Prompts: (Events where you make, write, draw, or create)

•Time After Time — 1st-30th June 2026 (Creation Period), 1st-31st July 2026 (Posting Period) A Good Omens AU-focused event celebrating the many worlds, timelines, and alternate lives imagined for Crowley and Aziraphale after S3.

•Good Omens 3, Fan Reactions Project—Submission Deadline 21st June 2026 Fan Reactions to S3 Compilation Video Submissions are open for a compilation of fan reactions to Season 3. Information, rules & instructions can be found on the project page.

•Good-Omens-Gallery Monthly Header Project —Ongoing To highlight and celebrate Good Omens artists, the Good Omens Gallery is looking for artists to create a monthly header or the blog. Artists will be credited on the blog. A google form coming soon; check their blog for updates.

•The Ineffable Con Vid Show—Submission Deadline 26th July 2026 Video submissions are now open for the convention. Songvids, video essays, crack vids, fan trailers, animatics, dubbed comics, and more are welcome. Both new and existing works may be submitted. Convention attendance is not required.

•Good Omens Got True Talents Show 2026 Submissions are open in a variety of categories, including Musical Performance, Non-Musical Performance, Arts and Crafts, Memes and Comics, Cosplay. The showcase video will premiere on 9th October 2026 through Sendarya: Exploring Visual Media Through Analysis

•Monsters and Myths Collaboration— Coming Soon Announcements are expected in early July, with sign-ups open for approximately two weeks. The event is scheduled to begin in mid-to-late July, with posting dates starting in October.

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Community Events & Meetups: (Events you attend, join, or show up for at a specific time or place)

•Sendarya: Exploring Visual Media Through Analysis Following Season 3, Sendarya will continue Good Omens discussions while expanding coverage to additional fandoms as well.

•Good Omens Tour of London—19th August 2026 A wheelchair-accessible walking tour of Good Omens London filming locations in the run up to TIC7. You don’t need to be attending the convention to join the tour. •The Ineffable Con 2026 21st - 23rd August 2026 Cookam, UK (but also virtual)

•The Ineffable Society Meetup 2026 24th October 2026 Philadelphia, USA. This looks like a great opportunity to meet fellow fans in person.

If you have or know of an event to share, please submit it here or DM the calendar: Event Submission Form

Tag your posts #ineffablegoevents so we can find them and include them in the monthly roundup.

*(This list focuses on events currently open to participants and may not include events that are already closed to new sign-ups.) A huge shout-out to @naturallyteal,our agent-in-the-field, for being out there helping gather events for the calendar... and if he isn't, this will be a handy reminder to him 😉🩵

If you find this calendar useful, reblogs are always appreciated. It helps more GO fans discover events and create community within the fandom 💛

Tagging list under the cut.

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"There's got to be another way."

✨anna_sun✨

anna_sun/Clo (she/her) is a prolific writer for the Good Omens fandom, having more than 40 works posted (and more to come).  She started writing at an early age, but after a short break, the creativity was retriggered courtesy of two ethereal beings who graced our screens and never let go of Clo’s heart.  Keep reading to learn more about what inspires all of Clo’s charming creations.

They were never supposed to be martyrs for humanity, and that was the point. Every motive they had to save the earth came from selfishness.

They loved through hedonism. They loved humanity, loved earthly pleasures, and more than anything they loved each other. They don’t even fully consider meddling in the apocalypse until Crowley brings up THEIR life, wines, restaurants, parks.

Aziraphale fully intended to blow up a kid to save his life on earth. Crowley took a pause as the world was ending, just to mourn his car, and even then, he only stops time to save the earth because Aziraphale had threatened to “never talk to him again” if he didn’t do something about it. Crowley asks Aziraphale to run away from earth with him, leave it all behind. Even in Aziraphale going to heaven, it was to keep THEIR lives safe, to prevent further action from Heaven that would sully their perfect life on earth.

The both of them disobeyed their superiors, time and time again, knowing it would likely kill them, all for their life together.

And that’s why I just don’t believe it, the end of it all. The idea that Aziraphale and Crowley, hedonistic, selfish, bastards worth knowing they are, that when faced with a choice between keeping their lives as they were, or complete and utter erasure, that they would choose the latter?

No. I disagree entirely.

Both seasons, 1 and 2, they have been established as these individuals, with these beliefs, and these convictions and what not. To just go against that?? Entirely??? If I had the responsibility to pick up a story that didn’t belong to me, getting the character’s beliefs right is like the FIRST THING IM DOING. I’m analyzing, I’m scouring, I’m getting that shit right, because if I don’t, then it’s not the same story, NONE OF IT MATTERS.

Perhaps that is the rant complete. To summarize my scatter brain, they have been established hedonists for both seasons 1-2, if there was any pair of characters across the characters multiverse I’d expect to NOT sacrifice their lives, it’d be Aziraphale and Crowley, maybe for each other, but for NOTHING ELSE.