I've been meaning to do this for a long time. The more stories I write, the longer it will take. It's now or never. Please scroll through as I have tried to create a variety of categories. Some works may appear more than once.
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All I've Ever Wanted (Is You) (Human AU; misunderstanding)
Rated: M, 2/6 chapters posted (started 4/16/2026)
They met at Ana and Newtβs pre-wedding party. Aziraphale remembers being absolutely stunned by Crowleyβs good looksβand mortified by his coarse language. That only lasted until they began a hilarious (and frankly unhinged) conversation about the intelligence of dolphins and whales, and something about the kraken, if memory serves.From that moment on, they have been nearly inseparable.
That was five years ago. These days, Aziraphale frequently slips onto a bar stool and keeps Crowley company for a few hours while he works a slow shift at an upscale Mayfair pub, and Crowley spends many a lazy day lounging in Aziraphaleβs bookshop in Soho.
But thereβs nothing more to it than that. Because Aziraphale and Crowley are merely friends. Theyβve never been more than friends. They never will be.
Of course not.
Inseparable (Human AU; childhood friends to lovers)
Rated: M, 5/5 chapters posted (started 3/20/2026)
Aziraphale lost his best friend when they were sixteen, and it had been like losing his own heart. After twenty years, heβs moved on, but heβs never given up on finding her. When a stranger sits down beside him at a pub and calls him βangel,β it triggers memories he thought were long buriedβ¦ and maybe the second chance he never thought heβd get.
A Chronicle of Affection (or How to Get Everything You Want in Just 12 Months) (Human AU; friends to lovers)
Rated: M, 75K words, 16/16 chapters posted (2/6/26)
Part of the Winter Omens Big Bang
Anthony Crowley is 40 years old and down on his luck. In the past few years heβs lost his job as a journalist, his boyfriend, his flat, and most of his self-respect. When he hears about the chance to nanny a three-year-old boy, it looks like the opportunity heβs been waiting for to turn his life around.
At 57, bookshop owner Aziraphale Fell has resigned himself to his perpetual bachelorhood. Still, each year, he looks forward to dressing up in his vintage Father Christmas suit and turning his bookshop annex into a holiday wonderland.
When Crowley and his young charge, Adam, attend Father Christmasβs Magical Bookshop, itβs clear the two men are attracted to one another. Over the course of the next year they become friends, important to one another in every way. The question is, can they face their fears and admit that they have fallen quite deeply in love?
Entangled (Human AU; enemies to friends to lovers)
Co-authored with MissUnderstoodLyrics
Rated: E, 69K words, 18/18 chapters posted (12/18/25)
As an up-and-coming post doc, marine biologist Anthony J. Crowley landed a coveted grant from The Eastgate Conservancy to study the lives of endangered sea turtles. When the Conservancy accused him of misappropriation of funds, his research was halted. Heβs carried a grudge for the past twenty-five years.
Now an award-winning researcher with a worldwide YouTube following, Dr Crowley has been offered another grant from the Conservancy to replicate his original study. Thereβs just one catchβAziraphale Eastgate, a member of the Conservancy board, will be traveling on the Sea Serpent as an observer for the duration of the project.
Confined on the ship with documentary cameras capturing their every move, Crowley and Aziraphale canβt avoid each otherβor the chemistry simmering between them. What begins as daily sparring over data and methods slowly softens into mutual respect, and then develops into something deeperβand far more dangerous.
Regrets, Choices & Other Things (Human AU; friends to lovers)
Rated: E, 24K words 6/6 chapters posted (10/15/2025)
When Aziraphale arrives at the hospital, Crowley seems fine. He waves him over to the side of his bed, a smile on his face. He gives him a kiss. He calls him βangel.β Itβs perfect. Itβs everything Aziraphaleβs ever dreamed of. But itβs not right.
What the actual fuck is going on?
A reverse trope romance in which having amnesia leads to a second chance. Itβs especially sweet when you never thought you had a chance in the first place.
Cheeky Bastards (Human AU; enemies to lovers)
Rated: M, 18K words, 5/5 chapters posted (8/22/2025)
Dr. Crowley is the latest hire in the English Department at Eden Valley University. He doesnβt know his colleague Dr. Fell, and he doesnβt want to. But when budget cuts force them to share a car for six hours on their way to the Central States Literature Conference in Chicago, it doesnβt look like he has much choice.
Thank Someone for small favors.
Courage (Human AU; enemies to lovers)
Rated: E, 30K words, 7/7 chapters posted (5/14/2025)
Aziraphale Eastgate is unfailingly polite, effortlessly charming, and seems to like everyone in Central Londonβeveryone, that is, except Anthony Crowley. And for the life of him, Crowley has never understood why. But when they find themselves trapped on a week-long vacation with their best friends, Maggie and Nina, it doesn't take long for Crowley to find out.
Based on the reverse trope "really nice guy who hates only you."
SERIES:
Reverse Tropes (inspired by this Tumblr post)
Regrets, Choices & Other Things (Human AU)
Rated: E, 24 K words 6/6 chapters posted (10/15/2025)
When Aziraphale arrives at the hospital, Crowley seems fine. He waves him over to the side of his bed, a smile on his face. He gives him a kiss. He calls him βangel.β Itβs perfect. Itβs everything Aziraphaleβs ever dreamed of. But itβs not right.
What the actual fuck is going on?
A reverse trope romance in which having amnesia leads to a second chance. Itβs especially sweet when you never thought you had a chance in the first place.
There Were Two Beds: Crowley's Lament (Human AU)
Rated: M, 7800 words, 1/1 chapters posted (1/19/2025)
When Aziraphale breaks up with boyfriend Gabriel, best friend Crowley finally sees his chance.The long-pining idiot arranges a weekend getaway where he hopes circumstances will provide the perfect opportunity to profess his love.
Except when they arrive at the hotel, itβs not exactly a βthere was only one bedβ situation. How will our hero cope?
More Than Friends: Crowley's Dilemma (Human AU)
Rated: E, 7350 words, 1/1 chapters (2/12/2025)
Since returning from Bath a month ago, best friends Crowley and Aziraphale have been determined to make up for lost time. They hold hands whenever theyβre in public, have weekday βlunchesβ that donβt involve food, and sleep in one anotherβs arms every night. It should be obvious theyβre in a romantic relationship. So why does everyone seem to think they're still just friends?
A reverse-trope story based on the prompt βInstead of fake dating, everyone is convinced you arenβt actually dating.
Courage (Human enemies to lovers AU)
Rated: E, 30K words, 7/7 chapters posted 5/14/2025)
Aziraphale Eastgate is unfailingly polite, effortlessly charming, and seems to like everyone in Central Londonβeveryone, that is, except Anthony Crowley. And for the life of him, Crowley has never understood why. But when they find themselves trapped on a week-long vacation with their best friends, Maggie and Nina, it doesn't take long for Crowley to find out.
Based on the reverse trope "really nice guy who hates only you."
The Gilded Cage (Companion Fic Series)
90 Days to Change Your Life (Human Ace/Aro AU)
Rated: M, 21K words, 5/5 chapters posted (3/20/2025)
The Gilded Cage has been Crowleyβs refuge for the past decade, the place he goes to drink and dance, the place where people know him and donβt judge him as he follows a different woman home every weekend.
It was all going fine until Crowley dropped by on a random Thursday and met the nightclubβs newest cage dancer. Suddenly, he's starting to question what, and who, it might take for him to be truly happy.
Wanting You... Is New (Human Ace/Aro AU)
Rated: M, 24.5K words, 5/5 chapters posted (7/2/2025)
Dancing at The Gilded Cage was Aziraphaleβs dream job. He met Crowley two weeks after he began dancing at the club. At first Crowley was just another admirer. Then it seemed possible he might become something more. But Crowley was a player who went home with a different woman every night, and Aziraphale was an asexual gay man. No matter how strong their attraction, there was no way this could work.
Unless, just maybe, it could.
If I Loved You Less
If I Loved You Less... We Could Have Coffee (Post Season Two)
Rated: M, 2800 words, 1/1 chapters posted (10/24/2024)
Getting over Aziraphale is the hardest thing Crowley has ever done. When he Fell, it was hard, but he knew in an instant what he had lost. With Aziraphale, he never saw it coming. Up until now, he had always hadΒ hope.
Itβs been more than two years since they averted the Second Coming, and nearly a year since Crowley last contacted him. Aziraphale worries, and wonders if Crowley is truly satisfied with his solitary existence. Finally, he comes to a decision. One night, while Crowley sleeps, Aziraphale blesses him with finding someone to share his life... even as he knows he is planting the seeds of his own destruction.
Reimagining Eden (Post Season Two)
Rated: M, 8600 words, 1/1 chapters posted (5/21/2025)
So much had happened in the thousands of years they had known one another. So many words had been spokenβoften in anger or fearβand Aziraphale could remember all of it.
He often felt he should make amends for at least some of his errors. Sitting here in the home they now shared, he began to plan a way to make it up to Crowley, a way to let him know how very much Aziraphale loved and cherished him.
The Place Where We Always Meet
Until We Meet Again (Post Season Two)
Rated: E, 12K words, 4/4 chapters posted (12/19/2024)
This is the story of what happened after that fateful night in 1941, and how an angel and a demon thwarted both Heaven and Hell in the name of loveβif only for two days each Christmas season. But this year is different, and Aziraphale wonders if Crowley will even show up.
In the Place Where We Always Meet: 1967 (Pre-Season Two)
Itβs December 1967, the Christmas following that infamous meeting in the Bentley where Crowley finally got the holy water heβd been trying to lay his hands on for more than a century. But what had he lost in acquiring it? What in Satan's name did Aziraphale mean when he said, "You go too fast for me, Crowley?"
There's a new man in the neighbourhood, one with wavy auburn hair that flows to the middle of his back. Lithe and lean, he is a vision, and Aziraphale can't stop watching him as he walks the pavement, going in and out of the local bawdy house.
Helluva Morning After
Co-authored with scullyphile @brenna
Rated: M, 4354 words, 1/1 chapters, posted 3/6/2026
Itβs the end of the school year, and the teachers head to the pub, science teacher Anthony Crowley and literature teacher Aziraphale East among them.
The next day, a flurry of text messages ensues.
The Angel Who (Almost) Got Away
Rated: E, 3774 words, 1/1 chapters, posted 2/25/2026
Back in grad school, Crowley met an angel, and he gave him his heart. Sadly, the angel was in love with the Church, and he walked out of Crowley's life.
Now, more than two decades later, Crowley hears a familiar sultry voice reading some of the filthiest smut he's ever heard, and he wonders if he might have a second chance with the angel who got away.
Crowley has left a string of broken hearts in his dating wake, and his best friend, Aziraphale, has had it. Crowley claims itβs not his fault, and swears he doesnβt lead anyone on. It isnβt as if he is promising them anything, heβs just taking them on dates.
Aziraphale points out that the two of them have been friends for years, and yetΒ heΒ isnβt in love with Crowley, but Crowley insists that if they were dating that might change. So they make a betβCrowley will romance Aziraphale for two weeks so he can see what itβs like to be the object of Crowleyβs affection. It will give Aziraphale a chance to figure out why everyone falls in love with the man.
Theyβve known each other for years. Nobodyβs worried about falling in love.
Maybe they should be.
The streets of town were paved with stars
Rated: G, 3000 words, 1/1 posted (12/30/2025)
Pepper had just walked in the front door for her day shift. Hadnβt even taken off her coat, much less gotten a cup of coffee, when Brian stopped her.
βHey, got a minute?β Brian lookedβ¦ tense.
βSure, Bri. Whatβs up?β
βRemember a while ago when you asked me to keep an eye on Crowley and Aziraphale? To let you know if anything seemed amiss?β
βThat shipβs sailed,β Pepper replied. βIβm sure I misunderstood.
Thatβs what I get for eavesdropping.β
βWellβ¦β Brian said uncertainly. βIβm not so sure.β
βOh, good lord. Whatβs happened now?β Pepper sat down wearily behind the reception desk and put her head in her hands.
SEEKING (a way back into your heart)
Rated: T, 3256 words, 1/1 posted (10/16/2025)
Their first fight. Maybe their last fight. Because it's been more than two weeks and Crowley still hasn't heard from Aziraphale. Then he sees something that gives him his first glimmer of hope, and an idea for getting his angel back.
More Strong Together: A Gothically Inspired Vampire Romance
Rated: E, 10K, 2/2 chapters posted (10/9/2025)
When a heartbroken Crowley gets drunk in St. Jamesβs Park, a kind stranger intervenes before any real harm can come to him, and Crowley is smitten. He dreams of the man, waits for him in the park, and feels as if his heart will break without him. All from one brief encounter.
In the park late one night, Aziraphale hears a young man crying and it breaks his heart. The heart that he shouldnβt feel at all. He sits with the young man, walks him home, and he is smitten. He dreams of the young man, watches him from the shadows, and wishes he could make him his own. All from one brief encounter.
Ah, yes. The course of true love never did run smooth.
A Three-Hour Tour: A Classic TV Crack Fic
Rated: E, 5683 words, 1/1 chapters posted (9/5/2025)
Here is the tale of a fateful trip⦠the tale of how Crowley, Aziraphale, and five or six of their friends and enemies find themselves cast away on a deserted tropical island.
Need I say more?
Crowley has been hiding something from Aziraphale since they met on the wall in the Garden of Eden. At first it was easy enough; they didn't meet up that often. But as time went on, it got harder to hide. Now that they're married, it's become impossible.
Kittin in July: Pride 2025
Rated: M, 6500 words, 1/1 chapters posted (7/4/2025)
Crowley had all but given up on Aziraphale. He had grown used to spending his days and nights alone. What was one more night, even if it was Christmas Eve?
Thatβs when he heard it. A mewling, small and desperate.
Who says dreams don't come true?
"Love may feel like a heavy burden with the Ten of Wands."
For six thousand years, Crowley carried the burden of his relationship with Aziraphale. When Aziraphale left, that burden had been lifted. And while he had missed himβlike a pulse, like a limbβnow that heβs back, Crowley isnβt certain he's willing to take that burden up again.
What he doesnβt understand isβhe doesnβt have to.
A Very Close Call Indeed
Rated: G, 3200 words, 1/1 chapters published (4/14/2025)
Crowley is hiding in the bookshop, waiting to surprise Aziraphale, when he spies him with a human man. The two are sharing what appears to be an intimate moment. Overcome with jealousy, Crowley storms out without a backward glance. After two months, can anyone blame the Bentley and the bookshop for taking matters into their own, erm, hands?
Crowley brings tea to Aziraphale in the garden, like so many times before.
All the Pretty Girls (I Have Waited)
Rated: M, 8100 words, 1/1 chapters posted (12/24/2024)
Week after week, Crowley met women at the local coffee shopβpretty, funny, smart women. He enjoyed their company. They had perfectly pleasant conversations. And he never called them back.
The one constant, aside from six shots of espresso in a big cup? The funny, friendly, kindβand very maleβbarista.
Crowley had tried to be patient with Aziraphale. He didnβt know what had happened in the years since he had Ascended because Aziraphale wouldnβt talk about it. But his decision to confront the angel was made out of desperation. He should have learned from that terrible kiss that those sort of moves donβt end well. This one went no better.Β
Inspired by "I'm The Only One" by Melissa Etheridge.
βThe rainbow,β Crowley spat. βItβs not beautiful. Itβs a symbol of death and destruction. Whyβd you think I wear black and grey? Whyβd you think I dislike all the fancyββ he gestured around the park ββrainbow colors?"
βOh, my dear,β Aziraphale sighed. βI think youβve got it wrong."
Inspired by "True Colors" by Cyndi Lauper
Hold Me Tight Until the End of Days (Post Season Two)
Rated: M, 2900 words, 1/1 chapters posted (2/24/2025)
The world was ending. Again. Aziraphale had done his best, had given it his all, and it hadnβt been enough. Now, all he wanted to do was spend the last hours or days or years that were left with the only being he had ever truly loved.
Inspired by "Wild Blue Yonder" by The Amazing Devil
From his position below, Aziraphale could see the angel falling β¦ falling β¦ falling down, casting a shadow against the sun as they plunged from the celestial plane to the infernal one below. He watched as the angel Fellβinto the molten lake of sulfur, into the Abyss, into the very pits of Hell. And just like the countless other times he had tried to save them and had failed, Aziraphale fell as wellβinto a heap of tears and rage and sorrow.
Inspired by "Fallen Angel" by Robbie Robertson.
This Fragile, Peaceful Existence (Post Season Two)
Crowley is trying to relax into this fragile, peaceful existence it appears theyβve been granted after more than six thousand years of being on opposite sides. Millennia of lying about how they feelΒ (I donβt even like you)Β and who they areΒ (Iβm not nice. Iβm never nice.). Eons of burying emotions, eternities of denying desires. They are hard habits to break. But heβs trying.Β
Inspired by "Still the One" by Orleans.
HOLIDAY DRABBLES
The Thirty-One Good Omens Drabbles of Christmas 2024
Rated: E, 3100 words total (100 words each) 31/31 chapters posted (12/31/2024)
A series of Drabbles, one for every day of December 2024. These serve absolutely no purpose except to spread holiday cheer. Some funny, some cozy, some a bit saucy. A bit of smut. Mind the tags.
Thanksgiving Tail 2024
Rated: E, 400 words (100 words each), 4/4 chapters posted, (11/29/2024)
A series of Drabbles set on Thanksgiving Day, starting with Crowley overhearing Aziraphale on the phone and making a very sexy assumption.
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Thereβs another piece of meta thatβs been on my mind lately. Iβve seen a number of comments from people who liked the ending of S3 because, in their view, it was a big "stick it to God" moment. The sentiment seems to be, "Yay! We got an atheist universe. Thatβll really show Her." If thatβs your interpretation, I genuinely encourage you to engage with this post, because I have some questions. Iβm not trying to be snarky. I really want to understand how you arrived at that conclusion.Β
First of all, do you realize that the new godless universe only exists because She allowed it to happen?Β
To me, saying the ending "stuck it to God" feels a bit like saying, "Yeah, my boss let me take the day off. I really showed him." No... you didn't. For almost the entire story, everything unfolds exactly according to Her plan. Then, right at the end, the new universe feels less like a victory and more like a consolation prize, a participation trophy. It comes across as God saying, "Yep, I got everything I wanted. Sorry, you never stood a chance. I know, very sad. Here, have one wish to make up for it."Β
I genuinely struggle to see how that's interpreted as defeating Her.
That struggle is further compounded by the fact that religion still exists in the new universe.
If the new universe is meant to be our universe, and there's graffiti depicting angels and demons, then that lore has to come from somewhere. Which raises another question: are Aziraphale and Crowley actually free from Heaven and Hell?Β
The only difference is that, before, Heaven and Hell loomed over them in a very literal sense. Now Heaven and Hell loom over them the same way they've loomed over humanity throughout history: through persecution, inquisitions, witch trials, sexism, homophobia, indoctrination, zealotry, religious wars, and countless other forms of oppression. In that sense, they're still not free from Heaven and Hell. Nobody is. So what exactly was the sacrifice for?Β Β
And let me please remind you: Aziraphale and Crowley had absolutely no reason whatsoever to believe their God was benevolent. This is the same God who was perfectly comfortable drowning children in the Flood. The same God who sanctioned the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. The same God who signed off on the deaths of Job's children. And that's only the material directly referenced by the show. Expand beyond that, and we're talking about the God who killed every firstborn child in Egypt to punish a Pharaoh. The omniscient, omnipotent being who witnessed the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, the transatlantic slave trade, and every act of sexual violence in human history, yet never lifted a finger to stop any of it. And if we're embracing the interpretation that free will was an illusion all along, that She was secretly orchestrating everything from the beginning, then the implications of all of those events become... yikes.Β
By that point, in my opinion, any interpretation of the finale that relies on God suddenly being trustworthy, benevolent, merciful, or compassionate in any way just falls flat for me. That God? Thatβs the God youβre wholeheartedly trusting to give us a βbetter universeβ?
Well, then I have a bridge to sell you.Β
My own interpretation is that the new universe is essentially the Job wager on steroids. In both the show and the biblical story, God makes a wager with Satan that's basically, "He's so loyal that I can destroy his entire life and he'll still worship me." The ending feels like the same wager, just scaled up to encompass an entire universe.Β
"I'll create a universe where I don't even participate. I won't perform miracles. I won't answer prayers. I won't reveal myself. Itβll be as if I donβt exist. And look, these plebs STILL worship me."Β
That motivation feels far more consistent with the egotistical deity we've been shown throughout the series than the idea that She suddenly had a change of heart and decided to give everyone a genuinely better universe.Β
Which brings me back to my original question: did they really stick it to God?Β
Because from where I'm standing, the only character who truly got everything she wanted was Her. Her plan succeeded. She retired (or evaporated herself) on her own terms. She created a universe where she doesn't even have to exist, yet billions of people still worship her. That's not getting owned. That's having your cake and eating it too.Β
If I were writing an ending intended to stick it to God, then God would actually have to lose. A lot of fans suggested ending things with a card game. That could've worked. Others suggested using Jesus as an active character, having him stand up to his mother the way Adam stood up to Satan, and then having Adam and Jesus build a genuinely better world together. That would've been sticking it to God. Or, I dunno, they had the Book of Life in their friggin hands. They summoned Her with it. They could have just as easily told her to bugger off with it. Donβt know why that didnβt occur to them.
But having an arguably sociopathic deity get everything she wanted, voluntarily step away from creation, leave behind a universe where she's still worshipped, and leave the protagonists living in a world that's still fundamentally shaped by religion...Β
No matter how hard I squint, how far I tilt my head, or how much I try to read between the lines, I still can't see how that's "sticking it to God," and Iβm not even fully convinced theyβre free from Heaven and Hell.Β
A few daysΒ ago,Β IΒ wroteΒ a letterΒ for theΒ fandomΒ that IΒ sharedΒ onΒ Discord.Β Today, I'mΒ publishingΒ it onΒ AO3Β and sharingΒ it withΒ all ofΒ you.
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For ten summers, famed sci-fi author Anthony J Crowley and literary darling Aziraphale Fell return to Northwoods, a prestigious writing institute tucked beside a Minnesota lake.
Every year they sit on the same dock and watch the herons.
Year after year, their friendship becomes the fixed point around which both their lives quietly turn.
Crowley spends a decade believing Aziraphale is his best friend.
Aziraphale spends a decade believing Crowley will never love him back.
They are both wrong.
A story about friendship becoming love, summer traditions, patient birds, one very important dock, and two middle-aged idiots who take ten years to figure out what they mean to each other.
This is a human AU featuring mutual pining, middle-aged romance, and a happy ending.
My heartfelt thanks to @thinkinginscripts for helping me figure out what story I really wanted to tell. Somewhere along the many conversations we had about it I realized that, beneath the writing institute, the lake, and ten summers of friendship, this was ultimately a love story.
Thank you as well to @thinkinginscripts and @maon25 for beta reading and much thoughtful feedback throughout the writing process.
With thanks to @gosummerbang for creating this bang space for us π and to @becky-7750 for this beautiful illustration.
Read it here: Summers at Northwoods by @bohoteacher
This looks lovely. It's on my list of fics to read RIGHT AWAY! @bohoteacher is an amazing writer who always touches my heart. And look at that gorgeous artwork! This is gonna be something special!
Sadly, the bad writing started at the end of season 2, not in the finale/'season 3'.
We knew, deep down, that Aziraphale was OOC when he asked Crowley to go to heaven with him. That's why we had a lot of theories and we were waiting for season 3 to confirm any of it. There was no way that Aziraphale could think that The Metatron 'wasn't so bad'. There was no way that he could said that heaven was 'the side of light/truth' when they had punched him and afterwards tried to kill him, and kill humanity. There was no way he could think Crowley would want to go back to heaven as an angel.
I never believed the coffee theory, of course, but the scene was so OOC that I thought it was some kind of performance for the Metatron. I trusted it would be explained.
And the OOC is more than the final 15'. Michael was threating Aziraphale to erase him from The Book of Life and Crowley didn't even flinch? Comfortable much in Aziraphale's couch? The same protective demon that almost made Jim jump out a window because he threatened Aziraphale before? I also thought that he knew something about The Book of Life, like he had it hidden or something. He goes from 'extreme sanctions don't exist' to really worried about Aziraphale being erased in the first part of season 2, to no worried at all in the last episode, to 'I know everything about the book of life' in the Finale. It's bonkers.
Yeah, I don't think enough is said about how Crowley was OOC too at end of s2 - as well as doing nothing about the Book of Life threat, he is also completely fine with Aziraphale going off to have a chat with the Metatron (despite Aziraphale's clear discomfort). He has so little care about it that he's started planning breakfast at the Ritz.
He knows about the second apocalypse, he knows what Heaven is like, so why isn't he worried about Aziraphale? And he then starts a love confession before he has even asked what the Metatron wanted. I don't believe it.
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A Summer Omens Big Bang collab by @maon25 (art) and me (story)
Now posting in instalments on AO3!
Summary:
Itβs summer once more in Kensington Gardens.
The white marble statue of an Angel, half hidden under a canopy of trees, is content enough with his life, his animal friends in the park, the here and now.
Until an unusual Black Nightingale lands on his left wing and sings to him stories of woe, of mystery, of a dear friend lost, of his quest to find the love of his life again.
Every summer, the Nightingale, who remembers only fragments of what really happened to himself and his long-lost soulmate, revisits the Marble Angel, having gathered more hints and β¨Cluesβ¨ to help his quest. The Angelβs marble heart melts with empathy for him, and with other feelings that seem new - but are they?
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This is a romantic fairytale, inspired by Oscar Wildeβs βThe Happy Princeβ, retelling Good Omens in symbolic language.
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This story is fully written, will have 8.3 k words in 6 chapters, and will update twice per week.
Thank You to:
@maon25 for the beautiful art (there is more to come in later chapters!), beta reading, helping with decisions, and a fun and fruitful collaboration!
@gosummerbang and all the writers and artists of the SOBB discord server, for making this bang such a fun and friendly experience! Check out the other SOBB collabs posted on that blog!
@thinkinginscripts , who is the best beta in the world!
@whickberstreetwriters for support and encouragement!
you know a lot of actors find a particular niche to inhabit when it comes to their roles but you really gotta hand it to David Tennant for somehow landing the absurdly specific category of βimmortals that rebelled against their oppressive and bureaucratic people because they accidentally became too fond of the human race and also have a quasi-telepathic bond with a vehicle.β
oh, but imagine if your tumblr dash was now flooded with gifs and pictures of aziracrow hugging and kissing and saying 'i love you'. imagine if you could replay that moment when they hugged so tightly and grin widely, kicking your feet all giddy and happy
what if everyone was comforted by the finale? if there was no fight over who is in the right, just as we were all united in pain after s2? if everyone was happy, including them and including us? if that 90 minutes gave us what we were hoping for? if the finale wasnt so cold and heartless and instead loving and tender? if they actually ended up in their south downs cottage and there were nightingales and we would actually see it and they would be free and happy and-
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And I realized something else (yes, Iβm very insightful today, ok?). They stole my fantasy.
I was happily hiding myself from the horrors of the world (very real horrible horrors we are currently living in this dystopian world) in my lovely fantasy world with angels and demons who could fall in love, with kids who could stop Armageddon, with witches who predicted the future and witchfinders who fell in love with them.
But they (those horrible cishet men) took that fantasy world and erased it and made it to never have existed at all. And replaced it with you know what? The horrible dystopian world of horrors we live in.
They (those horrible cishet men) must feel very smug thinking they are very clever, but if I wanted to see a story about the fucking real universe, the one where thereβs no magic, I wouldnβt be watching and reading fucking fantasy, you know? They missed their target audience.
I know I like to put here some nice gif of the boys but... I just want to watch everything burn rn.
I am going to have to agree. Because I want a world thatβs a lot better than this one. A world where an angel might casually cast a blessing upon me, or a demon might make sure a bully gets their comeuppance. I want to live in THAT world.
The writers of S3 took every wonderful thing away from us. The magic, the power, the possibility. Not to mention 6000 years of slow burn.
Aziraphale and Crowley got no payoff for the patience and the pain of their devotion. Asa and Anthony know nothing about their relationship or their impossible lives.
Good Omensβthe story, the characters, the fansβdeserved a better ending. But that was never the plan. The only plan was to end at the Ritz. The rest was conjecture.
Weβre probably better off using a Create Your Own Adventure approach. Season One is canon. After that, dream of whatever you like best.
I just read Happy Accidents, and oh my god, I have a new all-time favourite Good Omens fic. I started reading it accidentally last night (a happy accident of my own hehe) and stopped 2 hours later in the middle of the night realising I had finished all 14 chapters like wtf. It was so so good though, I loveee how you write Aziraphale's voice. Im loving the slow burn so much, I thought I'd come say hi.
oh my god iβm dying from all these complimentsππππ«Άπ«Άπ«Ά
an all-time favourite GO fic? iβve officially made it in life, this is all iβve ever wantedπ₯Ή thank you SO so much, i am literally smiling like an idiot right now, i am so HONOURED!!!!
many helloβs from here!!
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"Didn't you have a flaming sword?"
"Erm..."
"Yes you did, it was flaming like anything, what happened to it?"
"I- uh...."
"Lost it already, have you?"
"I gave it away..."
"You WHAT?!!"
"I gave it away!!!"
I saw a post a week or two ago, somewhere in the GO3 tag, talking about how fans need to realize that writers don't owe them a "happy ending." Or any specific character resolution, story resolution, etc. Obviously referring to the notion the people upset about GO's finale needed to remember that they weren't entitled to the sort of ending they wanted, and there was nothing wrong with the story as it ended up concluding.
And I agree! Sort of. Meaning, I agree with the idea that people aren't entitled to a story working out the way they personally want.
BUT.
In my admittedly limited time hanging out in this fandom, I don't think that's what I've seen. It's certainly not what I personally experienced in my own viewing of the finale.
While it's perfectly reasonable to say that people aren't entitled to stories working out the way they want, I think it's just as reasonable to say that they are allowed to expect a story to function and resolve following its own internal rules. They are allowed to assume a story will maintain its genre, follow through with its message, address loose threads in a way that makes sense within its established logic.
It's not "entitled" to be weirded out and disappointed when your whimsical, fun, satirical comedy-with-a-dash-of-romance suddenly veers wildly off-course and ends up awkwardly metamorphosing into a nihilistic tragedy. It's not petty or whiny to be sad about characters you've known and loved for years being destroyed so suddenly and unexpectedly. Falling in love with a story that - for decades - has had a specific, uplifting, accepted thematic message, only to be upset when that message is abruptly tossed out and replaced with something wildly different isn't the same as demanding writers bend to your will.
Isn't that the point of choosing a genre, or an established fiction? If I want to watch something scary, I'll seek out horror. If I want something heartwarming, I'll go for... I dunno... a Pixar movie or whatever. That's not me demanding things or being entitled; it's me making a choice about what I want to see based upon the established characteristics of specific bits of media.
People aren't upset just because they didn't get the kiss they wanted; they're upset because they decided to watch GO3 with the understanding that this piece of fiction was built around a specific sort of theme and vibe and wholesome message - based upon an established canon - and then they were smacked upside the head with something entirely different.
It was disorienting for me, and I've just been partaking in this fandom for a few months. I can't even imagine how shocking and jarring it was for people who've been here for years.
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