Aziraphale's Defence Attorney

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[dalliancekay]

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My Tumblr metas are mostly defending Aziraphale or looking at GO and his actions from his POV. Sometimes some general thoughts.

I tried to pick the ones that I think make most sense but somehow I have so many... you can (I believe) browse them using #kaypost tag if you prefer. Or have a look through the below list and pick any to read if they strike your fancy.

Aziraphale and his relationship with Heaven

How the husbands DID stop the Armageddon

Aziraphale and Manipulation

"Shut Your Stupid Mouth And Die Already."

"I don't even like you!" "You dooo!"

Aziraphale, misogyny and the female character treatment

Religious Trauma and the GO Universe

Aziraphale, Joy and Tough Times

Why didn't Aziraphale tell Crowley everything…

Help

Newspaper Man

Double-cross

"Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you.”

Aziraphale loves Crowley but…

Miscommunication and Misunderstandings

On How Aziraphale Protects and Loves Crowley

Sword

"You go too fast for me"

Break-Up(s)

Look. I'm glad you've never been in an abusive relationship but…

AFTER

To Protect

Bandstand and Final 15

"We could have been... us"

Crowley Knows Aziraphale

Crowley's Rank

Aziraphale vs Shostakovich

Gentle Dom Aziraphale

My AO3

is short fics that are (often) loosely connected. Most exist in post S3 world where Aziraphale and Crowley are finally free, live in the South Downs and are helping Heaven and Hell transform into something new and helping each other heal.

I try to put them into series:

Post S2

Through the Ages

Dom/sub (A/c) themes

Soft and Fluffy

Human and other AUs

And my ongoing (100 word) drabble series that I write at work lunchbreaks. They are not following onto each other but are generally in the same (post S3) universe.

I also made these edits about: Aziraphale and surprisingly enough, Aziraphale

[dalliancekay]

Opposing Forces

"Crowley, you know when I just said, 'Two of you, Deity and the Adversary, facing off.'" Aziraphale whispers under the tree in his bookshop.

"Yea?" Comes Crowley's choked answer.

"Well, do you remember the Arrangement?"

'Of course I do," Crowley whisper-hisses back in a - why are you bringing this up now - tone. "Heaven, Hell, pointless work, cancelling each other," he pauses.

"Oh wait."

"Yes, exactly." Aziraphale answers.

"Here, take my hand."

We are not like them, Aziraphale thinks as he remembers all the lovely moments they shared across millennia, their games, their arguments over who's going to travel this time, about goodness, about their work, their unfortunate sides. About what is possible and what is not.

If he's right and Aziraphale thinks rather might be, the sides will cancel each other out and he will make it into the future. With Crowley. He squeezes his demon's hand. Always his demon.

"But how is the universe back?" Crowley asks when they finally separate from a very, very long hug and he peers out of the bookshop's window into a street that's just waking up into the morning light.

"Um, wait what was the theory... Aziraphale muses out loud, "there was an infinite amount of matter and antimatter and they cancelled each other out, but the amounts were not quite the same and from the rest came the universe?"

"That makes no sense angel?"

"It doesn't? Well. It worked." Aziraphale smiles.

"And Heaven and Hell?"

"Oh I think they will be glad to take a holiday, don't you? And with no one to give orders..."

"Do you think some will want to move here?"

"Like Muriel? Possibly yes, but we will cross that bridge when..."

Aziraphale is swept into another bone crushing hug.

"... the universe is big enough for all of us."

"Angel." Crowley holds on to Aziraphale for dear life again. "I'm sorry I left you fight them on your own."

"I couldn't let you suffer for eternity Crowley. I just couldn't."

[melsumaya]

There is no way anyone can look at this expression, and say that this is the face of someone who wanted to give up his life for the „real universe”.

Like, I just can’t stop thinking about the fact Aziraphale got coerced by God into commiting suicide.

This is a sad, needlesly cruel and tragic end to someone who lived in fear of a corrupted system his whole life. And to tell him at the end ,that there was no way you would’ve let him have the love of the only person that ever truly mattered, and that you always saw him as less is so incredably bleak, and depressing.

[ladybracknellssherry]

And at the end of everything, Crowley said he only wanted one thing, which was a real universe. One thing. Not even "I want a real universe... and I want you." In their final moments, Crowley did not defend Aziraphale against God, he did not fight for the world they fought for forever, and he broke Aziraphale's heart. And Aziraphale? He, as always, put on a mask to hide his pain. Crowley chose death and Aziraphale smiled for him to comfort him in their final moments. AND THEN THEY DIED. What the fuck? Fuck that movie. Fuck everything about it. I'm going to throw up again just thinking about it.

[dalliancekay]

Human AUs, Asanthony and Hypocrisy

So I've seen arguments that those who dislike Asanthony but like (or even write) human AUs are hypocrites.

Human AUs on AO3 are however transformative* play. Not replacement. That's where the fun lies.

We project the tenderness, banter, emotional dynamics, symbolism onto alternate versions. To explore - ourselves, our experiences, our needs, our fantasies, our feelings, our imagination and so on.

Nobody mistakes them for the actual characters in the original narrative.

And yes, I've written a human AU meet cute. Or Two. But i'd never say they ARE Aziraphale and Crowley. I'd never want these to replace them. They were always meant to exist alongside the originals as TRANSFORMATIVE works.

* In United States copyright law, transformative use or transformation is a type of fair use that builds on a copyrighted work in a different manner or for a different purpose from the original, and thus does not infringe its holder's copyright. 

Have you read A Room of One's Own by Virginia Wolf? It's the novel/essay AO3's name is derived from. About how she (and AFAB people in general) need space to write - and we have that space. And I am so grateful.

[dalliancekay]

We were told the ending of S2 had to happen like that but it DIDN'T.

TL;DR: It was done like that to lay blame for their separation on Aziraphale, making him look like a fool and an asshole for not wanting to be an 'us' but 'choosing' Heaven. When no 'us' was possible anyway.

If S3 was gonna prove Crowley right in that nothing can change and Heaven and Hell are toxic and beyond repair - than what was all this weird, let's be us monologue about? It was never possible. Heaven and Hell would never leave them in peace.

Lets be us where? Crowley knew Second Coming was planned. Which would mean the end of Universe and Time and which would end up with him and all demons stripped of power and spending eternity in a burning lake or something. While Aziraphale'd have to watch The Sound of Music and think about birds flying to a mountain far far away for eternity.

Aziraphale could have been shown to make a conscious decision to go because he believed there was still a chance for a change. There didn't need to be all these menacing convoluted vibes from Metatron. Crowley could still have refused because he believed the system couldn't be changed.

The disagreement would remain exactly the same.

We'd still be arguing about whether change is possible. And who made the right choice. Which many of us did - but most of the discourse was not about that. It was about whether Aziraphale still believes in Heaven's "message". He didn't. We saw he was trying to stop Second Coming against ALL OF THEM. (Where was 'all of us against all of them' btw??)

We might have been spared three years of posts treating Aziraphale as gullible, manipulated, backsliding, choosing Heaven over Crowley, betraying Crowley, begging to be taken back; requirements for him to be hurt, to be taught a lesson, being proven wrong and so on and on.

The tragedy could have been two beings making different decisions under impossible circumstances. (With me backing the wrong one apparently because change is impossible and everything had to be destroyed.)

Instead, a huge amount of fandom discussion became about whether Aziraphale was an idiot.

If the ending was always going to validate that Heaven and Hell were beyond saving anyway, why was all that necessary??

TW: I'll never forgive that fucking asshole for that. And the whole fucking finale.

[deadbutnostink]

I just re-read good omens and i just love how clear the book makes it that crowley isnt cool. Hes literally just dressing up as what he thinks a cool human is!!!

He is anxious and erratic and has no control over what is going on and he is always running away. When driving up to the site of armageddon the one thing he actually wants to do is get pissed and wait for it all to happen.

When he knows that he fucked up and Hastur and Ligur are coming to get him, he is pacing through his flat, watching TV, starts putting his casette collection into alphabetical order before realising it is in order already and he is soso scared.

Most of his evil deeds come back to bite him in the ass. He even thinks that letting hastur, who is trapped on a tape, turn into the best of queen is too evil. And then hastur escapes and eats an entire telemarketing-office.

And then there is Aziraphale being an absolute brick headed bitch. Oh yea we should just kill the 11 year old that is the antichrist but i cant do it because im the good guy so i will just get the insane old witchfinder dude to do it with his huge gun. Aziraphale is always ready to face problems once he actually sees them.

[orayart]

Two other illustrations for the great @bucky1984 !! Have some kisses today

[dalliancekay]

Just doing their job

No free will eh?

What was the point of showing an angel and a demon can change and change their mind about the Plan?

That Aziraphale and Crowley aren't the only ones who realised it does not need to be followed?

[vivi-theakuneko]

Fix it ver. It was all a dream.

[dalliancekay]

I just wanted to see Aziraphale happy in my silly whimsical fantasy comedy, you know?

[dalliancekay]

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[dalliancekay]

Anyway, I just finished Terry Pratchett's Feet of Clay and found it fascinating for no reason at all.

This is Ankh-Morpork, you know. We’ve got extra pronouns here.”

'You really intend to prefer charges?' 'I'd prefer violence,' said Vimes loudly. 'Charges is what I'm going to have to settle for.' 

'Many fine old manuscripts in that place, I believe. Without price, I'm told.' 'Yes, sir. Certainly worthless, sir.' 'Is it possible you misunderstood what I just said, Commander?' 'Could be, sir.' 'The provenances of many splendid old families went up in smoke, Commander. Of course, the Heralds will do what they can, and the families themselves keep records but frankly, I understand, it's all going to be patchwork and guesswork. Extremely embarrassing. Are you smiling, Commander?' 'It was probably a trick of the light, sir.' 'Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.' 'Sir?' 'It seems that you have managed to retain this even though you are authority.' 'Sir?' 'That's practically Zen.'

'Did you really punch the president of the Assassins' Guild?' 'Yes, sir.' 'Why?' 'Didn't have a dagger, sir.' 

'You can be any sex you like provided you act male.'

This is it, he thought. This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers.

'That's blasphemy,' said the vampire. He gasped as Vimes shot him a glance like sunlight. 'That's what people say when the voiceless speak.'

That's how politics works in this city. It's a game of chess. Who cares if a few pawns die? I'll know. And I'll be the only one who knows, deep down.

'However,' he said, 'in order to keep the peace, the golem will have to be destroyed.' 'No, sir.' ' 'Allow me to repeat my instruction.' 'No, sir.' 'I'm sure I just gave you an order, Commander. I distinctly felt my lips move.' 'No, sir. He's alive, sir.' 'He's just made of clay, Vimes.' 'Aren't we all, sir? According to them pamphlets Constable Visit keeps handing out. Anyway, he thinks he's alive, and that's good enough for me.'      

No more kings. Vimes had difficulty in articulating why this should be so, why the concept resonated in his very bones. After all, a good many of the patricians had been as bad as any king. But they were...sort of...bad on equal terms. What set Vimes's teeth on edge was the idea that kings were a different kind of human being. A higher lifeform.

'The big trouble,' he added, 'is that everyone wants someone else to read their minds for them and then make the world work properly.'

[daico-o]

The Slovak edition of Good omens is really nice in design, I wanted to make a version with the Crowley and Aziraphale from the Tv :]

[nervanna]

Heading straight to Paris cause they don`t serve pancakes at Alpha Centauri

[blorbocollection]

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[katfell]

Good Omens and Aziraphale Scorn

The idea of having a more Crowley tinted lenses on for S2 seemed like it should pay off in S3 when Aziraphale's hope and rationality and hard work will be rewarded and acknowledged in the end. Now it just looks sinister because the good and kind angel is just stupid and pointless isn't he. Everywhere I look, there are metas about how he's not learned anything and should have listened to Crowley. Cynicism won.

And yet, it was Aziraphale who saved them anyway. Yes, I expected Crowley and he will renew the Universe without Heaven and Hell, but dissolving into nothing is still a better fate (imo) than eternity apart - especially if God would be cruel enough to keep them separated and Crowley would suffer the demon's fate of the Second Coming.

My point is, Aziraphale's tenaciousness is what got them to the finish line. Everything was always stacked against them. And Aziraphale kept them safe. And alive.

Pushing Aziraphale into the side character / love interest / reluctant silly girlfriend / hardworking wife who does everything and gets blamed for everything too while the poor husband drinks and mopes - - it's clear what NG thinks of the kindness and determination and self sacrifice of Aziraphale and many AFAB people in the world. Their suffering does not matter. It's just a means to an end of the glorious hero. The end that does not even make sense in the end. And fell very flat for me.

[olfactoryventriloquism]

So, I’ve been obsessed with Pratchett since I was 15. That’s 23 years for those keeping count. I just finished GO3 and these are my initial thoughts:

Crowley and Aziraphale becoming human: I don’t love, but you could argue that that was what he planned, and I would buy it. It does follow some of his themes.

But there is a knife’s edge that Pratchett balanced between fury and compassion. He absolutely loved humanity, but he also hated what humans did to each other out of malice, spite, or even laziness. Good Omens the novel was filled to bursting with that.

The end here lacked all of that somehow. God in S1 is unknowable, but God is S3 is just a capricious bitch who seems to have it out for Crowley specifically and through him Aziraphale. The viewer certainly gets angry at God, but the narrative seems to be that, while cold, she is doing the right thing and giving them their happy ending. And while Crowley expresses compassion for humanity, it falls on such deaf ears that the narrative doesn’t actually support that.

The closing sentiment seems to be that we can make their lives better by just erasing all their trauma and baggage. No. Sam Vimes did not pull himself out of the gutter and bodily hold himself out of it every day to be told that actually amnesia would be best. If you wanted to make them human: make them keep their memories. That would have been fine.

Terry would have Crowley and Aziraphale say “fuck you” to God and protect the earth as it was. The way they protected Job’s children. The way they did at Tadfield Airbase. Here they just throw in the towel and start a new universe. They accept their failure so quickly as to be farcical.

And you will never ever convince me that TERRY PRATCHETT would have allowed the words “a story shouldn’t live past its ending” to be spoken without the speaker being immediately eaten by a banshee.