Inevitably Ineffable

[missteriosas]

A colourless sketch of Ineffable Husbands (this was my first time drawing them so be nice).

Here’s the sketch with some colour if someone wants to take a peek :)

[hey-must-be-a-devilbetween-us]

the thing...the thing is that...the part that really gets me...

It's that Crowley fell out of love with Aziraphale, I don't know how else I'm supposed to read this characterization I saw on my television screen.

It's part of the just complete thrashing Aziraphale receives in the finale for no fucking reason, but Crowley absolutely does not care to give Aziraphale one fucking inch of compassion or understanding. Even when Aziraphale is asking for it, openly. Standing to the side while God tears Aziraphale to shreds, looking on at it smugly like you seriously want me to believe there is a universe in which Crowley would find satisfaction in Aziraphale being hurt. What The Absolute Fuck.

And then the dream that Crowley has been holding onto for the longest time in the narrative, 'Our Side, A Group of the Two of Us, We'll run away together, We Could have been Us.' is just thrown away.

Crowley gave up on that dream, he was the one in the end to give up on them - which is endlessly ironic given how that's what Aziraphale has been accused of in this fandom since the s2 finale - and asks Aziraphale to give up on it too (for nothing)

And then he sees Aziraphale crying, and see's Aziraphale swallow his words and his pain and you're telling me Crowley isn't interested to hear what Aziraphale is really thinking or feeling at all?

You want me to believe there is a world in which Crowley isn't devastated that Aziraphale is too afraid to say something to him? Of all people?

And frankly, I just don't buy it, I refuse it patently, there is simply no way that Crowley falls out of love with Aziraphale after 6000 years because they had an argument and he got his feelings hurt.

Aziraphale didn't do anything to deserve this treatment from him, he's being a fucking prick, withholding affection and love and forgiveness from someone because they 'wronged you' instead of talking about it is fucking toxic. There is simply no way, that destroys the finales legitimacy in one fell swoop, done deal. That's not Crowley.

[whimsicalali]

Crowley would be very happy with how the new universe turned out

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday – Good Omens: July 7/26

And here's this week's Bonus Good Omens 5FF edition! Enjoy your weekend, all, and enjoy these fics!!

RECENT MFLs

When All At Once by jovipop (G, 1,779 w., 1 Ch. || Post S1, St James Park, The Bench, Mutual Confession, Mutual Pining, Longing/Yearning, Tenderness, Gentle Romance, Hopeless Idiots in Love) – “I have been trying,” Aziraphale said quietly, his thumb moved gently over the back of Crowley’s hand, and Crowley nearly sighed. “To decide where to begin.”

As Long As The Heart Has Passions by Poet_to_None (M, 2,686 w., 1 Ch. || 1870s London, Implied/Referenced Suicidal Thoughts, Idiots in Love, Misunderstandings, Drinking, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Sequel Fic, Complicated Relationship, Artist Crowley) – An exchange of perspective and a heart warming resolution. The sequel to: As Long As The River Flows. Part 3 of Just Call The Thing Love (Good Omens) 

Prelude to an Epic by Ginger_Cat (T, 13,261 w., 1 Ch. || Post S2 Divergence, Duke of Hell Crowley, Minor Violence, Mild Gore, POV Crowley, Internal Monologue, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Pining, Happy Ending, BAMF Aziraphale) – Crowley pretty much loathes everything about being Grand Duke of Hell. He’d known he would. It wasn’t supposed to be about being Duke, him going back there. Doing Duke things. Not at all. It was supposed to be about Aziraphale.

don't let this darkness fool you by mygalfriday (M, 23,887 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S2 Divergence, Fallen Angel Aziraphale, Stages of Grief, Reconciliation, Angst with Happy Ending) – Lurching to his feet, Crowley stumbles through his flat in the dark – tripping over empty whiskey bottles and clothes he’d stripped out of and never bothered to pick up again. Heart pounding, he throws open the door. And the bottom drops abruptly out from beneath him. It feels like falling all over again – except from so much higher up than he’d ever been the first time. This is worse. This is so much worse because it isn’t him. It’s Aziraphale.

Truth Is Like Blood Underneath Your Fingernails by sunkissed_berries (E, 35,959 w., 5 Ch. || Post S2, South Downs Cottage, Established Relationship, Flashback, POV Multiple Alternating, Hurt/Comfort, Sick Fic, Through the Ages, Crowley Whump, Aziraphale Takes Care of Crowley, Idiots in Love, Soft for Each Other, Hugging, Hand Holding, Stubborn, Crowley, Grumpy Crowley, Sarcastic Crowley, Caring Aziraphale, Protective Aziraphale, BAMF Aziraphale, Bickering/Banter, Black Plague, Fever, Vomiting, Delirium, Bathing/Washing, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Praise Kink, Eventual Happy Ending) – Aziraphale and Crowley moved to their cottage in the South Downs a little over a year ago, and think themselves out of trouble. They’re wrong. Six thousand years is a long time for everything not to happen at least once; and it’s all Crowley’s fault.

[copperplatebeech]

Welcome to Throwback Thursday, which -- thanks to @curiouspupsicle, @rogue-bard, @sakascal, @quitequaintrelle and now @ineffabildaddy and @scribblerinthestars (and I've probably missed someone) -- is now apparently A Thing! (I have yet to catch up with all the er tempting fics that have been posted. Damnit, real life, really.)

I started doing Throwback Thursdays a couple of years ago, featuring favorite fics from the first year or two of the Good Omens fandom, or my own fics that hadn't gotten traction when I shyly poked my foot in the door. Post-s3, these delightful writers have joined in to reflect on their early fic and let us enjoy. I love it.

About a year after s1 aired, I got, shall we say, medically beaten-up. A lot of staples and things were involved, along with a stern admonition to make no whoopee for six solid weeks. It's not as if I hadn't written smut before that, but... umm, I went kind of crazy, and for the first time took a fly at gender-switching our Ineffables, in F/M and F/F combinations. First it was a three-part arc featuring Naughty Nanny Ashtoreth, and then -- well, Mistress Aziraphale deserved a turn. Last week I re-read the first of four fics featuring her in all her buxom glory, and realized it suited the moment we face after season 3 *makes apotropaic gesture*.

Faith, or, Serpent In My Bosom - rated E, ~3,300 words

They're free of Heaven and Hell, the Earth and their earthly corporations are theirs to enjoy, and it's time to experiment (with an occasional spice of tender blasphemy). And if Crowley still worries that Aziraphale might long to reconcile with Heaven, his angel is quick to reassure him.

(Redeeming Social Value. We need that right now. Don't we?)

“Alexander’s mother was supposed to have nursed her snakes. You wouldn’t know anything about that, would you?”   “Wasn’t even in the area. Not a snake thing anyway. Urban legend.”

“No one would know it to look at you, dear.”

“Entirely selfless, what I’m doin’ here. Mmhm. Spirit of charity. Atonement for my many sins.”

“Oh, certainly.”

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Tagging in the replies as usual; drop a note if you want on or off the list.

I write mainly Good Omens, along with occasional ventures into Sherlock Holmes (BBC and ACD), Doctor Who, and my first love, Star Trek. Find my fic here on AO3.

[mizmak]

GO Ficlet (666 words)

Written for @ipb2026 Guess The Author challenge #1, with the profession prompt Archaeologist.

READ ON AO3:

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Fluff, humor, meet-cute. YouTuber Anthony Crowley can't fathom why his friend Ana suggested a boring archaeology conference to film, until he meets the very non-boring Professor Aziraphale Fell at the hotel bar.

[bizarrelittlemew]

Crowley 🤝 Edward Teach convincing your crush to do something taboo and symbolically erotic with you

(companion piece)

[bizarrelittlemew]

[inevitably-johnlocked]

Five Fics Friday – Good Omens: July 7/26

And here's this week's Bonus Good Omens 5FF edition! Enjoy your weekend, all, and enjoy these fics!!

RECENT MFLs

When All At Once by jovipop (G, 1,779 w., 1 Ch. || Post S1, St James Park, The Bench, Mutual Confession, Mutual Pining, Longing/Yearning, Tenderness, Gentle Romance, Hopeless Idiots in Love) – “I have been trying,” Aziraphale said quietly, his thumb moved gently over the back of Crowley’s hand, and Crowley nearly sighed. “To decide where to begin.”

As Long As The Heart Has Passions by Poet_to_None (M, 2,686 w., 1 Ch. || 1870s London, Implied/Referenced Suicidal Thoughts, Idiots in Love, Misunderstandings, Drinking, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Sequel Fic, Complicated Relationship, Artist Crowley) – An exchange of perspective and a heart warming resolution. The sequel to: As Long As The River Flows. Part 3 of Just Call The Thing Love (Good Omens) 

Prelude to an Epic by Ginger_Cat (T, 13,261 w., 1 Ch. || Post S2 Divergence, Duke of Hell Crowley, Minor Violence, Mild Gore, POV Crowley, Internal Monologue, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Pining, Happy Ending, BAMF Aziraphale) – Crowley pretty much loathes everything about being Grand Duke of Hell. He’d known he would. It wasn’t supposed to be about being Duke, him going back there. Doing Duke things. Not at all. It was supposed to be about Aziraphale.

don't let this darkness fool you by mygalfriday (M, 23,887 w., 1 Ch. || Post-S2 Divergence, Fallen Angel Aziraphale, Stages of Grief, Reconciliation, Angst with Happy Ending) – Lurching to his feet, Crowley stumbles through his flat in the dark – tripping over empty whiskey bottles and clothes he’d stripped out of and never bothered to pick up again. Heart pounding, he throws open the door. And the bottom drops abruptly out from beneath him. It feels like falling all over again – except from so much higher up than he’d ever been the first time. This is worse. This is so much worse because it isn’t him. It’s Aziraphale.

Truth Is Like Blood Underneath Your Fingernails by sunkissed_berries (E, 35,959 w., 5 Ch. || Post S2, South Downs Cottage, Established Relationship, Flashback, POV Multiple Alternating, Hurt/Comfort, Sick Fic, Through the Ages, Crowley Whump, Aziraphale Takes Care of Crowley, Idiots in Love, Soft for Each Other, Hugging, Hand Holding, Stubborn, Crowley, Grumpy Crowley, Sarcastic Crowley, Caring Aziraphale, Protective Aziraphale, BAMF Aziraphale, Bickering/Banter, Black Plague, Fever, Vomiting, Delirium, Bathing/Washing, Blow Jobs, Anal Fingering, Praise Kink, Eventual Happy Ending) – Aziraphale and Crowley moved to their cottage in the South Downs a little over a year ago, and think themselves out of trouble. They’re wrong. Six thousand years is a long time for everything not to happen at least once; and it’s all Crowley’s fault.

[cesiscribbles]

I made Princess Treatment art over the weekend 🌼

„I know that scene!“ (me 2 seconds ago)

Asjajsjajsajk gosh I love seeing drawn out moments from my story! That makes me absolutely excited and joyous ❤️🙈

Absolutely love how you drew the flower scene with the soft interaction between them! Also the outfit designs with Azi‘s cloak and Crowley‘s loose shirt and belt thing fit perfectly ❤️

Didn’t fully design their festival outfits yet but I would absolutely consider those in your drawings canon!

With your permission I would love to add the drawing to the scene on AO3 (with credits ofc) ❤️ (but only if that is ok with you)

[inevitably-ineffable-husbands]

So cute!!! :D

[arsillanola]

We cope with memes

[lizosemga]

hello everyone, it's a new chapter in "strawberry summer"!

(if there's someone waiting for the updates, haha)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/87107861/chapters/239309106

strawberry summer by lizosemga (still me)

(M, 21,018 w., 6/? Ch. || WiP || Human Neighbours AU || Hurt/Comfort, Summer, Minor Character Death, Crowley Has Panic Attacks, Idiots in Love, Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Angst with a Happy Ending) – Crowley was living his best life until one day, a new owner by the name of Aziraphale moved into the house next door. From that day forward, a string of accidental — and not-so-accidental — meetings followed, forever changing them both.

[whimsicalali]

Not the biggest fan of this piece but Instagram liked it

[siaillustrations]

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A Kind of Magic. CH.7 Sneak Peek!!

I just finished my outline (which really is just the chapter lol) for the next chapter of A Kind of Magic!! It is soooo fluffy and cute and god I freaking love these idiots.

"Busy, busy, busy. That was what Asa’s Tuesday afternoon entailed. It was the last Tuesday of the carefree bliss of Summer Holiday, the last Tuesday before the trappings of courses and exams and all things complicated. Student after student filed into the shop, desperately searching for the titles required for their first day back. Why they decided to go about this business now escaped Asa. They had all summer to do this! But no, they had to choose today. Today, the first full day that he had gone with Anthony Crowley’s number in his telephone. Today, which had started with a “good morning” in the afternoon. Today, which was yesterday’s “Tomorrow,” fresh and new and blemish-free; brimming with hope, bright and liquid gold; morning sunlight sliding over still, tourmaline waters.  Today, which had become heavy with “thank you” and “have a lovely day” and “best of luck with your studies” and “Although it certainly does help that you are devastatingly attractive.”

So yes, they are flirting over text. I could not resist.

Also hehehe The Them are making an appearance... GET HYPE PEOPLE!

[rogue-bard]

Aaaaaand I'm out of multi-chapter Good Omens fanfics that are not WIPs so we're now on to the bite-sized oneshots...

All of these are very short: Either 500 words, 800 words or 1000 words. I also don't really do AUs, so all of these are canon-verse.

🪽 Fluff & Pining: Aziraphale/Crowley 🐍

I write a lot of little blurps for Guess The Author events in different Discord Servers I'm on. We're gonna go by genres, so this Thursday, have the fluffy stuff and aaaallllll the pining!

🎭 A Masquerade in Every Sense of the Word ✒️

Mutual Pining, Mistaken Identity, Bastard!Aziraphale

Crowley and Oscar Wilde are wearing the same costume at the masquerade. It's not Aziraphale's fault if he ends up discussing his and Crowley's relationship with the wrong person!

💫 Look Up to the Skies and See (text) (podfic) 🌘

Pining, Angst with a Happy ending

When the angel finally spoke again, it was to break Crowley’s heart: “I suppose there really isn’t any point in us going stargazing, after all.”

And Crowley swallowed, nodded, accepted.

But if there was no point to it, then why did Aziraphale sound heartbroken as well?

⌛ A Memorial Between Moments 🖼️

Pining, Secret Crush, First Kiss

When Crowley's pining gets too much to handle, he stops time to commit Aziraphale's face to memory. Unfortunately, after the failed Apocalypse, time seems to forget to stop Aziraphale too — and Crowley isn't quite fast enough to hide what he's doing.

🌆 Good Night Omens (text) (podfic) 🛏️

Shameless Fluff, Established Relationship

Aziraphale is a blanket hogger. Crowley is cold-blooded and needs a blanket. As always with these two, mutually beneficial Arrangements™ are come to.

🌇 Good Morning Omens 🏡

Shameless Fluff, Established Relationship

Waking up on time to go to the Ritz seems to be an insurmountable challenge since Crowley and Aziraphale moved into a cottage together. Good thing this turns out to be the opposite of a problem.

🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 A Dance Best Danced In Twos 💃

The "I Was Wrong"-Dance, post s2, written before s3

Well, that had been a thing. Or rather it hadn’t. “Another Armageddon’t,” Crowley seemed to read Aziraphale’s thoughts. His jaw was working. He was out of breath and singed at the tips of his ears. “Yes, well,” Aziraphale said, clutching the Book of Life to his beating heart – because what else was there to say? “With that out of the way, we can finally go back to…” Crêpes? Wine? What had they been doing? Crowley froze. “Not talking,” he finished Aziraphale’s sentence. Oh. Right.

After aborting the Second Coming, Aziraphale and Crowley make up. But it might need more than a simple apology dance this time.

🍎 All of Eden’s Creatures 🌳

Through the Ages, Protective & Smitten Aziraphale

Aziraphale watches over the humans. Crowley watches Aziraphale. And so it goes for years, decades, centuries, millennia.

Until one day, they disavow their opposite sides and finally break free from their duties. Crowley watches Aziraphale. And Aziraphale doesn’t need to watch over the humans anymore.

🕯️ The Light at the End of the Tunnel 🩹

Comfort after a lot of off-screen hurt

On Halloween, Crowley got stuck in Hell. He has already abandoned all hope of a rescue. But Aziraphale would find his demon anywhere, and he is going to make sure that Crowley feels a lot better - immediately!

(Image of Look Up to the Skies and See)

[cheeseplants]

Throwback Thursday

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far || 58k I have seen some awesome fic writers: @carry-the-sky, @quitequaintrelle, @gaiaseyes451, @copperplatebeech doing this and I wanted to play along!

I wanted to talk about the trial of writing a longfic when you have spent half your career learning the art of writing short copy. I trained as a journalist many moons ago (and never actually become one because the industry basically began to collapse the year I graduated), and then spent a lot of years writing communications for small non profits. From my Masters to my career I learnt a few things - don't bury the lead and keep it short. So, when I found myself catapulted like a confused cannonball into the Good Omens fandom after S2 and then even more surprisingly found myself writing fanfiction - I made myself a goal to try and fight all my programming. The goal: write a fic over 50k words. I decided to pick an easy romance trope that I knew I could follow (I have devoured a lot of romance in my time) and came up with a rather silly plot involving human cityboy Crowley inheriting a cottage in the middle of nowhere and Aziraphale Fell, the parish councillor, being put in charge of knocking it down. They end up on the same side (while pretending otherwise); and romance ensues. I chose to write it all in one go and only start publishing when I finished. I got about halfway and hit a wall, and reached out to my writing buddies. The incredible @happynachohologram & @kneelbeforeyourdogbabylon willingly read half of this beast, cheering me along, and kept beta-ing the whole thing; even when the Google doc was practically collapsing under it's own weight of words. I have since learnt to put separate chapters in different docs. For me, this whole fic was an exercise in slowing down and learning to take my time to describe the scenes around the characters. I taught myself to outline (I used Gwen Hayes Romancing the Beat as a structure and it did me well). I learnt to think about character motivation; and how going back to those would help me get through the blocks. But I really fell in love with taking my time, building the romance slowly and mostly creating a whole new world of my own! The resulting fic is absolutely silly, cosy, extremely British vibes and it will always have a place in my heart. And mainly it taught me that I can write a longfic! And in the end it was 58k words, so take that brain. This is for anyone who struggles writing long, believe me, we aren't all natural long writers but it doesn't mean it's not possible. Anyway, it is likely still a bit rough around the edges, but the fact I ever finished it is something to be proud of. I haven't written a long human AU since I finished this one, but I keep thinking I want to try again. And I am currently writing a slightly longer (middling) canon post S1 fic and I am having a ball. I am in awe of people who manage to throw out 100k fics every few months. You AMAZE me.

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