Inevitably Ineffable

[fruitomens]

Don’t save him. He’s exactly where he wants to be.

[metalmiez]

I had Hozier’s “Take me to Church” stuck in my head all day, so i had to let it out somehow. And i haven‘t drawn our beloved ineffable husbands kissing for some time now. 😭🥺

I‘m mourning the kiss we didn’t get. So i‘m making my own. Nobody can stop meeeee 😭

It made me all emotional to think about the line “Only then I am human, only then I am free.”

Because what if Aziraphale said something on the lines of “I’d rather be human than not having you at all!” in the finale so they’d spend a lifetime as humans with each other, memories intact? 🥺🥺🥺 (and THEN find each other over and over again).

[lilpy]

🫧Gentle Comfort🫧

What should have happened after Aziraphale picked Crowley off the streets!

Also angelic scalp massages are truly divine. Ask Crowley, he knows.

ρατreοn's sticker for June! Find the 🔗 in my pinned!

[orion-over-stark]

i'm gonna miss them

[demonphynx]

Okay bye Angel! 🐍

[goodomensficrecommendations]

What are your all time favorite fics?

I’ve been thinking about this for far too long but I think (for now) I have an answer (maybe).

Which stories do you come back to over and over again? Think of when reading others? Made you immediately look up the author and read all their other work? 

In no particular order, here are mine! Please share yours!

1. A Memory of Eden

by ImprobableDreams900 ( @improbabledreams900 )

(link to cover and my recommendation here)

Rated M (for violence) I sing the praises of this series a lot, I know. It’s one of the first GO fics I read and I’ve been spoiled ever since. Prior to this, I’d really only read one-shots or shorter stories. I didn’t even know that “series” existed on AO3 and was so excited to find there was more when I finished a Memory of Eden! Also, some people use “series” more like chapters or unrelated works - this was truly like picking up an amazing novel in the library and then discovering there are more (!) to read. I joined tumblr because of this series - I was really just following different posts about this series at first. This story is intense! I am not a huge crier, but it had me out and out sobbing BOTH times I’ve read it! It is so so good. This is the only one on my list I’ve only read twice, just because I have to be emotionally prepared for it. ;) But I really love the world building, original characters, and the amazingly real-feeling A and C. There are 3 “main” stories that are each novels in their own right, plus some short accompanying stories. 

The author is a graphic designer/book designer and fully designed and printed them (not for sale) with book covers and everything and I am so jealous (check them out, they’re so pretty!). Partially because I’m in marketing and LOVE print design and would love to design books and partially because I would love to have a copy! ;) 

2. Slow Show

by  mia_ugly ( @mia-ugly )

(link to cover and my recommendation here)

Rated E  This one is on most people’s fic rec lists, but for good reason! This one came out shortly after the show and I hadn’t yet read a lot of Human AUs (ha! that’s almost all I seem to read now lol). I remember thinking the premise wouldn’t be my thing, but I had seen it mentioned a few times and decided to give it a try. I tend not to love the over the top parallels to the book/show, so at the first “you gave it away?” I thought it was going to repeat lines too much and almost stopped reading! Thankfully I kept reading!!! I also didn’t realize it was a WIP when I started, so I followed along with updates as they came out from near the beginning. I prefer to read my stories in one go, but it was really awesome to follow along as this story progressed. I’ve read it all again many times and it’s just written so well! Someone also made a printed version of it, which looks amazing, check it out here! 

3. Good Neighbours, Good Fences (and Other Misunderstandings)

by out_there ( @out-there-tmblr )

(link to cover and my recommendation here)

Rated E Another that I see recommended often, but for good reason! It’s just so lovely. I love the descriptions of both Crowley and Aziraphale (”He’s not a twenty-four year old twink anymore; he can’t get away with hot pants and a mesh shirt” just is so amazing). Their banter is fantastic and so is the natural way their relationship evolves. This one is fairly short (IMO) and I have no idea how many times I’ve read it, it’s one I saved a long time ago and reread often.

4. Anthophilia

by FortinbrasFTW ( @fortinbrasftw )

(link to cover and my recommendation here)

Rated E More Human AU? Yeah, yeah, I know. This one came out before the show so it’s been around for quite some time. Seems like everyone has read this already, but you definitely should if you haven’t yet. Every now and then I search AO3 fics to look for something new and if I sort by total kudos, bookmarks, or comments this one is always near the top. It is so so good. I have read this at least five or six times so far. Love both A and C in this with an awesome Anathema as well.

5. Shotgun Wedding: sometimes a first date requires paperwork

By charlottemadison ( @charlottemadison42 )

(link to cover and my recommendation here)

Rated E Kind of cheating with this one (but I made the rules! Oh wait, no rules, carry on), but this story has captured me since the beginning! I tried valiantly to wait until it was finished, but I’m really glad I didn’t because I get so excited when it updates and I love charlotte’s posts with fun gifs when there are updates. I held out for awhile, but the post with a snippet of conversation at the bar with Aziraphale, Tracy, Shadwell, and Anathema pulled me in (looks like it’s in chapter 10) and read it before I could stop myself lol. I live in New England and I loved the time put into sounding out their accents. It caught my attention and I’ve been hooked ever since! I’ve reread it from the start so many times already! The insights into relationships (in general and romantic) are so insightful! And the premise is superb. I also love the small easter egg things but that they don’t pull me out of the story but are so amazing when you catch them (I’ll be honest, read chapter 30 too fast and the therapist “Herb” went totally over my head! I love Demonology and I didn’t catch it!). The writing is phenomenal! This one’s an all time favorite, I am both excited and already sad about it finishing up soon. 

So what are your favorites? I’m sure I’ll be posting more at some point! It was really hard to narrow it down to five. Basically if I’ve made a cover out of it, then it’s a favorite of mine. ;) But I’d love to hear yours!

[aziraphalesnightingale]

Paint Your Palette Blue and Grey - A Good Omens Human AU Fic Chapter 9

Archive Warning: Rape/Non-con

Rating: Explicit (E)

Tags: Alternate Universe - Human, Past Rape/Non-con, Rape/Non-con Elements, Rape Recovery, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicidal Crowley (Good Omens), Priest Aziraphale (Good Omens), Lost Soul Crowley (Good Omens), Alternate Universe, Artist Crowley (Good Omens), Strangers to Friends to Lovers, Strangers to Lovers, Lovers to Enemies, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Heavy Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Gabriel is Not Nice (Good Omens), Gabriel Being an Asshole (Good Omens), Whump, Crowley Loves Aziraphale (Good Omens), Aziraphale Loves Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley is a Mess (Good Omens), Hurt Crowley (Good Omens), Crowley Whump (Good Omens), Alcohol, Happy Ending, Aziraphale is "just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing" (Good Omens), Soft Aziraphale (Good Omens), Healing, Fictional Religion & Theology, Religion, Depression, Domestic Fluff, Feelings, Falling In Love, Idiots in Love, Ineffable Husbands (Good Omens), Ineffable Idiots (Good Omens), Stalking, Manipulation, Mental Health Issues, Miscommunication, Misunderstandings, Trauma, Confessions, Drunken Flirting, Drunken Kissing, Non-Consensual Kissing, First Kiss, Mutual Pining, Pining

Summary:

Anthony J. Crowley is a failing artist; Astra Fell is a priest. Neither have ever met, but fate brings them together when Anthony is at his lowest point. Can Astra show Anthony that life is worth living again? Will Anthony get his spark back?

An angsty human AU fic.

[This fic is a WIP and will be updated weekly.]

Chapter 9 Excerpt:

Anthony took his sunglasses out and opened them, about to put them on when Astra held up his hand to stop him. “I was thinking… there’s really no need for it to be a quiet night. I don’t have plans. You don’t have plans. I mean, we could always—” 

READ CHAPTER 9 HERE!

or:

Start from the Beginning!

Tagging @goodomensafterdark 😈😇

Comments, Kudos and shares are much appreciated! 🩵

[lilpy]

👸 Find the Lady ♥️

The Queen of Hearts card can stand for loyalty or soul-deep connections and I think that fits our lads pretty well 🥰

This is July's ρατreοn print! You can join until the last day of the month. 🔗 is in my pinned

[mr-nobody-s-room]

Here is my piece for the collab with @qivence

[aziraphales-library]

Hi! I'm wondering if you can help me out. There was a fic series I can't find however much I try. It was about the night at Crowley's flat, he and Aziraphale change bodies and there were a lot of shenanigans and humor. Crowley wore stilettos at some point, and the last part was rated E.

Thank you so much in advance!

hi there! That sound like

The Longest Night series by charlottemadison

The night the Apocalypse doesn't happen, an angel and a demon share a bus bench on the way home to face their fates. This is the story of their evening spun out line by line, all the little moments that carried them through the night they knew might be their last.

enjoy!

-mod c

[zig-zag-ziggy]

A KIND OF MAGIC – New chapter posted!!

CH. 7 – Bless the Telephone.

Hi! Hey! Hello! I just posted Chapter 7 of my Good Omens fic, A KIND OF MAGIC. Visit me @zig_zag_ziggy on AO3 for a peek if you're interested! THEY ARE TEXTING THEY ARE TEXTING AND THEY ARE SO CUTE AND I LOVE SILLY LITTLE FLUFFY CHAPTERS!!!

LINK (to chapter) – CHAPTER 7: Bless the Telephone.

If you enjoy what you read, don't hesitate to leave a comment and/or a kudo! I love hearing what y'all have to say, and am very active in my AO3 comments! I am also really active here, so feel free to reach out!!

Enjoy<33

[missteriosas]

I ended up adding some rather quick colour to the sketch I did yesterday- Spot the blushy blush and shiny wedding ring^^

Here’s the sketch if someone’s interested :)

[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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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.