Paperclip Ninja

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[paperclipninja]

Rambly meta post

Because my brain is now permanently Good Omens shaped and my need to ramble about my thoughts and feelings will continue, I've decided to put the ramblings in one place (this post is the place) to make sure I a) don't start repeating myself and b) can find past rambles more easily when I'm grabbing ideas for fics etc.

So herein lie the rambly metas about:

The final fifteen™️  An angel, the Metatron and a choice he never had Unconditional love (or lack thereof) The continued ramblings about that ending Partners/friends and the Metatron's manipulation

Duality and layers in Good Omens Middle of the night GO thoughts  More layers! Literary conventions plus thoughts added later

1941 (and music) The significance of "Moonlight Serenade" (and I am not ok) 1941 thoughts

Aziraphale things The angel can stand his ground Understanding of the fall

Crowley things Crowley's crank Crowley's awning of a new age Letting a compliment land Crowley a high ranking angel (maybe?) It will be Crowley who fires the derringer

Symbolism Swords, paintballs and what it could mean (maybe?)

Fanfic

So back when I originally made this post I had no idea that I'd also dip my toe into fanfic writing, but here we are!

A few of my fics include:

Still We Know Each Other So Well

Rated: E What would happen if both Aziraphale and Crowley's memories were wiped? This is a story of that what if.

All The Little Moments

Rated: E A Regency AU! It was the talk of the ton. Notorious scoundrel and most eligible bachelor, Anthony Crowley, had returned from abroad to assume his rightful place as head of the Crowley household following the sudden and unfortunate death of his father, Right Honourable Luke Crowley, Earl of Whickex. It was a Thursday morning over breakfast that Aziraphale, second born son of the esteemed Fell family, heard the news from his older brother, Gabriel.

Never Too Old To Learn

Rated: E Feat. Nanny Ashtoreth! Crowley and Aziraphale have well and truly settled into domestic life, but Aziraphale wonders if perhaps they're a little boring. He's always had trouble expressing what he wants, so Crowley enlists a professional to help his angel out.

He Wants

Rated: E (probably could be M tbh) Set in 1941: Aziraphale and Crowley's perspectives as the events we have seen unfold and what happens next.

Paint it Deep Aubergine (collab)

Rated: E Aziraphale and Crowley are contestants on a home renovation show and things get a little out of hand.

Just Dessert

Rated: E It started like many other lunches they had shared. An exquisite degustation, each delectable course relished by Aziraphale, Crowley taking a few mouthfuls but mostly savouring the sight (and sounds) of the angel enjoying his meal...

[sungmee]

they're going to pride~

(so its A Thing now on bsky to ship blidad/slorch and i said, let's start some meaningless beef, it should be tony/slorch! i'm dubbing them DiscoVile)

[curiouspupsicle]

Good Omens is a Transformative Work

It has been since the very beginning.

NG (fuck NG) thought of a book plot where a demon finds himself in The Omen movie. But he screws up the baby switch. And the Antichrist grew up as a character in a Richmal Crompton novel. He didn't know what to do with it next. TP offered to buy the story. He changed the demon into a demon and an angel defying their bosses on the earth they both loved. He added his smart whimsy and gave the story a moral core far beyond a silly spoof. When the story was written, queer kids saw themselves in the angel and demon based on the subtext. Because they lived in subtext. Gender fluid and trans readers created stories about an angel and demon for whom gender was a choice depending on how or whether they decided to make an effort. The strangeness of fitting into a planet dominated by beings the angel and demon differed from spoke to neurodivergent readers.

Religious readers found healing after years of struggling to make sense of doctrine divorced from morality. Some ace and aro readers saw the deep and meaningful relationship beyond romance between a pair together over 6000 years. And tons of horny people from all walks of life poured their hearts into smut that made the most of beings whose bodies allowed for a range of sexual practice that would never be realistic for humans.

People who felt rejected or unloved because they were "too much" or "too little", took solace from an angel who didn't mind the gruffness of the demon who couldn't bear to be cruel. And the demon who liked the angel being a little bit of a bastard. If an angel and demon could care for and accept each other for themselves, perhaps it could happen for them too? This is why the Good Omens fandom is so special. Transformation has been baked into his story from the very beginning. Biblical fan fiction, a collaborative story by two authors, a tv show/movie brought to life by a team of actors, designers, writers... And now also entire worlds of fan fiction and art. Good Omens continues to transform itself and the people who love it. And it will always be ours as we continue to transform it for generations to come.

[curiouspupsicle]

I wrote this 2 years ago. Maybe it's time to reblog?

[damare-draws]

“Alpha Centauri is beautiful around this time of year”

[mimisempai]

Crowley wanted them both to flee to Alpha Centauri.

Alpha Centauri is destroyed.

Because that is how God intended it.

The end of time.

Aziraphale wanted to change things from the inside.

It didn’t work. Because that is how God intended it.

Inevitable.

They could have given up.

Let the book burn.

But they didn’t.

They made a decision together that was anything but giving up.

Giving up means letting things happen.

But Crowley stops God one last time.

And the two of them make a decision, together this time.

A difficult decision.

Imagine how much strength it must have taken them to decide that.

To give it your all is not to give up.

And they did give all. All their love.

Once again, I’m not trying to convince anyone, these are just things I think about when I wake up at night and I wanted to share them.

[ineffably-good]

The Symmetry of Season 3 and Why That Makes It Beautiful

Ok, more big thoughts here. I just watched for a second time, and what I see on this run through is a beautiful symmetry.

Taken together, all three seasons are a dance, a back and forth between their need for each other and their love for humanity. One of them is always leading, one is retreating, hands locked together in a solid frame that can look like love or like fighting, one that gives them each the room to move, their perspectives whirling, deepening and changing as the view around them morphs.

It’s in the little things. The constant back and forth of them not thanking each other for important things. The wing lifted to shield the other from rain in Eden. The rescue at the Bastille. The thermos of holy water. The rescue at the end of the great war. The paint gun residue on the jacket. The forgiveness in the last bookshop on earth.

And it’s there in the biggest things, too, in the entire frame of the show.

In season 2, Crowley is ready to choose their relationship over the fate of humanity, and Aziraphale painfully puts that aside to try to save humanity, because he couldn’t live with himself if he didn’t. They’re both devastated by this choice, but it’s essential. wasn’t tricked by some spiked latte. He had to do what he did, and he's correct in doing it.

In season 3, by the end, Aziraphale is ready to choose their relationship over everything else. “I only want one thing, Crowley,” he says, and it’s clear he means it. Aziraphale has struggled through all of the love and responsibility for humans, discharged his duty as best he could, and ended up here—loving Crowley and wanting only him, at peace knowing he’s done everything he needed to do, ready to live for his love.

“What do you want?” he asks Crowley, in their moment of privacy by the Tree of Life.

And the thing is – the thing is, Crowley still WANTS that. He still wants it, so badly that it’s etched in every line of his body. But the fact is that now he’s grown too—he’s grown past the place he was in at the end of s2, where he valued his own happiness above everyone else’s. He sees the cost that Aziraphale saw all along. And now Crowley is the one who can’t live with the aftereffects of getting what he wants.

It’s *not* just that Aziraphale had to let go of his toxic attachment to Heaven to be able to deserve and appreciate Crowley. It’s that, as with most of their arguments all along, they were *both* RIGHT. Which is why their conflicts existed to begin with. They both had to grow, to discharge their duty, to get around an obstacle preventing them from joining the other.

And so they stand at the end, before God and Satan, holding hands, looking into each other’s eyes. Say what you will, but Aziraphale’s impassioned speech about how Crowley was the best angel is one of the greatest love declarations I’ve ever seen. Crowley sees it as such, I’m convinced. Aziraphale, who he’s always believed holds himself as just a bit better than a demon, reveals that he sees Crowley’s core, his inherent goodness, not in a way that implies he was better before, but in a way that shows that Aziraphale understands that this is still EXACTLY WHO CROWLEY IS RIGHT NOW. He finally sees him exactly as he is, loves him, and shows him that. This brings Crowley the peace and closure he’s been looking for all along, too.

They’ve both arrived, in that moment, at peace. They know and have love. They are in perfect accord. It is the biggest and most nontraditional love the world has ever seen, and I think they know in that moment that not one second of it could have been changed.  

I firmly believe, given the snowglobe in the garden at the end, that their love and their characters go on and on in multiple worlds and lifetimes, but honestly. Whether you needed a kiss or not, the symmetry of this ending is *breathtaking*.

I have to say, I’m loving it more each time I watch.

[mistysblueboxstuff]

"i have everything I've ever wanted"

[alwaystuesday]

Before the Fall

New art! New style? Just sort of happened. Gouache + watercolour pencil

[starmaker-astral]

Just realized we have the proof Good Omens 3 still follows our real timeline (just like s1 and s2)

The meteor shower Anthony mentions and observes in the final scene is the Eta Aquariids, a meteor shower associated with Halley's Comet and visible in the Aquarius constellation. FYI, they were active from April 19 to May 28 with their peak around May 10 this year

The finale released on May 13, right during the peak

It's these kinds of lovely thoughtful details that makes me love Good Omens and rewatch it over and over again without getting tired of it. It's just perfect

[simonezitrone79]

Such observations are the cause why I love GO and the fandom

[cobbbvanth]

We're a team, a group. Group of the two of us. And we've spent our existence pretending that we aren't.

#their pronouns are we/us/our

Crowley & Aziraphale in GOOD OMENS

[mielpetite]

This month’s ineffable toast- why not have frou frou cocktails and celebrate my favorite month of the year? 🥳🏳️‍🌈💜

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Some of the subtle clues that Aziraphale and Crowley switched bodies

Bonus - not so subtle anymore, where ‘Crowley’ is sitting prim and proper and ‘Aziraphale’ kind of lying on the bench (plus their reverse sitting position)

Bonus 2:

Bonus 3: We usually see Aziraphale under the sign E (east), but ‘Aziraphale’ under the opposite W (west)

[bohoteacher]

Why not reblog this now? It reminds me of some of my favorite scenes.

[ineffabildaddy]

shout out to all the good omens fic writers who:

don’t get large numbers of hits on their fics

started writing for go after season 2 came out (or after season 3 came out! hi!)

don’t have a big ao3 subscriber/tumblr following count

write slowly

have unfinished wips up on ao3

don’t often get their fics recced by others

you’re not any less valued for any or all of these things<3 you are important to the fandom! you are appreciated and a necessary, nourishing part of the ecosystem<3

reblog this with an underrated go fic (less than 10k hits perhaps). could be by you or someone else!

[cheeseplants]

YEY let's rec some underrated fics.

The Best Part - @happynachohologram A throwaway comment from Aziraphale sets Crowley wondering about the best parts of retirement. UGH this is just fluff on steroids.

Honourable Members - @groovynightstrawberry Aziraphale and Crowley were something, once. Now they sit across from each other in the House of Commons, a few metres and a whole world apart. HOT HOT HOT. Night Blooms - @gaiaseyes451 I found a strange flower in your garden that smells incredible and tasted just as good. Only, now I can’t stop dreaming about you… Luscious, mysterious, heart wrenching. Beautiful. All The Little Moments - @paperclipninja It was the talk of the ton. Notorious scoundrel and most eligible bachelor, Anthony Crowley, has returned. Regency AU! ALL the historical tropes and pining, eat it up with a spoon. Cosmological Constants - @kneelbeforeyourdogbabylon An Asa/Anthony fic that will make you cry. It is gorgeous. a taste of honey - @carry-the-sky

A post S2 Aziraphale and Crowley rekindle their own friendship, yet spend a while yet still finding their way back to kissing. The best kind of lovely slow burn and payoff. In the Interests of Time - @doonarose

What if our Aziracrow turned human? How would they cope? Written pre S3. A delightful smutty awkward first times romp.

There are so many more amazing ones out there. Please share!

[wellen-katze]

Good Omens comic

quick short doodle one I hope you enjoyed

[heyitzfaye]

Again with another Good omens sketch bcz I miss them already:<<

This time Aziracrow human au !👀

[tawnyontumblr]

The softness! The records on the wall. This is lovely 😍

[nearlywitxh]

an older version of me...........who said that?

[alisteravictoria]

War in Heaven | Charcoal Drawing.