#1992script

[vivi-theakuneko]

1- Gift for a friend (BookCrowley in 90s Sportwear)

2- 4oK!BookCrowley after lockdown nap lol 

3- Doodles of Book, Radio and 1992 Script Omens

[vivi-theakuneko]

Hi, um, could you um, may I ask for a description for the differences between the 4GOmens please? Cause I only know the TV version. Please. Thank you. Sorry.

In my opinion, they are not that different. They are all from the same characters and it was just people interpreting them differently. Even the actors had different portrayals. It will take a long time to type out what they all are like, with evidence and all. 

That said, I am in no way speaking for the fandom. And I will try not going too much into details because I will write up a deeper character interpretation and post on AO3 for my Four of a Kind AU.

Overview: All Crowleys has some sort of anxiety? Radio sounds the most suave though. All Aziraphales are cute but the others are much less nervous than TV. Radio and Book had no fear/ little fear about their respective sides. 1992 Script: Crowley is the scared one (like a reverse of TVOmens)

Book!Omens: Married each other at least a millenia ago already. They have gone through all the exploring each other and the whole lovey dovey phase. Now they are acting like really old friends rather than a couple. Annoying one another to no end, but also exchange soft intimate moments.

Radio!Omens: Apparently the fandom agrees they gives out the friend-with-benefits vibe I love this (I am making use of it for my NSFW art too aha). 

TV!Omens: A couple with a lot of ups and downs. It took them 6000 years of pining and yearning for each other, but couldn’t reach out due to their own fears (Thanks Gabriel). They are now just at the hand holding phase lol

1992 Script!Omens: I will be more detailed with this one because you probably cannot read the script anymore.

As Neil said, this is an AU he made up because he was forced to write a screenplay that was “not-too-much-like-the-book”. In this one Crowley owns a night-club, takes the role of the one pushing Aziraphale away (while in TV Series it was Aziraphale pushing Crowley away) in fear of Hell. Aziraphale in the script is a sunshine as always. It was unfortunate that Crowley here was depicted more mean-spirited than he was in the book. 

What made the difference was that their demonic and angelic sides are amplified, probably to appeal to the studio executives. They probably didn’t want a soft demon. And so we had Crowley complaining about Earth being boring, wanting to go back to Hell, saying nasty things, mean things to his angel. Meanwhile Aziraphale is always smiling and clinging to the friendship between them. Not healthy at all. This is mostly why people hate the script. 

(BUT guys… Neil must have  written this not intending it to be a romantic relationship back in 1992. At most, this is a less than ideal friendship)

Oh and also Crowley lacks motivation to save the Earth. It made little sense why these two would risk working together to save the Earth. Aziraphale’s motivation wasn’t that clear either, unless I forgot something.

Note that this was a first-draft, not a final draft. I actually think if Neil had time and motivation to dive deeper into characterization (and more creative freedom),  there could have been an interesting dynamic. As I called it, the sunshine and the pessimist. 

Ok it is 3:11AM and I am rambling. Oof. Well, other fans must have better ideas, or completely opposite ideas. To me all are valid if you can back it up ;) I advise you to read the book, listen to the radio, BUT don’t read the 1992 Script like I did (Neil Gaiman didn’t want it to be leaked and people have since taken down the download links), to draw your own conclusion.

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P/s: People say this Crowley is horrible. Naturally of me, I protect the underdog. He said a lot of bad things to Aziraphale, and other people, but really, other characters changed as well. They all became so different.

BUT if you look closer. Crowley did stay true to the original. he was nervous, constantly stressed, more stressed than he was in the book even. And so him lashing out at Aziraphale, or saying mean things to him, or denying their friendship, can be explained. Also, Crowley is a great boss. He protects his employees, fight for their benefits. Awesome. I need him as my boss.