#i was wrong dance

[rainbowhyperfixation]

Nice.

[extraaa-30]

wait... so s1 says angels don't dance, except for aziraphale, who learned the gavotte in the late 1880s

but then we learn in s2 that aziraphale did at least one other dance earlier !

so what i'm wondering is,, how did it even start? like did aziraphale go "gosh I'm really sorry fr 🥺😬 allow me to prove it with this incredibly human ritual no angel has ever tried before"? or did crowley go "oh, how to make me feel better you ask? do a little dance go on 😈🐍🥰"?

anyway the point is crowley canonically got to see aziraphale dance for that very first time !

1650: the first time an angel ever danced, and it was to apologize for some silly dumbfuckery so his demon spouse would drop the pout & join him for lunch

[aziraphales-library]

Hi!! Your work is a lifesaver,I was wondering if there's any fics about the origin of the apology dance and the history behind it.

Thanks so much!💜

I found a couple...

Of Enlightenment and Other Philosophical Pursuits by beckellie (G)

Aziraphale and Crowley are used to disagreeing over things, but this time around, Crowley decides to make things interesting; or The one time Aziraphale let Crowley talk him into a bet over Johannes Gutenberg's printing machine.

Stolen Moments by LyricalKris (M)

Did it really take six thousand years for Aziraphale and Crowley to figure out they were made for each other? Or did they stumble onto the truth, again and again, only to be thwarted by meddling forces for ineffable purposes? Gabriel and Beezlebub are really the worst.

- Mod D

[leoreadss]

English Civil War

Ok, I can't be the only one who noticed it.

These are from Bluesky

Today in London, precisely between the staircase of Trafalgar Square and St James's Park.

The soldiers are from the English Civil War which happened between August 22, 1642 – and September 3, 1651.

Who did the 'I was wrong dance' in 1650 ?????

Exactly! I'm onto something? Is this a Clue?

[xdestinykey]

Ineffable May Day #6- ✨🎀 Apology 🎀✨

How to Apologize: A Step-by-Step Guide by Anthony J Crowley

[apologydanceenthusiast]

Airaphale and Crowley are so horrible at communicating that they made up an ENTIRE DANCE to avoid having to have a proper heartfelt conversation/apology

[agent-holbrook]

Me and my friend are literally platonic aziracrow—they're genderfluid and I'm agender, they're auDHD and I'm autistic, ...

...

I had a brief period of time where I left them for someone else, only to realise the other person was lying and being emotionally manipulative towards me and I ran back not a week later full of apologies

Sound familiar???

[lickthecowhappy]

Is Aziraphale an Accidental War-Monger?

Aziraphale mentions three years in which he was compelled to do the “I Was Wrong” dance. The three years he lists (1650, 1793, and 1941) were all years during which historically significant wars occurred. I submit that Aziraphale contributed to events leading to the wars. That he did these things against the advice of Crowley, who either told him it would backfire, or simply said to let it be. And when he and Crowley met up after the events unfolded to result in war, Crowley said, “I told you so” and demanded the dance.

See some theories below the cut, and please feel free to continue the discourse if you are more knowledgeable in these areas of history. I think there could be so many good theories out there for people more learned than myself.

1650 | The Anglo-Scottish war / The English Third Civil War

Oliver Cromwell, a prominent figure in this war, was pretty zealous. Maybe Aziraphale thought that a staunchly religious man like Cromwell would make righteous and just decisions, only later to find that zealotry wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. Or maybe he tried to avoid conflict altogether by convincing the northern leader, David Leslie, to fall back and refuse to fight. Either way, a war started. 

1793 | The French Revolution / War of the First Coalition

What if Aziraphale influenced people in the French government to assist with the American revolution, thinking it was a noble cause to help out this burgeoning nation with ideals of “liberty and equality.” The debt France incurred by allying against the British contributed to the political instability eventually leading to the war. 

1941 | World War 2

Maybe Aziraphale was influential in the drafting of the Treaty of Versailles and convinced them to put in Article 231; a controversial article of the treaty requiring that Germany accept legal responsibility for WW1. In an effort to convince people to take responsibility for their actions, he may have inadvertently created something later used to radicalize german sentiment and fuel fascism leading to WW2.

2023

He blew up his halo fighting the demons in the bookshop which could constitute an act of war.

Post Script Disclaimer: The above is a comedy-based analysis based on the concept of folly. This is not an attack on Aziraphale’s character, just an analysis on what I think would be excellent comedy writing.