#WHAT IF AZIRAPHALE TAKES OFF HIS GLASSES IN SEASON 3??????????

[actual-changeling]

we do not talk enough about the moment right before crowley puts his sunglasses back on. the "nothing lasts forever" is devastating and if you're like me your eyes were so full of tears you couldn't see the screen the first time you watched it (just like crowley, look at us all twinning in sadness!).

there is a shift that happens in his eyes and i think it is absolutely fascinating and heartbreaking at the same time.

we begin with crowley averting his gaze from aziraphale's face and staring off into the distance instead, and you can see his spirit break. that crowley just lost the one thing in the world he cannot live without and we can see it written across his face like a neon sign.

then, as you'd expect, he gives into the need to cover up his pain, to try and make himself less vulnerable, and even before he lifts his glasses he looks down so aziraphale can no longer see his eyes.

now, the next part is what would not let me out of its grasp all day. we know it happens because of his demeanour afterwards and up until the kiss, but you can actually watch as crowley makes himself numb to the world.

i am intimately familiar with dissociation as a trauma and stress response, and while you can never fully control it, you do eventually find the switch in your mind that makes you snap back into the haze. crowley has had six thousand years to get really, really good at leaving reality behind when he needs and/or wants to.

that's exactly what he does.

he still looks sad, and yet there's just something distinctly distant in his eyes, the shift from openly heartbroken to "i don't want to feel any of this let me leave".

glasses? on

emotions? off

hotel? trivago

i have stared at those four frames more than any person probably should and i don't know if it's the light, if i am going insane, or if there is a single tear sliding out of his right (our left) eye. i'm probably insane and the light is a bitch so if anyone has some high resolution shots or anything that could answer that question without a doubt PLEASE do add it.

by now you are probably ready to threaten me with a knife in a dark alley but before you do that or drive your car off a cliff, let me tell you the best part:

aziraphale notices.

they might be communicating on two different frequencies but aziraphale knows crowley. he knows and loves him, and, most importantly, over the last few years he has gotten used to seeing crowley without his glasses. aziraphale could probably write a book on the expressions in his eyes alone and watches that shift happen and is devastated.

look.

he tries to make himself hope the same second, tries to convince himself crowley is putting on his glasses so they can leave together, but he knows.

aziraphale sees the light leave crowley's eyes, sees crowley leave, knowing that he is quite literally running away from him. you and me against the world, angel, but in that moment crowley firmly pushes him back to "the world" (or tries to, anyway).

the entire season we see crowley take off his glasses whenever he enters the bookshop to the point where he's running around without them on in broad daylight with jimbriel right there.

can you imagine how hurt and confused aziraphale must be?

because what crowley is telling him, if we really, really break it down, is that aziraphale is no longer a safe person for him. and repairing that trust is going to take time and work, no matter how much crowley loves him, how badly they love and need each other.

anyway to seal this off and really rub in the pain - how it started vs. how it ended. <3

oh one last thing: now crowley no longer has a single person he can be himself around, no one that knows him, no one he trusts. no one in whose presence he can take his glasses off.

and outside of the bentley and his own flat, he no longer has a place to do so either. the bookshop was theirs. with aziraphale gone, is it really a safe place anymore? is it somewhere he can just let himself be knowing he will be looked after and protected?

easy answer: no.

alright, off i go. see y'all on the next angst post or in the tags.

#alex talks good omens #good omens #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #good omens season 2 #go2 #aziracrow #crowley x aziraphale #ineffable divorce #the final fifteen #good omens meta

[fuckyeahisawthat]

Can already tell the scene where Crowley and Gabriel talk about memory loss is gonna be this season’s Plant Scene, in that it’s the scene I get weirdly obsessed with and read a lot into. But it’s just…so tonally strange and kind of disconcerting. It’s not just me, right?

It feels weirdly…secretive? Yes Aziraphale just told Crowley to go over and talk to Gabriel, and it’s not the only time they’re alone together, but it’s just the two of them, in a back room, no Aziraphale, and it has this kind of foreboding tone to it?

It seems very clear that Crowley has not told Aziraphale all the details of the attempted execution in Heaven and this is part of why he wants the secrecy.

Crowley is clearly furious at the beginning, but seems kinda disturbed when Gabe seems ready to follow his instructions to jump out the window. (EDIT: TO FALL idk why I didn’t pick up on this before.)

Crowley has his glasses off almost the entire scene. He takes them off so Gabriel can see his expression clearly when he’s at his most angry and threatening. But then he keeps them off for the whole rest of the scene, which just does not seem like something Crowley would be likely to do around Gabriel. He was just talking to Aziraphale about how he doesn’t feel safe/comfortable in the bookshop with Gabriel around. (What does it meeeaaannn)

“I feel like an empty house. A house where someone lived for a very long time, but now they’re gone, and the house can sort of tell where the things used to be” is such a raw fuckin line, and after the memory loss plot mostly being played for comedy it really stands out.

“It hurts to remember.” “I know. Do it anyway.” WHAT

The fact that Crowley seems to know that if pushed, Gabriel can remember bits and pieces (which he does). WHAT DOES IT MEEEAAAANNNNN

”If it happens again, it’ll make it seem like an institutional problem” being one of the 2-3 specific things Gabriel remembers.

“I know. Looking at where the furniture isn’t.” WHAT

Crowley, clearly extremely annoyed about his impulse to do so, offering Gabe a hot chocolate

#this scene is weird right?? #once again i say #what does it meeeeean #good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 spoilers #crowley

[humanityinahandbag]

Season 3 of good omens, I want Crowley to wear his glasses around Aziraphale almost exclusively. I want Aziraphale to mourn the loss of seeing Crowley's eyes without that wall between them. I want Aziraphale to try and sneak glances, to do his best and catch a glimpse, to ask in forced casualness my dear, it's awfully dark in here, wouldn't it be easier if you just took those things off? I want to see Aziraphale's heart shatter on his sleeve when Crowley says he's just a demon, and he doesn't want the angel uncomfortable seeing that reminder of his side. That reminder of fallen and lesser. That he isn't forgiven, no matter how much Aziraphale may try to pardon away the worst parts of him. To watch Aziraphale realize the wounds on Crowley's heart match his own. That forgiveness is hollow when the worst parts of someone in Heaven's eyes are what makes Crowley worth loving.

I want to see Crowley feigning indifference. To see Aziraphale worry that perhaps he'd pushed Crowley far enough away where even he can't reach him anymore.

I want to see Aziraphale reach out to take off those glasses at the end of it all.

And yes, he'd see a broken heart. But all the pieces would be there. And he's bound enough books in his time to know that if he has all the pages, he can put together a story again with enough time and care.

Aziraphale should be the one to take those glasses off. To scale that wall Crowley built. To meet him beneath the awning. To be the first to step forward for no reason other than to step forward.

To watch Crowley, terrified, that this will prove he's not enough for the one person he's ever loved.

To see the relief on Aziraphale's face when he can finally, finally, see those wonderful eyes again.

There you are, he'd say.

I want to watch Aziraphale find Crowley's eyes and his actual heaven at the same time and never leave either of them behind again.

#good omens #JUST SAYING #aziraphale #crowley

[fuckyeahgoodomensfanfic]

If you could add one classic fanfic moment to Season 3 what would you pick? For me it would have to be Aziraphale taking off Crowley’s glasses to tell him his eyes are beautiful. I would simply die if that happened

#good omens season 3 #good omens #and hand kisses

[cheeekycharchar]

A second theory has also been tinkering in my mind… Crowley's "I'm back" line isn't him showing up after a 4 year nap but.. CROWLEY IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE HE'S MOVING IN WITH AZIRAPHALE.

hold my beer and let me explain my madness again~ lol

I think an unseen moment between the two led to some kind of argument about them moving their relationship forward after thousands of years of holding back and some kind of argument happened from it. Possibly unrelated but Crowley could have gotten SO unbelievably fed up with Aziraphale's holding himself back attitude that even after ALL that happened at the end of season 1 he still won't move forward.. "together".

So Crowley runs outside the bookshop in pure annoyance and lets out a burst of demonic lightning energy in the streets and storms off in a huff.

Meanwhile, Aziraphale just thinks, "Oh, that silly wily ol serpent. Being his bitchy self as always" and goes back to his newspaper research about the strange occurrences with the Buddy Holiday song.

LATER THAT NIGHT (cause it's now dark outside. different scene from the Gabriel jump scare)

HERE HE COMES SPEEDING DOWN THE STREETS OF LONDON… CROWLEY IN THE BENTELY.. FULL OF HIS STUFF. READY TO MAKE A GRAND GESTURE… "I'm back." AND "I'M MOVING IN WITH YOU, ANGEL."

Probably cause I'm in the middle of a big house move myself currently, when I first saw the running theme of naked Gabriel and the BOX. OH SO MANY BOXES. I immediately thought, "Oh! They're moving in together!"

But it wasn't until the trailer and someone pointing out the plants in Crowley's car in one shot and possibly more stuff in his car in the first few seconds of the trailer…

This is Crowley's BIG GESTURE.

He's taking it upon himself to pack up his things and move in with Aziraphale to show his Angel just how much he means to him and wants to finally be closer to him now that they're on "their own side" finally.

So, Crowley's, "I'm back" line to me was him sauntering in after a big "OH EFF IT! I GOTTA DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE, DON'T I!?" meltdown moment of lightning frustration and then trying to act all cool and suave, take off his glasses, announce with a ring of the bell to the Angel sitting RIGHT THERE and.. Aziraphale has no idea what is about to happen.

He's probably thinking, "Oh, Crowley. Throwing a fit and running off and here he is again. What more could he possibly want to argue about now?"

So he plays it cool and calm. Like the parent pointing out the obvious to a child after they just had a tantrum. He gets up and calmly straightens his vest, ready for the next bought of ridiculousness and… Crowley tells him he wants to move in.. together. <3

I HOPE. I HOPE. I HOPE. I HOPE.

OR.. A MORE LIKELY SCENARIO....

He gets mad at Aziraphale saying that amnesiac Gabriel must be protected and stay at the bookshop with him. Crowley fights with Aziraphale over it being too dangerous, so he runs out in frustration, lightning in the streets, packs up his stuff in a huff and comes rushing back to protect his Angel..

"IF HE STAYS.. THEN I'M STAYING HERE, TOO." lol

Am I reading too much into this? Anyone else have this theory yet? Am I just wishful thinking? lol Which of the 2 scenarios do you think is more true? I want it to be the 1st but the 2nd one is probably more likely to happen. lol HELP I NEED SEASON 2, LIKE YESTERDAY D:

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens theory #good omens meta #good omens spoilers #go2 #ineffable husbands #crowley #aziraphale #go2 speculation

[thecommonmold]

WHAT IF in season 3 of good omens(which we will get), we have a scene of them reuniting,fighting, and apologizing, and Crowley is wearing his glasses . His eyes are glazed with tears again, and he is trying his best to not make them fall,hiding his face from Aziraphale. Aziraphale realizes this and, with shaky hands, starts to take his glasses off. He hesitates,stops for a second and asks "May I?" Crowley nods in agreement and he takes them off, being able to see his eyes for the first time in a while again. It's emotional,it's vulnerable,it's raw and it's beautiful

(Sorry for the bad English,I have the idea in my head but I am not eloquent enough to express it well and I am not a writer,especially not in english although I wish to be. This came to me randomly while trying to fall asleep lol)

#good omens #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #michael sheen #david tennant #aziraphale #crowley #good omens spoilers #good-omens #aziracrow #i am so normal #how do i express my thoughts better i swear i have potential in my head

[kuri-crocus]

Results: Good Omens season 3 wish polls

I collected some wishes I've seen fans have for season 3 and made polls out of it. Thanks to everyone for voting diligently! Making the (33!) polls, reading comments were a lot of fun to me! Here is my summary of the results. The bold answer is the most voted one. We will wait and see if some wishes come true ... As soon as season 3 is out I plan to come back for a check! I leave it to future me to make what actually happens in season 3 italic!

Prepare for a long post under the cut!

1. Do you want Aziraphale to perform the apology dance (in present day)? -765 votes-

52.5% Yes

31.6% No

15.8 % Neutral

2. Do you want Aziraphale and Crowley to end up mortal? -1046 votes-

87.7% No

9.8% Neutral

2.5% Yes

3. Do you want that Aziraphale saves Crowley at some point in season 3? -598 votes-

78.4% Yes

1.1% Neutral

4.5% No

4. Do you like God to narrate season 3 again? -529 votes-

50.3% Yes

35% Neutral

14.7% No

5. Do you like the Ineffable husbands to take custody of a (human) child? -553 votes-

54.4% No

26.9% Neutral

18.6% Yes

6. Do you want Crowley's angel name to be revealed? -1729 votes-

48.7% No

26.2% Yes

25.1% Neutral

7. What do you prefer to be Crowley's initial situation at the beginning of season 3? -432 votes-

77.3% Crowley is on his own

12.7% new leader of hell

7.2% something else. (I've read him beeing on vaction or hanging out with Nina, Maggie and Muriel)

2.8% works for hell again

8. Who makes the first step for a second kiss? -877 votes-

64.4% initiated by Aziraphale

30.9% initiated by both

2.5% no more kissing

2.2% initiated by Crowley

9. More of Angel!Crowley (without fall story) -406 votes-

51.5% Yes

26.1% Neutral

22.4% No

10. Where should the final scence with Aziraphale and Crowley take place? -527 votes-

77.4% South Down Cottage

7% The Ritz

5.1 % The Bookshop

3.4% St. James Park

3.2% Alpha Centauri

3.2 % Another location (rooftop was mentioned at least twice)

0.6% The Bentley

11. Should Aziraphale's diary have a bigger part in the plot? -307 votes-

53.1% Yes

34.2% Neutral

12.7% No

12. Would you like to see a conversation between Crowley and God? -602 votes-

49.3% Yes

27.6% No

23.1% Neutral

13. Would you like to see new angel and demon characters in season 3? -260 votes-

47.3% Yes

38.1% Neutral

14.6% No

14. Would you like it if there are more Angel x Demon couples? -359 votes-

44% Yes

28.4% Neutral

27.6% No

15. Would you like to see Crowley with long hair (present day)? -910 votes-

77% Yes

12.7% Neutral

10.2% No

16. Would you like to see Aziraphale with a beard? -359 votes-

49% No

32.6% Yes

18.4% Neutral

17. Would you like to have cameos of David's and/or Michael's family members? -318 votes-

39% Yes

34% Neutral

27% No

18. Should the historical scenes have a bigger or rather small part in the plot? -275 votes-

38.2% Neutral/anything is ok

37.1% Bigger/more like season 2

24.7% Rather small/more like season 1

19. Do you want to see the story of the great war and the fall? -287 votes-

69% Yes

17.8% No

13.2% Neutral

20. Do you want Saraquel to be an ally to Aziraphale and Crowley? -408 votes -

53.9% Yes

40.2% Neutral

5.9% No

21. Are you ready for 1941 Part 3? -713 votes-

80.8% Yes! All good things come in threes!

9.7% No, I don't need this scence to continue

9.5% Neutral

22. What is your opinion on the Ineffable Wives? -595 votes-

64.7 % Give me Fem!Azi and Fem!Crowley

25% Neutral

10.3% I don't want female presenting Azi and Crowley

23. More Bildad the Shuhite? -788 votes-

45.9% Yes

28.8% Neutral

25.3% No

24. Aziraphale takes off Crowley's sun glasses? -203 votes-

80.3% Yes

11.8% Neutral

7.9% No

25. Would you like it if Aziraphale calls Crowley "my demon" -291 votes-

43.6% Yes

30.9% No

25.4% Neutral

26. Muriel should be... -135 votes-

52.6% more prominent as in s2

43.7% as prominent as in s2

3% less prominent as in s2

0.7 % not appearing at all

27. In season 3 Muriel will wear... -151 votes-

90.1% a new earth outfit

5.3% the clothes they wear in heaven

4.6% the inspector constable costume

28. Do you want Muriel to take over the bookshop permanently? -153 votes- 

51% No

30.7% Neutral

18.3% Yes

29. More wall slamming in season 3? -190 votes-

62.6% Yes AND Aziraphale also slamming Crowley against a wall

25.3% Yes! Slam that angel against the wall!

6.3% Neutral

5.8% No more wall slamming

30. Would you like to see Aziraphale with purple eyes? -547 votes-

39.7% No

34.4% Yes

26% Neutral

31. Would you like it if Crowley calls Aziraphale "my angel"? -310 votes-

83.2% Yes

10.3% Neutral

6.5% No

32. I'd like Anathema Device and Newt Pulsifer to... -182 votes-

30.8% Every option is fine by me

29.7% only have a cameo

28.6% appear again

11% not appear at all

33. Would you like it if Aziraphale calls Crowley "Anthony"? -408 votes-

38.7% No

31.1% Neutral

30.1% Yes

#good omens #go3 wishes #ineffable husbands #aziraphale x crowley #aziraphale #crowley #david tennant #michael sheen #bildad the shuhite #good omens muriel #quelin sepulveda #good omens saraqael #liz carr #anathema device #newt pulsifer

[firebird04]

Good Omens 3: Plot Prediction

(Based on Special Spoilers)

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Neil has been a little careless when it comes to revealing information about season 3 of Good Omens. He has posted various snippets of information that have led me to predict the entire plot of the season...

So, without further ado, let's find out what amusing scrapes Dottie and Sadie will get up to this season.

The first episode opens in the pie factory Crowley and Aziraphale are working in. A pie-eating competition is taking place. Crowley takes part in the competition but tragically eats too many pies and dies. Aziraphale falls in a hole. (Neil has also mentioned that Crowley falls into a hole at some point, though he is presumably dead or dying at this stage). Both of them are eaten by space-time goats. (Are they also in the hole? Is it perhaps a wormhole or a black hole?).

Episode 1

The rest of the episode is a flashback explaining the events leading up to Aziraphale and Crowley's deaths, beginning with the double wedding of Aziraphale & Dottie and Crowley & Sadie. The husbands are nervous, and the brides are "taking it in their stride".

Aziraphale's Best Pig is the turnip-eating Morris the Edumacated Pig (played by himself), and Crowley has a wedding ring made of turnip, after which "hilarity inevitably ensues".

The wedding is taking place in a chapel and is attended by people dressed as enormous rabbits who serve jam sandwiches. Crowley and Sadie make love passionately behind a screen for a large portion of the episode. Neil has stated that it will be "very artistic".

At some point during the episode Crowley gets turned into a deer, leading Aziraphale to ask everyone: "Where is my deer?". Crowley presumably gets transformed back to his ordinary self.

At one point, Dottie gets sent to get Aziraphale's tie and Sadie to get Crowleys glasses, both from Crowley's apartment. They both end up hiding in the closet, where they find George the Gorgeous Gorilla.

Later in the episode, the husbands and wives get divorced. Crowley and Sadie have had twins, so this is probably set some time after the wedding. The divorce goes smoothly except for the question of who gets custody of the twins. The wives start a thruple with Furfur in Barnsley, where they open a biscuit factory, while the husbands go to work in the pie factory, leading us back to the beginning.

Episodes 2 - 5

The main plot follows Sadie and Dottie, who (leaving Furfur to take care of the factory and the twins) decide to spend the unexpected insurance pay-out on a holiday in Majorca, but end up in a small Spanish town instead.

Their initial goal is to help a small, financially struggling, animal-run zoo to survive, for example by starting a boarding home for indigent chinchillas, but they also get involved in the affair of their husbands' deaths and start investigating.

Multiple events happen throughout the next few episodes, involving following characters:

• A bumbling town inspector with a moustache who helps investigate the husbands' murders

• A vicar who comes over to tea and loses his pants, after which Sadie and Dottie do the apology dance

• Roger the Goofy Postman, who is very loveable (he was created after a tumblr user hypnotised Neil to make him include "somebody to love" in Season 3)

• Ernie the Unfortunate Cocker Spaniel who gets kissed by Dottie and Sadie

• Garry the Gorgeous Gopher. He does not believe in good or bad, lipsynchs to early '70s pop hits and will be puppeteered by someone who wins a competition on tumblr

• Three little rabbits who go to a big city to open a sushi restaurant, discovering their family's involvement with the East-German secret police in the 1960s

• Some badgers training a choir of nightingales for the annual Barkeley Square Sing-off

• A wild young rock band on the run, who rob banks, fall in love, and raise llamas

• Mr. Whimble, whose magic hat gets stolen

• A chorus of choir boys who sing "Carmina Burana"

• The Chinchilla Army

• A person in a gorilla suit (more on him later)

• The Snaffler, possibly the most mysterious character. Neil has clearly stated that Aziraphale is the Snaffler, although he, of course, dies in the first episode. It is quite possible that he has been resurrected, which might explain his turn towards villainy. He wants to steal the Jet Jaguar diamond to power his world-destroying laser. The wives, the police officer, and the man in the gorilla suit stand between him and his goal. He may be working together with the rock band.

Neil has confirmed that episode 4 will centre around Sadie and Dottie listening to the black parade, eating chocolates, and crying. This will most likely offer a heartfelt insight into their grief for their dead husbands.

There will also be something called "the Herring incident."

Episode 6

Episode six will be the finale to the series, in which it is revealed who was behind Aziraphale and Crowley's deaths. It was the man in the gorilla suit, who turns out to be Crowley's nemesis, Dr Unmentionable. It is quite possible that he is also the gorilla who had been hiding in Crowley's closet in episode 1. He controls the space-time goats that ate the husbands, although it is not clear if he was involved with the pies. He eventually falls into a volcano, where he is eaten by lava sharks.

Dottie kisses someone in the gorilla suit, but Neil has stated that we never find out who. This presumably takes place at the end of the episode after Dr Unmentionable has been defeated. He has also clarified that the person in the suit is not Aziraphale.

All in all I think season 3 of Good Omens will deal with themes of loss and grief, exploring Dottie and Sadie's journeys in moving on in life, symbolised by Dottie choosing someone new in the end. It will be more artistic and revolutionary than previous seasons, while also including aspects of mystery to keep us engaged and plenty of humour to keep the tone from getting too dark.

Personally, I can't wait to see Dottie and Sadie's adventure on screen!

Feel free to add anything I might have overlooked and your own interpretations for how the episodes might play out.

#good omens #good omens s3 #good omens season 3 #go season 3 #crowley #aziraphale #dottie and sadie #special spoilers #neil gaiman

[triflesandparsnips]

I'm not seeing enough deep-dive nonsense about the new Good Omens season 2 poster drop on my dash, and by god that means I must be the one to deliver it.

For those who haven't seen it yet, behold:

...there's a lot in here to go a wee bit feral over, if one was so inclined, and lord knows I love an inclination.

The Obvious Stuff

1. There Was Only One Bed Chair

This is the bulk of the commentary I've seen, and tbh, it's pretty great. "I am bored/busy and ignoring you but also what is personal space, never heard of her, we will not be taking questions at this time."

Notably, however, this is the second time we've seen them back to back-- the majority of the poster art we saw for the first season had them side by side. In both cases they're in a position to face some third thing together-- the difference, perhaps, is that side by side might imply equality of situation, while back to back implies implicit trust that the other won't stab you there.

2. The bookshop

Aw, look at them. Look at it. What a glorious little mess. This is them in London. Arizaphale looks pleased with the situation; Crowley looks bored af but he's also squished up on that one dang chair, so there's a "cat sitting next to you because parallel play and mirroring are the Best Interactions" feel to it.

3. Tea and wine

Arizaphale's got a teacup, Crowley's got a wine glass, this is very Them and indicative of their Vibes. Tbh, I think this is just a nice bit of design work, but it's worth calling out.

4. The outside street

The shop across the way is using a Gothic and reads "GIVE ME" before being cut off. No clue what it means, but it probably means something.

5. The tagline

The previous tagline we got was "Something's going down in the Up" (with that grey feather falling between their black and white wings)-- this tagline reads "Everyday it's a-getting closer."

Easiest interpretation is, oho, we're getting closer to the second season, and gosh there will be some Plot in it. And sure, yes, it works for that too, huzzah. But leaving aside the "it" and what that may mean-- "a-getting" is a fascinating word choice. It evokes similar constructions like, say, the somewhat obscure "Sumer is icumen in" (a song about the changing of the seasons and also encouraging a cuckoo to go lay some eggs in other birds nests if u no wat im sayin eyyyyy)-- and the significantly less obscure protest song "The Times They Are A-Changin'", whose ending stanza is:

The line it is drawn

The curse it is cast

The slow one now

Will later be fast

As the present now

Will later be past

The order is rapidly fadin'

And the first one now

Will later be last

For the times they are a-changin'

Gosh.

Now the Real Fun Starts

This poster is a composite image (as so many ads are), composed of different bits and pieces to form a whole impression -- based on fun stuff like relative pixelation and whatnot, you can often tell what portions of an image were there to start with, and what were specifically added in after the fact. How packed this poster is in tiny details -- which is exactly where I would hide fun hints to things -- is generally a cue for me to take a closer look, and I have been, I think, rewarded.

1. The books with legible titles

Zoom in on Aziraphale's book-- he's reading Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. The "two cities" in play are Paris and London, and the book is set before and during the French Revolution.

It's the story of a man who had been previously imprisoned in the Bastille for 18 years, and then was released to go live with his daughter -- who he has never met, what with the whole "imprisoned" thing -- in London.

The opening paragraph is:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way – in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

The pile of books in the foreground have two visible titles: the topmost one is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (a "novel of manners" that's considered a heavy-hitting romantic classic, and also yes the leads are both prideful and prejudiced and it takes an entire book for them to clear that up) and Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (a young adult coming-of-age adventure story about a kid who finds himself on an adventure with a bunch of pirates to discover buried treasure).

Of note: A Tale of Two Cities, Pride and Prejudice, and Treasure Island also all have note tabs sticking out of them, and are the only books that have them. This is reminiscent of how Arizaphale studied and referenced Agnes Nutter's prophecies.

Some of the books beneath the window technically have titles, but they appear to be about as pixelated as the rest of that section, and so I suspect they're just part of the scenery.

Similarly, most of the books on the background shelves are like that as well, except:

Joseph Heller's Catch-22 (A satirical novel set in World War II; Wikipedia briefly explains that "the novel examines the absurdity of war and military life through the experiences of Yossarian and his cohorts, who attempt to maintain their sanity while fulfilling their service requirements so that they may return home." The book also coined the phrase "catch-22," which is a situation someone can't escape because of paradoxical rules-- in the case of the book, you can't ask to be evaluated for insanity so that you can be exempt from flying dangerous missions, because "anyone who wants to get out of combat duty isn't really crazy.")

Iain Banks's The Crow Road (and a first edition, perhaps? I haven't read it, but apparently it's a Scottish family drama about a perfect murder against the backdrop of the 1990s Gulf War. Its opening line is "It was the day my grandmother exploded." The phrase "the crow road" is a euphemism, in the book, for death.)

Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim (Sparknotes says it's "the story of a man named Marlow's struggle to tell and to understand the life story of a man named Jim" -- a young man who goes to sea, makes a terrible and cowardly decision while following his leaders, and then spends the rest of his life haunted by it.)

There's at least one extra, partially obscured title:

It appears to read "THE BODY ------ and ------", which makes me wonder if it's an anthology of murder mystery short stories.

Leaving aside the uncertain book, commonalities between many of these books include:

soldiers, war, and the horrors/absurdities thereof

doubles and parallels

death and murder

a young/inexperienced protagonist thrown in with more experienced/weirder folk

fragmented and out of order narratives, sometimes having to be pieced together from multiple viewpoints

...pirates

2. The strange but noticeable inserts

There are several images that have been inserted into the poster that -- unlike the teacup and wine glass mentioned above -- don't seem to make a lot of contextual sense and are therefore, perhaps, extra information. These include:

a. the three lizard boys

b. the broken smartphone

c. the matchbox with the quote on the side

d. the camera

e. this statuette that seems suspicious

f. this record and scroll that seem out of place

g. the clockface with the missing hand (which may be just for the Aesthetic, but whatever, I'm including it)

What do they mean? No clue. I suspect it will become apparent as we get trailers and/or the actual show.

In Conclusion

Uh.

Look. Design teams can do all sorts of things for all sorts of reasons. All of this could mean absolutely nothing.

But.

Using my magical powers of bullshit deduction, I might look at all this, and that grey feather falling from the earlier poster, and say... well... the war's still ongoing, yeah? So maybe... maybe there needs to be a new angel keeping an eye on things on Earth. Or an eye specifically on Aziraphale and Crowley.

And that would look SUSPICIOUS, right? So this is an angel who's maybe... a little bit Fallen. For the sake of the Mission. Like, they've agreed to sin just a lil bit, just enough to justify being thrown out of Heaven, and they're not actively in Hell because they're, oh, just stopping off, or maybe just going really slowly, or maybe they were sent back up from Hell because they were still "too good" and all that Pureness of Spirit was stinking up the place--

Whatever. Point is, they're on Earth, they're very confused, it sure would be nice if these very Established metaphysical elders could give them a few hints about how to get on. We'd then get to enjoy a Guide to Living a Totally Normal Human Life given by these two disaster dorks, plus whatever nonsense is derived from, idk, various extraneous plot shenanigans, probably involving a Murder and maybe a MacGuffin Maltese Falcon.

And most importantly: this new angel? Wow no they couldn't possibly be a spy because again WOW, what kind of angel would deliberately Fall? Wouldn't that require doing the wrong thing to do a right thing? ...okay maybe, but can it really be wrong if it was done by command? ...well, wait, it surely must be wrong because otherwise the mechanism wouldn't have worked-- but then, wait, which thing was the wrong thing--

And Aziraphale and Crowley would watch this bouncing volley of cognitive dissonance with great interest, also possibly while holding hands.

#good omens #season 2 #good omens season 2 rampant speculation

[ineffable-baker-street]

after some recovery time, so as not to be so heartbroken, these are my thoughts on the final episode that i wrote as i was watching it, but that i was too sad to post yesterday:

(apologies in advance for how much i had to say)

- muriel is literally adorable

- LMAO CROWLEY TIPTOEING WEIRDLY BEHIND MURIEL I LOVE HIM

- maggie rn: 🖕🖕

- magGIE NO what is WRONG WITH YOU DONT INVITE THEM IN

- FUCKING MORON MAGGIE

- lmao that one demon who just turned around and was like, yeah alright, i'll leave

- look at crowley's pleased little grin he's so cute

- hello??? so he was a hiGH HIGH angel, like he was important af??? i really hope that's explored more in season 3

- god aziraphale is so soft and sweet, he just wants to stay in his bookshop drinking hot chocolate all day

- yes he is Crowley's Emotional Support Angel, thank you very much

- Crowley, Prince of Heaven. it has a nice ring to it ngl

- omfg crowley's little shoulder punch to muriel, he's like a big brother 😭

- sTOP HE HAS A HALO???

- hajsnshdhdh stop i LOVE crowley, his laugh is literally my favourite thing he's so proud of Az

- "it's a cardboard box, it's not going to bite you" ICONIC

- ooh. beelzebub and gabriel have a bit of thing going on don't they? "you're perfect 🥺" "gently 🥰". are they going to be... A Thing?? cause i ship it

- OH MY GOD ITS THE ROLLERCOASTER SONG. IN THE BACKGROUND. OMG IT ALL MAKES SENSE

- IM SOBBING GABRIEL/BEELZEBUB WAS NOT SOMETHING I KNEW I NEEDED BUT THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL

- also aziraphale putting his hand on crowley's arm please my heart can't take this

- "i've had quite enough of this. you will speak, one at a time" YES AZIRAPHALE I LOVE YOU. AND CROWLEY'S PROUD LITTLE SMIRK 😭

- "you know Alpha Centauri's nice, always wanted to go there" *exchanges soft glance with aziraphale* SCREAMING

- him and aziraphale needing 'us time' 😭😭

- oh my god he's clEANING. WHILE PINING AFTER AZIRAPHALE. MY HEART CANNOT COPE

- nina, to maggie: "you're not helping angel" ANGEL. LIKE THE SAME AS- IM- I CANT

- hA yes you TELL him nina and maggie, he is in love with aziraphale and they both need to come to terms with that

- holy fuck. he's about to make a love confession. glasses are off, emotions are bared. this is going to be painful though i can feel it

- oh no. no no no please no

- no no no crowley is begging this is all going wrong

- jesus fucking christ crowley's about to cry my heart can't handle this

- THE PAUSES SO HE DOESNT START CRYING

- just the two of them. 'us'. please please please.

- FUCK ME THE SUNNIES ARE BACK ON THIS IS BAD

- "i- i NEED you"

- no please there's so much more to say. don't leave aziraphale please dont.

- FUCK DONT MENTION THE NIGHTINGALES

- GOD FUCKING BITCH THEY KISSED, FINALLY THEY KISSED AND IT WAS CROWLEY'S LAST EFFORT TO CONVINCE AZIRAPHALE TO STAY

- "i forgive you." "dont bother." im sobbing i cannot cope with this

- PLEASE AZIRAPHALE STAY PLEASE

- god crowley watching him is so heartbreaking, because he looks nonchalant but he was HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT AZIRAPHALE WOULD RUN TO HIM

- LMAO THE SECOND COMING THATS SO FUNNY THOUGH

- no. dont step into the lift.

- stop the song is so sad but also really funny

well, my heart is in pieces. so that's nice.

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[qqueenofhades]

ok fix-it time hilary you can do this i believe in you

prompt is a classic one--Aziraphale runs after Crowley after the "i forgive you" "don't bother" exchange OR the kiss does magically work like Crowley hoped

no i am not using english grammar and spelling today my feelings are too strong

Aha. Well, I wrote this fic yesterday, but it... might not entirely qualify as fix-it. My bad. To make it up, I offer you this: technically not either of the suggested scenarios, but still something to salve the pain, set at the end of Season 3 or thereabouts.

The late afternoon light is still and weighty: golden, heavy, purposeful, the sort of light that takes up space, that polishes floorboards and sets dust motes drifting, settles on the backs of furniture and the pages of books like a sleeping cat. The sort of light that fills the room almost tangibly, that stripes the bed and spills off it to the floor like too much olive oil poured into an amphora, back in the hot white heat of the Holy Land. Since he is, of course, a being of pure light, Aziraphale can feel it in his sinews, in the core of his soul, but it almost seems... wrong. Not the light itself, but that he's still allowed to touch it. He doesn't know if he's Fallen or not, or if such trite distinctions even matter. He only knows this. Them. Now.

Aware that it is incumbent upon him to start the conversation, he clears his throat and looks at Crowley, sprawled out on the bed with a fair show of his old insouciance, but Aziraphale can sense the fragility behind the flippant smile. Crowley's black-clad legs are jauntily crossed, his shoes kicked off, his hair a particularly vibrant red against the little-used, age-yellowed lace of the pillow cover; this bed, after all, doesn't get much use in the traditional sense. Aziraphale's preferred human vice is food, not sleep, though he knows Crowley is very good at it and might have to teach him a thing or two about that, about rest. He craves it, but he doesn't know where to begin. That seems applicable to any number of things right now, but he has to start somewhere, he supposes. He just doesn't know.

"Er," Aziraphale says at last, to Crowley's increasingly-strained expectant expression. "My dear, I... I am..."

He bites his tongue. He's rarely been in this position before, knowing that he's the one who needs desperately to ask for forgiveness -- real forgiveness -- and not at all certain that it will actually be granted. It's always seemed so slick, so easy, something to toss off as easily and unthinkingly as the humans say bless you when someone sneezes, and carrying about the same spiritual or emotional depth. Aziraphale feels mortifyingly ashamed of it, of himself. He shuffles his feet, twisting the hem of his waistcoat between his fingers. At last, to the carpet, he says, "I'm so very, very sorry. I've been an absolutely dreadful ninny, and I don't... I don't know if you can forgive me, but..."

"Angel." Crowley's voice is rough. "Bloody look at me, would you?"

Half-fearing to be dissolved by infernal hellfire on the spot, but knowing that he deserves it, Aziraphale looks up.

It's hard to read Crowley's expression, even more than usual. The glasses are off, but his slitted amber eyes are opaque, careful, wary, not quite sure what this is or what's going to come of it. The dead-silent moments that follow, as he weighs up his options, are among the very worst of Aziraphale's entire unending life. Then Crowley fractionally shifts his weight, opening up a spot on the bed next to him, a silent invitation. He doesn't say anything. Using their words tends to backfire tremendously, even if they need to get used to it. He just looks. He just waits.

After all this time, after everything, Aziraphale finally doesn't hesitate. In fact, he almost trips over himself as he blunders across the floor, falls onto the squeaking old mattress, and clambers into Crowley's arms. Crowley wraps them both around him with fierce, ferocious, furious strength, pulling Aziraphale down next to him, Aziraphale's softer, rounder corporal form fitting neatly into the hard lines and lean angles of Crowley's. Aziraphale rests his head on the bare triangle of throat where Crowley's shirt is unbuttoned, burrows his face into the sharp cleanness of Crowley's collarbone, and becomes belatedly, embarrassingly aware that he's crying. It seems beneath the dignity of a (possibly-ex?) Principality, but he doesn't think he can stop. He just wants to lie here and clutch onto Crowley for literally dear life, to mourn for all the time they've missed, for the simple, unbearable, shocking, agonizing, perfectly exquisite pleasure of holding his love close. "I'm so sorry," he says again, struggling not to let his voice crack too extravagantly. "Dreadful ninny. Absolutely dreadful."

"You were doing what you thought was right. What you needed to do to stop the Apocalypse, just... differently." Crowley's voice turns distant, his fingers absently stroking Aziraphale's hair. It feels strange and shocking and quite, quite lovely. "Can't really tell you off for that, can I? After all, I'm a demon. What do I know about doing good?"

"Hush," Aziraphale says, primly and a little watery. "Now you know that's not true."

Crowley lifts his head and regards Aziraphale for a long moment. He doesn't answer, just thinks about it. "All right," he allows, at deliberate length. "Maybe a little. I'm still very mad at you, though."

"I do understand." Aziraphale nestles again, and Crowley doesn't stop him. "But perhaps, even if I have no real right to ask it, you can... you might... one day think about... f-forgiving me?"

His voice trembles and squeaks. It takes all the courage in him, even more than when he stood up to the full hosts of Heaven and told them no, no more, not ever again, but he looks Crowley in the eye. He tries not to look too expectant, or too arrogant. He waits.

Crowley, for his part, looks mildly flabbergasted. He makes one of those incoherent nnngh noises that he resorts to whenever he finds himself at a loss for words, and shakes his head. "Idiot," he says, very softly. "Of course I bloody forgive you. Of course. Now if you -- "

He doesn't get to finish his sentence. That's because Aziraphale likewise screws up every drop of courage, takes hold of Crowley's collar, and lowers his head, terrified that he's about to muck it up. But Crowley just looks at him like he's luminous, like the light is still in him and he is the light itself, and tips his head just that bit, in order to settle their lips together.

The kiss is long and slow, soft and sweet. Crowley's hand flutters up to rest in the wild white tufts of Aziraphale's hair, and Aziraphale -- somewhat in terrified awe at his own daring -- nibbles experimentally on Crowley's lip. He's quite bad at it, but neither of them care, or can think about anything else, or do anything but heave short sharp breaths, half-laughs, muffled sobs. When they finally pull apart, Aziraphale says anxiously, "I hope it wasn't very awful?"

"Oh." Crowley's eyes are half-lidded, and in the sunlight, he too looks as if he is burning like a beacon, brighter than his favorite stars. The affection in his voice is greater than the wings of heaven or the reaches of hell, the heights of the sky or the depths of the sea, and his smile outshines them all. "Absolutely terrible."

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[actual-changeling]

Ohh 43 for the angsty prompts pls (Aziracrow)

I had to hold myself back from writing more because my brain is cursed with never being able to keep anything short, but here you go <3 It's set after season 1 but before season 2, for context

Send me a prompt! -

The first oddity is a cold, untouched cup of cocoa on Aziraphale's desk.

In itself, it is not entirely unusual; he often loses himself in whatever book he is currently devouring, and Crowley has miracled it to either stay warm or become hot again while watching him way too many times to count. When he offers this time, however, after Aziraphale had been staring at it without blinking for two minutes and thirty-four seconds, he only receives a mumbled no need as he vanishes it to the void without having tasted a single drop.

The second oddity is more of a scarlet-red alarm flag: Aziraphale, upon being asked by Crowley after a rather lovely walk in the park to go have lunch at the Ritz, declines, says his goodbyes, and disappears down the street. Crowley's first instinct is to blame himself, yet even after several nights of staring at his bedroom ceiling and tearing apart every single conversation they have had throughout the last month, he cannot find a single thing amiss.

That is to say, except for the realisation of how little Aziraphale has been eating and drinking, and while counting how many times Crowley has enjoyed a glass of wine without him, his list quickly reaches five instances, which is five too many.

Maybe confronting him about it ten seconds after storming his shop (closed, but never for him) is not the best idea, but there is a spark of panic fluttering and growing in his chest.

"Why haven't you been eating?"

Aziraphale blinks once, twice, frozen with a book in his lap, and Crowley knows him, knows the flash of defensiveness and the first words of denial shaping his lips, and takes off his glasses before he can do as much as inhale. Faced with worry-widened golden eyes, he swallows his denial like he was commanded to.

"Angel, if something is _wrong_-"

"Nothing is wrong, my dear."

His voice is heavier than usual, but it is not a rejection, so he takes it as permission to push ahead.

"You like eating. You _love_ eating. So why have you stopped?"

Closing his book, he puts it aside and instead stretches out a hand towards Crowley, who takes it, if now slightly confused. Finding himself being pulled onto the settee, he falls into his usual sprawl, the point of contact both _too much_ and _not enough_.

"If," Aziraphale begins, gaze soft, "something happens again, and we have to fight off hell, heaven, or both, I want—I'm supposed to be a _soldier_ Crowley, and Gabriel—"

"Oh, fuck him, angel, what the fuck did that asshole tell you?"

"Not the point, dearest."

"You made it the point."

Crowley clings to his hand, scared that any sudden movement will scare him away or back behind his walls.

"You're fine the way you are, angel, and that absolute dickhead can go shove his words up his angelic arse."

Watching him mull over the words in his mind, he begrudgingly accepts this issue won't be solved with one talk or another insult about the archangelic prick, but the gentle nod Aziraphale gives him is a start, and he knows exactly which fear is at the core of it all.

"Now, I will make you some cocoa, and we can. Talk." Crowley grimaces, Aziraphale laughs, small and delicate, and yeah, it's a start.

"Some cocoa would be lovely, dearest."

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[26aspen-edits]

I just had this thought, when season 3 does eventually happen, will we get to see what happened after the tad field air base battle/ the night before the switch?

Cause if we do, something tells me it will have as much impact as 1940s part 3

Like I feel like they'll be no kiss or anything, but in reality a hug, crowley takes his glasses off in front of aziraphale cause he takes them off when he's in his flat in s1, aziraphale wil get surprised, crowley will suggest putting them back on but aziraphale will tell him no and say something like "I actually quite like your eyes" and THATS what makes crowley so comfortable not wearing them in season 2

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[graysonsthings]

GOOD OMENS 2 SPOILERS ‼️‼️‼️‼️

First of all I am DEVASTATED by the way good omens ended. Cried for 4 hours straight. I’m never getting over it. But anyway this is what I want from season 3.

We need Crowley and Aziraphale to get reunited. Aziraphale breaks down into tears and all, and starts frantically apologising at the speed of light, all anxious and gay and shit. When he finally finishes speaking he’s all flustered and out of breath and then Crowley (wearing his glasses) says, trying not to cry, “I forgive you”. Aziraphale needs to look directly at Crowley at that point.

Then Aziraphale needs to gently take off Crowleys glasses, symbolising the gates of trust being opened again. Obviously they are both super emotional at this stage. Then all we need is Aziraphale to say “I love you” all stuttering and stuff. And then we can have the kiss we deserved. After the kiss we need an “I love you too” from Crowley. Then they need to hug in a very wholesome way.

Take notes Neil! This is what I want!

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[enchantedchocolatebars]

Good Omens Chibi Headcanons (Aziraphale And Crowley) [Part 1: Chibi Aziraphale]

👼 Original headcanons 👼

👼 Ao3 version 👼

Part 2 (original) is here.

Ao3 Part 2 is here.

Updated Tumblr part 2 is here.

Part 3 (original) is here.

Ao3 part 3 is here.

Updated Tumblr part 3 is here.

(*Takes place during Season 1*)

• HE'S THE CUTEST, SMOLEST, MOST GOODEST ANGEL BOY EVER!!! 😇👼❤️❤️❤️

• You can thank Aziraphale’s heavenly influence for that!

• The chibi gets little reminders from Aziraphale to be happy and to think positive.

• Chibi Aziraphale finds happiness in his friendship with Aziraphale and is delighted that they get along so well.

• Aziraphale enjoys reading to him.

• Chibi Aziraphale hopes that humans will create books in his size so that he can read them.

• Chibi Aziraphale's favorite fictional characters are Winnie The Pooh, Molang, Pusheen The Cat, and Moomintroll.

• Aziraphale takes Chibi Aziraphale to St. James park to visit the ducks by the pond and feed them. At first, the sight of the ducks frighten the little angel. They were so much bigger than him. What if they tried eating him?! Noticing the scared look on his small friend’s face, Aziraphale kindly reassures him that the ducks were merely water birds who enjoyed bread and that the tiny celestial being had absolutely nothing to be afraid of. He even shows the chibi how to properly feed the birds by placing a piece of crust in his hand and allowing him to toss it to the nerby drake, who caught it immediately. This causes Chibi Aziraphale to beam in delight as the two angels spend the rest of the afternoon giving food to the ducks. 🦆🍞

• As a reward for helping him around the bookshop, Aziraphale miracles Chibi Aziraphale sweet desserts.

• The angel had a love for food similar to his bigger counterpart. Chibi Aziraphale’s favorites include crepes and sushi, (of course) coffee cake, raspberry cream pie, and shortbread cookies.

• He’s not aware of it, but Aziraphale does indeed spoil his chibi at times.

• Aziraphale likes to dress his chibi up in 17th and 18th-century male doll outfits/attire. (Imagine a clothing montage of Chibi Aziraphale trying on/wearing the outfits and looking adorable in them all while classical music plays. Aziraphale would squeal at how cute Chibi Aziraphale looks in each outfit, telling him that he looks like a little gentleman).

• Chibi Aziraphale loves wearing his doll outfits when he and Aziraphale have tea parties. It makes him feel fancy! The chibi’s Harry The Stuffed Rabbit plush would also be at the tea party, dressed in 17th or 18th-century outfits similar to his.

• I can see Aziraphale getting his chibi a pair of round lenseless doll glasses. He looks nifty in them.

• Since he’s become fairly proficient at it, Aziraphale shows his chibi how to do the gavotte! It’s really cute to see the two angels both have ridiculously pleased expressions on their faces.

• Chibi Aziraphale really likes this song! Everything about it was just so pure and divine. Imagine during a cold winter day, Aziraphale happily knitting his miniature pal a sweater near a warm fire place, all while the song plays in the background.

• Aziraphale finally has a little assistant for his magic act!

• Chibi Aziraphale loves Aziraphale’s “magic” and was easily impressed by it, believing it to be real. His favorite trick had to be the ‘pull the coin out of the ear’ trick.

• Aziraphale gets one of those really big old doll houses for Chibi Aziraphale (something similar to the Astolat Dollhouse Castle) to live in so that he had a place he can feel at home in and be in control of.

• If someone or something new scares him, Chibi Aziraphale would quickly run and hide behind Aziraphale’s leg, similar to how a timid child would hide behind their mother.

• At night, after Crowley drops him off at his bookshop, Aziraphale goes inside and immediately heads to the back room to check up on Chibi Aziraphale. He had miracled the angel sheets of paper and a pack of crayons before he had left to keep the little guy from being bored while he was away. When Aziraphale walks inside the room, he spots Chibi Aziraphale asleep on his desk. The chibi was nestled up near his Harry The Stuffed Rabbit plush and several sheets of paper and crayons.

Aziraphale smiles.

Just when the angel was about to attend to the papers and crayons that were on the desk, he notices a drawing on one of the papers. He picks it up and takes a look at it. It was an adorable childlike drawing done by Chibi Aziraphale. On it, Aziraphale and Chibi Aziraphale were smiling and had a heart around them. The words “Friends Forever” were slightly sloppily written in crayon. Seeing this beautiful artwork made Aziraphale’s face melt into pure joy and happiness, tears welling up in his eyes. He sets the lovely art down on the desk and gently picks up Chibi Aziraphale without waking him up.

“You’re so sweet,” he softly whispers to him before walking over to the chibi’s doll house. As Aziraphale tucks the tiny angel into bed, Chibi Aziraphale forms a soft smile in his sleep and snuggles underneath his little blanket. Aziraphale smiled sweetly once more. After that, the principality returns to his desk to take care of the papers and crayons. When finished, he catches up on some late night reading.

Tommorrow, he plans on finding a safe place to keep the drawing.

• Aziraphale and Chibi Aziraphale have a parent and child relationship.

• Chibi Aziraphale didn’t look so happy today. In fact, he seemed quite sad. The angel was sitting on top of a book that was on Aziraphale’s desk with a glum expressoion. Aziraphale, witnessing this, makes it his duty to cheer his little buddy up. He knows that Chibi Aziraphale really likes it when he performs old-timey human "magic", so he switches into his magician outfit that he wore at Warlock’s party and tries doing just that. Although he performs the basic tricks (the card trick, pulling Chibi Aziraphale’s Harry The Stuffed Rabbit plushie from his hat trick, the coin trick, etc), they do not seem to alter the small angel’s gloomy mood. For his final act, Aziraphale makes a “pie” (a paper plate filled with whipped cream) “disappear” (He just shoves the plate in his face, pieing himself). He then exclaims, “Ta da!” and does jazz hands.

Chibi Aziraphale looks at him for a moment before laughing.

Aziraphale joins him in his laughter.

• Chibi Aziraphale does get slightly envious of Aziraphale sometimes, mainly because of his size. Aziraphale's size ensured that he didn’t have to worry about being stepped on, and he could eat all the crepes and sushi he desired without difficulty. It’s not fair! How dare that angel be big enough to do all those neat things! He still loves him though.

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[unicornbeck]

Which leads me to a question...

When in Season 3 will Crowley's glasses come off? (And 2 sub-questions: when will we, the audience see his eyes uncovered, and when will he trust Aziraphale enough to take them off again?)

As much as I love our demon's gorgeous golden orbs, one of the things I'm very much hoping for is a reliance on this established symbolism to convey what Crowley is too tongue-tied, or too wounded, to say.

If we see his eyes at all in episode one, I'd be very surprised. A little disappointed, too, although I suppose I could see an 80s-style training montage of Crowley drinking As Much As It Is Physically Possible For One Immortal Being To Consume-- but even then, I don't think he'd take his glasses off. And I don't think the angel will get a look until the second half of the season, at least.

Part of me really wants him to have stayed in London and established connections with humans or Muriel, but honestly, I think getting spectacularly dumped by the only being he's ever loved (because he finally went against every instinct and every belief about his own unworthiness that he had) would leave him feeling gutted, embarrassed, humiliated, hollowed out, carved into pieces. He won't want to be seen at all.

Given the way neither Maggie nor Nina saw either of our ineffables disappear, Nina because she was pretty swamped, and Maggie because she fell asleep, they may think that the boys ran off together. If Crowley comes back he'll be miserable fielding questions about it. I really want Nina to get him spectacularly drunk and get him talking. But I don't think he'd let a human in that far.

I think he would go on a binge, alone, and he'd spend almost all of it castigating himself for having allowed himself to believe that anything might happen with Aziraphale. He's a fucking demon, he will remind himself. He knows better than to open himself up to that level of vulnerability, that kind of hurt. He'll go to some pretty dark places, not Hell, but here on Earth. He'll see his pain as mostly his own fault, with a healthy dose of pissed-off reserved for the angel and Heaven and the Metatron. I think he'll be angrier at himself than he is at all the rest of them combined, though, and that's saying something. He'll try to drown the broken feelings with alcohol and and anger, masked by indifference.

He's faked things before. But it will leave him cold and joyless. He might try to sleep for a few years, to avoid dealing with it. Might run away for a spell to other places... But we know that nothing will solve it for him.

I kind of want Crowley to become a surfer, and to channel his self-destructive risk-taking into fighting waves in Portugal. He'd look great with surfer hair, and I can see him pretending pretty successfully that it's healed him, while inside, he'd still be a mess.

Somehow, my post that started as a thoughtful meta ended up as a suggestion for a really spectacular AU.

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