#disposable duo

[actually-azi]

GOD'S INEFFABLE GAME

I've seen this headcanon/theory here and there and I love it, so I felt the need to lay it all out. Hold on tight, yall.

Everyone knows how perfect Aziraphale and Crowley are for each other. The Angel of the Eastern Gate and the Serpent of Eden, the sword and the snake - they've been drawn together since before the beginning.

The way that these two compliment each other seems almost perfect. They each have what the other one lacks; they challenge and make each other better. It seems a bit... ineffable.

But then, it happens again? (if it happens again, it'll seem like an institutional problem!) Seemingly against all odds, the Grand Duke of Hell and the Supreme Archangel fall in love. Beelzebub and Gabriel, probably the most unlikely pair, end up fitting together so perfectly that they become each other's heaven and hell.

And here's the part where I'm reaching a bit more since I'm leaving what we know to be canon, so take it or leave it. But have you seen the way that Dagon, Lord of the Files, looks at the Archangel Michael? Could it be that they're also ineffably connected? Honestly, I dare you to tell me that they don't seem... smitten.

Next up, we have precious Muriel, 37th Order Scrivener, and "Disposable Demon" Eric. Equally low-ranking but lovable entities whose personalities match so well? Sure, sure, they never even speak or meet (yet!?) so maybe I'm delusional, but I have a strong feeling that these two will end up together. Personally I think they'll be something like a QPR, but who knows. They're just such perfect mirrors of each other, and as we all know, things are always on purpose when it comes to our lord and savior Neil Gaiman.

Even though angels and demons are supposed to be "hereditary enemies", it seems like they all end up liking each other just a little too much to be a matter of chance. We know that there are 10 million angels and 10 million demons... what are the chances that that was an accident? A perfectly even split, by coincidence? Nah. We know that God plays an ineffable game with the universe, and it seems like She might have been in the mood for a romantic comedy. Creating ten million sets of perfectly matched beings, and then putting them on opposite sides, seems like just a thing that God would do for Her own amusement. She's probably sitting back and laughing to Herself, seeing how long it takes Her creations to find their way back to each other.

#good omens #good omens headcanons #aziraphale #crowley #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #beelzebub #gabriel #boxfly #ineffable beurocracy #dagon lord of the files #archangel michael #angelfish #ineffable administrators #eric disposable demon #muriel #disposable duo #ineffable juniors #good omens season 2

[skotch-meow]

I didn't draw anything else.

#muriel x eric #good omens eric #eric good omens #art #good omens #good omens 2 #muriel good omens #muriel #disposable demon #disposable duo #disposable demon eric #eric the disposable demon #muric #ineffable minions #ineffable lackeys #ineffable interns #ineffable underlings #ineffable juniors #ineffable subordinates #disposable scrivener #sos//

[barmy-demon]

I love how the good omens ships have like two names ineffable and something else

ineffable bureaucracy - boxfly

ineffable juniors - disposal duo

Ineffable husbands - divorced

Tho do ineffable husbands actually have a second name 

#good omens #good omens2 #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy #ineffable juniors #disposable duo #we are children of divorce #boxfly

[the-hovel-of-a-nerdy-rabbit]

Muriel's playlist hints at Ineffable Juniors?

(This is all in good fun and is just my opinion. You don't have to agree, but please stay and read.)

I know a lot of people have analyzed the living crap out of Aziraphale's and Crowley's playlists, but I really just want to ask if anyone ever wondered about why Muriel received these three songs?

The creators of the playlist knew that other feel-good, peppy songs that start their songs with the letter E and L exist, but they picked three songs that deal with love? All that does to me is make me think that Ineffable Juniors (Muriel x Eric) is in the realm of possibility and not just a crack ship.

Let me just get 'Everyday' out the way. (I'll be more in depth lyrically with the other two, but EVERYONE in this fandom has Everyday practically memorized. I'm just saving time and space.) 'Everyday' is the main song of the S2. It is the clue. It is the jumpstart of Ineffable Bureaucracy's relationship. It is THEIR song of love. It wouldn't make sense for them not to have it in their playlist, but why does Muriel have it? Of all the other characters who are in love, why does Muriel have to be the one to receive this song as well? They deal with concept of love, but they don't truly understand it (if they did why would they need to 'learn' from Aziraphale and Crowley). This wouldn't make sense unless this is more of a hint at Muriel's (possible) future storyline: befriending or falling in love with a demon (likely Eric). 'Everyday' is important because it helped blossom a very unlikely relationship between an angel (Gabriel) and a demon (Beelzebub). For Muriel to have that in their playlist in that context pushes their narrative in that direction, and it doesn't help that the other two songs are just pushing it further.

'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' (shortening to ANMHE for my typing sanity) is a classic love song sung by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell. It brings this idea of being invincible while traversing (or willing to traverse) through any terrain to get to the one you love. This is driven home by the first and third verses along with the repeating chorus of the song:

(First) If you need me, call me

No matter where you are

No matter how far (don't worry, baby)

Just call my name

I'll be there in a hurry

You don't have to worry

'Cause baby there

(Third verse) Oh no, darling

No wind, no rain

Or winters cold

Can't stop me baby

No, no baby

'Cause your are my goal

If you're ever in trouble

I'll be there on the double

Just send for me

Oh, baby

(Chorus) Ain't no mountain high enough

Ain't no valley low enough

Ain't no river wide enough

To keep me from getting to you, baby

What I think is interesting is second and last verse because you get to see the relationship of the two people in the song (the couple singing to each other). In the second verse, it's revealed that the two of them are loving/binding relationship by recounting a day that defined their relationship.

Remember the day

I set you free

I told you

You could always count on me darling

From that day on I made a vow

I'll be there when you want me

Someway, somehow

Then the last verse brings up the fact that two are now separated but are still in love and WILL go through anything to get back to the other if they're ever needed.

My love is alive

Way down in my heart

Although we are miles apart

If you ever need a helping hand

I'll be there on the double

Just as fast as I can

I could easily say that this could allude to Muriel having a strained or forbidden relationship with a character, yet something else was brought to my attention. ANMHE tells about a pair who is separated after making a connection/promise to one another while still having romantic feelings, but if one were to be in trouble, the other would surely come to the rescue? I don't know about you guys, but that sounds a lot like our other angel/demon couple, the Ineffable Husbands. Now, we have two songs defining both of our canon angel/demon relationships in a playlist for an angel who hasn't even experienced falling/being in love yet, but this final song clenches everything for me.

Every Summertime by Niki is the song that TRULY made me believe in the idea of Ineffable Juniors. I have played it several times and every time I do, I see Muriel and Eric. Let's begin with the first verse:

18, we were undergrads

Stayed out late, never made it to class,

Outer Richmond in a taxi cab

You were sweating bullets on the way to my dad's and oh

You said, "Baby, think we're moving too fast"

The very beginning gives an image of two students (underlings: 37th Scrivner and lesser demon) who are together (in a buddy/soft couple way), but incompetent (Muriel not understanding certain concepts thus proceeding to mess things up and Eric constantly questioning things while also being a punching bag and cowardly). It's only the first two lines and it already screams Ineffable Juniors. The last two lines give scenarios that could likely happen. Eric would be the one nervous from the idea of meeting Muriel's parental figures superior Aziraphale and his demon husband Crowely. Then comes the statement of "moving too fast." Of course the first thing that comes to mind is the 1967 scene in S1, "You go to fast for me, Crowley", yet in the eyes of our juniors, it would be in Eric's character (having more cowardice and less time to plan ahead) to say that if Muriel wanted to be closer. Then there's this imagery of how one would realize their feelings for someone is becoming more than platonic:

And I swear the magnolias flashed a smile

And that's when I caught me hoping you'd stay a while

I will say that second verse is more of "They're growing closer after a while" more than picturing scenarios like the previous verses.

25, man we're missing church

Laugh 'bout everyone we're hating at work

Dinner with your sister and the jokes kinda hurt

Cry the way home, and you're putting me first, oh

Yeah, we just always know what to say

Then we get these lines:

We're strolling down the boulevard

And dancing under streetlights

Every year we get older, and I'm still on your side

Taking a stroll? Dancing? Being on a side with your partner? This, AGAIN, creates connections to Bureaucracy and Husbands, but the couple in the song portray these actions in a setting for younger, impressionable people, hmmmm... like the Juniors? Let's just finish off with the chorus and outro.

(Chorus) Baby, I'd give up anything to travel inside your mind

Baby, I fall in love again come every summertime

My daddy taught me to choose 'em wisely, but you don't have to try

'Cause, baby, I fall in love every summertime

(Outro) Every day is summertime

Every day is summertime

Every day is summertime with you

Questions that I think about when it comes to the Juniors are "if they fell in love or became close friends, how would Aziraphale and Crowley react? Would they be happy for them, or would they try to stop them from going any further out of fear for their safety?" With what happen at the end of the season, I'm personally think it's the later, but then that brought an additional question. "If Muriel was told to stop meeting Eric, would they?" No. The third line of the chorus reminded me how Muriel knew Aziraphale and Crowley were the enemy and yet they still gave unbiased trust and compassion towards them. A low rank angel who is supposed to take every order willingly decided that the enemy is their friend that they can ask questions to. When you start to apply the first, second and last line of the chorus, along with the outro, it draws a picture of a person so smitten with their partner that every time they're with them, they fall in love all over again, so they're willing to disregard the opinions of others just to be with their other half. Muriel seeing both angel/demon couples existing in the same room in S2E6 feeds my thoughts with the image of Muriel, who may or may not know that Eric is a demon (they never met him, and they also didn't know that Crowley was a demon), proceeding to be around him even after being told not to by Aziraphale. If it was worth it for the others, it could be worth it for me.

I could be reaching with some of my claims, so I'll just continue until I reach the moon. However, it is possible for all three songs to be thrown in the playlist for fun, I mean it does have "Get Lucky" and "Everything is Awesome". I'm just a sucker for Ineffable Juniors. I don't care if they don't end up together or anything, but they have to meet at least once as another example of an angel and demon being able to get along. Stories are always played out in threes. Why can't they be the third?

Thank you for reading if you made it to the end. Here's some sketches for your troubles:

#I cant wait to draw them for the PKMN Au #Muriel #eric the disposable demon #muriel x eric #ineffable juniors #disposable duo #good omens #good omens season 2 #neil gaiman #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy #aziracrow #beelzebriel #song lyrics

[eggrollofchaos01]

I’ve read all the fanfics, I’m pretty sure I’ve watched all the TikTok’s I NEED MORE INEFFABLE JUNIORS, THE DISPOSABLE DUO, OR INEFFABLE UNDERLINGS. THEY ARE SOOO CUTE AND JUST MAKE SENSE, imma go delulu

#ineffable juniors #ineffable underlings #disposable duo #muriel good omens #eric good omens #good omens #good omens 2

[murd3rouscrow]

I don't usually like ships that haven't even met in the canon... But there's something about Muriel x Eric that scratches my brain in all the right ways and I can't explain why.

#good omens #good omens season 2 #muriel #eric the disposable demon #eric good omens #disposable demon #ineffable juniors #ineffable minions #disposable duo

[lilliththefan]

I have done this over on TikTok and Twitter, so now it’s time to get my grubby hands all over Tumblr 👀

Once again, I’m asking you to consider THEM 😩🙏✨

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #muriel #disposable demon #disposable demon eric #ineffable juniors #ineffable minions #ineffable interns #disposable duo

[v4guelyv4mpiric]

thinking about them rn srry

#ineffable juniors #disposable duo #good omens #good omens eric #good omens muriel #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #fan art #good omens fanart

[mairathepuppetwolf]

Entonces, Erick y Muriel van a tener una cita fuera de la librería

Si me dieran una moneda por cada crackship que tengo me volvería millonaria

#good omens #ineffable juniors #good omens muriel #disposable duo #good omens 2 #good omens eric #eric the disposable demon #good omens prime

[tired-lazarus]

The idea was that Muriel is strong and then I made this

#good omens #good omens muriel #muriel #disposable duo #yes i will put disposable duo in here #ineffable juniors

[lochthefishy]

ineffable juniors anyone?

Cutest ship of the fandom

#eric the disposable demon #muriel good omens #ineffable juniors #good omens #good omens s2 #muriel x eric #disposable duo #disposable demon

[decapodsrandomfandom]

ehhhhhUEUEUUUEEE

#ineffable juniors #disposable duo #eric good omens #muriel

[skotch-meow]

Guys look..

#muriel x eric #good omens eric #eric good omens #art #good omens #good omens 2 #muriel good omens #muriel #disposable demon #disposable duo #disposable demon eric #eric the disposable demon #muric #ineffable minions #ineffable lackeys #ineffable interns #ineffable underlings #ineffable juniors #ineffable subordinates #disposable scrivener #sos//

[chiefblossom]

INEFFABLE JUNIORS PLAYLIST???

RIGHT. i need songs so badly but Eric + Muriel my beloved <33

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens season 2 #muriel #eric the disposable demon #ineffable juniors #disposable duo #Spotify

[the-hovel-of-a-nerdy-rabbit]

Look, Parental figures! I made a new friend!

Good Omens x Animal Crossing (Good Crossing/Animal Omens)

Part 3: Muriel and Eric (Ineffable Juniors/Disposable Duo)

This pairing has helped me cope with the ineffable divorce (yes even more than the bureaucracy). They are my adorable children, and I will shield them from harm.

#good omens #animal crossing #crossover #good omens season 2 #neil gaiman #ineffable juniors #disposable duo #muriel #eric the disposable demon #muriel x eric #my pretty baby #cute duck #fanart #omen crossing

[i-hatethisgoat]

i've been seeing loads of new gomens ships recently, and i'm just here to propose that we stick to a neat little set.

ineffable(s)/ husbands/ spouses: aziraphale and crowley

ineffable bureaucracy: gabriel and beelzebub

ineffable juniors: muriel and eric

ineffable incompetence: michael and dagon

#aziracrow boxfly angelfish and disposable duo are all fine #but they can all be the same #also i just think ineffable incompetence is funny asf #good omens #ineffable husbands #ineffable bureaucracy #aziracrow #boxfly #ps i don't rlly i ship the latter two pairings but idk could be fun #to each their own #ineffable juniors #crowley #aziraphale #archangel gabriel #beelzebub #archangel michael #dagon #muriel #eric the disposable demon