#historical husbands

[yourangle-yuordevil]

That time in ancient Greece when Aziraphale needed a speedy horse and accidentally invented the pegasus

VS.

Whatever Crowley had going on in medieval times

#Crowley just really misses the unicorns ok??? #Also Crowley didn't start from a horse to make a new unicorn #he looked at a horse and was like.... nah #then looked at a goat and was like YEAAAAH LET'S GOO LET'S MAKE YOU BIG AF AND YOU CAN ALSO SPIT FIRE WHAT A GREAT IDEA!! #While Aziraphale is fretting over the fact that he accidentally gave WINGS to a HORSE and every time that the angels asks about it he's lik #whaaat?? PegaSUS naaaah never heard about it. Must be a made up thing. humans...right?? silly little things ahahah *sweat nervously* #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #pegasus #unicorn #Do I wanna draw the precious good omens beans? yes. #is this an excuse to draw more horses? also yes. #medieval crowley #ancient greek aziraphale #CAVALLIIIIIII 🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴🐎🐴 #good omens comic #historical husbands

[thedeepmiracleperfection]

okay but did anyone notice this solitary red-headed figure???? in "the ball" episode poster???

ARE WE GOING TO GET FEMININE PRESENTING, REGENCY ERA CROWLEY DANCING AT THE BALL WITH AZIRAPHALE???? ARE WE???

#oh my god??? #i'm going to die #good omens #crowley #ineffable husbands #historical husbands #good omens season 2 #gos2 #gos2 countdown

[cliopadra]

The Bookworm’s Assistant

(a Good Omens parody repaint of “The Bookworm”, c. 1850, by Carl Spitzweg)

#good omens #good omens 2 #good omens fanart #ineffable husbands #jim good omens #archangel gabriel #aziraphale #crowley #my art #cliopadra blabbers on #also hellooo I’ve finally regained my interest in doing historical repaints again!

[nipuni]

😔 Oh Crowley..

#good omens #good omens 2 #crowley #ineffable husbands #the sketch got out of hand #this series has so much stuff I love to draw like clouds fabrics historical fashion flowy hair wings religious imagery stars sad old men- #I'll get better at drawing actors at some point just bear with me for now #my art

[viperinz]

present day version of "look at you, you're gorgeous."

#this looks like a frame from a historical romance film and i love it #good omens #good omens 2 #aziraphale #crowley #aziraphale x crowley #aziraphale good omens #good omens aziraphale #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #crowley good omens #good omens crowley #ineffable wives #ineffable spouses #good omens ineffable husbands #ineffable husbands good omens #vee rambles

[maypersonne]

Shang Qinghua is such a romance webtoon ass protagonist watch him get married to the Duke of the North for protection and tax reasons make his fief run so much better make everyone's life better make his expertise indispensable make his husband fall madly in love with him then worry about how he's getting divorced in 2 years cause their contract marriage end there and his gorgeous gorgeous husband having now filled the conditions and inherited his title as Lord of the northern lands will find a much higher status and prettier spouse the second the contract is over

Like Mobei Jun could even fonction as a person without Shang Qinghua like the organization of the North wouldn't completely fizzle out in a week if he took his eyes off it

#shang qinghua #mobei jun #moshang #svsss #my thesis is that mobei jun would fucking die without sqh like a very demanding plant in the wrong soil conditions #shang qinghua my dude you'll have to take this one for the team and stay with your very sexy demon forever #historical webtoon #he calls him “my king” like he's a gift from the heavens and the world end at their fief like theres no emperor or country to answer to lik- #-like there's no loyalty in him but for his lord husband #au #i guess #should i tag it #moshang au #or like #svsss au #idk which one is a tag people use so there goes both

[asterhound]

old women yaoi, but make it 1930s instead of 1960s ;)

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #or should i say #ineffable wives #good omens 2 #historically inaccurate #30s fashion #art #first post

[glassesanddisasters]

1890'S Aziraphale and Crowley.

I took an art break, then found this old illustration and I knew what needed to be done. (Reference illustration found on Pinterest)

#1890’s Aziraphale and Crowley #good omens #good omens fanart #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley #neil gaiman #illustration #historical fashion #art study #artist on tumblr #digital painting #gd illustration #innefable husbands #inneffable wives

[bowtiepastabitch]

Historical Analysis: class and injustice in 'The Ressurrectionists' minisode

Alternate title: why we're tempted to be upset with Aziraphale and why that's only halfway fair

Okay so first off huge thanks to @makewayforbigcrossducks for asking the question (and follow-up questions lol) that brought me to put these thoughts all together into a little history nerd ramble. That question being, Why is Aziraphale so clueless? Obviously, from a plot perspective, we know we need to learn some lessons about human moral dilemmas and injustices. But from a character perspective? A lot of this minisode is about Aziraphale being forced to confront the flaws of heavenly logic. This whole idea that "poverty is ineffable" basically boils down to 'yeah some people are poor, but their souls can be saved just as if not more easily that way, so it's not our problem and they probably deserve it anyway for not working hard enough,' a perspective that persists in many modern religious circles. Aziraphale isn't looking at the human factor here, he's pretty much purely concerned about the dichotomy of good and wicked human behavior and the spiritual consequences thereof, because that's what he's been told to believe. His whole goal is to "show her the error of her ways." He believes, quite wholeheartedly, that he's helping her in the long run.

"the lower you start, the more opportunities you have"

So here's what we're asking ourselves: Why did it take him so bloody long to realize how stupid that is? Sure, he's willing to excuse all kinds of things in the name of ineffability, but if someone in the year of our lord 2023 told me he was just now realizing that homelessness was bad after experiencing the past two centuries, I'd be resisting the urge to get violent even if he WAS played by Michael Sheen.

Historical context: a new type of poverty

Prior to the 19th century (1800s), poverty was a very different animal from what we deal with now. The lowest classes went through a dynamic change leading up to the industrial revolution, with proto-industrialization already moving people into more manufacture-focused tasks and rapid urbanization as a result of increasingly unlivable conditions for rural peasantry. The enclosure of common lands and tennancies by wealthy landowners for the more profitable sheep raising displaced lots of families, and in combination with poor harvests and rising rents, many people were driven to cities to seek out new ways of eeking out a living.

Before this, your ability to eat largely would have depended on the harvest in your local area. This can, for our purposes, be read as: you're really only a miracle away from being able to survive the winter. Juxtapose this, then, with the relatively new conundrum of an unhoused urban poor population. Now if you want to eat, you need money itself, no exceptions, unless you want to steal food. Charity at the time was often just as much harm as good, nearly always tied deeply up in religious attitudes and a stronger desire to proselytize than improve quality of lie. As a young woman, finding work in a city is going to be incredibly difficult, especially if you're not clean and proper enough to present as a housemaid or other service laborer. As such, Elspeth turns to body snatching to try to make a better life for herself and Wee Morag. She's out of options and she knows it.

You know who doesn't know that? Aziraphale.

The rise of capitalism

The biggest piece of the puzzle which Aziraphale is missing here is that he hasn't quite caught onto the concept of capitalism yet. To him, human professions are just silly little tasks, and she should be able to support herself if she just tried. Bookselling, weaving, farming, these are all just things humans do, in his mind. He suggests these things as options because it hasn't occurred to him yet that Elspeth is doing this out of desperation, but he also just doesn't grasp the concept of capital. Crowley does, he thinks it's hilarious, but Aziraphale is just confused as to why these occupations aren't genuine options. Farming in particular, as briefly touched on above, was formerly carried out largely on common land, tennancies, or on family plots, and land-as-capital is an emerging concept in this period of time (previously, landowners acted more like local lords than modern landlords). Aziraphale just isn't picking up on the fact that money itself is the root issue.

Even when he realizes that he fucked up by soup-ifying the corpse, he doesn't offer to give them money but rather to help dig up another body. He still isn't processing the systemic issues at play (poverty) merely what's been immediately presented to him (corpses), and this is, from my perspective, half a result of his tunnel-vision on morality and half of his inability to process this new mode of human suffering.

Half a conclusion and other thoughts

So we bring ourselves back around to the question of Aziraphale's cluelessness. Aziraphale is, as an individual, consistently behind on the times. He likes doing things a certain way and rarely changes his methodology unless someone forces his hand. Even with the best intentions, his ability to help in this minisode is hindered by two points: 1)his continued adherance to heavenly dogma 2)his inability to process the changing nature of human society. His strongest desire at any point is to ensure that good is carried out, an objective good as defined by heavenly values, and while I think it's one of his biggest character hangups, I also can't totally blame him for clinging to the only identity given to him or for worrying about something that is, as an ethereal being, a very real concern. Unfortunately, he also lacks an understanding of the actual human needs that present themselves. Where Elspeth knows that what she needs is money, Aziraphale doesn't seem to process that money is the only solution to the immediate problem. This is in part probably because a century prior the needs of the poor were much simpler, and thus miraculous assistance would never have interfered with 'the virtues of poverty'. (You can make someone's crops grow, and they'll eat well, but giving someone money actually changes their economic status.) Thus, his actions in this episode illustrate the intersection of heavenly guidelines with a weak understanding of modern structures.

This especially makes sense with his response to being told to give her money. Our angel is many things, but I would never peg him as having any attachment to his money. He's not hesitant because he doesn't want to part with it, he's hesitant because he's still scared it's the wrong thing to do in this scenario. He really is trying to be good and helpful. So yes, we're justifiably pretty miffed to see him so blatantly unaware and damaging. He definitely holds a lot of responsibility for the genuine tragedy of this minisode, and I think Crowley pointing out that it's 'different when you knew them' is an extremely important moment for Aziraphale's relationship with humanity. Up until now, he's done a pretty good job insulating himself from the capacity of humans for nastiness, his seeming naivity at the Bastille being case in point.

In the end, I think Aziraphale's role in this minisode is incredibly complex, especially within its historical context. He's obstinate and clueless but also deeply concerned with spiritual wellbeing (which is, to Aziraphale, simply wellbeing) and doing the right thing to be helpful. While it's easy to allow tiny Crowley (my beloved) to eclipse the tragic nature and moral complexity of this minisode, I think in the end it's just as important to long-term character development as 'A Companion to Owls'. We saw him make the right choice with Job's children, and now we see him make the wrong choice. And that's a thing people do sometimes, a thing humans do.

~~~

also tagging @ineffabildaddy, @kimberellaroo, and @raining-stars-somewhere-else whose comments on the original post were invaluable in helping me organize my thoughts and feelings about this topic. They also provided great insight that, in my opinion, is worth going and reading for yourself, even if it didn't factor into my final analysis/judgement.

If I missed anything or you have additional thoughts, please please share!!! <3

#this was a monster of a post to write #in no small part because I was relying more on my own historical knowledge than usual so I had to double check myself constantly #but I had a lot of fun and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did #good omens #good omens 2 #neil gaiman #good omens analysis #good omens meta #the resurrectionists #good omens season 2 #good omens minisode #nerd shit #ineffable husbands #aziraphale good omens

[bea-n-art]

This photo has lived rent-free in my head! I had to draw it as Good Omens! "On the 15th of December, David Tennant performed Macbeth with Michael Sheen in the second row. Several photos were released of the two of them staring lovingly over at each other. The friendship between the Tennant family and the Sheens is adorable and genuine. These two actors really have a very special and real affection for each other. "

My sketchbook: https://ko-fi.com/beanart

#good omens #david tenannt #michael sheen #macbeth #David tennant Macbeth #Good Omens Shakespear #neil gaiman #ineffable husbands #ineffable friendship #aziracrow #good omens fanart #good omens art #crowley #aziraphale #shakespeare #historical good omens #good omens 2 #good omens fluff

[hellhoundmaggie]

Shane StardewValley developing a novel ornamental chicken breed with rare blue pigmentation from common stock without any loss in egg production

#There are some justifiable criticisms a person could make about Shane #“He’s lazy” is not one of them #idc about a messy room #Come back when you make a historic contribution to your field while holding down a demanding 9-5. Then you can call him lazy #shane stardew valley #shane sdv #stardew valley shane #sdv shane #sdv #stardew valley #chicken husband

[yourangle-yuordevil]

what if we flirted at the gentlemen club 😳 (and we were both flirting) 😞❤️😞Discreet Gentlemen's Club

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #Headcanon time: All the dancers at the Gentlemen Club fell in love with Mr. Fell at one point because he is such a cutie <3 #and Aziraphale calls Crowley to investigate because he doesn't realize that he's too cute for this world #and instead thinks that his fellow dancers are being tempted!!!!???? #And Crowley just snort laugh for ages while he watches Aziraphale flirt with all the gentlemens without even realizing that he's flirting #the day that Crowley and Aziraphale leaves Portland together #they go to say goodbye at the Gentlemen's club #and all the Gentlemen; after saying goodbye to Aziraphale #shakes Crowley's hand with a knowing look of “Respect to you sir; you managed to charm Mr. Fell. Good for you” #and Crowley looks back at them behind his glasses like ???????????? #good omens comic #historical husbands #discreet gentlemen's club #ALSO: #fumetto che deve MORIRE 🤗 #perchè ha osato esplodere mentre salvavo 🤗 #mandando a puttane tutto il lineart 🤗 #aspetta come si dice???? BRUCIAAAAAAA 🤗 #🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

[femmeboggart]

who would've thought aziraphale is such a tease

#good omens #crowley #aziraphale #good omens 2 #aziracrow #ineffablewives #ineffable husbands #ineffable spouses #my art #historical omens #1830s i guesss

[anistarrose]

The thing about the "fridged" trope is that obviously you can't have a female love interest dying as a defining moment for a male character because that's not feminist, but you also can't have a male love interest dying as a defining moment for a female character because then she's just going to have an arc revolving around her relationship with a man and that's also not feminist, and you also can't kill off a love interest from a gay relationship or a relationship involving a nonbinary person because that's burying your queers, which is at least as bad as misogyny if not even worse, and now suddenly you can't kill off romantic partners at all in stories because no matter the demographics, it's going to be problematic somehow, which is... a pretty ridiculous limitation to impose on storytelling.

And, like, it would be satisfying to have a solution other than "it depends on context if not straight-up vibes, and it's usually very reasonable for audience members to have a range of opinions on the execution of one specific instance," but. Yeah, you do kind of have to just vibe check it in a deeply subjective manner sometimes.

#thinking about a few things and characters here... but especially about amelia infinity train #when i watched book 1 the first time i was like “...hey wait her motivation all revolves around this One Man? idk about this” #but then watching book 3 and noticing the whole unwanted child allegory #plus a very good video essay about the historical feminist context #i've come around on it completely now. sometimes men do die and it fucks women up #and amelia's story is handled with care that gives her agency; plus traits outside her husband-centric trauma. #it works in my personal subjective and constantly evolving opinion is what i'm saying

[nipuni]

Edwardian outfit complete! 🥰 I'm so happy with this look!!

Skirt and waistcoat: GibsonGirlDress (etsy) / Blouse: Lace Garden / Corset: Lucy's corsetry / Boots: American Duchess / Accesories: Aliexpress

#Nips photos #personal #historical fashion #edwardian #I made a little GRWM sort of video too 😊 I'll share it later #I can't wait to wear this out when the weather gets colder!! #I made a bunch of new outfits too I'll share later and hopefully show some of my husband's too if I can get him to dress up when it's 35ºc #I listed the shops under the cut btw!

[bluberryfields]

Crowley and Aziraphale outfits that I wish got more screen time (in no particular order)

1967

I adore Crowley's velvet and sharp lines, but I'm so intrigued by Aziraphale's cravat and styled hair. Aziraphale is not a creature of change, so did he dress up for this big moment? I need a full body shot, pleaseandthankyou

41 A.D.

I will never stop wanting more time with the Ineffable Romans. Aziraphale looks like the marble sculpture he was born to be. Also, I understand that Crowley's daring look is pretty anachronistic, but that just makes me want to see more of it!

1793

I mean, come on, they are two very different types of snack here and I need more of both. Aziraphale is a sumptuous petit four, while Crowley is a sleek slice of dark chocolate.

1601

Are you kidding me with them in those heels? Aziraphale in all that embroidery? Crowley in what I can only describe as the sluttiest doublet? I need a whole minisode of their Shakespearean adventures.

#good omens #good omens 2 #crowley #aziraphale #aziracrow #crowley x aziraphale #aziraphale x crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable partners #aziracrow through the ages #historical ineffable idiots #ineffable fashion #david tennant #michael sheen