[obaewankenope]

weareunderthesameskies asked:

hey do u wanna think about the first time aziraphale saw a book and marvelled at it and crowley made fun of him for it but then realized the angel really really liked them a lot. one time crowley wanted to make a point about how silly it was that they stored such precious information on flammable material. then the library of alexandria burned down and aziraphale was so upset about it that he didn't talk to crowley for ages.

Aziraphale accuses Crowley of burning the library in an unexpected fit of Honest Upset. Crowley has absolutely nothing to do with the burning itself, but he was somewhat responsible for some of the unrest that resulted in the Burning Of Lots Of Important Knowledge.

Aziraphale is left open-mouthed and so so hurt that Crowley caused the burning of a place Aziraphale has come to love. It’s one of the first times Crowley feels genuine guilt for doing his job.

He may not exactly go out of his way to cause suffering and the like, but he was still a demon. He had standards. But seeing Aziraphale almost fold in on himself, pull back away from Crowley visibly… That suffering isn’t the type Crowley wants to inflict.

Least of all upon Aziraphale.

He can’t make up for it. Can’t exactly magic back the lost works of poets and philosophers and general knowledge that Alexandria contained. Neither can Aziraphale.

But Crowley can do his utmost to stop it from happening again.

He claims credit for a lot of human deeds which gives him a lot of leeway in hell. Enough that he can subtly prevent some orders being fulfilled, some knowledge from being destroyed, because its his… penance for Alexandria.

Fell bookshop is partly a gift, partly a promise. Crowley, in actions not words, promising Aziraphale that, whilst he doesn’t value books the same way the angel does, he’ll never let them burn again.

It makes it all the more heartbreaking when he sees the bookshop up in flames and Aziraphale gone gone gone.

Two promises broken.

Crowley wishes the flames could kill him. Unfortunately his imagination is too strong for the fire to do anything other than dirty his clothes.

The book he takes, crispy and ash-stained, is all he has left of Aziraphale. Of his angel.

Let the world burn, he thinks, sitting in that pub with a burnt book beside him. Let it burn. Crowley’s world already has.

[jolyfis]

the whole reason aziraphale was so taken aback by crowleys choice in names is because the ‘a’ in ‘a. z. fell’ also stands for anthony and now hes too mortified to bring it up, send tweet

[aalicegrace]

💫Good omens💫

[annalexstarlightstorm]

bitch, how can you pull off both Angelic Cinnamon Roll AND Hot Professor trope, dayum Michael Sheen im trippin

[eyeldritch]

My boys™

[maddiemaynot]

Therapist: so you got here okay. How was your week? Any thoughts of suicide? Self-harm?

Me, internally: Good Omens dropped nearly two weeks ago, my every waking moment has been consumed with re-reading and re-watching and fanvids and crack vids and fan art and fanfiction. My ship is sailing with one of the actors at the helm. I remade my tumblr. My ship is SAILING. Fluff fics. Domestic fics. INTERVIEWS. Neil Gaiman’s twitter. I have not yet run out of material. Suicide is not an option.

Me, trying not to sound like a crazy person: Yeah, was alright I guess.

[redriddlehood]

Aziraphale: and now for the Gay Update with Crowley

Crowley: getting gayer

Aziraphale: thank you Crowley

[standinghollloweyed]

good omens but every time crowley and aziraphale act like husbands it speeds up

[meltingpenguins]

Do you think Crowley ever tried to convince Hell that when someone says Aziraphale’s his ‘friend’ it means

Fiendish Resource for Inconvenient Events of Nonpermanent Discorporation

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