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aziraphale-protection-squad · 7 months

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Hello Mr. Gaiman,

I was wondering (If you can even reveal this), was your intention to make Aziraphale unlikable for his reaction to Crowleys kiss? In my opinion I don’t think either was wrong or right for what went down in the last few minutes of the last episode, and that there was simply a lot of miscommunication which blew up between the two of them. The reason I’m desperate to know your intentions is because I’ve had more than one person on a dating app stop talking to me because I said I was an “Aziraphale apologist”, and I would like to confirm that I am not completely misunderstanding the purpose behind, what some are calling “their divorce”.

P.S. thank you for all of your amazing works, and being a big reason I regained my interest in reading <3

I think you need to change your dating app.

#THIS #i've been largely inactive in the fandom since s2 because of the lack of recognition of what happened #seeing people shame aziraphale for not being happy about being kissed nonconsensually kinda ruined the fandom experience for me #it just... makes me feel unsafe in these spaces now #assault mention

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aziraphale-protection-squad · 8 months

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Really sad to see the villainization of aziraphale in some circles i feel like it’s a dangerous side effect of the overmeowmeowification of crowley we need to babygirl that angel more he’s trying really hard ok he’s learning french the hard way just to impress crowley do you have any idea about un and une!!!

#as someone with a background of religious trauma it's hard not to take it a liiiil personally #like. leaving religion is often a one-step-forward-two-steps-back kinda deal #he's doing the best he can with the cards he was dealt #he'll get there eventually <3

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aziraphale-protection-squad · 9 months

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The Magic Trick You Didn’t See: Being An Analysis of Good Omens Season 2

(or: Neil Gaiman, Your Brain is Gorgeous But I Have Cracked Your Sneaky Little Code And Have You Dead To Rights*) (*Maybe)

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Soooooo I just spent the last 48 hours having a BREATHTAKING GALAXY BRAIN EPIPHANY about Good Omens Season 2 and feverishly writing a fuckin16,000 word essay about the incredible magic trick that @neil-gaiman pulled off.

Yes, it’s long, but I PROMISE your brains will explode. Do you want to know how magic works? Do you want to know what Metatron’s deal is (I’m like 99% sure of this and it’s EXTREMELY FUCKING GOOD)? Do you want to know about the Mystery of the Vanishing Eccles Cakes and the big fat beautiful clue I found in the opening credits? Do you go through the whole inventory of Chekov’s Firearm & Heavy Artillery Discount Warehouse?

Here is the essay, go read it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/193IXS11XN46lziHRb6eUpM17yK0BQkRqke1Wh64A_e0/ When ur done u can tell me I’m an insane crackpot, and u know what, i won’t even be offended

In case you don’t know whether you want to bother reading the whole enormous thing on google docs, I’ve put the first couple sections of it under the cut. JUST TRUST ME OKAY, HEAR ME OUT, THIS IS VERY EXTREMELY COOL, NEIL IS GOOD AT HIS JOB–

Keep reading

#hmm. this changes things rather drastically #good omens spoilers

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aziraphale-protection-squad · 9 months

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@jillianallen14 i would love for you to point out to me at what point Crowley got Aziraphale's consent for that kiss.

if you can't find that, i'd love for you to point out how Crowley became exempt from requiring consent to kiss someone.

maybe we're interpreting Aziraphale's reaction to the kiss differently, but even then, i don't recall any evidence of consent in that scene.

if it doesn't upset you it doesn't upset you, but please don't pretend consent doesn't matter just because it's two characters you wanna see kiss.

they were my OTP, too. i waited four years to see them kiss. i spent countless hours daydreaming about it. it's not like i'm fucking happy about this. i'm heartbroken. crowley was one of my absolute favorite characters, but he did something that, to me, is unforgivable. i'm not demanding anyone else feel the same – it would be cruel to wish that kind of grief of losing a favorite character / pairing on anyone else. if they still make your heart swell, then good!

i'm just hoping y'all don't skip over the lack of consent as if it doesn't matter.

right. so. i'm taking the angel and i'm wrapping him in a soft blanket and i'm telling him that NO ONE has the right to touch him without his consent.

no matter how well they know each other and got along previously.

or how angsty the person feels about possibly never seeing him again.

or how much Aziraphale might even possibly WANT to be intimate with that person on some level, someday, when they're okay again.

there are no ways around this:

if he's not READY for it, or if he's not in the MOOD for a kiss, then NO ONE SHOULD BE KISSING HIM. PERIOD.

#this is an unfortunate trope in a lot of media. it's normalized. i get it.#but if you're going to be kissing someone after a heated / emotional argument you'd better be DAMNED sure that they want it too.#knowing each other for a long time doesn't mean he knows what aziraphale wants *in that moment*.#i don't doubt that aziraphale wanted to kiss crowley in general. that's what makes that moment so much worse (for me).#is that he probably spent millennia imagining how their first kiss might go and then crowley just went & TOOK it at the worst possible time #ffs i'm not trying to *start* shit i'm just begging people not to ignore the very real very important issue of ALWAYS securing consent #before any kind of intimacy. ESPECIALLY for a first kiss.#but hell even if they'd been intimate for a long time at that point it's still wrong to kiss someone at a moment like that.#the emotions are too high.#there's anger and sadness and angst and kisses don't belong in a moment like that unless all parties are enthusiastically consenting.#if you're interpreting aziraphale's face in that scene as enthusiastically consenting...#i mean hey we can all interpret things differently but that's definitely not how it read to me.#i don't want to fight i just want to defend ANYONE i see being hated on after having their physical boundaries crossed.#and the fact that i identify so strongly with aziraphale definitely heightens the emotional investment in this issue for me to be sure.#but like. yeah. idk. i just. feel super triggered after that scene and seeing people's responses to it being angry at aziraphale #(valid because he's an idiot for choosing to go back to heaven. i'll grant you that.)#but not even acknowledging how inappropriate (at best) it was for crowley to kiss him in that precise moment...#it just leaves me feeling really icky and shaky and overall Not Good.#please just. be kind. i haven't seen a lot of people sharing my views on this but please keep in mind that some of us may have umm #trauma surrounding having our agency taken away.#my first kiss was stolen from me too and it wasn't a violent assault but it was still WRONG #and i need people to understand that consent is ALWAYS mandatory. even for kisses. even when you've both been pining for each other.#it's always. mandatory. there's no space for grey area in this issue.#i'm sorry if this upsets you but like?? it should? it was wrong of him to do that?? i don't understand why no one else seems bothered by it #maybe i'm truly just Too Autistic. but like. i feel like this was a pretty straightforward issue.#i'm genuinely surprised at how rare my 'take' seems to be.#maybe i'll delete the blog... i've half a mind to leave the fandom entirely. it's too triggering now.#and i'm serious about finding evidence of crowley's innocence here. i WANT to love him again. i just. can't see it that way.#if i'm really that off base then by all means please prove me wrong.#good omens 2 spoilers

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aziraphale-protection-squad · 9 months

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i wanna keep the crowley hate to a minimum here because that's not the point of this blog and i don't want to alienate people who can still love him despite what happened but like.

i need to grieve for a minute.

i loved that demon so goddamn much, but seeing him force a kiss onto the character i project SO much of myself onto... god. i'm gonna miss him but yeah no i can't even look at him now.

it's going to take a lot and i mean a LOT of work to get me to feel like he is a safe and comforting character again. if that's possible.

#i know a lot of people (if not apparently EVERYONE) can't relate but. idk. that's just where i'm at. and it fucking sucks.#i mean i'm still in the rage phase so like. i'm too pissed to cry about it. but there will probably be tears later.#i have fanart of him all over my room and i'm like. covering it up because i can't see him without feeling creeped out.#you know the windows pop up noise? the startling DUN thing? it's like that lol.#why am i LOLing. it ain't funny. i just lost a blorbo. possibly forever but at least for a while.#knowing that Aziraphale will forgive him and they'll end up together makes me SOMEWHAT optimistic that i'll be able to love him again #but it's gonna take a lot and it's just. yeah. in the meantime i'm.. can't see his face without cringeing.#god. this just. sucks so bad.#i keep imagining him forcibly shoving his tongue down my throat. i've always crushed on david tennant but that's a No from me.#and Aziraphale is like. my bestie. my ME; i relate to him so much. so it feels like a personal attack and i'm like. must protect him.#good omens spoilers #good omens 2 spoilers

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aziraphale-protection-squad · 9 months

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things to give Aziraphale post-s2:

pastry of choice

warm beverage of choice

weighted blanket and/or purring cat for comfort

big hugs (with his consent)

kissies on his cheek (with his consent)

a little speech about how important consent is and how nobody not even the person closest to him has the right to touch him in any way at any time without his consent

head pats (with his consent)

as much personal space as he needs / desires

and most importantly:

• love, patience, and respect (:

#we'll get you some new friends Aziraphale <3 you'll be okay #i'm still seething but i needed to make a more uplifting post lol #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #good omens spoilers #go spoilers #good omens #assault mention #sort of. i mean the mention in question is definitely of an assault but it's only vaguely hinted at in the post.

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