yeah this face about sums up how i feel about it too

A HAT?! I LOVE IT

tf is up with crowley’s pockets

HIS HANDS DON’T FIT IN THEM JKDFHSDJKFHS

He wears women’s trousers. Leave him alone.

#crowley (in my fic) 6000 years ago when aziraphale first invented pockets:#haha neat it’d be a shame if something were to ~happen~ to them#crowley now: heCK#local demon cannot stop inconveniencing himself with own wiles (via @dwarven-beard-spores)

Crowley: I will make all women’s pockets smaller so they’ll have to spend more money on purses and fall victim to capitalism, can i get a wahoo

Crowley literally the next day: Oh tight, look at those skinny jeans

Women’s clothing is 100% a human invention Crowley never so much as had to suggest (it’s just so on-brand for us), but goddamn is that a funny thought.

Also @whispsofwind needs to stop hiding these tags:

#i actually would love some interviews with the wardrobe people #because a lot of Choices were made #there is a bit about that in the TV Companion book #but every piece of the characters’ costumes is deliberate #and about 80% of Crowley’s wardrobe is gender neutral or even kind of feminine #i’m pretty sure my mum has a blazer like that #this not counting the female presenting scenes like Golgotha

Crowley’s genderfluid wardrobe is absolutely a deliberate choice, and we stan.

I was TRYING not to meta on someone else’s funny post but at this point I NEED to

Because Book Crowley wears a suit and tie. He does it because he is a dork and he thinks James Bond is cool, but these clothes also point him out as part of Hell’s corporate machine, even as he tries to set himself free. The whole “Is Crowley Nanny Astoreth” question is kind of ambiguous, and I vaguely remember a lot of people arguing about it. This is a 100% male presenting demon (I honestly can’t think of any character more aggressively Male British than book James Bond).

Then you have the Radio Show, where Crowley still wears a suit, and he is Nanny, but it’s played more as a joke. It’s referred that the last time Crowley used to wear a skirt was “Culloden, 1745”, but I think it was a joke about kilts? Because that’s where the final battle in the Jacobite rebellion was fought, so it may be kilts.

And then you have the TV show, and now Crowley just. Doesn’t give a fuck anymore. He switches between completely feminine (Golgotha) and completely masculine (1941), and a lot of times he goes right into the middle (there was that amazing post about Rome that pointed out Crowley’s hairstyle is a shorter version of a common female hairstyle).

And I just think it’s incredibly sexy of the costume department to go “ok what is the modern equivalent of suits in terms of coolness? Oh I got it, genderfluid retired rockstar!”

And they even manage to keep the “I am still trapped in this terrible job” theme, with that chain around his neck that is in full display when he reports to Hell in his hottest look to date. Because it doesn’t matter if he is aggressively himself or not, they can still grab him by the neck and drag him down kicking and screaming.

Costume department did an amazing job with everyone but I think they outdid themselves with Crowley.

Oh god yes. That’s something I think that I like so much more about this version. He’s just so masculine in the book, his personality is mostly the same but it’s missing something - that fluidity, that freedom. The genderfluid aspect is unique to the show and it’s SO good for today’s world. It’s the best possible kind of modernization. And it leads to some amazing looks.

Also, @whispsofwind: FUCK YOU

Because it doesn’t matter if he is aggressively himself or not, they can still grab him by the neck and drag him down kicking and screaming.

(Damn, that hurt so good.)

I liked book! Aziraphale and Crowley about an equal amount. And I love show! Azi, even more so than his book version. But show! Crowley, my beloved...

THE WHIPLASH I GOT

I am being fed this Pride Month.

I’ve had an idea.

The Good Omens fandom is a wonderful space full of creative people with great ideas, but sometimes things get lost in the shuffle. It’s not a great feeling when you’ve worked hard on something and it doesn’t get the attention that you’d have liked it to, but unfortunately, that is a thing that happens! It’s not anyone’s fault, but it is sort of in the nature of fandom to be a bit chaotic.

Given that this particular fandom is, at my assessment, one in which members truly care about one another, I thought I’d give something a try.

If you have written something for the Good Omens fandom that didn’t see as much positive feedback as you would have liked, will you please post the title of your work, the rating, a brief summary, and a link in the notes?

I know what it’s like to feel disheartened by a lack of positive feedback to something that required much effort (not to mention courage to post!) on your part. Don’t be afraid to be proud of what you’ve done.

And if you’re not a fic writer but are interested in participating, might I ask you to read some of the stories that are shared here? The more people know about this, the more we can help encourage one another!

It’s a strange, dark world out there right now, folks. Maybe we can give each other a little bit more light.

[Notes on this: for the purposes of this particular post, please try to keep this to Good Omens content only. If you’d like to start something like this for a different fandom, please go ahead! The more the merrier. Also, I know that there are creators in this fandom who are artists and podfic-makers and a myriad of other things, but for the sake of simplicity, I’d like to start with written content. If you’d like to start something like this for art or fanvids or anything else, please do so (or let me know, and I will!)]

:)

I only translated the wonderful maniacalmole’s “lol B)” to Polish.

A Letter from “Crawly” to Azirapil

This remarkable letter of unknown provenance surfaced recently in the cuneiform collection of the University of West Wessex.  Addressed to Azirapil from a Mr. “Crawly,” it appears to be begging for the other’s return to Ur from a western journey with another individual, Abiraham.  The relationship between the two (brothers? business partners? friends?) is unknown, and all three names are quite unusual.  The letter also mentions a Mr. Ea-naṣir in Ur; if this is the same Ea-naṣir as the merchant mentioned in UET V 22, 29, 71, and 81, then the original letter would be dated to the Larsa period, around 1800 BCE.  However, this particular copy appears to be a scribal exercise; the writing is relatively unskilled, and the cuneiform is Neo-Assyrian in form.  It is unclear whether the text is based on a historical letter, or if its unusual names and content were invented for scribal practice.

Text:

Tell Azirapil [1]:

Thus says “Crawly” [2]:

When will your time in the West be finished?  Abiraham [3] seems very dirty, and I am weary [4] in Ur.  [There is] a talented mirsu-maker [5] on Wide Street!

Watch out, for I have acquired a new friend.  His name is Ea-Naṣir [6], and I may play wickedly with him if you do not return.  

Come quickly!

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THIS IS LEGEND

Amazing. Mind-blowing. This fandom, the OC creators - every time I think I’ve seen the peak I am reminded that, like a Jon Snow, I know NOTHING. 

I mean. Wow. Just. Wow.