crowley getting up to shenanigans such as robbery and smuggling with jane austen and telling her in the process it’s nice to have a likeminded individual to do these things with because really the only other friend he has on earth is too much of a goody two shoes to have any real fun and they don’t really agree on anything but well he is fun sometimes and it’s been a while since he’s seen him and maybe he ought to give him a call — and aziraphale having tea and discussing literature with jane austen and telling her it’s so nice to have a likeminded individual to do these things with because really his only other companion can’t stand reading books and doesn’t understand how nice it is to have a quiet night in because he’s far too rowdy and wily and he doesn’t know why he spends so much time with him anyway because he’s such a bad influence but really not as bad as you think, no, he really can be quite lovely when he’s not thinking about it. in 1813 jane austen published her novel pride and prejudice,
I posted these thoughts last season
and just the actual idea of Crowley crashing on Jane's couch just knowing her as a spy and not a novelist accidentally becoming the inspiration for P&P is hilarious meanwhile Aziraphale is somewhere hanging on edge for the latest publication to come out
Okay this might be my favorite theory ever.
Forget foreshadowing and the meaning of whatever minute thing we fixate on in some random scene (though I accept that a great many of those things aren’t that minute, and the given scene isn’t necessarily that random.)
Just the idea that Crowley inspired P&P and that Aziraphale went nuts for his own love story without even knowing it. I fucking LOVE this idea so hard.
Aziraphale and Crowley making a Jane Austen romantic trap for someone else and then getting caught in it themselves is the most in character thing ever
Good Omens as written by Jane Austen
Inspired by @neil-gaiman and his recent answer:
Q: Are season 2 and the hypothetical season 3 of Good Omens directly inspired by any other works, the way the book was inspired by “The Omen”?
A: Not really. The Bible a bit. And possibly Jane Austen.
for @angelsnuffbox
Good omens edits: 11/?