Local demon so evil, so wicked
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“But then Crowley absolutely loves Aziraphale. He hates that he loves him. It’s really annoying for him.”
You idiot, we could have been...us. I forgive you.
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I'd like to talk about "A Companion to Owls" aka the Job minisode flashback.
In the episode, we see Crawly repeatedly saying "I'm a Demon, I lied." YET every instance of this utterance is him appearing to do bad but secretly doing good.
Much like his VERY fae/elven-like double speak where he appears to say he wants to destroy Job's children, BUT when he adds that it's like how he destroyed Job's goats it switches the meaning entirely. Because he DIDN’T destroy the goats. So, he wants to APPEAR to do it, but not actually do it.
Back to the Demon lying thing.
We see him start this off with, "I am a Demon, I could be lying." But he hadn't been. He really did have the permit. But he didn't actually destroy the goats.
Next it's the children. He starts the fires and Aziraphale protests, "But you said you wouldn't!" And indeed, he didn't. He wasn't planning on it. But he made it appear that way.
Then we have a moment where Aziraphale says being on his own side sounds lonely and Crawly says it isn't.
Now... at the end when Aziraphale says being an Angel that goes along with heaven as far as he can sounds... and Crawly answers, "Lonely?.... Yeah." And Aziraphale sounds affronted, "But you said it wasn't!". We get one last, "I'm a Demon, I lied."
But did he? He then spent the rest of his time on Earth continuously bumping into Aziraphale. Becoming more and more his friend and companion and partner. He didn't let Aziraphale become lonely.
And in doing so, Crowley made himself not lonely either.
Oh @sunderwight this makes me feel everything.
I like the idea that Crowley has always been sensitive about this. But his angel loves him in all forms <3 Please support me on ko-fi for more stuff, twitter, and tips here
I know From Eden is Their official Hozier song (and Francesca and Unknown/Nth and Like Real People Do and plenty of others apply) (it’s about the yearning) BUT CONSIDER ALSO:
It Will Come Back is perfect for Crowley’s disaster puppy™️ era
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Reasons why, "And we've spent our existence pretending that we aren't" is haunting me weeks later:
- There's a self-awareness here that wouldn't exist if Crowley only just realized he and Aziraphale act like a couple once Nina said it. He's known this for a long, long time to say they've both been pretending
- Relatedly, Crowley says it's mutual. He thinks Aziraphale has acted like a romantic partner towards him, knows it, and has been in denial
- Crowley thinks they've been like a couple since the beginning. It's not, "We've spent the last 100 years pretending that we aren't" or "We gradually drifted from our sides and formed our side." He thinks their relationship has been fundamentally the same their entire lives
- The voice crack
- How frightened Aziraphale is that Crowley is breaking the rules of their little unspoken dance and actually calling out what they are
"I saw it in a Richard Curtis film." — about getting people to fall in love via rainstorm, taking shelter together, staring into each other's eyes, and one good kiss
The name pinged slightly, but I had to go look up Richard Curtis, and
So Crowley's been watching movies like Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, Love Actually, About Time
Honestly, I never should have expected anything less from our beloved disaster puppy
listening to Crowley getting choked up during his speech is going to be the death of me
The "Crowley can't see shit because he's a snake" and "Crowley is colorblind *also* because he's a snake" headcanons are my favorites
Mostly, I’m embedded in misery and freezing silence. — Franz Kafka, The Diaries
Vilify Don’t even try…
Exile Vilify - The National
Medusa Crowley. Hss Hsss
Yes, the snakes speak. No, they don’t always say the same thing. They chatter. And since they’re all connected to Crowley’s head, they know his inner thoughts…