So Ineffable

sometimes life leads u to kiss ur hereditary enemy against the wall of an ex-convent for satanic nuns and thats ok!!!!! live ur bliss!!!!!

Hey just..

the slightly longing, disappointed look on Aziraphale's face when Crowley turns away. Thanks for coming to my TED talk

Hah, I just realized how well this scene lends itself to my theory that Crowley's tattoo isn't a tattoo, but his miniaturized snake-self piloting his human corporation. When Crowley turns his head, Aziraphale's eyes go right to where the tattoo is so he can continue to gaze adoringly right at him XD

aziraphale: you know, crowley, i’ve always said that deep down, you really are quite a nice--

crowley: pins aziraphale to the wall

the whole fandom: gabriel voice thank you for my pornography!

Aziraphale is SO ANNOYED about that interruption. His face and his body language just radiate irritation.

Only Aziraphale could think that angry Crowley is cute

I’m not nice! Nice is a four letter wor–

*smooch*

Aziraphale, usually lips are not the spot you stare at when your “hereditary enemy” angrily pushes you against the wall. Just saying. 🤷‍♀️

You ever think that sometimes Crowley has to stop them mid-couples-argument and snap his fingers a few times and get Aziraphale to FOCUS, FOCUS ANGEL no on my words not on…well, yes, this is a new shirt and it does fit my shoulders very nicely that is NOT! The! Point!

Crowley talks a big game shoving Aziraphale against the wall like that but I guarantee that if Aziraphale did the same to him that his entire brain would short circuit like a blown-out television set from the 50s and his legs would give out

DO IT.

Aziraphale threatened by Crowley vs threatened by Uriel

I love this contrast because even right when Crowley first grabs him he never looks scared, not even for a moment. With the angels though he’s terrified before they even touch him. Despite all his talk of ‘opposite sides’ it’s pretty clear through his actions who he trusts, and who he doesn’t. 

With Crowley, it’s just a front. With Sandalphon and Uriel, it’s how they really feel. :-(

“Excuse me, ma’am, we’re two supernatural entities just looking for the notorious Son of Satan.”

An angel just slowly putting himself back together, straightening out his coat and his tie over his pounding heart, while the love of his life whose breath is still on his lips makes fun of him like he always does in these moments (to cover HIS pounding heart, but the angel doesn’t know this)

god, they’re both so flustered in different ways.

Yes. Crowley’s been having a lovely time on their way in. He gets to go on quite a long field trip with his angel. There’s the moment when Aziraphale touches his arm before talking about the place feeling loved, which seems to arrest Crowley’s attention for a moment. He scares Ben Willbond with his snake head which he says was ‘fun’. But we know from the book that he doesn’t like shape shifting, and this was a moment when he was genuinely shocked. There’s the open flirtation of getting the paint off the coat with an action not unlike a blown kiss (and I suspect he’d already been feeling pleased with Aziraphale for being clever enough to think of coming to Tadfield in the first place), which leaves him with a dopy grin on his face for quite a long time while Aziraphale examines the gun. Then he has a good laugh at Aziraphale’s ‘lends weight to a moral argument’ nonsense, successfully covering his sappy mood with some heaven-trolling. Then he enjoys himself switching the guns, but he makes sure everyone will be safe, because, he says, “It wouldn’t be any fun otherwise.” But why does a demon from Hell want to avoid killing people, and keep things ‘fun’? Here he is, feeling cheerful and full of soft feelings towards his angel, when Aziraphale starts saying he’s nice. Even if you don’t buy into a praise kink HC for Crowley, we can agree that he’s worked up! I think he’s been coming dangerously close to revealing how he feels, and Aziraphale’s praise could tip him over the edge. He doesn’t let it, because that would endanger them both. He’s flustered and attempts to cover it up by getting angry. But Crowley’s actions have been consistently betraying something of what he really feels. There are all sorts of things he could do to shut Aziraphale up, but he physically presses their bodies and faces together! Just like everything else he’s done, it’s a show that is unintentionally revealing. And when Sister Mary surprises them, naming this moment for exactly what it is, Crowley stays pressed against Aziraphale, holding onto him, only moving to stop Sr Mary from running away. But in the bright, cold (revealing) lighting of this scene, have another look at those gifs and see how flushed Crowley’s lips are! Yes, he’s still flustered, sputtering and arguing while Aziraphale does up his jacket. I think Crowley’s lovelorn heart has been pounding away for some time now. He then barely keeps it together through the interview with Sr Mary and ends up walking off. To rearrange his pants? Who knows.

i’m pretty sure this is what aziraphale had in mind during those few seconds >u>

First (ish) Good Omens sketch! I loved this scene a lot :> Hope to have more GO art soon, ideally something more than just a sketch.

Ah, ‘tis fixed now!

I am totally here for the “Crowley hyperventilates every time Aziraphale touches him” headcannon but honestly, the reverse is also true. Consider:

After the initial shock, Aziraphale’s face goes completely blank. He’s just kind of… lost in Crowley’s proximity.

All the cute, blustery pretense is dropped and he just stares directly into Crowley’s face and loses complete track of their surroundings. He’s probably not even listening to what Crowley is saying. It’s clear he doesn’t even hear Mary when she approaches. He only turns after Crowley does. And his expression sort of says “Oh. when did you get here?” Even after Crowley lets go he’s sort of stuck for a moment before he gets a grip and his brain restarts.

Michael goddamn Sheen, everybody.

Fucking stellar work 👌

There is exactly one thought in that angel’s head from the moment he gets crowded up against the wall, and it’s “is he gonna kiss me? Am I gonna kiss him?”

I've seen a few like this already, and I do like the idea, but I prefer to think about Sister Mary Loquacious taking just a little bit longer to interrupt...

this is what should’ve happen tbh

I still think Crowley’s aggressive response was partly concealed gay panic.

Sit down, gang, we’re gonna talk about the Wall Scene.

I know, I know, other people have screamed about it before, but when your friends ask you to do a thing, you should oblige.

But you know exactly what scene I’m talking about. They’re walking down halls, kicking in the doors of an ex-Satanic convent, Crowley admits to being Soft because even though he turned the paintball guns into real guns, he also made sure that no one would die. 

“They’re all having miraculous escapes,” he says. Because he knew Aziraphale would be upset otherwise.

Aziraphale replies, “You know, I’ve alway said that you really are quite a nice–”

And then. and T H E N

First of all, and this is fairly important: if you look closely, Crowley don’t even push him against the wall hard. He wants to intimidate Aziraphale so he’ll stop doing things like calling him NICE, but he doesn’t want to hurt him. Never wants to hurt him.

In fact, if you notice, he only pushes far enough for Aziraphale’s back to hit the wall. He doesn’t push hard enough or lean in hard enough for Aziraphale to hit his head on the wall. Look closely.

Aziraphale is the one to rest his head against the wall, that doesn’t happen because Crowley is too rough with him.

But the second thing, fam, the second thing I wanna say is this: when someone grabs you like that, usually you grab them back. You bring your hands up to defend yourself, you try to escape, you turn away, brace yourself for the attack, you do s o m e t h i n g.

Aziraphale does NOTHING. He holds his hand out behind him just to feel for the wall, but other than that, he lets Crowley manhandle him. He doesn’t even look away, he’s staring right at Crowley, meeting his gaze steadily.

And look at his hands in the gif above. They don’t clench into fists. Never, not once. There is no fear response.

Now look at Aziraphale’s face. He’s surprised, but he’s not afraid. 

That’s not a look of fear, fam, that is a look of Gay Panic because oh no, our bodies are pressed together and our noses are touching. His eyes even flick down to where the tips of their noses brush.

He never once tries to push Crowley off of him, tries to escape, nothing. Never, not once, do we see fear on his face.

And, in fact, when Sister Mary Loqacious comes along, we see the opposite.

Excuse me, gentlemen, sorry to break up in intimate moment.

Crowley turns to inspect the newcomer, Aziraphale does not. Aziraphale is too focused on Crowley. 

Look at his eyes. First focused on where their noses had been touching, just like in the last gif, and then when Crowley looks away, he only lifts his gaze to stare at Crowley’s profile.

LOOK AT THAT EXPRESSION.

Excuse me, sir, I’m going to have to cite you for excessive longing.

My favorite thing, though, my absolutely favorite thing, is Crowley immediately looks to Mary, whereas it takes a moment for Aziraphale to realize they’re being intruded upon.

What was that? Other people exist? Dear me.

Also, like, listen. This strange woman is walking up to them and speaking to them and NEITHER OF THESE NERDS move away from each other.

Usually, when two people are caught in what might be called a “compromising” position–especially when the person catching them calls it an ‘intimate moment’–the two people involved try to put as much distance between them as possible and laugh it off.

Not these nerds, oh no. They literally stay pressed together against a wall, just looking at her as she talks to them. Crowley doesn’t even move away when he realizes who she is.

Aziraphale, still content to be held against the wall, is like, “Oh, we know her?”

But look at them! They’re still just standing there! This woman is RIGHT NEXT TO THEM, is ACTIVELY STARTING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, and they’re like “what is personal space.”

Crowley only moves away from Aziraphale when Mary starts backing up like she’s gonna run.

And then what happens? They bicker like an old married couple. Because of course they do.

Why would they do anything else????

Yasssss!!