Aziraphale

Character
Name:	Aziraphale
Occupation:	Angel, Part-Time Rare Book Dealer
Relationships:	Crowley
Fandom:	Good Omens
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Aziraphale is Heaven's angelic representative on Earth in the novel Good Omens, described thus: "Many people, meeting Aziraphale for the first time, formed three impressions: that he was English, that he was intelligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nitrous oxide." His entry on the Good Omens Lexicon is extensive.

Fandom

The fandom's favorite slash pairing is Aziraphale/Crowley; however, gen stories are equally as popular.

There has been ongoing dialogue between the creators and fans regarding his activities and whereabouts.

Common Tropes & Storylines

• Wingfic: As Aziraphale is an angel, wingfic is very common. There are also works where he loses his wings and this wingless fic trope, originated in the Good Omens fandom as a response to all the wing fic.
• Futurefic: Post-canon works are very common.
• Names: Ezra Fell is often an alias used by Aziraphale. Zirah is a nickname other characters apply to Aziraphale. Zira can also be found.
• Demon!Aziraphale: works are often role reversal AUs. In some works, Aziraphale takes the name Zirah or another name, to replace his angelic name.
• Asexuality: Aziraphale is often headcanoned as ace due to a line in the original novel about angel sexuality.
• Queer Guardian Angel Aziraphale: Aziraphale being an angel that protects members of the LGBT+ community. Other queer themes & headcanons are also common.
• Autistic Aziraphale: many fans headcanon Aziraphale as autistic.

Fanworks

Example Fanart

• 9x9" oil painting of the angel 💙, ^{Archived version} by crikey01, 2023

Example Fanfiction

• East of Eden by Shati
• Heavenly Visitation by Daegaer
• Crown of Thorns (The Walls, the Wainscot, and the Mouse) 'Verse, by irisbleufic
• Future Imperfect, by jane_potter
• Altered States, by Argyle
• The Speck in the London Eye, by Vulgarweed
• Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot, by xylodemon
• TwoFish, by Grindylowe
• Da Capo Aria by Lady Oneiros
• Anything But Ordinary, by cimorene

Recs

• Espresso Recommendations: Aziraphale, ^{Archived version}
• irisbleufic's Good Omens Fic Recs
• Knacc's Good Omens Fanfic Recs
• TVTropes: Good Omens Fanfic Recs

Meta

• Meta: Why is Aziraphale so gay? by DictionaryWrites, about why Aziraphale chooses to present himself as gay, despite being sexless and not even a man, and here it is! (Feb 2019)
• Aziraphale hate makes my brain hurt, ^{Archived version} by fellthemarvelous (2024)

Zines

• It’s Stylish

Example Art Gallery

Inspired by the Book

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  GO: Aziraphale by noxcape (2008)

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  Aziraphale and Crowley by Ememchan08 (2015)

Inspired by the TV Series

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  Aziraphale Art Nouveau by thali-lemmonpie (2019)

Resources

Archives & Fannish Links

• Aziraphale tag at Archive of Our Own
• Aziraphale (book) works at ff.net
• Good Omens (TV) works at ff.net. Filtering by character is unavailable at present