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Aziraphale
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Aziraphale |
| Occupation: | Angel, Part-Time Rare Book Dealer |
| Relationships: | Crowley |
| Fandom: | Good Omens |
| Other: | |
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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[1].
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
Example Art Gallery
Inspired by the Book
GO: Aziraphale by noxcape (2008)
Aziraphale and Crowley by Ememchan08 (2015)
Inspired by the TV Series
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