I was thinking abt how Crowely and Aziraphale figured out that they needed to switch and I had a thought. It would be pretty obvious that Hell would retaliate against Crowley, and even realatively easy to guess that they’d use Holy Water, considering that he used Holy Water to kill Ligur. But, based off the comments between the demon extra and the angels, it doesn’t seem like bringing Hellfire to Heaven is something that’s really been done before, and although you can see the poetic justice in it, it would be more difficult to predict.
Plus, Heaven didn’t have a trial for “Aziraphale,” right? They were trying to just straight up execute him, and I’ve seen some headcanons that they were probably going to lie and say he killed himself as penance for his treachery. If that’s how Heaven deals with shit, what if Aziraphale didn’t realize that Heaven performs executions like that? What if they didn’t realize “Aziraphale” would be taken?
It’s gonna be my headcanon now that they realized they needed Aziraphale to be Crowley, and that to sell the bit, they’d have Crowley be Aziraphale too, but they didn’t realize he’d be taken. After all, Aziraphale as Crowley seems genuinely panicked when they take Crowley as Aziraphale
crowley charging into a burning building to the lyrics of “you’re my best friend” ( specifically: “i’ll never be lonely! you’re my only one!”) and screaming in agony at losing aziraphale (also saying “i can’t find you! you’ve gone!”) and then emerging from actual flames to the tune of “somebody to love” while taking off the sunglasses he uses to protect his identity and throwing them to the ground….is literally one of THE most powerful moments in cinematic history
Many know that before the fall, Crowley helped create the stars.
He wove purity, heat, and the all the beauty he could muster into each ball, the energy so bright that they shined.
God had been pleased, asked where he came up with such a design. For not even she had envisioned them so breathtaking.
Crowley spoke honestly about an angel he’d seen but never met. Never had the opportunity to, really. One he would like to meet someday. An angel with bright eyes, blonde hair, and warmth he could feel from a distance.
With all these headcannons now about Aziraphale being War’s creator/father (what with the sword debacle) I honestly can’t stop laughing. Because I’m picturing, like:
War is on vacation. A proper one, this time, without all the “inadvertent” killing. And she just so happens to be in SoHo. Flashy motorcycle, red leather jacket and all, she skids to a stop outside a corner bookshop with a screech like a battle cry. Her heels click on the pavement like triggers cocking as she dismounts and strolls into the shop, grinning as the warning bell tinkles overhead. She drops down into the nearest armchair, kicking her feet up onto the coffee table, and twists a curl – so like Aziraphale’s, those curls – around a brightly painted fingernail. “Hey Dad!” she calls out. “I’m home!”
In the backroom, Aziraphale hisses into the telephone, “For Heavens sake, Crowley, my daughter is here! What am I supposed to do with her? The last time we spoke she was trying to cause the apocalypse!”
On the other end of the line, Crowley holds back a snort, because of course this is the family he married into. “I dunno,” he drawls. “You could always try grounding her.”
do you ever think about the scene at the air force base when satan is coming and crowley yells out and falls to the ground like he’s in pain and being pulled unwillingly toward hell while everyone else is mildly shaken, like being summoned by his own side is worse than the time he walked (danced awkwardly) through a church in 1941 as his feet were actually burning but you know. aziraphale needed help so that was fine he was fine.
So there are two possibilities with the ‘Crowley and Aziraphale were in love before the fall but A had his memories wiped’
1)They were super duper fucking in love, and shortly after meeting Aziraphale as Crowley, the demon decides that either he get the Angels memories back or accepts he’ll never be with him again, because Aziraphale will never fall in love with him anew, not for a demon.
2)They fall more super duper fucking in love as Angel and Demon than they ever did pre-fall, and Crowley doesn’t want Aziraphale to recover his memories of before, because even with the Angel loving him now, how could he compete in Aziraphale’s affections with the Divine version of himself?
