Why did they make crowley and aziraphale gay
In the near present you, dear Nichers, will likely be seeing a lot about the BBC/Amazon mini-series of Good Omens. You probably already have—it’s actually a little scary how many non-internet people I know who’ve asked me if I’ve heard about “this new show” fond I don’t have every page of the novel inscribed in my intellect forever. There’s just a few quick things I, a longtime and vocal fan of the novel, want to make sure everyone knows before it begins.
- Good Omens is a book by Sir Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman about the apocalypse, published in 1990.
- It is a terribly funny book.
- It is also deeply moving.
But all this is besides the point, because, most importantly:
- It is gay.
Yes, yes, the kid Antichrist and his friends are cute, there’s some very clever Douglas Adamsian narrative, and friendship saving the day always gets me a teary-eyed, but let’s be clear: I’m here for the angel and demon in love, as are at least half of us, judging by the AO3 stats.
And honestly, dear Nichers, that’s what you’re here for, right? To perceive if it’s gay? Successfully congratulations to you.
Let us also be clear
Consensus around the modern Amazon Prime Good Omens series is that it’s a rather static adaptation of its cause material, and that David Tennant and Michael Sheen absolutely sparkle in the lead roles. I think this is correct! I’m not going to procure into my broader thoughts on the show, which hold been covered adequately by reviewers elsewhere, but I carry out want to discuss a leetle bit about queerbaiting and the central bond between Crowley and Aziraphale. Here’s what the lead actors and the author have to utter about that relationship:
Michael Sheen:
They’re both very bonded and related anyway, because of the two of them having this relationship through history – but also because angels are beings of passion, so it’s inevitable that he would love Crowley. It helped that loving David is very easy to do.
David Tennant:
From being the Doctor, I’m sure you’ve had your fair share of various theories creature thrown at you. Like, for instance, this romantic theory about Crowley and Aziraphale.
Well, it is a love story, I think. I think every buddy movie, which is what this essentially is, is a love story, subtextually.
Some are more overt
Good Omens, Queerbaiting And Death Of The Author - Quill’s Scribbles
I confess this is the most reluctant I’ve ever been to compose a Scribble. When this topic came up, I recall just groaning and putting my chief in my hands because I knew that, due to the nature of what I attend to write about on this blog and the reality that I’m an out and out biromantic demisexual queerbo, people would be asking me to contribute to the discourse. And honestly I don’t particularly want to. I don’t get to enjoy many films and TV shows anymore thanks to the industry doing their very foremost to ruin everything they touch. Can’t I just view one good TV show without organism dragged into some ideological battle?
Okay. Estimate I can’t really put this off any longer.
On the 31st May, the long awaited adaptation of Good Omens was released on Amazon Video. I thought it was quite good. Not perfect. There are some things I could criticise, but overall it was a worthy adaptation of the root material and it was very enjoyable to watch. And that seems to be the general consensus with both critics and fans. However over the past couple of months since its release, a ‘controversy’ began to emerge wi
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Источник: https://Dear Mr Gaiman,
I know the topic of queerness in Good Omens has been debated to death so please feel free to totally ignore this word :)
I just wanted to ask you about the labelling, or lack thereof, of Crowley and Aziraphale. As an aroace person myself, it makes me a little uncomfortable that many fans are delighted to accept that they can’t be gay because they’re not human, but are still happy to give them the asexual label. As if homosexual identities are somehow more inherently ‘human’ than ace identities. And forgetting that there is a gigantic overlap in those identities, since there are plenty of gay asexuals out there.
I know it’s not intentional, but it’s strenuous to not view their unlabelled, ‘ineffable’ love in light of queer cinema’s historical context, which for so many years has resorted to queer coding, because queer love was itself considered ‘unmentionable’.
Thus, my question: would you ever consider labelling Aziraphale and Crowley? Even just as queer? Or would you rather their queerness remains completely up to meaning, death of the storyteller style?
I think either is valid, and will not take away from my excitement for s2❤️
I'm just going to state it: I liked the Good Omens miniseries more than the novel. It's sacrilege among Book Folks, my people, to acknowledge this, but sometimes recasting an old story into a new medium improves the experience. (Remember Legally Blonde, the Amanda Brown novel? Of course you don't.) There are several reasons why I preferred the show, but mostly it's because the novel didn't have Aziraphale and Crowley's queer-as-hell relationship — unarguably the best part — as the main focus.
So when I state Good Omens the exhibit is "better" than Good Omens the book, what I mean is, it's gayer.
Good Omens isn't distinct in its having fans who read queerness into the text. Fandoms hold been doing this for years: Supernatural immediately comes to mind, as does The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. What does make Good Omens unique is that this fan-created queer adore story — a fairy tale for the cease of the world — pretty much came correct when the story was adapted from the page to the screen.
Consider the standard one-sentence summary of the miniseries, which goes like this: In the final days leading up to the final battle between Heaven and Hell, the angel Aziraphale and the