Aziraphale

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 autisticAziraphale is autistic headcanons, Tumblr post August 29, 2020.
==Fanworks==
===Example Fanart===
* 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===
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* 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)
* by fellthemarvelous (2024)
=== Zines ===
* It’s Stylish
==Example Art Gallery==
===Inspired by the Book===
File:Go aziraphale by noxcape.jpg|GO: Aziraphale by noxcape (2008)|alt="illustration of Aziraphale holing a red glowing sword, in background is a stain glass window of an apple tree with a serpent"
File:Aziraphale and Crowley by Ememchan08.jpg|Aziraphale and Crowley by Ememchan08 (2015)|alt="illustration of a winged Aziraphale with a halo, holding a book, and a dark haired Crowley with wings and a pointed tail"
===Inspired by the TV Series===
File:Aziraphale Art Nouveau by thali-lemmonpie 1.png|Aziraphale Art Nouveau by thali-lemmonpie (2019)|alt="illustration of Aziraphale, in the background is a stain glass window that looks like wings and a halo"
==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
==References==
Category:Good Omens Characters