Greetings shippers welcome back and we’re still having a good time with the ineffable
husbands and you were all super excited when I mentioned the potential of a shippable moments
vid, so here we are.
Now as many of you joked no we can’t just reupload the whole show but we can talk about
and sift through some of these glorious moments.
Now this series is full chock full to the brim with moments so we’re going to take
a look at some of the fandom’s favourites.
And of course no matter what we all know that the end goal of every relationship needs to
be to find someone who looks at you the way aziraphale looks, at crowley.
Cherished that is the personification of being cherished.
Before we get started if you haven’t already follow on social media to stay up to date
know when we’re steaming and just come on over and chit chat about fandom it’s a good
time I swear.
Now onto the moments.
Number 10 One of the fun surprises of the series was how much more was added on to these
two in terms of on screen moments.
And the new end sequences were particularly well received giving us a canonical body swap
plot.
Always fun.
During the body swap aside from the amusement of seeing them mimic each other there were
a couple of things that struck fans, well many but we’re going to focus on a couple.
One heartwarming moment was seeing Azircrwoley’s face brighten upon spotting the bentley in
one piece, as he knows just how much the car means to him.
Another the scrunched up face he makes at Michael in hell.
As the two are attempting to mimic each other many fans were amused to find that Aziraphale's
interpretation of Crowley’s facial expressions is well adorable meaning that’s most likely
how he feels about Crowley’s eccentricities.
Scrunch.
Number ? The Wall slam.
Now this comes with a side helping of yet another character assuming they are a couple.
Upon accidentally insulting Crowley Aziraphale finds himself pinned against the wall by an
irate demon.
However fans were quick to notice not only how much the moment lingered but also how
much Aziraphale is gazing longingly at him in the scene.
You can feel the pining.
Some have taken this to mean the two are mutually pining soft boys in love while others have
taken it to mean Aziraphale has a secret rough crowley kink.
While others have also incorporated the fact that it showcases how comfortable azirphale
is with crowley and the trust he has in him especially when contrasted to how he reacts
to being thrust up against the wall by his angel compatriots.
Night and day, also they also assume him and Crowly are a couple.
Number ? The Coat Just a little earlier in the same episode the two are shot with paintballs
and Azirphale whines and pouts about his coat getting a stain and while Crowley gently mocks
him he also ultimately miracles it away for him.
This sequence was just so profoundly couplaly and for many spoke to the fact that Aziraphale
had pulled similar stunts to get his way with crowley before.
It’s also an addition as in the book while azirphale complains about his coat there’s
n mention of Crowley miracling it clean.
It’s just yet another example the small acts of kindness Crowley will perform for
his angel, because he’s absolutely besotted.
Number 7 The Wing - One of the fun things about this fandom aside from all the great
nicknames for the notpocalypse is just how engrained the 6000 nyear slow burn concept
is.
The belief is that at the very least crowley has been completely head over heels since
the garden of eden.
While fans initially inferred this from their banter the series again upped the anti by
having Aziraphale shield crowley from the coming storm with his wing.
An instinctive act of protectiveness and kindness, already treating Crowley better than any other
angel or demon would.
In short it was a visualization of their instant connection.
Side note just the glorious wingfics in this fandom, glorious and sometimes deliciously
angsty.
Number ? You Go Too Fast/Run Away With Me There’s a lot of bits of dialogue in this
series that are rather loaded with layered meaning.
In the sense that one could manage to twist it to be completely literal or it could also
have much greater implications for these two’s relationship.
There are a couple of bits of dialogue that are almost impossible to read as anything
but couched discussions about these two’s relationship.
The You Go Too fast for me is particularly pointed as Crowleys offers to take aziraphale
anywhere he likes to do whatever he wants/ Aziraphale puts him off with the now much
used fandom line you go to fast for me crowley.
Most read this as him talking about their relationship and the open secret about how
they both feel about each other.
This line is also utilised beautifully in angst fics as something that has cut at crowley
for years even as he respected aziraphale enough to heed it.
Also in some extra angsty one he’ll throw it back at aziraphale.
Along the same vein is Crowley pleading with Aziraphale to run away with him to the stars,
the rejection of which clearly wounds him.
Fans have fun with these moments most often in their post nopocalyse getting together
fics.
Number 5 Stopping Time The climactic end scene of the series is definitely ramped up for
so than the book where a lot of it happens conceptually.
Here however as impending doom is upon them and the the group panics.
Aziraphale demands that crowley do something, threatening that if he doesn’t he’ll never
speak to him again.
A threat that propels Crowley to actually stop time, so in short the fear of losing
azirapahle was enough for crowley to stretch his creativity to the limits and tap into
vast reserve of demonic power, but there’s more to it than that on the flipside is the
knowledge aziraphale has that that is what it needed to inspire crowley cause again open
secret.
The world knew before they did.
Also just again that wing scene glorious.
It’s time to plug the wingfic vid again card and link.
Number ? Another of the much beloved additions made in the Amazon prime series was episodes
3 extremely long cold open which charts these twos relationship and the evolution of their
arrangement throughout history.
And what that history showed us was that Crowley will got out of his way to make sure Aziraphale
doesn’t get discorporated and that maybe just maybe Aziraphale expects it.
Of particular note is the joy and the suggestive once over he gives Crowley when he saves him
from beheading during the french revolution.
One fun fandom headcanon that has emerged is that Aziraphale gets himself into these
situations on purpose so that he can see crowley particularly earlier on in their arrangement
when they saw each other less frequently.
He also still saves him after their fight by the duck pond in (year) during the blitz
which leads into our next moment.
Number ? The Books/Church Now not only does Crowley burn his feet walking on sacred ground
to make sure his angel isn’t bombed out of existence but he also saves Aziraphale’s
precious books as well knowing how much they mean to his angel.
This is the moment that is thought by fans to be where Azirapahel fully realises the
extent of his feelings for crowley you can see it dawning on him, crossing over his face,
and this was deliberate the scene was indeed played that way.
Michael Sheen and to a lesser extent but only because of how enthusiastic Sheen is about
it David Tennant have been open about playing the characters as beings who love one another
very deeply.
Number - to the world ah the post almost pocalypse lunch date.
What this is for most shippers aside from the gazing the copious amounts of gazing,
is that it feels like the two have finally accepted what their relationship is and are
starting a new chapter many of the getting together fics start post this point.
Often times the evening of with the idea that these two could now firmly embrace being on
their own side and that this could be their life now.
Hanging out openly whenever they want.
Just enjoying each others company.
It’s also just a nice intimate sequence of how much affection there can be in just
spending time with someone you care about doing something you both enjoy.
You’re just happy to see these happy, finally after 6000 years.
The slowest burn so slow.
Of course here are some honourable mentions, shout out to crowleys dramatic totally not
break up speech in the middle of the street.
He’s going of to the stars and he won’t even think of him!.
Another for the we’ll be godfathers scene which has led to some fun coparenting fics.
And a special shout out to the worlds most suggestive statue in crowleys apartment that
has gotten several fics and even attention from neil gaiman who teased the about it being
suggestive.
And Number 1 Stay With Me If You Like.
Now it could be argued that this is a much smaller moment than some of the others on
this list.
Crowley offering Aziraphale a place to stay as his bookshop is presumed by both of them
at the time to still be burned down.
What makes this number one is that this was the trend in fics when the fandom first began
experiencing it’s renaissance after the episodes were released on Amazon.
This was the missing scene fic that everyone was writing the two spending the night together,
and getting together.
Many just needed this gap filled and felt it was the logical conclusion to make it became
a loved cliche within days and people are still trying their hand at it.
Also this has morphed now into the two of them moving in together fics which are soft
as all get up.
What is your favourite Ineffable moment, this video was shorter than anticipated but mostly
cause the scenes are just so concise, and well dare I say ineffable.
Also I found this pic and it’s just adorable and instantly summed up a dynamic for an ot3
that I didn’t know I needed until I saw this picture and now I’m in multishipper
rare pair hell.
Thanks so much for taking some time out of your day to spend it discussing