Good Omens shownner Neil Gaiman rponds to fans' qutns over whether Michael Sheen and David Tennant's Aziraphale and Crowley are gay.
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- WHY GOOD OMENS BOSS NEIL GAIMAN WON'T LABEL AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY AS GAY
- GOOD OMENS EP ADDRS WHETHER AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY ARE GAY
WHY GOOD OMENS BOSS NEIL GAIMAN WON'T LABEL AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY AS GAY
Fans of Good Omens have been shippg Aziraphale and Crowley as a gay uple for years, but thor and shownner Neil Gaiman ref to label them this way * good omens gay *
When asked directly if Crowley and Aziraphale are a gay relatnship together, Gaiman told a fan onle that, "They're an angel and a mon, not male humans. Gaiman has nfirmed more than once that Crowley and Aziraphale are love, but labels like gay, bi or even pansexual don't que f this stance.
However, if Gaiman ever did ci to fe the central love story as gay or trans or ace, then that would also trample over other readgs which actually mean a lot to more margalised members of the queer muny. Meanwhile, Crowley is perpetually followed by a soundtrack of on-the-nose Queen songs like “Bohemian Rhapsody,” which blar om the Bentley he driv to the fal showdown.Good Omens is, at s heart, a smic gay rom-, wh bad-boy Crowley temptg Aziraphale to get out of his fort zone and enjoy life, while Aziraphale simultaneoly lur him to beg a better, ls selfish person. While he never nfirms what some rears have long spected—that Crowley uld be gay or bisexual—Gaiman has some advice for those takg the fan fictn game a b too serly: "Make fun fan fictn.
"If I were to Pronounce on thgs that are not explicly stated the book, I still wouldn't be tellg you if Crowley was Canonilly Gay, " Gaiman nclud. When asked if Aziraphale and Crowley were gay, Gaiman clarified that the meang of the term don’t apply to them as they aren’t two human men.
GOOD OMENS EP ADDRS WHETHER AZIRAPHALE AND CROWLEY ARE GAY
They may not be 100% gay (celtial begs and whatnot) but Neil Gaiman has started on numero ocsns that they are love.
At the same time, those who want to label them as gay are not beg exclud, eher. In fact, terpretg Aziraphale as flat out gay even ma to the books:.
“Many people, meetg Aziraphale for the first time, formed three imprsns: that he was English, that he was telligent, and that he was gayer than a tree full of monkeys on nro oxi. So ll them trans gay men.