Angel Out of the Closet

"Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch" is a depiction of the events preceding Armageddon and the lives of hereditary enemies, the Principality Aziraphale (Guardian of the Eastern Gate), and the Serpent Crowley. Recounted by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, the angel and demon endeavour to sabotage the apocalypse leading to the eventual Armageddon’t as part of the Ineffable Plan.

Canonically, both demons and angels have no determined sex or gender unless they make “an Effort” and said Effort being their own choice. While Crowley has played with gender and appearance, Aziraphale tends to stick with a male appearance. Both generally use male pronouns though more common terms of address are “My Dear” and “Angel” respectively. The pair are Best Friends, irrespective of fan theories of romantic love between them.

I wanted to play with how Aziraphale might express himself if he were to play with the gender binary as Crowley does. I feel this might be something Zira would try during the stretch of time where he danced gavotte in discrete gentlemen’s clubs. Aziraphale is soft, fussy, unfailingly kind, has elegantly manicured nails, a preference for tartan patterns amongst the neutral angelic palette, he is collector of books and hoards them voraciously undercover of a bookshop owner and dances the gavotte. He is simple but goes to excesses over things he loves; books, food or his clothes, well-loved but several decades out of date.