Is Aziraphale as innocent as he looks?

Or is he "just enough of a bastard to be worth knowing"?

He is the one who uses guns as a "weight to moral arguments".

People who threaten his bookshop will go missing. (in the book)

He can lie, twist the truth or go around the rules when necessary.

Worse yet, I noticed Aziraphale uses Crowley's feelings (friendship/love/ desperate need for someone to ease his loneliness...) to try and manipulate him.

Here are the scenes that come to mind.

1) Hamlet. Azi being like , Honey, I'm out of miracles, would you mind?

2)The stain on the coat, of course. (getting Crowley to do the laundry)

3) Satan is coming. Azi to Crowley: "Do something, or I'll (he's wielding a *flaming sword*...) I'll never talk to you again!"

And it works every time. Even when they break up and Azi gets in trouble, Crowley will rush back to save him, apologizing (even dancing!) while having done nothing wrong!

What about you? Did you notice anything else unangelic about him?

TzadkielAmirael·9/26/2023

Hi. I was thinking kind of the same thing. Crowley is authentic. You get what you see.

However Aziraphale seems a little sneaky to me

ParkSeo-Jun·9/27/2023

TzadkielAmirael

Exactly,. I just remembered how Azi says "we're friends, why would I lie to you? * pretending not to know how to find the antichrist when he is sitting right in front of the book of prophecies, knowing that the answer is in it somewhere.

Then "Friends? We're not friends! We're on opposite sides!" Aouch!

However Crowley, at some point states, "we're friends, why would I lie to you?" Upon Azi pointing out that Crowley is a demon, and this is what demons do, Crowley nods but you can tell that he's taken a habit of being honest with his only, precious friend...

TzadkielAmirael·10/1/2023

Meaning demons are a lot more honest than angels :D

Uzsesz·10/22/2023

I guess when Aziraphale lies in S1 is beause he is always in a dilemma between what he would be expected to do by Heaven and what he wants... there is a part in the book which shows his constant dithering.: "He ought to tell Crowley.

No, he didn't. He wanted to tell Crowley. He ought to tell Heaven."

In S2, he tries to protect Crowley, kind of.

Unangelic, or un-typical-angelic, as he is not a typical angel, are the little longing looks he gives Crowley any time they are alone together :D

ParkSeo-Jun·10/22/2023

Agreed. He is torn, most of the time. Except when it comes to selling books. Amazing how easily lies flow from his mouth. XD

What do you think?