Ship Tease / Good Omens (2019)

Ship Tease in Good Omens (2019).

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Examples

Crowley/Aziraphale

General

• Overall, their relationship is played as if Crowley has been doggedly pursuing Aziraphale for centuries, but Aziraphale doesn't realize it, thinks it's part of some demonic scheme, and/or is not ready to reciprocate because of his loyalty to Heaven.
  • Season 2 has it more that they’ve been Unknowingly in Love for years and literally everybody from Heaven, Hell, and Earth can see it. The pair, however, are oblivious to why people keep mistaking them for a couple when they’re Just Friends. Sadly, Crowley’s realization and reveal is a little too late and The Big Damn Kiss is his last-ditch attempt to get Aziraphale to stay.
• In Crowley's apartment, there's a statue of a demon and angel wrestling that prompted Neil Gaiman to ask "... are you certain that they're wrestling?" He also has the bird-shaped lectern from the church where he saved Aziraphale and his books.
  • Which is Terry's lectern from his office.
• Aziraphale and Crowley's wings are both modeled after swan wings. Swans are known to mate for life.
  • In one of the St James's Park scenes, a white swan and a black swan can be seen swimming together on the lake. The camera then pans up to Aziraphale and Crowley in Victorian garb, one in white/cream and the other in black.

Season 1

In the Beginning

• While the two chat after Adam and Eve leave the garden, rain begins pouring down. Aziraphale immediately lifts his wing up to shield Crowley who ducks underneath.
• In the first episode, Crowley notices a change in the air.
  Aziraphale: Oh, that's my new cologne. My barber suggested it.
  Crowley: No, I know what you smell like!

The Book

• After getting hit by paintballs Aziraphale sulks about how his coat is ruined, and even if he did miracle the stain away he'd still know it was there. The obvious subtext being he wants Crowley to do it for him. Crowley circles around him before leaning in and blowing on Aziraphale's shoulder to miracle the stain away.
• While walking through the halls Aziraphale says he knew that deep down, Crowley was a nice person. Crowley pins him against the wall while arguing, only to be interrupted by one of the former nuns from the convent.
  Mary: Sorry to break up an intimate moment.
  • If you watch that scene again, you'll notice that Aziraphale doesn't even turn his head at the interruption until a few seconds later, his eyes lingering on Crowley's face just a little bit too long. Intimate moment indeed.
  • And if you pay attention to Aziraphale's face just immediately after Crowley pins him to the wall, his eyes flick down to Crowley's mouth.
  • Note that when another angel does the same to Aziraphale later, Azi looks terrified. Here he looks completely relaxed, and has the oddest half-lidded gaze as it flits from Crowley's eyes to his lips.

Hard Times

• The first thirty minutes or so of the third episode is basically just a recap of Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship throughout the ages:
  • While in Ancient Rome, Aziraphale and Crowley meet up in a tavern and Aziraphale talks in a suggestive voice about "tempting" Crowley to try oysters with him, in a taverna run by a man named Petronius.^note The whole quote is quite reminiscent of a homoerotic speech in Spartacus about the eating of oysters and snails (although in the speech oysters represent heterosexuality and snails represent homosexuality).
    Aziraphale: I thought I'd try Petronius' new restaurant. I hear he does remarkable things to oysters.
    Crowley: I've never eaten an oyster.
    Aziraphale: Oh, well, let me tempt you to—no, that's—that's your job, isn't it?
    • The ancient Romans and Greeks were the first to refer to oysters as an aphrodisiac. So not only is it interesting that Aziraphale is tempting Crowley with food but being very knowledgeable and enthusiastic about food in general, the angel probably knows this.
  • During the Elizabethan era, Crowley suggests benefiting from their mutual agreement as they've done many times in the past centuries. Aziraphale immediately protests. Not because he's worried he'll get in trouble for essentially betraying Heaven's faith in him, but because if Hell ever found out, Crowley would be destroyed.
  • When Aziraphale is at the risk of being beheaded during the Reign of Terror (which wouldn't destroy him, just inconvenience him and mean a lot of paperwork, even if he couldn't get out of it himself), Crowley comes to the rescue. Aziraphale practically beams when he turns up, breathing Crowley's name in what may be the most besotted voice ever put to film.
    • Not to mention he gets outright flustered upon seeing Crowley.
    • This happens again in the final episode of the series when he reunites with Crowley in Madame Tracy’s body, it sounded even more besotted.
  • Crowley is hurt that Aziraphale considers their relationship "fraternizing."
    Crowley: I have a lot of people to fraternize with, angel!
    • In the same scene, Crowley asks Aziraphale to get him holy water as "insurance." Aziraphale refuses because he's afraid Crowley might use it to commit suicide, knowing that a single drop would kill him, a thought which upsets him extremely.
  • Crowley shows up at a church (hopping around the entire time because the consecrated ground hurts his feet) to save Aziraphale from Nazi spies trying to buy prophecy books off him by diverting a bomb onto it. Aziraphale laments that the books were destroyed along with the church, but Crowley reveals he saved them... and the look on Aziraphale's face combined with the romantic swell of music that plays all but spells out that this is the moment Aziraphale realises he's in love with him (indeed, Michael Sheen has said that's what he was going for).
    • Well, Crowley had just pointed out that there was unguarded holy water; and yet, he went for the books. 'Actions speaking louder than words' indeed.
    • While at the church, the Nazis reveal Crowley now calls himself "Anthony J. Crowley". Crowley sounds genuinely disappointed when he thinks for a moment Aziraphale doesn't like the name. (And they both ignore the Nazis to talk this out.)
    • When Crowley hands the bookbag to Aziraphale, Azi very pointedly and deliberately brushes his finger over Crowley's hand while gazing at him.
  • In 1967, Aziraphale tells Crowley that perhaps one day they can go on a picnic or dine at the Ritz together, but refuses Crowley's offer of a ride in the Bentley with one heck of a loaded line and long look.
    Aziraphale: You go too fast for me, Crowley.
    • And where are they dining in the first episode, after Crowley's delivered the Antichrist to the nuns? The Ritz!
    • Not to mention, when that scene happens, Aziraphale is savoring the remains of his meal while Crowley is just casually staring at him.
• When faced with the apocalypse, Crowley begs Aziraphale to run away to another galaxy with him twice. Aziraphale's first refusal in this episode is played out exactly like a break-up.
  Crowley: It's a big universe. Even if this all ends up in a puddle of burning goo, we could go off together.
  Aziraphale: Go off together? Listen to yourself.

Saturday Morning Funtimes

• Crowley's second attempt to get Aziraphale to leave with him goes straight into a Dysfunction Junction couple.
  Crowley: Angel! I'm sorry. I apologize. Whatever I said, I didn't mean it.
  (Later)
  Crowley: I'm going home, Angel. I'm getting my stuff and I'm leaving! And when I'm off in the stars, I won't even think about you!
  • Crowley makes clear that he thinks Aziraphale's faith in God is misplaced and that nobody's going to help him, calling him stupid for it. Aziraphale mutters "I forgive you", and a melancholic violin play accompanies his heartbroken expression when Crowley leaves him behind. All this complete with a passerby telling Aziraphale he's better off without Crowley.
• Uriel outright refers to Crowley as Aziraphale's boyfriend at one point (and Aziraphale, whilst looking flustered, doesn't correct them):
  Uriel: Don't think your boyfriend in the dark glasses will get you special treatment in Hell.

The Doomsday Option

• "Somebody to Love" plays while Crowley believes Aziraphale is dead.
  • Just before that, "You're My Best Friend" plays on the Bentley's radio and on Aziraphale's gramophone. If you are unfamiliar with the song, bass guitarist John Deacon had written it for his wife.
• When Crowley thinks Aziraphale is dead, he breaks down screaming and is so upset that he completely gives up on his plan to run away from Armageddon and gets roaring drunk in a pub.
  • Then Aziraphale turns up inconveniently discorporated and says it's too bad he can't simply share Crowley's body.
  • The term "wiggle-on" typically is used to means "hurry up". However, "wiggle" can also be used as a euphemism for sex. A drunken Crowley's head immediately snaps to attention upon hearing the details to Aziraphale's plan, then his annoyance with Aziraphale's disappearance without clarifying exactly what he meant.
    Aziraphale: But we're both gonna have to get a bit of wiggle-on
    Crowley: What?
    Aziraphale: Tadfield Air Base.
    Crowley: I heard that. It was the "wiggle-on".
  • The fact that Crowley kept the book he found in the burning bookshop as a souvenir.
  • The conversation can come across as a couple reconciling after one got kicked to the curb due to Commitment Issues, the other apologizing for throwing away all their ex's things (except for one for the memories) and both admitting moving back in together causing trouble again.

The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives

• During the climactic showdown, Crowley only comes up with a plan after Aziraphale, who is holding a literal flaming sword, threatens to... never talk to him again if he doesn't.
  • What is this plan? Crowley stops time. Let that sink in for a minute.
• While waiting for the bus back to London, Crowley gently reminds Aziraphale that the bookshop burned down and then offers his own home as a place to stay. Aziraphale tries to decline because "my side" won't approve. Crowley replies that they don't have sides anymore, just each other.
  • Aziraphale takes a moment to respond, and it seems that he really wants to accept, unlike other times when he has quickly refused to accept Crowley's offers.
• When Aziraphale (actually Crowley pretending to be him) is taken by Heaven to be put on trial, Crowley (actually Aziraphale pretending to be him) immediately tries to stop them. In the past, Crowley was always the one rescuing Aziraphale from danger: the change indicates that Aziraphale has gotten over his "we're not friends" nonsense and really does care about Crowley.
• The song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" isn't just referenced like it is in the books, but used over the closing credits of the miniseries, which ends with the "angels dining at the Ritz." You'd expect it would maybe use just the dinner-relevant verse or two, but it actually goes on for quite a bit and ends on the explicitly romantic part of the song.
  The streets of town were paved with stars, it was such a romantic affair; and as we kissed and said goodnight, a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square...

Season 2

The Arrival

• It’s revealed that the two's first meeting was while Crowley was still an angel. Aziraphale seems almost instantly enamored with his fellow angel, looking sheepish upon realizing Crowley's compliment of being gorgeous was in regards to the nebula creation and not him.
  • After a disagreement over challenging God’s plan, a rain of stars starts showering down upon them. Crowley raises his wing over Aziraphale to protect him, mirroring the Garden of Eden scene of Aziraphale using his wing to shield Demon Crowley from rain.
• The look Crowley gives Aziraphale after Nina asks about his “naked man friend” is flooded with questions. He goes into Deadpan Snarker mode when inquiring if they aren’t discussing what’s going on in Heaven in the bookshop “because there’s a naked man there?”
• Learning of the extreme punishment anyone involved with Gabriel's disappearance faces, Crowley races back to the bookshop while Queen's "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" plays.

The Clue

• Flashbacks to another meeting they had in 2500 BC, during Job’s test of faith, are throughout the episode. The air becomes so thick with sexual tension between them that the damn flaming sword would be needed to cut it.
  • How genuinely crushed Aziraphale sounds at how lonely Crowley must be, being only on his own side.
  • Crowley’s amusement over Aziraphale thinking he’s a demon now after his first lie. He assures the angel he isn't going to be telling anyone about it, and assists in Aziraphale’s identity crisis. The episode ends with them sitting near each other on some rocks at the cliffside, looking out on the water.
• Both of them argue over Aziraphale driving the Bentley to Edinburgh, Aziraphale referring to it as “our car” and Crowley angrily claiming that it’s his car. Aziraphale coyly states that while he technically owns his bookshop...
  Aziraphale: We both get plenty of use of it, don’t we?

I Know Where I'm Going

The Hitchhiker

The Ball

Everyday

• Season 2 finale delivers the kiss that elevates 6,000 years of subtext into text, as Crowley's desperate attempt to get Aziraphale to stay with him instead of going back Upstairs. Sadly, Aziraphale only reciprocates briefly before second-guessing himself. After Crowley has left, Aziraphale puts a finger over his lips as if reliving the memory of the kiss.

Others

• In a brief shot, the Minister of Energy authorizes opening the reactor. He's shirtless and in bed. His equally-shirtless male bedmate taps an imaginary watch.
• After losing his memory Gabriel becomes quite fond of Aziraphale and even says "I love you" to him. The angel is not happy with this.
• The owner of the record store, Maggie is hopelessly in love with the woman that works at the cafe. She tries confessing to her a few times, but fails due to various distractions. The two talk it out off-screen and by the end of the season Nina calls Maggie "angel" casually, even though they assure Crowley they're not dating.
• Ms. Sandwich, in a series of sewing-based euphemisms, explains her work as a brothel madame to another woman in the neighborhood, who seems rather excited it, giggling and blushing.

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