History Fanfic / TheSacredAndTheProfane

* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler: Zirah is implied to have done this to Hastur. The narration and Zirah call it "Being Sensible About Thing", but considering Hastur, a ''demon'' who has probably tortured his own share of souls, is left a broken, sobbing mess...]]

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Zirah was up on earth because Hell didn't ''want'' him there, [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth they're all scared of him]].

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first things Zirah does in the story after falling are, in order: serve Hastur and Ligur tea and make small-talk with them, coo over how cute the baby Antichrist is, and then attempt to murder said baby when he won't stop crying. He does the third while barely changing expression.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: The reason why Zirah is up on Earth? The ''entirety'' of Hell was so unnerved by [[DissonantSerenity how he still looked and acted like an angel, and then would casually maiming and torture those unfortunate to rub him the wrong way]].

* PoisonousFriend: Zirah isn't the best influence on Caphriel.
* PsychoSupporter: Zirah again. He'll support Caphriel's cause to prevent Armageddon, no matter how many people he feels he needs to kill to do it.

* HorrifyingTheHorror: The reason why Zirah is up on Earth? The ''entirety'' of Hell was so unnerved by [[DissonantSerenity his still-angelic face with his casual affinity for maiming and torture]].

* HorrifyingTheHorror: The reason why Zirah is up on Earth? The ''entirety'' of Hell was so unnerved by [[DissonantScenery his still-angelic face with his casual affinity for maiming and torture]].

* RoleSwapAU: In this fic, Crowley is an Angel and Aziraphale is a demon.

* AngelsInTrenchcoats: Caphriel.

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a RoleSwapAU retelling of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[CuteAndPsycho bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[CuteAndPsycho Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[CuteAndPsycho bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[CuteAndPsycho Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: "...Caphriel had a bizarre tendency to get upset over the slightest things, like murder and rape and duck torture."

** WindowsOfTheSoul: Looking into their eyes reveals who they truly are.

* AlwaysABiggerFish: As demons, Hastur and Ligur think they're pretty scary and pretty good at their jobs. Zirah blows them out of the water in terms of scariness and sheer evilness.

%%* TheDogShotFirst: "You hurt him!"

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