Are corwley and azaraphele gay

Good Omens showrunner Neil Gaiman responds to fans' questions over whether Michael Sheen and David Tennant's Aziraphale and Crowley are gay. Sure there are occasional flashes of something, but it could easily just be interpreted as being gestures of friendship rather than romance.

The implication being that the characters are asexual, but the way you hear people going on about it, the Ineffable Husbands seem less asexual and more like soulless robots. And that seems to be the general consensus with both critics and fans. Not only that, Neil Gaiman, the showrunner and original co-author of Good Omens, has stubbornly refused to confirm one way or the other whether or not Aziraphale and Crowley are more than just good friends, which has added further fuel to the fire.

Actually no. Implying a character might be gay or promising to introduce a gay character only to then backtrack or not fully commit. So the question remains, does this count as legitimate LGBT representation or is this just a very advanced form of queerbaiting? Who, out of all the characters in the book, does he make a genuine effort for?

You might be wondering where I stand on this whole issue. In fact completely the opposite. So if they were attracted to each other, they just might be gay. CREDIT: Prime Video In its first season, Good Omens followed Aziraphale and his longtime demon accomplice Crowley.

There are some things I could criticise, but overall it was a worthy adaptation of the source material and it was very enjoyable to watch. Now before we go any further, I just want to disavow one argument that I see cropping up a lot and that really gets under my skin.

Tangent over. The Good Omens mini-series presents the story of Aziraphale and Crowley's relationship as a romantic comedy, and it's canon that they love each other deeply and are basically each other's soulmates. The depiction of Crowley and Aziraphale’s relationship falls outside of romantic/sexual relationships by virtue not of the show’s refusal to label it – it does, at least twice – but by virtue of having Crowley insist, repeatedly, that their relationship is one of friendship.

This is queerbaiting. A recent example of this would be Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series. It really is that simple. So yeah. I thought it was quite good. Also, just to clarify, queerbaiting is not when a bisexual or pansexual character becomes romantically involved with someone of the opposite sex.

Lets talk about Aziraphale and Crowley. Worse still, when given the opportunity to rectify this in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald, Rowling chose instead to downplay the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald significantly. Not only that, but the writing and filmmaking leaves just enough room for plausible deniability, never explicitly confirming the relationship.

Queerbaiting is when a creator hints at a possible same sex romance without ever actually confirming or depicting the relationship. Not perfect. In fact their relationship reminded me a lot of my relationship with my best friend. She still looks like a woman and she still uses female pronouns.

Aziraphale and Crowley may be genderless, but they look like men and use male pronouns. But what type of love they share is still left "up to the viewer". This then led to a backlash to the backlash, sparking a whole debate as to what constitutes good LGBT representation.

There was never a doubt in my mind that book Aziraphale was gay. First off, you do know asexual people feel love too, right? Do I believe that Aziraphale and Crowley are gay? Do I think the same about the TV version? Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and Crowley (David Tennant) in 'Good Omens' season two.