Happy Holidays, Everyone!

[goe_mod]

This year, there was a fair amount of reshuffling and pinch-hitting going on. This late-arriving story could have been redundant. But it isn't, it's just too good! So we'll give it to everyone!

In Equal Ruin
Author: darlinghalcyon
Characters: Aziraphale and Crowley
Rating: PG?
Summary: A His Dark Materials crossover; Aziraphale and Crowley have tense dealings

Comments

[puokki]

! I don't think anyone else asked for a HDM crossover so thank you so much for writing this! I really liked how you made them fit into this universe, Aziraphale being just a normal human and Crowley being an angel (though I'm hesitant to call him that because there are hints about his backstory but not enough to truly puzzle him out, and he stays so fascinating) and how Aziraphale's daemon is the one to reprimand him about his rudeness since it compliments canon (you know, Aziraphale knowing "deep down" Crowley has a spark of goodness, and a daemon is a perfect metaphor that "deep down")And urgh the tension between them but Crowley still wanting to warn Aziraphale too precious

[hsavinien]

I like that Aziraphale's daemon is a snake, but I don't remember enough of HDM to make heads nor tails of the rest of it, I'm afraid.

[slvrcrystalc]

Wow, there are things implied in this that make me uncomfortable, which, i think, implies that you have very well succeeded in your writing of this story.

This snippit in time makes me wonder vividly about what happened. What happened to azira-, ah, mr. Fell? What happened to Crowley? What will happen in the future? And what did they all start out as? It seems like there is so much worldbuilding behind the scenes to make this. It's the sort of thing that would keep me up at night (if i wasnt just about to stay up 24+ hours for a tournement).