[ SECRET POST #4629 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4629 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I just don't understand why people are so obsessed with shipping in this fandom in the first place. It's not a story that needs romance in any capacity to be interesting or compelling. The two of them have an incredibly strong bond whether you want to interpret it as platonic or romantic, and it's that bond that's the important part, not whether or not they're secretly boning. They might be boning, they might not be, and it literally doesn't matter.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with you that whether or not they’re fucking doesn’t impact the plot in any way, but asking why people are obsessed with shipping in any fandom is wasted effort. Lots of people are obsessed with shipping, period. Sometimes it’s just because they want to see characters they find hot fuck. And sometimes people identify with the characters they ship and project aspects of themselves that they find important onto the characters, and feel validated or belittled depending on what canon does with a relationship. Shipping isn’t a logical endeavor.

[sparklywalls]

I remember a secret and comment chain not so long ago that said the good thing about this adaption was that you can interpret it all the ways and they're all valid. When I finally watched it I have to say that's how I felt. I did get thousand-year boyfriend vibes myself but not necessarily sexual because they're an angel and a demon so I'm not even sure if they'd care for human labels or restrictions on these things.

At the same time I've been in fandom long enough to recognise that some people just like the idea of their faves fucking so I'm cool if people want to write porn about it. I wouldn't call myself a massive Good Omens fan but if I were to seek out fic I'd be more interested in the bonding than the porn but other people feel differently and I'd be lying if I claimed I've never in my life sought out a pairing (in other fandoms) just to read PWP.

[(Anonymous)]

Most things fandom cares about literally don't matter - even the non-shippy stuff. Asking why people care about shipping them is like asking why people care about the inner lives of minor Harry Potter characters or the names of every alien species in Star Wars.

I think the bond between Aziraphale and Crowley is the main reason why people are drawn to shipping them in the first place (not the only reason, but the main one). Shipping is a way of exploring that bond, albeit along romantic lines (whether there is sex or not).

As for "secretly boning," this is not really a point of contention in the fandom as far as I can tell (whether they *would ever* bone, yes, that is debateable). There are certainly fics that present them as having started a sexual relationship in the past, but many more that run with the idea that they couldn't even admit how much they cared for one another, let alone show an interest in having sex with each other, until after the end of the show (or, at least, the time between the bus ride and the next morning). "Do I ship them?" is really not equivalent to "Are they boning?" in this fandom.