Brown!Crowley Fanart Linkspam.

[vulgarweed]

Yes, I know he's green in this icon. He has a diverse "wardrobe," what can I say? As promised in this post, here's a collection of DeviantArt links I made when I was thinking about this very thing just a couple weeks ago. Thanks to QW for her suggestions!





Fallen Angel Chibi Slash
by carrie-ko
http://carrie-ko.deviantart.com/art/Fallen-Angel-Chibi-Slash-4675674

The Burning of Jerusalem
by x-tao-girl-x
http://x-tao-girl-x.deviantart.com/art/The-Burning-of-Jerusalem-173473114?q=gallery%3Agoodomens%2F1381089&qo=88

Flash Bastard
by triumph-forks
http://triumph-forks.deviantart.com/art/Flash-Bastard-130977583

Valentine's Tea
by jennamuraki
http://jennamuraki.deviantart.com/art/GO-Valentine-s-tea-153974517

Only Slightly Mutilated
by halobender
http://halobender.deviantart.com/art/Only-Slightly-Mutilated-17268902

Hell On Ice
by Lilithnanhart
http://lilithnanhart.deviantart.com/art/Hell-on-Ice-73703084

Semantics
by Bowie-Spawan
http://bowie-spawan.deviantart.com/art/Good-Omens-Semantics-46029896

Falling for You
by Kakanji
http://kakanji.deviantart.com/art/quot-Falling-for-You-quot-106459977

Unbidden and Unoriginal
by Eeba-ism [NSFW - totally sweet and hot!!!!one!!--vulgarweed's editorial comment]
http://eeba-ism.deviantart.com/art/GO-unbidden-and-unoriginal-154446260

Crowley and Aziraphale
by Eeba-ism (SFW)
http://eeba-ism.deviantart.com/art/GO-Crowley-and-Aziraphale-150795385

Match made in heaven...or hell
by assutoriddo
http://assutoriddo.deviantart.com/art/Match-made-in-heaven-or-hell-121454931

CrowleyAziraphale fluff alert
by carrie-ko
http://carrie-ko.deviantart.com/art/CrowleyAziraphale-fluff-alert-3770693

Classical Pair
by bonnieslashfiend
http://bonnieslashfiend.deviantart.com/art/Classical-pair-25873266

Bookmark
by Lacweal
http://lacweal.deviantart.com/art/Good-Omens-Bookmark-200231616



I am in no way trying to "prove" anything about the way Crowley "really" looks with these. (He doesn't look the same in all of them by any stretch.) I AM looking to prove that this is not an idea that's unique to just one person. There are a lot of different artists here, from a lot of different time periods in the fandom. (If you know of others, please let me know.) This has been a thing for years, for many people, that's my point. I think. Maybe the point is dolphins.

Is this a conversation we could be having on lower_tadfield without touching off a wankstorm? I hope we could--the fandomsecrets comment thread is a better meta discussion than anything I've seen on LT for a very long time.

Comments

[trickseybird.livejournal.com]

eeba-ism makes me sooo happy. that is worlds of win

[http://users.livejournal.com/_silverfox/]

It definitely looks good.

I wonder whether both Crowley and Aziraphale can and did adapt their skin colour to the place and time they were in, though. It's probably not the best thing to stick out too much when attempting to subtly influence people towards good or evil and just how much racism would Crowley put up with?

[sirius-luva.livejournal.com]

I love that NSFW art by eeba-ism SO MUCH. <3

[quantum-witch.livejournal.com]

To my recollection, most if not all of Halobender's work gives Crowley darker skin. Pretty sure it's the sam for Bonnieslashfiend's.

And most of mine, when I bother to colour it. But we knew that. Actually, I tend to make Aziraphale so much paler than average, it's possible my Crowley isn't even as dark as other artists draw him.

[musegaarid.livejournal.com]

I do have to say, I see Crowley in the early 90s in England, as white. I figure it's an issue of blending in and the majority of the English population is white. Sad to say, but he'd draw a lot of unwanted attention as a person of color in a designer suit. Especially if crimes tended to happen around him. He'd just have more clout as a white guy.

I do love these artworks, though. And can totally see him being various shades of color throughout history when and where appropriate. I was planning to do that with Six Millennia 'til it died. :p If the artists are interesting in making Crowley a character of color, though, why does he always have Caucasian features? In a couple of those pictures, he just looks like a white dude with a tan.

Another pattern I noticed - it's an art historian thing - but Aziraphale is blond in all those images. I've always wondered about that...

At any rate, I think you're right that it would be impossible to have a decent discussion about race at LT. That's one of the reasons I stopped following it a while back.