This was just so heartbreaking. You know that it's going to end in misery, every chapter just pushes the knife a little deeper into your chest but you keep reading, not out of dumb lets-watch-the-trainwreck-ness but because you can't help but hope.
In 15 chapters I never once got bored or felt like you were stretching things out for the hell of it. In fact I wish it were a little longer, if only because Zirah and Caphriel are great characters.
And this review has gotten too long, suffice to say, it's not that easy to make me cry, but this fic did.

You horrible, horrible person. You- you've managed to completely and utterly tear my heart into itty bitty pieces and stomp them into the dirt. I'm *still* crying after finishing this story.

This was so wonderful, and awful, and the characters were so incredibly true to themselves despite the drastic changes; Crowley was still Crowley even as an angel and... and Az- Zirah was so amazingly and heartbreakingly *** up* and ...

This story was absolutely amazing, but I'm afraid the only time I'll ever be able to bring myself to ever read it again is if I'll want to depress the hell out of myself.

You have written quite the story, indeed.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this story yet. It's been a while since the first time I read it, and it's still every inch as beautiful and devastating as I remember it, and just as painful and wonderful to read. This is one of the very few--if not the only--fanfiction that I truly hold up to the level of the source material, and I do not say that lightly.
Fantastic work.

I am so thrilled to have rediscovered this -- I read it two years back and never ended up finishing it. The idea is so original and brilliant. I love your work.

I am utterly floored. Creepy Zirah. And yet I could not help but pity him. Right til the end I kept hoping that he'll get fixed somehow. It's so sad that Caphriel had to do what he had to do. Everything was so unfair! And now I can't stop crying...Great writing!

But...I wasn't really looking for this kind of heavy fic. But I read it anyway because I was hoping for some happy ending. The warning said some melodrama. But this is way beyond that, I think. If I saw major angst alert, I would have steered clear of this fic. But that's okay since I got to read a really good fic.

I thought I knew the book, and I thought I knew the characters. I now see that I was wrong. This was absolutely beautiful. It's been my... third time reading this, and I still cry every time I get to the ending. I've read it once for every night in a row since I've discovered it, but I can't help but see it in a different way each time.

Crowley and Aziraphale were just... Words can't describe it. It tore my heart out, and when I finally put it back together, I can't help but come back for more. You make this sort of pain so addicting, so alluring, so breathtaking.

I can count on one hand how many fanfics made me cry. Yours would be the first.

Thank you for writing such a wonderful story. Thank you.

It was amazing. I cried a bit but it's alright because this story was worth it:)

I know you have written this story some time ago, but even so I felt like I just have to say something about it... And it all comes to two words:
Simply amazing.
Complex characters, a very interesting retelling of the story and just the right way to convey emotions... It almost made me cry at the end XD
And the way that Crowley and Aziraphale still had somewhat of an essence, despite having inverse natures... ( the idea behind angel-Crowley sunglasses was just perfect!)
I'm curious, though, about why you imagined them both that way - why would Crowley be depressed, and what would make Aziraphale be so insane (as a demons he was the creepiest character I've ever read about, in a good sort of way)?

Cheers!

L.D.

I am more than a little blown away. It's been utterly ages since I read any GO fic, and happened upon yours. Holy ** hell, it was awesome.
The subtle twist on Aziraphale and Crowley to become Zirah and Caphriel was masterful. You kept them the same, but different. Gave Zirah the undercurrent of psycho, and Caphriel the underlying goodness to his curmudgeony self.
It really did feel like i was reading the proper Good Omens, only different. Like I was reading the book upsidedown and backtofront :)

I am so not very eloquent right now, I wish i could pinpoint favourite parts like I like to do when giving reviews, but I couldn't stop to point them out at the time, I just had to keep reading and keep reading until I got to the end!

Your turn of phrase and general skill in the writing arena was such a pleasure to read. I couldn't find a word or a phrase out of place.

You've obviously put a lot of effort in, and it's paid off. Wonderful, wonderful writing. I am going to rec the ** out of this anytime I can. Kudos!!

This story might just be one of the most amazing fan fictions I've ever read. You want to know how amazing it was? I've never even READ Good Omens, and I was still completely blown away by this story. Somehow I'm finding myself reading all your Good Omen stories and am in complete awe of your story telling and writing abilities. It's rare you fine a fanfic in which the writing is so wry and original, much less one that is witty, sly, funny, and tragically heart rending at the same time. You owned with this one. Your characterization as well as plot was incredible. Seeing as I've never read the canon (which is really weird, actually) I can't attest to whether or not your characters were true to the novel, but you wrote them so well I loved them as original characters. This doesn't even need a novel to back it up, and you can't say that for most fan fictions. Thanks for posting, hope you keep writing.

I read this story and I died a little inside.

You just KNOW that's good writing.

I can't tell you how much I love this story. This is my second read.

"THERE ARE MORE THINGS BESIDES HEAVEN AND HELL, said Death, THAN ANY PHILOSOPHY COULD POSSIBLY COMPREHEND."
Love the Shakespeare referance. :)

I think I'm going to be sick. I like sad stuff, but this is worse than the combined emo-ness of Elliot Smith, Edward Scissorhands, Of Mice and Men, (kinda similar that one) and A Child Called It. AHH! *headdesk* It's really well written, and... stuff... but I'm not really in a proper mood to critique right now. I feel like **. I guess that was your intention, but
OMFGNO! AH!AZIRAPHALE!CROWLEY!WHATEVERTHE**THEIRNAMESARENOW!

Thanks for putting in the Discworld death ending though, I really needed that. Death is so much easier to deal with (whether fictional or not) when you humourise it. Heaven and Hell both sound dreadful, purgatory is redundant, and reincarnation, Hades, or any other afterlife just wouldn't work with demons. Or me. I like Pterry's Desert much better, and since it doesn't judge its perfect. And at least Zirah has hope now, the greatest gift of all.

You also did a really good job depicting their relationship. It's impossible to read GO and think of them as platonic, but WAY TOO MANY twelve year olds use this as an excuse to write (bad) **. As a result, whenever I see a gay relationship depicted normally, or particularly well, I must acknowledge it.

And after taking the time to write this, I don't feel like ** anymore! Because Obama won the presidency! And he's given us Americans hope as well!!

Lurve-
Maggoty Anne

Woah. Aziraphale as a fallen angel's kinda disturbing...

This was phenomenal. Just, wow.