I'm not even reading Good Omens fic anymore, but I was delighted to see this subscription notification and hopped right over to read it. I really enjoyed this first chapter. Regardless of whatever this might become — masterpiece or not — I just find your writing style to be a delight and I enjoy the way it feels to read your stories. There is a gentleness to them, even when the tension is high, so that I feel like it's a good place to be. I don't know if that makes sense, but it's how it feels as a reader.
I like the way you invite a reader in and show us things about your character. The details are always so interesting and clear; and they build up a portrait of someone you could imagine meeting in real life. Details I loved from this chapter are Davey browsing Craigslist for instruments, and having a 'fantastic grandfather-shaped belly,' and the fact that he's the kind of person who says earnest things out loud that other people might hold back.
About Aziraphale: I love your reframing of the first three things someone notices about him; moving it away from the more whimsical take in the book and towards a more serious tone: English, intelligent, and that he doesn't fit in. I also love the mix of gentleness and ominous potential in what Davey tells him: “I ain’t never going to kick you out, just because you don’t know how to answer some silly question I’m fool enough to ask.” Because that's the trauma, isn't it? Heaven will kick you out if you get the answer wrong...
This was really delightful, not because it's going to become a masterpiece — just because it's your writing and I enjoy it so much.
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