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Toccata and Fugue by Ashfae
Fandoms: Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett, Good Omens (TV)
24 Sep 2025
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Summary
In the mid-80s, during the years before Section 28 was passed, two very different music students met and became friends--perhaps more.
Years later, one has a successful career as an internationally famed rock star whereas the other has faded into obscurity, and they haven't spoken in decades.
What happened during their last year at university? Why did Aziraphale turn his back on his best friend, his own musical career, and everything he'd been working towards? What will happen when, against all expectations, Crowley shows up at a class reunion to ask exactly those questions? And most importantly of all, did everyone remember to bring their sheet music and a pencil?
A toccata, from the Italian toccare or 'to touch', is a musical form, usually for keyboard instruments, designed to demonstrate the performer's skill and dexterity. A fugue, from the Latin fuga, meaning 'flight' or 'escape', uses counterpoint to introduce, develop, and imitate an initial theme which recurs throughout the piece before ultimately returning to the tonic. Toccata and Fugue can be loosely thought of as meaning 'touch and go'.
Series
- Part 1 of Toccata and Fugue