History Fanfic / TheSacredAndTheProfane

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Not that he was ever a pinnacle of sanity in the first place, mind you... [[spoiler:Zirah doesn't realize he's a demon, having somehow convinced himself he never fell. When he finally is forced to except it, he... doesn't take it well.]]

%%* WellIntentionedExtremist: Zirah

%%* {{Yandere}}: Zirah

* BittersweetEnding: Heavy emphasis on the "bitter." [[spoiler:Armageddon is prevented and Caphriel intervenes before Zirah can murder Adam, and Anathema, Newt, Caphriel and the Them all survive. Zirah, three of the Four Horsemen (you can't kill Death, for obvious reasons), and the spare baby from eleven years prior aren't so lucky. Oh, and Caphriel killed Zirah for the good of the world.]]

%%* {{Deconstruction}}

%%* [[spoiler: HeelRealisation]]: [[spoiler: The straw that didn't just break the camel's back, but Zirah's sanity.]]

* TheStoic: Caphriel isn't too keen on outwardly showing emotion, though inside, he's ''quite'' emotional. [[NotSoStoic The face finally breaks]] when [[spoiler:he kills Zirah]].

* TheUnfettered: Zirah [[spoiler: there's nothing you can do to him that would be worse than what has already happened and there's no MoralEventHorizon he won't cross.]]

%%* AffablyEvil: Zirah

* DeadpanSnarker: Caphriel

%%* DownerEnding

** WindowsOfTheSoul

%%* TheFettered: Caphriel
%%* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel ...all from having the wrong thought at the wrong moment.]]]]
* FriendlyEnemy: Of course, but in a much more painful, conflicted way than in the original.

* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler: Caphriel's killing of Zirah.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Zirah, denial isn't just a river in Egypt anymore [[spoiler: it's mostly to convince himself that he never fell.]]
%%* TheStoic: Caphriel
%%** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: after Caphriel kills Zirah.]]

%%* VillainousBreakdown: Zirah

* AffablyEvil: Zirah
* AlternateUniverseFic

* AxeCrazy: Zirah
* BadassLongcoat: Caphriel

* DarkFic

* {{Deconstruction}}

* DissonantSerenity: Zirah
* TheDogShotFirst: "You hurt him!"
* DownerEnding
* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler: [[TomatoInTheMirror "I'm a]] [[HeelRealisation demon]]."]]

*** GoodEyesEvilEyes: ...while Zirah's make humans scream in terror. Zirah doesn't seem to see it's just ''his'' eyes, though. [[NightmareFuel He looks into dying humans' eyes to let them catch a glimpse of what's to come]].
* TheFettered: Caphriel
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel ...all from having the wrong thought at the wrong moment.]]]]

* GoodIsNotNice: Caphriel
** Caphriel was ''very'' nice. It made the story hurt more.
*** Positively angelic, even.
* HannibalLecture
* [[spoiler: HeelRealisation]]: [[spoiler: The straw that didn't just break the camel's back, but Zirah's sanity.]]
* HeroWithBadPublicity: Caphriel
* InsultBackfire
* KnightInSourArmor: Caphriel
* LoveMartyr: Caphriel
* MadLove: Caphriel and Zirah.

* MirrorUniverse
* MistakenForPedophile: Caphriel wears sunglasses and a long black coat and just wants to help people.
* MurderIsTheBestSolution

* TheNothingAfterDeath
* OriginalFlavor
* OnlySaneMan: Caphriel
* PerfectPoison: [[spoiler: "Drink your tea, dear."]]
* PoisonousFriend: Zirah
* PsychoSupporter: Zirah again.

* SlashFic
* SociopathicHero: Zirah.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism

* TheStoic: Caphriel
** NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: after Caphriel kills Zirah.]]

* TraumaCongaLine

* VillainousBreakdown: Zirah
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Zirah
* WhoWantsToLiveForever
* {{Yandere}} / CuteAndPsycho: Zirah
* YoureInsane

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: [[spoiler: [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Zirah was up on earth because Hell didn't]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth want]]'' [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth him there, they're all]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth scared]]'' [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth of him.]]]]

* [[YoureInsane You're Insane]]

** He's kind, but he's not necessarily nice. He'll go out of his way to help anyone, but he might end up swearing at them.

* SociopathicHero: Zirah is a combination of this and a CompleteMonster.

* EpiphanyTherapy: [[spoiler: [[TomatoInTheMirror "I'm a demon."]] ]]

** Which also falls under WhatBeautifulEyes.

* CrazyAwesome: [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny death by origami.]]]]

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Getting there by ''the first chapter after the prologue''. [[spoiler: "Zirah would kill a baby just to stop him crying"... made even worse because he still suffers from CutenessProximity. It's just ''creepy.'']]
** "Creepy" sells Zirah a million miles short of the pants-wetting, throat-constricting, limb-trembling ''horror'' that he is capable of.
* HoYay: Guess.
* {{HSQ}}: Approxomately 10.7 "Holy ''F[[spoiler:UCK]]''"s per chapter, at a very conservative readthrough.

* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: The spare baby doesn't get to live this time.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution

* TearJerker: Seriously, this story WILL reduce you to a sobbing wreck.

** Making his self diagnosis with [[spoiler:clinical (suicidal) depression]] all the more awfull.
* UncannyValley: Zirah

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[CuteAndPsycho bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match Zirah and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''Literature/GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[CuteAndPsycho bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[HeroicSociopath Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

* HeroicSociopath: Zirah is a combination of this and a CompleteMonster.

* UncanneyValley: Zirah

* {{HSQ}}

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[CuteAndPsycho bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[HeroicSociopath Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[{{Yangire}} bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[HeroicSociopath Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

* {{Yandere}} / {{Yangire}}: Zirah

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[{{Yangire}} bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Understatement}} slightly]] [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[HeroicSociopath Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

* AffablyEvil (Zirah)

* AxeCrazy (Zirah)
* BadassLongcoat (Caphriel)
* CrazyAwesome - [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny death by origami]]]]

* DeadpanSnarker (Caphriel)

* {{Determinator}} - Caphriel can't ''afford'' to give up.
* DissonantSerenity - Zirah
* TheDogShotFirst - "You hurt him!"

* EpiphanyTherapy - [[spoiler: [[TomatoInTheMirror "I'm a demon."]] ]]
* TheFettered - Caphriel
* ForWantOfANail - [[spoiler: [[NightmareFuel ...all from having the wrong thought at the wrong moment.]]]]
* GoodIsNotNice - Caphriel

* HeroWithBadPublicity - Caphriel
* HeroicSociopath - Zirah is a combination of this and a CompleteMonster.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel - Getting there by ''the first chapter after the prologue''. [[spoiler: "Zirah would kill a baby just to stop him crying"... made even worse because he still suffers from CutenessProximity. It's just ''creepy.'']]

* KnightInSourArmor - Caphriel
* LikeABadassOutOfHell - [[spoiler: [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth Zirah was up on earth because Hell didn't]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth want]]'' [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth him there, they're all]] ''[[TooSpicyForYogSothoth scared]]'' [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth of him.]]]]
* LoveMartyr - Caphriel

* MoralEventHorizon - [[spoiler: The spare baby doesn't get to live this time.]]

* NoodleIncident- "When had he got the stick, anyway? In the fourteenth century, hadn't it been -- he'd been given it by a carpenter he'd helped in a small matter involving a priest, three goats, and a rosebush."

* OnlySaneMan - Caphriel
* PerfectPoison - [[spoiler: drink your tea, dear]]
* PoisonousFriend - Zirah
* PsychoSupporter - Zirah again
* ShootTheDog - [[spoiler: Caphriel's killing of Zirah.]]

* StepfordSmiler - Zirah, denial isn't just a river in Egypt anymore [[spoiler: it's mostly to convince himself that he never fell.]]
* TheStoic - Caphriel
** NotSoStoic - [[spoiler: after Caphriel kills Zirah.]]
* TearJerker - Seriously, this story WILL reduce you to a sobbing wreck.
* TimeAbyss - this is why Caphriel wears CoolShades in this universe, his eyes are older than his face and reflect the suffering of millennia.

* TheUnfettered - Zirah [[spoiler: there's nothing you can do to him that would be worse than what has already happened and there's no MoralEventHorizon he won't cross.]]
* VillainousBreakdown - Zirah
* WellIntentionedExtremist - Zirah

* {{Yandere}} / {{Yangire}} - Zirah

''[[http://www.populli.net/thewritegirls/afrai/s0.html The Sacred and the Profane]]'' by Afrai is a retelling of ''GoodOmens'' {{canon}} with Aziraphale as the one who fell instead of Crowley. Don't worry, they're still instantly recognizable to anyone who's read the original book: Zirah is still a [[AffablyEvil kindly]], [[StepfordSmiler smiling]] [[{{Yangire}} bookseller]], and Caphriel is still a sunglasses-wearing DeadpanSnarker [[TheFettered dedicated to his job]]. They've just been translated through a [[{{Understatement}} slightly]] [[{{Deconstruction}} dented mirror]]. The prose is [[OriginalFlavor remarkably close to the style of Gaiman and Pratchett]]. The plot, while rather condensed, is largely faithful to the events of the book, but with a [[DarkFic couple of necessary tweaks]] to match [[HeroicSociopath Zirah]] and [[KnightInSourArmor Caphriel]]'s characters.

* TheNoodleIncident- "When had he got the stick, anyway? In the fourteenth century, hadn't it been -- he'd been given it by a carpenter he'd helped in a small matter involving a priest, three goats, and a rosebush."

* {{Determinator}} - Caphriel can’t ''afford'' to give up.

* TheDogShotFirst - “You hurt him!”

* EpiphanyTherapy - [[spoiler: [[TomatoInTheMirror “I’m a demon.”]] ]]