I was not ready for this wall of text
BUT
I will help you steal the book
Because yes 😋
thank you 😁
Also, if you didn't read the wall of text, long story short, Crowley and Aziraphale split up because a bit- because the Metatron comes along and drags Aziraphale back to Heaven. It's a lot more devastating than it sounds because Aziraphale HAD A CHOICE. He wasn't dragged off to Heaven forcefully, he WENT of his OWN ACCORD.
HE JUST LEFT CROWLEY LIKE THAT
RIGHT HOW COUKD HE DO THIS
HE DOESNT EVEN WANT TO LEAVE CROWLEY HES JIST CONVINCING HIMSELF THAT HE DOES
NAH MAN HE'S GONNA NEED MORE THEN AN APOLOGY DANCE FOR THIS ONE, HE'S GONNA NEED A WHOLE APOLOGY ORCHESTRA, BACKUP DANCERS, HUGE STAGE, PROFESIONAL CHOREOGRAPHER, LIGHT SHOW, JUST AN APOLOGY EVERYTHING MAN-
AN APOLOGY CONCERT
yeah BUT SOME PEOPLE DONT LIKE SEASON 2 AND THEYRE SAYING THAT AT THE END AZIRAPHALE ACTED OOC
JUST BECAUSE YOUR FAV DOES SOMETHING YOU DONT LIKE DOESNT MAKE IT OOC.
The Metatron clearly manipulated Aziraphale using sweet talk, Crowley as a bargaining chip and the confusion Aziraphale had after the kiss to his advantage. And the way Aziraphale acts is actually really in character, you can tell (during the season b4 the finale) that somewhere in there he still believes "heaven good hell bad" he still has those beliefs so when they're resurfaced by a master manipulator obviously he's gonna react the way he did and retreat into his old ways of thinking.