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[[File:2009-go-sf-inner_beings_of_angelic_stock.jpg|frame|"Grrr, I am evil. And you suck." (art by Quantum Witch)]]

 

 

 

''[http://library.good-omens.com/viewstory.php?sid=434&textsize=0&chapter=1 Manchester Lost]'' by JAMoczo is a very funny ''[[Good Omens]]'' [[Crack Fic]] / [[Action Adventure]] / (non-explicit) [[Slash Fic]] in which Aziraphale is captured by Hell and Crowley, War and the Archangel Michael (on a [[Mission From God]]) break in to save him and set off a second apocalypse. It introduces entertaining [[Original Character|characterizations]] of [[True Companions|other angels such as Michael, Raphael (Aziraphale's adopted father), Gabriel, and Uriel.]] It's a [[Self-Parody|self parodying]] [[Affectionate Parody]] with many interesting twists and turns along the way.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - the chocolate muffin Rafael tucks away after the Archangels visit the diner in chapter 8 resurfaces when he shoves it in Uriel's mouth {{spoiler|after the latter attempts to smite Zira}} in chapter 15. May double as a [[Brick Joke]] or a [[Chekhov's Gag]] [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on the reader's sense of humor]].

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] - It wouldn't be Hell without it.

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] - Demons tend to have darker wings in this ficverse.

* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]] - {{spoiler|Crowley has Inner Aziraphale and Inner Hastur, Aziraphale has Inner Raphael and Inner Crowley.}}

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]

** Then there's Uriel's Righteous Smiting. He cares not who the sinner is, or was, or who might care about him/her.

* [[Happy Place]]

* [[Lampshade Hanging]] - Lots; it's a lot of [[Hammerhead Snark|Snark]] and [[Self-Parody]]

* [[Large Ham]]

'''Music:''' ''You're the best, around! Nothing's gonna ever keep you down!'' }}

* [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]] - Raphael ([[Stupid Good]]), most of the angels ([[Lawful Stupid]]), Moloch most of the demons ([[Stupid Evil]])

* [[Mission From God]]

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: One scene has some characters battle Lucifer, and one of them becomes exhausted and fall down. The gripping suspense is ''somewhat'' broken as the author inserts the following note:

* [[More Hero Than Thou]]

* [[Musical Episode]]

* [[To Hell and Back]]

* [[Too Much Information]]

* [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth]]

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Angels like chocolate

* [[Trap Door]] - "sauntering vaguely downwards" sounds so much better