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“Is Father good because He is good, or because He says He is good?” Angels Before Man is a gorgeous queer retelling of the fall of Lucifer.
God creates Lucifer to be the most beautiful and loved of all angels. Lucifer struggles in this role until the strongest of angels, Michael, comes into his life and teaches him to love himself. Why should Lucifer not revel in his own beauty and talents, for is it not what he was created for? But Lucifer soon learns his God is a jealous one and does not like to be questioned.
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