Regeneration And Character Arcs:

Good Omens Incorrect Quotes 4

Not mine but still fun

Aziraphale : There is no future. There is no past. Don't you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every fact.

Crowley : ...All I asked was if you wanted to cut your birthday cake first.

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Aziraphale : Why are you on fire?

Crowley : This is just how my day is going.

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Crowley : What do you call a dictionary on drugs?

Aziraphale : If you say "addict-ionary" I swear I will smite you.

Crowley : I was actually going to say "high definition", but your answer's much better.

Aziraphale : ...

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Crowley , answering the phone: Hello?

Aziraphale : It’s Aziraphale .

Crowley : What did they do this time?

Aziraphale : No, it’s me, Aziraphale . It’s actually me.

Crowley : What did you do this time?

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Aziraphale : You have your weirdly sincere humility.

Crowley : I prefer the term "self-loathing", actually.

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Aziraphale , opening a Capri Sun: Guess I'll drink my sorrows away.

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Aziraphale : I hate you.

Crowley : Well, according to this picture I drew of us holding hands, that is untrue.

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Aziraphale , skipping rocks on a lake with Crowley : It’s such a beautiful evening.

Crowley : Yeah, it is.

Crowley : *whispering* Take that you fucking lake.

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Crowley : I'm gonna get my pilot's license. I've already got a driver's license and a cosmetology license, that's two of the big five licenses.

Aziraphale : The big five licenses?

Crowley : Driver's license, cosmetology license, pilot's license, fishing license, and… license to kill! I can't wait to get that one.

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Aziraphale : Are you trying to seduce me?

Crowley : Why, are you seducible?

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Aziraphale : I’d like to live through a week that’s not a whole new verse of “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”

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Crowley : I’m having salad for dinner!

Aziraphale :

Crowley : Well, fruit salad.

Crowley : Actually, it’s mostly grapes.

Aziraphale :

Crowley : Okay, it’s all grapes.

Crowley : Fermented grapes.

Aziraphale :

Crowley :

Aziraphale :

Crowley : It’s wine.

Crowley : I’m having wine for dinner.

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Crowley : I think I should be allowed on ghost hunter tv shows.

Aziraphale : I think that would be dangerous for the ghosts.

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Crowley : If we don’t get out of this alive… If we’re both about to die… I love you, Aziraphale !

*Neither of them die*

Aziraphale : …

Crowley : …

Aziraphale : So do you wanna talk about somethi-

Crowley : No thank you.

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Crowley on Monday: *glues 5p to the sidewalk* Heh heh heh.

Crowley on Wednesday: *walking down the street* Ooh hey! 5p!

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Aziraphale : You use humor to deflect your trauma.

Crowley : Awww, thanks-

Aziraphale : That’s not a good thing.

Crowley : All I’m hearing is that you think I’m funny.

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Aziraphale : When do you usually go to sleep?

Crowley : Whenever I collapse is entirely up to the gods.

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*Crowley is fighting a monster*

Aziraphale : Just stay calm! You already have everything you need to beat it!

Crowley : The power to believe in myself!?

Aziraphale : No, a knife! Stab it!

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Crowley , grinning: I have a knife!

Aziraphale : Put it down, Crowley .

Crowley : Make me! *sprints away*

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Aziraphale : Pick a card, any card.

Crowley : Fine.

Aziraphale : Wait, that's my credit card!

Crowley : You said any card.

Incorrect Shakespeare Quotes: Much Ado About Nothing 3

Beatrice : I have very high standards, you know.

Benedick : I can make spaghetti...

Beatrice : Oh no! You're meeting all my standards!

Benedick : *on the phone* Hey Beatrice , do you know my blood type?

Beatrice : Of course, it's B negative.

Benedick : Oh, I guessed wrong. Excuse me, nurse-!

*Benedick and Beatrice are in Paris.*

Benedick : I'm...moved. I...I don't know what it is I'm feeling right now. I feel...destiny?

Beatrice : But...

Benedick : I don't know what it is. I feel like... I just never thought I'd see it with my own two eyes. And here it is. It's just there. It's right in front of me, and...

Beatrice : This is what you wanted to see? The bridge from Inception?

Benedick : Yeah.

Beatrice : But the Eiffel Tower is behind us, babe.

Benedick : Yeah, but this is the bridge FROM INCEPTION.

Beatrice : Okay, alright.

Benedick : Wait you like me? For my personality?

Beatrice : I know, I was surprised too.

Benedick , looking over Beatrice ’s shoulder: You can draw?

Beatrice , stopping what they were doing: You can speak?

Beatrice : BEHOLD, the field in which I grow my fucks! Lay thine eyes upon it, and thou shalt see that it is barren!

Benedick : Can I ask a dumb question?

Beatrice : Better than anyone I know.

Benedick : What are you eating?

Beatrice : You wouldn't like it, it's really salty.

Benedick : I like you, don't I?

Beatrice : I can’t believe all these people are wearing black. black is supposed to be my thing, they’re all just posers.

Benedick : Beatrice, for the last time, we’re at a funeral.

Beatrice, to Benedick: Are you peanuts? Because I want to boil you alive.

Benedick : Guess what I'm about to get!

Beatrice : On my nerves.

Beatrice : What are you doing here?

Benedick : I could ask you the same question.

Beatrice : I live here. This is my house.

Benedick : I should probably ask you a different question.

Benedick : I am so cool. I am an absolute Chad. I am the epitome of coolness and awesomeness—

Beatrice : Hi.

Benedick : *melts down in a flustered heap of softness*

Benedick : Beatrice is playing hard to get.

Benedick : Little do they know, I'm a master at playing hard to get rid of.

Hairdresser: How would you like your hair cut?

Beatrice : Preferably with scissors, but a sword could be badass.

Benedick : I'm going to take a shower, I'll be right back.

Beatrice : Why are you telling me this, I don't care.

Beatrice , right after Benedick leaves the room: I miss them already.

Benedick : Beatrice , I sense hostility.

Beatrice : Good, because I hate you.

Benedick : Are you busy?

Beatrice : Yes.

Benedick : Cool, listen to this...

Beatrice : Can I ask you for a favor?

Benedick : I would literally die for you, but continue.

Beatrice : We need to talk about you starting sentences that way.

Beatrice : You are an absolute fucking dork.

Benedick , singing: Yeah, but I'm your dork!

Beatrice : *sighs* Yeah, you're my dork.

Benedick , admiring a sleeping Beatrice : You’re so cute.

Beatrice , sleepily: I could beat your ass.

Benedick , lovingly: I know.

Benedick : Met a dumbass today. Awful.

Beatrice : You looked in a mirror?

Benedick : someday you will have to answer for your actions and god may not be so merciful.

Benedick: They don’t make them like me no more. I’m the last of my kind.

Beatrice: Thank god.

Benedick: Are we fighting or flirting?

Beatrice: I'm pinning you against a wall with my hand around your neck-

Benedick: Your point?

Beatrice: I can’t believe we have to be stuck in this room together!

Benedick, swallowing the key: Truly unfortunate.

Benedick: We all have our demons.

Benedick, grabbing Beatrice: This one’s mine.

Benedick: Could you be anymore annoying?

Beatrice: Yes.

Benedick: This date is boring!

Beatrice: This isn't a date. I said I was going to the store.

Benedick: Then why did you invite me?

Beatrice: I didnt, I specifically said "don't come with me," then you said, "fuck you Beatrice I'll do whatever I want!

Benedick: Think you can answer some questions without the usual level of sarcasm?

Beatrice: If you can ask the questions without the usual level of stupid.

So, as much as I love charming, swaggering Han Solo, the guy is kind of awkward.

At first I thought it was an issue with his characterization in ROTJ where they made him a little too buffoonish for lack of a better word, and in Solo where they leaned a little bit too hard into Han being inexperienced and naive.

Don’t get me wrong, when it matters, the man is suave and dangerous and charismatic, and I love it.

But I was rewatching ANH the other day and I realized that at least when it comes to his personal relationships (except for Chewie) Han is kind of insecure and inept at forming meaningful relationships. To be fair, it makes sense given his backstory (in both Legends and Canon) and seedy profession. But legendary scoundrel Han is not at all slick when it comes to genuine interaction.

His initial introduction in the cantina as a ruthless survivor and his cocky dealings with Jabba tend to be the bulk of what people remember about his character, and for good reason. But there’s also captivating glimpses into a Han Solo who is more human than he probably wants anyone to see.

When Ben trains Luke, Han won’t stop insulting them both, but underneath all of the posturing, he does genuinely try to offer up real advice (that a good blaster is more reliable than an antiquated weapon). Then later, before abandoning Yavin, he doesn’t want to part on bad terms with Luke so, he chokes out a parting phrase that means something to Luke, tamping down his discomfort which is visible to the point that it’s kind of funny.

The first movie largely neglects his lack of social skills in regards to Leia (they do snap at each other, but that’s more to do with their clashing personalities than anything). He winks at her at the end, but Han is good at surface level flirting.

But then we get to Empire…strap in folks.

So, their first interaction takes place in the command center on Hoth, and Han is threatened to leave. And boy oh boy does Han really want/need Leia (and Leia in particular) to say she wants/needs him.

She has her own (very understandable) issues with opening up, so the closest she can get to admitting her own feelings is saying that the Alliance needs him. Leia may see herself as an extension of the Alliance, but that’s a different conversation and not enough for Han who needs to be sure of her feelings before making his own known. (Leia seems to have the same problem. They kinda suck at communicating sometimes.)

He asks her, very subtly pleads with her to open up, to reciprocate the bit of vulnerability he’s showing. She understandably doesn’t (again she has an unfathomable amount of her own trauma), cueing a fight at and Han goes back to the Falcon to be Totally-Not-Sad. Despite the fight though, he risks his life to make sure Leia gets out during the evacuation. (Gotta love how well he knows her.)

Then we get the big kiss scene. This time, Han has decided to acknowledge Leia’s insecurities because he wants to be with her. He specifically asks her “What are you afraid of?” Yeah, he’s kind of teasing her, but he knows Leia freakin Organa is not afraid of getting her hands dirty. It’s such a lame excuse, so he calls her out on it.

Then, all of the sudden, they’re finally together and Leia is just all in (see my post about Leia’s physically affectionate nature). And…Han adjusts. By the time they arrive on Bespin, he’s the one initiating hand holding, giving forehead kisses.

It’s a way more intimate than he would afford a casual hook-up. His scrapped intro in ANH (which was incorporated into the novelization by Alexandra Bracken), literally had him forget the name of the girl on his lap.

He’s still insecure when Lando starts flirting, but above all he’s in a relationship that is so casually affectionate. It’s a part of him we’ve never seen, but it suits him well.

Then we get to the big “I love you/ I know”.

In the original script, Han was supposed to say “I love you too.” Everyone thought it was a very out of character thing for him to say. The now iconic response was created during the shooting of that scene. I agree…to a point.

Now, I love the line. It’s iconic and great and very Han Solo. Yes it’s a smooth response…but it’s also…a really weird response…

Yeah, there’s a lot of people and to be fair, he just told Chewie to take care of Leia (which is very sweet), and once again probably still has some issues expressing vulnerability.

But…he also might die, so it’s weird that he wouldn’t tell her while he still can.

The pattern continues in ROTJ. Han is a bit out of character in this one, however I do like the moment where he’s referred to as a general. It’s usually read as him proving his commitment, and I agree. But I still think it’s funny that he decided to make it a surprise. It’s so cute and weird and very Han Solo.

He’s protective when Leia goes missing after the bike chase, and when they’re reunited picks her up and spins her adorably.

He’s still not super sure how to provide comfort all of the time (there’s a few times where Leia seeks his embrace, and he seems visibly unsure of what he’s doing). During the battle he’s always reaching out to shield her, hide her when she’s injured. Then he just holds her after the battle. The way she asked him to earlier, with a small but very genuine smile.

Finally, we arrive at “The Princess and the Scoundrel” where Han Solo does the GFFA equivalent of proposing on the first date. (For real, this book is one my favorite things. It canonized so many of my head canons like a very casual proposal). It’s perfect for its balance of being both weird and romantic.

Anyway, I like Han’s soft side and I don’t see it discussed enough.

@iswear-imnot-12 did some gorgeous fan art for a fic of mine over on Ao3. It is gorgeous, and I wanted to say thank you!

I just read this amazing good omens fic by @theangelwithawand and had to make a fanart!

This is a 1926 flapper Crowley;

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Y’all there’s Jazz version of “Uptown Girl” by the Cooltrane Quartet.

Thoughts on Aziraphale

Spoilers below:

I think its such a big step for Aziraphale to admit out loud that Gabriel (who enforced Heaven’s will) used be awful.

The reason he’s so flirty after the church scene is because he realized he’s in love with Crowley. But once Crowley leaves, and he has time to think over everything…he gets scared.

Head canon: When Midge and Lenny get married, he has the numbers from her fortune cookie engraved on her wedding ring. She has “I’ll always bring my umbrella” engraved on his.

This head canon comes features in “Two Comics Walk Into Temple…” part of my “Domestic Burlesque” series on ao3. Please go check it out and review!

Let me just remind you guys that...

AI fanfiction is not fanfiction

The Bastile Summarized:

Aziraphale: I cannot speak French and I refuse to dress like someone that isn’t being actively guillotened right now. Also, I can’t perform miracles.

Aziraphale: Time for crepes, brioche, and a stint as damsel in distress.

Crowley, aka the one who turned Aziraphale into a hedonists: I have regrets.

Crowley: Are we going on a date or wot?