#aziraphale still gotta learn a lot in FRENCH

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Oh, Aziraphale got a taste of that.

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“You Go Too Fast For Me” – an analysis by Onion Sprout

ok so, here are my thoughts about Aziraphale’s line of, “You go too fast for me,” and Crowley and Aziraphale’s lovestory up to the quote, with pictures, bulletpoints, and under the cut bcus this is gonna get Long:

[Image 1: A screenshot of Crowley from Good Omens. He has long curly red hair, wears a black robe, is smiling, and is standing in front of greenery. His black wings are closed behind him.]

[Image 2: A screenshot of Aziraphale from Good Omens. He has short white hair, wears a white robe, is smiling, and is also standing in front of the same greenery. His white wings are closed behind him.]

This is when they first start liking each other. They have a pretty good rapport, and both realize that the other could be a very good friend, despite their obvious differences

Aziraphale can feel love, so he can feel the spark of friendship in Crowley. He himself must be aware of his own budding platonic feelings for Crowley, but since he, as an angel, was made to love all of God’s creations, this includes demons, and so doesn’t think too much about it

[Image 1: Aziraphale in a white toga, holding a cup, sitting in an ancient Roman tavern. Crowley is sat to his left. Aziraphale is smiling at Crowley.]

[Image 2: A shot of Crowley’s reaction. He is wearing a black toga, a golden laurel, and glasses. He looks surprised.]

When Aziraphale tempts Crowley to lunch for the first time, he literally uses the term, “tempt,” a word that’s got a more demonic connotation, so for an angel to say this to a demon, said demon becomes very interested in what the angel has to offer, no matter if it’s just oysters

This is the spark of Crowley’s deeper affection for Aziraphale. This moment shows him that Aziraphale can “get on his level”, so to speak, and so he decides to get on his level by accepting the temptation

They continuously become each other’s equals

Temptation itself has a romantic connotation as well, so this moment is also Crowley’s careful foray into considering Aziraphale as a potential romantic partner

Aziraphale, despite being able to feel love, can’t seem to sense this sudden change. Why?

Well it’s because he thinks that this is just a moment of closer friendship, solidifying their bond

[Image 1: Aziraphale is wearing knightly armor. His face is surrounded by his helmet and chainmail. His shoulders have fur, from his unseen cape. He is yelling.]

[Image 2: Crowley is wearing knightly armor as well, although his is black. His helmet covers a lot more of his face. He still looks surprised. He doesn’t have a cool cape.]

At this point in time, they’ve been separated for A While now, and even though Crowley’s supposed to be hostile towards Aziraphale – seeing as how they’re On Opposite Sides – he isn’t. He pretty calm when explaining what he’s been up to

Even though they’ve been apart for so long, he tells his men to leave Aziraphale alone, because “I know him.” His affection is still there, and it just flares up again, enough for him to suddenly pop in at a certain theater that he seemingly knows a certain angel likes to go to

[Image: Aziraphale and Crowley are standing next to each other, in Shakespearian-era clothing, Aziraphale in white and Crowley in black. Crowley has long hair and a really weird goatee thing going on. Aziraphale looks insulted while Crowley is smugly smiling.]

Here, Crowley is now openly flirting with Aziraphale, using poetic language and even inspiring Shakespeare with a one-liner. It’s a bit jocular, as well, perhaps to cover up somewhat his more romantic intentions

Crowley here is already slowly descending into love-love for Aziraphale, and said angel doesn’t notice because he still thinks that they’re just good friends, great friends even, who make miracles for each other so that their favorite scriptwriters can be successful even though the other doesn’t like him all too much

[Image: Crowley is sitting on a chair, wearing 1790′s French clothing. It’s in dark colors, of course. This picture is very dark, Jesus Christ. He looks somewhat judgmental.]

We know Crowley to be a Very Dramatique Individual™, so for him to swoop in to save the day and free Aziraphale from literal chains is a very romantic gesture from him. He’s very much in love now, and Aziraphale is still p dense

Perhaps Aziraphale can’t really tell whether Crowley feels friendship or love for him because it’s Crowley. He’s dramatic, loud, has a go-to personality – he does things in a big way

Maybe their friendship is a big way, Aziraphale thinks to himself

But here’s the thing: Aziraphale is starting to feel very strongly about Crowley, too. Look at the face he has when he realizes Crowley has come to rescue him:

[Image: A close-up of Aziraphale. He is also dressed in fancy 1790′s French clothes in his typical pastel color scheme. He looks excited and absolutely elated.]

He’s smiling! He’s overjoyed! And the fact that’s it’s Crowley he’s so excited to realize is telling of how he’s starting to feel about him: he’s come to count on him on being there when it matters, and even when it doesn’t matter

They did encounter each other again back in Mesopotamia, it was a coincidence that they met again in 537, it was just a theater that Crowley sauntered in to see him. They’re connected to important moments in history, that’s for sure, but they’re special for each other because they’re there together

Aziraphale, here, has unknowingly taken the first step into love-love

[Image: Aziraphale and Crowley standing next to each other. They’re in a park in the 1880′s. Aziraphale has some real bitchin’ sideburns going on, and he’s wearing an off-white coat with a tartan scarf. Crowley has a top hat on, and a black coat.]

When Crowley asks for the holy water, Aziraphale is horrified at the mere thought of him having it. He knows what holy water does to demons, and he very profusely refuses to give it to him, obviously

He storms away! He breaks up w Crowley! They don’t see each other again until WW2! And during the meantime, he learned how to dance the gavotte where he’s gotta kiss everyone in the room! He’s literally trying not to actively think of Crowley’s request bcus he can’t deal with the heartbreak that that brings

He’s a lot more in love than we even realize, than even he realizes

He can’t imagine not having Crowley by his side

[Image 1: Crowley is handing Aziraphale several books tied up with rope. He’s smiling at Aziraphale, while Aziraphale looks at him in utter shock.]

[Image 2: Aziraphale is standing by himself. He looks at an off-screen Crowley with tenderness and wonderment.]

And then we have the rescued books scene. “A little miracle of my own,” Crowley says after surprising Aziraphale and saving him from some half-wit Nazis. He knows how important books in general are to Aziraphale (as we can see in the deleted scene from 1800 from the scripts), so he makes it a miracle that they’re saved

He’s still in love after all this time. He’s not going to save Aziraphale without also saving Aziraphale. The books are just as much a part of him as him being an angel

This is also when Aziraphale realizes that he’s been in love with Crowley since the French Revolution, a good 150-odd years now

Not to mention, this is also the moment where he realizes he’s been sensing Crowley’s love for him as well. He’s realizing that they’re in love

[Image 1: Crowley and Aziraphale are in Crowley’s car. Aziraphale is passing him a thermos with holy water in it. Crowley is carefully reaching for it, focused on it.]

[Image 2: Aziraphale is looking at Crowley with longing and sadness. He is illuminated by a neon pink glow. My heart is breaking in twain.]

The ‘60s. Crowley’s hair. The neon everywhere. Crowley is going to hit a church to steal holy water, but Aziraphale beat him to the punch and got him some from Heaven. Once Crowley has the thermos, Aziraphale tells him, “You go too fast for me.” Let me...compose myself for a bit

Even though this causes him all the heartbreak in the world, Aziraphale wouldn’t let Crowley go ahead with his harebrained plan because he can get rid of the chase and excitement by just. Giving him what he wants

He doesn’t want him to die, though, which is part of his heartbreak

“You go too fast for me.”

From 1880 to 1940, there’s a 60 year gap. From 1940 to 1960, there’s only a 20 year gap. This meeting is a lot quicker than their last because ever since they reunited back in the ‘40s, Aziraphale has been aware of his love for Crowley, and he’s had to ruminate on Crowley’s request

He heard that Crowley was going to make a hit, and he had the holy water ready for him. He acted a lot faster than Crowley did

Aziraphale took longer to fall in love with Crowley, while Crowley has been acting on his love for Aziraphale since 537. Crowley has been acting faster on their love for each other than Aziraphale has, and now that he’s given him the potential weapon of his death, he has no time left to act on their love

Crowley’s been loving him for all this time, but Aziraphale never had a chance

Aziraphale’s line of, “You go too fast for me,” is in reference to how much time Crowley’s been in love with him vs. how much time Aziraphale’s been in love with him. On top of that, Aziraphale, at the time of this quote, believes that Crowley is going to possibly kill himself, so when he said, “You go too fast for me,” he really believed that Crowley had had all the time in the world to love him, only for Aziraphale to barely have any time left to finally reciprocate.

“You go too fast for me” is about lost time and the regret of not having enough time to make up for it.