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lazulibundtcake:
penemues-quill:
drawlight:
herzdieb:
Age does not wither, nor custom stale his infinite variety.
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies, for vilest things
Become themselves in her, that the holy priests
Bless her when she is riggish.”
It slays me that this is the line that was included and that the pronoun was flipped. In this line (from Antony and Cleopatra), Enobarbus is talking about the appeal of Cleopatra and basically saying that her appeal is that she is so fascinating and her interests are so wide and she’s captivating with them too.
He’s saying that time doesn’t dull how fascinating she is. Everyone else gets boring after a time but that doesn’t happen with her, you only want her more. Hell, even with her worst habits, they wind up being charming and even the priests bless her.
So, in this, we literally have Crowley strolling up, not being much of a Shakespeare fan, watching Aziraphale and his endless enthusiasm and saying you still make me weak, I love how you pour your heart and interests into so many things. It’s amazing and beautiful and sure, yeah, I’ll do that one for you. A little miracle. My treat. (For you, because it’s been thousands of years and I can’t stop thinking about you.)
I’ve been pointing out that he cannot possibly be talking about Burbage, who is barely an adult. Time has withered nothing on this boy, Crowley has no familiarity or customs with him. Of course he is talking about Aziraphale, and of course the silly thing is too stubborn to acknowledge him.
I very much agree that Crowley is talking about Aziraphale at this point. But I also have a lot of thoughts about about what Crowley does to Shakespeare with this line.
So, at that moment, Will is standing kind of uncomfortably close to them, and then Crowley pretty randomly puts out this poetic line, and Shakespeare basically slinks away as he plagarizes it.
So I’m like, Crowley you wiley bastard did you just tempt Will Shakespeare?
Because he does! He offers up what he knows Shakespeare would want, and in taking it Shakespeare commits a very minor sin.
Which does two more things:
It results in Shakespeare moving away from them, which Crowley surely wanted so he could conduct the clandestine business/flirtation he came there for; and
It one ups Aziraphale for Shakespeare’s attention. And Aziraphale totally feels that, hence his annoyed next line “What do you want?”
And I think Aziraphale might also be annoyed because he knows exactly what Crowley just did, he watched him do it and at this point he knows what temptation looks like. He may even feel that Crowley is showing off twofold, both with his poetry and his ability to successfully tempt.
So with one line Crowley manages to get Aziraphale alone, express his admiration for him, show off in front of him, and annoy him, and if that’s not fucking marriage, I don’t know what is.
lazulibundtcake:
penemues-quill:
drawlight:
herzdieb:
Age does not wither, nor custom stale his infinite variety.
“Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale
Her infinite variety. Other women cloy
The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry
Where most she satisfies, for vilest things
Become themselves in her, that the holy priests
Bless her when she is riggish.”
It slays me that this is the line that was included and that the pronoun was flipped. In this line (from Antony and Cleopatra), Enobarbus is talking about the appeal of Cleopatra and basically saying that her appeal is that she is so fascinating and her interests are so wide and she’s captivating with them too.
He’s saying that time doesn’t dull how fascinating she is. Everyone else gets boring after a time but that doesn’t happen with her, you only want her more. Hell, even with her worst habits, they wind up being charming and even the priests bless her.
So, in this, we literally have Crowley strolling up, not being much of a Shakespeare fan, watching Aziraphale and his endless enthusiasm and saying you still make me weak, I love how you pour your heart and interests into so many things. It’s amazing and beautiful and sure, yeah, I’ll do that one for you. A little miracle. My treat. (For you, because it’s been thousands of years and I can’t stop thinking about you.)
I’ve been pointing out that he cannot possibly be talking about Burbage, who is barely an adult. Time has withered nothing on this boy, Crowley has no familiarity or customs with him. Of course he is talking about Aziraphale, and of course the silly thing is too stubborn to acknowledge him.
I very much agree that Crowley is talking about Aziraphale at this point. But I also have a lot of thoughts about about what Crowley does to Shakespeare with this line.
So, at that moment, Will is standing kind of uncomfortably close to them, and then Crowley pretty randomly puts out this poetic line, and Shakespeare basically slinks away as he plagarizes it.
So I’m like, Crowley you wiley bastard did you just tempt Will Shakespeare?
Because he does! He offers up what he knows Shakespeare would want, and in taking it Shakespeare commits a very minor sin.
Which does two more things:
It results in Shakespeare moving away from them, which Crowley surely wanted so he could conduct the clandestine business/flirtation he came there for; and
It one ups Aziraphale for Shakespeare’s attention. And Aziraphale totally feels that, hence his annoyed next line “What do you want?”
And I think Aziraphale might also be annoyed because he knows exactly what Crowley just did, he watched him do it and at this point he knows what temptation looks like. He may even feel that Crowley is showing off twofold, both with his poetry and his ability to successfully tempt.
So with one line Crowley manages to get Aziraphale alone, express his admiration for him, show off in front of him, and annoy him, and if that’s not fucking marriage, I don’t know what is.
