Really enjoyed how Crowley was so able to swim in the--literal--cutthroat current of France's revolutionary politics. As a Demon saving his hide and shifting around where he can do most damage would come easily but when he swoops in to rescue an angel who isn't so on top of things, where his old-fashioned streak could earn him the guillotine.
You capture the urgency of impending danger as Crowley takes him back to his flat, feeds him while he burns papers and plans their escape as readily as if this had been a Scarlet Pimpernel story and makes one forget these are immortals who'd only be inconvenienced by discorporation. You build great suspense all the same.
Crowley promising to buy Aziraphale a book shop in England like holding out a lollypop to a recalcitrant child shows the humor amid the anxiety. and the surprise kiss at the end..as if Crowley's concern hadn't already telegraphed his feeling for the angel.
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Date: 2009-01-11 06:48 am (UTC)Really enjoyed how Crowley was so able to swim in the--literal--cutthroat current of France's revolutionary politics. As a Demon saving his hide and shifting around where he can do most damage would come easily but when he swoops in to rescue an angel who isn't so on top of things, where his old-fashioned streak could earn him the guillotine.
You capture the urgency of impending danger as Crowley takes him back to his flat, feeds him while he burns papers and plans their escape as readily as if this had been a Scarlet Pimpernel story and makes one forget these are immortals who'd only be inconvenienced by discorporation. You build great suspense all the same.
Crowley promising to buy Aziraphale a book shop in England like holding out a lollypop to a recalcitrant child shows the humor amid the anxiety. and the surprise kiss at the end..as if Crowley's concern hadn't already telegraphed his feeling for the angel.
Good stuff.