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He did a wonderful job, but as he was returning my plant to my custody, he explained "I watered her every other day, I gave her new dirt, moved her into the sunshine, prayed the rosary-"

"What?"

He looked at me, confused. "Isn't she a plant you pray with?"

"No," I said slowly. "She's a prayer plant. That's the... colloquial name of the plant."

Upon seeing his stricken face, I realized something went wrong. Turns out, this entire time, he's been including my plant in on his prayers and leaving her near icons.

"There are humans here," he said.

"Yes," said Crowley. "And me."

"I mean we shouldn't let this happen to them."

"Well, what-" Crowley began, and stopped.

"I mean, when you think about it, we've got them into enough trouble as it is. You and me. Over the years. What with one thing and another."

"We were only doing our jobs," muttered Crowley.

"Yes. So what? Lots of people in history have only done their jobs and look at the trouble they caused."

"You don't mean we should actually try to stop Him?"

"What have you got to lose?"

Crowley started to argue, and realized that he hadn't anything.

There was nothing he could lose that he hadn't lost already.

I felt a wee pang at the change in the show, when Aziraphale says “Come up with something!” instead of this moment of quiet bravery, because it’s my favorite moment in the book, and I love Aziraphale so much for it.

The thing is—they canonically (at least in book-verse) already offered to give their lives for humanity’s sake. With wings out and holding hands, might I add.

(While nothing could have made GO3 much better except an entire rewrite, couldn’t they at least have let them have their wings in the final moment, and snuff out holding hands, instead of a poorly-filmed and limply-executed finger kiss?)

Now I’m wondering why that scene was changed. Was it solely because whatsisname wanted to center Crowley and show that he had extra powers (hate that) and Crowley is David Tennant and power over time is a cute Timelord reference? That’s what I assumed at the time. Or was it because even then he was calculating the sacrifice of GO3 and didn’t want to repeat himself?

I can’t help feeling like that moment was taken away from Aziraphale, like more and more things are as the show progresses. I don’t feel that scene as written in the book detracts from Crowley, who gets the big predictive speculations shortly thereafter. It bothers me more now than at the time because now I know the scales will never be evened.

Somebody on the medical team put him on his bunk in a wrong way...

I refuse to draw him in pants btw

by disrespecting the rule of transactionality in brat/dom dynamics, you're blurring the lines of what are & aren't the expectations. that level of obfuscation is dangerous bc if your dom doesn't have a clear idea of how far you'll take a scene they might escalate things on their end that result in you or them getting seriously hurt, physically or emotionally. that or you might just burn them out & guarantee they'll never want to play with you again, since you're giving them Nothing for all the frustration you're offering them.

Not Giving Anything At All makes it so your dom is doing Literally All Of The Work. they have to manage the frustration of not getting you to behave the way they want you to despite behaving in the way you want & expect them to, as well as placing them in a situation where they have to maintain a scene that is becoming increasingly grating & objectively unrewarding for them to keep participating in.

here's what giving as a brat looks like: knowing what you want & being able to communicate that when engaging with someone. you like being a brat? okay. what do you want out of it? do you like being forcefully reminded you're not in charge? do you appreciate the predictability of your instigation & their reaction? do you enjoy the gradual switching of roles? assuming your play partner will instinctively """get""" where you're coming from will actually only get you where you already are, & them nowhere. if they tell you that's not great for them, are you gonna take that seriously? or are you gonna keep playing pretend bc you're having fun & invalidate their warranted dissatisfaction?

what makes bratting rewarding for both ppl involved is knowing the brat is escalating in a circumstance where they're ready & willing to engage with the full wrath & consequence of the dom. the fun part for brats is acting as if they hold all the power by being a tease, provocative, by instigating. the fun part for doms is showing them the consequences of their actions. it's transactional. brat behaves a certain way, dom reacts accordingly. bratting must account for this exchange. bratting is about seeking this reaction, seeking attention, consequence, accountability. it's the transactionality that makes the shit rly hit.

it's also proportional. being annoying is appealing in direct proportion to the amount of consequence you will face for behaving that way. you're very annoying throughout the day but your dom gets to beat the shit out of you when they get home? effervescent. you're very annoying in a circumstance where you know you will face absolutely no consequence whatsoever from the person you're going out of your way to provoke? you are Not fun to play with. or funny. just annoying.

if you're getting off on the idea of getting someone pent up & then putting absolutely no effort or work whatsoever in coming thru with being accountable to them, then find someone who's into denial or edging with whom you can negotiate & engage in that sort of dynamic. & please consider that you might actually just be a dom (or a switch) yourself since you clearly value being a position of power more than you do being in one of submission.

misbehave responsibly.

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