The Middle Distance

So, you now you'll just inevitably write every pairing from this fic, right? Right? *pirate puppy eyes*

Ooo, pirate puppy eyes! Not fair! It could happen. Stranger things have happened. (Some of them in the fic.)

The wrist-grabbing switches always made my breath catch, for some reason. It's the little things with these two.

Oh, thank you so much. They're more or less on neutral ground, and a bit confused about who ought to be in the lead. Aziraphale knows the ship better, but Crowley knows where to find the sin. :)

And this: “Not…fair…”Aziraphale whispered, undone for a split second. “You didn’t lose your…beauty. Why?”

“I need it,” Crowley said. “I need it more than you do.”

-broke my damn heart. I got all snuffly and ridiculous.

Aw. Awwww. You know, I didn't know where that came from - that surprised me when I wrote it too. This strange moment of frankness there. And I was thinking of why all the demons we see have this quality of deformity and twistedness about them...but not Crowley. Not really. He has to maintain some advantage to do well on Earth, for he'd not exist very well in Hell. But I don't think it's his earthly good looks Aziraphale is talking about.

And then they get all funny on you again, and you just want them to be there bantering back and forth forever, but that's not entirely true because then we would teeter on the edge for too long, which is also cruel.


But not the BAD kind of cruel. ;)

For whatever reason, I loved that you spelled out that Crowley has a self-editing mechanism. Despite the fact that he's the demon, I've always felt that he says what he means and wants far less than Aziraphale.

I think he's less direct about it, yes. And somewhere he got the idea that his natural enthusiasm about things is unbecoming to a demon. Aziraphale has a self-editing mechanism too, though, and it has a little breakdown here as well. :D

I also personally feel that to be fair, they must take turns tied to the mast. Yup. That seems good to me....

Yup, sounds right. Such switchy things. You know, I left it vague in the main story about whether or not they accept Adam's offer at the end, but if they do, I imagine there'd be very little actual piracy involved. Or sailing, for that matter. (I imagine the Megiddo would manage to sail itself when it has to just like the Bentley does.)