oh god im writing essays about good omens now XDD A quick study of Aziraphale's iconic line, "You go too fast for me, Crowley." Before we begin! This essay includes spoilers for Good Omens, a Prime original adapted from the book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. Please, please watch it or read it before reading this essay. Okay, here we go. So obviously, there are two different meanings to his line. "You go too fast for me, Crowley," could, of course, refer to literal speed: after all, Aziraphale says "You can't go 90 miles an hour in central London!" and expresses his dislike of Crowley's driving abilities. Crowley isn't, after all, a very good driver. We see him literally drive through fire at one point. He's always blasting Queen, he goes so fast he almost hits a couple pedestrians ("She knows the risk she's taking," he protests) and he's usually distracted. Who wouldn't tell Crowley he was going too fast, after all, when he usually is? But there's another meaning to the sentence, one that you don't have to try too hard to get. "You go too fast for me, Crowley" could refer to a more metaphorical speed - in a relationship. Of course, one may argue, the two aren't in an explicit relationship at the time, nor are they ever straightforwardly described as dating. However, as any proper Good Omens fan knows, they do love each other romantically. (Disagree with this? Try asking Neil Gaiman, who confirmed the series was written as a love story, or Michael Sheen, who plays Aziraphale and has been dubbed by Twitter as the ultimate shipper of Aziraphale and Crowley). "You go too fast for me, Crowley," is Aziraphale admitting he does have feelings for the demon, just as he hands over a tool that Crowley could use to kill himself (in a tartan water bottle). He's saying, "don't go without me." He's saying, "don't forget about me." But at the same time, he's saying, "we can't do this, not right now, at least." Aziraphale is confessing to Crowley that maybe, in another life, they could have been a proper couple. But why not now? Because Aziraphale has always been worried about Heaven. He trusts, especially at the time when he says this line, in God's ineffable plan. (Ineffable, by the way, means "too great or extreme to be described in words.) They can't be together because Aziraphale is an angel, and Crowley is a demon. And Crowley moves too fast. Perhaps, Aziraphale says implicitly, we could have been together if you were quieter, if you were slower, but you were not, and so this will never work. This is the breakup. This is why Crowley doesn't try anymore, this is why Crowley reacts so strongly when Aziraphale calls him "nice" (even though in the nineteen forties, he rather appreciated it - now it seems like a slap in the face to him). "You go too fast for me, Crowley," is about the Bentley. But it's also about something more. - @mindoflily
