aeshnacyanea2000:xwingace:grassangel:miracleitaway:Aziraphale.did.thAT.#ok but listen… this has the
aeshnacyanea2000:xwingace:grassangel:miracleitaway:Aziraphale.did.thAT.#ok but listen… this has the same energy as that bit in the book #where anathema threatens a soldier with ‘drop your gun or i shall regret what i have to do next’ #while thinking ‘it’s true bcos i’ll really regret being shot’ #what i’m saying is ‘you’re all going to have the chance to find out’ #while very much az being a badass and That Bitch ™ #he is ALSO thinking ‘what they’ll find out is that i can do only and exactly what angels can do #including die in hellfire if they decide to try that #so let’s hope they don’t try that’ (tags via equalseleventhirds)This is a very Pratchett thing to include, by the way. Carrot does it too, in… Feet of Clay, I believe or maybe Men at Arms. When trying to enter a guild, he ‘threatens’ the guard with ‘let us in or I will follow my orders with great regret’. Where his orders are ‘leave quietly’.It was in Feet of Clay:Dr Whiteface stared at him in silence. Then he said, ‘If I don’t?’ ‘Then,’ said Carrot, ‘I am afraid I shall, with extreme reluctance, be forced to carry out the order I was given just before entering.’ He glanced at Colon. ‘That’s right, isn’t it, sergeant?’ ‘What? Eh? Well, yes—’ ‘I would much prefer not to do so, but I have no choice,’ said Carrot. Dr Whiteface glared at the two of them. ‘But this is Guild property! You have no right to … to …’ ‘I don’t know about that, I’m only a corporal,’ said Carrot. ‘But I’ve never disobeyed a direct order yet, and I am sorry to have to tell you that I will carry out this one fully and to the letter.’ ‘Now, see here—’ Carrot moved a little closer. ‘If it’s any comfort, I’ll probably be ashamed about it,’ he said. The clown stared into his honest eyes and saw, as did everyone, only simple truth. ‘Listen! If I shout,’ said Dr Whiteface, going red under his make-up, ‘I can have a dozen men in here.’ ‘Believe me,’ said Carrot, ‘that will only make it easier for me to obey.’ -- source link
#good omens#good tropes