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Please share your take on the final fifteen--- was Aziraphale right or wrong? And the coffee theory maybe?

I don't feel that either of them were objectively right or wrong. They both made a complete mess of what they were attempting to do, because they're bad at communicating with each other. They each responded to the other's effort by doing what they felt they had to do. They hurt each other badly and both twisted the knife a little - but not as much as you might expect given the stakes. Their different exactlys were just too huge there, and they were both distracted rather than mindful going in. It was a lot of things coming to a head that need to be dealt with before they can grow much further as an 'us'.

The coffee theory... I don't think it's anything that simple, or that easily fixed. Aziraphale's backed into a corner the moment he takes that coffee—the moment he engages with Metatron and allows himself to be separated from Crowley for that crucial interview. Manipulation got the job done.

Aziraphale knows he's between a rock and hard place the moment the Metatron mentions Crowley. Is he riding the tiger from then on, hoping for an opportunity to get off safely later, or is he reluctantly but fully committing to the Heaven thing because he's unable to let go of his need to belong on the "right" side and sees an opportunity? A mixture of both? Both plus the hurt feelings? I'm not sure. I think he sees a plausible way forward in that situation (and I think he's probably mistaken but will find some other way to rise to the occasion).