Kinda want to do something where I use “allegate” as a verb (in place of “allege”), and yes that is Joss Whedon dialogue, but it’s the good, TV Whedon dialogue that’s actually largely Jane Espenson dialogue

man I dunno. but in the mid-latter 2000s she had a blog about TV screenwriting as craft and it was both object-level great and showcased her voice really well and in retrospect this is while she was working neo-BSG

And when she was working neo-BSG! honestly, the way she played with Baltar’s personal self and the self he portrayed and the voice in his head and the role he played as a religious figure and the role he played as a political figure to say like six-layered things at once…

Jane Espenson is my hero and one of the single biggest influences on my writing voice

Oh reminder if you really liked the clever wordplay of Joss Whedon TV shows you’ve liked Jane Espenson all along