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4/?

[identity profile] reallyaniceguy.livejournal.com 2011-01-06 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
Personality: On the surface, and for all intents and purposes, Crowley appears to be a stereotypical demon - mean-spirited, cunning, greedy, selfish, good at tempting people, and certainly very intelligent. And he enjoys what he does. If he were human, his motto would probably be "Live fast, die young", except he's a demon and therefore can't die. He's a bit on the lazy side, however, especially when it comes to securing souls for Hell. Why spend decades picking away at one soul when you can tie up phone lines and tarnish a few thousand souls all in one go? (He's particularly proud of the M25 for this very reason. It took years to do, but the end results were completely worth it.)

But it's impossible to live with humans for 6000 years without learning a thing or two. And Crowley, having abandoned being Crawly and wearing scales, has had 6000 years to learn about being human. He's more or less gone native - and in a manner of speaking, has learned Free Will. He dislikes Heaven and Hell equally - Heaven's boring and Hell's too exciting. And, for that matter, he doesn't believe that Hell is the source of all Evil any more than he believes that Heaven is a fountain of Good. People, he's found, are far more capable of extreme examples of "Good" and "Evil" than either Heaven or Hell could ever hope to be. And he likes people, which is rather a major failing in a demon. He's continually fascinated with the ways they find to damn themselves - he hardly has to lift a finger to do it.

He dresses and acts, or at least tries to act, like a stereotypical yuppie; he owns a 1926 black Bentley, dresses in all the latest fashions, has all the latest technology, has a tendency to use modern slang. Taxes and speed limits are something that happen to other people. He's all about style and looking cool. The only problem with this is that he is not in fact nearly half so suave as he thinks he is. Also, being a demon, he tends to forget some human things - the stereo in his flat, for example, gives off perfect sound, yet he never bought speakers for it.

Where Aziraphale is cynical, Crowley is boundlessly optimistic. He honestly believes that everything will turn out alright in the end. And on top of that, he's almost hopelessly soft-hearted; for all that he acts the part of demon, with Aziraphale to act as his conscience - and possibly because of his angelic beginning - he's been known to indulge in occasional acts of not-entirely-evil. He's shown several times to be grudgingly merciful, or at least to not cause as much trouble as he's capable of causing, though he'd never be so crass as to outright admit it.

And, let's face it. This is the guy who was willing to go up against Lucifer himself armed with nothing more than a tire iron. Deep down inside, he's really a nice guy.

5/?

[identity profile] reallyaniceguy.livejournal.com 2011-01-06 07:41 am (UTC)(link)

Other: Like Aziraphale, Crowley has several powers that he can use. He can shapeshift, though he doesn't like to, as he worries that he'll forget how to turn back to his favorite shape - human. (However, being a demon, he cannot change his eyes. They remain yellow with black slitted pupils, hence his tendency toward wearing sunglass "Even when he dunt need to".) He can stand in the rain without getting wet. He can (and does, at one point) breathe life back into things that have died - possibly an ability left over from the time he was angel. He can't die in the normal sense, though if his human body gets killed, he has to get a new one from Hell, so he tries to not die as much as possible. He can see in the dark, and can more or less wish things into being. Basically, he can more or less shape the world around him to his will, although small things are easier than large things. For example, it's relatively simple to turn bad wine into good wine, or to get a casette player in a jeep than it is to convince a flaming Bentley that it's a whole and perfectly working vehicle. (The Bentley also runs on sheer willpower - when Crowley wants it to, it drives itself, and he bought petrol for it once in the 1960s because he wanted the James Bond bullethole stickers that came with the purchase. Don't ask why he didn't just wish some up for himself. It's a mystery.)

It's implied that the snakeskin "boots" he wears are not in fact boots at all but are in fact boot-shaped snakeskin feet. He doesn't blink much, and he has a tendency to hiss when he forgets himself. He's not very fond of the cold. Like Aziraphale, he doesn't need to eat, breathe, or sleep - although he rather enjoys eating and sleeping. He has wings, although they're usually tucked away, and because he comes from angel stock, they are no different from angel wings.

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[identity profile] reallyaniceguy.livejournal.com 2011-01-06 07:42 am (UTC)(link)

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First Person (entry type):

[Voice - Message for Aziraphale]

Come on, come on, come on, pick up, angel! This is important! Think of the most important thing you've ever thought of and then multiply that by ten thousand and that's not even close to how important this is. This is end of the world important. The end of life as we know it important.

[A long pause.]

Oh, for Go-- for Hea-- for someone's sake, answer your phone. I know you're there. You have to be there. You're always there. What are you doing? Don't tell me you're out. You're never out. Where are you?

[Another lengthy pause.]

No, really. Okay. Look, just call me back, yeah? Do you even check your messages? I mean, do you even know how? No, alright, I'm coming over. I'll be there at six.

Ciao.

[And what is it that's so earth-shatteringly important? Casting choices for a new Bond movie, naturally.]

Third Person:

Crowley stared in disbelief at the screen of his computer, which was currently obstinately refusing to believe that it was supposed to be shut off. He snapped his fingers. Nothing happened. He frowned, and snapped his fingers again. Once again, nothing happened. He continued to stare at the computer screen. The website with the pictures of cheery ducks continued to not go away. Crowley muttered a blessing under his breath and poked at a few keys on the keyboard, and the ducks stayed right where they were.

For a moment, he wondered if someone from Down There was behind this, but there wasn't anything particularly demonic or even hellish about the ducks, apart from the fact that they seemed to have taken over his computer and were refusing to give it back. He tapped his fingers against the edge of the desk, and wondered if he ought to call Aziraphale, but he dismissed the idea on the grounds that if he couldn't figure out how to fix it, there wasn't a snowball's chance in... well, you know... that the angel would be any help.

It was about that time that he remembered that humans tended to put things like power buttons on their appliances, and after a few minutes of searching he managed to find it. With a triumphant grin, he jabbed a finger down onto the button, and--

Nothing. The screen didn't even so much as flicker.

He muttered under his breath again and pulled the chair out from the desk - it had never been used - and sat down, and it was about then that Crowley realized that just because something looked cool didn't necessarily mean it would be comfortable. He frowned again, and a moment later, the chair had obligingly become more bearable to sit in, which was a relief.

Once again, he turned his attention to the ducks, and now there was a space to enter text on the screen. He thought for a moment, and then typed simply, Hello?

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