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Character
Name: Anthony J Crowley
Fandom: Good Omens
Gender:Age: 6000+ he looks really young like mid to late twenties possibly early thirties
Time Period: Post-canon
Wing Color: Black
History:
Personality: Bastard, selfish, clever, cunning, evil, materialistic, flashy, possessing a certain insidious intellect, and strangely he is a most cheerful optimist describe Crowley pretty good. (I mean bad)
Crowley isn’t your typical normal run of the mill hell hath fury and eate ye olde souls, demon. Actually he rather dislikes most of his “colleagues” in fact he does well to not really associate with them at all, if he can help it, meaning he keeps contact with them to a minimum. Crowley’s time on Earth has changed him considerable it’s had an impact so much so that he actually has come to like and enjoy humans more than he should. It’s a rather jarring failing in being a demon and it gets him into loads of trouble. Not only does he enjoy humans to a point of taking up their mannerisms and interest in technology, which he uses to do his dirty work, he likes them so much that he tries to thwart the Apocalypse. He’s a bit selfish that regardless of it being his duty he wants Earth to survive and live through this. He even goes so far as to stand against Lucifer when he rises albeit it was with a tire iron. He was supportive of the Apocalypse in general terms but he still wants humans to live. So frankly when he finds out the Anti-Christ is actually humane he’s pretty darn happy about it.
In terms of other demons Crowley is a bit anxious often not liking their company; his two bosses Hastur and Ligur are good examples; for instance when they finally come around to collect Crowley after Hell realizes his complete and utter failure in handling the Apocalypse Crowley panics. In this instance we can see some of Crowley’s cunning and otherwise ruthless nature where he douses Ligur with a bucket of holy water presumably killing him and using the phone to his advantage to comically trap Hastur within his answering machine. Crowley safe to say is fearful of certain things Beelzebub, Hell, and Lucifer himself naturally. You can't very well trust anyone from the homeland really. The fact that he kills an upper level demon is probably the only instance where he showcases his demonic nature, oh and when he scares the crap out of the guy who shot him and Azriaphale with a paintball gun but that was just for fun.
Crowley tempts it's his job, gig, what have you. He was the serpent who tempted Eve into biting the apple and he enjoyed it thoroughly. In all actuality never once in the book does Crowley ever tempt anyone the homicidal paintball incident wasn’t in truth tempting but merely Crowley seeing and knowing what they wanted and simply giving it to them ‘it’ happened to be guns, but he made all of them escape with their lives so no harm done, right? The only person he ever seems to tempt or at least lead on to looking like he’s doing is Aziraphale.
Personality con't:
Another aspect of his personality is that he does question, everything. His first time meeting Aziraphale is a perfect example. The demon started his and Aziraphale’s meeting with a question as to whether he had done the right thing and not just out of ineffable planning. Something along the lines of having a humanistic view on life which he calls a game of solitaire that God likes to play Crowley can’t help but question everything. This as you probably guessed lands him even deeper into Hell’s…bad books.
Crowley’s personality isn't fully understood until one delves into his relationship with Aziraphale. They enjoy each other’s company and as stated in the book they get along better than either of their superiors ever would. It’s apparent that they both have rubbed off on each other, though you would too if you hung around the same person for six thousand years, each of them showing contrasting personality traits to their respective alignments. An example of this is when Aziraphale shows blatant disregard to healing a dove which he killed with his botched magic act. Crowley steps in and miracles it back to life even though he’s never shown to having expressed a liking towards God’s creatures he goes out on a limb and does it anyway. Pretty much summing up is that Aziraphale is a bastard sometimes and Crowley is actually kind of nice but neither of them will willingly admit that.
He’s pretty materialistic and quite vain too. He shows a distinct liking towards shiny, expensive things an example from the book being him wanting to steal some tires and hubcaps from some nice looking cars. He also has all the latest modern gadgets of the time period even if he hardly uses them, like the computer in his flat and his television. His most cherished possession is his car. Something akin to Aziraphale’s books Crowley’s car is a symbolic representation of himself and when it’s destroyed he’s obviously devastated but it also shows that the both of them sacrificed things of great importance to save humanity and the world they cared about, or at least not willingly admitted to caring for in Crowley’s case.
Strengths:
Physical: Outwardly Crowley’s physical appearance doesn’t seem to encompass much he looks pretty normal but he has the ability to shape shift. He has multiple forms for one his snake form which he took up in Eden and of course his “true” demonic form. However he never really likes using the latter because he might forget what he looked like before he used it. He can heal his own wounds, miracle people back to life, get drunk and then sober up in a few seconds, and he’s got the ability to change the space around him just by mentally thinking about it. He also has the standard issued feathery wings most angels get. He also doesn’t need to sleep or eat but Crowley is indulgent so he does so willingly.
Mental: Crowley has an expansive knowledge of the world and everything in it. He’s into television and worldly news so he’s pretty up to date as far as common knowledge is concerned. He also has a knack for speaking in a more modern fashion due to taking up human jargon. Crowley is also said to have the ability of knowing just exactly what someone wants specifically for tempting purposes making him very good at his designated job. Basically Crowley is pretty chill when it comes down to the basics of it.
Emotional: Crowley’s pretty upbeat; he’s an optimist even in the most damned situations specifically when ‘hell is out to get him’. He gets his kicks from watching humans their affairs, and how they all turn out because he hasn’t been doing that for the past 6000 years. What? He finds the buggers amusing. He doesn’t necessarily get too intimate with humans but it’s not like he’ll never talk to them especially when he has a chance to create some wiles.
Weaknesses:
Physical: Only weakness that a demon could possibly have is holy water, a good smiting from heaven, or you could just play some songs from a Best of Queen album and you’ve bested this one.
Mental: Crowley is a bit shaken from his position and time in Hell. His house plants are perfect examples of this because when one isn’t up to standards he ultimately throws it out because of that fact. Much like what hell almost did to him after learning how he messed up the Apocalypse. Safe to say he won’t trust you very much if you’re a demon and frankly he’ll most likely avoid you. Crowley albeit being clever has a tendency to not fully think out his plans. The attack on Hastur and Ligur is a perfect example as he makes both a plan A and B but never a C since he never thought he’d have to go past B see the faulty logic there?
Emotional: He’s never one to take sides and he generally sticks to the gray area just observing usually. However only if it’s in his interest or going to destroy something he likes a lot will he ever show a faint bit of caring or even anger. When things get bad he’s usually the first to lose his cool though compared to his angelic companion. He’s attached to a few things specifically: humans, Earth, and Aziraphale most should not be a weakness of a demon which in turn makes them pretty big faults.