Crowley's Christmas Fic Exchange: A Crowley Carol for Midnightsilvers

[crowleysxmas]

Title: A Crowley Carol
Author: ellerkay
Characters: Crowley, Rowena, Castiel, Donna, Sam, Dean, Jack, Death, Jody
Rating: R/Mature
Genre: Gen, Humor
Word Count: ~5250
Disclaimer: All for fun, none for profit.
Summary: It’s “A Christmas Carol” and Crowley is Scrooge! He is NOT happy about it.
Warnings/tags: Swearing, alcohol (including alcohol drunk by

Comments

Comment 1 of 3

[midnightsilvers]

ellerkay holy moly my friend! You knocked this out of the fucking park! This is absolutely amazing! I’m so totally charmed and incredibly delighted! Thank you so much my friend this is a wonderful gift. I laughed so much!
I hope LJ doesn’t have a word limit on comments because this is going to be a long one! (Edit lol this is comment 1 of 3 since LJ does have a limit 😂)
I did a reaction as I went along and practically every line had me laughing or marvelling. It’s so good! 🙌🏼🤗
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-Rowena was dead: to begin with. - I was like: starting off with a bang! Good start! Then my overworked brain cells knocked politely on the command room door of my mind and whispered: that’s the start to the book you moron! (Well in my defence, I don’t think I haven’t read the actual book since school, it’s all been movie adaptations since then, but for everyone else reading who isn’t illiterate, they all very much immediately appreciated your authenticity!! 😁)
-And then he’d balled that hand into a fist, wiped the tear away with a red silk handkerchief, poured

Comment 2 of 3

[midnightsilvers]

-Fergus gave a slow blink and touched his coat-pocket. In it, Crowley well knew, was a small wooden boat, meant as a gift for the child. He’d stitched the sail himself from spare cloth. - oh he had made a toy but couldn’t hand it over! 😭 I love that he was moved to actually make something. I hate that he couldn’t bring himself to actually give it 😭
-Fergus drained his glass and poured another, his expression angry and miserable. - and I love that you show us that even then he was tormented by it!
-You and Rowena both wanted to love your children, and yet you were afraid to. - yes. This. a keen observation!
-“This is Christmas, 2010,” Castiel said.
“I bloody know when it is, you angelic fucker. It wasn’t that long ago.” 😂 I’m loving this so much! the sass and the banter! I’m watching this play out in my head and it’s fabulous! 😁🙌🏼
- “So.” 2010 Crowley tapped the bottle. “You get Craig, as a token of my very mild respect, - this is so perfectly wonderfully Crowley! He is occasionally moved to do something decent but always has to

Comment 3 of 3

[midnightsilvers]

- “Happy fucking Christmas,” Crowley said - I love that he is still blood Crowley after all 😁🤗 don’t have to have a lobotomy just because it’s Christmas 😁👍🏻
(-And you were there,” he straightened up to point at Castiel, who tilted his head in confusion, “and you were there.” - lol 😂 wizard of Oz 😂😂)
-He pointed at Jody. “You - sorry for the time I nearly killed you.” - awwwwww! He got to apologise for that! Brilliant! Thank you 🤗🤗
-not only did I almost die on that bathroom floor, but you left me with the check.” - stop! My sides are hurting from laughing 😂😂😂
-“If she can’t help you save the whippersnapper, I’ll eat my own naughty bits.” - almost redundant to say so again, but that’s another great Crowley line! Your characterisation and voice is just spot on throughout 🤗🤗
- “It was nothing,” Crowley said. “Just saving my own skin.”
“I don’t think that’s true,” Jack replied thoughtfully. - Jack is such a bright nougat boy 🤗 he is good for Crowley 🤗
-“Maybe I could call you Uncle Crowley

RE: Comment 3 of 3

[ellerkay]

:DDDDDDD (imagine infinite happy faces/heart eye emojis here, lol) You are SO VERY welcome; I'm over the moon that you loved this!! Thank YOU for the absolutely amazing, genius prompt - there were so many good ones I was thinking about claiming as I read everyone's ideas, but the second I saw that my brain basically stuttered to a stop and went "THIS. THIS IS THE ONE I MUST WRITE." XD As I told you, this was an absolute joy to write; I had so much fun the whole time

RE: Comment 3 of 3

[midnightsilvers]

You really did the story justice! It’s so good! Thank you again my friend! Absolutely THE BEST present that I got this holiday 🙌🏼😄🤗 thank you again! 💛

RE: Comment 3 of 3

[candygramme]

I read this with utter delight. I think that, even above Sam and Dean, Crowley is my very favourite character in the show, and from his very first cry of outrage, (They ate my tailor!) I've loved him to death and beyond. This was a stellar version of the Christmas Carol, and I can understand Crowley (our Crowley) saving it as the last story to post in the challenge

Re: Comment 3 of 3

[ellerkay]

:D Thank you SO MUCH!! It will probably not surprise you to hear that I love Crowley and Crowley redemption arcs, too - and I absolutely think he'll never lose that snark. I love redeemed characters who keep their edge; they're the most fun and I think it's more realistic.

This comment gave me a real boost when I needed it yesterday, so thank you again. :) <3 <3 <3 Feel free to comb through my fic on my journal or on AO3!

RE: Comment 3 of 3

[fledge]

You know, and I've already commented below to review the story, I think this was perfect as it was - I'm sure you would have written a hugely entertaining Sam 'Cratchitt' working for Crowley etc. but it wouldn't have been so true to canon and I really love that about this; that you managed to keep so well to both canon SPN (aside from the little fact of Crowley not being dead) and the original Dickens story at the same time. That's quite a feat. It really did fit the whole timeline if you just adjust for the timing of Jack's illness, not!dead Crowley and not!dick Chuck (I didn't realise who that was meant to be until I read Midnight's comments - doh!! Of course! Actually you described him to a T lol). AND healing Jack in a much more satisfactory (and probably permanent) manner. As far as I'm concerned, it's 100% an improvement on canon! And Crowley makes the perfect Scrooge just as himself, no need for tweaks. I'm so glad Midnight loved their gift so much, but not remotely surprised :)

RE: Comment 3 of 3

[ellerkay]

Ahhhh thank you thank you THANK YOU again!! You got exactly what I was going for and I agree - fun as it would have been in some ways to go more fully AU, I liked keeping it grounded in near-canon. :) Thank you so much for this kind, thoughtful bonus comment. <3 <3 <3