he moves in circles of friends
Out of Character Information
player name: Tekky
player livejournal: tekyfreakinator
playing here: Heine Rammsteiner, Hades.
where did you find us? Link in the DOGS comm.
are you 16 years of age or older?: Yeah.
In Character Information
character name: Anthony J. Crowley (A.J. Crowley, Crowley. formerly known as Crawly.)
Fandom: Good Omens
Timeline: At the end of the book, after the Apocalypse-Not and while he's feeding ducks.
character's age: Old as sin. Actually, possibly older.
powers, skills, pets and equipment: As a demon (or an angel that didn't fall so much as saunter vaguely downwards), Crowley has a whole slew of fun abilities, most of which he uses to amuse himself. The effects of any and all alcohol can be negated in seconds, he doesn't need to eat, sleep, breathe, or drink, nor does he need to buy clothes because he can make them out of nothing. This includes sunglasses, by the way. Crowley can, in general, bend reality - for example, turning police car engines into something weird and wiggly, or miracle dead things back to life (though he doesn't do it much anyway, this particular ability will be taken away in Anatole). He also has wings - not bat-like at all, actually, and quite well groomed. Other abilities include hypnotism, mind-reading, tempting (basically, suggesting that doing something - usually bad - is a very good idea), and enhanced senses.
Oh, and he can intimidate plants. In general, he doesn't have offensive abilities that would do much against anyone but an angel, but he's as snaky as he was before and can avoid most attacks, and probably cause more than a little mischief.
canon history: Once upon a time a little green snake crawled into the garden of Eden and up the apple tree. His name was Crawly, and he was not the Devil, but he was a demon. It was his job to tempt Eve, so he did. And he succeeded. The end.
...Well, not really. Eve and Adam were kicked out of the Garden, yes, and sin was created. Crawly, on the other hand, grew some limbs (and lost most of the whole long-and-reptilian look), picked up a sophisticated fashion sense, and a taste for Queen. He started working on Earth (England, in particular) and set up an Arrangement with an angel by the name of Aziraphale. It was a simple one - really not important enough to warrant a capital letter - but it worked, and so they kept it.
You see, Crawly (now Crowley) didn't really dislike humans. He didn't even particularly enjoy tempting them (they did it by themselves well enough, anyway), even though it was amusing. But the Guys Downstairs had their rules, and Crowley had to follow them. So the Arrangement went like this: Crowley tempted, Aziraphale thwarted, and progress was slow-going, if not negated - which was exactly the way they liked it.
Then the 20th century rolled around, and the Anti-Christ was sent up to earth, which put a screeching halt to Crowley's laid-back and fully enjoyable life. He brought the new born Anti-Christ to the (unknowing) adoptive parents, and his work was done. For the next ten years, at least - and then he had a nice appointment with the rest of Heaven and Hell for a lovely afternoon of Apocalypse-ing. Crowley, however, had no intention of having this event go through, and so he and Aziraphale started a ten-year campaign to make the Anti-Christ as neutral as possible, so the Apocalypse wouldn't even happen.
Unfortunately, Crowley had lost track of the Anti-Christ on the night that he'd been brought to earth, and so shit hit the fan when the eleventh year rolled around.
Crowley panicked, got drunk for a while, destroyed one of his demon pals with holy water, and ended up trying to stop the Apocalypse with a tire iron. Luckily, though, the Anti-Christ (the real one) showed up and talked everyone out of trying to destroy the earth in a very sensible fashion.
So Heaven and Hell didn't collide, the Apocalypse... didn't happen, and Crowley got to go back to the good life. On Earth. With an angel.
At least it was an angel he had an Arrangement with.
personality:
Crowley is not so much evil so much as manipulative. He didn't mean to fall - he just hung around with the wrong people, and really - humans do it to themselves, in his opinion. Demon he may be, but he considers good and evil to be something that happens on its own, so he really doesn't do much but tempt them to do a little more, push them in the right direction. Well, the wrong direction, but it's the thought that counts.
After at least six thousand years on earth (with humans), Crowley has developed a cynical, sarcastic outlook on life. Human life, mostly, but sometimes his own. He's cunning and sly, of course, but he's also not very proactive. Given the choice between slowly dragging one person into deep sin or tying up the phone lines in Central London for forty-five minutes at lunch time, he'd go for the phones. Widespread, low-grade evil is his modus operandi, which reflects his unwillingness to do real work rather well.
Despite being (technically) an agent of Below, Crowley really doesn't have any interest in doing what they want. He'd rather kick back with some good wine and watch humans destroy themselves, and not even bother with the Anti-Christ. After six millennium, though, he's developed something like fondness for humans. And so his futile quest to stop to Apocalypse.
Other side-effects of living on earth for so long are the human tendencies he's developed. Crowley enjoys good music, wine, and food - and sleep, which he really doesn't need. He takes good care of his London flat (which is decorated in a rather minimalist style with the lushest house plants in most of London and a sketch by da Vinci) and his vintage Bentley (1926 and two owners from new. The other owner? Himself. He takes good care of his things). Even if he's actually rather lazy, Crowley still is amused by human antics and suffering. Actually, he's pretty amused by other people's suffering in general.
Furthermore, despite the entire 'demon' business, Crowley does have a certain amount of sympathy - for a very small, very specific amount of people, of course. (Usually, that amount is one.) He admires strength of will and faith in a somewhat chagrined manner - it's something that's good, of course, which means that he can't approve of it publicly, but they are also traits that he recognizes as respectable.
On the whole, Crowley's a, cocky, fast-living demon who would rather have widespread frustration than true sin - and be able to sit back and watch the show.
why do you feel this character would be appropriate to the setting?
He'd probably have fun.
Writing Samples
Network Post Sample:
[Rustling for a few seconds, before a man clears his throat.]
Assuming that this is some sort of communication device, I'll risk looking like a madman and talk into it.
[Pause.]
Not that I actually am crazy or anything. You know how it is. A guy starts talking, people suddenly jump to conclusions. That sort of thing.
[Cough.]
Well, anyway - my name's A.J. Crowley, and if any of you have seen a man named Aziraphale, Ezra Fell, or someone carrying a flaming sword, notification would be appreciated.
Otherwise, directions to the nearest place I could get liquor would suffice.
Third Person Sample:
Open musebox log.
Anything else?