Hehehe Let’s Seee

he's so good with words

what baffles me is that crowley is actually good for aziraphale. not in the sense that the good actions he does are done for aziraphale, but in the sense that crowley teaches aziraphale to be good to himself

in s2ep4 when aziraphale is looking for a magic trick to do, he first says that he can't go to the magic shop because he's not a professional conjuror. crowley disagrees, convincing him that he's a professional as he is "about to perform on the West End Stage"

afterwards when the shopkeeper calls aziraphale a "talented amateur", it's aziraphale himself who makes a point in proving that he's no such thing as he's "booked to appear in the West End"

and then when they're backstage talking to furfur aziraphale clearly calls himself a "working professional magician". over a few hours, crowley makes aziraphale confident in his own identity

not only does crowley love aziraphale (in whatever way he expresses it) but he literally makes him better. crowley, who believes he is incapable of doing good, manages to make an actual angel, better

fellowship crimes

pippin: steals. canonically, and without a doubt in my mind, does not give a shit. all the time. mostly shoplifting, extends to any building. restaurants, houses, etc. fuck it.

merry: steals when around pippin. mostly provides diversions. pippin steals more but merry steals bigger, more expensive items. only from large corporations.

legolas: trespassing. private property?? what’s that?? you WILL find him on government property, he WILL be 30 feet up in a tree.

gimli: steals rocks from national parks. “if it’s on the ground, it’s fair game.”

gandalf: accused of kidnapping the hobbits. pippin played into it, getting him detained. also arrested on “disturbing the peace” at the shire.

boromir: vigilante justice and assault. wrestled back his wallet from a pickpocket and punched him in the face.

aragorn: weapons with out permit, bringing weapons into public places without proper licenses. (“sir, you can’t bring your sword into this walmart.”)

frodo: unpaid library dues. forgot to return a book, felt bad so he avoided the library, and the fines exponentially increased. it has been 8 years. he drives to the next town over now for his books.

sam: propagation. not crimes, but sometimes he will take a leaf or two off of a pretty plant and always feels bad about it :(

The Fall

the final moments of angel!crowley

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HA LOOL

Ha they can try

Noctua, acrylic painting by nickbleb

ACK MY HEART 💔

Because you and Mr. Fell don't ever talk to each other. We talk all the time. We've been talking for millions of years. Bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla-bla. I say something brilliant, and he says something unintentionally funny back. It's great. You never say what you're really thinking.

I was thinking about Anthony J Crowley, as all normal ones do, and how it is that he seems to exist alone outside the dichotomy of Heaven and Hell. Crowley wasn't obedient enough to be an angel, he couldn't toe the party line, he wasn't deferential enough to God or any authority. But he's also not cruel, or apathetic enough to be a demon; he's too soft for Hell.

So what is Crowley? Not an angel, not a demon ("Former demon," he says in s2). But he's more than what he's not. Crowley is outside the Heaven/Hell binary because of who he is, the one identity that sets him apart from all other demons and angels: Crowley is the Serpent of Eden. The snake in the garden was the instigator of choice, the inspiration to humans to use free will. That's who Crowley is, and when he inspired Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge, he aligned himself with the fate of humans.

Crowley doesn't belong to Hell, and he certainly doesn't belong to Heaven. Crowley belongs to humanity.

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