Physics are Optional. A deleted scene shows Crowley sleeping on the walls and ceiling of his flat, and another part shows that angels and demons can shrink down to be smaller than electrons when Crowley escapes into the phone lines to trap Hastur in his answering machine.
Sin sense! Can generally sense emotions tied to sins and use that to give people what they want (for example real guns instead of the kind that just shoot paintballs)
Talks to vermin (in the deleted scene to show how he knocked down the mobile networks in London, he's shown to have conspired with a large colony of rats and talks to them amicably like some sort of Disney princess)
Demonic miracles: don't have any hard and fast mechanics or consistency to them so this is just sort of an overview.
Effectively angels and demons can cause minor warps in reality. These seem limited to being within a localized area around them or one has to be intimately aware of the area they're miracling if doing it remotely. Miracles are largely convenient in nature; Crowley and Aziraphale's favourite table in their favourite restaurant is always available when they want it. A stain or mess can be blown away with just a thought. A satchel of books survives a church bombing unscathed during the blitz. A traffic warden's notebook goes up in sparks to avoid a ticket (Aziraphale does this in the book, Crowley does it in the show). A recently deceased dove can be revived by breathing life into it (Crowley does this in the book, Aziraphale does it in the show).
Trickier things like passing through a wall of flames unscathed, and driving a burning car for 45 minutes without it falling apart takes a lot out of Crowley physically and requires a good imagination to maintain certain degree of denial for that long. So for miracles to be performed, the mindset of the one performing them is integral. For example, Crowley has an unplugged fridge stocked full of gourmet food that never goes off because (while we know that's not how any of that actually works) Crowley assumes that putting food in a fridge will keep it fresh indefinitely and so reality warps around that assumption.
Demonic miracles are not necessarily used for evil. Angels and Demons are functionally similar so Crowley can use his reality bending powers to do blessings as well as temptations.
Stopping Time (Temporarily): Not necessarily sure if this is a miracle or something unique to Crowley. It's definitely something that only happens in the TV series. It could just be a little Dr. Who reference. He does it twice, and one time it takes them to a completely different place, and I have no idea how it works.
Angels and demons can perform some degree of mind manipulation. Crowley is shown to put Sister Mary in a brief trance where she can tell him only the truth (though the truth isn't always the same as 'useful information') and Aziraphale makes it so that she awakens from it having dreamed of 'whatever she likes best'. Hastur and Ligur are able to plant temptations directly into the minds of mortals. It is possible to extrapolate that this is just a general thing demons can do since they seem to expect the same methods from Crowley. That being said, Crowley is never shown to use this ability so either he can't or won't.
Weird biology:
Ageless (or just perpetually middle-aged), Crowley is effectively immortal - his physical form can be destroyed fairly conventionally. If it would kill a human, it will discorporate him (barring a few exceptions like fire and disease.) Mostly "death" is just really, really annoying inconvenience to him.
His corporation is effectively a meatsuit with organs being optional (and so too are food, water, sleep, and air). He's pretty fireproof (kind of? Good Omens is a bit inconsistent about this, given Crowley resists the Hellfire no problem but Hastur discorperates in the wall of flames around the M-25 while Crowley needs to be in deep denial to resist it). He can also possess a receptive host (we never see Crowley possess a human, but it's shown he can leave his body when Aziraphale and Crowley switch before their execution and Aziraphale also mentions to the Heavenly Quartermaster that demons can possess people)
He has some serpentine traits he can't just glamour away and his other corporeal form is a giant red and black snake. All we know about his true, demonic form is that it's reptilian and has a lot of teeth, and is so terrible to behold that it makes normal humans pass out.
Angels and Demons got big ol' feathery wings. Like everything Crowley has, they're sleek and black. They can flap. Presumably he can also use them to fly. Fanon is that they occupy the same plane of existence as his true occult form and only manifest at his choosing.
Power Request: Given he's a giant demonic serpent with the capacity to commune with vermin, an Animagus and/or Parselmouth seems appropriate.
Also I know that while he will lose his canon powers, I'd love for him to retain his canon weaknesses such as consecrated things being harmful and holy water being able to kill him very very dead (because Crowley experiencing any form of inconvenience gives me life).
Personality:
Note: Provided it either supports or doesn't explicitly contradict show canon, I use stuff from the book to fill in any gaps since we don't really get to see Crowley's inner thoughts in the show.
On first impression, one would not peg Crowley for an Avatar of Evil, part of the Legions of the Damned, cast out of Heaven and Fallen from the Grace of God. This is because Crowley looks and acts more like an aging rock star than some hellion risen from damnation to wreak havoc on mortals. He struts around brazenly, he dresses in trendy styles, and he owns a cool, modern flat, dark as a tomb and just as minimalist, just like the kind of rich and callous human he's trying to ape would. There's not a lot one could glean about Crowley's actual personality from the outside. And that's exactly how he prefers it.
Crowley is a demon, yes, that will always be true. But he has, for the time being, resigned and retired from all that entails; the first, in fact, to do so.
We should start from the beginning; Crowley has always been an odd duck, never quite fitting in with his peers (both angelic and demonic). For starters, he's inquisitive to a fault; it's one of his most defining characteristics. He will fire off any number of questions and observations - from the perceptive and philosophically profound, to the utterly inane (do ducks really have ears?) - without much in ways of a filter. This has landed him in hot water (and hotter sulfur) a number of times from the (quite literally) very Beginning.
This brings us to Crowley's Fall; a sore spot of contention for Crowley (moreso in the show than the book). We don't know much about who he was as an angel, only that he helped build stars and nebulae and he was cast out for being too inquisitive. To this day though, he remains hurt and bewildered by God's rejection, not understanding why he was punished simply for being how She made him. He tends to project his own complicated feelings over his Fall whenever God's feeling a bit wroth; often describing Holy Retributions as 'a bit of an overreaction' or 'sounds more like something my lot would do'.
As a demon, Crowley has not just found ways to survive, but also thrive, even if the role as an arbiter of Evil doesn't quite feel like it fits any more than his former role as an angel. He never managed to climb the ranks as he never had any ambition beyond staying alive, but he managed to find that sweet spot where he wasn't necessarily important but he wasn't expendable either. His peculiar capacity for imagination (a rare trait among angels and demons) coupled with a solid work ethic and knack for efficiency with just that bit of flare for the dramatic made him great at temptations. He also knew when to obey and when to present the face of obedience and thus wound up with the cushy job as a demonic agent on Earth to find ways to secure souls for Satan.
Being left to his own devices was a very good position for Crowley. You see, if he had spent most of his time in Hell, it would become increasingly apparent that Crowley is not, in fact, fit for the job. He is many things - ornery, sarcastic, selfish, cowardly, and a shrewd opportunist when it comes to taking credit for atrocities entirely of humanity's own making - but he is neither sadistic nor malicious. In fact, according to Pratchett and Gaiman, his favourite demonic pastimes amount to little more than juvenile practical jokes, and being a public nuisance. Even with the whole temptation thing, Crowley's always had a sense of fair play about it. He knows how absurd this is; after all, nothing in his existence has been fair - not Heaven nor Hell, not life, and certainly not God Herself. But Crowley? Crowley is very fair. He always makes sure humans have a clear choice between Wrong and Right and that the choice to do Wrong is in their own hands.
Crowley doesn't bare humanity much in ways of ill will - if anything he's grown rather fond of Earth and the seven billion humans and one angel that inhabit it. Fond enough, in fact, that he was quite willing to risk everything to save it from the impending apocalypse.
This is because, despite his many failings and flash bastard facade, Crowley can be a genuinely kind, compassionate, and loyal person. And while he'd much sooner run than fight any day, Crowley is a pro at 'fake it until you make it' and can put on the face of bravado when he sincerely believes in something, even if he's certain there's no hope of a favourable outcome.
Crowley | Good Omens | Not Reserved
Name: Green Rivers
Age: 35
Pronouns: she/her or they/them
Contact:
In Character
Name: Anthony J. Crowley
Canon: Good Omens (TV)
Canon Point: Post series
Age: 6000+
Character Information: Good Omens Fan Wiki
Canon Powers:
Trickier things like passing through a wall of flames unscathed, and driving a burning car for 45 minutes without it falling apart takes a lot out of Crowley physically and requires a good imagination to maintain certain degree of denial for that long. So for miracles to be performed, the mindset of the one performing them is integral. For example, Crowley has an unplugged fridge stocked full of gourmet food that never goes off because (while we know that's not how any of that actually works) Crowley assumes that putting food in a fridge will keep it fresh indefinitely and so reality warps around that assumption.
Power Request: Given he's a giant demonic serpent with the capacity to commune with vermin, an Animagus and/or Parselmouth seems appropriate.
Also I know that while he will lose his canon powers, I'd love for him to retain his canon weaknesses such as consecrated things being harmful and holy water being able to kill him very very dead (because Crowley experiencing any form of inconvenience gives me life).
Personality:
Note: Provided it either supports or doesn't explicitly contradict show canon, I use stuff from the book to fill in any gaps since we don't really get to see Crowley's inner thoughts in the show.
On first impression, one would not peg Crowley for an Avatar of Evil, part of the Legions of the Damned, cast out of Heaven and Fallen from the Grace of God. This is because Crowley looks and acts more like an aging rock star than some hellion risen from damnation to wreak havoc on mortals. He struts around brazenly, he dresses in trendy styles, and he owns a cool, modern flat, dark as a tomb and just as minimalist, just like the kind of rich and callous human he's trying to ape would. There's not a lot one could glean about Crowley's actual personality from the outside. And that's exactly how he prefers it.
Crowley is a demon, yes, that will always be true. But he has, for the time being, resigned and retired from all that entails; the first, in fact, to do so.
We should start from the beginning; Crowley has always been an odd duck, never quite fitting in with his peers (both angelic and demonic). For starters, he's inquisitive to a fault; it's one of his most defining characteristics. He will fire off any number of questions and observations - from the perceptive and philosophically profound, to the utterly inane (do ducks really have ears?) - without much in ways of a filter. This has landed him in hot water (and hotter sulfur) a number of times from the (quite literally) very Beginning.
This brings us to Crowley's Fall; a sore spot of contention for Crowley (moreso in the show than the book). We don't know much about who he was as an angel, only that he helped build stars and nebulae and he was cast out for being too inquisitive. To this day though, he remains hurt and bewildered by God's rejection, not understanding why he was punished simply for being how She made him. He tends to project his own complicated feelings over his Fall whenever God's feeling a bit wroth; often describing Holy Retributions as 'a bit of an overreaction' or 'sounds more like something my lot would do'.
As a demon, Crowley has not just found ways to survive, but also thrive, even if the role as an arbiter of Evil doesn't quite feel like it fits any more than his former role as an angel. He never managed to climb the ranks as he never had any ambition beyond staying alive, but he managed to find that sweet spot where he wasn't necessarily important but he wasn't expendable either. His peculiar capacity for imagination (a rare trait among angels and demons) coupled with a solid work ethic and knack for efficiency with just that bit of flare for the dramatic made him great at temptations. He also knew when to obey and when to present the face of obedience and thus wound up with the cushy job as a demonic agent on Earth to find ways to secure souls for Satan.
Being left to his own devices was a very good position for Crowley. You see, if he had spent most of his time in Hell, it would become increasingly apparent that Crowley is not, in fact, fit for the job. He is many things - ornery, sarcastic, selfish, cowardly, and a shrewd opportunist when it comes to taking credit for atrocities entirely of humanity's own making - but he is neither sadistic nor malicious. In fact, according to Pratchett and Gaiman, his favourite demonic pastimes amount to little more than juvenile practical jokes, and being a public nuisance. Even with the whole temptation thing, Crowley's always had a sense of fair play about it. He knows how absurd this is; after all, nothing in his existence has been fair - not Heaven nor Hell, not life, and certainly not God Herself. But Crowley? Crowley is very fair. He always makes sure humans have a clear choice between Wrong and Right and that the choice to do Wrong is in their own hands.
Crowley doesn't bare humanity much in ways of ill will - if anything he's grown rather fond of Earth and the seven billion humans and one angel that inhabit it. Fond enough, in fact, that he was quite willing to risk everything to save it from the impending apocalypse.
This is because, despite his many failings and flash bastard facade, Crowley can be a genuinely kind, compassionate, and loyal person. And while he'd much sooner run than fight any day, Crowley is a pro at 'fake it until you make it' and can put on the face of bravado when he sincerely believes in something, even if he's certain there's no hope of a favourable outcome.
House Traits:
Brash
Daring
Proud
Reckless
Dedicated
Fair
Honest
Loyal
Patient
Cunning
Decisive
Initiative
Shrewd
Creative
Curious
Eccentric
Intellect
Wit
Samples:
TDM 1
TDM 2