Why'd You Take A Picture?

[rionaleonhart]

Eight months late, I've caught up on the fifth series of Supernatural.

Crowley, you are my favourite. He's a deceitful bastard, but he's paradoxically, delightfully straightforward about it. (He and Derren Brown should hang out.) And he's sardonic and flirtatious and a little bit charming, and I think he may end up being one of those characters I 'ship with basically everyone (ESPECIALLY BOBBY, WHERE IS MY BOBBY/CROWLEY FANFICTION). I love him.

(Although the way Crowley is written confuses me sometimes, because he has an English accent and the writers seem to consciously have him using British language - 'this bloody ring business' - and then he'll use the occasional American turn of phrase. It's a bit jarring, that's all. It doesn't mean I don't want to marry you, Crowley, demon of my heart.)

It's odd; I used to love the Winchester brothers so much, but over the past couple of series I've become much more interested in the recurring supernatural beings of Supernatural. Ruby, Castiel, Crowley: these are the figures that hold my interest. It's not that I dislike Sam and Dean, but I certainly don't adore them any more. It's a little sad, really. I miss loving the Winchesters.

On the plus side, I love how Castiel's character has settled. He was a little inconsistent at first, but now the writers seem to have decided to go with Perpetually Slightly Bewildered Castiel, who is my favourite type of Castiel. He is adorable. Never stop being confused by the world, Castiel!

ALSO ON THE PLUS SIDE, WE HAVE CROWLEY.

I want a series in which Crowley and Ruby drive around and... I don't know. Work towards some goal? Their goals in canon oppose each other, which causes a slight problem. Maybe a series in which Crowley and Ruby are enemies in theory, working towards separate and opposing goals, but they also get along famously. Sometimes they try to kill each other; sometimes they just have sex. Oh, my goodness, this would be the best thing ever. There should be fanfiction.

Comments

[denorios.livejournal.com]

He's also meant to be Scottish, but all those years in Hell have clearly given him an English accent. 'Cause English accent = evil, right?

[emmarrrrr.livejournal.com]

I DON'T EVEN WATCH SPN AND I LOVE CROWLEY

partly because mark sheppard, partly because, y'know. his name is crowley and he's a demon, obviously someone had been reading good omens when they made him.

i'm tempted to watch season five just for crowley and all the archangels to be honest, because i've seen the scene where gabriel gets killed and oh, i love the dialogue. "you're my brother, and i love you, but you're a great big bag of dicks."

[ladybella.livejournal.com]

When you start watching Season 6, don't be disheartened by the first 3 episodes. It gets better. It gets SO MUCH BETTER.

[madroxsquared.livejournal.com]

There's one episode where Crowley mentions his vessel, saying he's a literary agent from New York. I guess the inconsistency with his accent could be attributed to that.

TBH though I would probably use go kick/go and kick pretty interchangeably, but being from Manchester probably renders that moot. We usually opt for grunts rather than words :D

BOBBY/CROWLEY, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT NEVER TOOK OFF :(

[harveytheayeaye.livejournal.com]

Crowley is GREAT. Evil and so damn likeable for some inexplicable reason. (And also another character that I hoped was Aleister Crowley in a past life and wasn't).

I agree with ladybella about the sixth season. I spent the first few episodes in a "this has totally jumped the shark, should have ended at season four" mode (although I still like it, I just didn't love it)but oh. my. god, I am now re-invested in the Winchesters and Supernatural and I NEED for there to be more right now.

[tiger-pause.livejournal.com]

Bobby and Crowley's interactions are so endearing! There's not enough Crowley in fanfiction, srsly.
(http://tinypic.com?ref=awx02e)
Also, hello! I hope you don't mind me commenting/friending you. My friend (madroxsquared) linked me to your post because everything you have said here is what I have been saying at her for ages (plus your love of Peep Show and Charlie Brooker just prove that you clearly have fine taste :D).

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

Crowley is awesome, and would be perfect with Derren Brown.

I still want Ruby and possibly-a-demon-now Bela to have a giant roadtrip, but Crowley can definitely be in the car. Maybe the Winchesters are incapacitated in some way, and they and Castiel form the "Save the world, or possibly not" party where they all have to find the Big Magic Thing and Castiel and Crowley are on the same side for pragmatic reasons, Ruby's plotting a last-minute betrayal, and no one's sure what side Bela's on?

Possibly With Added Bobby to call them all idiots and be sexually confused by Crowley?

[thrennion.livejournal.com]

I really need to catch up. I'd forgotten that I loved SPN as much as I do, really. Which is strange.

oh no bros what is enemy

[reipan.livejournal.com]

OH FINE

well then I'm abandoning all self-control with the rest of it

you and your DVD-purchasing :P

[ahuuda.livejournal.com]

Ah, ummm...I am positive that you don't actually know me, but I stumbled on your journal and saw Crowley + Bobby thoughts, and I had to comment. SO.

I always thought that Crowley was like a person whose first language was something like...Finnish, and then learned English from a textbook that didn't cover the difference between British English and American-isms. Hell totally gives language lessons to demons before they go topside. What are you talking about?

I went through my period of weaving around through my favorite characters, (Samn'Dean, Castiel, Bela, Ruby, Bobby, Ellen...etc) but after a ~wonderous~ three day series marathon over break, my character!love has kind of just melted down into this big puddle of general love for everyone. It's very therapeutic, actually.

I can completely picture Ruby and Crowley getting along swimmingly. For some reason, I can see them eating at some over priced restaurant and Ruby forcing him to pay for her after she'd ordered the most expensive things on the menu. And Crowley, being the gentleman that he is, pays up and then snarks about it the rest of the night. IDEK what my brain does anymore.

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

I thought you should see this:http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

That made me think of you as you're one of the few people I know who has a keen eye for grammar but doesn't flip out at mistakes, and also because the alot looks kind of like it could be Appa's cousin or something.