Nationstatelandsville wrote:Nightkill the Emperor wrote:Let me start this way.
Nat, you're an American. How much do you want to join the military or go to church?
Not at all, but my basic philosophy is the end result of everyone around me.
And if everyone around him is buying into Azazel's propaganda, his attitude should be affected.
I don't really mind the idea, I just don't find it believable.
Crowley's backstory, on the other hand, annoys me a great deal.
There's a Demon. He tends a farm for a meager salary. He has friends, a wife, and a child. He lives in the slums, but so do the other Demons. He goes to the bar, has drinks, and does stupid things with his friends, like get drunk and throw things at hobos. He loves his wife and child.
Then the metaphorical Palestine and his metaphorical Israel are suddenly at war. Everyone is leaving to fight. He has to go as well, and fight to keep his family safe, because the metaphorical Palestinians might kill him and his family if he doesn't fight. And other members of his kind are fighting against him, and he could have kin or friends on that side (he clearly lives somewhat close to Heavensgate). And then he is killed, and dies.
Olthar wrote:Nationstatelandsville wrote:People change, yes, but not that drastically.
If Crowley likes ice cream in 1400, he'll probably like ice cream in 2020. If Crowley is a vaguely nerdy wizard in 1400, no matter how many social skills he acquires or perversions he develops, he'll still be vaguely nerdy.
I had a friend who was vaguely nerdy in fourth grade become a sports jock in seventh grade.
In sixth grade, I was a weirdo. Nobody really liked me, and when they talked to me they weren't too happy about it. And I was shy as shit.
It's three or four years later now. Everybody knows who I am, and no one hates me anymore. I'm farther from shy then I've ever been; you'd have to try and stop me from going on stage in front of my whole high school.