User blog comment:AquilaeAltair/OnS Theories Twelfth Theory with Character Analysis - Crowley Eusford. A vampire that holds a knight’s heart/@comment-36009152-20190414180422

Agreed, and great news as well as it suggests even a fully hardened, emotions have truly disappeared vampire can regain some semblance of humanity again. Just to note this is excellent not just for Crowley, but Mika as well who can regain ground with his squad who he otherwise might feel nothing for. Applying it further perhaps it can also be the same for extreme case such as the likes of Ferid.

Crowley is still clever, it’s just that in comparison he will take the backseat as the grand schemer Ferid lays out some intricate plots and guides Crowley to follow them if anything. Crowley is your typical vampire in that he is rather nonchalant about everything going on, not bothering to try and wipe out Shinoa squad due to lack of interest in livestock. Then there was the whole clutching Yoichi’s cursed gear missile before tossing it away. Seeing Seraph Yu elicited a similar amount of I’m not really phased by any of this attitude XD

Cruel… it was a sickening destiny, yet like Mika it raises some sketchy issues. Is it better for them as vampires to simply let go of revenge? Or is it a serious problem that horrible things happen and they are not bothered by it. The former is better for their mental wellbeing, to simply not care of course. The latter is not good at all, they should be deeply perturbed by what happened, it would be part of their humanity they are out to regain.

With Shinoa squad, I think deep down Crowley was happy in a way to have an inkling of friends again. That could only have arisen out of these very specific circumstances. He has had time and yet so far as we are told he, like most if not all vampires see humans as nothing more than a food supply. It was not exactly a long time with Shinoa or Guren squad yet that brief moment shows how easy it was for a vampire like Crowley to get some semblance of humanity back to even think of thinking of them as friends.

The visual cues are important in the manga, could be forgiven Crowley was just surprised at what Ferid’s method was. Then there were further possibilities of it being concern for Shinoa, your idea about a horrible flashback is a good one indeed. Would have been interesting to see what Crowley would have made of Ferid’s actions on his new allies that he see’s something in. Yet it is one of those things we never would want to see. To have someone down, just to see Crowley’s reaction and if he can feel human emotions again? No thanks! XD

Like the idea of Crowley seeing a brother in Ferid himself. Then again maybe it was a standard, almost automated move in response to the threat at hand without any emotion. He did hurl Ferid into the wall rather hard after all! The again as said above maybe it is a problem that Crowley does possibly view a brother in Ferid. Ferid is not a member of his knights, Crowley has befriended and is close with the wrong person is the thinking. It is a serious issue that they are close considering what Ferid done. That would be an obstacle to Crowley regaining his humanity, being okay with a murderer, one who you do not trust and included you in plans for humans to ambush and kill you does not make for acceptable human conduct. Sharing the same sire should not be the basis of a healthy bond considering what the other person does to you.

Crowley’s future may very well be him waking up from his vampire mind. Seeing an enemy right in front of him, how out there would it be for Crowley to be the one to destroy Ferid as he does indeed reclaim some humanity, and vanquish the monster before him?

Then again does being a knight involve defending Ferid, Shinoa squad, his 'enemies' in that sense. Is he still a knight at all with the required heart of one? Always the possibility he remains a vampire in every sense of the word, and yet we cannot ignore the promising developments Crowley has experienced.

Unless he really is all brains and it’s a trap XD