Gypsy Angels (Spirit in the Night; Bruce Springsteen)

NAME/ORIGIN

Character name
 Gypsy Angels, including Crazy Janey
Song/Album
 "Spirit in the Night"/Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.
Act
 Bruce Springsteen
Writer
 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Release Date
 1972


ABILITIES

Powers
-Generally unknown
"You don't know what they can do to you."
-Can switch body parts between themselves and humans
"Crazy Janey and her Mission Man/ Were back in the alley tradin' hands"
-Imbue you with their powers if they phase through your body
"Stand up right now and let them/her shoot through you/me."
-Healing touch
"She said, 'Honey, let me heal it.'" 
Skills
Dance, while levitating
"They dance like spirits in the night"
Attributes
-Can take physical form and interact with humans, as humans
"She kissed just right, like only a lonely angel can"
"Me and Crazy Janey was makin' love in the dirt"
-High endurance
"We danced all night"
Vulnerabilities
Are made of pure energy
"They're built like light"
Formidability
Mild
Attractiveness
High
Source
Are angels, but are enchanted more with Earth than Heaven
Goals
Physical pleasure, harmless fun


POSSESSIONS

Weapons
N/A
Amulets
N/A
Objects
N/A
Clothing
Human clothing
Vehicles
Pickup trucks, motorbikes, rowboats, other rural vehicles
Dwelling
Small rural houses or woodland cabins
Milieu
Gypsy Angel Row, near Greasy Lake, a mile down the dark side of Route 88


BIOGRAPHY

Gender
Varied
Age
Immortal
Physique
"They're built like light"
Ethnicity
angel
Origin
Heaven (speculative)
Ancestry
possibly angels of gypsies
Profession
Angel (freelance)
Education
N/A
SES
N/A
Relationships
-teens Mission Man, Wild Billy, G-Man, Hazy Davy, Killer Joe and The Boss
-A "band" comprised of "fairies" that specializes in "soul" music
Pets



PERSONALITY

Morality
Good, but rambunctious
Intro/extrovert
Extrovert
Intelligence
near-omniscience
Emotions
pleasure-seeking
Sanity
sane, but risk-taking and thrill-seeking
Enemies
strictly religious types
Narrative Function
catalylst
Other Notes
Most angels are content to dwell in Heaven, visiting Earth only on Official Business. Some rebel or sin and wind up in Hell.
Then there are the Gypsy Angels, who didn't so much fall as slide. They sampled Earthly delights and found them more bracing than Heavenly ones, so they decided to stay. They like to interact with humans, especially rowdy ones in ungoverned areas of the world, where they are unlikely to attract the notice of any earthbound authority.
They can take on their angelic form and shimmer as spirits would, or assume human form and pass for humans. They like fun music, consciousness-altering substances, off-roading, and more intimate physical pleasures. And they make love, not war; no hunting, target-shooting, or fisticuffs seem on the agenda.
Heaven seems uninterested in collecting them back, since they would unhappy (and useless) There-- but on the other hand, their transgressions are not so traitorous or treacherous as to warrant Condemnation. So they are in their version of Limbo, where they seem perfectly content to while Eternity away on permanent vacation. And they sometimes invite (or simply permit) such humans as have no reason to awaken early the next day to join in their revels. 



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