The Huffington Post is home to excellent online journalism, and one of our associate editors, Brittany Wong, is no weakling in this section.

Back in 2015, I wrote a provocative piece about the signs you’re falling in love with a narcissist.

Now, while I’m a fan of the good old Huffington Post, I also have other hobbies, including my secret, guilty addiction to the Fox series Lucifer, which hit our screens in January 2016.

In my mind, I compared these two pieces of popular media and concluded that Lucifer Morningstar is a narcissist!

QuickRecap – What the Bible Doesn’t Tell You

Lucifer Morningstar was God’s favorite angel but was cast out of hell because of his pride.

He was the serpent in the Garden of Eden, the guardian of hell, and the tempter of Christ.

In the 21st century comic book revision, he became an antihero who left Hell for the cooler climate (well, when compared to Hell anyway) of Los Angeles where he proved to be highly vilified, by the Bible writers at least!

Then came Fox Media, who picked up the character and turned the comics into a TV series. Dark, jazzy, and eccentrically English, Tom Ellis plays the title role of Lucifer, who lives to punish wrongdoers.

If Sir Arthur Conan Doyle inadvertently created a hero with Asperger’s Syndrome in Sherlock Holmes, Neil Gaiman inadvertently did the same by creating a perfect narcissist in Lucifer.

Meanwhile, Lucifer, completely unaware of his obvious personality traits, occasionally enters his life through the LAPD to help solve crimes.

8 Reasons Lucifer Is a Narcissist

In Brittany Wong’s words, Lucifer is a narcissist because:

Love Bomb

Lucifer can charm birds from trees and then chew them up and spit out their feathers.

He’s surrounded by beautiful women at a nightclub, and he approaches them with charm and flattery that would melt any woman’s heart.

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He can sing, mix cocktails, and seduce with the classic “Tell me what you want most?” line.

His therapist, played by Rachel Harris, accepts payment “in kind” for their sessions, and his “pet” demon, the beautiful Mazikeen, hangs on his every word.

Lucifer’s “love them and leave them” philosophy means that only people who are useful to him get his attention.

UniversalGesture

Lucifer has taken a bullet for many people, but while that may impress ordinary mortals, it’s important to remember that he’s immortal, so a bullet doesn’t mean anything.

Likewise, he has solved many police cases, but he never lets anyone forget how he helped.

He can use his magic to make people confess or if they don’t, he looks like someone who has had their skin peeled for a long time – bright red with glowing eyes.

The result of this gesture is madness, which is not a recommended interrogation technique by the police.

Can’t admit when he’s wrong

Everyone is an idiot in Lucifer’s eyes. Despite some exceptions, Morningstar seems to lack any internal ability to think about his actions.

His strength is failing to follow procedures and then justifying his behavior and the irrelevance of the rules of engagement.

Envious of other people’s relationships. He has a pet name for everyone, including his ex-partner Detective Decker’s husband Dan (Kevin Alejandro) who calls him “Detective Douche.”

Lucifer puts a lot of energy into discrediting Dan and his brother Amenadiel, who God sent to send him back to Hell and restore order to the universe.

He seems to hate anyone who gets close to Decker, even her daughter to some extent. Yet he seems to want to protect her as well.

TheyLiveForLikes

While the real Lucifer Morningstar doesn’t have a Facebook account (in a life imitating art act, I’ve checked!), if he did, he would no doubt keep updating his status constantly.

In fact, once he discovered the “profile,” he didn’t stop. He also parades himself at a fancy nightclub, Lux, which is an extension of his persona, and even puts on impromptu performances for his sycophantic fans.

Everything, including compassion, is about reward

With one exception in season one (no spoilers), all of Lucifer’s actions are about reward.

At first, he tries to seduce Decker (Lauren German), but later he tries to understand what it is about her that makes her so special, so immune to his charms.

The Conversation Is All About Him

At every turn, Lucifer turns every conversation to his favorite topic, which is himself.

Even the journey of self-discovery facilitated by his therapist isn’t about becoming a better person, but at first, he’s trying to understand why Detective Decker is immune to him.

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He’s incapable of empathizing with people and even when they’re in distress, he asks insensitive questions about things that pique his curiosity, even if it hurts the criminal case.

They’re So Good Looking

Lucifer is tall, dark, and definitely very handsome. He wears suits that would make James Bond feel disheveled and unstylish, and while his black Corvette isn’t an Aston Martin, it fits the elegant image.

Even without his supernatural charm, few women would be able to resist his advances.

OthersNeedsDon’tMatter

For Lucifer, the world is literally his oyster. He’s clearly made a lot of money; he can have anything or anyone he wants and all of his relationships, including Decker’s young daughter, are based on his needs.

As the disgraced son of God and ruler of Hell, he has a superiority complex and self-importance that no one on Earth can match.

While this exercise was mostly funny, there is a serious side to the discussion. Lucifer embodies what is attractive and compelling about the narcissistic personality.

I’m sure he’s not the only character in the box sets that make up our TV schedules.

The question remains, though, why, if we’re so good at creating characters who closely resemble narcissists, are we so bad at recognizing them when we meet them in real life?

Is it because Lucifer has some endearing qualities outside the narcissistic spectrum or is it something else?