since gaiman himself has confirmed that hastur and ligur work by ratatouille logic, hc that crowley influenced the making of ratatouille specifically to mock them
brad bird: so the rat teaches the kitchen boy to cook, and-
crowley: no, the kitchen boy is hopeless at cooking, but they work out that the rat can cook vicariously through him by hiding in his hat and piloting his body by pulling on strands of his hair
brad bird: i- what- how does that even w-
crowley: *using a miracle to convince him* it’ll work
brad bird: okay
brad bird: but how did you even come up with something like that? and why?
crowley: i just think it’d be funny
The plan fails because Hastur doesn’t know what a movie is
this is consistent with both crowley’s track record and his shockingly awful luck when it comes to spreading evil so i accept it