thewhiterabbit42:

jossujb:

You know, MY dream plot for season 14 would be Gabriel waking up in the Empty as a mission to wake up all the angels that are willing to throw out their assholery and follow him kickstarting Heaven 2.0

But since Gabriel has spen better part of last millenia with his demigod shenanigans and was prisoned by Asmodeus during both angel civil wars he has he has no idea who to wake up not to cause further problems.

Enter Balthazar, who at least know who the fucker were who sided Raphael.

I’d say Gabriel recognized passed out Balthazar out of all the other and is like, hey, wasn’t he in Castiel’s garrison, they’re buddies righ and wakes him up. And Balthazar wakes with a hangover, being like, Cassie baby, stabbed me in the tummy 😦 

And Gabe is like, ow, know that feel 😦 And Balthazar is like, WELL I HAD DECENCY DIE THE FIRST TIME I WAS STABBED and Gabe is like, AT LEAST I DIDN’T STEAL DADDY’S STUFF WHEN I RUN AWAY FROM HOME.

But fast forward, it goes quite well, Balthazar makes a good second officer to Gabriel, they’re argumentative couple tho.

I feel like Gabriel and Balthazar would be the ultimate angel spinoff series.  The debauchery and hijinks that would ensue would be epic (as well as the sass).  I would also nominate @authoressskr and @blondecoffeecake to write for this because their angel dialogue / interactions give me life. 

thewhiterabbit42:

illusivexemissary:

//I just want to compare one of @astralgabriel‘s gorgeous gifs (top) with one of many images of abused shelter dogs in order to convey the animal nature of Richard’s acting when Gabriel had just been rescued from seven years of severe serial abuse.  

I don’t use that term, “animal,” in the pejorative sense, and I certainly don’t post this to reduce the seriousness of the abuse to something “cute.” NEVER.  

But the moment I saw Gabriel being dragged into the Bunker light by Ketch, for Sam and Dean’s perusal, my heart broke, because I instantly saw this comparison. 

Note the dog’s submissive conduct, the way his shoulders hunker, the way its head drops in obeisance but the way his eyes still steal frantic looks around in order to gauge the safety of his environment, to even make sense of where he is.  

Now look at Gabriel.  Identical body language.

Let this drive home two difficult points:

1) Serial abuse and trauma reduce someone, hopefully not permanently, to a more primitive psychological state, in which other people are safe or aren’t, and in which fight or flight response is perpetually engaged (the adrenaline rush is constant).  Higher cognitive functions that are socialized into us as we grow up are temporarily suspended.  We do what animals do, seek what animals seek: where is my next meal, where is my shelter, where is there a physical space I can go to that isn’t exposed to potential predators?  

2) The poignancy of a powerful fierce proud creature rendered so small and afraid.

This is a great comparison to draw and this is why it KILLS me the writers did not give Gabriel a recovery arc. You don’t just snap out of something like that, go on a revenge spree, and are suddenly able to function. It takes time to heal, it takes support, and imo they trivialized his trauma by rushing to fix it so the story could advance.

Also, I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: RSJ is a PHENOMENAL actor who has done this character justice in his portrayal and amazing acting skills and I’m so very glad he was the one chosen for this role all those years ago.