I’d like to mention that there has been very little interaction between Sam and Gabriel throughout the show in comparison to the amount of time Cas and Dean have had together, so it’d be rad if people could stop complaining about there being one whole episode of Sam and Gabriel being around each other. Y’all have had nine seasons of Destiel material. We haven’t even had nine episodes of Sabriel interaction. For the love of god, let us have this.
Gabe didn’t start being smitey until Sam and Castiel were being hurt.
YES
Yes and I really have to write something about that soon because holy shit just like Gabriel couldn’t protect himself from that monster because all sense of self-preservation was literally tortured out of him but without even thinking he leapt to the front of his cage when Ketch was being beaten because he cannot stand seeing people harmed, this time he immediately regressed into learned helplessness when his formed captor returned but ho. ly. hell. he reigned down the wrath of heaven when he saw his family being harmed… I mean. Omg.
In that same vein, the guys and Cas have SOME NERVE talking to him like that afterwards?! Did they TELL HIM that he was going to help them, or ask? My tv cut out for about 10 seconds during that convo. But like ARE YOU SERIOUS, guys? Do you think he’s just going to go through all of that, for YEARS, then just GO TO WAR AGAIN?!? HE JUST GOT BACK FROM WAR, AND HE IS NOT RECOVERED. HE LITERALLY JUST TOLD YOU, “SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN!” asdfljksdafkl;asjfklasfSAKDJF;KLASDJF;ASDKLFJASF.
Have we ever seen any archangel or even any angel in general actually do so much to help humans? All the humans he “selectively assassinated” in the earlier eps were so smited because they were harming others. He used Dean’s temporary death as a teaching tool for Sam because he thought their codependence was harmful, and, due to the nature of their role on earth, this unhealthy dependence could’ve also resulted in unintentional harm for others. He can’t stand watching people hurt each other, no matter when or where. Even the times where others try to call him a “coward”–which is often, because so few beings have ever had to be in the brutal situations Gabriel has experienced–he is not running, he is trying to minimize harm.
I recently rewatched all his episodes and from what I’ve gathered, Gabriel, out of all the archangels, is kind of a sweetheart by comparison. And we JUST SAW what he could do, and yet they’re sitting there telling him the saaaaaaaaame old shit alllllllll over again, and yet he just calmly leaves. I mean, SDFASDFJSDF;AS. They’re lucky he didn’t just FRY THEM TOO, JESUS CHRIST. (Which he would never.)
I am always 5000% here for your analysis posts. You are so eloquent. You say it so much better than I ever could.
I third this. Like this is put together so beautifully. It’s wonderful
I’m just gunna come out with it. Destiel fans hating on Sabriel right now are sad, salty haters. Sabriel literally has nothing to do with Destiel not being canon, nor will it effect it going canon (it’s never gunna happen lol). I understand you’re mad that you now have to share "We need you, I need you” with us, but is it really worth spewing your crazy all over Twitter?
“People who ship Sabriel aren’t Sam fans”
Like what? Sam is my second favorite character in the whole show
“Sabriel is toxic and abusive”
Hate to break it to you, Fam… but so is Destiel. Pot meet kettle. All ships are problematic in some way. Wincest? Problematic. Samifer? Problematic. We get it, and we admit it, but people in glasses houses shouldn’t throw stones.
“It doesn’t make sense in canon at all”
Sam just literally listed in this episode everything that he and Gabriel had in common. It’s literally canon now.
I low-key ship Destiel, but shit like this is the reason Destiel fans get such a bad rep. Just… stop. I understand that you’re mad about Destiel not being canon, but leave us out of it and let us enjoy our shit too. We’ve only had to listen to y’all bitch for the last 9 seasons or so.
Seriously, if that’s you, just unfollow and block me now.
(Normal Calm Destiel fans, I love you all and I have nothing against you. Please distance yourself from these crazies)
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