SUPERNATURAL POST 5x19 FIX-IT MEME
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tiptoe39I would hereby like to declare an official
SPN 5x19 Fix-It Meme!
Here's how to do it:
1) Post a comment with some possibility for how to bring our Gabriel back.
2) Give other people's prompts your rendering in commentfic.
3) Clap your hands really loudly and say "I DO BELIEVE IN ARCHANGELS."
4) Pimp subtly so you don't spoil your flist:
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Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 12:25 pm (UTC)Lucifer taught him to always have a Plan B, back in the old days, the really old days, before humanity and the fall and all that bullshit his brothers had spouted back and forth. Plan B.
Gabriel himself was the one who figured out the necessity of plans C through Z and beyond if necessary, because he’s an archangel. He speaks every language in the world and every language there will ever be. He knows the alphabets that have been lost to dust and sand, the alphabets that only exist in the minds of the gods and the angels. So he doesn’t just have a Plan B, he has a Plan Beta and a Plan Beth, hell he even has plans for the whole of Linear A. They’re not all good plans, admittedly; for instance, Plan Buky involves a penguin, a can of green paint and the last scene of Pretty Woman.
So, that one would never work, but it does have the surprise factor going for it.
What’s really important here, Gabriel thinks, moving backward and forward, the sword in his hand too damn heavy after all this time, is the fact that he knows his brother.
He knows Lucifer like the back of his hand, well, better than the back of his hand. He knows how he thinks, how he plans, and that hasn’t changed much in the last few millennia. Lucy’s been on ice, after all, whereas Gabriel…
Gabriel’s been learning, from humans, from gods, from himself. It’s been one long semester and he’s been a damn good student, even if he did flip the occasional spit ball at the teacher.
Lucifer has always been arrogant, it’s what got him into this mess in the first place. Gabriel loves him, he does, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t see the guy’s weaknesses. The trick, and there’s always a trick even when you’re dealing with the Devil, is to let him think you think you have the upper hand and then let him take that from you. It sounds more complicated than it is.
He’ll be so busy patting himself on the back that he won’t even consider that maybe someone might be smarter than him after all. Especially not his kid brother.
So, when Lucifer says - in that condescending manner of his that always drove Gabriel mad, even right back in the beginning - that he knows where his brother’s heart truly lies, it doesn’t take him as long to cotton on as he shows. He knows exactly what Lucifer means because, like a good little archangel, Lucifer’s doing exactly what he’s meant to.
Gabriel lets himself look over Lucifer’s shoulder, lets himself catch his own eye for a second, shock, that was it, had to show shock. Lucifer likes you to know that you’re beaten, likes you to stroke his ego a bit. The whole ‘devil’ thing is really just an extended exploration of onanism.
A second, a turn, a feint - like Gabriel’s going to stab his brother in the back, and then he’s stuck with his own goddamn sword (and it is his actual sword this time, because Lucifer’s not blind).
He lets himself fade out of existence, out of sight, out of mind – he’s got a few tricks up his sleeve yet, and then he prepares the show stopper, the final number.
He’s faked his own death before but this one? This one’s going to be something to remember. Light and fire, like he’s seen before, in the first war, when Lucifer was cast down, and the wings. He couldn’t forget the wings.
He burns his wings into the world like a signature. This is my work, they say to anyone who’d dare look close enough, this is my masterpiece.
He guesses that somewhere underneath it all he and Lucifer are quite alike. Lucifer likes you to know when you’ve been beaten by him, and Gabriel… he likes to leave a clue, some sign just to mock you. It’s better when they don’t know, though, when the evidence is right under their noses and you can laugh at them behind their back. Always leave ‘em laughing… he likes that phrase, it’s his sort of ambiguous.
Lucifer leaves, almost looking sorry, and Gabriel takes a moment to examine his work, invisible completely to gods and angels alike.
“You’re rusty,” he mutters to the air, and he’s not sure whether he’s talking to himself or his brother. It doesn’t matter, neither of them is listening.
“And what are you planning on doing now?” he asks the air again.
There’s no answer but the slight rustle of wings.
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 03:15 pm (UTC)Gabriel’s been learning, from humans, from gods, from himself. It’s been one long semester and he’s been a damn good student, even if he did flip the occasional spit ball at the teacher.
A thousand times this. This is our hope. <3
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 04:21 pm (UTC)I actually thought, as I watched that bit, that Gabriel was making it really realistic (Denial is a fun place, I live there a lot). In my head, this is true (even if Kripke never shows it to us) Somewhere Gabriel is out there dancing and pranking and generally destroying mankind's sanity.
Let's not forget - he made that alien slow dance.
I need to rewatch Tall Tales.
Anyways... thank you. ^_^
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 04:52 pm (UTC)Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 04:58 pm (UTC)No way Gabriel was that dumb. He just wanted to get Lucifer and the Winchesters off his back without having to kill his brother. *nods* That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 04:58 pm (UTC)Yes! This is great. I honestly can't believe Gabriel didn't have a few more tricks up his sleeve!
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-04-25 05:12 pm (UTC)*sighs*
I'm glad you liked it. ^_^ Thanks for commenting.
Re: Plan B
Date: 2010-05-06 07:00 pm (UTC)Gabriel’s been learning, from humans, from gods, from himself. It’s been one long semester and he’s been a damn good student, even if he did flip the occasional spit ball at the teacher.
This!
Those where exactly my thoughts when I watch the ep. He just faked it, as he had faked it before, to get the Winchesters and Lucy off his back. There's no way that a trickster God can go down that easily having the home advantage of over 6k years on Earth plus knowing Lucy from the very beginning.
Plus: Gabriel has been a Trickster for too long and that which can kill an Archangel won't necessary affect a Trickster. That duality worked for him. That's my canon. Period.