Fic: Wings (Part 3)

[brightly_lit]

Title: Wings
Author: brightly_litRating: R for language, violence and sex, more romantic than graphic

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[brightly_lit]

his massive potential for mindfuck and chaos

Ahh, excellent.

Problem #1 with Crowley or Dick Roman as major villains, I think. We know them far too well. They were threats, more or less, but they were never horrifying. Michael was.

GREAT point. Hm, which makes me wonder if that's why the writers never did that much with him, because to put a face and personality with that potential for horror would inevitably make it less scary.

Like you, I think Michael is way better potentially than in actuality in canon, but until we started talking about this, I never thought about him that much. I just love the angels and wished they'd made them both glorious and terrifying, you know? Not unlike god!Cas. I think they were afraid the angels were going to be too soft/pretty if they didn't make them as evil and badass as demons, but they could have been even so much more terrifying if they were ... I don't know, SOMETIMES compassionate, that calm and compassion that comes from knowing you have so much more power than the person going up against you. If they were more inhuman and wonderful, they could have been really chilling (if the writers absolutely insisted on making them the bad guys). You know, when they first introduced angels to the show, I was so excited because I thought there would finally be an antidote to all the horror and darkness, but nope, it just got worse. :-]

[kalliel]

But then they did and it was like, hmmm, okay. XD Maybe Jake Abel--bless him--just can't carry that gravitas? Idk. I know I keep pulling out quotes, but I think this one sort of gets at what you're talking about here, albeit from a slightly different angle. It's by Irish playwright Martin McDonagh:

"We’re all cruel, aren’t we? We’re all extreme in one way or another at times and that’s what drama, since the Greeks, has dealt with. I hope the overall view isn’t just that though, or I’ve failed in my writing. There have to be moments when you glimpse something decent, something life-affirming even in the most twisted character. That’s where the real art lies."

And now that you've said it, I think you're exactly right about that whole demeanor. Calm compassion---mmmm, yes, I love it.

I think the introduction of the angels did shift the feel of the Show, just from...horror and darkness, to a different brand of horror and darkness. XD And given the effects its wrought on everyone to date, it's an even more dark and horrifying brand. ...Whoops? XP