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lowkeyangel) wrote2013-04-16 12:06 am
lowkeyangel) wrote2013-04-16 12:06 am
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Headcanons
Below are some of the headcanons I have for Gabriel. I don't carry any of them with a particular aggression when I'm playing him, at least in memes, but they do color longer threads. So. If you'd rather not stick with one, just lemme know in a PM. But for the most part, these are pretty general.
Lucifer was the angel he looked up to the most. His big brother showed him that not everything had to be the same, and that you could decide a few things for yourself without displeasing Dad. Lucifer taught him how to create his doubles, create objects, make illusions, change time. All of the tricks he would later use when in "witness protection." When everything began to spiral, it was this little bit of information that led him to leaving Heaven — he was the first angel to think of it as an option (aside from being cast down).
He gained some traction when the pagans came along. Though he didn't agree with some of what they did, they showed him things he could do to pass the time. Particularly the trickster pagans, who he felt a sort of kinship with. But he didn't interact directly until he took a second vessel. His first was a known face, already, and Gabriel wanted to start fresh. His second was a man named Varin who had no trouble at all being a "vessel" (whatever that meant) for one of his "gods." Varin was a man after his own heart, so to speak, with an enormous sweet tooth that Gabriel was all too happy to begin pleasing. That was when he became "Loki."
When he was still in Heaven, Gabriel was his Father's Messenger. He delivered things to humans, and sort of, as a result, kept an eye on humanity. Gabriel was the one who told Mary about Jesus and you'd better believe that that was an awkward conversation.
At first, Gabriel didn't really mind the first hunters. He admired their determination, although their generally close-minded and dim natures made him roll his eyes on more than one occasion. But he didn't worry about them. What was a hunter going to do against an angel, after all? They hadn't even known about the real existence of angels. As a trickster, sometimes Gabriel even helped them out. But as time wore on and Gabriel's little makeshift pagan family became threatened by them, his view of hunters soured. This was why, when he met the trio of Castiel, Dean and Sam for the first time, he wasn't afraid to rough Castiel up a little. He wanted to impress on his little brother that hunters were, in fact, idiots who couldn't keep him safe. But of course Cas, being Cas, didn't quite see it that way.
Out of the archangels, Gabriel was the closest to the younger angels. He took a great interest in them, hanging about when they were created and asking all sorts of questions. He even helped teach some of them to fly, and encouraged little bits of mischief where he could. Even if they didn't, for the most part, really understand 'mischief' like he did. Gabriel found their confusion pretty endearing. At least in the beginning. Later, of course, it became rather tragic...
Lucifer was the angel he looked up to the most. His big brother showed him that not everything had to be the same, and that you could decide a few things for yourself without displeasing Dad. Lucifer taught him how to create his doubles, create objects, make illusions, change time. All of the tricks he would later use when in "witness protection." When everything began to spiral, it was this little bit of information that led him to leaving Heaven — he was the first angel to think of it as an option (aside from being cast down).
When Gabriel first left Heaven and took a vessel on Earth, he was lost. He had no idea what to do. As God's Messenger, he could blend in a lot better than some angels could; he'd talked to a lot of humans over the course of his already long life. But still, he had no idea what to do with himself. No long term goals. Gabriel lost himself, in the beginning, with the "simple things" in life. He put certain safeties in place to make it very difficult for other angels to sense him. (Castiel only manages it, later, because of how much power Gabriel is throwing around; it's hard not to notice it, then.)
He gained some traction when the pagans came along. Though he didn't agree with some of what they did, they showed him things he could do to pass the time. Particularly the trickster pagans, who he felt a sort of kinship with. But he didn't interact directly until he took a second vessel. His first was a known face, already, and Gabriel wanted to start fresh. His second was a man named Varin who had no trouble at all being a "vessel" (whatever that meant) for one of his "gods." Varin was a man after his own heart, so to speak, with an enormous sweet tooth that Gabriel was all too happy to begin pleasing. That was when he became "Loki."
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When he was still in Heaven, Gabriel was his Father's Messenger. He delivered things to humans, and sort of, as a result, kept an eye on humanity. Gabriel was the one who told Mary about Jesus and you'd better believe that that was an awkward conversation.
Gabriel is a lazy drunk, when he actually manages to drink enough to get there. Usually, he prefers being just short of tipsy. But he finds everything five thousand times funnier when drunk, and very rarely likes moving from comfortable surfaces. The fact that he can sober himself with a snap is just an added bonus.
At first, Gabriel didn't really mind the first hunters. He admired their determination, although their generally close-minded and dim natures made him roll his eyes on more than one occasion. But he didn't worry about them. What was a hunter going to do against an angel, after all? They hadn't even known about the real existence of angels. As a trickster, sometimes Gabriel even helped them out. But as time wore on and Gabriel's little makeshift pagan family became threatened by them, his view of hunters soured. This was why, when he met the trio of Castiel, Dean and Sam for the first time, he wasn't afraid to rough Castiel up a little. He wanted to impress on his little brother that hunters were, in fact, idiots who couldn't keep him safe. But of course Cas, being Cas, didn't quite see it that way.