Death and Tessa are wonderful because they have no agenda. Like Fate. They're part of the natural order and just doing their jobs. I think the reason Tessa is the only girl reaper is because the first time she appeared, she said that reapers took a form that the person who dies will find comforting/apporachable/whatever, and that's what she looked like for Dean. And then to have the continuity they kept that actress. OR because she's the one that turns up for Dean, she looks like how Dean first saw her. Maybe the other reapers look as they do because 1. most of the time they haven't turned up because someone's dying (like when Death was in Chicargo) and/or 2. that lady in Faith expected to see an old man in a suit, so that's what we got.
As to Balthazar, I think when I first saw him, I thought he was pretty amusing but the longer he was around, the less I liked him as a character because he was a less intelligent imitation of Gabriel. He was selfish and meddling. And maybe Gabriel was selfish, but he also had Daddy issues and a complex backstory and intentions and overall kept to himself or... he wanted to lay low. Balthazar wanted to have threesomes and get drunk. Gabe wanted to teach people a lesson and eat sweets. And I like Gabe's motives better. :P
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Date: 2011-10-20 04:35 pm (UTC)As to Balthazar, I think when I first saw him, I thought he was pretty amusing but the longer he was around, the less I liked him as a character because he was a less intelligent imitation of Gabriel. He was selfish and meddling. And maybe Gabriel was selfish, but he also had Daddy issues and a complex backstory and intentions and overall kept to himself or... he wanted to lay low. Balthazar wanted to have threesomes and get drunk. Gabe wanted to teach people a lesson and eat sweets. And I like Gabe's motives better. :P