I can't think that you'd get assigned a reaper. And I was going to explain why I think that, but then I got confused and couldn't. So I'll not, cos I can't. I just don't think you're assigned a reaper.
I actually had this think about Gabriel, Balthazar and Castiel and Free Will, and how really, Gabriel is the only one who got Free Will right. Cas was basically forced into having Free Will, through association with the Winchesters and everything they stood for. And it worked for him for a while, but mostly because he had Bobby, Sam and Dean to provide a moral compass and stuff. When they went, he degenerated. Balthazar had no one and equated Free Will with Doing What The Fuck You Want. Which it sort of is, and which it sort of isn't. And he turned out to be a bit for a fucktard. Gabriel got Free Will sort of right really, and maintained it for the longest. And I think it's cos originally, when he decided to disappear from Heaven, he created this plan of being Loki and then followed the rules of this plan. So he ws still following rules, just not the same rules. And through these rules, he came into contact with humans and, over 2000 years, learned Free Will. Free Will is against angel nature and as such, would take a long time to learn properly. Gabe is the only one to have had that amount of time (this is ignoring Anna because she cut ot her Grace and as such, learnt Free Will through actually being born human, which she then retained after getting her mojo back). So it's not a surprise really, that Balthazar did such a bad job of it. I think it likely that this is the most likely outcome of angels attempting Free Will on their own. Also cos it would take a certain type of angel to want it anyway.
It's sort of like when you go to uni and suddenly go HEY I CAN DO WHAT I WANT. And for some reason that often involves getting drunk, throwing up in a bush and passing out. Just for angels it's more... extreme. :P
(um.. sorry, that was idea I wanted to share with someone and then got out of hand..)
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Date: 2011-10-20 07:27 pm (UTC)I actually had this think about Gabriel, Balthazar and Castiel and Free Will, and how really, Gabriel is the only one who got Free Will right. Cas was basically forced into having Free Will, through association with the Winchesters and everything they stood for. And it worked for him for a while, but mostly because he had Bobby, Sam and Dean to provide a moral compass and stuff. When they went, he degenerated. Balthazar had no one and equated Free Will with Doing What The Fuck You Want. Which it sort of is, and which it sort of isn't. And he turned out to be a bit for a fucktard. Gabriel got Free Will sort of right really, and maintained it for the longest. And I think it's cos originally, when he decided to disappear from Heaven, he created this plan of being Loki and then followed the rules of this plan. So he ws still following rules, just not the same rules. And through these rules, he came into contact with humans and, over 2000 years, learned Free Will. Free Will is against angel nature and as such, would take a long time to learn properly. Gabe is the only one to have had that amount of time (this is ignoring Anna because she cut ot her Grace and as such, learnt Free Will through actually being born human, which she then retained after getting her mojo back). So it's not a surprise really, that Balthazar did such a bad job of it. I think it likely that this is the most likely outcome of angels attempting Free Will on their own. Also cos it would take a certain type of angel to want it anyway.
It's sort of like when you go to uni and suddenly go HEY I CAN DO WHAT I WANT. And for some reason that often involves getting drunk, throwing up in a bush and passing out. Just for angels it's more... extreme. :P
(um.. sorry, that was idea I wanted to share with someone and then got out of hand..)