Wanna help me brainstorm?

[hells_half_acre]

I've been sick for the past week. But I am now feeling better! Yay! I can tell that I'm feeling better because at one point today I was suddenly like "My god, my apartment is a mess... also, why am I still unemployed? And also, why haven't I finished that fic yet?!"

Anyway, once again, this is just me apologizing for the delay...

BUT... if anyone wants to help me with an upcoming piece of fic writing....

Questions:

1. How do you think the back-end of S9 could have been done differently to both give Gadreel his quasi-redemption (or at least set him on the path to it) WITHOUT killing him?

2. If Gadreel lived, what do you think he would be doing in S10 if anything?

3. If Tessa hadn't been killed, do you think Metatron's plan to frame Castiel for the suicide bombings would have still worked? (I'm thinking yes.... which makes me more pissed off about Tessa, since her death didn't even have a point to the PLOT.)

Okay, I think that's all... let me know your thoughts in comments!

Comments

[ursula-patch.livejournal.com]

Maybe you can argue that time in the jail moves slower than the rest of Heaven or Earth. *shrug* After all, we know time moves faster in Hell. At least for Dean it did. What was it, 30 years for the one year on Earth? (I should check your time-line.)

I guess my point in Gadreel in telling his story to Hannah is that we trust him because we've seen what he's gone through (at least a limited view). If she could understand, she'd be more likely to trust him as well.

You're right about Metatron's original plan, I didn't think of it that way. Although I'm not sure if Castiel would have lost every angel following him without the ultimatum. A majority perhaps, but I'm not sure if all of them would have left.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

10 years in Hell was a one month on Earth (at least for Dean). I've seen people argue that Sam's Hell was longer, but they base that on a VERY throw-away line by Sam who was more than likely being hyperbolic. Personally, I think the ratio was the same for both of them, so Sam spent approx. 180 years in Hell. Anyway, that's neither here nor there.

Now I'm wonder if I even NEED the angels to all abandon Cas for my plot to work.

Stuff to think about, anyway... thanks for the input!

[ramblin_rosie]

Thought that just occurred to me (and you're certainly free not to use): if you have Gadreel switch sides earlier, maybe Metatron uses the fact that Cas is keeping company not only with the Winchesters but also with Gadreel as part of his frame. "Father always said bad company corrupts good character," etc.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

That's an idea! I think I want to keep Gadreel's switch late in the season though.