God restored Castiel, (because God is working behind the scenes to achieve some other, as of yet unknown, end), but heaven's powers are currently controlled by the other angels. And technically, Castiel rebelled, therefore Castiel is cut off.
Gabriel did NOT rebel. He just left. He is not working against the other angels like Castiel is. Gabriel isn't a fallen angel, he is just an angel on vacation in disguise.
Also, Gabriel is an archangel. Lucifer is still very powerful even though he rebelled, so there's a good chance that archangels do not need as much support from heaven as lower ranking angels. In Supernatural the archangels are the most powerful weapon in heaven, as well as being the only 4 angels to have ever been in the presence of God. So, yeah, that might just have different rules.
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Date: 2010-02-19 06:14 pm (UTC)God restored Castiel, (because God is working behind the scenes to achieve some other, as of yet unknown, end), but heaven's powers are currently controlled by the other angels. And technically, Castiel rebelled, therefore Castiel is cut off.
Gabriel did NOT rebel. He just left. He is not working against the other angels like Castiel is. Gabriel isn't a fallen angel, he is just an angel on vacation in disguise.
Also, Gabriel is an archangel. Lucifer is still very powerful even though he rebelled, so there's a good chance that archangels do not need as much support from heaven as lower ranking angels. In Supernatural the archangels are the most powerful weapon in heaven, as well as being the only 4 angels to have ever been in the presence of God. So, yeah, that might just have different rules.