- Dean Winchester
This scene just became 400 times funnier to me because I rewatched Mystery Spot and realized that Sam busted him on a continuity error the first time.
Gabe got through 100 Tuesdays keeping everything the same, until he accidentally used strawberry syrup instead of maple and Sam caught it and outted him.
Gabriel is just really bad at continuity and Metatron knows it.
#Hm #Does he hate them in general? #Because it seems to me like he may intentionally be using them in his tricks #I mean the cowboy boots thing came across as intentional to me (x)
I forgot about the cowboy boots! Gabe made Dr. Sexy NOT wear his iconic cowboy boots and Dean caught that. Dean busted him on a continuity error in Changing Channels.
Gabriel is really really really bad with continuity. Maybe intentionally.
Can I add more? I’m gonna add more because I love meta and your original idea.
I don’t think the strawberry syrup was a mistake. The lesson Gabriel wanted to teach in Mystery Spot didn’t work unless Sam busted him and broke the time loop. The real lesson - the “don’t get so obsessed with saving your brother that you let yourself be used by Hell and get tricked into freeing MY brother” - happened on that Wednesday. The time loop was just hair pulling to get Sam’s attention. (That being said, how many other continuity errors did Gabriel introduce beforehand that Sam missed? Could he have busted the cycle back on Tuesday 2 or 3?)
He wanted the guys to catch him in Changing Channels - the “game” didn’t happen otherwise! Note the big smile when he says “You guys are getting better!” - also indicating Sam probably missed a lot of clues in Mystery Spot. And if he got to rib Dean about Dr. Sexy while being exposed, so much the better!
I think Gabriel as the Trickster uses continuity errors - or at least he did with the guys. It’s not in his nature to come out and announce his presence directly, but he can let the guys find him. I can’t say he never makes the errors accidentally - we’ve seen that angels, even archangels, are prone to mistakes and hubris and missing details that matter (ie, Raphael not noticing that Castiel had already used the Purgatory blood mixture).
The unripped jacket is Metatron’s continuity error, not Gabriel’s. Maybe it was even intentional on Metatron’s part - if he picked up on Gabriel’s use of them! Metatron’s just not as wily as our Trickster, though - and if that’s actually Gabriel (TOTALLY IS TOTALLY IS) and not just an illusion, he would HATE such amateurish imitation of his methods.
I think what amuses me most about this whole thing is that one of the best examples of continuity in this show over the seasons is Gabriel’s lack of continuity.
gabriel - or in other words the classiest motherfucker to ever occur in supernatural just to be kiled off after four episodes to break my heart forever
Archangels are Heaven’s fiercest weapons. You would be wise to remember Gabriel is one of them
#The very moment I lost my mind and started screeching like a pterodactyl
“Apparently he thinks, since I’m an archangel, that I have extra juice.”
gabrielsaunteredvaguelydownwards:
#Gabriel is just like #BABY BROTHER SUP #and Castiel is like #no no no i did not like your games as a fledgling and i don’t like them any more now #no no no please no
#Don’t do this in front of my friends, Gabriel #Gabriel stop embarrassing me in front of my boyfriend
#Gabriel is the kind of older brother who starts talking about ‘times Castiel got naked as a kid’ when his new boyfriend comes around #and Lucifer’s the one who gets out the photo albums to prove it