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Broken Wings

Rating: Teen and Up Warnings: Graphic injury Summary: Sam only just got Gabriel back. He wasn't going to let him die again, even if he had to rip himself apart to do it.

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Written for Day One of Sabriel Week - Hurt/Comfort  - tagging @sabrielevents​

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Once, when Sam had been very young, a bird had flown into the window of their motel room.

He remembered jumping up at the loud bang , running to the other corner of the room, the shock of it making his heart beat fast. It hadn’t been long since he’d discovered the truth about what exactly his father’s job was, so his first fearful thought had been a monster coming to get him- something hungry, reaching in through the window with long arms and hooked claws, pulling him out to feed him to sharp teeth.

But nothing had moved. No monster had come for him.

He finally gathered the courage to peek out of the door, too-big knife clutched in his shaking hands, and there it was. Just a bird, lying stunned on the concrete under the window.

it’s a barn swallow! was it in your house?

lmao I like imagining them asking him if he wants the part and him replying with “only if I get to be ABSOLUTELY ENORMOUS. Like taller than Thor.”

I feel SO LOVED you guys! 

I was tagged by @scrollingkingfisher @maximumsuckage  @darksilveraster  and @talkingtomyselfagain

My charisma. Somehow people tend to like me very easily, I never quite understand why. But I assume is because I’m very talkative and enjoy listening to people talk about their dreams and favorite things.

My eyes. I’ve just recently discovered they change colors depending on the light, I always thought they were a dark chocolate brown, but they do change to a lighter one, almost caramel-like, it’s pretty.

My fast learning. Sometimes I just need to watch to figure out how to do it myself, I honestly think is a good thing. 

my feet. They take me anywhere I wanna go and they are also cute, I mean where my toes are actually at a normal size and a little chubby. And people always think they are smaller than they really are.

My optimism. Even when things are BLOWING UP and I can’t think of a solution, I tell myself “Everything will turn out great, you got this, girl!”

My resilience. I tend to accept things as they come. You can’t change everything, sometimes there are stronger forces on the move.

My imagination. The fact that I can travel in my mind, and put feelings, fears, wishes out on a paper its one of my greatest abilities. 

My love for reading. So many doors were open in life because of a book. The pleasure I take in reading is like soul feeding, I get to feel, learn, live so many adventures!

My appreciation. For people, animals, art, music, life itself, I try to make everyone feel special around me because they are. Even for a couple hours, for a moment, for a lifetime, they are. 

My hair. It’s been lovely today, even though it needs a wash.

I was gonna make 25, but right now, I can’t think of anything more!

@majestrixstormbringer @thymelady @vesperass-anuna @stargazerdaisy

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Thanks hon, this is AMAZING! I love wing lore posts, and I’d always thought that there was something… off about spn angel wings. But yes, the SHOULDER! The shots of it from this season are so lovely and clear, and you can really see the anatomy!

Also, those ripples in the sand- do you think they’re trying to suggest some barring on the wings?? that would be awesome!

Yes, I really do think they are trying to suggest some barring on Castiel’s wings.

I apologize to everyone that thinks that Cas has black wings.

This is why I don’t think Cas’s wings are black, because if Cas had black wings he wouldn’t have barring.

There are two types of feathers that make up a bird’s wing.  Flight feathers or remiges, these are the long asymetrical feathers, and the contour feathers or coverts, these are the shorter feathers that cover the areas over the bone.

I noticed after 12.23 that it looked like Cas had barred remiges and solid coverts. I thought this barring looked like it could just be the sand so I was waiting to get a better look in 13.01.

In 13.01 we got a whole new picture for Castiel’s wing prints and it seems to suggest the same thing. If these were just sand ridges I would expect them to occur sometimes near the bones but they don’t. Also if these were just part of the environment I wouldn’t expect them to match up with the width of the feathers. So I really do think that these lines are to suggest that Castiel’s feathers have barring at least on the remiges.

This pattern immediately made me think of all the birds of prey that have barring on mainly their remiges.

I happen to like osprey wings the best right now because I think it comes pretty close to the pattern we see. Also osprey do have some solid white feathers on their wings. Whenever we have seen angel feathers used for a spell in Supernatural they have been white coverts. And where else would Dean get angel feathers to keep in the impala’s trunk but from Castiel. Obviously Castiel isn’t going to give one of his flight feathers but giving away a few coverts probably wouldn’t be a problem. 

The shape is also about as close as we are probably going to get. 

I think the idea that Castiel has black wings started with wanting to match Castiel’s wings to Misha Collin’s hair. I am not completely sure about this though because it also could have been just from the fact that we only see Cas’s wings as shadows. But you usually see Cas drawn with black hair and black wings. Except Misha’s hair isn’t really black it’s dark brown.  The backs of an osprey’s wings are also dark brown so I think this is a much closer match to Misha’s hair color then black wings.

If you want to head canon Jack’s wings looking like Castiel’s, an immature osprey has white lacing around the outside of their feathers.

“That would depend on a great many factors, my friend,” Raphael says.  He walks slowly along the treeline behind the bunker, relishing the cool grass on his bare feet.  “At what point in the Apocalypse would I find myself?  Before Lucifer and Michael’s showdown?  Before Lucifer kills Gabriel?  Before Samuel breaks the last seal and frees Lucifer?  Before Dean Winchester makes his deal?  Or perhaps where it all began–before Azazel force-fed demon blood to an infant Samuel?

“There are so many places along the path where events could have been altered.  So many forks in the road that have led us here today.  Who is to say I would be capable of altering our destination by traveling a different way?

“But for the sake of speculation, let us assume I find myself returned to the moment Castiel raises Dean Winchester from Hell.  Knowing what I do now, I would do everything differently.  My first priority would be to keep the Winchesters safe from Heaven’s manipulations.  And to do that, I would need Gabriel.  They didn’t necessarily trust one another back then, but they did know each other.  And Gabriel is proficient in creating secure pocket dimensions. 

“Then, I would work on reminding Michael of our purpose.  It would not be easy–I did not have much influence on him even then. He was so lost without–”

Raphael cuts off abruptly.  Realization dawns on him, and he shakes his head.  A deep, rolling laugh echoes through the woods.

“Actually, none of that would be necessary.  Assuming I replace my past-self when I travel back in time,” he gives a devious grin, “then I would find myself in possession of one Chuck Shurley–Prophet and Father-in-hiding.  And after I slapped Him sober, He and I would sit down for a long overdue chat.

Dude! Go crazy, you can write whatever you want! :D

Author: @scrollingkingfisher

Artist: @ekiju

Beta; @theriverscribe

Rating: Mature

Pairing/s: Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Dean Winchester/Castiel (hinted)

Word Count: 44,025

Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence

Summary:  Raven daemons are rumoured to be bad luck. Sam Winchester is beginning to suspect that everyone who’s ever shunned him might have been onto something, because someone up there has definitely got it in for him. Between a trickster, a mysterious ally, soulless angels and rumours of an apocalypse that seems to have everyone confused, Sam’s life certainly isn’t getting any simpler.

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