What are the chances that Zachariah is an archangel?

There has to be some reason that we meet him on his own rather than via Castiel, right? Either for some arcane archangel reason or because he is not actually an angel at all, I'm guessing.

or because he is not actually an angel at all

That thought had crossed my mind.

or because he is not actually an angel at all

That thought had crossed my mind.

I wondered that, too, but wouldn't something evil have wanted to keep Dean in the Dean Smith world? Rather than yanking him out and convincing him his purpose was to hunt?

I would like to see Castiel and Zachariah in the same room, though. I can't remember if Castiel has ever mentioned Zachariah by name. Or if he has, if the guy *we* know as Zachariah isn't just impersonating him. Something seems off about him, but he could just be a Uriel-style angel, too.

I wondered that, too, but wouldn't something evil have wanted to keep Dean in the Dean Smith world? Rather than yanking him out and convincing him his purpose was to hunt?

I could imagine a scheme designed to pit the boys against one another either to get them out of the way or to fulfill some apocalyptic purpose.

I think that he makes more sense, in terms of the storyline as it seems to be going, if he is an angel, rather than not.

I could imagine a scheme designed to pit the boys against one another either to get them out of the way or to fulfill some apocalyptic purpose.

But why would you go through a complex sort of Mwahahahahaha! scheme if you've already put the only person who can stop the apocalypse out of effective action through the supernatural version of the witness protection program? That doesn't make any sense, even for Supernatural.

Something seems off about him, but he could just be a Uriel-style angel, too.

That I can see as a possibility.

(And if he's not an angel, wouldn't Chuck have known that? I mean, I don't put it past them to cheerfully use swiss cheese plots, but I don't see the gain in having him not an angel, where I see more plot gain in having him be one, either indifferent to the suffering of humanity or playing the real Christopher Walken Gabriel role.)

Thing is, Dean wasn't going to stay.

I'm not convinced Zachariah isn't an angel. I'm more inclined to go with the archangel idea than not. It's just that the only thing that we know about him with any certainty is that he isn't human.

He can't be a demon or an archangel would have shown up while he was talking to Chuck. But he could be, I don't know, something else. Or just an angel with a different agenda from Castiel. Or a really truly good guy who just seems vaguely menacing for no good reason.

I can't really imagine what he's up to for any of these scenarios, but that "We'd just bring you back to life" was pretty chilling.

I loved Wormhole Xtreme, and 200.

I rewatched Monster, and some of you were right, it wasn't as apalling this time. There was a lot of illuminating Sammy stuff, for which I'm glad. It still leaves a little bad taste in the mouth, but not as bad as it was.

Whoops, boarding. Talk to you when I'm back in NC--or possibly Chicago.

Thing is, Dean wasn't going to stay.

Right, but Zachariah's offer wasn't exactly designed to make him want to change his mind, and I suspect at that point, his mind could have been lulled back into change.

::Impatiently waits for Fay to post her reaction::

I think I need to go watch Dean talk to Castiel again.