i was thinking about sam and azazel and wanted to ask you what your thoughts are on their relationship. do you think azazel ever saw sam as his? maybe as a sort of son since sam has johns blood but he also has azazels blood in his veins too. hes as much azazels as he is johns
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Hmm well I tended to think Azazel sees Sam as a bit of a pet, he's too arraogant to see humans as anything close to him. But you've just changed my mind! His own blood does run in Sam's veins, he gave Sam powers, watched him grow up, surrounded him with his minions and manipulated him whenever needed. Maybe he possessed Mr Wyatt too, gave Sam the ocassional push and encouraged his distance from John, made him feel alienated, made people brush him off.
Azazel's love for Sam would be a severely fucked up kind. He'd be possessive while also keeping his distance to make sure other demons don't realize his weak spot and make a move on Sam. (I also like to think that the rest of the Special Children were not alternate vessels for Lucifer, but rather decoys meant to keep Sam from being anyone's sole suspicion.)
(Azazel was cunning and clever, he would have known there are demons who don't want Lucifer to rise. He'd have gone far to ensure Sam's relative safety.)
He sent his best demons to keep an eye on Sam. Part of it was to manipulate him, part of it, I suppose, must have been boasting rights. See Sammy, see how closely I watched you growing up. See how I never left your side, made sure you had someone around you all the time. Who do you think beat up that sleaze bag at the motel when you were 9, huh Sammy? Who killed those bullies for you?
Do we entirely believe Brady when he says he was the one who killed Jess? I feel like, with Sam in harm's way, Azazel might have done that himself, it is his trademark afterall. It's pretty possible to read that scene as Brady just goading Sam into making the kill fast rather than letting it drag on.
Your ask also reminded me of these entries from the journal
John's impression that something is mocking him is extremely interesting. And watching Sam as a child while he sleeps is creepy in an intimate, paternal way. It does read as somewhat more personal than Azazel just paying a visit or looking at a tarantula in a jar– he is invested, he gets closer than he needs to.
Azazel also talks about Meg and the demon Dean killed with the Colt in S1 as his children. I read that as the souls he carved into demons. So applying that logic, he would probably think of Sam as his kid, he did manipulate him his whole life, orchestrated a Hunger Games death-fight for him to make him kill innocents like him, and killed people he cared about to twist him into something that would one day carry out his plans.
I was just refreshing myself on angels for next class’ discussion of beings and I came across the idea that another name for Azazel is Gadriel (or Gadreel) who is the fallen form of Rameel (or Ramiel) the Angel of Morning...
and that is kind of interesting if you think about Gadreel and Azazel in Supernatural...
Both affected Sam; both were ‘in’ Sam.
And that the Fallen Angel of Morning and the Fallen Angel formerly known as the Morning Star (Lucifer) both had interest in the younger Winchester...
