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The parallels that could be compared to this scene are craaazzzzyyy
Was so shocked when I saw this for the first time like he just said that he NEEDS Gabriel, Sam specifically needs Gabriel to what? be a hero? be his friend? be his lover? why you needin another man/archangel who you hunted down for months on end without the thought of anyone else and jumped at first glance to help heal him despite the fact that he killed your brother???? kinda gay if you ask meš¤Øš³āš?
fuck me man, talkin bout all this dang ol "Gabriel, I need you," what the actual heck, what in the heckin flying heck hwHAT this is a sick and twisted, demented game
So, I was on my daily re-watch of 15x08 and I got to the part of the episode where they catch Michael and do their whole interrogation scene. Was watching the part where Dean starts saying to Adam āThereās nothing we can say to fix that-ā and then Adam gives him the look and says āHow about, Iām sorryā yes yes very sad, but Iām about to make it hurt more.
I noticed that Adam dead-stares Dean in this scene, when Michael puts him in control earlier in the scene heās like normal Adam, fair-going and happiy-ish. But when it gets to this part he just looses all that and just lets his words really get through to Dean (and Sam off screen).
But then Dean does this little pull back thing and call me crazy but that totally looks like the classic āDean, I canāt admit my actual feelings, Winchesterā face.
Taking in Adamās words face:
Realising he canāt say Iām sorry face:
Donāt get me wrong, I do think Sam and Dean regret leaving Adam in the cage but theyāve forgotten about him, or at least they thought he died in the cage but itās only now that Adam is actually here in front of them that they want to do the morally ārightā thing and say sorry. But they canāt, not truthfully, because Adam will always be a reminder that John Winchester failed them at being a parent. That he was unfaithful to them and Mary and lied to them everyday.
So thatās Deanās realisation in this moment right. And Adam probably saw that realisation by looking at Deanās face. But then before he can say anything else Michael forcefully takes the front seat again.
I mean look at this sequence:
āEnough.ā
Mans is in distress
And the fact that we havenāt seen Michael take control of their body like this before, never this aggressively anyway, leads me to think that something is different about this moment.
My guess is that when Adam realised Dean wasnāt going to apologise and own up for his and Samās actions, he got this overwhelming wave of emotion. Mainly disappointment, he knew that his brothers were awful and doesnāt forgive them for leaving him behind but he was willing to. He was willing to get some closureļæ¼ about their actions but they werenāt, and thatās hurts. Michael probably saw these thoughts, heard them, heard exactly how much underlying anger and pain that Adam had been hiding and it was all just now bubbling to the surface.
So Michael - the notoriously emotionally stunned Archangel he isļæ¼, who already hated Dean viscerally - quickly wanted to calm Adam down and ease the pain that was going to explode any second but now Deanās upsetting Adam!? Michael probably freaked and just shoved Adam to the back seat while he took control. Which is why his reaction was so extra because he didnāt tell Adam he was taking over he just did. Because he didnāt want Adam to hurt anymore than he already has.
Like even Dean knew something was up, he looks them up and down and turns away like ānah, Adamās boyfriend gone crazy yāall Iām outā
Something I picked up on in 15x8 that I think is really cute, Michael didnāt see Lilith until the very last second, you can see just before the camera switches to Adam that Michael looks up startled because he recognises Lilith. So are you telling me that Michael, Archangel warrior who can sense wavelengths changing, was so focused on ļæ¼listening to Adam explain why he wants a little job that he didnāt notice when Lilith walked into the diner?
Watching Adam intently: <3 ā¤ļøšš<3šøš¼š <3 š„°
Wait a minute, who dare interrupt our date???š¤Øš¤Øš¤Ø
Not this bitch bffr š
Bro was so down bad for his funky little human itās embarrassing