Re: Angels and gender

Date: 2012-04-18 09:59 am (UTC)
ladydrace: (Threesome Misha)
From: [personal profile] ladydrace
Yay! More debate! *excited*

I totally agree with your ideas on language of gender. Since human ears can't even tolerate the sound of angels' voices, it's hard to even fathom what kinds of nuances their language and/or society might have. I'm particularly fond of the idea that angels are either more fluid in their gender identity, or simply have a lot more options than humans, so when they're on Earth they'll probably refer to themselves as the gender that comes closest, even if it's still far off the mark.

The physical gender is kind of another pickle, because Supernatural doesn't stick exclusively to any kind of lore. As far as I can see, so far they borrow from sources like the bible and Davidson's Dictionary of angels, but they also freely deviate from them when it suits their storylines. So for all we poor, uninformed fans know, angels could be humpin' away in heaven making babies or fledgelings on a daily basis.

Anna seems to believe that angels don't have sex, but then again, she was higher ranking and might have had a different view of things. Those in positions of power often have to make the best possible examples for the underlings. She also seemed to think that angels lacked emotion, but we clearly see time and time again that this just isn't true.

One big, fat clue is still the fact that Castiel seems embarrassed over never having had sex. Why would he be, if angels never felt the need/urge to have sex? Unless of course he's just feeding off Dean's emotions on the subject, which hasn't been the case much in the past.

If we borrow from the bible for a moment, we can deduce that the angels were created by god, but at least with humans, they were able to produce offspring. So in that sense, they can in fact reproduce. Whether they would want to or need to is an entirely different matter.

And for the record, my personal theory on this is that no, they don't need all those messy fluids, or even two (or more) different genders to make it happen, but that doesn't mean that they can't do it. ;o)
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