madimpossibledreamer

/just ran into a Xander-went-as-Gabriel (SPN) YAHF
...wait, huh, that actually makes a lot of sense.  Starting all the way back from that fateful Halloween episode. length warning.  lack of links warning, for those of you who care about such things (I definitely couldn't submit this essay in an academic setting)-either because I couldn't vet the links for accuracy or because some of this stuff I read a little while ago when I was trying to research for fic and can't find where I'd read it. i do have a couple links, but i'd honestly need a lot more.
as this is about tricksters, content warning for the 'breaking of taboo'.  i handled this as briefly and skim-capable as possible, but I'd rather warn.
( essay under the cut )