#other explanation for the failsafe is that michael anticipated the possibility of that weapon being turned against him

[dailymichifer]

Thinking about Michael's Lance, the one that kills the bad ones fast and the good ones slowly... The one that Michael created himself to use against Lucifer for their final battle (even if it was somehow stolen from him before that). The one that is adorned with special runes that can be destroyed to reverse the effects of the Lance on an angel who is mortally wounded.

I don't care much about late seasons angel lore (contradictory retcons, bad writing, etc.) but the implications of him making such a weapon are interesting.

Possible in-universe interpretations:

1) [Michael wanted revenge] the distinction between "good beings" and "evil beings" is purely based on their nature (celestial vs demonic), so Lucifer, fallen or not, counts as a "good being" by default and would have died slowly if mortally wounded by the Lance, which was what Michael intended as a way to make him suffer a slow, agonizing death (which is Ramiel's interpretation & probably what the writers wanted us to think as well "There’s only one angel Michael wanted to kill, and he wanted that son of a bitch to suffer." Not very consistent with Michael's S5 characterization, but that's late seasons SPN for you)

2) [Michael wanted to give Lucifer a chance] the distinction between "good beings" and "evil beings" is purely based on their nature (celestial vs demonic), so Lucifer counts as a "good being" and would have died slowly if mortally wounded by the Lance, which was what Michael intended not because it would make him suffer more but because a slow death would have given him a chance to repent and ask God for forgiveness in his last moments (more consistent with the Swan Song script that describes Michael dreaming of them reconciling). He would have then been able to use the runes on the Lance to reverse its effects and heal the wound

3) compatible with 2 [Michael wanted to give Lucifer a quick and merciful death] no matter how the Lance makes the distinction between "good beings" and "evil beings" (species or other criteria), Michael put Lucifer into the "evil" category by default, and Lucifer would have died a quick death if wounded by the Lance no matter what, which is what Michael intended because he did not want to make to make him suffer more than necessary.

4) [Michael wanted to give Lucifer a chance v2] the distinction between "good beings" and "evil beings" is based on something more complex than the species of the person at the other end of the Lance (the person's intentions, that are assigned "good" or "bad" based on Michael's own questionable moral standards?); Lucifer is part of the "evil" category by default, allowing Michael to give him a quick and merciful death, or a slow death that would give Michael the time to revert the effects of the runes if Lucifer showed true repentance and became part of the "good being" category by the Lance's standards (not likely to happen at all but the fact that Michael added that failsafe is interesting*) (*metatextually that failsafe is only there to allow the characters to save Cas but that's not a valid in-universe excuse)

#michael spn #lucifer spn #headcanons and aus #other explanation for the failsafe is that michael anticipated the possibility of that weapon being turned against him #or: michael just sucks at making weapons - not realizing that the runes can be broken to cancel the lance's effects #michifer #gen #it's both #12x12 stuck in the middle with you #meta