#i really don’t understand the trend of making balthazar older than castiel in fics #they’re angels#age is not really a thing #in fact the way balthazar so readily accepts orders from castiel with only token protest makes me wonder if castiel didn’t outrank him in…#in the garrison (curse these tag limits!) #and balthazar’s behavior indicates that he’s the one who looks up to cas #he takes a huge leap by leaving heaven#following in cas’s footsteps on nothing but faith that cas isn’t leading him wrong #(cas isn’t leading him at all but he doesn’t know that) #he seems to want so badly for cas to be impressed with him #with what he’s getting away with #’look what i did! look at my toys!’ #if anything balthazar is the little brother hungry for approval and attention #validation from the only being in the universe he cares about anymore since god is MIA and the garrison has crumbled