User blog:FTWinchester/Retcon of Avalon

With the demon gates about to close, the angels themselves almost getting tiresome, the monsters and purgatory era almost drawing a close from the frontline, the series are in desperate need of new untapped lore.? I know Avalon and the fairies weren't exactly popular among the fans, but with the right tweaking, I think this new dimension could prove well enough to even coexist as a subplot in the next seasons.

What probably caused much gripe over them is because of the campy and perhaps even ridiculous portrayal of the fairies. But given that they are all about energy and there seems to be a lot the fay folks can offer regarding their hierarchy, subspecies and powers, a few retcons about their portrayal should do the job swimmingly.

Motive and Relation to Arc
First off, they need to have motive. If the demons gate close, the niche on supernatural deals and wishes are open for new takers. The fay already showed they are capable of granting wishes, or at least, the means to achieve wishes, so we could explore that a bit more. But it has to be different from the demon deals, or it will be the same dog with a different leash. They abducted firstborns in season 6. Why? To service Oberon. Meh.

I'd like to think they would want to gradually and surgically remove humans from earth. My take on them is this--they thrived on the energy of the earth. Once God placed humans on the planet, earth was slowly defaced.? Technology replaced nature, and the energy that once flowed naturally across the world was disrupted and harnessed instead by humans. The source of the power of the fay diminished, forcing them to retreat into a separate world they carved for their own. (This would fit why fairies were common in stories up until a few decades before the industrial age, presumably when they began to migrate into Avalon).

Oberon, sensing that earth had one less species in it (demons) that could taint the planet, begins his plans to slowly remove humans from the planet by sending his people (led by none other than Rumpelstiltskin) to replace the crossroads demons, and claim to offer gold and wealth. Once the fairies consolidate themselves, they will march into the earth and claim it for their own.

That makes for conflict and ambiguity because to banish them from earth would be to keep it industrial and polluted, something humans also do not want (but can't seem to prevent) from happening.

Appearance and Attributes
No shitting about this, they need to look savage. Like warped imps, hobgoblins, nasty little critters (think how the tooth fairies from Hellboy II ate all calcium in the human body). Otherwise, it would look campy again and would steer the series away from its dark theme. I would suggest that their counterpart of the demon eyes and angel wings would be a sharp-toothed grin but we already had rows of teeth for the leviathan.

Fay King
Oberon - with almost limitless power, but more nature oriented. He can sap energy from almost any being, rendering himself more powerful and his enemy almost powerless.

The Ancients
Ancient, tree-like leaders of the Elementals who represent the four seasons of the earth. Their powers are more than just causing weather changes, they can channel its force to a target being. (the abilities of Summer and Winter sound lame, I know--I can't quite think of a good ability yet; Spring and Autumn could work in concert to cause torture)
 * Spring - most benevolent among the four, could heal and prolong life (however she could use her abilities to force a human to remain tethered to life even if they bear severe and fatal physical pain, injury or disease)
 * Summer - pyrokinetic, has molecular combustion
 * Autumn - could instanly cause a human to age and wilt in a matter of seconds
 * Winter - cryokinetic, can cause petrification

Although they can work together, when tricked, they can cancel each other out. They can control natural forces on a whim.

Elementals
The most powerful agents of the Fay King would be the elementals--primal manifestations of the energy of the natural world. Almost impossible to kill, can usually only be banished. Although they represent natural forces, they are weaker than the ancients and require some minor spells and human energy to achieve powerful weather changes.
 * Tempest
 * Ash
 * Deluge
 * Tremor
 * Frost
 * Aurora

Redcaps and Trolls
Physically powerful warriors. Trolls are the elite guards, and appear as physically bulky men. Redcaps act more like assassins and trackers. Killable, with a bit more difficulty for trolls.

Imps
Deal makers and abductors of men. Rumpelstilstkin is their leader. Very mischevous and loves to confuse victims before setting them up to a gruesome death. Fairly easy to kill.

Tinks
Regular, all-female winged messenger class of the fairy species collective. Easily killable.

Elves
Male counterpart of the Tinks, but without wings. Laborers of the fairy world. Easily killable.

Powers and Abilities
Being composed up of energy, they are almost difficult to destroy. The higher up in the hierarchy a fairy belongs to, the more difficult they are to destroy (energy is neither created nor destroyed), which would prevent Castiel from being a deus ex machina over almost every encounter with them.

Weaknesses
Same old weaknesses presented in Season 6. To be honest, I've no idea on how to end their arc without any loopholes, so perhaps they just get banished with the help of a tablet by Metatron (also links their arc to the major arc of the Carver and Edlund Era).