User blog comment:Bharatram1/Who is stronger ? Lilith or Azazel ?/@comment-5619706-20121124184611

I honestly can not comprehend why people think just because Azazel was leading the plan to free Lucifer means he is stronger than Lilith. Lilith only had the chance to lead the demons after Azazel's death because she was imprisoned deep in hell, meaning she is for the most part, disabled from actually taking the lead. That sounds familiar, perhaps just like, oh hey, Lucifer himself.

Simply put, Azazel was like the vice president acting in lieu of the president, or perhaps even better, a transitionary government until the preferred government is ready to assume control. Just because we didn't see Lilith do some of the things Azazel did does not automatically mean the latter is more powerful. By that reasoning, I could say that Lucifer created demons, and Michael has not shown the ability to do so. Therefore, Lucifer is more powerful. Sure, Azazel causes massive weather fluctuations and Lilith did not, but even regular demons in season 8 cause weather disturbances when they manifest. Dream walking and almost effective control/influenceover the special children? Maybe because it was his blood that runs through them, and not Lilith's?

Lilith is the alpha demon and the oldest, it's her birthright to be the most powerful. Kirpke himself stated Lilith is the highest in hierarchy of demons. Then will come the argument hierarchy =/= power. Lilith, aside from actually being the last seal, is also the only demon that could start breaking most of the seals (which she actually did). She even had Alastair, another really powerful demon, under her whim. All of the crossroads demons (minus Crowley circa an unknown time) were also under her command.

Age is might. The Leviathans have it, Eve has it over angels, Archangels have it among themselves and against the rest of their brethren, the Alphas have them. Why would demons break pattern?