User blog comment:FTWinchester/On Metatron, the Word of God, and their Purpose/@comment-3045936-20121116012136/@comment-5619706-20121126031238

What if he was an ascended archangel, like how Castiel was promoted to a Seraph? I'm actually still stumped about how the writers will retcon the lore properly--they better! Almost two weeks and I still couldn't get my mind to think of a reason that's sound and proper.