Good luck!

I personally feel sorry for Sam. Being stuck between Gabriel and Lucifer is both a blessing and a curse, but Gabriel is the glue that initially brings them together and holds them there. I do hope you enjoy the BB when university lightens up on you: Adam spends a lot of the beginning doing his angry, confused goldfish impression, but I promise there are answers.

It was a surprise the way Supernatural characterised Raphael. It bemused a lot of us in fandom, because many of us had the similar preconception that a healer might have been more peaceable or compassionate. Instead, he was this arrogant, unforgiving overlord who steamrolled over anyone who got in his way. Common thinking to explain this is that Raphael was a) always that way, or b) transformed into something darker and meaner in response to the pressures of picking up the slack of both Lucifer and Gabriel. I tend to write to the second possibility the most.

Gabriel likes chocolate. Michael likes his rainbows. Lucifer likes his mints or black liquorice.