How can i talk to lucifer

And I think you've already produced a better example on this matter in the past, which is the cambion. Ok, first off, Uriel possesses the strength far beyond that of regular angels. He probably could've smote Alastair, or at least disfigure his vessel to where it'd be unidentifiable. I can't say I agree with gap perimeter. But, anyway. Sure, Lucifer could corrupt a human into a demon strong enough devastate seraphs.

Lucifer stood as the demons' god while Lilith was their messiah-Cain is not a "demon god" in the sense that I'm talking about, although he could wreak any demon besides Lilith.

And why is lilith stronger in your mind? Lilith was described by Kripke to be like the "highest of the high"; meaning no demon idea could ever pass her without the writers contradicting themselves. And the neat thing about Alastair is his exceedingly high pain threshold, on a level probably close to angel. Like Gadreel said they could, even including Castiel, torture him for centuries and they'd still fail.

No, no, no, no, no. And, no You're right, Uriel did take time and concentrated to smite Alastair's lackeys. I'll give you that. I think the "turn you to dust" thing should be taken at face value and something he surely could've done if he wanted to; he could've used a number of ways to do this, white light being one of them. And it's pretty amazing the fact that Uriel can nuke 'areas,' depending on what that means.

However, take note that Uriel killed seven angels and quickly overpowered Castiel and I wouldn't say, necessarily, that his promotion increased his angelic power.

Hell, maybe Castiel was afraid if he disobeyed again with Uriel that he'd be demoted to Cherub rank. Excuse me while I steer clear of the messy ranking debates yet again, I'm just here to offer a potential explanation as to why demons could be created to be stronger than regular angels.

Souls themselves are extremely powerful sources of energy. Also, Lith being the highest does not neccasarily dicate that authority is equal to rank, and Kripke statement is now very old and was stated long before the likes of Cain being introduced, lilith may have been the most powerful in terms of raw power but not in resilliance as she seemed awefully terrified of a blade, maybe she diddnt wish to take chances, but was cain willing to?

I think if a younger demon would knew that a knife could not kill him, then lilith would know full well of it, alastair by this logic likely being younger than cain.

But the amazing thing about cain is he would likely not do so unless it was required, his unique personality seems great and he seems like a demon who has been injected with tons of human blood, him being calm, more belevolent than most angels and extremely powerful and terrifying.

Princepurple talk , March 13, UTC. Would it be excusable if the current writers changed the names of Dean and Sam to Wilbur and Bo? If not, then it's not excusable to contradict Eric's quote, or he shouldn't have made such a specific statement and left it open for refiled determination down the road. What was Uriel more skilled at than Castiel at that time? To begin, that's really iffy whereas it was brightly indicated that he possesses a physical exertion level beyond regular angels.

Certainly, he could've chanted a spell to wipe out an 'area' but he could've also likely just leveled it without the use of anything but his own power. I never mentioned him wiping out a whole state, like Death, I used his direct quote, where he used the term 'area.

Well, then why would you believe the statement that Castiel made about Jesse wiping out the Host of Heaven with a word but not Uriel's?

And his terminology of 'area' could be just as drifting as 'specialist. Lets be honest, if both Alastair and Uriel had survived it's much more likely Alastair and Uriel would have no connection at all. As much as Uriel loved Lucifer, he makes it quite clear he despises demons much like Lucifer himself , so it'd be most likely that Uriel would gather the Lucifer loyalists and Alastair would command a faction of the demons and once Lucifer's plan was complete, Uriel and the Lucifer loyalists would have laughtered the demons together.

Furthermore, Lucifer didn't create demons from scratch. He twisted and warped them into demons. And if he did create Cain as a special brand of demon that could wipe out seraphs, why not make all demons that strong? Hell, why make them to be weapons at all if he can destroy all angels except Michael. Lucifer made demons as a screw you to God and as servants, not warriors like angels.

And even then Lucifer must have some limitation on his powers, otherwise what would be the point in half his other creations? Why have the Anti Christ created when you can obliterate the host of heaven just as easy?

Why spread the croatoan virus when you can just raise your hand and roast the planet? Also with regards to Lilith's power, the oldest beings are typically the strongest in Supernatural canon. I can't actually think of an exception.

Plus logically Lilith would be scared of the knife as if she died then the whole plan would be ruined. And while Cain was on earth for thousands of years, Lilith was trapped in Hell for god knows how long so it's possible Cain had encountered such as weapon before where as she hadn't, especially given Cain's reputation. Also, while it's possible demons such as Cain, and maybe even Lilith and Alastair, can fight seraphs, it seems unlikely any demon could actually win.

Alastair states he has no idea how to kill him and given that it would be a question of God's creations against Lucifers mockerys, I'd bet on seraphs.

The idea of Lucifer being asked to bow down in front of God and the whole dialogue between him and God has been adopted from the Qur'an of Islamic lore. Could we add that somewhere perhaps in the trivia maybe? I don't know. Seems appropriate. Hold on, I'll show you guys what I'm talking about.

You know why God cast me down? Because I loved him. More than anything. And then God created The little, hairless apes. And then he asked all of us to bow down before you. To love you , more than Him! And I said, Father, I can't. I said, these human beings, were flawed, murderous.

And for that, God had Michael cast me into Hell! Now tell me, does the punishment fit the crime? Especially when I was right.

Look what six billion of you have done to this thing. And how many of you blame me for it. The dialogue seems extremely similar to that between the angels and God in the Qur'an,.

And remember when your Lord said to the angels:. They said:. He said:. And He taught Adam all the names of all things , then He showed them to the angels and said:. The angels said:. Verily, it is You, the Omniscient. Inform them of their names,". And when he had informed them of their names, He said:. And remember when We said to the angels:.

They all prostrated, except Iblis, he refused, prideful, becoming of the disbelievers — the Accursed Satan. The only thing an Archangel loses from not being connected to heaven, is the ability to return to Heaven. Eric Kripke confirmed this as to why the apocalypse was needed. As Lucifer couldn't just return to Heaven after he was freed of the cage.

But he also said it might because of Michael running heaven, thus the ruler of Heaven making the rules on Heaven. Lucifer has father issues, aside from that he is a poorly portrayed devil because he is such a whiny boy. This is supposed to be the incarnation of evil? He was supposed to be the devil but ended up as nothing more than a very powerful child with father issues. Annoying enough, they brought him back in season 11, let's hope the Darkness kills him soon. Lucifer is the best! He's my favorite character and a lot of other people's too.

He is the same as religion shows him - more Muslim I think though? You said that he he didn't portray the Devil well, then I showed that he is similar to the Satan in other religions. Plus I thought he was super scary! It makes me sad you think he was laughable. To you it will always be recognized as the worst part, but to almost every other fan it was the best season!!!!!!

This sounds ridiculous but was it Castiel who shouted "Assbutt" at Lucifer? I'm pretty certain it was Dean. Kajune talk , January 22, UTC. It is just like it was shown in the episode. Castiel calls Michael an assbutt and hurls the holy oil molotov cocktail. RaghavD '"Look into my eyes.

No, it was certainly Castiel. Lucifer is now mentally unstable. Imagine being trapped ALONE for thousands upon thousands of years, with only one thing keeping you going; Knowing that there is a person who is guaranteed to understand and mirror you, and this person will one day set you free from your awful prison. Now imagine this person not doing that, and instead shoving you back into that prison.

You have no hope of getting out this time, and now this person who trapped you in here AGAIN is with you, along with someone who wants to fight and kill you So yes, Lucifer is different.

When Sam threw him into the cage, the only thing keeping him grounded was murdered. So Lucifer developed. He was not changed to fit the plot's need or to be more evil, but a natural progression from point A to B.

The Hallucination we saw in season 7 and the Lucifer we are seeing now is the Lucifer that Sam encountered in the Cage, after his destiny and hope was taken from him.

Does she mean as a metaphor for Archangels being the First Son or Species created by God as well as his title as God's most trusted lieutenant? Obviously Mike is the oldest Archangel. Either Amara didn't know who was the oldest, or the writers made a mistake. It maybe even a retcon. Kajune talk , April 7, UTC.

It's obviously a retcon. She was there when the archangels were created, and the lore Michael is the oldest is well known throughout the majority of the world, so the writers couldn't have made a mistake. Lucifer isn't the first born angel. Michael said that he raised Michael like Lucifer raised Gabriel. Also look at the relation between Sam and Dean and Michael and Lucifer. Michael is definetly the oldest.

Yeah, and Reapers weren't angels. Now they are. It's a retcon. You're removing it because you don't like the change they made, but that's not a justification for it.

It's canon now. That's all there is to it. Blaziken, Amara might not say that literally. Firstly Kripke confirmed that Michael is the oldest, second they stated Michael was older in the show. Look at episode The Song Remain the Same. Michael older brother, Dean older brother. Lucifer younger brother, Sam younger brother both rebelious to Dad's plan.

Kripke also probably stated Reapers were not angels, but that's not true anymore, is it? I can list a plethora of reasons why Reapers being angels is absurd, but that doesn't matter. They were retconned, just like Lucifer.

A wiki is supposed to be about canon; not about the fanbase's problems with it. Michael: You know, my brother, I practically raised him. I took care of him in a way most people could never understand, and I still love him. Gabriel: Think about it. Michael, the big brother, loyal to an absent father, and Lucifer, the little brother, rebellious of Daddy's plan. We cannot change these statements Blaziken.

Yes, the retcon created a series of plotholes, just like the one with the Reapers did. The fact is, Lucifer is God's first son. This was established on the show, without any ambiguity. No writers' statements, nothing. It was stated, flat-out, by someone whose knowledge is not to be questioned, as she was there. First Son also does not mean the first born Archangel since angels do not have genders.

Amara cannot know their family better than Gabriel or Michael or other angels. She was there. She's their aunt. She knows their family relations as well as they do.

You're making excuses because you don't want to accept the retcon. Lucifer is always described as male, as are the other Archangels. Even if they lack genders, "son" is still a general term for "child".

Again, those statements are now irrelevant, for the same reason the facts establishing Reapers as not being Angels are irrelevant. Look, I want Lucifer to be the first born Archangel since I watch the show.

But he is not the oldest one in the show. Those statements are way worthier than Amara's uncertain word. OK, let's start from the basics. What is a retcon? A retcon is the change of established canon. Meaning, if the writers had said that Angels had purple wings, for example, then said their wings were green, their latest statement would undo the previous one.

Within the series, it's as if they had always had green wings. This is a retcon. Those statements are irrelevant, because the newest one contradicts them. I also think Amara was saying that referring to the Arcangels in general. In all series, Michael was always described as being the oldest Angel.

Furthermore, with two Arcangels dead and one in the Cage, Lucifer is in a way God's oldest and closest Angel of them all. Rakoon1 talk , April 7, UTC. That's stretching it. Amara doesn't know if Gabriel or Raphael are dead. Heck, I don't think she even knew she was going to meet Lucifer when she burst into that church.

Whatever she meant by "first son", the best thing is to wait and see as difficult as that may sound what the facts are. Maybe a retcon, maybe not. Don't know. One line from Amara does not erase the multiple times it is brought up in season 5. Please leave it as Lucifer is the younger brother. I wish we could get some comfirmation somehow, on twitter maybe. For now it is simply another retcon.

Lucifer to Sam: I was a son. A brother, like you. A younger brother. And I had an older brother who I loved. If only we had some sort of confirmation of this retcon Unfortunately, all we have is God's older sister. I think you need a re-watch of season 5, friend. I think Lucifer outright says Michael is his older brother.

Michael calls Lucifer little brother. Also remember how Gabriel compares Dean to Michael the other brother and Sam to Lucifer the little brother.

He's also able to talk to Amenadiel, and they make amends for the fight they had just before his death. But then he visits Chloe and sees her comforting Trixie, who's crying over his death, and he begs Lucifer to take him back to Hell so he won't have to watch his family grieve.

Lucifer somberly informs him that because Dan is incorporeal, Lucifer couldn't carry him back even if he wanted to. Oh, but that's not the last surprise of the episode. The razor-angel shows up at Chloe's apartment and rushes to hug her, calling her "Mom.

Meet Rory, everyone! She's Chloe and Lucifer's time-traveling angel daughter, here to punish her father for being absent her whole life. Gotta say, Chloe takes this news far better than I would've in her shoes. She and Lucifer both melt a little at the news that they have a daughter, but that's pretty much the last of the good feelings this episode. Rory says she was going through something major in the future, and when Lucifer didn't even show up then, her rage led her to self-actualize into the past.

Furthermore, she announces, Lucifer's going to disappear from an intersection in Van Nuys in three weeks. Future Chloe always refused to tell her why he left, and Rory's been living with that rage her whole life. Lucifer insists that he would never have abandoned his child and jumps to the conclusion that someone must've murdered him with Azrael's blade.

He plans to return the blade to Heaven for safekeeping, although Amenadiel's necklace will be deactivated once it's there. He doesn't spare a thought for what it would mean to Chloe to lose her super-strength, though.

Thinking quickly, Chloe suggests they solve his future murder, so off to Van Nuys they go. A dentist's office sits at the fateful intersection, and when the pair head in to investigate, they accidentally goad the receptionist into announcing that he's been sleeping with the dental hygienist.

Unfortunately, he's married to the dentist, who kicks him out. Having lost his marriage, job, home, dog, and friends in 60 short seconds, he vows to kill Lucifer. Rory, meanwhile, stomps downstairs to Lux, where she messes with Maze and Amenadiel by pretending not to recognize them.

But she's just teasing, having learned torture skills from Auntie Maze herself. Still, she's not about to give up the goods on what happens to anyone in the future. It's Time Travel , don't you know? While Eve swoons over what a good mother Maze will be, Amenadiel realizes he didn't feel Rory's presence and starts to worry. He'd just assured Ella — who's convinced she's seeing signs of the apocalypse — that he'd know it if things were amiss.

He apologizes to Ella for dismissing her concerns, but she blows it off as an overreaction… until Amenadiel leaves and she unlocks an investigation board where she's started to put together the clues: Lucifer's the devil, Amenadiel's an angel, etc. As far as walls of crazy go, it's pretty basic, although her theories about Dan-the-frog escaped pet, low-key biblical plague, pudding side effects are pretty funny.

Back on the future murder, Lucifer suggests hightailing it out of the country for the next three weeks, but Chloe insists on sticking around to solve the case, which is a pretty perfect snapshot of their partnership. They bring the dental receptionist back to the penthouse to make amends, but all he wants is his wife back.

Impatient, Lucifer decides to give the man Azrael's blade to get the murder attempt over with, but the blade is missing. Lucifer accuses Rory of stealing it, which means it's time for a family therapy session on Dr.

Linda's couch. Hilariously, Rory announces that the only Linda Martin she knows is a convicted felon, although she's only kidding… probably. The session ends with Chloe blaming herself and Rory and Lucifer showcasing the same stubborn streak before Rory storms off. Back at the penthouse, Chloe admits that she's the one who hid the blade.

Lucifer finally gets a clue and realizes that Chloe doesn't want to give up on her super strength, so much so that she allowed him to think Rory might be his murderer. He reaches to take the blade from her, but Chloe fights back. This turns into an all-out brawl that's honestly upsetting to watch. These two, who love each other so much , fight without holding back, and it ends with Chloe straddling Lucifer, blade to his chest.

Thankfully she snaps out it, and Lucifer gently tells her that every human who touches it ends up in Stabbytown.

Chloe admits that she'd lost control before she touched the blade. And okay, the show kiiiiind of hinted at this before, but wow, Chloe's devolution happened fast. It's Maze who comes through with the good advice, telling Lucifer that he can't fix Rory's past, but he can ask how he can help her now. Yes, Auntie Maze!

Finally, before the blade leaves Earth, Lucifer brings Dan to see Chloe while they can still interact. They reminisce about their past, and Chloe says she's felt powerless since he's been gone.

Dan tells her that she doesn't need Amenadiel's necklace to be strong. With that, her powers slip away, and although she can't see or hear him anymore, she thanks him for giving her what she needed.

It's a downbeat ending to an episode that already carries emotional weight, but it's moving us closer to the action that's going to mark the end of the series. This episode was inevitable. Amenadiel announced his intention to join the LAPD at the end of the previous season, and after the real-world calls for justice and reform in the summer of and beyond, his role as a Black man on the police force was always going to fall under the microscope.

Like so many shows before it, Lucifer enters the conversation with the best of intentions, but unlike many of the shows that have attempted this storyline, it mostly centers the conversations around the experiences of two Black police officers. Called to the scene of a murder of a young Black man named Kevin, Amenadiel is appalled to learn that the detective in charge is Reiben, the uniformed cop who pulled a gun on him and poor doomed Caleb Mayfield in season 4, episode 8.

And Reiben hasn't changed his stripes post-promotion, dismissing the case as nothing more than a gang hit. Training officer Harris tells Amenadiel not to rock the boat, but he immediately asks Ella to do a more thorough investigation of the scene.

Although it's clear that she wants him to confide his angelic secret, Amenadiel's too distracted to notice. He turns to Chloe next, and she offers to look into Reiben's history but says that the department usually gets promotions right.

Ghost Dan also confesses that he never followed up on his complaint against Reiben and laments that he didn't spend more of his time pushing back against police racism.

It's a familiar cycle of excuses, inaction, and apologies. Amenadiel continues his investigation, getting compliments from the victim's neighbor for his community-centric policing, but Reiben calls him into a private meeting where he blames their first encounter on fear and adrenaline. He swears that's not who he is, then suggests that Kevin was murdered by his girlfriend, who had gang ties in high school. Amenadiel blames himself for putting a target on an innocent Black woman, and Harris tells him that this is why she stays on the job, despite the stigma in their community: she's able to keep an eye on the bad actors they work with.

With her help, Amenadiel tracks down the girlfriend, Michaela, who's gone into hiding. But the real killer opens fire on them, and backup arrives as they scramble for cover. Unfortunately, Reiben controls the scene and orders the police to take down a bloody, terrified Michaela instead of the real killer. Nobody listens to Amenadiel when he shouts that she's the victim and the killer is the white man right there who just tossed his gun.

Unlike the scuffle with Caleb, this time, Amenadiel doesn't back down and instead puts his body, protected by a police uniform, between Reiben and the innocent woman.

Reiben settles for arresting both Michaela and the killer. At the precinct, Amenadiel tells Harris that he's not sure he can keep doing this, but she points out that his presence protected Michaela, who's been cleared thanks to his actions.

That's when Chloe shows up at the precinct to review Reiben's files, and there's Ghost Dan, too, looking on. They meet Amenadiel's gaze, and without speaking a word, it's clear that Amenadiel knows they'll never understand what it's like for him, in or out of uniform.

However, it still offers no solutions and little comfort. Amenadiel's still there, as is Harris. But so is Reiben. What wedding doesn't have a little drama? And what drama can't be fixed by popping a few demons into some freshly dead bodies?

The problems start for Maze and Eve when Adam — yes, the Adam, played to dirtbag perfection by Scott MacArthur — appears to bring Eve back home with him. Eve hotly informs him that although she didn't get to choose her husband, she's freely choosing Maze to be her wife. So Adam heads to a counseling session with Dr. Linda and, upon learning she's the wedding officiant, kidnaps her to thwart the marriage.

When the brides-to-be apply pressure on him to reveal Linda's location, Eve realizes that Maze goaded Adam into meddling with the wedding because our favorite demon got scared after Eve offhandedly mentioned motherhood. A distraught Maze calls Lucifer for help. First up is dealing with Adam, who's been keeping Dr. Linda captive so she can help him sort out his toxic masculinity. Lucifer assures him that even the most primitive of men can evolve, just like the toughest of demons can soften.

This prompts Maze to invite her demonic siblings to attend her nuptials, and although only a few actually show up, she's thrilled by their support.

Maze stages a big grovel outside of Eve's window and says that although she's terrified of turning into her own mother, she'll never stop trying to be better for Eve. And just like that, the wedding's back on! Things aren't working so well for Lucifer, though. He tells Rory that his tailor will make them both wedding suits, but he misses their appointment when he gets busy helping Maze. In his defense, Rory said she wasn't going to show up. When she does anyway, she's crushed that her father's not there.

And now it's time for a wedding, on the Walt Disney Concert Hall grounds, no less! It's a small ceremony, and if Maze's side smells like decomposing flesh, well, nobody's perfect. Maze is walked down the aisle by Linda and looks smashing in a demonic black gown. Eve, in flowing ivory, turns down a kind-of-reformed Adam's offer to give her away, having embraced her identity as an independent woman.

Linda crushes the ceremony, and the women exchange the vows they wrote. It's perfect, and if your eyes were dry through the whole thing, you're made of stone. At the reception, things fall apart quickly. Ghost Dan is frustrated at not being able to interact with anyone, and Rory's mind is blown to learn from a currently-younger-than-her Trixie that Lucifer was around for her game nights.

She angrily tells her parents that she arrived in the past from Chloe's deathbed don't worry; since she's part angel, she's older than she looks. Then Ella gets drunk and reads them all for filth. She chides them all for keeping her, the only true believer, in the dark when she could've helped them.

When everyone looks at her blankly, she asks, "Wait, are you guys telling me that you don't know the world is ending? A still-angry Ella runs down her evidence that the world is ending and chides her friends for sidelining the scientist. One thing they all agree on is that it's time for Lucifer to become God.

But his wings won't cooperate. Thanks, self-manifestation! So Amenadiel heads to Heaven to check things out, wowing Ella with her first visible proof of angels. Her delighted awe is spectacular.

Lucifer heads right over to Dr. Linda, who's passed out after an epic night with the wedding sommelier get it, Linda! Instead of being angry, Lucifer's delighted to be the focus of a doorstop of a novel. Honestly, I should've known. He summons the Scooby gang to scour the book for clues, including Maze in some wild wedding-night gear. At this point, we learn that Linda's book is an interpretation of the events of the past six seasons, mostly seen through Lucifer's eyes.

This gives us delightfully slanted retellings of events with a perfect Chloe, an incompetent Dan, a bubbly Ella, etc. But it's not just Lucifer. Maze and Dan compare notes on that time they killed a guy, and although the dialogue is identical, they each cast themselves as the aggressor and the other as the scaredy-cat. It's such a treat to see these characters bounce their ideas about each other around, skewing things in their own favor the whole time. But after a while, everyone realizes that the manuscript gets things wrong about all of them, and Linda mutters that this is her Hell loop: her friends complaining about her biggest professional accomplishment.

Then there's Ella, who's still wounded by everyone's silence. Lucifer compliments the way she accepted the divine without proof, but she shoots back that nobody helped when she lost her faith after Charlotte's death. Score one for Ms.

Chloe's also struggling as the book reminds her of all the times Lucifer walked out after every emotional breakthrough. To cut through the riot of memories, Lucifer demands that Linda show him the last chapter. When she hesitates, he realizes that she doesn't think he can become God.

Linda hates that this means her five years of therapy have failed. But Lucifer proves he's vulnerable around Rory by letting her shoot him, and when she does, Linda realizes he can self-actualize vulnerability. That means his conscious and subconscious minds are acting in concert.

His wings don't control him; he controls them. In other words, he's ready to be God — except now he realizes that deep down, he's never wanted that. Furthermore, he takes it well when Chloe tells him she's going back to the LAPD, and he assures Linda that she helped him put others first, repair broken relationships, even connect with the love of his life. Rory also makes a breakthrough; after reading Linda's book, she sees how much Lucifer risked to protect Chloe, and now she believes Lucifer loves her too.

She also assures Chloe that the razor wings are a reminder of how tough her mother is. Ella and Carol take a jump forward in their relationship when he tells her that he trusts her and doesn't need her to share secrets that aren't hers. They kiss, and it's adorable. Also, Maze offers to torture Dan until he figures out what guilt is keeping him out of Heaven. What a good friend!

Aaaand the episode concludes with Amenadiel flapping in to say that he knows why the world is ending. Tears are jerked in the penultimate episode of Lucifer as the Devil makes peace with the people he loves and prepares for the battle of fate versus free will. The day of Lucifer's disappearance has arrived, and he and Chloe agree that he'll just stay away from 10th and Swanson, the last place he's seen.

Then Chloe leaves to run errands, and girl, wut? Stay with your man! Splitting up is bananas. Lucifer uses the solo time to build a panic room in the penthouse, but Rory arrives to drop some time-travel theory. Since she's still in the past, it means she's still mad at him in the future. They're locked in a time loop, and it's unchangeable. So why not enjoy his last day? Father and daughter live it up in L. He even introduces her to Bones , but mostly he just soaks in time with her.

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