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In their true form, angels are depicted as bright lights. Most humans cannot withstand their presence, and hear the angels' voices as merely high frequency sound. Supervising Sound Editor Michael Lawshe explained that the sound department used a steady tone in mid-range of what most people hear &mdash;approximately in the 3,000 cycles range &mdash;but with "more ring and modulation so that it really vibrated". He described the sound as "not electronically loud, but it feels like the center of your forehead is going to have a little tear in it".

Unlike typical depictions of angel in the media, they must possess a willing human vessel to interact with the mortal plane. Pointing out the similarity of this requirement to that of demons, series creator Eric Kripke posited that this requirement "provided [the writers] with all sorts of useful morality plays to work through" because the "nominally good" angels force their human vessels to endure a "horrific experience". Unlike the hosts of demons, however, vessels of angels are healed of any injuries inflicted upon their bodies. This quality also extends to the vessels' clothing, which Collins jokingly attributed it to the angels' "superpower of mending and drycleaning automatically". ??? explained that they sometimes "[play] the damage out for a little bit", but only to the point that it makes sense storywise.

Angels' wings are hidden when possessing a vessel, only visible at times as shadows. Visual Effects Supervisor Ivan Hayden noted that the enhanced framing in depicting Castiel's wings in his debut appearance was part of the beginning shift for the series towards more "grandiose effects", with the prior seasons "[leaving] a lot up to the imagination". Wanting to further provide "a little feeling of wings for them", the sound department added the rustling of their wings during teleportation, which Lawshe described as a "a movement through the air when they come and go". Supervising Sound Editor Charlie Crutcher explained, however, that the sound department used this sound effect less as the fourth season progressed because the angels' teleportation is depicted as instantaneous. Instead, the sound of angel whispers became more prominent, signalling the angels' arrival. With the angels losing their wings at the end of the eighth season, Executive Producer Robert Singer noted that they can no longer teleport.

Among their various other abilities&mdash;these include telekinesis, body manipulation, and mental manipulation &mdash;angels can bend time. Although effortless with Heaven's assistance, this feat becomes taxing when done alone. QUOTE ABOUT PAST. QUOTE ABOUT FUTURE.

http://eclipsemagazine.com/television/7481/ Okay, first, not a dream. It all really happened. Yes, Dean affected the past, but he couldn’t change it. This makes sense if you think of this from the perspective of the Campbells. In the history of the Campbells, there ALWAYS was going to be a stranger named Dean Van Halen who dropped into their lives and affected things. It’s not like the Campbells lived one life, then Dean went back in time and caused them to live another. Future Dean was ALWAYS in their story…the current Sam and Dean just never knew it.

Though considered a high crime in Heaven, angels can remove their angelic "grace" and be reborn as a human. Their grace also falls to Earth, however, and can restore an angel to their true form if retrieved. Because Anna is "reborn" when she reabsorbs her grace in the fourth season, Hayden "started [the visual effect] in her womb and had this nuclear reactor type of thing that built up". When her body can no longer contain the power, it explodes in light. CASTIEL HUMAN REMOVE GRACE

Despite being impervious to mortal weapons, angels can be killed by the angelic power of a fellow angel or by being critically stabbed with an angel blade. According to BOOK author Nicholas Knight, there are three types of blades: the angel blade, "QUOTE"; the identical but more powerful archangel blade; and the ???, FATE in the sixth season episode "My Heart Will Go On". Angels are also vulnerable to Heaven's arsenal, such as ???. Stabbed by an angel blade, Uriel is the first angel killed onscreen. To accomplish the effect of light exploding from his dead body&mdash;the typical result of an angel's death&mdash;the visual effects department used a matte painting of the building the character was in and digitally added the light blasting out the building's windows. Although they also framed that scene to depict a nearby brick smokestack collapsing from the explosion, the producers found the concept "a little bit more than [they] wanted" and unnecessary for the episode. However, Hayden felt that the "high wide shot of the wings painted on the floor"&mdash;burned into the ground upon Uriel's death within the storyline&mdash;made the smokestack's omission inconsequential.