A study of why Richard Speight Jr. had to be Gabriel

machidielontheway:

The Angel Gabriel From The Annunciation

(About 1415-50)

This figure is a rare survival of wood sculpture from 15th-century France. It was probably part of an altarpiece. The angel Gabriel is telling the Virgin Mary that she is about to bear the Son of God. The Annunciation was familiar to all Christians, though Gabriel usually approches from the left.

(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

Is why, aside for the fact that he is awesome in this role.