if you think about it, rowena and ketch dying in 15.03 at the same time is an interesting parallel to 8.10: sam and dean both lose their "love interests" and thus return to each other. rowena, the girl who had enjoyed relationship development with sam, is thus sacrificed by him as foretold by prophecy; ketch, the hunter whom dean had grown fond of, is murdered because he got in the way. the obstacles that threaten to pull sam and dean out of their binary star system are removed and they have no choice but to snap back into each other's arms because once again they have no one else but each other. their perpetual isolation is ensured by the persistent demise of anyone who dares to step close to the black hole of their consumptive love. and so on and so forth
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Thinking about Michael this time
Warning this is an even more convoluted headcanon than last time but I can't help myself.
Sooooo we know archangels are very different than regular angels which is often shorthanded to them being "primordial" and like okay but what kinda effect does that have on the universe when they die?
I know Michael's name isn't invoked with Supernaturals specific exorcisms rites like he is in traditional exorcisms, but given that even in the show he's labeled as "Fighter of Demons and Holy Force Against Evil" I'm just gonna assume it's in 'invoked in spirit' kinda thing.
So with that in mind, even when he's bound in the cage, his power can still be called upon which does pretty much track with supernatural lore like how Amaras power could bleed through the mark which is basically a sigil, but what about when Michaels dead and the power the incantation calls upon is gone?
Basically what I'm asking is,,,, wouldn't it be fucked up if since Michael was dead incantations like the ones used in exorcisms stopped working?
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The inherent shame in loving angels: Dean & Castiel
I think 14x09 The Spear & 14x10 Nihilism have some marvelous built-in lines pointing to the guilt concerning angelic possession.
Pamela Barnes's presence and subsequent blinding in Dean’s dreamscape is so, so fascinating. It implies that, despite what Dean says in The Spear, Dean is strugglingwith what the reality of Cas is and a new perspective on the brutal knowledge of what his presence means.
Take these lines from The Spear:
CAS: You seem good lately. Happy, even. [ Dean is getting gear from back seat ] You -- We have a broken tape deck, we drove this whole way without music, and you did not complain once.
DEAN: [ Closes car door ] You know, I guess I'm just fired up. I mean, look. We got -- We got Jack back. When was the last time we had a big, no-strings-attached win like that?
CAS: But now we have Michael.
DEAN: I know.
CAS: And, Dean we're taking a big risk going after the spear like this.
DEAN: I know we are.[ Stopping Cas ] Listen to me. Michael conned me. Kept me trapped and drowning inside my own body. Now, when you and Sam were possessed by Lucifer, I -- I thought I understood, but I didn't, not really. So, yeah, if we get a chance to trap him, I'll take that, but I won't be truly happy until he is dead and I kill him. And now I have a chance to do that, so, yeah, I'm good. Let's go.
On the outside, Dean is happy. There's just one thing left to defeat, and then, maybe finally he can be happy. (We know from 12x23 that his happiness, the 'everything he's ever wanted' includes his makeshift little family: Cas, Mary, Jack.)
But Michael's possession left him psychologically injured. Angelic power and possession is on his mind. He's still struggling with the horror of what that felt like.
He does not mention the elephant in the room--that Cas not only know what's like to be possessed, but to possess.
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Then, we see Pamela Barnes in 14x10 Nihilism, and yes, she's conspicuously dressed in Hell and wing motifs. Michael reminds us that it was Cas who pulled Dean from perdition, and then we get this:
(Flashback to Pamela's eyes being burned out)
DEAN (looks at Pamela, whose eyes are now pure white): You're blind?
PAMELA: Yeah, I've been blind for a while. Thank Feathers here for that one.
CASTIEL: That was -- Dean, that was an accident.
♪ And I'm searchin' for a rainbow ♪
This is Dean's subconscious. It's taunting him that he's been blind...for awhile.
It's an ominous undercurrent reminding him that yes, he's loved Cas for awhile, and yes, that's blinded him to what Cas truly is. His subconscious is struggling and balking at the new perspective he has on Cas's human victims. Pamela was an accident, but Jimmy wasn't. Countless others weren't either.
He can't help but think about it, and he's desperately suppressing it. He loves Cas. But Cas blinded Pamela, like he blinded Dean. And Dean loves him anyway, and that's horrific, isn't it? He can't have that. They can't possibly deserve that happiness together. They're both here at the expense of others. It's frightening and ugly and drowning him with guilt.
Beyond Pamela lies the specter of Jimmy Novak. The ugly truth is that the third member of Team Free Will stripped a man of his free will so utterly.
And yet, Dean's subconscious is chanting, “I love you. I can’t help it.”
It's true what they say: love is blind.
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// so, if Cas is in a sexual relationship with someone and gets in the mood, he'll just walk up to his person and casually ask them "Do you want to have intercourse?" and yes, this includes being in public and around other people, so y'all are warned
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Jensen will post an anniversary picture of him and Misha and he'll be like "we've been through so much from the day we met back on set it was fun from day one and this friendship means a lot to me you care so deeply about everyone around you I know you'll always be there by my side buddy" and then the picture attached is them pissing side my side on a field
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