#daphneallen

[autisticandroids]

the sitcom version of season 6 definitely involves cas trying to hide his evil plan to become god while dean is slowly more and more convinced cas’s secret is that he’s gay. like its true but its also not actually a secret

have i ever told you that you are my archnemesis

[coureirsix]

i see ur talkin tfw dnd. my 2 cents: cas can should and must be a druid he deserves it and would actually be good at keeping track of his spells. he is somehow a power gamer and obsessed with talking to every npc and having the dm explain the scene in extreme detail

god peter YOUR MIND

first of all druid cas with the animals... he’d have so many friends... they’re out by a forest and sam and dean wake up because cas was the last to take watch and cas is just having a little chat with some of the wildlife (^:

 and he would!!! he’d understand like. what the class demands of a player and he’d be really good at it. also cas casting conjure elemental...... very Good......

and YEAH he’d assume all of the npcs charlie mentions are important. and charlie would love that about cas so much... she’d be like! castiel is a double edged sword. if i write this detailed plot point he WILL pick up on it, and if i don’t, he’ll FORCE me to make one up on the spot by insisting on interviewing the npc. 

[suncaptor]

i feel like i almost understand ur points on cas and his sense of morality and consequences but maybe im just like too tired rn i think im not quite grasping it. but like i do love to think about cas and morality and like. personally i think of cas as not reaching full moral development. like as in kohlberg’s theory of moral development, where cas does have a sense of morality that he follows but it might not be as complex as human beings that grow up learning about right and wrong. like it is very. rule based. and something is the right course of action, until it causes “bad” consequences or he receives some kind of punishment for it, and then it flips to being a wrong course of action. like it is all about consequence. if the consequence is bad, even if you couldn’t possibly have expected it from your actions, the actions are now bad, and you are bad, too, and now punishment is necessary. and i think what counts as a consequence might change for him before the reasoning does. like as an angel the only consequence was punishment by superiors, but by season 5, the destruction of humanity becomes a “bad” thing, and to some degree dean’s opinion of him is a consequence too. but more importantly it’s deans safety that is a consequence that matters. like if cas can’t stop dean from saying yes to michael, that will lead to dean being in danger, which would be bad, and cas should be punished for it. this is rambely im sorry abt that but yeah. i would love to hear more of ur thoughts on cas and his sense of consequences and punishment tho :)

I am extremely hesitant to judge morality that way because I think it lends to ethnocentricism. This isn’t to say I disagree with your interpretations, I just don’t personally like looking at it through that framework for various reasons.

I do really agree with this statement, “if the consequence is bad, even if you couldn’t possibly have expected it from your actions, the actions are now bad, and you are bad, too, and now punishment is necessary,” which I think is very core to the ways in which angels perceive morality which is why believing in grand design is so essential. And that was very much what I was also getting at within my response on this post. I do think that like consequence being created by authority does lend into a moral development of law/rules not to abstract individualism and so forth, but I don’t think that it’s a matter of lack of development, and having those consequences in place don’t negate like consequence being something that goes against your own abstract moral reasoning (but then if you doubt that is immoral) which then does leave the later states of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development out unless very specifically your fall from the system, so I would agree with that, but I’m not fond of the framework because it’s more about cultural differences and putting that into stages of development implies lesser/higher which means we are fundamentally judging it from our human perspective which is different but not superior.

They have different moral standards that are also based around the unfathomable amount of time, through many mass extinctions and times of great distress, they’ve been alive.

I honestly believe that Cas sees any suffering as a negative consequence, he just keeps it more calculated in his head (the trolley problem wouldn’t be a conundrum to him) unless it becomes something personal (keeping the Winchesters safe, for example, regardless of who else it could hurt). There are other consequences, such as Dean’s perspective of him, that guide this, but he like fundamentally does not want any living creature to suffer. So I wouldn’t put that sort of consequential way of perceiving at a lesser standpoint in terms of like morality of right and wrong? But also I do think he associates violence against himself as response to his own fallacy. 

But if you’re looking at narrative in terms of this transition from angelic morality to human morality, yes Cas would then struggle within that new framework. This automatically also means he’s failed within his own which therefore implies rejecting rules through that doubt. So he runs into these issues of fundamentally shifting from one paradigm to another which then means he will be less capable of working within that new framework. 

Which like, the biggest issue for him I think lies that inability to differentiate consequence and actual capability of action. He therefore blames himself when he shouldn’t without being able to actually pinpoint where his impact went wrong. Which would make sense in the way of seeing moral development because he’s changing to action being of his own free will and all, so yeah, I agree to some extent. It’s more that he just then continues making the same mistakes that end with consequences against his morality which in turn means he can’t better himself.

“ Kohlberg’s final level of moral reasoning is based on universal ethical principles and abstract reasoning. At this stage, people follow these internalized principles of justice, even if they conflict with laws and rules.”

I would however disagree he doesn’t reach this point because the very act of doubting a system that brainwashing, lobotomises, and tortures you by having doubt based on your internalised principles of justice and dying for your own ethical principles that would deem you unethical by that standard would definitely be this point. It just doesn’t undo the fact the way he perceives action/inaction especially regarding himself and his own sense of self-blame won’t remain ingrained in how he was for hundreds of millions of years.

So like, in short, I definitely agree that shifting from one cultural standard of morality to another (which I personally would not like to judge by humanity’s standard’s) would mean Cas would have deficiencies in how to utilise his moral reasoning because it’s a framework contrary to what he’s known his entire life, even if he is willing to go against any set of laws or societal norms imposed upon him. But the very act of shifting from a moral set that requires complete faith in law to doubt it in itself would require strong abstract moral reasoning which he dies for in the first season, and from like the beginning of his introduction he is pushing the limits of what he should.

[fluorescentbrains]

not to make your inbox vent dot com but was just readin the ask and post abt critrole and wlw ships and it really reminded me of how i sometimes feel weird and lonely when i see ppl talking abt fem ships. like it’s probably mostly in my head but so much content seems to go for the they are so cute together and go on dates to coffeeshops or whatever and im like. thats nice but im here because i am a lesbian and like actual women with personalities and all and like. complex relationships. idk. sorry for this i just had to say it sometime.

i struggle with this too !! i haven’t been able to fully articulate why a lot of f/f is Like That but it’s definitely a phenomenon. i think as a society we’re still just not very good at writing a variety of female characters and their relationships, even when we’re really really trying

[adhdeancas]

19 !! for ask game?

who gets to say fuck?

JACK. i think it would be fucking hilarious. just jack coming out with a “what the fuck” very politely and everyone freezing and looking at him and then each other to figure out where he learned that word (it was jody)

[spnbestiesanonymous]

@daphneallen your art... WOW

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[pmvstump]

aaaaaa happy birthday!!!!!!!!!

thanks kit 💖

[chocolatecakecas]

6 for the ask game? 💖

ahhh thank you for the ask💛💛!!!

6) Metatron: fun Cas-centric villain or annoying twerp: the answer is both because he was both and THAT'S why he was a good villian and I'll die on this hill. Metatron was genuinely such a good villian because he was so fucking annoying and it was funny as fuck (literally one of the last good villians if not the last good villian, what who said that). And he genuinely was just obsessed with Cas, incredible. Metafiction my beloved <3

discourse ask game <3

[pleasebekindrewind]

12 & 15? for the ask game :)

12. Misha's accent work: inspired or he-should-be-fired

mishas accents certainly were. choices.

also empty!cas sounds like harvey korman in blazing saddles to me and i cant unhear that

15. Which showrunner's era was the best

unfortch i have to say kripke's era is stronger overall re: storytelling and shit But carver gets rights for s8 and like. gun to my head if i could only watch seasons 1-5 or 6-15 for the rest of my life i would pick late seasons So fast

[shyshitter]

your local artsy crackhead is turning 20 this sunday!! now i don’t care to celebrate my birthday so instead i want to celebrate all of my fellow content creators this weekend

here’s the deal:

from july 9th to july 12th i want to see all your funky aus (im talking sunnynatural, pocnatural, b99natural, endverse etc. etc.) and/or headcanons about our favorite team of gay monster hunters (im biased towards dean content bc he’s my lil boy and i lobe him)

if you tag #avaartsbdaybash or tag me @avaarts, i’ll reblog it!

i love all kinds of content: fics, gifs, poetry, edits, amvs, and, of course, art!!

no pressure to participate if you don’t want to! im doing this for the selfish reason that i just want more spn content and i love creators to the moon and back.

from the bottom of my heart i want to say thank you for following me and supporting me. the only reason my art has developed and improved as much as it has is because of all the love you guys have shown me. it’s my turn to show y’all the same love<33

tagging some mutuals and fellow ccs under the cut:

@heller-jensen @seraphcastiel @deans-honeybee @ivydean @goth-dean @floral-cas @liorlen @mochadean @clairenovvak @daphneallen @stonelions @valleydean @https-castiel @holyroad @casismymrdarcy @cantsleepkid @obscurebrother @subbydean @seffersonjtarship @supertransural @smiledean @stanforderadean @chocolatecakecas @jellydeans @butchsubaru @hotgirlcastiel @c-kaeru @virginalbehemoth @donestiel @castiellesbian @shelikestv @godstielapologist @theedorksinlove @plushypluto @guttednatural @rainbowscas @heller-stacey-abrams @celestialcastiel @alivedean @wingnasty

[louisdotmp3]

EMMA & GRACE’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

that’s right, your local geminis are here to ring in this gemini season!  with our combined twin powers from our may 27th (@hellerjesuschrist ) and may 29th (me!) birthdays we want to celebrate - and in the spirit of the twins we’re throwing ourselves a two-part celebration.  the first part is from us to you - kill that father friday!  to celebrate on may 28th we’re (with our beloved emily @hazloveshisboo) finally posting our fic with all our favs killing john winchester 💖

we’d like to celebrate content creators (all creations!  gifs, edits, graphics, illustration, videos, fics - whatever it is you want to make) - and that’s where the second part comes in: we’re both incurable deangirls and all we want for our birthdays is just to see dean and his little outfits.  cowboy, mechanic, doctor, park ranger - all his looks over the years.  as grace put it, “examples of dean not being john.”  so!  we wanna see your stuff & we hope you all will celebrate with us.  on may 28th (the day between both of our birthdays) post your dressed up dean’s and tag us or use our tracking tags #qaslight and #hellerjesuschrist.  we’ll be liking & reblogging everyone’s creations throughout the day and we hope all of you will join in to support ur local content creators as well !

tagging some mutuals 💖: @https-castiel @smokerdean @wickedrester @finalgirldeanwinchester @biofomission @jellydeans @heller-jensen @jennyjackles @sunshine-jack @dualityofcastiel @finelinesgf @deancaswlw @ellajohanna @grocerystoredean @cosmiccas @castielsbeeslippers @yeehawnatural @its-maddiec @grocerycores @wlwdestiel @jackttwist @maxguevra @cvrsedseraph @marygirl @credentiast @solcages @2001subaru @tturing @plantdadcas @casjpg @nuntox @mollinsmonarch @a-walking-fandom-reference @marymagdadean @daphneallen @mishha @chocolatecakecas @jewishdeanwinchester @sapphiccass @holmesemrys @deanisbisexual @roxyandelsewhere @floral-cas @smiledean @qatekeep @avaarts @castiellesbian @achillestiel @thecwsniper @yourlivingkiss @disstiel @casthyelle @doctorprofessorsong @09x06 @seffersonjtarship @phoebenatural @murderscenedean @cannibaldatingsite @gayofficial @jensenshole @castielholdingablunt @hotgirlcastiel @deanwinchesterapologist @emptymeg @uhuraha @donestiel @pinkfloydguy @endverse @virginalbehemoth @sweatercas

[autisticandroids]

hiiiii i just realised that ive been formulating “cas gets pregnant” aus and i havent even brought them up to thee cas gets pregnant scholar so. i simply must know what ur thoughts are on cas getting pregnant in endverse. like usually when i think abt this its w/ trans cas after hes fallen and a fully human baby But there’s also i think a different avenue of him getting gracepregnant in the alternate endverse version of s5, and giving birth essentially using up the rest of his grace leaving him human afterwards. and then i think the nephil could serve as cas‘ last reminder of heaven, but also a potential weapon against lucifer. either way i just think the tragedy of endverse can be made so much more fun if u give cas a baby. or him wanting to have a baby.

okay so that reminds me of several things. firstly, of my deanpreg concept from this post, which i know you've seen but is relevant so i'm linking it anyway for posterity, secondly, of this fanfic, and thirdly, of @lesbiansamwinchester's endverse jack au. so i would recommend perusing those resources at your leisure.

i love the idea of endverse cas being like. dean i want a baby. i am obsessed w this. would you put it when cas is fully fallen? the endverse cas we know and love? or maybe earlier. like, it's fairly obvious to me that, regardless of whether or not they are still sleeping together, endverse dean and endverse cas' relationship has fallen apart. but like. in this 'verse, cas demanded a baby like. WHILE their relationship was deteriorating. like they were still a loving partnership but the cracks were showing. and dean thought cas wanted a baby to fix their relationship so asking made it worse instead. althought the ACTUAL reason cas wanted a baby was to have something he could call his own if he ever lost dean, and to have another angelic being around, and also to save a remnant of his grace, because while his grace was fading, a nephilim doesn't require the approval of heaven to have grace, and so something of cas' true angelic self would continue to exist even as cas faded and became human. i like them not actually having a baby, just fighting about it and then dean winning the fight so they don't have a baby (oh stream first church for endverse dean and paternity) (i know you're the one who recommended first church to me kit but. for posterity). but also if they did have a baby that baby would become a weapon so fast. horrific. cas carrying a toddler into battle in one of those little baby backpacks so he can hold its hand and use its nephilim mojo to smite croats, since he doesn't have the juice anymore but he still knows how.

[thisknightisbi]

ok hi. impulsive (and temporary) url change...

rambleoncas -> angelrodeo

tracking tag is still #rambleoncas !!

tagging some people so you know who i am xhsjsk hope that's okay!

@thiscastielhasflown @lesbianovak @seasononedean @castiellesbian @misha-moose-dean-burger-lover @mishha @poetcastiel @klinejack @bluefirecas @lilac-void @exitwound @chaoticdean @gayjussy @calamitysong @sunforgrace @bikerdean @castee-yel @castyel @iheartcas @donestiel @icaruscastiel @jimmycoded @daphneallen @crobby @acklesy @sweatercas etc etc (sorry if i'm forgetting u!!!)

[polvmetis]

does the lack of angel tits have you down in the dumps? call the art offices of @endversecoded and @daphneallen at 1800-TITTIES for quality cas honkers

[one-more-offbeat-anthem]

hi-ho everyone and welcome to the september monthly round-up! there was a lot of great stuff this month, as always <3

(the rest of the post under the cut, because it’s a long one!)

~Fics~

-I wrote nine tumblr drabbles this month; my favorites were dean skips school and the look of love

-I posted three fics on ao3 this month: after the credits, teaching and learning (the sixth installment in my vices and virtues series), and the art of loving you (not an spn fic but I enjoyed writing it!)

-My chaptered fic Winchester in Love finished posting (today, in fact!)

~Fanvids~

-I made four fanvids this month: james bond x agent beyoncé, fool like me, ashes, and fortunate son

~Fics & Poetry~

-thunderstorm by @tootiredmotel

-in the end cas tears himself open at dean’s feet by @myaimistrue

-emmanatural by @spookyshrimpemotions​

-easy by @sirkaywrites​

-john killed by dean by @wormstacheangel​

-cas lies on the beach by @thisisapaige​

-castiel you have been chosen by @deanspurpleflannel​

-the one thing (i want) by @jacklelanterns​

-dean falls into wakefulness by @daphneallen​

~Art~

-and I will never/forgive the angels/for that and they’re at the beach and this lovely drawing by @mjulmjul

-dean gets into chopped and cowboys by @lemon-wedges

-cas doodles by @shiawsstiel

-cas doodle my beloved by @crxstalcas

-cozy destiel hours by @lizleeships

-cozy cas by @rambleoncas​

-? <3 and cas running errands by @maesisms​

~Edits~

-the rapture by @stanforderadean

-how to draw a horse by @godstiel​

-the summer day and lazarus rising by @alivegirllazarus

-can I ever be too far gone by @s13e05​

-skin and lazarus rising @jactingjoices​

-even if you slit my throat by @alivedean​

-everything has changed by @thehuskingbee​

-castiel in 4x01 by @casifersbody​

-angel trueforms by @carrotfricker​

~Videos~

-abbanatural! by @tootiredmotel​

-dean trans moments by @theangelisgay​

[disabledcas]

@spnprideweek day 3: trans + day 4: wlw

↳ staying true to my url and drawing trans lesbian claire. mullet + scars insp from this artwork by @daphneallen