#except for dean and cas

[drulalovescas]

Literally EVERYBODY knew. Everybody.

Including the mother.

#everybody knew dean and cas were in love #except for dean and cas #destiel #supernatural

[virtu4l-di4ry]

cas confessing to dean in 12.12 and then last second being like “actually i love all of you.” is so fucking hilarious. bro waiting until he was dying AND STILL BACKED OUT 😭😭😭

#to be fair maybe he knew he was gonna surivive idk man #cas’ confessions #spn 12x12 #spn 12.12 #stuck in the middle (with you) #spn #deancas #destiel #castiel #dean winchester #im 14 again except now i have a degree and i fuck #me yapping

[destielwarmsthecocklesofmyheart]

…oops…

#every damn time #then im like oops now you think im crazy #please dont hate me i promise this isnt all i talk about #except it is pretty much the only thing i think about #my roman empire as the kids say #no peace #destiel #cockles #dean winchester #jensen ackles #deancas #jenmish #castiel #misha collins #supernatural #dean is bi #cas is gay

[soullessjack]

I am sooo sad that they stopped doing clever disguises for cases in later spn. Every day they’re regular civilians or feds. I need the priests and yoga instructors and psych ward patients again!!!!!!! I need them to be in situations!!!!! All of their cases are soooo boring and lame and contained where was the IMMERSION!! Where is the leadup to the monster and the twist and the detail and the creative insanity of it??? where is the PRESENCE!!!! Where are the stakes!!!!! Where are the left field episodes that intentionally feel out of place with the narrative and then directly tie into it later and leave the juiciest implications to be picked apart!!!!!! ? Where is the clashing of the normal world in such a funny way that they can bluntly tell the truth of their lives to be admitted to a ward. Where is the communicating something you don’t entirely remember through a silly game. Where are the lasting effects of what they go through!!! Where is the CINEMA.! If there is one thing I could ask for from the prequel it is this. . I need those beasts to be in actual situations again.

#I need priest jack and psych ward patient jack so badly you don’t realize #like that is the basis of it but also #cal.txt #spn #supernatural #motw #sam winchester #dean winchester #castiel #jack kline #tfw2.0 #team free will #early spn #kripke era #I need jack to have a crazy cas arc soooooooo so badly you don’t understand #nothing I want for jack can be conceived of by anyone else except my mutuals and I don’t mean that in an ascended better than you all way #I mean like. you just Don’t get it . you fundamentally do not get it you do not see Jack as a person fit to have these experiences #but I digress . because I am high #I’m looosssijnjgg it goodnigjt

[hauntedpearl]

we should've had a beach episode somewhere between the high tension episodes in s15 so i could atleast have died in peace. like. maybe after death is gone and Jack is fine and before people start disappearing. just like they're just waiting for something to happen, sitting on their butts, and one of them asks "what now?" and then dean — probably. probably dean — just like. stands up. claps his hands together and goes. let's go to the beach. and everyone's incredulous for a second and sam almost tries to fight him on it but in the end it's like. last night on earth. what ELSE are they gonna do. and so they do. they go to the beach. and they have a good time. they genuinely have a good time..they even meet a monster but it's a good monster™ and that's basically like an omen somewhere in the middle. like everything supernatural is like. feeling the End Of Times. and they're running or trying to hide or whatever. and like. we have these reminders the whole time..make me sad, i say! give me joy, remind me its fleeting. think that episode of the good place where they know they're fucked, before they go to heaven, when they're just sitting around drinking and having a party before shawn sends someone to close down the neighborhood in s2.

capaldi once said that doctor who is so loved universally bc, at its core, it's about death. and he's right. any good piece of media is about death. because it's about life. and to quote my favourite television show of all time, there is one truth to life, and it is death. anyway. i think that episode could have been that. something that rooted us in their humanity, and their life, in the simple joy of it, even as it preceded something terrible.

#last holiday is similar!!! ykwim!!! #but cas isn't in that one #and cas can be in this!!! #if you wanna make it a fixit you can! death doesn't have to be a villain! people don't even have to disappear #dean can tell cas how he feels when they're on their vacay #so cas gets zapped by thr empty #except they don't know what happened properly. until jack tells them anyway. and then they can team up w billie #and make a deal w the empty. chuck for cas. and eternal peace. or something like that idk #and then it can be the endddd and it would be happyyyyy #ugh omg sorry i made a whole fic again lmaooo #doe is talking again #spn posting #beach episode

[runraerun]

Submitting another idea for the ongoing devil!Jack headcanon that I’m obsessed with:

Dean walking passed Jack’s bedroom only to look in and find him fast asleep off to honk mimimi land, floating two feet off the bed like something off of the Exorcist.

#I feel like it always needs to be Dean that finds him doing extra creepy stuff too #because he can freak out individually #but then when he goes to narc on Jack to Cas and Sam they’re like Dean stop picking in Jack he’s a kid #Cas and Sam being like no Dean #Jack is a good egg #and Dean is like YEAH MAYBE A DEVILED EGG #and thinks he’s really funny #but no one laughs #except maybe Jack #because Jack would appreciate a good dad joke #Dean feels like he’s taking crazy pills #jack kline #destiel #supernatural #spn #castiel #dean winchester #dadstiel #alexander calvert #deancas #Sam Winchester #let Jack be a freaky boy!2023 #Jack in honkmimimi land

[castielafflicted]

the thing abt most of the reoccurring men in spn is like. i couldnt fix him. but i could dom him.

#zeph posting #this thought was about chuck originally lmao #there are exceptions obviously #sam is definitely one. i look at that man and go wow i need him to have me begging and crying #and then cas its a toss up on how i feel abt him like this #sometimes maybe i just want him to choke me but other times oh man i need him tied up l #dean is never an exception i need that man crying out of desperation #its 11am and i havent slept and im almost sorry about these tags

[swordofsun]

I'm a proponent of the idea that Dean just thought Cas was straight. Because it fits really well with the canon evidence from Dean's perspective.

Cas' Romantic and Sexual History (as viewed by Dean Winchester)

The girl from Free To Be You and Me: maybe shouldn't count, but we'll throw it on the list because Cas did at the very least let her get handsy before saying the most wrong thing to say ever

Meg: they flirt, the kiss, Cas writes her poetry, and they probably would've had sex if Crowley hadn't killed her

Small shout out to Crowley - I don't see it, but a lot of people do and s6 is framed as infidelity

Balthazar??? Not sure. He manages to imply he's had sex with anyone who stands next to him for 5 minutes

Daphne Allen: Cas married her

April: She may have killed him, but they had sex at least twice before then

Nora: for some reason she couldn't just ask for a babysitter, but regardless Cas seemed excited about the prospect of a date with her

Hannah: She was the female Cas told Dean was waiting in the car and she got to go on adventures with Cas

Kelly Kline: Say what you will, but the last time Dean sees the two of them in The Future they're holding hands

Things taper out for Cas after this point and I genuinely can't decide if Dean ever finds out that Cas got married again to the djinn queen.

Also from Dean's perspective we have just an embarrassingly large amount of times Cas ignored/didn't notice Dean hitting on him or asking him out. Cas tried to return the mixtape. Dean was on his knees telling Cas he needed him (needed! who says that?) only for Cas to ghost him.

With all of this I do think it's reasonable for an outside observer to come to the conclusion that Cas was straight.

#i may start truthing cas as a 1 on the kinsey scale #Dean's his exception

[deancaskiss]

waiting for you is like waiting for the sun to rise;

inevitable,

and yet standing on that hill,

watching the moon slip behind the clouds

as the warmth peeks out to replace the silver glow,

I feel like i’m waiting alone.

#poetry #poem #destiel #dean winchester #castiel #spn #supernatural #deancas #destiel poetry #destiel poem #personal poem #just me rambling thinking about destiel and weaving it through my own consciousness #I rarely post poetry like this because I always spend ages tweaking and formatting #but today is a raw poetry kinda day #anyway love yall #not sure I’m gonna tag anyone in this because it probably isn’t any good alsjlsks #I can picture dean sitting in the cold grass of a hill watching the sun start to crest over the horizon as he waits for cas #because cas is nature #and if dean sits here and waits. cas will come back. like the sun always rises again. #except this time cas doesn’t come back. the sun rises and sets. and cas doesn’t come back.

[simplenefelibata]

it's so crazy to me that dean thinks about castiel like this weird dorky little guy —a little angel— because almost everyone that gets to know castiel is either frightened, annoyed, or just beware of him.

#except for charlie #and whose responsible for that image??? #cas is such a btch #dean can't see him as that lmao #destiel #dean winchester #supernatural #castiel #spn #casdean

[loserchildhotpants]

i feel strongly that had Cas and Sam’s first canonical interaction gone just slightly different, sastiel would’ve made people just as deranged as the destiel crowd

#sastiel #destiel #im just saying #had Sam’s idol worship excitement been met w gentle glory #people would’ve never recovered #imagine Cas hold Sam’s hands and doing that thing he did w Dean in the barn #he looks Through him and just says softly #‘Sam Winchester… you are not as damned as you think you are’ #Sam and Dean can agree on almost nothing at all except that being Perceived is arousing and confusing

[drulalovescas]

You gotta appreciate Supernatural for going above and beyond to let the audience know that Cas was Dean's

#supernatural #destiel #obsessed with ketch calling sam and gabe by their name except for cas🤡 #“your angel” #Dean's angel

[jackexmachina]

6x22 // The Man Who Knew Too Much Sam. My name is Sam.

image description: a scene from "The Man Who Knew Too Much"

Sam, Dean, and Bobby stand across from Castiel in an alley, refusing to go along with his plan to stop Raphael. Castiel looks down, disappointed. He speaks to Dean, saying, "I wish it hadn't come to this. Well rest assured, when this is all over... I will save Sam." Dean looks confused as Cas continues, "But only if you stand down." Dean interjects, "Save Sam from what?" Castiel disappears and they all recoil slightly. Castiel is suddenly standing beside Sam; Dean and Bobby turn to watch as Castiel raises a hand to touch Sam's temple. Sam looks confused and then his eyes roll back as the screen flashes white. Then, Sam is crouched on a motel floor with the bartender from his memories. He is shaking like he's just received a vision, and she tries to get his attention, saying, "Hey. Hey! Are you okay?" He eventually looks up at her and says, "Sam. My name is Sam."

#I don't even know if I can explain how insane I am about this moment #like contextually it doesn't even explain very much for sam in his mindscape except. his name is sam. bc cas called him sam. #(I also recognize that cas is effectively murdering him in this moment but don't worry about that rn) #anyway episodes of all time <3 #*mine #the man who knew too much #6x22 #castiel #dean winchester #sam winchester #sam and cas

[quietwingsinthesky]

was writing this down for an ask but realized i was quickly getting off topic for that ask lmao. let’s talk about Dean’s handprint, the wild misinterpretations of it, and how those have affected how people read Anna covering it during her sex scene with Dean.

We have to establish the obvious first: the number one way the handprint is misinterpreted is to establish a romantic connection between Dean and Castiel from their very first meeting. Because of how popular the ship is, we’re now left with the unfortunate aftermath of people knowing the ship first and the show second, and therefore being more inclined to interpret the show through the lens of the ship. Needless to say, while looking at season 4 through that lens for hints of destiel is fun, it doesn’t lead to a thematically cohesive reading. The handprint is the best way we can demonstrate this. If we take the handprint to indicate that Castiel has been romantically interested in Dean since minute one, or even that he sees Dean as a person rather than an instrument of Heaven’s will at first (put a pin in that), then the rest of his character arc for the season is incoherent and meaningless. To assert that this is what the handprint is about takes the conclusion Castiel needs the entirety of season 4 to reach and transplants it onto him at the very beginning in order to make it easier to find evidence for the ship.

There’s a lot of media out there where interpreting it through the lens of a ship, even one unintended by the author, can enhance the original text. (Lest we all forget our Winter Soldier roots.) Supernatural does not have that relationship to interpreting it to be about destiel. A season 4 where the handprint means Castiel is in love with Dean is a weaker story and does a huge disservice to Castiel’s actual character arc.

So, now that we’ve established what the handprint isn’t, can we talk about what it is? Yes. It’s pretty simple, actually.

Think of it this way: To Heaven, Dean is livestock, and the handprint is the brand telling everyone (but especially Dean) what ranch he belongs to.

Let’s start with the obvious: it isn’t a metaphorical brand at all. It’s literal. It’s burned into his skin permanently (or at least, when the makeup department wants to put it there.) I’d argue that from the nature of it being notable as the only scar Dean has from being raised from Hell and later showing up during his sex scene with Anna that even if we don’t see the handprint, we’re meant to interpret it as continuing to be there for… well. The rest of his life, most likely. And that’s horrifying. The handprint is telling us two things when it shows up: one, letting us know that Dean’s resurrection was intentional and through a manner we as the audience don’t have the information to guess at yet. Anyone who watched the show airing, or watches it now without knowing about angels would have assumed demonic deal intervention as being the cause of Dean’s new lease on life, and this. handily. discards that theory. But secondly, it tells us that this resurrection was violating. All resurrections on Supernatural are.

We assume from Castiel’s line, you know the one, we all know the one, Mr. Gripped-You-Tight, that he’s the one who put it there. However, to then make a further leap that it was Castiel’s personal decision to do so is, I think, a misunderstanding of his role. Take that pin out now. Dean is not a person to Castiel at this point. They’re not friends. Dean is a tool for Heaven to use, a tool that should be honored and grateful to be picked up at all. Make no mistake: Castiel branded him for Heaven, not for himself. Castiel’s a ranchhand. They aren’t in the business of letting the cows run free if they look a little sad to be slaughtered later.

Castiel needs to start here for his arc to be as impactful as it is. He can’t begin rebellious. He has to learn how to doubt. He has to develop a personal friendship with Dean that threatens his allegiance to Heaven. He has to see Anna having chosen to fall rather than obey Heaven and to be betrayed by Uriel being so desperate that he’s turned to killing their brothers and sisters trying to find a way out from under Heaven’s control.

There’s another line I think gets misinterpreted a lot in this initial meeting. “You don’t think you deserve to be saved?” On its face, easy bait for someone looking for shipping fodder, but that misses the actual point of the line. It’s a powerplay. We don’t learn until later why Dean wouldn’t think he deserves to be saved (aside from his general Winchester levels of self-esteem, but knowing that trait about him actually serves as a pretty good red herring to mask real reason Dean is thinking about himself as irredeemable now until the reveal. It’s not that Dean had a low opinion about himself in general, but that he tortured people in Hell and can never forgive himself for that.) , but Castiel does know. All of Heaven knows what Dean’s sin in Hell was. Without saying it, Castiel can remind Dean of it here. This line isn’t about Dean being so inherently good that Castiel had to rescue him. It’s about making sure Dean knows that the only way he can be ‘redeemed’ is through obedience to the heavenly powers who own his ass now. This is how he deserves to be saved. Because God commanded it. Because they have work for him.

And if he doesn’t bow? Then, as Castiel puts it in the very next episode, “I dragged you out of Hell. I can throw you back in.” This threat hanging over Dean’s head won’t go away for the rest of the season, not from Heaven. The only shift is that Castiel’s continued doubt and disobedience levels the playing field between them. They’ll both be punished, rather than Castiel taking on the role of disciplinarian. (It’s a really clever way of dealing with that power gap between them, actually. There’s always a bigger fish.)

The handprint and Castiel’s early conversations with Dean serve as a reminder of the precarious position he’s in. We shouldn’t take him ‘being saved’ at face value, no more than we should take Heaven being good just because they’re the angels in this equation as a given. Dean hasn’t been saved. He’s being used, just as much (if not arguably more) than Ruby is using Sam. (Because at least Ruby truly believes this is for Sam’s benefit, in the end.) And the worst part is how aware of it Dean is. How could he not be? His entire stint in Hell is defined by how Alistair used him. He’s just been handed off to a different owner, one that will still happily push him into the thing they ‘saved’ him from the minute it proves useful. Dean needing to torture Alistair reminds us just how little his circumstances have actually changed. He’s not allowed to say no to this.

So. The handprint is Heaven’s mark of ownership. It’s Dean’s status as their tool, their victim, burned into his flesh and inescapable. What does it mean when Anna places her hand over it?

I’ll lay my cards on the table. I’ve been thinking about this for so long because the aforementioned tendency to assume that the handprint is evidence for destiel means that the scene between Anna & Dean also gets lumped into being interpreted as more evidence for destiel. For over a decade, I have endured people joking about Anna being jealous of Cas for getting to leave a mark on their boytoy. And that’s one of the nicer things the Supernatural fandom will say about a woman who they perceive as a threat to their ship.

So, not to be rude or anything, but fuck Castiel. This ain’t about him.

This scene—It’s a lovely scene, a fantastic continuation of Dean and Anna’s previous conversation into the language of a sex scene—is about two people who have both been used and threatened by Heaven connecting over that shared trauma. Before, Anna gives space for Dean to open up about Hell, but he can’t, not yet, and though she knows what he’s gone through, she hasn’t been there herself. But when it comes to what Heaven has made of them, she does understand. It’s an incredibly vulnerable moment.

You make the handprint about Dean and Cas, and you erase what that scene is about entirely: the way Heaven’s abuse has tangled itself deep into Dean and Anna’s lives, into their bodies, and how they can resist it, if only for a few moments together.

The handprint was never about Castiel at all. It was about Heaven and its dehumanization of Dean.

#not to be annoying or anything on this wednesday morning #but uh. handprint meta. #everyone else is wrong about the handprint and what it means. except for me <3 im special and the Understander of Soup Or Natural #spn #dean winchester #anna milton #castiel spn #annadean #i really did try to keep the frustration in this to a minimum and just discuss what the handprint is #eh. arguable how well i managed that. but i think i can be forgiven after dealing with over a decade of Incorrect Handprint Takes #and im allowed to be salty down here in the tags :3 hi. hi. if you think anna touches the handprint out of jealousy you are bad at watching #shows and bad at media analysis and i hate you. personally. #god no but seriously it flattens the three of them so much to say the handprint is about cas loving dean. it really does #its a disservice to castiel’s gradual rebellion. its a disservice to dean’s struggle in s4 of transitioning from an openly abusive dynamic #in hell to one that’s trying to gaslight him into believing he’s better off under heaven’s control. its a disservice to anna and her own #trauma with heaven and the way she connects to dean through it. #number one dean/anna enjoyer and i am SICK of it. justice for the handprint scene

[gh-0-stcup]

Maybe Cas didn't assume you guys would let soulless kid with unfathomable power run around by himself or leave him alone with your family or involve him in cases before you sort out the whole soulless thing.

#i didn't realise the fucking SNAKE was what everybody was talking about wrt cas not letting dean and sam know something was fucked with jack #there's a big leap from killing a snake to killing mary #and it already should have been obvious that something was wrong with jack #considering he literally burned his soul off #cas was the only person actually trying to fix the situation instead of just ignoring it #of all them (except jack and mary) he's the least responsible imo #though all three hold the ultimate responsibility because of what they did to jack #the let's do magic that powers jack up at the cost of his soul plan was idiotic and reckless and irresponsible from the start #and a horrifically cruel thing to do to the poor kid #he was never a monster until you turned him into one #jack kline #spn #spn s14 #castiel

[found--family]

they couldn't let cesar and jesse return bc they would've taken one look at dean and cas interacting and known they had it bad for each other

#and sam is just like. oblivious. bc i think that's funnier 😂 #meanwhile dean and cas are pining away for each other like the beautiful dumbasses they are.. #cesar says to cas all easy and patient and knowing: so how long have you been in love with dean? #and cas is surprised and scared and tries to deny it but overcompensates by saying he loves all of humanity #meanwhile jesse is talking to dean like: what do you mean you're not in love with him dude i have eyes. dean: ??!! #cas @ cesar: i love dean bc i love humanity i love them for all their faults and quirks and beauty.. *thinking about freckles + bowlegs* #dean @ jesse: you don't know what you're talkin bout man! jesse: oh so now you're going to get angry and defensive like that isn't #overcompensating and an obvious tell that i speak the truth. dean: yo-.. shutup!! #cas @ cesar: .. humanity really is quite remarkable and so worthy of love when you think about it. and affection. and praise.. #dean @ jesse: --swayze always gets a pass!! jesse: oh so he's on your celebrity exception list? dean: yeh man of course he is. #jesse: mhm. even though he's a guy? dean: ... who HASN'T had gay thoughts!?! #cas @ cesar: humanity should really eat more vegetables and drink less alcohol and sleep more. but this life can be difficult #and habits are hard to change and i will be there to help in any way i can like making coffee just the way humanity secretly likes it.. #dean: *frazzled and exhausted as jesse hands him a beer* --i prefer the classics: Say Anything. When Harry Met Sally. Princess Bride.. #jesse: *nodding along as they chat about chick fliks* cas @ cesar: i help with humanity's laundry. i once found a pair of jeans #in humanity's room with the legs torn off. i thought something awful had happened during a hunt but humanity wouldn't be able to #regrow his legs without my angelic assistance.. unless humanity met another angel.. *white knuckles the chair in possessive jealousy* #dean: *getting teary as he talks about dory's story* sam: *walking in on cas cracking the chair + dean sobbing into his beer #but taking no notice bc his eyes are on the ipad in his hands* so get this-- #destiel #crack #thoughts #😂😂😂😂😂