#metatron just knows cas so well

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I was reading the draft script for 9x22 Stairway to Heaven and I found this part in it hilarious. Castiel opens the gates of heaven and finds shirtless pictures of Dean plastered everywhere. The next page cracks me up the most because it sounds like Sam is implying that this is Castiel's ideal version of heaven. Is he too ashamed to admit he's got a schoolgirl obsession with Dean? If they actually included this in the episode, it would be the most wildest thing ever.

#supernatural #dean winchester #castiel #sam winchester #destiel #spn 9x22 #stairway to heaven #spn scripts #this is hilarious #castiel wants to get laid by dean so bad #castiel's heaven is dean winchester #the writers are insane for doing this #metatron just knows cas so well #that whole he's love with humanity speech he gave to gadreel he damn well knows castiel is in love with dean and is toying with him

[an-android-in-a-tutu]

Hey if we’re talking about Dean and angels, entirely in good faith I’m sure, you wanna see one of my most personally loathed Dean transgressions?

It’s this bit from season 9:

[IMG: Dean Winchester with a phone to his ear, facing left, Sam is out of focus in the background of the shot. The captions read “Well, trust me, they’re just monsters with good PR.”]

[IMG: A man leaning against his car on the side of the road with his phone to his ear, the other side of the conversation. The captions, continued from the previous image, read: “So, if you run into one, torch his ass with holy oil.”]

[IMG: Later in the same conversation, Dean, leaning back and facing slightly right speaking into his phone. The captions read “And, uh, spread the word.”]

[IMG: The same as above, Dean continues speaking, the captions now read: “The more hunters that know, the better.”]

I’ve cut for the relevant stuff but that’s Dean’s solution to the problem of a bunch of fallen angels being on earth. Warning hunters about them I get, but this? To Dean angels are monsters with good pr, helping them or even sparing them isn’t in the equation, the solution is to burn them alive with holy oil.

Just to be clear, these are the last words exchanged with Cas on the matter:

[IMG: Castiel in the foreground looks back at another angel, Hael, who is looking around with concern, holding her harms to her chest and stomach. They are outside, framed next to a dumpster and an outhouse, Castiel is speaking into a payphone. The Captions read “Some are just looking for direction.”]

[IMG: Dean Winchester holds a cellphone to his ear, listening and looking perturbed, he is in a hospital hallway. The captions, continued from the previous image, read: “Some are just lost.”]

Cas expresses that some of the angels are just lost and confused, that he met one and wants to help her.

[IMG: Dean in the left half of the frame, looking down, speaking into the phone. The captions read “No Cass, I know you want to help, okay, I do.”]

Dean warns him not to, and I actually like and understand Dean’s point of view here. Dean might understand that Cas cares about the other angels, but he cares a lot more about Cas not getting hurt, and he’s personally seen that some angels are out for his blood, and considering Cas just finished getting tricked by an angel that caused this whole mess I don’t think it’s unreasonable for him to be skeptical of Cas’ judgment here. I mean, no more than his own considering what he’s about to do and also considering, oh yeah, it was Sam and Dean going to Metatron for help that put him back into play in the first place, but this is like understandable and in character. Dean wants Cas to prioritize his own safety, that’s cool.

[IMG: Castiel, centre frame, looking off to the right, speaking into a payphone, he looks upset. The captions read: “And do what? Just abandon them all?”]

Cas for his part views not helping the angels that he can as wrong, not fighting against them or hurting him, but just not doing everything he can to help. The conversation gets cut off before they can really get into an argument about it, and Cas ultimately takes Dean’s advice and tries to leave Hael and go to the bunker alone.

Now you know and I know that Cas ends up having to kill Hael when she backs him into a corner, despite his attempts to leave peacefully. Dean doesn’t know about that, his last word from Cas is that he wants to help the angels.

Cas has done plenty wrong by heaven, and a lot of what motivates him to help is the weight of that guilt, but his desire to reconcile and repent for his mistakes, and to help the other angels is a well established and consistent trait of his. Dean knows about this, he literally says “I know you want to help.” He just doesn’t care.

Because angels are “monsters with good PR”

anyway this is why I can’t stand it when people claim Cas should’ve trusted Dean with the angel tablet back in season 8. Forget the fact that Kevin literally got kidnapped from the place they were keeping him (and planning to take the angel tablet) two episodes later, Dean himself is not someone who can be trusted with information about angels, not if Cas cares about the well-being of his species, and he does.

Anyway that’s my take on it you’re welcome to disagree obviously, but Imo just because Cas is the poster child for angel massacres doesn’t mean the fact that his best friend seems to consider him and everyone like him to be sub-human isn’t like. An issue.

#spn #supernatural #Castiel #the show generally is fucked up about angels and Dean is the mouthpiece for the show #if you prefer to edit around this stuff in your Dean characterization I'm fine with that #but what I more often see is people uncritically repeating the show's framing #hence Cas being a special angel who is simply more human and feels more deeply than other angels #who are simply all less than

[collarbjt]

SPN 822

Dean’s angry about Cas…but hey Dean you already give so many free passes to Cas, right?

“We don’t need your help, stay here… and get better” - Awwwwwwwwww it’s tooooo kind, careful words to the unfaithful angel, Dean😂 Do you realized it or not? lol

Ahhhhhhhh what a cute one you Cas!!!!!!!!!! He tries to buy Dean’s favorite-Pie, even his out of his mind cause his Dean is angry at him🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hmm…….. One disfunctional family, that Metatron’s metaphor about heaven’s population is kinda perfect lol but he’s still suspicious.

What…a Humpty-Dumpty demon? Whatthe….Lol

A waitress flirted Cas lol cute and funny? That’s just right… hey what? Nephilim?? Have to killed? Fuck all the god’s trials, don’t kill that adorable lady😱

Abadon said good morning sunshines, haha you have similar Greetings taste with Dean

Okay Crowley must write a book with the title “How a Salesman becomes King”, yeahhh bourgeois revolution??lol Abadon’s reaction is kinda interesting

Ohhh guys….. don’t let your guards down during hunting

Crowley, he’s once a mortal human in the past… knows about us sooo well, he know how to enrage us, or scared us…

Oh what Sarah??? Sarah Blake!! She’s also one of my favorite character!!!

Oh that Nephilim is died…… I think it’s not her fault, it’s her parent’s problem. Why the heaven’s calculations are always wrong, and so unfair???

I thought Sarah and Sam will be a good couple… but still happy about her changes

Wtf?????????????????? No Sarah nononononono ono ononononooooooooo what… oh plz shut up Crowley!!!!!! Fuckyou FUCKKKKKKKKKFUCKYOUUUUUUUUUUUU whatthe…. Hell……..Really? Sarah’s gone???? It SuCks, really sucks oshutup!!!! Shit Crowleymotherfuckerfuckfuckffffffffffffffff

Okay my mind also blows away this ep is so hard…. my only wish now, is fucked up the Crowley

#spn #supernatural #dean winchester #sam winchester #currently watching #castiel #spn season 8 #abadon #crowley #metatron #destiel #spn 8x22

[catsconflictscopicsandchamomile]

@kimberleyjean ok, you asked for this, its cursed and I'm sorry.

So first off I'm NOT going to try to explain what Supernatural is. Its a garbage fire, and I am unfortunate enough to be one of the feral, touch-starved gays to live in said garbage fire. Its the best show ever but all of its accidental, its the worst show ever in terms of anything that was done on purpose, etc etc. You're on tumblr you know the drill

Anyway, before GOs2's "Final Fifteen", the ONLY connections between GO and SPN were:

A demon in spn is named Crowley, in an homage to GO Crowley. They are alike, but they are NOT the same character and I don't think it can be argued that they're the same person in different forms (bc with demons that would be possible). They are however both Scottish, greasy and have a deep disrespect for authority. I do HAVE a theory/hc connecting the two Crowleys but that's another post for another day. Weirdly, SPN!Crowley (who I'm going to call Fergus from here on out, bc even though nobody in spn or the fandom calls him that, it is his canonical first name) has very little to do with anything I'm about to say. Just fyi, he exists.

Secondly, The Hillywood show did a Supernatural parody back in 2014-ish. I will link it below if you're curious, but again not much in this video is ACTUALLY RELEVANT to what I'm about to say (however, Fergus is there. He's the Scottish guy)

However, the specific arcs of Supernatural that SURROUND the season/topic this parody is centered on (Mark of Cain arc, ~s9-10) are where the coincidences get weird, and ok now I do have to talk about Supernatural a bit.

mmmfffff. Okay so the Metatron is a greasy, annoying, manipulative, power-hungry bastard who lies every time he speaks, wants full rule over Heaven and will control anyone and wreck anything he can to get there....

...and I'm talking about the version of the Metatron from Supernatural. LONG tldr, Dean (buzz cut, older brother, guy who's in love with an angel, the guy who says the news headlines in the Destiel meme) takes this thing/curse/whole other mess called the "Mark of Cain" to kill this kinda super-powerful arch-demon called Abaddon (more on her later), and blah blah blah Supernatural Happens For A Bit, and due to the Mark's curse making Dean act like a total psycho (and also, its implied, slowly turning him into a demon) they try to get help from the Metatron, who had been locked up after... well.

-when God was no longer contacting heaven, Metatron ran away from Heaven and hid on earth because he thought that the angels would use the Word of God (which the Metatron holds) "wrong" or something

-later, took advantage of strife & power vacuums in Heaven to manipulate Cas (angel, deeply autistic, the guy who says "I love you" in the destiel meme, in love with Dean) into doing a spell that CAUSED ALL OF THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN TO FALL, for no reason other than the Metatron is an actual pissbaby.

anyway, Metatron claims he can help Dean, that was a lie (shocking, I know), Metatron pulls some bs including basically stealing Cas' life-force (a second time. the first time was when he was ALREADY fucking w Cas as mentioned above) and runs off back to heaven... along with Gadreel, who he has manipulated/convinced to help him take power in Heaven.

who's Gadreel?

well. he's the angel who let the Serpent (or in this canon, just Lucifer) into the Garden of Eden, and he was cast into Hell to be tortured forever or something as punishment. However, after Metatron's earlier all-the-angels-falling scheme, Gadreel (for reasons I'm not too sure of tbh) took the name/identity of a VERY highly-regarded and powerful angel named Ezekiel, who died of his injuries during the fall

^this last part is a detail I try hard not to think about. this is because the names and roles are JUST similar enough to GO's Ineffable Husbands for the implications make me very, very sad.

Anyway, Gadreel had been around spn canon before, posing as Ezekiel, possessing Sam blah blah blah shit happened

Anyway this is a whole lot of words to say that the season/s of SPN that The Hillywood Show was parodying were the seasons where the Metatron was a main villain, and attempted/temporarily succeeded in taking power in Heaven BY MANIPULATING THE GUY WHO LET THE DEVIL INTO THE GARDEN OF EDEN

and then The Hillywood Show (who tbh I almost feel bad for lmao like BRUH) got signed to produce the parody/teaser/release date announcement for GOs2. Where the Metatron...

yeah.

yeahhhhhh

I would have LOVED to see the Hillywood Show team's live and immediate reaction to the Final Fifteen because I can't even imagine what must have been going through their heads.

ah yes. the FUCKING Metatron

oh also in spn, the Metatron (its complicated but basically)severely/fatally wounds Cas, and straight-up KILLS Dean, but Dean resurrects as a demon (for a few eps at least), meaning that Metatron DID technically try, and almost succeeded in, killing both members of an angel/demon gay couple, if only bc timing lined up so that Metatron was an antagonist in the arcs where Dean was turning into a demon.

so yeah

anyway I mentioned we'd get back to Abaddon so here's those major spoilers I mentioned. I'm fairly sure these are real spoilers and not theories, since my source is wikipedia

that's the whole article, there's not much else on her on wiki (though I should really do more research on Muriel). I think I heard Neil say somewhere that he created Muriel because "he wanted an angel character, from Heaven, who was 'just nice'" but idk if anything specific has ever been said about her name.

anyway that's why the Metatron gave Muriel that book "The Crow Road" in the Final 15, why he likes her so much, and why he's having her stay on earth

"The Crow Road" is a book about the nature of Death, and Metatron is, for lack of a better/less problematic word, grooming Muriel for the role of angel of Death in the apocalypse (Abaddon being a VERY prominent figure in revelations, for those who weren't aware)

...so on top of all the other Supernatural/Hillywood-Specific coincidences, sure, let's have Abaddon too.

uhhhhh

yeah

#I also found a canon-adjacent “Explanation” for the Coffee Theory if you're interested in that as well. #its not canon and its never gonna be canon but imho it explains it just believably enough to make for some VERY good fic/hc inspo #hint: its nothing to do with the almonds (afaik) #longpost #supernatural #YIKES #the metatron #gomens #good omens season 2 #GOs2 #final fifteen #hillywood show #Youtube

[ineffablydelighted]

[How exploring the Ineffable Husbands' dynamic in Good Omens can help us figure out what the show/book is all about, Part 3.1/?]

Also called: This human has, apparently, too much time on her hands and will be trying to Effable the Ineffable for [...] hours.

Hiya, Angels! 👋

Hope you're all doing well!

First of all, if you randomly came across this analysis, I guess you would expect me to entice you to read the first two parts beforehand... And you would be absolutely right.

"Obviosleh."

And since I'm nice [and because I fully understand the importance of saving people as much effort as possible to catch a larger audience - Duh 😇], here are the links for Part 1 and Part 2 🥰 so that everyone is on the same page as we dive into Part 3.

As I previously announced, we'll dissect our favorite pair's next two encounters today which are S1 3004 BC (Noa's Arch, The Flood) and S2 2500 BC (Job's ca-

[future me rereading this before dropping - Yep, nope, not happening just yet]

By doing that, I will try my best to prove to you the main point of my analysis I've revealed at the end of Part 2.

Repeat after me: Good Omens is a philosophical essay disguised as comedic/satyric/romantic fiction.

[Yeah... here she is, already giving orders strong recommendations... I'm so Metatroning you right now.]

[And, since I'm at my best when I'm Metatroning people, this is the moment I'm gonna take to strongly recommend you to ingest the human matter of your choosing - Num num num.]

*In Crowley's voice* OOookaay, let's start!

3004 BC (Mesopotamia - Noa's Arch, The Flood)

In S1, Right before this encounter happens, the scene starts by making us, the audience, witness Aziraphale very badly lying to God about the flaming sword, an event that I already mentioned in part 2 because of the contrast it was considering he did tell the truth to a newly Demonized Crawley in comparison.

BUT [Yay, first "but" of Part 3! Are you having fun?], I really want to talk about this bit some more because that remains one of the scenes that, to this day, bugs me THE MOST in Good Omens as a whole.

To sum things up, you're telling me that GOD:

BOTHERED to pop in to ask one of their Angels a question.

That the said Angel seemed suuuuper anxious about from the start: looking everywhere aimlessly, almost asking them WHAT A DAMN SWORD EVEN WAS... basically giving away EVERY TELLTALE SIGN, both in their voice, mannerisms, and the simple fact that they were literally back to the wall, that they were about to LIE, proceeded to give God the UNanswerest answer EVER:

"Oh, must have, uh, must have put it down here somewhere."

And God just... just... LEFT THAT LYING ANGEL ALONE?! Just as quickly as they arrived?! No arguments, no further questions, no reckoning, just... NOTHING. HAPPENED?!

HUH?

WOT?!

WHO?!

WHO THE F DOES THAT?!

WHO DOES THAT?! That is a real question! WHO?!

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY. SENSE!

THE F-

I mea-

I'll never recover from it.

Oof. Okay, I'm fini-

I NEED an answer in Season 3! This is all I ask! I don't need the world to be saved, I don't need Alpha Centauri, man, I don't even need Aziracrow to reuni- [okay, no, can't say that, even if I like being dramatic, I take that back, this is all I want and all I've ever wanted, please, I just need to see Aziraphale in a white dress and Crowley demanding him to remove his 200 yo jacket on top of it because it "absolutely ruins it", please!] I. NEED. ANSWERS.

*clears her throat* Yeah. So. I'm perfectly fine with this scene. Moving on!

Aziraphale and Crawley meet in Mesopotamia during the year 3004 BC.

Crawley is the first to notice and to greet Aziraphale VERY enthusiastically. Which is, first of all, cute, but also an indicator that they haven't seen each other in a very long time, more precisely, since Eden (a thousand years prior to be exact). We know that because the first thing Crawley says after his "Hello, Aziraphale!" is the direct continuation of their conversation back in Eden:

"So, giving the mortals a flaming sword. How did that work out for you?"

Aziraphale answers what will never cease to bug me:

"The Almighty has never actually mentioned it again."

Which still peaks my interest because it could mean two things, and pretty different things at that:

One, God and Aziraphale never directly interacted again and nobody from the Main Office ever asked him about the flaming sword at all, which made Aziraphale believe that God never asked them anything about it.

OR

Two, God and Aziraphale DID directly interact again but the flaming sword subject has never been brought up once more.

Given the way this sentence is constructed and the emphasis on "actually mentioned it again," I'm more inclined to believe in the second option, which would be a very interesting thing to pounder:

Aziraphale might have a "privileged" relationship with God considering they probably interacted somewhat directly and more than once.

I'll go back to it later because we need to keep that in mind for the Job's case encounter.

Crawley says that it is "probably a good thing" until his attention is drawn to what is happening around them.

Then, they will debate the subject of the day, which is pretty much the same thing as before but formulated differently and condensed:

What is the point of Good and Bad? Do these concepts even have a meaning or not?

The main difference between the two previous encounters compared to this one is that this time, Aziraphale and Crawley are both active in the debate and do find common grounds here and there. It is shown cinematographically: they share the screen.

Aziraphale explains to Crawley that God got "a bit tetchy" and wants to drown the human race (well, at least the Middle Eastern humans) and Crawley takes that announcement astonishingly, which still aligns with his creator-at-heart persona.

"All of them?"

Insists Crawley.

Aziraphale first tries to mitigate what appears to Crawley as an extreme reaction by stating that Noah, his family, and their spouses will be spared but you can see that he, himself, doesn't really believe in what he tries to say.

"But they're drowning everybody else?"

Crawley really, really cannot comprehend what is happening.

"Not the kids. You can't kill kids."

This reminds us of their very first meeting because Crawley, here, judges God and tries to put himself in their place. Again.

Aziraphale answers with a worried nod: both because he is scared (his Fear of God cannot be anything but present at that moment) and because... he agrees.

And THEN, Crawley says that:

"Well, that's more the kind of thing you'd expect my lot to do."

Now that Aziraphale is more inclined to be part of the debate, Crawley tends to be more forthright about his opinion:

If God can do what Satan and his demons do, what is the point of separating the two? Are they, really, that different?

And, more so:

Is God a Good being anyway?

If Good or Bad exists, of course. [Oh, yes, I know I'm annoying. 100% aware. 😁]

To Aziraphale, it is clearly the case, and that is why he tries, again, to mitigate God's actions:

"The Almighty's going to put up a new thing, called a rainbow. As a promise not to drown everyone again."

A rainbow, huh? How interesting...

A rainbow is basically a demonstration of the union between Water and Fire. God and Satan. Good and Bad. Blah blah blah.

Almost as if...

Nahhh...

Almost as if they both needed to exist at all times!

Also, Aziraphale almost sounds like he is interpreting the rainbow as God's excuse for having a tantrum.

Which Crawley responds with a very sarcastic:

"How kind."

That's when Aziraphale cannot bring himself to follow Crawley's opinion any further (even if it is clearly shown he DOES agree, he is just SCARED to be).

After telling Crawley that he cannot judge God, that's when the "Ineffable" word is brought up again. This time, by Crawley. Because he already knows what Ineffable means to Aziraphale:

I am not important, or mighty enough to judge God and I am not supposed to. I am supposed to do what I am told, no questions asked.

Does it sound repetitive? Yeah, because it is 😅 That is Good Omen's main theme, after all.

This story is, as I mentioned before, a satire. Of religion, but also, of the concept of hierarchy, and the danger of ideologies as a whole. "Ineffable" is an ideology. "Ineffable" literally means "so emotionally overwhelming and powerful that you cannot translate into words"...

But Good Omens wants to bring you to ask yourself: cannot or don't want to?

Aziraphale is a character who doesn't want to think by himself because he is scared of a higher power (hierarchy). But he cannot just... stop thinking. Oppositely to Crowley, who kind of always, naturally had that ability.

Therefore, that makes it difficult for the both of them to understand each other [Oh yes, we'll talk about that further when we finally talk about that S2 finale that left us traumatized. According to my rhythm and how my Muse is an erratic bench, I'd say this conversation will occur in about a year or two.] Just as it is difficult for any of us to understand the people who think dramatically differently than us. Good Omens is an invitation to debate with people who do not share our views. That is how we stay open-minded and prompt to change.

Basically, folks: don't blindly stay in the boxes you're in.

Hierarchy is heavily criticized too, because it is a big cause - if not the main one - of people staying put in their respective boxes. Religion is a box among many others, hence the fact I prefer to say that GO mocks ideologies as a whole.

But hierarchy can be different things, and, more so, can use many different tones towards its subordinates: hierarchy can be nice, and affectionate (family, for instance - or not, definitely not always). Hierarchy can also be threatening, physically or mentally, or both (dictatorship, for instance).

Basically: hierarchy can either come from love or fear.

Or... well, both. That's how you get... propaganda? That is the most blatant example that came to my mind. We tend to associate love with good. We also tend to forget how often love has been used as a weapon.

Good and bad are...

[You know the end of the sentence, now, do you? If not, it means I haven't harassed you enough, so let me remind you]

Good and Bad are always mixed up. If they exist.

Anyway, I feel like I'm starting to digress.

.... Actually? I'm not done with that segment just yet.

[You right now.]

Hierarchy can also come from... habits. History. Some hierarchies that we are under today are still there because of how long they have been installed, but not really because they are that relevant anymore. I am not going to bring examples here because I do not want to offend anybody and because you are more than capable of interpreting this statement in a way that speaks to you.

We'll talk about this more when we'll reach the... Jim/Gabriel subject. [In about a year and a half.]

ANYWAY. Moving on to a lighter reflection:

Romantically speaking, Aziraphale remembers that encounter because Crawley displayed strong empathy and concern during that whole meeting.

He asked Aziraphale how he was after the flaming sword incident,

He could not comprehend how killing kids was okay,

He bothered to alert Noah about the escaping unicorn.

[Also, maybe, because damn - Also, it might come as a surprise to you who have seen me fangirling over Crowley for the last 3 parts but my favorite is actually Aziraphale 🤣]

After this conversation, The Flood starts and neither of them is protecting the other from it. Because of habits (after a thousand years spent on earth, they know this will not hurt any of them), but also as a way to tell us, the audience: they have started to realize they were in this together.

[Insert the "We're all in this together" Disney's High School Musical song right here... Yeah! I'm a Millennial, how could you possibly have guessed?!]

They are Equals.

Another really important topic in Good Omens, by the way, but it is time to dive into one of my favorite encounters between Aziraphale and Crowley and-

Huhhhh. I feel like analyzing two meetings including a whole episode in only one part might feel too heavy (to me, at least). So... I guess see you next time? 😅

Bye, Angels!

[No, no, I'm not saying you are "sssuckersss" okay? Just wanted a Crowley gif.]

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#Ineffable Husbands #Good Omens analysis #Good Omens #Good Omens S1 #Good Omens S2 #Aziraphale in love #Good Omens theory #Aziraphale #Crowley #Aziracrow #Effable the Ineffable #Philosophy #Good Omens is a philosophical essay disguised as comedic/satyric/romantic Fiction and I am here to prove it #What is Good what is Bad does it actually exists anyway #This analysis turns to 40% actual GO analysis VS 60% me digressing #I'm not sure I am mad about it though #Maybe you are? Idk #Can't wait to analyze the Job episode even if that alone will take over a month

[angelsdean]

wanna preface this by saying if my tone comes across as biting, i did not mean that! especially not to you! i feel ok sending this in bc i agree with your takes on s8/9

anyway lol! maybe a spicy take but…

if we’re blaming dean for kevin’s death, then we’ve gotta blame sam for charlie’s and benny’s, cas for mary and jo and ellen and anna and bobby and sam (s5) and honestly i love you cas but i could probably go on :/

but seriously, i don’t actually *blame* them for these deaths bc while dean/sam/cas’s actions helped create the situations that got each character dead, their actual deaths were on other characters’ choices or even their own (sam, benny). the blame game is just too simple for how complicated spn is. like if you blamed them for every death that occurred after a sequence of events that included their actions, for every death that they were indirectly involved with, it’d just be impossible to count. and that’s just not productive or fair imo yk 🤷‍♀️

yea i definitely get what you're saying. there are a lot of factors playing into things, and chain reaction domino effects that lead from one character making a decision to another character way down the line killing someone. that doesn't necessarily mean the first character is responsible for the death or should be the one that is blamed for it. they couldn't have foreseen how events would transpire. however, i do think, like you said, these situations are more complicated and nuanced. and in some scenarios the "blamed" character did play more of a part in the death of another character. but i don't think in the case of kevin's death dean should be shouldering the blame or responsibility here at all.

like, the stuff with blaming dean for kevin's death feels unfair imo because well, when dean made the choice to let gadreel try to save sam (and sam still !! had to say yes himself!) dean didn't have all the facts. he thought gadreel was ezekiel. he thought this was a friend of cas's that he could trust. he didn't know he was opening the door to someone with ulterior motives, who might try to hurt people he cared about. and secondly, kevin's death was coming, one way or another, because as @aliveboydean says in this post, metatron wanted him dead and wasn't going to stop until he was. so if gadreel hadn't gotten him, metatron very likely would have killed him.

to address another seemingly similar situation where i come away feeling differently: sam and charlie. i have to say i kinda do "blame" sam for charlie's death, because he roped charlie back in. she really would not have been there or been in that situation or been a target for the Stynes had sam not specifically invited her to come help them. and while it seems like charlie and kevin's deaths are comparable, a key distinguishing factor is that one would have been safe had they not been in that specific situation that another character (sam) put them in, while the other always was in danger simply for being who they were. charlie's death is different from kevin's because kevin was always in the line of fire, always had a target on his back by simply being a prophet. so many people wanted to kill him, he wasn't uniquely in danger being around the winchesters. and he wasn't put IN danger solely because of dean's actions. he was always in danger, the whole time. no matter where in the world kevin was, people were going to be out to get him. and i'd argue he was safer in the bunker (and therefore around sam and dean) than anywhere else in the world. dean had no way of knowing gadreel would kill kevin! but charlie was just a regular person who no one cared about killing. if she hadn't been brought in at that time and made a target for the stynes she...most definitely would still be alive.

SO, i think at the very least dean is definitely allowed to blame sam in-world and be pissed at him. (tho sam is obvs still not the one that killed her. but i can understand if dean felt resentment toward him for her death). but. yea i kinda do see sam as more responsible for charlie's death in this case than dean with kevin's because the scenarios and key factors are different. that's what i feel a lot of people don't get when they want to issue blanket statements of who to blame for what and who did worse. there's nuance! and two seemingly similar situations are not always a 1:1 comparison. (this isn't directed at you, just a general sentiment abt fandom)

(and i think a similar situation for cas is mary's death. and i fall somewhere in the middle for him. he knew jack was dangerous at the time. he should've said something. he's still not the one who killed mary though and he couldn't have predicted that outcome)

#anyways thank you for the ask #and while i did kinda disagree a bit there i still mostly agree and get what you're saying #replies #kevin's death #charlie's death #long post

[norahastuff]

There's a lot to love about season 8, but what always gets me is how poetic it is. Dean spends the whole season trying so fucking hard to get Cas to stay with him. He spends a year tearing Purgatory apart trying to find him, insists he's not gonna go back to Earth without him, and when that doesn't pan out, changes his own memory of what happened rather than believe Cas chose not to go with him. Not to mention, a few eps later, he's literally bruised and beaten on his knees in front of Cas, clinging to his hand and begging for Cas to see him, to come back to him because he needs him. And Cas does come back. But he doesn't stay.

Cas, on the other hand, feels so guilty about everything he did to Heaven, and is so very desperate to fix it in any way that's available to him. At the same time, he's being fucked with, forced to cause even more pain to his brethren, well all he really wants to do is heal babies and save sweet adorable angels. The most important thing in Cas' life, the thing he gave up everything for and dedicated his life to is free will, and his is being ripped away from him. It's so incredibly sad, but after he breaks out of it, I think he feels even more responsibility to Heaven. Things are even worse up there than he thought, and with someone like Naomi in charge, both Heaven and Earth could be facing even more pain and destruction if she's given free reign to carry out her machinations. Is it any wonder when the famed Metatron comes in like a lost messiah and says he has a plan to fix it all, that Cas goes along with it? I mean, Metatron knows exactly what to say to manipulate Cas:

They can fix Heaven.

By locking up Heaven the fighting won't spill over onto Earth and affect humans.

Cas doesn't have to lead or make any decisions. He just needs to be a soldier, a warrior.

Anyway, all that culminates in a finale where Cas believes it's his responsibility to fix Heaven, and Dean finally having the realisation that Cas is an angel. He doesn't feel things the way a human does. He has other priorities, and no matter how hard Dean tries, he's not going to be able to force Cas to stay with him. E.T.'s always going to go home.

Only for Cas to have his grace taken for him, be sent back to Earth, and for the first time to truly understand human feelings without the filter of his grace or angelic sensibilities. Wonder if he's going to have any epiphanies about his priorities and what and who he truly wants out of life because of it?

#god the s8 finale is so good #and I think human Cas is one of the most important arcs on the show #my spn thoughts #destiel #spn meta #8x23 #spn

[youchangedmedestiel]

I had a convo with @morallygreyintrovert about an idea of a fic with songs for Sam, Dean and Cas (like in Zoey's Extraordinary playlist for those who know this show). Her post is there if you want to take a look. I told her I had a list of songs somewhere, so there it is, I thought I could share it with the class while I'm at it.

Sorry Dean, but I would have loved to see that (and there is definitely some singing in SPN). Anyway, here are the songs I thought about:

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) by Journey (for season 4) Dean could sing this to Cas when he is still bind to Heaven (and goes through repetitive brain washing sessions). Jensen would totally be able to perform this song like in the video and I would pay a big amount of money to see that, and Misha walking like the girl in the clip with his own trench coat, I can totally picture that one in my head.

I feel you by Depeche mode (for season 4-5) Cas would be the one singing this one and it would be about the famous profound bound between them, when Cas starts feeling for the first time, doubting, and being drawn to Dean, to his "precious soul".

Never tear us apart by INXS (for season 4-5 or 8) Cas again would sing this to Dean, the "two worlds collided" in the song could be Heaven and Earth, angels' world and humans' world that could never tear them apart. Despite their differences, Cas loves Dean’s "precious heart".

Couldn’t stop caring by The Spiritual Machines (for season 5) this one is only for Dean, he would sing this one for himself, while he is fighting against the destiny (the “she” in the song), while the Apocalypse is about to happen and the angels are pressuring him to say yes to Michael, insisting he could be the one to stop it because it’s his destiny. And the title, I mean, it's Dean, "the most caring man on Earth" as Cas said it himself (15x18).

The way I feel by 12 Stones (for season 8) That’s just Dean in Purgatory, while searching for Cas. Feeling how much he needs him and how much he hates feeling like this. And the praying part, well you, "I prayed to you, Cas, every night" (8x02).

Next to me by Imagine Dragons (for season 8-9) This one is for Dean not feeling he is worth anything, but despite everything bad he did (not being able to save Cas from Purgatory, kicking him out of the bunker, etc.) and feeling like he let Cas’s down, well Cas stays by his side and Dean doesn’t understand why.

Killed or Be killed by Muse (for season 9) It’s MoC!Dean, it has fear, love, demons and fate in it. It has everything and it’s just perfect.

I wanna be your slave by Måneskin (for season 10) I don’t know if someone thought about that one before, maybe I’m totally wrong but I think it could be Demon!Dean about Cas, because despite being a demon Dean would still not be normal about Cas and without his human filters it could totally go that way. Too bad we didn’t see more of Demon!Dean with Cas, otherwise we would have seen this. You know in the karaoke bar, Cas enters and Dean is on the stage drunk singing this to him. Just imagine.

I won’t say I’m in love from Hercules (for season 13) When Cas comes back from the Empty, Dean would totally sing that and the muses that sing here could be Balthazar, Metatron, Crowley, Charlie, and Sam (maybe they could be even more, like Benny for example could also be here, but there’s only five muses in the movie). 

Stole my heart by Tanner Cherry (for season 15) I don’t know why but I can totally picture Cas singing this to Dean in the dungeon instead of that heartbreaking confession, and it’s already funnier to think about it.

Bonus:

I’m so excited by Pointer Sister Dean should sing that to Cas if he can’t use his own words to say what he feels, plus it would be fun to see that. Another big amount of money I would spent just to watch this happen on my screen.

Let’s have intercourse by Crazy ex-girlfriend Dean could sing this one to Cas, and of course, there would also be the dancing part.

I was made for lovin’ you by Kiss I don’t know why but I can totally picture that one too, where Cas sings this to Dean. Same thing, lots of money to see that.

Country boy by Alan Jackson the last one but not the least. Do you know who would sing that to who? Dean to Cas, human or without his wings, and it’s even funnier because those two idiots in love met on September 2008, which happens to be the date of release of this song. So it’s destiny, plus the country thing with cowboys hat and all, this song is obviously about them. Like almost every other songs on the planet since I saw them meet on my screen.

Anyway, I think I rediscovered all my playlists with Destiel ears and that's how you got what's above. Hope you'll like the ideas, or at least the songs. There's FOR SURE more songs that could be there, don't hesitate to share with the class.

#destiel #deancas #dean winchester #castiel #my brain is altered #that's nothing new #I already knew that #you probably knew it too #that's just another evidence #whatever #when I say destiel changed me #i'm not kidding #I can't even listen to music and think about something else than them apparently #I had fun writing this post and thinking about how it could fit in canon #spn season 4 #spn season 5 #spn season 8 #spn season 9 #spn season 10 #spn season 13 #spn season 15 #destiel songs

[ananke-xiii]

My ranking of SPN seasons (based only on their PLOT) pt. 2

In my previous post I'v covered the following:

15: Season 14

14: Season 15

13: season 7

12: season 3

11: season 6

Let's continue!

10. Season 13: this season was a HUGE disappointment to me. The first 6 episodes are brilliant, the writing is excellent, the actors gave their best performances, the scenes were well thought out, the pacing is slow but keeps the audience interested. The plot is intriguing: the heroes are mouring the death of Castiel while trying to both find a way to find their mother and to take care of Jack. In the meantime, the audience comes to understand that there's a new player in town: The Empty. It's mysterious, it seems evil, it seems total. I'm hooked. However, after episode 6 the plot sort of changes, it's like the first 6 episodes were a completely different season. By the end of season 12 we were already introduced to the existence of a parallel world and after episode 6 of season 13 we kind of explore more of it. The plot goes in that direction: the heroes must go to the alternate universe to save their mother. However, frankly, it's all very messy and overly complicated. I'm usually super pro AU, different timelines, same characters but from parallel realities and the like, but this time I was not engaged. I felt quite let down by this season (which also ends in a ridiculous battle that, once again, undermines everything that was said&done in season 5 but OKAY!).

9. Season 12: this season is a bit of a mystery to me. The main plot is: find Lucifer, consequently find Kelly Kleine and ultimately find Lucifer's son. So far so good. I like it. Clear, linear yet stimulating. The subplot is Mary Winchester and the British Men of Letters. Now, while I enjoyed Mary's character I utterly hated the whole BML arc. Just hated it. That Ketch? I hate him. I have no rational reason to explain why but I really hoped he would be killed off by the end of the season but surprise! He'll stick with us until season 15. Not amused. To be fair, the BML is not really a subplot, more of a parallel plot in that it has no correlation whatsover to the main plot. Also, some crazy shit happens in this season like Dean and Sam get caught by a super special police force, are imprisoned for like 3 months or something? unalive themselves, come back to life by making a reckless deal with Billie the reaper, and then go back to normal and no mention of it all is ever made. Well, okay writers' room. All in all, I gotta say that I place this season here in my ranking because it has some amazing episodes and the ending is a bomb. So I gotta give credit where credit's due.

8. Season 1: hear me out, I know that for some this is an iconic season and, honestly, fair enough. But, as any other season 1 of the majority of TV shows, the plot is not exactly exciting? Sure, we get to know our heroes and their backstories, but there are no allies, no other interesting characters, the 2 heroes seem to be living in a vacuum. The plot is simple, clean and intriguing enough to keep you watching, but it doesn't exactly keep you on your toes.

7. Season 10: oh my, oh my. Season 10. WELL. I have to confess that I hated this season with a passion. This is where I was tempted to stop watching Supernatural. I'll tell you why but first, the plot: Sam and Cas try to save Dean from the Mark of Cain. The subplots? Cas trying to bring angels back to Heaven (?), then the whole Castiel/Claire arc, then again Castiel vs Metatron, the mini and insignificant arc centered on Cole... Many, too many for my taste. The effect is that all these subplots are smoke in the eyes to cover for the total absence of creativity to solve the Mark of Cain plot. HOWEVER, however. Since I hated it with a passion, I've decided to watch some episodes again and to read some meta about it. And I gotta say, I was not paying attention. Sure, the plot is what it is and I won't change my mind about it, but ACTUALLY what happens in this season is that the REAL plot is characters' development, specifically Dean's and, to a lesser degree, Cas's. It also makes more sense if you understand that the whole season is about the Dean-Crowley-Cas love triangle. If you get that, you will enjoy the season. I didn't and, as a result, I didn't quite like it. But I gotta be honest and say that the writing for this season was pretty good. Finally, like season 7, this is a connecting season, it prepares us for season 11 where the real prize is. So, in retrospective, I think it deserves ranking number 7 because it didn't give us anything substantial in terms of events but the characters grow a lot after this season so good for them (and for us).

#supernatural meta #spn analysis #dean winchester #castiel #sam winchester #crowley #spn season 10 #spn season 13 #spn season 12 #tv series #ranking #supernatural

[shallowseeker]

Who called cas a pretty angel? A demon (crowley?) I know he said that cas has sex appeal, but I can't remember whether or not Crowley called him pretty . Or was it Balthazar or other angels. I remember someone calling cas a pretty angel

I was on the ao3 tag looking through some dean cas fics and came across this highschool fic and how dean was a jock, cool guy and like cas is the nerd that was basically the intro and then it got me thinking of all these other highschool intro fics that makes cas the nerd etc

And like for all intents and purposes it makes more sense for cas to be the jock. Throwback to ishm calling him an angels angel. Like it makes sense that cas would be the cool one Specifically the type who is cool but internally doesn't feel like he belongs with them since he doesn't fit in that crowd.

Why I am I ranting lol it's probably cause its 1 am lol

But cas was the cool angel right? when he was still in and accepted by the angels

I think you're thinking of Changing Channels: "No, no. *MR. Trickster does not like pretty-boy angels." :-)

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There are snide comments made about Cas's attractiveness, sure, with Gabriel and most demonic characters. But those are mostly power-motioned taunting.

You’re right about Crowley. I think Crowley's positive associations were, "Buddy Boy, you have what they call sex appeal." ("Thank you. Get to the point.") And if you squint, "You like to bend em right over, don't you?" which is the mated joke to Crowley's failed taunting, "You're the bottom in this relationship." (However, Cas on Crowley in TMWWBK? “But I was smarter than him, stronger. (I wasn't ever threatened.)")

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IMHO, Cas is canonically implied to be handsome, simply by how regular people react to him. There's the woman on the television in season 6, saying (of Godstiel) - "He was SEXY." (After which Dean quickly turns off the TV.) Although...it's hard to say whether she was simply having a "Ted-Bundy-groupie-style" fawning moment... We can point to Mandy the waitress, but maybe she was just playing along and fawning over the guy who looked most likely to leave tips...

I guess it's up to interpretation.

I happen to think Cas's sexiness extends beyond his vessel. There's the "Angel's angel" line, of course, but also in Metatron's taunting of the beautiful Hannah wanted to be "dominated" by a more rugged experienced-battalion-oriented angel.

Taken together, I think it's pretty safe to say Cas is considered handsome, rugged, strong, cool, popular etc; both in-vessel and as simply a natural way of his being among the angels.

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On your second point, I think fanfic is safe to explore just about anything, so I don't fault whatever way it wants to swing!

Cas certainly has enough dorky/“doof” moments to play with, and he's very brainy/eccentric/philosophical sometimes! Plus, I think there's some actor bleed-over with Misha Collins, honestly, who is in my head more similar to Dean than Castiel. (But that's neither here nor there.)

I do happen to think that in-world, all signs point to, "Cas is popular/cool even when he's a doof."

I actually think Cas exemplifies, "Even when he loses, he wins," more than the characters that actually long to exemplify this, especially when it comes to people and “being likable.” It frustrates characters like Metatron (probably also Crowley, Rowena, Chuck Shurley, even Sam -> "i.e. characters with have ambition but can't seem to muster up enough natural charisma to get where they wanna go").

And I think part of that is...well. Castiel has charisma. He has a natural willingness to play big and fail spectacularly. (Unlike characters like Rowena or Crowley, Cas usually puts his own skin in the game/his own self on the line as “the muscle.”)

In one-on-one battle, Metatron laments Cas's abilities to be popular. He calls him various things like, "the villain/lame/braindead puppy/stupid jock/underdog. Metatron is holding the high cards, even the angel tablet! And yet Castiel manages to match his nice guy 4D chess...somehow. “I didn't think he'd be good at it!" (NOTE: After all that, Metatron kinda…resorts to killing Dean as petty revenge.)

Metatron certainly comes off as "no fair! He's not even trying to be cool and here I am putting in all this effort to look cool and no one sees me as anything other than a loser!" Or "Why is it lame when I do it, but people fawn over Ass-stiel?! I'm a nice guy!!!"

METATRON: Well, I could get a new face. TYRUS: You'd still be you -- a nerd trying to be one of the popular kids. Mnh-mnh....my guys will go running to Castiel.

We've all been there.

So yeah. Even when Castiel's "a doof," he's cool/popular and connects with others pretty effortlessly.

But it's Cas's willingness to spectacularly fail that gets him places, canonically. It wins him points with others even when that's not what he's trying to do. It's that earnestness. I'll quote Daphne in Scoobynatural on what she looks for in a guy: "Strong, sincere..."

I mean, just look at how quickly Rowena flipped on him. :-)

Aside/// Like Dean, Cas doesn't actually want the big things, not really. He wants the horrifically mundane little things (boring family life). Not because of what it represents, "Normal Life." It's not a checklist of status symbol of "Success" or "Making It."

No, for characters like Dean and Cas, it's simply an emotional thing. And I think it's part of what makes them likeable/able to form connections so much more readily than other characters.

#on cas being cool #the angel's angel #cas is cool even when he's NOT cool #that's his whole thing i think

[dothwrites]

i'm gonna say it now: don't call me shurley is possibly one of the best spn episodes ever filmed. i just LOVE this episode. I don't know whether it's the turn of metatron from villain to unlikely hero, the revelation (we done knew) of chuck as god, rob singing 'fare thee well' or just the "everybody lives" vibe at the very end of the episode but... it's a damn good episode. it's DAMN good

supernatural's obsession with the author and the author's intent and then the death of the author is really something. first we had chuck, and then metatron, and then chuck again. and i can't help but think that this theme came about because of the fanbase and their determination to make "the secret good supernatural"

in about twenty minutes of screentime, rob benedict and robbie thompson did more for theology than centuries worth of clergy members.

"i've rebuilt castiel more times than i can count and look where that got me" chuck knew that he needed a love interest for dean, so he had to keep on rebuilding cas

rob is SUCH a good actor. he's just a liddol guy and YET somehow he manages to be menacing to EVERYONE "you were just the closest angel to the door" is perhaps the cruelest thing god could have ever said to metatron. and damn you robbie for making me feel FEELINGS about metatron

metatron's speech about humanity is a MASTERPIECE. had you asked me pre 'don't call me shurley' i could have confidently informed you that there was no WAY i was ever going to feel anything except seething hatred towards him. but he delivers his speech about humanity and disappointment, and you remember that he was actually on earth for thousands of years, reading all of our stories, and yeah, maybe he did find something to appreciate during that time. well done robbie thompson and well done curtis armstrong because that's a MASTERFULLY delivered monologue.

the final montage really is delivering "just this once rose... just this once, EVERYBODY lives!" vibes. especially when you see the deputy and her husband reuniting. that's a kindness that supernatural hardly ever gives us and i have to wonder if robbie did it because he already knew he was on his way out.

#doth watches spn

[hellhound-whisperer]

Perfection

Pairing | Dean Winchester x female!reader

Warnings | Mentions of injuries, mostly just fluff

Word count | 780

Prompt | “To me, you are perfect,” and the episode “Baby” (11x04)

A/N | For @dean-winchester-is-a-warrior 500 milestone celebration! It’s been a while, but she’s become one of my favorite fic writers, so I hope you like this. I had the idea for the first part when I picked my prompts, but it didn’t feel complete, so I kept going.

Summary | Before and after the hunt for Whispers in SPN 11x04, two moments of the reader, Dean, and Baby being adorable.

You walked around the bunker, looking for Dean. He wasn’t in the kitchen, or the library, so you went where you probably should have started your search - the garage. You paused at the entrance, watching him from behind, admiring the view. The muscles in his back and biceps flexing as he carefully rubbed the sponge on Baby’s hood brought you back to last night, and how they felt twitching beneath your fingers last night.

“Quit objectifying me, and come help, Y/N/N.” You smirked, smacking him on the ass as you walked up.

“Nice shorts, babe.” He turned, smirking at you.

“It’s a free bunker. Sammy find anything?” You mirrored Dean’s movements, running your sponge over the other side of the windshield.

“On the Darkness, no.”

Dean sighed, “What about Metatron?”

You clicked your tongue, shaking your head. “Still in the wind. No leads.”

Dean paused, dropping his head and sighing louder. “Great, so we got an ancient evil out there somewhere, just getting stronger by the day.”

“Cas is getting better, so there’s that. Still wants to fix your…” you paused in your washing, pointing it in the direction of his still-bruised face.

“I’m fine, I’m fine. 100%,” he interrupted, moving to the back of the car. You just rolled your eyes at his bravado, following his lead.

“Right, well, he’s not, still needs more time to heal.”

“Well, guess we got nothing to do but get better,” he graduated to groaning now, continuing, “I don’t know about you, but I've got some serious cabin fever. I’ve washed every car in here twice.”

You laughed, shaking your head. “Well, Sammy may have found us a case. I mean, it’s thin, but…” Dean’s head snapped up.

“Hey, thin works. Grab Sammy and tell me on the way.” You tossed your sponge into the bucket to let him finish up. He grabbed your wrist before you got too far, pulling you back to him for a kiss. You melted, loving how affectionate the warrior Dean Winchester could be.

“All your hard work ain’t for nothing though. Girl looks good,” you offered, pecking his lips again before heading to pack bags for you and Dean.

“Don’t listen to her Baby. To me, you are perfect,” Dean told her, pride coating his voice.

“I heard that, Winchester!” You hollered, chuckling under your breath. “Don’t worry though, I know you have two perfect girls.”

“Damn straight, sweetheart!”

 Later...

“Fucking were-pires,” you muttered under your breath, scotting closer to Dean in the front seat. You know he was driving much slower than he’d like, but you considered yourselves lucky that she was even getting you home, the state she was in.

“Fucking were-pires,” Dean muttered, his hand covering yours. “How’re you feelin’?”

“Probably about the same as you. Better than poor Baby, though.”

Dean sighed sadly, “She’s seen worse, we’ll get her fixed up.”

Your eyes widened. “We? You want me to help you…with the car?” You couldn’t hide the incredulous tone in your voice.

Dean glanced briefly in the rearview mirror, probably checking to see if Sam was out. Seemingly satisfied, he turned to catch your gaze. “Well, yeah, if you want. You know enough, and I, well, I kind of like working in the garage with you.” You could feel the blush creep into your cheeks, against your will. You knew Dean loved you, and you’d given him a hand here and there when he asked, but you kind of assumed he enjoyed his time alone working on the car.

When you paused, he continued, “if you’re up for it, I mean. I know you’re pretty banged up, I don’t want…”

“No, that’s not it,” you interrupted, “I just thought you like working on her on your own. I’m not that great at it or anything.”

He lifted your hand to his lips before continuing, “Y/N, to me, you are perfect.” You looked at him, a smile on his face, your hand still in his. “Besides, me and my perfect girls spending a few days in the garage?” He scoffed, “I don’t know that it gets much better than that.”

You stretched to kiss his bruised cheek softly, pausing to whisper in his ear, “I can think of a way to make it better.” You moved again, hissing a little at the pain the movement caused, but determined to stretch out a little, resting your head on Dean’s thigh. He rested his hand lightly on your head, stroking your hair.

Dean groaned, “See, Y/N/N? Perfection. Now stop distracting me so I can get my girls home and healed.” You hummed in approval, letting the exhaustion take over and falling asleep quickly to Dean’s touch.

#dean winchester x reader #dean winchester fluff #mine #spn fanfiction #500 followers

[strawbearrry]

Coming Home - Castiel x Reader

Spoilers for season 9 - fluff with a little bit of Cas hurt/reader comfort and a leetle bit of spice (14+) (1.2K words)

Summary: Castiel shows up on your doorstep one night, cold and in need of a place to stay.

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It was a cold, rainy evening.  At 7 PM it was already dark out and you were glad to be inside, warm by your fireplace with a mug of hot chocolate and a good book.  It was about star-crossed lovers separated by a war-torn kingdom.  You held your blanket tighter.  The lovers were about to finally reunite in a dramatic scene when you heard a knock at your door.  Hesitantly you put your bookmark in place and went to the door, keeping a hand on your concealed pistol just in case.  Who could it possibly be at this hour?  Opening the door, you were stunned.

"Cas?"

You hardly recognized him.  He was drenched and shivering, having replaced his regular clothes with thinner, more beaten-down ones.  For seconds all you could do was stare.  He seemed entirely different from the Castiel you had grown close to through the Winchesters.

"May I come inside?" he asked, shaking you from your stupor.

"Shit, of course you can.  You must be freezing."  You closed the door after him and ran to the bathroom to get a towel, laying it over his shoulders and leading him to the fireplace.  "What happened to you?"

Cas was silent for a few moments.  He wet his dry lips, seeming to contemplate whether or not to say anything at all before he spoke.

"I... lost my grace.  I am no longer an angel."  You blinked once.  Then blinked again.  Surely you couldn't have heard him right.

"How is that possible?"

"Metatron.  He took my grace for a spell that cast the angels from heaven.  Y/N, it was my fault.  He told me we were sealing the angels in heaven, that I was completing trials.  I should have seen through him but I was arrogant enough to think that I could fix my mistakes."  For the first time you could see Castiel's eyes watering as if he were going to cry.  Without thinking you threw your arms around him, eliciting a sharp gasp.  You simply stayed there for a few seconds before speaking.

"You can't take responsibility for everything.  In the end, it was Metatron who cast the angels out of heaven."  Hesitantly, his arms went around you as well.  After the hug was over, you found him a blanket and sat him in your comfortable chair.  Questions were swarming in your mind, nearly giving you a headache.  "What have you been doing since you lost your grace?"

"I've been... under the radar.  Many angels want me dead.  I'm warded against them now but I still have to feed myself, sleep, keep myself warm, and a myriad of other things.  I don't know how you humans do it."  He was so genuine you couldn't help but chuckle despite the pangs in your heart.

"Well it takes practice, that's for sure."  I bit my lip, considering my next question.  "Why did you come here?"  Cas cleared his throat, speaking in a near-whisper.

"I have nowhere else to go.  I cannot burden the Winchesters after what I did so I was hoping you could maybe help me.  I just need a place to stay for a while as it is getting very cold."  You hesitated, prompting him to avert his gaze.  "Of course, you don't have to house me, I know that it could potentially be dangerous and I do not wish to burden you."

Shaking your head, you said "No that's not it.  You can definitely stay, it's just... why didn't you come here sooner?"

"It was too dangerous, the angels were tracking me.  And besides," Cas said, "I didn't want to burden you unless I had to."  You sighed and turned Castiel's face towards yours.  You thought you saw his cheeks turn pink but it could have just been the light from the fireplace.

"Listen to me.  Next time, though I truly hope there isn't a next time, come to me right away.  I don't care how many angels are after you, I can handle myself.  I just don't want you to get hurt, okay?"  Cas nodded.

For the next few weeks Cas and you lived together.  Truth be told, he was the best roommate you had ever had.  He was very adamant about doing his share of the chores and even though he sometimes messed them up you were grateful that he was trying even though it was hard for him.  In addition to him doing his share, he was also very sweet and nice to be around.  You spent a lot of time together and suffice it to say you were developing quite the crush on the ex-angel.

One day, you came home from work to dimmed lights and a candlelit dining table.  Cas was putting on soft violin music when you arrived.  He was wearing a button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and black pants, the best clothes he currently owned.  Upon closer inspection, there were two plates, each with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on them.

"What's all this?" you asked, grinning.  You knew exactly what it was.  You had suspected that Cas might like you for a long time, before he even lost his grace.  Still, it couldn't hurt to tease him a bit.

"It's dinner.  I only know how to make PB&J.  I just wanted to do something to thank you for everything you've done for me.

"That's so sweet, Cas!  Thank you."  He pulled out your chair for you before taking his own seat.  You ate in silence for a little while.  Castiel kept sneaking nervous glances at you.  At one point you shot him a wink just to see his ears turn red.

"So, what is this really about?" you asked, making him choke on his water.

"...Whatever do you mean?"

"I mean candles.  Romantic music.  This clearly isn't just about thanking me."

"You're... you're right."  Castiel looked directly in my eyes for what felt like the first time since I got home.  "Y/N, I have developed feelings for you.  Even before I became human I was experiencing human emotions, all because of you.  I do not wish to ask anything more of you after everything you've done for me-" I cut him off with my lips on his.  He tensed up before relaxing his mouth into mine.  I pulled back and cupped his cheek.

"Just ask me out already, Romeo."

"Y/N, would you-"

"Yes."  Your lips came together again in a passionate kiss.  After the first kiss, there was another one, and another after that.  Suddenly you were straddling him by the fireplace and your tongue entered his mouth.

Your tongues danced as they explored each other.  You were both moving slow, as if you were trying to spend as long as possible being close to each other.  You ran your fingers through Castiel's hair and the kiss gained speed.  He hesitantly put his hands around your waist, holding them gently.  You tugged on Cas' hair and he groaned into the kiss.  As you parted to catch your breath you smiled, looking into your new lover's eyes.  He was absolutely captivated by you.

"So, just to be clear," Castiel asked between pants, "you meant that you would be my girlfriend, correct?"

"Yes, Cas," you giggled.  For the rest of the night you held each other close, falling asleep in each others' arms.

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[gay-destiel]

A Cinderella Story ~ Destiel

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Castiel

For: @whereitallbegannatural​’s 7.5k Follower Celebration, I look forward to see what everyone (specially you, bex) creates!!

Words: 1674

ONCE UPON A TIME there was a boy named Ashstiel. His real name was Castiel,  but everyone called him Ash because he was always dirty.

You see, his mother had died when he was little, and he hardly remembered her. His father had cared for him until Ashtiel was fourteen, when he had vanished. Then his stepfather and step siblings had made him their servant. So that’s what Ash did for years, until one day, a letter arrived.

‘To the people of this land,

You are all hereby invited to His and Her Majesty, the King and Queen’s, royal ball.

The purpose of this is to find their son an eligible spouse. Therefore, all young men and women between the ages of seventeen and twenty-five may present themselves. This will take place in two weeks time, on the night of the eclipse.

Respectfully,

The Royal Palace’

The stepsiblings were thrilled! Everyone had heard of the Crown Prince’s beauty. But for Ashstiel all it meant was more work..

“How long are you going to take?!!” shouted Zachariah, looking admiring at a picture of Prince Dean,

“You call that a dress?” screamed Ruby, her dark hair almost shimmering as she did it up.

“I’m sorry!” said Ashstiel.  “I need to ask Metatron something.“

Almost as soon as the words came out of his mouth, his stepfather marched into the room.  “Ask me WHAT?”

“Well,” said the boy, “I was thinking I could use one of Father’s old suits? For the ball?”

“You?” Sneered Metatron,. “Who said YOU were going to the ball?”

“Are you joking?!” said Zachariah.

“But you’re such a mess!” Ruby pointed at Ashtiel.  All three of them laughed, going back to doing unimportant things.

Ashtiel quietly muttered, taking a quick peek at the picture of the Prince, “When they look at me, they see a mess.  But I am not that way.  And if I could, I WOULD go to the ball.”

When the time came for the ball, the three of them piled into their carriage. Ashtiel waved as they left, but they ignored him, laughing among themselves.

Longingly, he said to the garden around him,

“I wish I could go to the ball.”

Then- poof! Right in front of him appeared a short man, with a wicked grin, and WINGS!

“You called?” He said, leaning casually on an oak tree.

Ashtiel took a surprised step back, shielding his eyes from the sudden glow of his bright golden wings,

“Who are you?”

“They call me Gabriel. Though, I s’pose the title is ‘Fairy Godmother’. Who are you?”

The feathered man waggled his eyebrows, giving the boy a curious look,

“I- I’m Ashstiel.”

“Pffft, no you’re not. You’re Cas.”

“What?! How did you even-”

The Fairy Godmother waves him off,

“Nevermind any of that. I’ve come to grant that little wish of yours.”

Ashtiel looked down, filled with a crushing disappointment, “My wish is impossible…”

The Fairy Godmother looked offended, “Uh, buddy. Did I not just appear out of thin air??”

“Yes?” Ashtiel cautiously answered,

“Then I’m the one who gets to decide if your wish is impossible. Now, you need something better to wear.”

He snapped his fingers, and Ashstiel found himself in a velvet red suit.

“Oh, that looks terrible, kid. What color are your eyes?”

“Blue?”

The man snapped his fingers again, and a blue, cotton suit replaced the red one. “Ah, much better. Let me fix you up a royal ride, and- oh! Before I forget, your wish only lasts till the stroke of midnight on the castle bell.”

“So I must leave by then.”

Confused, the boy opened his mouth to ask why, when the Fairy Godmother gave him a mock salute,

“Bingo!”

And promptly disappeared, leaving Ashstiel standing next to a brightly orange coloured carriage.

At the ball, the Crown Prince Dean was overwhelmed, and somehow sad. His mother was confused,

“You’re surrounded by beautiful maidens and gentlemen, and yet, you seem lonely.”

The Prince shook his head, looking at the hoards of people, and said, “I don’t know, mother. But they all seem… wrong.”

“Come,” said his mother, “Meet Lisa Braeden. Her father owns a wealthy mining company.”

But as Prince Dean made his way towards the woman, he heard a disturbance in the gossiping of the ball.

“Who is he?”

“Oh, his suit is fabulous, who do you think…”

“I wish I could marry him.”

When Prince Dean saw the man, he was blown away. The man was handsome, confident even as nobody recognised him.

He made his way towards the man,

“Hello, may I ask your name?”

The other man looked up, blushing slightly, as the Prince offered him a hand.

“I’m A- Cas. My name is Cas.”

As he said it, Cas felt a rush of exhilaration.

“I’m Dean- though you probably already know that.” Dean grinned, “Would you honor me with a dance?”

One dance stretched into two, which stretched into the rest of the night. All the other young men and women were jealous,

“How rude!”

“Why doesn’t he dance with anyone else?”

And soon, Dean invited Cas to join him in the Palace Gardens, where the jealous glares wouldn’t reach them.

“It’s beautiful.” Said Cas, looking around at the pretty flowers and plants,

“Not as beautiful as you.” Dean brushed Cas’ hand with his own.

Cas watched Dean, “I can’t believe that I’m here. And that I’ve found you.”

Dean laughed, “Neither can I. I thought I’d be forced to marry some wealthy bastard, maybe a prince or princess from one of the closer kingdoms. I could never have dreamt that I’d meet you. I still hardly can.”

Cas blushed, looking down at his feet, then shrugged, “My mother always used to say that good things do happen, Dean.”

Dean turned fully to him, the two of them close enough to breathe in each other’s air. Cas’ breath caught in his throat, as he froze, watching Dean’s breathtaking eyes. Their lips brushed, then the sound of bells burst through the moment. Cas gasped, stepping back. 

“I’m sorry, I went too far, I should’ve-”

Dean looked hurt, but Cas interrupted him, “No, no! I just- I have to go!”

The second stroke of the bell tolled, and he turned tail, weaving through the gardens, with Dean calling desperately after him.

The tolls of the bell were like the ominous approach of a new day, and Cas couldn’t stay here, remembering the warning the Fairy Godmother had given him,

‘Your wish only lasts till the stroke of midnight on the castle bell.’

He ran through the door to the ballroom, dashing through the crowd of people.

Another ring of the bell,

He could hear the prince calling out, pushing through the crowd, but he ran out the door without looking back, running down the steps as the bell struck again.

He tripped, his foot catching on something. His shoe was ripped off, but he couldn’t risk going back. Dean burst through the doors right as he vanished into the city, the bell striking for the final time.

Dean looked about desperately, taking the deep twilight crystal shoe in his hands, quietly vowing,

“I will find you, Cas.”

The next day it was known that the Prince was searching. He had his personal guard going from house to house, missing none out. They demanded to see everyone from the ages of seventeen to twenty-five, letting them try on the slipper Cas had left behind.

After two days, they arrived at Ashtiel’s door, a short, dark haired male and a young ginger accompanied by a small band of soldiers. The sharp contrast between the two at the door was highlighted by his tired scowl and her enthusiastic grin.

Zachariah ran from the window, calling out,

“They’re here!!”

“Come on, come on!” Ruby stomped down the stairs, and Ashtiel peered out the upstairs window as a knock came at the door. Metatron opened it, an over eager smile on his face,

“Oh, come in! These are my two children.”

The two went inside, leaving the rest of the soldiers to stay watch.

Ashtiel creeped quietly to the top of the stairs, looking down to catch a glimpse of the girl’s red hair as she held out a familiar shoe. He moved down the stairs until he could see them all.

Zachariah pushed Ruby to the side, “Let me try.”

He grabbed the shoe, trying to drag it on, but his foot was too big. Ruby snatched it off him, “My turn!”

But it was too wide, wobbling as she put it on.

The scowling man took the shoe back, “And what about the other boy? Or was he just a strangely realistic cutout?”

Metatron spluttered, “What? I assure you, there’s no one else in the house!!”

The ginger looked up the stairs, making eye contact with Ashtiel,

“Hey! You can come down now.”

Ashstiel’s eyes widened, but he made his way down, trying not to look at his step-family as he went. The woman grabbed the shoe off the man, holding it out, “Here, try it on.”

Ashtiel took it cautiously as Ruby said, “This is a waste of time. He’s obviously not going to-”

He slipped on the shoe, a perfect fit, and brought out the other one from his pocket. When the clock had struck, everything the Fairy Godmother had given him had vanished, except for the shoe, he didn’t know why.

The man smirked at Ruby, looking extremely smug for someone Ashstiel had never met before, “You were saying?”

Once Metarton and his children calmed down a bit, the two- Crowley and Charlie- had taken Ashtiel to the palace, where, waiting on the steps was Prince Dean. He stood up as the carriage approached, and ran up as Cas got out. He looked at him as if he couldn’t see the ragged clothes and the smudges of dirt on him,

“I thought we wouldn’t find you!”

Cas looked down, “I thought you wouldn’t look…”

Dean shook his head, “Never.” Tilting Cas’ head up, he kissed him AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER.

#destiel #kyra's fanfics #cinderella AU #bex jasmine #disneynaturalmagic

[bibuck-saved-me]

For "fuck season 9 you know what you did" what was it they did? Because spn has none A LOT

personally s8 and s9 kinda just run together in my head, because most of s8’s plot lines lead right into 9’s. i hate s8 with an intense passion, and a lot of what happens in s9 is too similar to truly separate it. mainly the gadreel plot line, and what happens between sam and dean. it’s a follow up of the trials which are built on the awful s8 sam characterization. the entirety of s8 contradicts itself which leads s9 to do the same, especially since the main point of contention between sam and dean in s9 is gadreel and sam’s insistence that dean betrayed him by saving him. the season ends with dean dying and sam doing exactly what he faulted dean for doing—making the choice to save him no matter the cost (this contradiction continues in s10 too so don’t think s10 is left out of this) idk it’s hard to explain but overall i find the stretch of 8-10 to be incredibly frustrating mainly because it has some half decent plot lines that are ruined by their shitty execution. also the abaddon plot line is boring to me, and dragged on forever. oh and kevin fucking dies and for what??? for their bullshit sam vs dean conflict about doing stupid shit to save each other when sam is the one who started all of this in the first place???? not to mention i don’t enjoy how they handle cas’s plot at ALL. not even just kicking him out of the bunker, but like in general human!cas is just not well written to me. i think they could’ve gone a lot of ways with it and chose like. the most boring ways possible. oh and them bringing back gabriel for one episode only for it to not even be real. stupid ass shit. the funny thing is everyone i know who hates this season hates metatron but i actually don’t mind him as much.

anyway. um. it’s okay if no one agrees with this, i personally don’t enjoy getting into arguments about things that are just my own opinion. i don’t even know if this fully makes sense, i haven’t taken my meds yet m

#sorry if this is incoherent #or annoying #like i said i dont expect anyone to agree i just be saying shit #i hope you’re not like a huge s8-10 fan anon 😭 if so it’s okay i don’t mean to shit on what you like #i’m sure there’s things about it that other people like maybe even things i hate about it are fun to others

[deancasbigbang]

Title: Do You Know What That's Worth?

Author: norahastuff

Artist: sidewinder

Rating: Mature

Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester, Brief non-explicit Cas/OFC, Brief non-explicit Cas/OMC

Length: 75000

Warnings: undefined

Tags: Cas POV Canon divergent from 9x06 Cas is pretty damn competent Slow burn Late night drinking (and subsequent revelatory conversations) Let's finally address the ingredients of the angel fall spell Copious references to Howl and The Pina Colada Song

Posting Date: November 4, 2022

Summary: After Dean leaves him at the Gas N' Sip in Rexford, Castiel realises that he needs to get back in the game. However, that's easier said than done, and instead he finds himself working in a superstore in Boulder as he tries to figure out his new human life. He makes friends, starts hunting, even has a couple of hook-ups. But then Dean unexpectedly crashes back into his life, and Castiel has to re-evaluate where Dean fits in, and what it is they need from each other. And while Castiel may have had his grace stripped from him, he still possesses certain angelic sensibilities that may be the key to fixing some of the damage Metatron has wrought. With some creativity, teamwork, and a dash of hope, maybe he can discover just how much he's really capable of.

Excerpt: He looked over the file he'd taken from Dean. “She was single, had a good job, and lived alone. Are the others similar?” Dean didn’t respond. Castiel glanced down to find him frozen in place, staring at the small black ring box. “It’s your birthday present,” Castiel told him, somewhat unnecessarily. He’d thought it was obvious. He’d even put a gold bow on it.  “Uh, right. Sure.” Dean gingerly opened the box to reveal the heavy, dark ring inside.  “I know you’re not one for jewellery these days,” Castiel said, picking up one of the other files from the pile beside Dean. “But I thought you might like this. It’s iron. Hand-forged.”  Dean looked up at him wordlessly. Castiel shrugged. “You have repeatedly expressed your desire to punch a ghost in the face. This should assist you in that.” “Shit, Cas.” Dean slid the ring onto his finger, expression inscrutable, until his eyes flickered back over to Castiel and his face broke into an absurdly dazzling grin. “You get me.”  Castiel swallowed, his throat feeling inexplicably dry. “Past events would indicate so,” he said when he felt comfortable speaking again.  Dean didn’t seem to notice his hesitation. He curled his hand up into a fist and examined the ring from several different angles. “What are these etchings?” he asked, holding his hand up to his face and squinting at it. “Enochian protection runes. I didn’t know if they would work on such an uneven surface, but the artist I commissioned to engrave it did a remarkable job.” She hadn’t even blinked when he had shown her the pattern, nor had she had any intrusive follow-up questions, which Castiel had greatly appreciated. He still wasn’t particularly good at improvising cover stories.  “Huh.” “There’s also…” he trailed off, and Dean looked up sharply.  “What?” “Well, the sigils. They’re similar to the ones I carved into your ribs.”  Dean grinned, which was not the response Castiel had expected. “Thought I recognised this one,” he said, tapping delicately at a sigil with the nail of his pinky finger, and yes, of course he would pick that one.  “That’s my name,” Castiel said, and Dean went still. “My true, angelic name. Don’t worry, it works even if I don’t have my grace,” Castiel added hurriedly. “Besides, even if it was dependent on that, that wouldn’t be a problem for you.”  “That’s not what I –” Dean frowned. “Wait, what do you mean, ‘for me'?” “You still have some of my grace within you.” Dean’s jaw dropped. “I reconstructed your body, Dean, knitted it back together, molecule to molecule, before infusing your soul back into each new cell I had created. You had to have known I did that using my grace?” Castiel tried to suppress his smile. The look on Dean’s face was rather amusing, but he suspected Dean wouldn’t like it if he started laughing at it.

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