Hm... interesting

[gwaevalarin]

There are two distinct episodes in this two-hour fire-and-brimstone buffet event. For the appetizer, "Let It Bleed," Dean faces his worst nightmare when Lisa and Ben are unexpectedly abducted. In the main course finale, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," the war in Heaven comes to a head. Castiel faces off with Raphael and the walls holding back Sam's memories of Hell crumble. Someone (human? angel? demon?) will die and someone will be transformed. Prepare to gasp, possibly cry and write angry forum entries. Oh, and sorry, John Winchester won't show his face for the finale.
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The bad news is: It seems like the "two unexpected deaths" are not Lisa and Ben.
(To clarify: I don't want them dead - even though I do want them out of my show - but if them dying means that I don't have to worry about characters I care about, I'm all for it.)
The good news is: It's now only one death in the finale. And one transformation.

Here are my thoughts on what that could mean:

• Raphael dies and Castiel becomes human. That's the best case scenario. I'm just not sure if Raphael counts as THE death, since he's basically a "big bad".
  
• Balthazar dies (saving Cas) and Castiel becomes human.
  
• Someone (Raphael, Balthazar, someone else) dies and Castiel changes his vessel. Obviously, with so much of Castiel's popularity stemming from him being played by Misha, that only makes sense if Misha wants out, and I doubt they'd keep Castiel around in that case. It could be interesting, though, if they find a really, really good actor. Claire!Castiel was pretty amazing, and while this vessel probably wouldn't work on a regular basis, it proves that Castiel can potentially played by someone else and still be our Castiel.

Of course, there are other possible candidates for the "transformation", in which case Castiel would still be in danger:

• It could refer to Sam, soemthing to do with his wall. But I doubt that.
  
• It could possibly be Crowley in some way. I don't have a real theory on that, though.
  
• It could be Balthazar. Or Raphael.

Either way, this spoiler makes me hopeful. "Transformed" really sounds like it should refer to Castiel. And only one death should mean that I won't lose both of my angels. That's something.

Bonus crack theory: After winning the war against Raphael, and taking over Heaven, Castiel "transforms" into God (which would also work with the Misha was written out of the show rumour).

Thought? Other ideas?

Comments

[gwaevalarin.livejournal.com]

Of course he'd hate it. In this show, even best case scenarios still contain a lot of bad. But I'm at a point where I simply want Castiel alive at the end of the season - or at least redeemed - everything else we can figure out afterwards.
Human!Castiel would probably be a bit repetitive after season 5, but then again, they never properly explored it back then.