Every time you reply to my reviews I find myself sitting there and thinking about how weird it is that, logically, what you write does make sense, and still everything in me keeps screaming at Dean to stay away from Cas because I can't bear seeing my angel get hurt even more.
You know, I don't even deny that Dean still cares about Cas in some way, but I see that the way he acts keeps hurting Cas, while Cas keeps crawling back and aplogising over, and over and over again. And Dean still doesn't admit that he made mistakes too. Might well be that he knows it, but that doesn't change that he's been acting like a douche towards Castiel for the last two years. So, bottom line, I don't think I care anymore whether Dean still cares or not. I only care how his behaviour affects Cas.
I feel like I should aplologise for this, but I don't think I'm actually sorry.
About Meg: Hm, yeah she might care a little. I do hope, though, that they don't change her completely. She's a demon, and she's always followed her own agenda. Having her really care now and do something entirely selfless would be... almost insulting to her character.
I figured they'd kind of already picked option #1 when they let him go at the end after he gave them his blood.
I think they did for now, yes. I could be cynical and say: Of course, he gave them his blood, thay have what they need from him. But no, they let him leave, and Cas can now find his path again on his own. The big question is whether he will return because they call him again, or because he chooses too. I really, really hope it will be the second option. I want to see a moment when the boys need him but don't call because they decide he's been through enough, and then Castiel turns up anyway because he WANTS to help them.
That's way he's so childlike. Not because he's suffering right now, but because he's seeing the world anew. He's re-establishing his place in it and re-learning his identity... if that makes sense??
It does make sense. I don't think he's generally just suffering and hiding it under this childlike behaviour either. Most of the time, he IS okay and curious and... almost happy in a weird way. But he is also very, very vulnerable right now, despite his powers. Emotionally vulnerable. And as soon as there is conflict, I think that is when he IS suffering. Then there is suddenly pain and even more so fear. I have never seen Castiel afraid in this way. Every time he just starts rambling and pleading with his eyes for someone to tell him that things will be okay. That's when stuff starts bubbling back to the surface, not in the way it used to in the ealier episodes this season, but it's still pain and a lot of it. But I agree that Cas can come out of this okay. He needs time, though, and, I don't know, safety, peace to rebuild himself. Not more confusion and pain and conflict. I can understand why he decided not to leave with Inias, but I wish he had. Inias with his affection and forgivness, and acceptance is exactly the type of person Castiel needs right now so he can gain some self confidence again and come back, not to the angel he used to be. He will never just be who he used to be again. But to being whole again, and ready to face the world once more.
To stop anyone else getting their hands on it, I assume. Not to bright though, since the boys wouldn't have known about it UNLESS Dick had started digging it up.
Exactly. So for creatures who are supposedly so smart and cunning, right now it looks like that was a rather stupid move. But who knows, maybe they NEEDED to awaken the prophet because he is part of their master plan.
God, there really is so much in this episode! So many things to think about. So many ways to interpret. Oh, Ben, bless you, you've still got it.
Yes indeed. It's not an easy episode, but that's what makes it a good one. Ben brought so many things to the surface that desperately needed to be addressed, and I can only hope that the show won't just bury them again but be brave and finally face issues that have been dragged out for far too long.
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You know, I don't even deny that Dean still cares about Cas in some way, but I see that the way he acts keeps hurting Cas, while Cas keeps crawling back and aplogising over, and over and over again. And Dean still doesn't admit that he made mistakes too. Might well be that he knows it, but that doesn't change that he's been acting like a douche towards Castiel for the last two years. So, bottom line, I don't think I care anymore whether Dean still cares or not. I only care how his behaviour affects Cas.
I feel like I should aplologise for this, but I don't think I'm actually sorry.
About Meg: Hm, yeah she might care a little. I do hope, though, that they don't change her completely. She's a demon, and she's always followed her own agenda. Having her really care now and do something entirely selfless would be... almost insulting to her character.
I figured they'd kind of already picked option #1 when they let him go at the end after he gave them his blood.
I think they did for now, yes. I could be cynical and say: Of course, he gave them his blood, thay have what they need from him. But no, they let him leave, and Cas can now find his path again on his own. The big question is whether he will return because they call him again, or because he chooses too. I really, really hope it will be the second option. I want to see a moment when the boys need him but don't call because they decide he's been through enough, and then Castiel turns up anyway because he WANTS to help them.
That's way he's so childlike. Not because he's suffering right now, but because he's seeing the world anew. He's re-establishing his place in it and re-learning his identity... if that makes sense??
It does make sense. I don't think he's generally just suffering and hiding it under this childlike behaviour either. Most of the time, he IS okay and curious and... almost happy in a weird way. But he is also very, very vulnerable right now, despite his powers. Emotionally vulnerable. And as soon as there is conflict, I think that is when he IS suffering. Then there is suddenly pain and even more so fear. I have never seen Castiel afraid in this way. Every time he just starts rambling and pleading with his eyes for someone to tell him that things will be okay. That's when stuff starts bubbling back to the surface, not in the way it used to in the ealier episodes this season, but it's still pain and a lot of it.
But I agree that Cas can come out of this okay. He needs time, though, and, I don't know, safety, peace to rebuild himself. Not more confusion and pain and conflict.
I can understand why he decided not to leave with Inias, but I wish he had. Inias with his affection and forgivness, and acceptance is exactly the type of person Castiel needs right now so he can gain some self confidence again and come back, not to the angel he used to be. He will never just be who he used to be again. But to being whole again, and ready to face the world once more.
To stop anyone else getting their hands on it, I assume. Not to bright though, since the boys wouldn't have known about it UNLESS Dick had started digging it up.
Exactly. So for creatures who are supposedly so smart and cunning, right now it looks like that was a rather stupid move. But who knows, maybe they NEEDED to awaken the prophet because he is part of their master plan.
God, there really is so much in this episode! So many things to think about. So many ways to interpret. Oh, Ben, bless you, you've still got it.
Yes indeed. It's not an easy episode, but that's what makes it a good one. Ben brought so many things to the surface that desperately needed to be addressed, and I can only hope that the show won't just bury them again but be brave and finally face issues that have been dragged out for far too long.