
While I still wish we'd seen more of Castiel's journey so far, while there are so many blanks that we have to fill and interpret ourselves, now, looking back over the last two seasons and seeing them as a whole, I think Castiel got the perfect story. A story that changed him, a story that, like every good story, has a beginning, a middle and, most importantly, a proper ending. A story that you can't really appreciate properly until you know all three parts, know where it's coming from when you join it and where it's heading when you leave it again, knowing that it will continue somewhere else - or in the next season of the show. But I'm still prentending that Supernatural has ended. Makes it easier to get through the hiatus not knowing what will happen and if I even want season 6. A story that has left an impression like, well, like a handprint on your shoulder.
When Castiel turned up two seasons ago, I was intrigued but I didn't expect that his story would mean so much to me. But it did. And this is why I am going to go all the way back to when we first met the mighty angel that we'd someday affectionately call "Cas" because we got to know him as a person and not just a supernatural being. And I'm going to take this journey again, knowing, this time, where it's heading. And when I do that I'll try to put my thoughts into words, right here, mainly for myself, but also for everyone else who might be interested.
Ready? Here we go.
( I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition (4x01) )( You should show me some respect (4x02) )( Your brother is headed down a dangerous road, Dean. (4x03) ) Masterpost / Part 2 All screencaps from Misha-Collins.Net and Supernatural.tv