When You Stop Running....
Nov. 29th, 2012 03:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwaevalarinHow can this be the worst episode since Caged Heat that makes me want to put it into the same box that says "episodes that don't exist" but at the same time have two or three of the best and most important scenes in the last three years?
Let's talk about those scenes and ignore the rest, shall we?
"I caused a lot of suffering on Earth, but I devastated Heaven. I vaporized thousands of my own kind and I can't go back. [...] Because if I see what Heaven's become, what I made of it, I'm afraid I might kill myself."
This... this is everything I wanted addressed ever since 7x01 (well, almost everything. What about Balthazar?) and at the same time dreaded because I was always convinced that hurting his own family like this had to be the very, very worst thing for Castiel out of everything. I just somehow didn't really expect the show to so fully agree with me on this because it never seemed to care enough about the angels to go there, but now it did and it's the best and worst thing ever.
I'm so grateful they're making this a topic, making this the most important topic for Castiel really, and I just regained a big chunk of trust in this show thanks to this one scene.
So we'll actually watch Castiel go through this, 100% canon and on screen... this season is going to be even more painful than I expected.
Castiel needs to talk to (and listen to) Samandriel as quickly as possible so he learns that his family still cares about him, and that many of them forgive him and miss him. Maybe that will help him forgive himself.
And hey, at least he already was at the point where he wanted to face his pain at the end of the episode, before Naomi interrupted.
Naomi... I don't know. She probably wants Cas to stay out of Heaven because she knows that he can and will reveal and stop her plans - whatever they are - if she lets him in. But maybe, just maybe, she is actually trying to help him in her own way. I don't think I'll ever approve of her way but... intention does count, and when she told him that he should do what he wants to do, that sounded genuienly nice. Who are you, and what are you up to, Naomi?
Either way, I'm so proud of Castiel for not running anymore. After this episode I am convinced that now he will be able heal given time and support (Samandriel?) because he has finally admitted that he is far from okay.
Side note: During the episode I was so sure that this would be the day where we learn that Amelia was never real. All those cuts from "living in your own head/a dream world" to Sam's flash backs, who seemed even more weirdly soft coloured than before. But now with Don alive, maybe she was? Or maybe not? I'm not sure anymore.
Let's talk about those scenes and ignore the rest, shall we?
"I caused a lot of suffering on Earth, but I devastated Heaven. I vaporized thousands of my own kind and I can't go back. [...] Because if I see what Heaven's become, what I made of it, I'm afraid I might kill myself."
This... this is everything I wanted addressed ever since 7x01 (well, almost everything. What about Balthazar?) and at the same time dreaded because I was always convinced that hurting his own family like this had to be the very, very worst thing for Castiel out of everything. I just somehow didn't really expect the show to so fully agree with me on this because it never seemed to care enough about the angels to go there, but now it did and it's the best and worst thing ever.
I'm so grateful they're making this a topic, making this the most important topic for Castiel really, and I just regained a big chunk of trust in this show thanks to this one scene.
So we'll actually watch Castiel go through this, 100% canon and on screen... this season is going to be even more painful than I expected.
Castiel needs to talk to (and listen to) Samandriel as quickly as possible so he learns that his family still cares about him, and that many of them forgive him and miss him. Maybe that will help him forgive himself.
And hey, at least he already was at the point where he wanted to face his pain at the end of the episode, before Naomi interrupted.
Naomi... I don't know. She probably wants Cas to stay out of Heaven because she knows that he can and will reveal and stop her plans - whatever they are - if she lets him in. But maybe, just maybe, she is actually trying to help him in her own way. I don't think I'll ever approve of her way but... intention does count, and when she told him that he should do what he wants to do, that sounded genuienly nice. Who are you, and what are you up to, Naomi?
Either way, I'm so proud of Castiel for not running anymore. After this episode I am convinced that now he will be able heal given time and support (Samandriel?) because he has finally admitted that he is far from okay.
Side note: During the episode I was so sure that this would be the day where we learn that Amelia was never real. All those cuts from "living in your own head/a dream world" to Sam's flash backs, who seemed even more weirdly soft coloured than before. But now with Don alive, maybe she was? Or maybe not? I'm not sure anymore.
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Date: 2012-11-29 05:32 pm (UTC)For the very same reason I dislike Caged Heat. I don't mind a bit of comedy, and god knows Supernatural can use some lighter episodes once in a while. What I can't stand is making cheap jokes at the expense of proper characterization. And this episode was basically nothing more than one stupid ooc joke at Castiel's expense after the other. Except for the parts where they revealed that Cas is still broken and suicidal, which made the rest even worse.
To be honest, I was very close to turning my tv off just a few minutes in. I'm now glad that I didn't but ONLY for those two or three scenes.