I always love your recaps :) And I have a very strong thought about your #11... This does open up a whole new possibility of a manipulative!Cas which, oddly enough, has him 'making his own fate' but also mirroring the pre-apocalyptic angels who thought they held the power and wanted to see things go their own way, consequences and human lives be damned. It makes him seem more angelic, instead of a lost trenchcoat with crazystrong powers, and I like the weight it gives him, especially since we know he *is* concerned with the greater good and won't go off the reservation entirely. But anyway, the point is, now that we know the angels have thrown out all the rules, and Cas is one of the big Kahunas who needs to watch out for the status quo, it may be that he just wants to keep tabs on Sam'n'Dean so that no other angels can reach them. And losing them to heaven (or coughhellcough - you never know where they'll drag the boys next) may well be opening them up to a whole other cast of angels. He obviously has a fondness for them that is very brothers-in-arms-ish, but I also see it as a strategic move that factors into his campaign to beat Raphael.
On a more squee-y note, Sam's hair! Yes! Looks like him again and makes me loose sight of the plot thinking, oh Sam, why so pretty?
And the rock-paper-scissors. Even after it was obviously AU, that bugged me, but you're right. That was another of their tipoffs.
I like your point about Cas making his own fate by being manipulative. It becomes a double edged sword whereby the very thing that the Winchesters taught might in fact become their undoing if Cas has plans for them. OR if, in fact, he had something to do with Sam being without his soul in the first place.
Though I doubt they'd make Cas internationally hurt the boys. He does seem to be aware of the bigger picture of goodness and genuinely seems to care about them. I like the notion that him looking out for them is strategic - so others don't get hold of them.
I can't wait to see how this will play out. I am so pumped for the final episodes.
Oh Sammy indeed.... how is he so pretty. Prettier why his hair is hanging over his face. *swoon*
And the PSR annoyed me at first also. I thought "they can't mess with that!"... but yeah.... I'm pretty sure it was an early hint that things weren't right.
Urck! You know, even with all my musings, it never occurred to me that Cas could have had a hand in Sam coming back with the tank empty. Gah. He just... he couldn't! He wouldn't! But at the same time, he was pretty adamant that Sam's soul be left in the cage. And that always irked me, because yes, Sam might come back a drooling mess, but at least he wouldn't be eternally tormented by Lucifer. It really bugged me how Show focused on what might happen to topside!Sam, instead of emphasizing that the real Sam IS his soul. They had that mentality with Dean. But Cas doing it on purpose... no. My brain stops there, because I just can't fathom it. Can you imagine how Dean's heart would break? (And, subsequently, everyone in the fandom's?) The broken trust there would be irrevocable. And painful. Oh Dean.
Yes - I agree. I don't think they would take it that far. I'm pretty sure Cas didn't get him. Fandom may indeed explode if Cas was in any way responsible for Sam's soul staying in the cage.
Though I've been musing (to my self as one does with this show *g*) if souls that have been to hell and back are worth more than the average soul. So.... Sam and Dean's. Of course... how that would even work I don't know. But it seems important how many souls an angel has to win this war in heaven. And maybe having S&D's is like worth more or something.
Or maybe getting hold of Sam's soul in its post hell condition is valuable for the other side? Maybe its why Cas didn't want it freed?
I'm curious to see what becomes of Sam once the wall is torn down... which I suspect will be where we are headed. I'm completely unspoiled and have been spending far too much time speculating.
On a more squee-y note, Sam's hair! Yes! Looks like him again and makes me loose sight of the plot thinking, oh Sam, why so pretty?
And the rock-paper-scissors. Even after it was obviously AU, that bugged me, but you're right. That was another of their tipoffs.
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I like your point about Cas making his own fate by being manipulative. It becomes a double edged sword whereby the very thing that the Winchesters taught might in fact become their undoing if Cas has plans for them. OR if, in fact, he had something to do with Sam being without his soul in the first place.
Though I doubt they'd make Cas internationally hurt the boys. He does seem to be aware of the bigger picture of goodness and genuinely seems to care about them. I like the notion that him looking out for them is strategic - so others don't get hold of them.
I can't wait to see how this will play out. I am so pumped for the final episodes.
Oh Sammy indeed.... how is he so pretty. Prettier why his hair is hanging over his face. *swoon*
And the PSR annoyed me at first also. I thought "they can't mess with that!"... but yeah.... I'm pretty sure it was an early hint that things weren't right.
Thanks for dropping in! :D
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Though I've been musing (to my self as one does with this show *g*) if souls that have been to hell and back are worth more than the average soul. So.... Sam and Dean's. Of course... how that would even work I don't know. But it seems important how many souls an angel has to win this war in heaven. And maybe having S&D's is like worth more or something.
Or maybe getting hold of Sam's soul in its post hell condition is valuable for the other side? Maybe its why Cas didn't want it freed?
I'm curious to see what becomes of Sam once the wall is torn down... which I suspect will be where we are headed. I'm completely unspoiled and have been spending far too much time speculating.
'shall just have to wait 'n see I suppose.
:)
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