Continuation of thoughts on Cas and Evil and free-will and the sacrifices for a war
Cross-posting between tumblr and LJ just so I have an archive of what I've been rambling about is beginning to be a chore. lol But this is my characterization of Cas, the Machiavellian Angel of the Lord.
Btw, that Cas-centric episode is titled "The Man Who Would Be King". And if you've read Kipling's story, and have read the spoilers on this episode, you can start to see how it'll turn out. This war demands a damn high price and Cas will pay in spades.
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I’ll concede that Cas may have a moral compass, basing it entirely on how Dean’s actions and words taught him.
The thing with the free-will and Cas’ revoking of 50k worth of free-willed souls, those people fell under collateral damage. And again, technically, they didn’t and shouldn’t exist. This whole non-existence alone revokes any free-will to begin with.
Also, we all judge Cas’ morality by human standards. Yes, in Dean’s and Sam’s and every human eyes, Cas just played god. But judge him as an angel, the way SPN introduced angels? Souls are currency, and when he needed them bad enough to win, he chose to retrieve those souls that had no lives, no story, no destination because they were all dead.
He could’ve just harvested 50k souls in the present timeline. Why bother going back to the past? It was as good as it could possibly get, the kind of collateral he was willing to accept. Because the 50k he decided to harvest were souls that didn’t belong.
The “free will” he’s fighting for is for those people who are alive in the correct timeline, and who were supposed to live on after.
I’d actually side on Fate with this. Cas already made sure the future remains untold and written free in this chaotic aftermath. But the past is the past, it was a done deal. The attempt to change it opened a pandora’s box and we don’t know why Fate was in hysterics over it, but I don’t think she’s just being bitchy and whiny about losing her job.
In the end, he gave all that up. The strategy to win, the currency he needed badly enough, to protect Sam and Dean - yes. But, his last words to Dean when he said he wanted Dean to understand, this was how far free will got them into. Sacrifices are being made. And DEAN, somehow, still CANNOT comprehend that and that itches a different nerve on me, but that’s a different story.
Also? Despite it all, I love Destiel. It’s all this clashing and hardships that make it so damn worth the journey. It’s epic. Epics weren’t meant to be easy.
Btw, that Cas-centric episode is titled "The Man Who Would Be King". And if you've read Kipling's story, and have read the spoilers on this episode, you can start to see how it'll turn out. This war demands a damn high price and Cas will pay in spades.
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I’ll concede that Cas may have a moral compass, basing it entirely on how Dean’s actions and words taught him.
The thing with the free-will and Cas’ revoking of 50k worth of free-willed souls, those people fell under collateral damage. And again, technically, they didn’t and shouldn’t exist. This whole non-existence alone revokes any free-will to begin with.
Also, we all judge Cas’ morality by human standards. Yes, in Dean’s and Sam’s and every human eyes, Cas just played god. But judge him as an angel, the way SPN introduced angels? Souls are currency, and when he needed them bad enough to win, he chose to retrieve those souls that had no lives, no story, no destination because they were all dead.
He could’ve just harvested 50k souls in the present timeline. Why bother going back to the past? It was as good as it could possibly get, the kind of collateral he was willing to accept. Because the 50k he decided to harvest were souls that didn’t belong.
The “free will” he’s fighting for is for those people who are alive in the correct timeline, and who were supposed to live on after.
I’d actually side on Fate with this. Cas already made sure the future remains untold and written free in this chaotic aftermath. But the past is the past, it was a done deal. The attempt to change it opened a pandora’s box and we don’t know why Fate was in hysterics over it, but I don’t think she’s just being bitchy and whiny about losing her job.
In the end, he gave all that up. The strategy to win, the currency he needed badly enough, to protect Sam and Dean - yes. But, his last words to Dean when he said he wanted Dean to understand, this was how far free will got them into. Sacrifices are being made. And DEAN, somehow, still CANNOT comprehend that and that itches a different nerve on me, but that’s a different story.
Also? Despite it all, I love Destiel. It’s all this clashing and hardships that make it so damn worth the journey. It’s epic. Epics weren’t meant to be easy.