YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS (spoilers, obvs)
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH CHUCK OH GOD OH CASTIEL MY LOVE MY DARLING MY ONLY BABY ARE YOU DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN? BABY DON'T WORRY, YOU ARE MY ONLY, EVEN IF THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN CAAAAAAAAAAS, YOUR APPEARANCE WOULD RIGHT ALL WRONGS, WOULD HOLD UP THE SKY, WOULD LIFT THE LOWEST HEART. OH CAS OH MY LOVE YOUR FACE YOUR VOICE THOSE EYES, FILLED WITH A YEAR'S WORTH OF CELESTIAL WAVELENGTH INTENT AND CIVIL WAR AND LOVE FOR THE BROTHERS YOU ARE KILLING OH GOD, YOU DARLING, YOU PRECIOUS ANGEL, YOU LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS, YOU SAVIOR OF SEASON SIX, HOW SHALL I PRAISE YOU? IF I SING FOR YOU IN ENOCHIAN DOLPHIN SONAR WILL YOU HEAR IT? WILL IT TOUCH YOUR HEART AS YOU TORTURE A SMALL CHILD OR TURN YOUR GIRAFFE NECK AT THE SOUND OF BALTHAZAR'S VOICE? IF I COLLAPSE INTO A RIVER OF BLOOD WILL IT CALL YOU? IF YOU NEED MY HELP CAS, I AM HEEEEEEERE, I WILL HELP YOU WIN YOUR WAR, I WILL REMIND YOU THAT YOU ARE THE BEST EVER, I WILL KEEN MY LOVE FROM THE HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND LOWEST TRENCHES, I WILL CARVE MY LOVE INTO THE TRUNK OF YOUR TREE-SELF, I WILL CRY FOR YOU OVER THE FAMILY LOST, THE SHAME YOU DO NOT DESERVE TO FEEL. I WILL BE THE ANGEL KNIFE YOU THROW INTO THE HEARTS OF YOUR ENEMIES, TO WIN THEM TO YOU OR WIPE THEM AWAY LIKE THE DOUCHEY CHARGER YOU SMITED WITH THE RIGHTEOUS FORCE OF YOUR HOLY BODDDYYYYYYYY.
Okay.
UM GUYS I FREAKING LOVED THIS EPISODE. HOLY CRAP I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE LOGICAL AND CALM BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BUT I HAVE SOOOO MUCH TO SAY.
Basic reactions first, lifted from Twitter (lol, sorry for totally taking over your feeds, really, but you know how it is):
fucking locusts oh my god. guys, if it weren't for Cas i would not be able to take this. SO FREAKING NASTY. HATE PLAGUES.
Sam doesn't want to call Cas because he is SAMIFER. ALSO, CAS ISN'T ANSWERING HIS PHONE BECAUSE HE HAS GOT NO SERVICE IN THE CLUB YOU SEE.
EAR HAIR TRENCHCOAT FACE TIE FACE HAIR VOICE EYES EYES EYES CAAAAAAAAAAS.
YES SAM, CAS LIKES DEAN BETTER. IT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE EVIL. I DID LIKE DEAN DEFENDING HIS BROTHER, THOUGH.
CAS, BB, I'M SO SORRY THAT YOUR REVOLUTION ISN'T GOING SO WELL. I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING.
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WAVELENGTH OF CELESTIAL INTENT KDJAOIRHJOT J *FAINTS*
SOUL-STEALING ANGELS, CAS TORTURING A KID...OH SHOW, I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, YOU GIVE ME ALL THE CREEPY ANGELS I WANT.
REMORSE IN THOSE GORGEOUS BLUE EYES OH GOD CAS I LOVE YOU. HE'LL REST NOW. AKDJOIAJEPORHIJ I THOUGHT HE DIED IN THE WAR. A GOOD FRIEND.
Yes, Samifer, that was Castiel smiting your douchey car with the righteous justice of heaven. Deal with it, assbutt.
SO SO SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A REBELLION, IT'S CIVIL WAR IN HEAVEN. OH ANGELS, YOU COMPLETE ME.
sososo, i'm super disappointed with Balthazar, BUT there was eyesexing and bromancing and ~~~~history and debts, so he's still golden
EVEN I KNOW THAT'S A BAD JOKE. OH MY GOD, CAS, WHAT DID WE DO WITHOUT YOU?
I GRIEVED YOUR DEATH. OHGOD FIC, PLEASE. ANGEL GRIEVING IS MORE AND LESS AND SO MUCH MORE.
BALTHAZAR, BB, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. CASTIEL REBELLED OF NECESSITY. YOU ARE BREAKING HIS HEART, KAY, HE DOESN'T WANT TO BLOW COKE WITH YOU
"I don't want to hurt you."....but i'm totes down with throwing my badass knife straight into your heart like the bamfest bamf i am <33333
WHY WON'T ANY OF YOU LISTEN? OH MY GOD CAS. MISHA'S ACTING IS SO FINE AS ALWAYS, SO LOUD YET SUBTLE, THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, LOOOOOOOVE
Poor Cas, back to being hit around by his older brothers.
B talking to Cas is good enough, but he's super flat when 'raging' at Dean. Guys, where's the Balthazar that was promoted?
Dean, you need to accept that Cas loves Balthazar more than he loves you.
"We're different," as his Samifer flat-ironed bangs stir gently in the breeze. YEAH, DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE DEVIL.
Okay, now to squash the uncontrollable squee for a minute to discuss SRS BSNSS.
Like, the bitchin' theory that Irish came up with and then we developed:
So we were talking about how Show just told us that Sam is Samifer, and Irish mentioned that "I read a Jared quote a few weeks ago, too, that kind of made me wonder... By putting stuff together. He basically said he thinks Sam's time in hell was way worse than Dean's." So we were saying general stuff about this, about how it means that this season will still be angel/Apocalypse-focused, and how we're okay with that (I really really love the mix so far of monster-of-the-week with mytharc. This week - by which I mean, CASTIEL - really pulled together the beginning of the season, I think) but what ARE they going to do with it? And we said, you know, why on earth is Samifer pretending to be Sam? We tossed around ideas about to what level Lucifer is controlling Sam and/or is in his head - is he fully envesseled? If so, is he just pretending to be Sam, or sort of hibernating a bit and letting Sam himself be his cover? If the latter, then has Sam given himself to Lucifer fully, has he maybe sold his soul to him? We don't know, obviously, but then Irish's genius kicked in, and she said - if Sam is Samifer, then who the hell is Grandpa Campbell? WELL OBVIOUSLY HE'S AZAZEL! I mean, we saw in episode 1 how he deferred to Sam when Dean asked about the djinn, right? Why on earth would Samuel do that? But Azazel totally would defer to Lucifer. So our tentative theory is that Azazel and Lucifer had this back-up plan for if their Apocalypse failed, so that their vessels would get pulled up/down and they themselves would escape hell and they could get it back on track. And I think Samifer is laying low for now because, as Cas says, Raphael and his contingent want to put the derailed Apocalypse back on track. So for now Samifer can sit back and let the angels decimate themselves in a civil war while he waits for the renewed opportunity for world destruction. So super humongous props to Irish, and I cannot wait to see what they actually do with all this.
ETA: The intro for this season? Breaking glass and A POUNDING HEARTBEAT. LIKE DEMON-BLOOD SAM.
Next up, Balthazar. Um...am I mistaken, or was a different actor promoted as him? I was disappointed overall with his performance, but the character appearance was still awesome, his foil to Cas, the way he undercuts what Cas has been striving to do. He's something entirely new - an angel wanting anarchy, basically (Anna could be comparable in that she just wanted to escape and live, but Balthazar's completely different from her), and I liked that. I want more of him, and his history with Cas, and this shit about the value of souls (set up for next ep with Bobby? more for Samifer, about the value of Sam's soul?).
Next, Irish also brought up - where is God in this season? Now for this I'm going to assume God-as-Chuck, because though I don't always like or agree with that it is kind of ultimately what it is. And anywho, regardless of whether they bring back Chuck or not, I think that God will not show up this season physically, though they are obvs already talking about him again. So here's my theory: God-as-Chuck (God as a human prophet) helped Sam and Dean avert the Apocalypse. His work there is done. Now, I think, he is truly retiring at least for a bit, and I think it is not because he is the uncaring Father but because he wants his other children, the angels, to choose for themselves, to decide on their own terms how their life and heaven will be. He doesn't want to impose his will on them because look how that turned out with Lucifer, and look how successful Castiel's stint at rebellion/free will was? So I think God will not be physically present because although this civil war is horrific for the angels, it's something they need to get through by themselves in order to really figure out where they stand.
AND BACK TO CAS. Guys, he really made it happen. I looooved this episode so so so much. The 'weapons of Heaven' were so cheesy but also sort of totally worked. I *liked* the iodizing stone. Sadface though that we won't get the same Raphael ever again though, seriously.
BUT CAS. SCARE QUOTES AND SHAME AND HE HAS TAKEN SO MUCH ON, AND HE WAS SO EXCITED TO FIND HIS BROTHER FOR WHOM HE HAD GRIEVED, BUT THEN THEN ALAS, BALTHAZAR JUST DID NOT GET THE POINT, AND CAS CAN'T UNDERSTAND, WHEN HE REALIZED HIS BF(F) WAS ALIVE HE ASSUMED B WOULD JOIN HIM AND HELP HIM BUT THIS, THIS ANARCHICAL LIFESTYLE, THIS CARELESS CRUELTY, THIS MARKETING OF HUMAN SOULS, THIS IS NOT THE BROTHER HE NEW. AND YET. BALTHAZAR CAME BACK, AND CASTIEL STILL LOVES HIM, AND THEY TALK IN TERMS OF DEBT BUT REALLY IT IS LOVE.
YOU GUYS I LOVE THIS. IT'S LIKE AN ENTIRELY NEW MYTH-ARC, DRAWING FROM BITS OF BOTH SIDES OF WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE, THE MONSTERS AND THE CELESTIAL, AND IT'S COMING TOGETHER SO WELL AND IT'S SO DRAMATIC AND BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.
Okay.
UM GUYS I FREAKING LOVED THIS EPISODE. HOLY CRAP I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE LOGICAL AND CALM BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BUT I HAVE SOOOO MUCH TO SAY.
Basic reactions first, lifted from Twitter (lol, sorry for totally taking over your feeds, really, but you know how it is):
fucking locusts oh my god. guys, if it weren't for Cas i would not be able to take this. SO FREAKING NASTY. HATE PLAGUES.
Sam doesn't want to call Cas because he is SAMIFER. ALSO, CAS ISN'T ANSWERING HIS PHONE BECAUSE HE HAS GOT NO SERVICE IN THE CLUB YOU SEE.
EAR HAIR TRENCHCOAT FACE TIE FACE HAIR VOICE EYES EYES EYES CAAAAAAAAAAS.
YES SAM, CAS LIKES DEAN BETTER. IT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE EVIL. I DID LIKE DEAN DEFENDING HIS BROTHER, THOUGH.
CAS, BB, I'M SO SORRY THAT YOUR REVOLUTION ISN'T GOING SO WELL. I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING.
A MULTIDIMENSIONAL WAVELENGTH OF CELESTIAL INTENT KDJAOIRHJOT J *FAINTS*
SOUL-STEALING ANGELS, CAS TORTURING A KID...OH SHOW, I KNOW YOU LOVE ME, YOU GIVE ME ALL THE CREEPY ANGELS I WANT.
REMORSE IN THOSE GORGEOUS BLUE EYES OH GOD CAS I LOVE YOU. HE'LL REST NOW. AKDJOIAJEPORHIJ I THOUGHT HE DIED IN THE WAR. A GOOD FRIEND.
Yes, Samifer, that was Castiel smiting your douchey car with the righteous justice of heaven. Deal with it, assbutt.
SO SO SO IT'S NOT ACTUALLY A REBELLION, IT'S CIVIL WAR IN HEAVEN. OH ANGELS, YOU COMPLETE ME.
sososo, i'm super disappointed with Balthazar, BUT there was eyesexing and bromancing and ~~~~history and debts, so he's still golden
EVEN I KNOW THAT'S A BAD JOKE. OH MY GOD, CAS, WHAT DID WE DO WITHOUT YOU?
I GRIEVED YOUR DEATH. OHGOD FIC, PLEASE. ANGEL GRIEVING IS MORE AND LESS AND SO MUCH MORE.
BALTHAZAR, BB, THAT'S NOT THE POINT. CASTIEL REBELLED OF NECESSITY. YOU ARE BREAKING HIS HEART, KAY, HE DOESN'T WANT TO BLOW COKE WITH YOU
"I don't want to hurt you."....but i'm totes down with throwing my badass knife straight into your heart like the bamfest bamf i am <33333
WHY WON'T ANY OF YOU LISTEN? OH MY GOD CAS. MISHA'S ACTING IS SO FINE AS ALWAYS, SO LOUD YET SUBTLE, THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, LOOOOOOOVE
Poor Cas, back to being hit around by his older brothers.
B talking to Cas is good enough, but he's super flat when 'raging' at Dean. Guys, where's the Balthazar that was promoted?
Dean, you need to accept that Cas loves Balthazar more than he loves you.
"We're different," as his Samifer flat-ironed bangs stir gently in the breeze. YEAH, DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU'RE THE DEVIL.
Okay, now to squash the uncontrollable squee for a minute to discuss SRS BSNSS.
Like, the bitchin' theory that Irish came up with and then we developed:
So we were talking about how Show just told us that Sam is Samifer, and Irish mentioned that "I read a Jared quote a few weeks ago, too, that kind of made me wonder... By putting stuff together. He basically said he thinks Sam's time in hell was way worse than Dean's." So we were saying general stuff about this, about how it means that this season will still be angel/Apocalypse-focused, and how we're okay with that (I really really love the mix so far of monster-of-the-week with mytharc. This week - by which I mean, CASTIEL - really pulled together the beginning of the season, I think) but what ARE they going to do with it? And we said, you know, why on earth is Samifer pretending to be Sam? We tossed around ideas about to what level Lucifer is controlling Sam and/or is in his head - is he fully envesseled? If so, is he just pretending to be Sam, or sort of hibernating a bit and letting Sam himself be his cover? If the latter, then has Sam given himself to Lucifer fully, has he maybe sold his soul to him? We don't know, obviously, but then Irish's genius kicked in, and she said - if Sam is Samifer, then who the hell is Grandpa Campbell? WELL OBVIOUSLY HE'S AZAZEL! I mean, we saw in episode 1 how he deferred to Sam when Dean asked about the djinn, right? Why on earth would Samuel do that? But Azazel totally would defer to Lucifer. So our tentative theory is that Azazel and Lucifer had this back-up plan for if their Apocalypse failed, so that their vessels would get pulled up/down and they themselves would escape hell and they could get it back on track. And I think Samifer is laying low for now because, as Cas says, Raphael and his contingent want to put the derailed Apocalypse back on track. So for now Samifer can sit back and let the angels decimate themselves in a civil war while he waits for the renewed opportunity for world destruction. So super humongous props to Irish, and I cannot wait to see what they actually do with all this.
ETA: The intro for this season? Breaking glass and A POUNDING HEARTBEAT. LIKE DEMON-BLOOD SAM.
Next up, Balthazar. Um...am I mistaken, or was a different actor promoted as him? I was disappointed overall with his performance, but the character appearance was still awesome, his foil to Cas, the way he undercuts what Cas has been striving to do. He's something entirely new - an angel wanting anarchy, basically (Anna could be comparable in that she just wanted to escape and live, but Balthazar's completely different from her), and I liked that. I want more of him, and his history with Cas, and this shit about the value of souls (set up for next ep with Bobby? more for Samifer, about the value of Sam's soul?).
Next, Irish also brought up - where is God in this season? Now for this I'm going to assume God-as-Chuck, because though I don't always like or agree with that it is kind of ultimately what it is. And anywho, regardless of whether they bring back Chuck or not, I think that God will not show up this season physically, though they are obvs already talking about him again. So here's my theory: God-as-Chuck (God as a human prophet) helped Sam and Dean avert the Apocalypse. His work there is done. Now, I think, he is truly retiring at least for a bit, and I think it is not because he is the uncaring Father but because he wants his other children, the angels, to choose for themselves, to decide on their own terms how their life and heaven will be. He doesn't want to impose his will on them because look how that turned out with Lucifer, and look how successful Castiel's stint at rebellion/free will was? So I think God will not be physically present because although this civil war is horrific for the angels, it's something they need to get through by themselves in order to really figure out where they stand.
AND BACK TO CAS. Guys, he really made it happen. I looooved this episode so so so much. The 'weapons of Heaven' were so cheesy but also sort of totally worked. I *liked* the iodizing stone. Sadface though that we won't get the same Raphael ever again though, seriously.
BUT CAS. SCARE QUOTES AND SHAME AND HE HAS TAKEN SO MUCH ON, AND HE WAS SO EXCITED TO FIND HIS BROTHER FOR WHOM HE HAD GRIEVED, BUT THEN THEN ALAS, BALTHAZAR JUST DID NOT GET THE POINT, AND CAS CAN'T UNDERSTAND, WHEN HE REALIZED HIS BF(F) WAS ALIVE HE ASSUMED B WOULD JOIN HIM AND HELP HIM BUT THIS, THIS ANARCHICAL LIFESTYLE, THIS CARELESS CRUELTY, THIS MARKETING OF HUMAN SOULS, THIS IS NOT THE BROTHER HE NEW. AND YET. BALTHAZAR CAME BACK, AND CASTIEL STILL LOVES HIM, AND THEY TALK IN TERMS OF DEBT BUT REALLY IT IS LOVE.
YOU GUYS I LOVE THIS. IT'S LIKE AN ENTIRELY NEW MYTH-ARC, DRAWING FROM BITS OF BOTH SIDES OF WHAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE, THE MONSTERS AND THE CELESTIAL, AND IT'S COMING TOGETHER SO WELL AND IT'S SO DRAMATIC AND BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.