Title: Caught Up In Circles
Author:
misachanArtist:
chosenfire28Fandom: Supernatural
Relationship(s)/Characters: Dean/Castiel/Lisa
Word Count: 1610
Rating: PG-13
Content Notes/Warnings: S6 AU; some sexual situations, a little voyeurism, rampant abuse of time travel
Summary: Five times Lisa Braeden met an angel of the Lord.
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The feather kept pointing west and they kept following it. )
You fleshed the character out, made her feel like someone I knew. And I like how the "fleshing out" was figurative instead of literal -- the story was PG-13, and Lisa never even got undressed, yet it still read as hot. Probably because I got some D/C action ( ... )
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why/how the hell would Cas unknowingly piece together a soulless Sam? Really?!
I go back and forth on what canon Cas knew and when, honestly. (It's telling that his first response to the accusation that he did it on purpose is along the lines of, "Do you really think I'm capable of that?" rather than "No." Oh, Cas, you and your questionable decisions.) And I don't think he did it on purpose, but I do think he suspected it long before he confirmed it. The ugly truth is Sam hunting with the Campbells served the conspiracy pretty well and let him go as long as possible without having to face Dean. He probably told himself he could fix everything once they opened Purgatory - he justified plenty of horrible things all season, what's one more?
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It's just the idea that if the angel hierarchy needs to assign someone to the task of invading Hades to rescue Dean's soul, for a mission as huge as restoring the vessel of the archangel Michael for the coming Apocalypse, wouldn't they send someone who knows how to do it? That's what I thought Cas was, someone who knows above all how to identify, find and rescue a soul at all costs, regardless of the obstacles. If he's that good, how could he screw up getting Sam?
But that's another reason why I loved how Cas did it in your fic. :)
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(Especially since Dean needed to be out of hell for the Lucifer v Michael fight to happen, who's to say the demons didn't make that quite as hard as it had to be?)
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"Cas thinking he could steal Sam from the Cage BY HIMSELF strikes me as super overconfident in retrospect." Again, good point. And just the kind of recklessly loyal move Cas would pull for the Winchesters, too. :)
"Who's to say the demons didn't make that quite as hard as it had to be?" Of course, that's such an obvious point that I completely overlooked it! You're right.
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As a fan, I want to think the best of Castiel, and wanted to believe Dean knew Cas well enough to be right when Dean called him "the Balki Bartakamos" of angels. But what Dean was saying is Cas is as inept and gullible as he is honest. Jeez, what an assessment!
While I don't want to think of Castiel as a bald-faced liar either, putting Sam's soul on his To Do list sounds more plausible to me, if only because it allows Cas enough awareness to know exactly what was wrong with Sam. It would also show the kind of ruthless decision making I would expect from someone seriously trying to win a war. Even with Cas, the Winchesters' problems can't always come first.
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Yeaaaah. Dean's read on Cas is not always the best. And part of that is willful - Sam and Bobby certainly thought he was capable of shady dealings. And in fairness to Dean, he actually doesn't know a lot of the truly horrendous things Cas has done - he still doesn't know Cas sold Anna out, iirc, or that he murdered Balthazar.
While I don't want to think of Castiel as a bald-faced liar either, putting Sam's soul on his To Do list sounds more plausible to me, if only because it allows Cas enough awareness to know exactly what was wrong with Sam.Man, I don't know. He told so many lies all season. Burning Crowley's bones? Lies. He let Sam and Dean hunt monsters for Crowley and pretended he didn't know what that was all about. Lieeees ( ... )
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