Thoughts on Cas at the end of S6
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what happens to Castiel at the end of season 6. The conclusion that I’ve come to is, I understand what motivates everyone during that arc. I think there’s wrong on all sides, but that no one person can be solely blamed. And to explain that, it’s necessary to go back to the beginning of S6. There are some ( Read more... )
You make an excellent point about Cas not owning up to his mistakes. I think that now, so much has happened that bringing those events up wouldn't really make a difference. But he never admitted the mistakes even when it would have. So you do make a good point about this being IC for Cas. I also like what you said about why, as an angel, he'd be that way - now that he's with the Winchesters. That also makes perfect sense.
About 513, though - I'm not really sure what would have been different. The way he said that made it seem pretty clear to me that he was lying, and that the boys knew it - and that he was doing so to spare Sam. Moreover, even if Anna had gone back and killed Sam, I feel sure that Lucifer or Michael would just resurrect him - or prevent it from happening at all. I'm with you on the other two instances, letting Sam out and turning in Anna, both of which did have massive repercussions and which Cas never owned up to at the time. I don't quite see 513 the same way, though.
Agreed on loving a character in spite of his flaws! This is exactly how I feel about Cas.
You make a good point about Crowley in 620, too. When they're in Hell, I think Crowley brings them up and Cas explicitly says to exclude them. This also sort of bothered me - this insistence that everyone had on keeping Dean "out" of the life, when anyone who knows Dean should've known he couldn't be content in that life with Lisa/Ben in the long run.
I get that Cas doesn't tell Dean in order to spare him...but...it just seems like coddling him and I'm not sure that's at all necessary.
And, oh. I feel like you're right that S6 could've gone just the same, only without the Cas vs. everyone else falling out at the end, had he just told them from the start. And that is SO painful. I think I understand why, for storytelling purposes, the boys had to lose this ally. But in terms of my feelings for the characters, oh, it hurts.
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