Carry on my wayward Cas....(Supernatural 6x20 Thoughts)

[sherrilina]

Wow....lots of shocking TV episodes this week!  I meant to post about VD yesterday, but after watching the big SN episode I have to just do that first....O_o  Big SN 6x20 spoilers obviously:

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[decadentdream]

My first (and most consistent) thought was that "the Dean/Cas shippers are going to love this". SO much geared towards the two of them.

To be honest I can completely see and agree with Cas' point of view on this whole situation. He's reasoned it out - what must be done has to be done, because there is no clear other way. He lacks that whistful hope that the Winchesters have, that no matter how bad it gets, there will be some miracle answer out there - you just have to find it. So I can see why he'd be calling upon his father for reassurance and direction now that he sees his path is not the optimal one, but he knows no way out of it. For the record, I also thought the opening was cheesy, but Cas' inherent biblical properties were calling upon something of that nature to refer to

I love Crowley so I was pleased to see him back around with much of a presence this ep. There is just something really charming about him, IDK. But really, his idea of hell is a pure stroke of genius. Instead of endless torture (which you will likely have some reprieve from, or eventually condition yourself to get used to/ignore the pain) conducted by somebody else, the torture now is conducive within yourself. You are the one choosing to wait forever in that line not that you can leave, and if you realise this you'll probably feel repressed, the onus will be on you when you reach the end and they say your behaviour whilst waiting was not optimal and therefore you must return to the end, you're the one who will be endlessly annoyed until the point where you flip out. It's an affectation upon yourself. I don't know how well I've explained it, but I can really understand it. And, for Crowley, it makes him look good because he's not really responsible for anything, it looks nicer and creates order instead of chaos (in the short term) which, again, endears him to others because he seems to be reasonable.

I am curious though... Raffi spoke like Cas was to free both Lucifer and Michael... if Cas pulled Sam free, does that mean Michael is gallavanting around out there somewhere also?

[sherrilina]

Hmm, well I also see Cas's side with Crowley and the war, the one thing I find a bit less forgivable/more wrong was that once he realized something was wrong with Sam (which he obviously did when he watched Sam turn away from Dean, and which is why he ignored Sam's calls all summer), he should have tried to help him, or at the very least told Dean Sam was back, but wrong. It's Cas's refusal to own up to his mistakes where Sam is concerned--whether it be letting Sam out of the panic room and helping start the apocalypse, or now accidentally raising him without a soul--that is the biggest flaw/issue.

And interesting re: Crowley's Hell, though IDK, the way Dean describes it, especially how at the end you become the torturer...how do they corrupt souls into demons with endless lines exactly? O_o

I am curious though... Raffi spoke like Cas was to free both Lucifer and Michael... if Cas pulled Sam free, does that mean Michael is gallavanting around out there somewhere also?

No way, first of all Cas freed Sam before he even went up to Heaven and talked to Raphael and heard him say that, it was a completely separate issue, and he was against it anyway. And we know they are in the cage still because that's how Sam's soul has been tortured all this time, that it required a wall....if Michael were gallivanting around out there then he'd be leading the other faction right now in the civil war, not Raphael.