Dicks with Wings
So Supernatural was on last night, which means time for the weekly round of "who's the biggest jerk and why, and who owes what to who..." Since I’ve been reading a lot about it, I'm going to say ...( why I think I think Castiel's transgressions coming to light is irrelevant. Possibly spoilers inside. )
You know, that's a good point. I'd argue though that the issue is once the kid knows the full truth, there's potentially no other chance to deal with him. It would be all or nothing at that point because once the kid was aware he could do anything, there was no stopping him. In the end though, I think it's significant that Sam's plan turned out to be the best - Dean wanted to take a middle path and tell him just enough of the truth to keep them from getting in trouble and the demon exposed them, Castiel wanted to kill him but even unaware of what he could do, the kid zapped him into a toy. Which left Sam's plan and means that Jesse remains a very, very dangerous wildcard.
I'm glad that they didn't kill the boy. I don't like the concept of anyone being so powerful in SPN, personally, which is why I hope we don't see him again any time soon, but it's morally wrong to kill a child, no matter how dangerous he might become.
It's true that Castiel didn't tell Sam directly not to use his powers, but I guess I don't see why that really matters. Castiel's only tie to Sam has long since been his importance to Dean. It was only later that Sam as a threat emerged on Castiel's radar and as soon as that happened (on his third episode, no less), he told Dean to make Sam stop it. Dean passed that message along that very same night.
Sam needing to know why vs. Castiel's assumption of need to know is very much a driving point between them - but another of their similarities. Sam did the same thing himself, after all, when he was keeping secrets from Dean. Would this drive Sam crazy? Sure. Was it not the best of tactics to make when dealing with Sam Winchester? Also true. However, angels aren't perfect and aren't omniscient and they don't know Sam. In their experience, humans should do as they're told because they're human and they're being told what to do by angels. It would be the ultimate in arrogance to refuse. Frankly, arrogance was one of Sam's major flaws in S4.
Sam had Dean's back for years.
You're sort of turning this into Sam vs. Dean here and I'm sorry, but I've had waaay too much of that for my taste as of late. Forgive me if I'm brief as a result.
A couple of points to mention; one, you spoke about Dean's trusting Ruby. It's true that Dean's opinion of Ruby fluctuated wildly in S4 but bear in mind that he only trusted her towards the middle of the season - and only because Sam asked him to. Sam trusted Ruby, Dean asked him why he should as well, and Sam told him about his summer without Dean. That was in 4x09, and Dean did his best to trust Ruby and incorporate her within his plans. The incidents that you speak of (protecting Anna, duping Alistair) both happen in 4x09 - 4x10. Dean was showing faith in Sam by trusting Ruby. It was when Sam was obviously keeping secrets from him and when he discovered that Ruby was a part of that that he started to distrust her again (or perhaps better phrased gave up on attempting to trust her).
Castiel also wasn't working against Dean's best interests for the vast majority of S4. The only major time I'd argue that Castiel did do so was in 4x09-4x10. Even in 4x20-4x22, Castiel thought that Heaven and the peace of Heaven would be in Dean's (and the world's) best interests. When Dean slapped him upside the head with how stupid that was, he reevaluated and changed his stance.
I want to see how he reacts, how Sam reacts, and if Dean is cool with Castiel while continuing to doubt Sam, I want to see Sam's reactions to Dean.
Oh, I never said Dean would have no problems with it. I think Dean will have a massive problem with it - just that I think he'll do his best to get over it ASAP since the three of them are the only ones working towards the same goal. It's the same thing he did with Sam; Dean obviously still has major issues with his brother (as shown in 5x05 and 5x06) but he's doing his best to work through them as quickly as possible to serve the greater good.
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would be OOC for Dean.
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If anything, I'd argue that Dean's deep hurt and distrust of Sam lingering is a sign of how much love and trust he had in Sam before. It's going to hurt considerably worse to be betrayed by someone you love and have held close to your heart for years than someone you've only known for a matter of months and have known you couldn't fully trust.
With those thoughts in mind, it's not OOC at all to me for Dean to have issues with Sam afterward. I'd have been really annoyed if Dean HAD forgiven Sam so easily because it would mean so many terrible things about Dean's self esteem and concept of self worth. If you can forgive that sort of treatment so readily, it's either because you're a saint (which is almost laughable to consider of Dean) or because you think you deserve it.
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