I'm going to spend tonight finishing capping pics from my Japan trip, really

[vikki]

I'm hungry but I know it's only because I'm idle.

Title: The Will of Faith
Author: vikki
Characters: Dean, Castiel, Zachariah
Spoilers: through 4.22, bitty hints of 5.01
Rating/Warnings: Angst, bad language (in one direct quote from Show)
Summary: Castiel discovers just how unknowable God's will is. Missing scene for 'Lucifer Rising' (4.22). What

Comments

[ibroketuesday]

This is a great insight into Castiel's thoughts during 4x22. I especially liked the Castiel-Zachariah interaction. Because if I love any two things in this world, they are a) Castiel and b) Zachariah.

One nitpick! You spelled Jimmy Novak's name wrong. :)

[vikki]

I'm glad you enjoyed the fic! I think it's great that Castiel did all these things for Dean, but given that his storyline in season 5 is finding God, discovering that his orders are not necessarily God's Will must have been a factor in his departure from Heaven, IMHO.

Castiel and Zachariah have this horribly creepy relationship. Guh. Maybe it's just because Cas is such a lost puppy, but it really feels like almost every angel we see him with is ready to put their foot on his neck, if they haven't already. So, yeah, tried to get that in there. =D

I totally did! WHOOPS. Brainfarted on his name spelling after that fic on ff.net, Loyalty. fixed now!

[ibroketuesday]

I agree; I don't think Castiel ever would have rebelled if he hadn't begun to believe that his orders were not coming from God.

Castiel and Zachariah have this horribly creepy relationship. Guh. Maybe it's just because Cas is such a lost puppy, but it really feels like almost every angel we see him with is ready to put their foot on his neck, if they haven't already.

Very well put. Castiel is just so earnest and good-hearted and sweet that it makes for a really interesting dynamic when you put him up against another angel who is slimy and immoral and would have no problem crushing him. Put his foot on his neck - an apt image. Also somewhat hot, if I do say so myself. :P

[vikki]

Put his foot on his neck - an apt image. Also somewhat hot, if I do say so myself. :P

You and I are of one heart, there. Where are the creepy!zach/cas and lucifer/cas fics? D= I feel so dirty!

Actually, on a slightly different topic, I'm looking to tackle a 'missing scene' from 5.10: how Castiel found Dean and Sam (since they're hidden from him) and the aftermath when he took them away from Lucifer. It occurred to me that a legit explanation for Castiel's absence at the end was possibly Dean&Sam being furious with him for not being there in time to save Ellen and Jo: while he has a legitimate excuse, I can't help but wonder how Dean&Sam reacted to a perfectly unhurt Castiel suddenly whisking them away. Do you think Castiel would explain himself properly? I'm ... not sure he would, at least not right away and in the face of an emotional response, so opinions would be appreciated.

[ibroketuesday]

emerald_embers wrote the only Zach/Cas I have ever seen - srsly, are we the only people who find that pairing hot? - for mishaland, and it was cracktastic, not whumpy and porny. Luckily, there's OODLES of Lucifer/Castiel out there.

Oh, man! I love that idea! You are absolutely correct; Dean was totally in such an emotionally vulnerable place that he would just explode with rage at Castiel (because his presence just two hours earlier would have made all the difference), and Castiel, in the face of such a response, would just disappear. YES. And he'd be all hurt and then Dean, once he got the full story, would have epic guilt. AMAZING.

[vikki]

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Zach/Cas needs more love. UM. .... might have to write the foot on neck drabble okay. There's oodles of Lucifer/Castiel? Okay, I've seen a lot but most of them are like, "OMG Lucifer takes over Dean and there is ANGST!" Which has been Kripke'd so hard I can't take it seriously. >__>;;

I've started working on the story. Meg snuck in there. Um.

[ibroketuesday]

It totally does. (And I would love it if you wrote that drabble. Seriously.) And yeah, most of the Lucifer/Castiel was written pre-S5, but I can recommend a few; these two by pandarus, and this one by luchia13.

[vikki]

oooh, they're all really creepy. I can barely get through luchia13's fic, it's making me too sad! D= thank you so much for the recs!

As for the drabble, I, uh, I wrote it. Ended up a lot longer than a drabble. Er.

Castiel makes me prolific!

[ibroketuesday]

It's Castiel/Lucifer, what precisely were you expecting? :P

I just read that. It is AMAZINGLY AWESOME and I love it.