That Landed Like A Nuke, First When Nick Hit Cas Right In The Soft Spot, Then Again When He Pulled Himself

That landed like a nuke, first when Nick hit Cas right in the soft spot, then again when he pulled himself together enough to reply. Ow, ow, ow.

They had to cover this at some point but I never expected it to be a scene with an antagonist - something provoked out of him in reaction rather than freely confessed to someone he trusts with it. This was penance.

Other than his final scene, I don't think we ever saw Cas more vulnerable.

One Castiel Quote per Episode 110/136 → 14.02 “GODS AND MONSTERS"

I was going to say a meta thing but Jensen Ackles broke my brain with the acting there.

15.09 The Trap

Aziraphale's job was to smite demons, so I think he did a pretty good job. Even if it's not in the intended way... this demon is most definitely smitten. Good job Aziraphale. 👏

crazy how fanfic authors drop the most beautiful and gorgeous pieces of work ever, leaving you speechless and sobbing at three in the morning as you quietly contemplate the masterpiece you just read

and they don’t get paid for it they just do it because they’re having fun and they want to share their joy with you

like I would literally die for all of you fanfic authors out there reblog to swear your allegiance to fanfic authors

I know this is a gorgeous Cas scene, but there's something about Sam here that really tickles my interest. He's wary in a way that borders on fear once he gets past 'incredulous', like half thinking this is a 'talk someone down from the ledge' moment, but also like he's never forgotten who and what he's dealing with in Castiel.

Looking back over the seasons of Supernatural, I think it's a long time before Sam loses that sense of Cas as something 'other' and a bit awe-inspiring. He accepts Cas as a friend long before it wears off, but there's this... ginger handling thing Sam does with him, like he never quite knows how to tread. And a humour to it, like he's really enjoying the puzzle.

An angel showing up three sheets to the wind - all that power with the brakes of predictability off - ought to be proper scary. I mean, Cas could sneeze and accidentally level the building or something!

(It was a stupid question, though.)

One Castiel Quote per Episode 23/136 → 5.17 “99 PROBLEMS"

I'd just about kill for the canonical backstory on this statement. 2014 Cas was so different, so damaged - so differently damaged to his timeline-equivalent Dean, who's all hard edges and cold purpose. Yet the episode implies they've made the journey together.

What left Endverse!Cas soft and bleak and open and emotionally articulate? Did he crawl through broken glass hell to get here, dragging himself up from nowhere to achieve this level of function and resignation, or has it been a slow, blurry slide from grace into decadence with the bumps softened to meaningless by drugs, booze, and orgies? Why does he package the last one with the 'love guru crap' as if there's still a point to existence, a meaning beyond the moment, then act with Dean (both Deans) as if there isn't? And when did 2014!Dean stop looking at him the way 2009!Dean does?

THE END (5x04)