*swoons*

[apocalypsos]

I always love reading missyjack's SPN meta SO MUCH.

And while she doesn't discuss him in that particular post -- it's about last night's episode -- my icon reminds me that I especially like the way she really hits the nail on the head in regards to Castiel and the way I personally stand with the character. (I have these massive blog posts in my head about the mistake of attributing human behaviors to an angel and taking orders and brainwashing and penance and a zillion other things that I only let slip on occasion because if I end up writing them I'm going to wade into incredibly wanky territory.)

Good thought-provoking stuff there, which is helpful for me since my Friday brain has sort of devolved into squealing and flailing at episodes with the (admittedly dim) possibility of a big-ass apocalypse on the horizon.

Comments

[catystorm.livejournal.com]

I was discussing this with a friend, and I thought it would have been really, really cool (obvious race wank it would spawn aside) if they'd brought back the black kid from the first episode as the demon.

I still quite like what they did, though, and in all honesty it left me puzzled for a little while that all this wasn't canon before.

[missyjack.livejournal.com]

*smooch*

re: Castiel - i know I have difficulty with a lot of Dean/Castiel fic for that reason. I prefer my characters in fic to at least have an essence of the canonical character, and Castiel in a lot of fic just doesn't feel at all like Cas. I can't buy a whimpering, fragile Cas. I mean I don't buy Dean or Sam like that either, but at least we've seen them shed a tear!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Maybe Castiel sees the humans like giant puppies.

"Aww, he learned how to kill a Medusa. Good boy, have a treat."