Supernatural 6x18
Finally watched it! And though I wasn't as excited about the cowboy thing as a lot of people were (I'll admit it, I seriously dislike westerns) I LOVED this episode.
DEAN! You are such a dork, and I love you for it. &hearts &hearts I mean, Star Trek references? And not just vague let's-make-fun-of-the-trekkies-references but specific ones about Star Trek IV and the whales (my favorite one when I was a kid &hearts) and Bobby with only watching Deep Space 9. !! Just so much love for that whole scene.
And you call Sam a geek, Dean.
This whole episodes was adorable, what with Dean being giddy about the wild west and then being all pouty when he's dissappointed with it. And I love the fact that even 150 and years in the past they still can't escape the gay thing.
"We're looking for a man."
"I bet."
Ha! Their faces cracked me. And again, poor Dean, being made fun of for his clothes.
(Also, there now needs to be smut written where Dean makes Sam dress up in the clothes he bought before they have sex, even if it is completely cracktastic and has sarcastic Brokeback references from Sam.)
I felt bad for the Phoenix though. I was totally rooting for him in the beginning, and even more so when I heard his story. Wish he could have lived, but they needed his ashes to save the world, so... At least he got his revenge before he died.
Okay, now about Castiel, which despite all the other wonderful stuff in this episode, is who actually interested me the most in it. (I know, that so weird for me.)
This may be an unpopular opinion, but personally? I LOVE where they are going with his character. I'm glad that they are using his character as more than just comic relief again, and I think the direction the writers are going with him makes perfect sense in terms of his character growth. Not to mention that it is kind of tragic and ironic as well.
I mean, we meet Cas in season four where, still firm in his beliefs, he never questions that the end justifies the means. He follows orders and does what he is told, believing that it is all for the greater good. Then, because of his friendship with Sam and Dean he starts to question, and then eventually defy, those orders. He becomes part of Team Free Will, and fights for what he believes is right, and trying to do it without the morally gray decisions and sacrifices (he wouldn't sacrifice Sam to Anna, for instance). He was fighting, basically, against authority.
But now that he's won, Cas is the authority, which means he's the one who has to make the decisions, instead of fighting against them. And I definitely think he's struggling with it. The Cas we see on the screen now is a far different Cas than we ended with in finale last season. Back then, he was all, at peace with himself and content looking. God bringing him back reaffirming his belief in not only God, but in himself and what he was doing. His doubts were gone.
Now, he's tired, and testy, and not nearly as sure of himself. He's lying to his friends, and it seems like he's ashamed of what's he's had to do. He's back at the question of whether or not the end justifies the means. He's right back at where he started in season 4, only this time there is no one to blame or fight against, no one to answer to but himself. In order to continue doing what he believes is right, he had to become what he fought against in the first place.
Now, this season there had been major tension between Castiel and the boys. Between his focus on the war he is fighting, and his focus on them. And I think Castiel is struggling with this not only because they are his friends, but because they are also the ones who taught him to fight for what he believed in, who showed him that he didn't have to follow orders and that if he fought hard enough he could find a better solution to things. I think Castiel is holding on to them, not just because of friendship but because of what they represent: a time where while the choices he had were few, they were easier to make, and a time he was more sure of himself and what he did. Also probably a version of himself he still wished he was.
So, I'm thinking at some point in the series it's going to come down to a choice between Sam and Dean and the war. Castiel is going to have to decide: does he continue on the path of the end justifying the means in order to do what he thinks is right, possibly abandoning/sacrificing Sam and Dean, or will he abandon his cause in order to help/keep the very people who taught him to fight for what is right to begin with?
Frankly, I don't think Castiel's character and storyline has ever been as interesting as it is now.
And, wow, did that get long. I think that's the most I've ever talked about Castiel before. Wow. Well, like I said, I love what they are doing with his character, even with just the little hints that we get of what's going on.
DEAN! You are such a dork, and I love you for it. &hearts &hearts I mean, Star Trek references? And not just vague let's-make-fun-of-the-trekkies-references but specific ones about Star Trek IV and the whales (my favorite one when I was a kid &hearts) and Bobby with only watching Deep Space 9. !! Just so much love for that whole scene.
And you call Sam a geek, Dean.
This whole episodes was adorable, what with Dean being giddy about the wild west and then being all pouty when he's dissappointed with it. And I love the fact that even 150 and years in the past they still can't escape the gay thing.
"We're looking for a man."
"I bet."
Ha! Their faces cracked me. And again, poor Dean, being made fun of for his clothes.
(Also, there now needs to be smut written where Dean makes Sam dress up in the clothes he bought before they have sex, even if it is completely cracktastic and has sarcastic Brokeback references from Sam.)
I felt bad for the Phoenix though. I was totally rooting for him in the beginning, and even more so when I heard his story. Wish he could have lived, but they needed his ashes to save the world, so... At least he got his revenge before he died.
Okay, now about Castiel, which despite all the other wonderful stuff in this episode, is who actually interested me the most in it. (I know, that so weird for me.)
This may be an unpopular opinion, but personally? I LOVE where they are going with his character. I'm glad that they are using his character as more than just comic relief again, and I think the direction the writers are going with him makes perfect sense in terms of his character growth. Not to mention that it is kind of tragic and ironic as well.
I mean, we meet Cas in season four where, still firm in his beliefs, he never questions that the end justifies the means. He follows orders and does what he is told, believing that it is all for the greater good. Then, because of his friendship with Sam and Dean he starts to question, and then eventually defy, those orders. He becomes part of Team Free Will, and fights for what he believes is right, and trying to do it without the morally gray decisions and sacrifices (he wouldn't sacrifice Sam to Anna, for instance). He was fighting, basically, against authority.
But now that he's won, Cas is the authority, which means he's the one who has to make the decisions, instead of fighting against them. And I definitely think he's struggling with it. The Cas we see on the screen now is a far different Cas than we ended with in finale last season. Back then, he was all, at peace with himself and content looking. God bringing him back reaffirming his belief in not only God, but in himself and what he was doing. His doubts were gone.
Now, he's tired, and testy, and not nearly as sure of himself. He's lying to his friends, and it seems like he's ashamed of what's he's had to do. He's back at the question of whether or not the end justifies the means. He's right back at where he started in season 4, only this time there is no one to blame or fight against, no one to answer to but himself. In order to continue doing what he believes is right, he had to become what he fought against in the first place.
Now, this season there had been major tension between Castiel and the boys. Between his focus on the war he is fighting, and his focus on them. And I think Castiel is struggling with this not only because they are his friends, but because they are also the ones who taught him to fight for what he believed in, who showed him that he didn't have to follow orders and that if he fought hard enough he could find a better solution to things. I think Castiel is holding on to them, not just because of friendship but because of what they represent: a time where while the choices he had were few, they were easier to make, and a time he was more sure of himself and what he did. Also probably a version of himself he still wished he was.
So, I'm thinking at some point in the series it's going to come down to a choice between Sam and Dean and the war. Castiel is going to have to decide: does he continue on the path of the end justifying the means in order to do what he thinks is right, possibly abandoning/sacrificing Sam and Dean, or will he abandon his cause in order to help/keep the very people who taught him to fight for what is right to begin with?
Frankly, I don't think Castiel's character and storyline has ever been as interesting as it is now.
And, wow, did that get long. I think that's the most I've ever talked about Castiel before. Wow. Well, like I said, I love what they are doing with his character, even with just the little hints that we get of what's going on.