One of the things I picked up on in the side story of this episode with
Sam and Dean and the fog attack, was how every word used to describe these
people seemed to have some meaning to it. So much of what was said reminded me
of other things that I had to sit up and pay attention to these peoples
stories.
First we have Wes, the victim who committed suicide
because his “life was meaningless and nobody loved
him”
“It was like every negative thought he
ever had came spilling out”
Honestly as soon as I heard that description I
thought Castiel. Because isn’t
that basically what has happened to him this season? these two lines are pretty
much all we know about this victim other than the fact that he killed himself
and a work colleague (we all know how
many ‘work colleagues’ Castiel has had to kill since day one.)
Ever since 11×06 we have been given hints into
Castiel’s mindset and it all comes down to this. I previously talked about the
scene in 11×18 where Castiel believes that Dean would have an ‘objective
view’ of the situation. Because he thinks that Dean is devoid
of any emotion towards him. You could interpret that as Dean
doesn’t love him.
and yet…
The only other
thing we learn about this first victim is this –
“She
loved Wes till the day she died… I don’t know why he’d say anything like
that.”
Wes may not have believed that he was loved, but
textually, it was just confirmed that he
was.
Then we have the
blonde Cop. Who wanted to get off work early to see her husband because they
were newlyweds. Not only that but did anyone elses ears perk up at the phrase
“you got your ears on?” because I know mine did.
She was an obvious
Dean mirror to me. The “ears on” line notwithstanding. The whole deal
about getting taken over by the fog, Amara controlling her to give her message
to Dean…
Amara made her kill
her husband and then when she tried to kill herself
“She won’t let me”
How ominous was that? Especially when followed by the double meaning in the next line:
“She says its a mirror… she’s showing us the truth…”
Honestly I just thought that was funny because it seemed like ‘mirror’ was a strange word to use to describe what she was showing them but hey ho. Yes thank you Robbie we figured that one out.
So if she was a
Dean mirror, why all the fluffy story about being a newlywed and getting to go early
to see her husband? how does this have any effect on the greater story? baring
in mind these episodes are squeezed into 40 minutes and therefore only the
important stuff makes the cut?
Because she was a
newlywed. When everything was still so new and exciting she had that ripped
away from her by Amara…
Don’t forget that
her husband looked like this:
By all means say
I’m reaching. But the silver plaid and the blue striped pot plants and the
dark hair I dunno maybe its just me but seriously this is how I would dress a
human Cas in a future fic.
And hey! He didn’t
want her to forget the handcuffs either! *nudge nudge wink wink*
So yes I see the ladycop and her newlywed husband as another DeanCas parallel and their story seemed so horrid for a second there. Dean mirror forced to watch whilst Amara used his body to kill Cas mirror? Dean mirror tries to kill himself but she wont let him.
Chuck then turns up and brings everyone back to life and dean and cas mirror get a happy reunion that the camera seemed to focus on for a rather long minute there at the end. Make sure the audience notes that love is reunited eh?
Love reunites? we can hope. This is pure speculation but maybe this is Robbie giving us another heads up for an episode to come… Its gonna look really fucking awful for Dean and Cas for a second there but DONT WORRY GUYS they will be okay in the end, even if it takes a miracle to get them there. We know Robbie has done this before, so he may be doing it again.
We also got these two…
I’m sorry but the costume department dressed them just like dean and cas! and I KNOW that people laugh at us for focussing on clothing but when you put it with everything else it just seems kinda suspicious ya know?
it just seemed to me that this episode was full with DeanCas romantic mirrors. I found it interesting. Take from this what you will. 😉
This
morning I was watching this wonderful Destiel fanvid by @1940sdeancas and
I had an epiphany. I’ve watched the video several times, but I’d never realized
something. In meta I’ve written before, I’ve mentioned that in season 8
(8×17 to be more specific), TBPT asked a question. The question was for Cas,
but Cas didn’t know the answer to that question, so the audience was supposed
to fill the gap. I’m talking about this question:
Cas had
been brainwashed into killing thousands of Deans. However, when the moment for
Cas to kill the real Dean came, he couldn’t. That was the episode where we got Dean’s
epic words:
“Cas, we’re family. We need
you. I need you.”
When Cas dropped the blade, touched the angel tablet, and
recovered full control of his mind, Dean asked him the reason for his breaking
the connection with Naomy. Cas’ answer was that he didn’t know. I’m fairly sure
that the night 8×17 aired, many viewers yelled “YOU!!” to their television when
Dean asked that question. It was obvious that Dean was the reason Cas was able
to break the connection, but that was subtext. The text was plain and simple: “I
don’t know.”
In this
post about Destiel over the course of the seasons, I explained how I understood
the fact that Cas answered that way in season 8. I said this:
“I don’t think Cas understood what kind of love
he felt for Dean. That’s why he couldn’t answer the “what broke the connection”
question. HE DIDN’T KNOW. He had to be human to be able to understand that he
can love his brothers and sisters, humanity, Sam and Dean, but each love is
different.”
When was
Cas human? In season 9. What happened in season 9? We were given the answer to
the “what broke the connection” question, but it stayed in the realm of
subtext. In season 9, Cas was given the order to kill Dean again. This time,
however, he was not being mind-controlled. The only thing was that he was
risking his credibility with the angels. He had to choose between his family
(Heaven) and Dean. It wasn’t even a matter of choosing between the angels and
the Winchesters. NOPE. Hannah stated it clearly when she told Cas, “Don’t lose
[our trust] over one man.”
And what happened? One more time Cas couldn’t kill
Dean. One more time there was something that broke whatever connection that
remained between Cas and Heaven. Two seasons, one after the other. In season 8
Cas didn’t know that Dean was the one who broke the connection, but in season 9
he knew, because Cas himself made the conscious decision to choose Dean. Maybe
his decision was unconscious in season 8, but that wasn’t the case in season 9.
Things didn’t
end there, though. TPTB asked a question purposely in 8×17, and they were the
ones who answered it in 9×22. Metatron has been a meta character from the
start. Every time he says something, it’s like listening to the writers speak
directly to the audience. What did the writers tell us? That Castiel’s weakness
had been revealed.
Metatron said that
Cas was in love with humanity, but one episode later, he corrected himself:
When season
9 ended, it was clear that everything Cas does is about saving Dean
Winchester. It’s not about humanity. In fact, season 10 proved that humanity
was not relevant if it meant hurting Dean. Why couldn’t Cas simply kill Dean? I
mean, controlled by the Mark of Cain, Dean was well on his way to become the
father of murder, but Cas told him that he was going to be the one who would
watch Dean murder the world (10×22). Where was Cas’ love for humanity? Cas was willing to
let Dean live even if it meant innocent people would die. Metatron got it right:
IT WAS ALL ABOUT SAVING ONE HUMAN.
So, if Metatron got that bit right, I wonder if he also got right the part where he
said that Cas’ weakness was that he was in love.
If we
follow that line of thought, then… What broke the connection in 8×17? The
obvious answer was and has always been Dean, but not only that. What broke the connection was that
Castiel, angel of the Lord, was and still is in love with Dean Humanity Winchester.
The
question from season 8 was already answered and some people missed it. Wait for
seasons 11 and 12 to answer the other questions TPTB have asked regarding
Castiel 1) who is he (10×18) and as what he wants to live, man or angel (9×06).
May 14th 2016 (which is in a couple weeks) will be the 7th anniversary of Cas rebelling for Dean. Cas spent his first 8 months on the show working for heaven but joined the Winchesters almost exactly 7 years ago.
Jess the EMT and Cesar raising horses just fucking kill me
Isn’t there someone else on this show who’s known for healing people? And another character who has a western fetish? Hmmm
They said they’d been together 7 years didn’t cas show up four seasons ago
They’ve known Cas for almost 8 years (the end of season 11 will make 8 years) but Cas didn’t defy heaven and join up with them until the very end of season 4, so he’s been with the Winchesters for almost 7 years.
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