Alright my dear sassy anon, I apologize for the late response but I wanted to do this right and school had been getting in the way. So buckle up. I’m going to take you for a ride. *cracks knuckles*
Moving on to my overall argument. Let’s look again at Cain’s speech and dissect that, shall we?
This is a perfect parallel to me. In this scenario Crowley is Abbadon. So do you remember when Abbadon was possessing Colette in 9×11?
And then she has a very interesting conversation with Cain, that hints very stronglyat a previous romantic relationship between them.
And Abbadon then goes on to literally tell Cain “Well, if I can’t have you, than neither can she!” before manipulating Colette’s body to the point that Cain attempts to stab her with the blade as she smokes out. This parallel between Abbadon and Crowley later becomes incredibly important because of what happens after the fight. Moving ahead to 10×14 and what do we see?
What is this!? The obvious Colette parallel being chosen over the Abbadon parallel? The physical embodiement of Cain/Dean’s addiction being put in the hands of Colette to take care of?
The Abbadon parallel looking visibly aggrieved about being passed over for the Colette parallel? The Abbadon parallel feeling wounded and wronged about Cain/Dean’s actions because of the history they share?
It must all be a coincidence right? Ok well let’s look at the next part of Cain’s speech.
The second person close to himself that Cain killed was Colette, and this effectively places Cas in that position in the lineup of future murders. I suppose you could argue that Dean technically was the one who killed Abbadon, but by giving Dean the Mark for the express purpose of killing Abbadon Cain essentially signed her death warrant. She was the last person of close relationship with Cain to die, putting her parallel, Crowley, as the first to die. So my first point of Cas being Colette is simply the order in which he appears in the Cain speech. Beyond that you had asked when Cas had pulled Dean back from the edge of darkness. Well…
Cas has been intimately involved in the removal of the Mark. I have my own complaints about the show has been writing Cas as going out hunting for cures for Dean and not staying with him, but the fact remains that that is what he’s been doing.He’s literally put everything else on hold to try to fix Dean.You mentioned that Cas hasn’t been around Dean for a lot of his struggles with the Mark and I would argue that there is a pretty obvious reason for that. It makes more sense for Cas to be the one out doing this because he’s an angel. Thinking about this logically, one person should stay with Dean and one person should be out doing the legwork the search for the cure requires. Once it was clear that the search for the cure was going to take them to Cain, why the hell would you ever send Sam to do that? An angel didn’t even stand a chance against him, what’s Sam going to do? It’s totally valid that Cas be the one out searching and it doesn’t diminish his feelings for Dean or Dean’s for him. You don’t have to be around someone all the time to love them.
But mostly I just think that Cas is Dean’s Colette because he fits the way Cain described her.
“I’ve tried. I’ve tried, Colette. To see myself as you did."
"I know you watch over me still.”
“She forgave me.”
Basically I just feel like Cas loves Dean the way Colette loved Cain. Unselfishly and unconditionally. Complete devotion right to the end. Always putting Cain’s needs before her own and doing what’s best for him, literally to her dying breath. So now we have the final part of Cain’s speech and I’ll be wrapping up my rant soon here.
Your message that Sam is Dean’s Colette was honestly just really surprising for me to read because I thought it was totally obvious that Dean and Sam were Cain and Abel respectively in this scenario. They are literally their descendants. Lucifer wanted to possess Abel and Lucifer wanted to possess Sam. And then Cain said the whole “You’re living my life in reverse” line. Sam is Abel in this scenario because that’s where Cain placed him in the lineup of people Dean would kill. Abel’s spot. Not to mention that Abel is Cain’s younger brother and Cain gave up his very soul to save him, just like Dean did for Sam. I mean, in terms of parallels I think the Dean/Cain and Sam/Abel links are possibly the single most obvious parallel in the entire series. Unless your argument is that Sam is somehow simultaneously Colette and Abel, which, if it is I’d be interested to read.
So in conclusion, that’s why I think that Cas is Dean’s Colette, although I will admit that sometimes when I really try to remove the Destiel-colored glasses entirely I have considered that Dean doesn’t have a Colette (thanks ephemeral-castiel). What I’m saying is that I think that Cas fills the roles that Colette filled for Cain, but I do think that in the end Dean will learn how to overcome his issues on his own. I don’t think that any one person, not Sam or Cas, would be able to stop Dean just by begging, because that didn’t work while he was a demon and because this is the season of self-discovery and I really think Dean will be able to find this strength in himself. He really needs to find his own will to live at this point in time, rather than just hanging around because Sam and Cas need him. So yeah, that’s why I think that IF Dean has a Colette, it’s Cas.
Do you remember how afraid some people were that would introduce a female character to be Dean’s Collette at some point? I don’t think anyone’s worried about that anymore.
Oh, I bet there are some people who are pretty worried that they WON’T…
Yeah, exactly. Right now is too early to be making anything explicit, so subtext it remains, but that only barely qualifies as subtext. In fact, the only thing that keeps in there is the fact that there was no Colette reminder. If that had have been there, it would have been text. Subtle, still, because casual viewers would probably still not all pick up on it (yay heteronormative goggles), but some would have, and it would have been much harder to deny.
I really didn’t expect them to make it as clear as they did though. I’m so excited about it all!
My thoughts exactly. What a way to do this. Bless Bob Berens. :’)
10×14 framed Dean and Cas in a romantic light AGAIN, and I think this time it was abslutely undeniable what was indicated: that they truly are something non-platonic for each other. It’s still subtle enough so that mostly us enthusiasts will pick up on it, but I think even some non-shippers who remember 9×11 clearly got the hint.
I’m pretty sure the textual romantic will strike in the last episodes of the season…
YES. I know there are a lot of people who are disappointed by the lack of textual confirmation or physical interaction between Dean and Cas (apart from the shoulder) in 10×14, but I’m actually really pleased with how this B-plot is being paced. As long as it’s clear from the symbolism/silent storytelling that we have a destination, I don’t care how long it takes us to get there—and I love me some agonizingly-drawn-out slow burn that gives the characters enough time to grow realistically and thoroughly.
Speaking of pacing, I have a theory about timing on forthcoming possible events. As I’ve mentioned before, I am increasingly convinced textual romantic Destiel will occur during a reverse crypt scene with Crowley-possessed!Cas, which will textualize the Collette parallel and (hopefully!) subvert Collette’s tragic end. I am also convinced Sam will go darkside, and Dean will be confronted with Cain’s prophecy a third time. But if that is the case, both would have to happen in the same episode so that we don’t have time to draw obvious parallels, based on Dean’s handling of the Cas situation (i.e., does he actually kill him?), about how Dean will handle being faced with killing Sam. Whiiiiich basically would have to make that the season finale, because of course a big Dean-faced-with-killing-Sam moment would only happen in the season finale, right? (None of us would survive such a finale.)
Unless Sam goes full darkside without Dean ever getting the chance to save him by killing him in Season 10, of course.
I keep seeing people on my dash that are complaining about how little Sam apparently gets to do, but they seem to have missed the clues that he is in trouble. I am so worried and exited at the same time. Witch craft Sam.
OGOD. There was that slight, appreciative glance from Sam when Crowley mentioned his skills, and I was thinking, “Here we go!”
What if Crowley, playing the role of Dean’s scorned lover, manipulates Sam into using magic on Dean? Remember, we still have Magnus’ Lair of Evil.
Sam is really getting a taste for the craft. He really liked pulling of that Rune of Amaranth spell. (I still need to look into that, it seemed important…) the fact that de-aged Dean didnt have the mark through witchcraft must be going on and on in his head right now. I think he might be one who has a natural talent for it.
MAN. The foreshadowing for Sam taking up magic have been on the same level as the stuff for demon!Dean, and a desperate Sam is scary enough by himself, but desperate Sam with magic powers?
Sorta terrifying.
This whole conversation is taking me back to something I noticed at the time in this week’s episode, and I think it bears repeating now. At first, it was Sam and Crowley who trapped Cain – Dean waiting outside, and Cas downstairs. When they all had their meeting together before Dean went in for the big showdown, they were positioned very specifically: Sam & Cas opposite Dean & Crowley:
Immediately afterwards, we then had Dean by himself, facing the three of them:
So far, so expected really. But what was interesting was that immediately after giving Cas the blade, they realigned themselves. Now Cas & Dean are aligned, opposite Sam & Crowley. Crowley, aligned with Sam, of course immediately vanishes, leaving it Sam, opposite Dean & Cas:
All of which to me was seeming to suggest pretty much what you’re all saying. An increasingly desperate Sam, really living up to the theme of the last couple of seasons: I’ll do what I have to do.
Or trying to rip him apart? Like, there’s the reverse crypt scene right there, right? Dean trying to get the blade all bloodlust-y and Cas trying to talk him down and knowing he has to get through to Dean before Dean rips him open and touches the blade because then all will be lost.
… Right? I kind of want it now.
(And, yeah, see your point about Crowley. But I’m not sure if Crowley has motivation for getting the blade. In terms of revenge on Dean, retrieving the blade from Cas doesn’t seem like it should be Plan A. I mean, Dean was pretty uncontrollable as a demon. There’d be nothing to stop Dean from killing Crowley if Dean ever got the blade from Crowley. Or even if Dean ever found out Crowley hurt Cas and stole the blade again.)
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