annundriel | Supernatural Season Finale (Reply)

This is a little bit, hmm, half-assed? No, that's not quite right. It's not as good as it could be and I've only seen the episodes once (so it's starting to slip). I'm never really going to get down the things I want to say in the exact way I want to say them, but I'm tired of not posting about it, so.

Supernatural – “Let It Bleed” & “The Man Who Knew Too Much”

I have complicated feelings. I liked the episodes, but I’m upset about what happened in the end. I can see how Castiel got to that point, but I’m unhappy that they went there. I’m unhappy they had to go there, but I can see how and why.

I wish they hadn’t, but I’m not without hope for season seven.

I simply…do not see Dean giving up on Castiel so easily. He cares too much, Castiel is too important to him, for Dean to throw it in without a fight. And I am hoping—hoping—that since the show has been about falling and redeeming, Castiel will get his chance as well.

I know a big part of the fear for next season is the fact that Misha isn’t a regular anymore. Considering how much they used him this year? That makes sense. Jim’s not a regular and he’s on the show all the time. As for any comments coming out of interviews or cons, I’m reserving judgment and trying to look at this the same way I look at anything spoiler-shaped: we don’t have the whole story, we’re just getting a snippet, things may not sound the way we think they do.

Could I be wrong? Hell yeah. But I’d rather have something to cling to for a bit than spend the summer fretting.

I actually really enjoyed “Let It Bleed,” which was surprising. I thought it was going to be an agonizing hour until the finale, but it wasn’t. In fact, I liked it more than “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” I loved the stuff with Castiel and Castiel and Dean. And Castiel and Sam, even though they didn’t really have much of a scene together. Sam tried. Sam doubted Cas before Dean did, and Sam was willing to try. Of course, then Sam went and stabbed Castiel in the back…

And how about Dean’s face at that point, huh? Terrified of Castiel and still shocked and horrified and waiting for him to go supernova and die.

Augh. See? Dean has to try. Has to. How can he not?

Plus, if he’d just realize that he had a part to play in helping Castiel down that road…Don’t they owe it to Castiel to help him out? I don’t think it’s their fault entirely that things played out the way they finally did. I’ve been saying before that I don’t see Castiel as evil—still don’t—nor do I see his decisions as evil. He made bad choices. But they were the choices he thought were best at the time. He didn’t make them maliciously. (Yeah, yeah, road to hell is paved with good intentions.)

So while I am, hmm, annoyed that Dean and Sam spent a great deal of time using Castiel and then kicking him out of the club, Castiel’s choices were no one’s but his own. Could this ending have been prevented if the Winchesters had been a little more, idk, up for hashing things out? Conversation? Real dialog? Sure, probably. Other options may have presented themselves. But they weren’t and Castiel didn’t always go to them and now here we are.

Point being I don’t blame anyone. Everyone fucked something up somewhere. Now if they could just fix it.

Also, um. How come Bobby works with Crowley and it’s all, “Oh, gross, Bobby. Did you kiss him?” and Castiel works with Crowley and it’s all, “OH NOES YOU ARE EVIL AND HAVE BETRAYED US FOREVER WOE IS US”?

I’m just saying.

Anyway. Castiel knocked the wall down in Sam's head to keep Sam and Dean out of the way. He said he'd fix him after. But, I don't know. Sam seemed mostly all right to me? Was it just something we didn't get to see, or is Sam stronger than they--Castiel, Dean, Death--were assuming? Is this going to continue to play a part next season?

Ah, next season.

Really, I am trying to stay positive about what's coming. No matter what sort of information we're getting from the show, I'm sure they're not giving us the whole picture. This is why I dislike spoilers so much. At least, spoilers that come out ahead of time. It's only part of the story, never all of it, and fans can kind of go crazy with speculation. Good or bad. So. I am trying to remain positive. I'm hoping they go for redemption without destruction.

I will admit, though, that the end of the season broke my heart. I immediately texted Natasha that I was freaking out because that just...that wasn't Castiel. I mean, I can see all the steps they took to get him there, but it wasn't Cas.

Which now makes me think about Angel and the whole Fred/Illyria thing and, god. I loved Fred, but not like I love Castiel.

And, yeah, okay, I wish it hadn't happened. But this isn't a choice that I made, so it isn't something I can take back. I found the day or two after I kept obsessing about it like it was (I have a bad habit with that), but that isn't going to change what happened. It happened. It's over. That's the story they told.

As to what they're going to tell? Well. That'll come. And I'll deal with it when it does.

Otherwise, the episode has prompted some interesting discussion regarding God/gods with my mom. Particularly the idea that only God and humans can create life. Angels and demons can't. They can twist it or restore it, but they can't create it.

Mom is also waiting for God to show up and be like, "Oh for fuck's sake, kids, I leave you alone for an hour and this is what you do?"