Argh. I'm not hitting Post twice, honest. Sorry.

Yeah, Cas gets my vote this time.

S4, R5

• ...raised you from perdition.

Perdition

Perdition.

PERDITION.

Swimming upstream again and, even though I'm not crazy about the level of sarcasm, choosing

miserable

because it all comes back to family.

Perdition.

Possibly Anna was the first to recreate the earthly vessel which had been destroyed by heaven's hierarchy. Finding herself outside the customs and protections of angel-hood, she may have defied some written or unwritten law in reforming a vessel with which she was familiar and of which she was fond. Or she may have done it out of rebellion, and not wanting to likely ruin another human by wearing her (or him).

I can't think of a good reason to reconstitute Jimmy's body for Castiel, other than actor continuity. And I am still surprisingly resentful that Jimmy's body has been recreated for Castiel's use, and Jimmy and his family were collateral damage. It's like the writers made him just for Dean, and it makes my skin crawl.

But I do believe the whole "angel condom" aspect of angels in the SPN verse is the main reason angel/human fic gives me hives. I could see it between Anna and Dean that one time, possibly because she was new at angelhood and still very human in her interactions. A return engagement post-reconstitution, with her fully aware of her angelhood would be as creepy for me.

I emphasize the "for me" in both cases.

It's like the writers made him just for Dean, and it makes my skin crawl.

What does it have to do with Dean?

A return engagement post-reconstitution, with her fully aware of her angelhood would be as creepy for me.

But there's no host there. Why would it be a problem? It's condom-free.

I've also never had a problem with the idea of Castiel integrated into a Jimmy-free body. It's just that with the two of them walking around like that, what's Michael and Luci's problem?

Hmm. I find myself wanting to say "It's perdition, bitches" over and over again.

The inconsistency of some of the rules drives me nuts. It's like Castiel saying early on that several of his garrison lost their lives in battle. Wait, what? I thought only angels could kill angels, so how did they die?

Vesselhood has problems, but when it comes to Jimmy I like to assume that post-explosion in 4.22, he was sent to heaven. After all, Cas would have gone back until God decided to send him back to earth. That he sent him in Jimmy's body I just handwave as a favor of familiarity for Sam and Dean and even Cas.

Anna calling in favors to get her preferred body back is more problematic for me, because who exactly granted them? God? And it does make you question why Michael and Lucifer can't magic up a body somehow.

I find myself wanting to say "It's perdition, bitches" over and over again.

Sassy.

Honestly, Castiel is Misha for us. It's that simple. But they needed to talk around it more.