It occurs to me that Sam's "do you like him more than you like me?" is a monumentally stupid question, but I will continue to read and enjoy matchmaker Sam D/C anyway.

And now that Castiel has called out the profound bond (seriously, I'm still laughing--especially at how he then went and dissed Dean right afterwards), can Dean really be too surprised at the next step in their relationship?

Also, WHERE IS THE BALTHAZAR/CASTIEL, DAMMIT?

WHERE IS THE BALTHAZAR/CASTIEL, DAMMIT?

Give a girl a chance. Sheesh.

I want an animated icon of Cas doing the air quotes RIGHT NOW, myself. I could watch that forever.

I am disappointed in fandom...disappointed, I tell you.

Okay, not that disappointed. Still, want more fic.

It's interesting that some of the BB's have incorporated spoilers from season 6 into their premises. However, I think I've liked maybe 2, but not enough to reread or bookmark. I'll give fandom some time to get their act together on all the opportunities The Third Man gave them, however. Like, a week.

Mmm. My bet is totally on something I wrong with Sam; possession, eviltude, I don't know what. But it ain't no, "Oh, this is just how I reacted to Hell differently."

I just read someone throwing around the theory that maybe Sam came back without a soul, and that one of the story arcs this season will be the search to regain it. (I can just see them now, looking for whatever tree - a mighty redwood, no doubt - is housing Sam's soul.)

Will having no soul make him act differently, like Bobby or that kid?

By "that kid" you mean the antiChrist? Wasn't his name Jesse? Anyway, Sam has been acting differently, no one disagrees about that. It's just a matter of figuring out why.

Bobby didn't act differently sans soul. Not that I discount Sam missing his as an interesting possibility. I just don't see it as the source for the difference in behaviour.

When did Bobby not have a soul?

No, I meant Aaron in that episode. So far the people we've been shown who've traded away their souls acted reasonably normally.

Maybe Sam didn't have a bad time in Hell. Maybe he had a good Boy King Hosting Luci time in Hell. So he's feeling a bit above it all back here on Earth.

I wonder about Adam. A throwaway line would be nice.

Also--the assumption that they don't have to ring up Cas anymore and tell him their location...are they both sigiled up? Are they psychically telling him where they are when they reach out for him?

Where has his vessel been chilling all this while? Is it Anna style? I mean, while he was existing as a multi-deminsional wavelength of celestial intent.