Ideally, their age difference should be the JA-Misha difference. It's just a thing.
Misha's a couple years older than JA, yes? But not many?
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
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Amy - Oct 21, 2010 1:51:06 pm PDT #15090 of 30002
Because books.
Juliebird - Oct 21, 2010 1:59:15 pm PDT #15091 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Hah! Cas as a Canadian Mountie is perfect! In theory. Haven't read it yet.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 2:01:55 pm PDT #15092 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I can see Dean's worldliness and Cas' newness to humanity translating to a younger Cas.
Can you think of any fics that actually do that? I have to admit, I don't like a lot of the emo/woobie!Cas characterisation. Okay, 5x03 happened. But most of the time he doesn't care that he doesn't fit in. He has a disdain for the out-of-water environment, and a fair confidence in himself in other arenas.
Misha's a couple years older than JA, yes? But not many?
4 year age difference. I IMDBed to check, but apparently I know shit like that. I'm not a creeper, honest. So, technically you have to fudge it for HS AUs, and I'm okay with that for the device. But for college AUs, I much prefer a grad school/TA Cas.
P.M. Marc - Oct 21, 2010 2:03:02 pm PDT #15093 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Misha is crop of '74. How old is JA now?
Amy - Oct 21, 2010 2:19:18 pm PDT #15094 of 30002
Because books.
Jensen was born in 1978.
Juliebird - Oct 21, 2010 2:33:20 pm PDT #15095 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
And I have way less issue with age discrepancies than I do with wilting-flower characterizations of Cas. If Cas is independent of and resistant (initially) to Dean, is his own person, and can dish out as good as he gets, yet is 10 or 15 years younger than he should be? I'll take it. There's too much age-appropriate Cas where his awkwardness is translated to weak.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 2:36:25 pm PDT #15096 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But making him young as an instrument of characterisation is off to me. Even when he was a new human, he wasn't young. He was secure, and just got put out when pushed by Dean into genuinely embarrassing situations. He's not generally unsure. More often than not, he's BAMFy, or angsty. But not angstier than Dean, so it shouldn't be a reason to make him young.
eta: It's just that Cas is so much older than Dean in every scene. My brain doesn't see any reason for that flip, ever.
§ ita § - Oct 21, 2010 5:46:56 pm PDT #15097 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cass - Oct 21, 2010 5:49:09 pm PDT #15098 of 30002
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Undo it! Undo it!
Concur.
I wish I hadn't clicked. Not for any spoiler squeamishness, just ewwwwwness.
Amy - Oct 21, 2010 5:49:54 pm PDT #15099 of 30002
Because books.
Look at the colors on Sam and Dean, though. I've never seen Sam wear a chocolate brown shirt, ever. I think that's just photo shoot styling, not real costuming.