It's refreshed my worry about everything, and I really want to hug Castiel.
He's gotta come back from all of this, right? Right?
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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§ ita § - May 02, 2011 10:24:35 am PDT #19500 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - May 02, 2011 10:30:51 am PDT #19501 of 30002
Because books.
Oh god, my stomach hurts already.
Also, Mark Shepard is just fantastic. I really could watch him in every show ever .
sumi - May 02, 2011 10:31:36 am PDT #19502 of 30002
Art Crawl!!!
Amy - and you just might.
Amy - May 02, 2011 10:32:54 am PDT #19503 of 30002
Because books.
It's the truth, sumi.
SOMEONE HOLD ME.
§ ita § - May 02, 2011 10:50:05 am PDT #19504 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, so I made a decision. Crowley and Cas haven't been working together the whole time (unless they have, and that's how Sam and Samuel got back to earth, but I don't want to dwell on it). Instead, Cas has been on the soul train since he started working with Balthazar's weapons mid-season, since Balty has been all up in souls since The Third Man.
That's what I'm going with for now.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 02, 2011 11:39:34 am PDT #19505 of 30002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Castiel could have gotten the idea from Balthazar in "The Third Man" and then gone back to forge an alliance with Crowley before Sam made his reappearance at the end of "Swan Song" - he has a lot more latitude for chronological vs. subjective event mismatch than anyone else.
§ ita § - May 02, 2011 12:07:49 pm PDT #19506 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't get the impression Cas spent enough time with Balty in The Third Man to get what he was doing, but certainly by the time The French Mistake rolled around they'd had time to negotiate and exchange ideas.
Sadly, Cas being in cahoots with Crowley for the whole time would explain him not mentioning Christian was a demon. But I don't want the rift to go that far back.
And when Cas went back into the hospital full of abnormals, he totally didn't kill them all, did he?
Amy - May 02, 2011 12:09:14 pm PDT #19507 of 30002
Because books.
And when Cas went back into the hospital full of abnormals, he totally didn't kill them all, did he?
I forgot all about that. Wow, I really want to rewatch everything now. At least every Cas episode.
§ ita § - May 02, 2011 12:10:43 pm PDT #19508 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or if he did, he killed them for Crowley's ends...
I like how absolutely everything is coming back to what Death said...it being about the souls. This might have been confusing going through it, but the threads are being pulled together.
Amy - May 02, 2011 12:30:48 pm PDT #19509 of 30002
Because books.
I want the soul thing and the mirror thing (from the credits) to tie together, too, just for neatness's sake. Although I think we're already pretty much there on the second, with a lot of things not quite what they seem on first glance.