Gabriel and Balthazar certainly seemed onboard with the R-rated action, and neither had the excuse of falling like Cas and Anna did.

Tangent: early on it seemed as if angels might not have innate gender apart from that of their vessels, but the archangels have exclusively referred to one another with masculine pronouns and terms. (It'd be interesting if Castiel used "she" and "sister" regarding Raphael now that the vessel is a woman.)

I hope we find out soon.

Apparently Edlund just likened Dean/Cas to a long distance marriage. They know what they're doing--why do they rile folks up like that? There should be shame.

Honestly, in the last few weeks they've gone far beyond what I ever expected to see in canon in that direction. Third parties in the story are acting like they see something going on now, and not just in a joking sense.

Sam telling Dean he hurt Cas's feelings was the BEST.

There should be shame.

I'm pretty sure it's evil cackling and egging each other on instead.

Now that Sam has a soul, he digs the profundity.

It's all Greek to me, but Team Free Will as My Chemical Romance? Might align with the interests of some people here.

Sylvia Bond (pinkraygun) is arguing Biblical sexless angels. Oh, honey, no. Like what you like, but you can't deny the Nephilim.

Maybe they were test tube hybrid abominations?

Honestly, in the last few weeks they've gone far beyond what I ever expected to see in canon in that direction.

for sure. And every week it's a little more blatant. Sometimes I wonder & I'm not sure if it's fearfully or hopefully.

Gamblefied promo for this week.

Ah, interesting directing choices there, Edlund. This could go either way.

But whichever way, Castiel needs a hug. I foresee much fic being written this weekend--fixit or celebratory (probably fixit) unless they manage to stun Casfandom into silence.

for sure. And every week it's a little more blatant. Sometimes I wonder & I'm not sure if it's fearfully or hopefully.

I keep telling myself there's no way that a network action-adventure show is actually going to go there and have the more macho of its two male leads do a 180° (well, maybe 120°) and get involved in a same-sex romance.

But then, I didn't expect that they'd ever take a sledgehammer to the fourth wall like they did in "The Monster at the End of This Book," nevermind knocking the whole thing down with a wrecking ball in "The French Mistake."

I will be shocked if they address it in any way other than to dismiss it--and even then, why would they bother canonically break the hearts of so many shippers? Writing discord between the two characters is one thing--it's trivial to ship around that. But to explicitly say "they had feelings for each other. It didn't work out." (because, seriously, can you imagine it??) would be too much.