Completely agree, Julie. Sam likes and cares about Cas, but he wouldn't feel the same level of personal pain if calling Cas worked to get him there but then they failed to "save" him. Sam loses a friend and powerful ally; Dean loses someone he has told feels like a brother to him. And we know how Dean is when he loves someone like a brother. Dean wasn't going to risk trying that, the way he was feeling. The potential pain wasn't worth the risk to him.
And, yes, there's Adam, who actually is a half-brother. But... my take is that Adam doesn't feel like a brother to either one of them. That takes time that they haven't had together. I do hope the show addresses Adam somehow, though.
So not doing more to save Cas was not at all OOC for me, even if it was killing him to lose someone he had loved in whatever way that was.
Yes. And I thought JA's acting made it
very
clear how much Dean was tearing himself up inside. Plus, all the focus on the car as something he
could
fix... (sniffles)
YES. Practical Dean, wanting something he can touch and bend to his will.
I feel a HUGE meta post coming on, but I think I have to nap first.
Plus, all the focus on the car as something he could fix... (sniffles)
Yes, yes, yes.
Nap well, Amy.
My TV just went black again.
What the hell?? I was watching that game. Sort of. OK, it's back. Geez.
While I didn't care for the "You child" line, I think Dean's reaction throughout the episode was very much in character. And fits with the Dean/Cas ship, frankly. If Dean didn't care about Cas so much, he wouldn't have been so betrayed. Cas wasn't in the clutches of some bad guy or possessed - he was all powerful and knew what he wanted.
I thought Dean was a lot more in character in this episode than in the penultimate episode of last season, actually.
I see the ship as being so validated. I don't get it. It might not end happily, but, yeah, the link between Dean and Cas is perfect fodder right now for shipping. And, yet, this. But I have read delighted D/Cers too, so it's not just everyone. Even some people who think that S6 ruined the ship are coming around now.
Speaking of D/C, I really should be drawing.
I think that's partly where my human!Cas wish was coming from. In the D/C shipper part of my heart, I kept imagining all the possibilities.
But I've also always believed that just because two people can't actually be happy together 24/7 doesn't mean their love isn't real or true. Look at Buffy and Angel.
