Maybe he's trying to finish the de-demoning process. Maybe he's giving in to human the way Cas did?

That was my take on it. That for all his bravado he wants back the human feeling he had while Sam was working the ritual on him. (Having been deposed with his unkillable successor waiting in the wings might make the option more attractive too.)

My goodness Cas is cute when he is confused, which is kind of his thing, but oh, dear Cas, you are hurting my heart. I like that I'm thinking fondly of this episode the next day. I don't necessarily like that I'm humming the theme to Greatest American Hero. I bet Morgana was right. He totally heard it at the convenience store.

I didn't ask last night, but who the hell asks someone to do them a favor by babysitting an infant the way Cas' boss did? You'd want to make sure the person is good with small children and most importantly is willing to watch over one for an entire evening.

You'd want to make sure the person is good with small children and most importantly is willing to watch over one for an entire evening.

She thinks she asked him, I bet. She's hella loosey goosey, but I remember listening in to a conversation between a telecommuting new mother and the VP of her department. The VP was saying that she couldn't hand her kids off fast enough to anyone who stood still so she could get back into the office as soon as possible, and the new mother sounded like she barely let the father touch the kid. I know it's not nice to laugh at people's parenting choices, but their mutual disbelief was hysterical. No pun intended...

And she thinks the kid would sleep? Dunno.

I want to say that's my favourite episode of the season, but if I rewatched the season so far I am pretty sure I'd find a tie. But Misha worked the hell out of the plaintive kitten look, and Cas had so much sincerity and desperation--he must have been so...something to finally have instructions again, and boundaries.

The Team Free Will Fanart tumblr is doing another challenge--human Impala. Interesting that she's non-white in a lot of them. I'm playing with doing a picture for it with these character designs doodled today: [link] and [link] We'll see if I follow through.

Matt, did you ever do the besieged Kevin picture you described?

Nope, work began eating me from the bottom up soon after the idea hit. I don't think I've drawn anything that wasn't on deadline since then, aside from doodles during the many, MANY conference calls I've been on.

Ah, that's a shame. Well, if it ever comes to be, I'm fascinated to see it.

I was reading the worst OOC+fixit D/C fic that had the worst summary for the lulz, but then I got to this sentence:

He hadn’t lied to his brother in a while. He no longer saw the point. They were both grown adults and he didn’t need to keep things from him.

And it was officially too much. I just want to take their remote control and turn their TV off.

(I skimmed ahead, and ouch. I feel mean for even looking.)

I have a theory that the Greatest American Hero tune may not have been entirely random. It does contain the lines, which Cas did sing, "I never thought I would feel so free, Flying away on a wing and a prayer..." Unless I know the writer specified the song I'm not going to assume foreshadowing or anything. Because, if left to his own devices, I'm sure Misha is quite capable of picking the song both for it's camp quality and for the lyric.

I'm surprised there's much discussion about the song. I have no idea what Greatest American Hero is, but I'm familiar with the melody, and I knew that there were wing and prayer references coming up in the lyrics. If I were recently an angel, there's a decent chance I'd have remembered the words whenever it was I out-of-context heard them.

It's cute, it's apropos, and it doesn't require an act of Congress (or congress, as I'd first typed, but now I imagine him spooning and watching whatever it is (no need to explain, I'm not actually curious) with April) for him to gain the knowledge.

Pretty much what I'm thinking, despite the level of portent some viewers seem to be giving the song choice.

Lots of things keep popping into my head--Cas bloodied his hand and started drawing the sigil behind him and blind. That's kinda badassed, no?

How much does he still have in his noggin? Maybe he can read the stuff they gave Crowley? I know Dean decided he didn't want him involved, but did no one even bring it up to have it quashed?

Poor noodle. Poor noodly noodle.

This is how I went for Baby.

If you guys think it's inappropriate for me to post fanart here, just say--I won't be hurt. I figure it might be better suited to here than fanfic, but maybe there just isn't a place for it. I can see that.