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Who Wore It Better?

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Popular Opinion: John Winchester Was a Bad Father

*SPOILERS SEASONS 1-14*

Disliking John Winchester is fairly popular, but I still want to add my two cents.

John’s picture is next to “absent father” in the dictionary. Beginning with John’s behavior when Sam and Dean were children, John and Mary are not portrayed as having a happy marriage. In Dark Side of the Moon, Dean recalls John and Mary fighting, and John moving out for a few days when Dean and Sam were little. John and Mary were forced together by a Cupid, and are not soulmates (they don’t share the same Heaven). Already a bad recipe for a happy family. After Mary’s death, John’s parenting gets worse. John left Sam and Dean alone in motel rooms for days while he hunted, even on holidays (Something Wicked, A Very Supernatural Christmas). As the boys grew up, John transitioned to taking Dean out on hunts while leaving Sam alone to twiddle his thumbs or do research (The Girl Next Door, Just My Imagination). This neglect was hard on Dean, especially. He was burdened with way too much responsibility, and came up on the receiving end of John’s wrath whenever he made a mistake while watching Sam. For instance, when Dean stepped out of the motel in Something Wicked and Sam was attacked by the Shtriga. Dean recalls John’s anger in Dark Side of the Moon as well, when Sam ran away from home and he was blamed. 

Sam and Dean had to school-hop to accommodate John’s hunting. In After School Special, it’s revealed that Sam had to rely on his teachers rather than his father for academic encouragement, and Dean had an overall dysfunctional relationship with school. Dean eventually dropped out, earning a GED in place of a high school diploma. John is shown to be incredibly uninterested in Sam and Dean’s academic success. When Dean was arrested for stealing food in Bad Boys, John abandoned him while Sonny (a stranger) advocated for him to be placed in a boys home instead of jail. Dean began to do better in school, joining the wrestling team and exploring a romantic relationship. He was happy, and poised to take his girlfriend to the school dance. Then John showed up, and threw away the life Dean was building because he needed help again--hunting. It was heavily implied that Dean was happier in the boys home than with John, and the only reason he rejoined them was to look out for Sam. Rounding out John’s terrible parenting record of young Sam and Dean, John of course disowns Sam when he goes to Stanford. John was upset that Sam wanted to move away and he couldn’t protect him anymore, but does severing all contact with Sam help protect him? Uh, nope.

After John disappears in Pilot and Sam and Dean work together to search for him, John’s abysmal parenting continues. Allegedly to protect the boys, John avoids speaking with them or providing them with specific information about anything. His preferred method of communication in Wendigo and Something Wicked is to provide Sam and Dean with coordinates to which they’re supposed to travel. It would be difficult to come up with a more impersonal way to communicate with one’s sons. When John actually calls in Scarecrow, it’s to ask Sam and Dean to stop looking for him, and direct them towards the case in Burkitsville. In fact, John gets involved with Sam and Dean only when they indicate they’re getting close to Azazel. Dean’s heart attack in Faith left him with weeks to live, but John never responded to Sam’s voicemail. In contrast, John was in Lawrence instantly in Home when Dean left a voicemail indicating Azazel might be at the old family house. Bonus, John was in Lawrence at the same time as the boys, but he declined to reveal his presence. When John actually shows his face to Sam and Dean in Shadow, it’s because Dean told him they had a lead on Azazel. John Winchester has a one-track mind. His obsession with killing Azazel is on full display in Devil’s Trap when Dean figures out John is possessed because he wasn’t angry Dean saved Sam’s life “wasting” a colt bullet on an ordinary demon.

In the times that John actually interacts with the boys, he makes up for the sociability by being emotionally distant, barking orders and evading questions. Sam vocally objects to John’s behavior, but Dean’s reaction is sadder. Dean readily obeys John’s orders, still coping with the traumatizing events of his childhood.

It would be impossible to talk about John without mentioning his about-face in Salvation. He finally let Sam and Dean in on his hunt for Azazel, even sent them after Azazel by themselves. This was a drastic departure from his previous actions. Possible growth? Still, he lied. In Salvation, he claimed to tell Sam and Dean everything he knew about Azazel. Except he kept some of his suspicions to himself. At the end of In My Time of Dying, John tells Dean on his deathbed that if he can’t save Sam, he’ll have to kill him. A+ parenting, really.

Now, some additional grievances. For starters, John doesn’t tell Sam and Dean about Adam, not even during his return in Lebanon. (And apparently neither Sam nor Dean mentioned meeting Adam? What? Adam erasure!) Adam can also be added to the list of victims of John’s parenting. John visited Adam only about once a year, leaving him to be raised by a single mom the rest of the time. Perhaps it was the the safer choice to avoid Adam and his mother, but dude, be responsible. If you’re not prepared to raise a kid, use protection.

At this time, let’s take a moment to remember Bobby, Sam and Dean’s better dad. The one who gave Dean a baseball mitt instead of a shotgun. What did Bobby think of John? In Lucifer Rising, Bobby says to Dean, “Your dad was a coward.” He also says, “You are a better man than your daddy ever was, so you do both of us a favor—don’t be him.”

So John sold his soul in exchange for Dean’s life. But where was he in Faith when Dean was dying? Selling his soul doesn’t give him a pass for everything he’s done. If John hadn’t sold his soul, would things have ended better? Or would he have murdered Sam over his demonic powers? Yeesh, hard to tell. Anyway, his best isn’t good enough. You know who hunts AND has a job AND is a loving single parent? Jody. It can be done.

#supernatural #john winchester #dean winchester #Sam Winchester #bobby singer #azazel #the colt #mary winchester #jody mills #Adam Winchester

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The Leviathans Actually Made Sense

*SPOILERS SEASONS 1-9*

The Leviathans seemed to come out of left field in Season 7, cartoonish in comparison to the generally serious Season 1-5 storyline. No denying they were a little silly, but they made sense for the show in several ways. 

Seasons 2 and 3 had a demon-centric storyline as leadership passed from Azazel to Lilith. Angels shared the spotlight beginning in Season 4, with Michael emerging to oppose Lucifer. Angels and demons were pitted against each other in Season 5, and in 6 they went their separate ways, with Crowley trying to secure his throne in Hell while Cas and Raphael jockeyed for power in Heaven. After so much angel and demon business, it was time for Supernatural to return to its roots. Back to Season 1--a monster-centric storyline.

Sam and Dean knew of Hell in Season 1, then they discovered Heaven above in Season 4, but the set was incomplete. Demons, check. Angels, check. What about the monsters’ homeland? Purgatory was next. As a bonus, listening to Death and the Alpha Vampire relate lore was super satisfying.

The Leviathans’ monstrous food additive plan was admittedly pretty silly, but it’s been seen how creatures are more dangerous when organized. Demons in Seasons 3-5 were a powerful force that lost some power when Lucifer left, but really fell apart in Season 9 when Crowley and Abaddon grappled over the throne, dividing them. Angels are also more powerful as a collective. In the alternate future Dean visits in The End, Cas mentions his power draining away after the angels abandoned earth. This suggests that to some extent they draw power from each other. Not to mention that after Michael and Raphael were gone the angels were less of an imminent threat and more of a nuisance, killing each other instead of organizing around a common goal. (Metatron was an exception--definitely not just a nuisance in Season 9.) To that point, the Leviathans aren’t really gone, they’re just disorganized. in the Supernatural cover Entertainment Weekly in January, Andrew Dabb mentions that, “Theoretically there are still a bunch of Leviathan out there running around that we never dealt with, but we don’t talk about that.” 

Maybe the Leviathans will come back and cause some trouble in Season 15? It remains to be seen, but it’s probably a plothole that will never be filled. Too bad; I liked Dick Roman. 

By the way, is it Leviathan or Leviathans, plural? The characters didn’t agree. My head hurts. 

#supernatural #leviathan #dick roman #purgatory #Sam Winchester #dean winchester #castiel #azazel #lilith #lucifer #raphael #spn season 15 #the end

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Everything Wrong With First Blood

Or, Why First Blood Is a Garbage Episode.

*SPOILERS SEASONS 7-13*

The problem with First Blood (12.9) is it makes no sense. Sam and Dean are trapped in a high-security government facility, and end up having to make a deal with Billie the reaper to escape. So much is wrong with this episode.

Firstly, why didn’t Dean and/or Sam pray to Cas? If they did, it wasn’t shown. There was presumably no warding on the facility, so prayers should have been able to reach him. Calling Billie certainly worked. Maybe they didn’t want him tangling with the federal government, but surely Cas could have gotten together a team of hunters, witches, etc. to come up with a creative solution for rescuing them. Apparently Sam and Dean didn’t trust him to manage that.  

Even though for some reason Sam and Dean weren’t praying to Cas, perhaps Cas should have been able to find them anyway. He found Sam and Dean after leaving Purgatory in Season 8, at a time when they weren’t praying to him. He’d been “trying to reach out,” which resulted in Dean seeing him in strange places, and eventually he managed to pinpoint their location. However, this argument is refuted if only angels with wings can talk to humans in their heads. This theory is supported by the fact that there have been no angel communications via dream since the fall that I can remember (please correct me if I’m wrong). But, the connection with the wings has never been stated outright.

Next problem, Cas went to Crowley for help but gave up when Crowley said no. Cas should’ve made a deal with Crowley. Sam and Dean are his best friends, so he should have done whatever it took to get them back. He is willing to sacrifice for them, so why didn’t he in this case? Surely Cas has something to offer Crowley. He’s still an angel. At the very least, he should’ve pushed Crowley instead of giving up immediately. 

So Crowley was a bust. What about Rowena? Did Cas even try contacting her?  At that time in Season 12 she’d been seen to be powerful enough to track Amara. Since then she’s tracked Gabriel. Is there anything she can’t track? Her magic could have also helped break Sam and Dean out, seeing as Cas was wingless. 

In addition to Cas, Mary was also tremendously unhelpful. She wasn’t shown making any serious efforts to find Sam and Dean, and while it’s assumed she did try, tapping old law enforcement contacts for one, she did an overall half-assed job. She’s a hunter, and she didn’t tap other available resources. Perhaps Cas can be excused for not being very knowledgeable about witches, but not Mary. She knows what witches are capable of. Remember Nora, the Wiccan from Repo Man? She tracked her son using his ear (gross), the “flesh of the body.” Um, there’s got to be a ton of hair in the bunker. Or recall the witch who scried Rowena in The Bad Seed, locating her immediately? Why didn’t Mary hire or force a random witch to help? When Sam and Dean finally contacted Cas and he suggested to Mary that they call Crowley and Rowena for backup, she said, “Hope we can do better than that,” while not making any suggestions of her own. Could she have been any more unhelpful?

Besides witches, what about reapers? Reapers can find pretty much anybody (as seen with Billie, April, etc.), so why didn’t Cas and Mary enlist a reaper? If none were willing, just summon one and stick it in a reaper trap until it’s ready to cooperate. Come on, there were solutions to the dilemma. Oh, and Cas gets the bright idea to call the British Men of Letters after Sam and Dean were back on the grid? Why didn’t he ask for their help finding Sam and Dean in the first place?

Besides the problems with the behavior of Cas and Mary, there’s Sam and Dean. Their deal with Billie is ridiculous. They agreed that only one of them would die? That is so not Sam and Dean. In earlier seasons, it would have been peak Dean to make a deal to die for Sam (vice versa works as well). But for them to make the deal together? It doesn’t ring true. Later on in the show they arrived at healthier system, and at this point if they die, they’re going out together. As Sam said in Unfinished Business, “[I]f something happens, we will deal with it together. And if we die? We’ll do that together, too.” Rolling over and dying isn’t Sam and Dean’s style, either. Isn’t it their modus operandi to go down swinging? “I always thought we’d go out like, Butch and Sundance style. Blaze of glory” (Who We Are). The deal was very out-of-character. 

On a side note, where are the “cosmic consequences” for breaking the blood pact? Was Cas’s death in All Along the Watchtower supposed to be it? That’s not cosmic. Lastly, gotta admit, the “we’re not trapped out here with you, you’re trapped out here with us” line is badass.

#supernatural #dean winchester #sam winchester #castiel #mary winchester #british men of letters #reaper #first blood #repo man #who we are #all along the watchtower #unfinished business #the bad seed #rowena #crowley #king of hell

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All the Apocalypse World Characters Are Less Engaging Than Their Counterparts

*SPOILERS SEASONS 5-7, 10, 13-14*

From Bobby to Charlie to Michael to Cas, the Apocalypse World characters were disappointing. Except Kevin. Kevin can stay.

First, Bobby. Regular Bobby was amazing—a total boss, and Sam and Dean’s father figure. Bobby from Apocalypse World is a boss as well, but he lacks history with Sam and Dean. With all the baggage gone, Bobby is a generic hunter, and much less interesting. There’s also an aspect of his character that’s pretty darn confusing. In Nightmare Logic, Bobby’s revealed to have a son. The Bobby we know best had no children because he was afraid he’d be an abusive father like his dad. He made up for his childlessness by taking a special interest in Sam and Dean. “I adopted two boys. And they grew up great. They grew up heroes” (Death’s Door). He became a constant in their lives, and was a better father than John Winchester. Why does Apocalypse Bobby need a kid? What was the point of Daniel? 

Much the same as Bobby, Apocalypse Charlie has a lack of dimension and history. It was so sad when regular Charlie died because of the special bond she had with Sam and Dean, Dean especially. Apocalypse Charlie is still cool, but she’s not their little sister. 

Michael also came out disappointing as an Apocalypse World character. In Season 5 Michael was a side character, and his development was correspondingly minimal. He was interesting, semi-likable. Apocalypse Michael became a supporting character, but his character development didn’t increase accordingly. Compared with Lucifer or Gabriel, Apocalypse Michael was practically made of cardboard. He wants to work with monsters? Uh, okay. Expanding upon his daddy issues helped, but not enough to make him the engaging character he deserved to be. Michael possessing Dean was nine years coming, and when it finally came, it could have been better.  

Next, Cas. Apocalypse Cas made zero sense. Balthazar had a British accent, but it’s likely that that was his vessel because it makes no sense for an angel to have a regional human accent. So Apocalypse Cas’s weird accent must have been an indication that Apocalypse Jimmy was foreign. Why? What’s the point? It would have been much more interesting and made more sense if Apocalypse Cas had been similar to the Cas of early Season 4, perhaps turned up a few notches. Then it would be as if Cas were confronting his past self. Cas’s victory would be a validation of his choices, and a reminder to the audience that he’s still awesome even without his wings.

This post has been kinda negative, so let’s talk about something nice: Apocalypse Kevin. He wasn’t alive very long, taking care of most of the problems with Apocalypse Bobby and Charlie. He had a completely acceptable level of character development, and wasn’t thrown into being a supporting character like Apocalypse Michael. His altered persona made sense, unlike Apocalypse Cas’s. He was a believable alternate version of himself, and super fun to watch. Props!

#supernatural #bobby singer #kevin tran #Archangel Michael #charlie bradbury #castiel #angel of the lord #jimmy novak #balthazar

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God Was on Their Side

*SPOILERS SEASONS 1-14 (ESPECIALLY THE FINALE)*

Chuck is a narcissist. He’s a horrible father. He doesn’t care about his prophets. But in Seasons 5-11, he was on the side of Team Free Will. It wasn’t until Season 14 that he turned.

I completely agree that Chuck wasn’t on Sam and Dean’s side in Seasons 1-4. Chuck prophesied the apocalypse to the archangels, launching all the lead-up to Season 5. Sam and Dean’s story begins with Azazel feeding Sam demon blood and killing Mary under Lucifer’s instructions. Dean gets dragged to Hell and later rescued because of Lucifer and Michael’s plans. Dean and Sam’s lives in 1-4 revolve around the fact that they’re destined to be the vessels of Michael and Lucifer. 

Chuck shows up in Season 4 to watch the story he’s written play out. He wanted the apocalypse, starring Dean as Michael and Sam as Lucifer. He introduces himself in The Monster at the End of This Book to get a better viewing experience, and shows them that their fate is prewritten—his prophecy will come to pass. It’s only in Lucifer Rising that Chuck changes his mind about everything. He’s clearly surprised when Dean and Cas show up in his house, exclaiming, “I didn’t write this! . . . You guys aren’t supposed to be there. You’re not in this story.” Yet Dean and Cas managed to act against the prophecy, exercising their free will, and Chuck was impressed, particularly by Cas’s decision to die protecting humanity. The way he looks at Cas, and puts his hand on Cas’s shoulder, it’s such a proud dad moment. Cas was following Chuck’s most important instruction: protect humanity. So Chuck lets Cas send Dean to stop Sam from breaking the final seal, and fundamentally changes his strategy. His actions in Sympathy for the Devil clearly demonstrate that he is on their side. Dean couldn’t stop Sam, but Chuck saves them anyway, giving them a second chance to stop the apocalypse. Then Chuck resurrects Cas to serve as Sam and Dean’s protector. At this point, there’s no arguing that Chuck is on their side.

Season 5 is a clear thematic shift from Season 4. Season 4 was the culmination of Seasons 1-3, revealing to Sam and Dean that they’d been the pawns of angels their entire lives. Season 5 sees them take back their autonomy and forge their own destiny in a celebration of free will. Chuck wrote Swan Song as a triumphant ending to Sam and Dean’s story, chronicling how they rose above the forces trying to control their story, and told it their own way. “They made their own choice. They chose family. And, well, isn’t that the whole point?” Bringing Cas back again after Lucifer snapped him into soup was one last action from Chuck in support of free will.

Between Season 5 and Season 11, Chuck avoids the spotlight. His presence is felt in Season 7 when he resurrects Cas (yet again) and when Kevin is chosen to be a prophet. Neither action contradicts the contention that he’s on humanity’s side, and the appearance of the tablets further confirms it. The tablets were meant for humans so they could fight back against the most powerful creatures that could harm them. Even though Chuck intended the apocalypse, humans were still his favorites. His eventual appearance in Fan Fiction is both a gross display of his ego and a lead-in to Season 11, cluing in the audience that he wasn’t a prophet after all. 

Season 11 is when Supernatural really jumps the shark. The season villain is God’s sister? Uh, okay. But Season 11 does wonders for Chuck’s character development (as well as Lucifer’s and Metatron’s, but that’s a post for another day). Disappointed, Chuck was ready to abandon everything, but just as he was swayed in Season 4 by Dean and Cas, again his mind is changed. Metatron convinces him that humanity is worth saving. Indeed, Season 11 is when Chuck shows his best face—he reveals to Metatron that he plans to sacrifice himself in exchange for the safety of his creation. Of course that doesn’t happen, but it was his intention for a little while, and that shines a positive light on his character. Another service Season 11 does for Chuck is show his relationship with those closest to him. He’s able to mend fences with Amara and Lucifer, and express his love for them. He leaves Season 11 on good terms with Sam and Dean, maybe even indebted to Dean. Season 14 is a true departure. While Chuck is at his best in Season 11, he is at his ugliest in Season 14. 

Michael from Apocalypse World gives the audience the first sign of Chuck’s eventual turn. He contends that Chuck created an infinite number of universes, attempting to get one exactly right. His own universe is one that Chuck discarded along the way. Moriah sees Michael vindicated in that Chuck attempts to again finish Sam and Dean’s story, apparently tired of it. Except this time he eschews the New Testament for the Old. “This is Abraham and Isaac! This is epic!” 

Getting into the weeds for a second here, it’s unclear what would have happened if Dean had shot Jack. Case one, the storyline reflects Genesis 22:1-19. There’s a good chance it would have, given that the episode is titled Moriah, and “the land of Moriah” is where Abraham was supposed to sacrifice Isaac. In that case, Jack should live because Dean followed God’s command and it was just a test. Case two, the storyline reflects the past. The situation is strikingly similar to All Hell Breaks Loose: Part 2, the second half of the Season 2 finale. Dean is holding a special gun on the thing with glowing yellowy eyes that killed his mother. If Chuck intended to end the story with a callback to twelve years ago, Jack has no chance of survival. We may never know for sure would have happened had Dean pulled the trigger. Jack’s chances of survival don’t look good either way, given Chuck’s eventual smiting of him. Looks like being a Nephilim in the presence of God is bad luck. There was always the question with Jack of whether Chuck would see him as a grandson by his favorite son, or an unholy abomination. Now there’s no question.

Back to the point, it’s a change for Chuck to try to shoehorn Sam and Dean into their roles in his story. From Lucifer Rising-onward, Chuck respected, even championed their free will. The whole point of Season 5 was that while the angels tried to control them, Sam and Dean chose their own destiny, and God was with them. Moriah feels more like an attempt to up the ante as high as it can go with God as the villain than an honest effort to tell a story that makes sense for Chuck’s character. He is a storyteller, but he lets his characters come alive. As he says in All in the Family, “I needed to step away and let my baby find its way.” He’s a non-interventionist to the extreme, showing up for barely anything. Moriah connects with Seasons 13 and 14, but none of the others. God may not be on Sam and Dean’s side anymore, but it’s not as if he never was. 

#supernatural #chuck shurley #moriah #dean winchester #sam winchester #mary winchester #lucifer #archangel michael #amara #castiel #jack kline #jack the nephilim #season finale #season 14

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Billie: Friend or Foe?

*SPOILERS SEASONS 11-14*

When Billie was first introduced on Supernatural, she had it in for Sam and Dean. Since becoming Death, she’s changed. But is she an ally of the boys, or still an adversary? Let’s take a look.

In Season 11, Billie was overall a helpful presence. Although she introduces herself with a bang threatening Sam in Form and Void, she comes back strong by indirectly helping Crowley coerce Rowena into summoning Lucifer in The Devil in the Details. Then she shows up of her own volition to help the gang stop Amara in Alpha and Omega. 

Season 12 sees Billie more determined to reap Sam, Dean, and now Mary. She sets her sights on Mary in Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox, yet makes no aggressive action. She helps Dean, and although she wanted to reap the Winchesters, she didn’t, leaving the scene a net positive attendant. Yet First Blood is probably what most people think of when they characterize Billie as a villain. However, Billie’s actions in First Blood were not malicious. For one thing, Dean called her, and she answered. Even though she answered with every intention to find an opportunity to reap him, she did answer, and that is a courtesy to be appreciated. Why didn’t he just pray to Cas in the first place? Did Cas not answer? Never mind, I’m still salty. Anyway, she answered, which was the nice thing to do. Then she didn’t force Sam and Dean to do anything. She made a deal with them, and both sides agreed. She didn’t offer to help set them both free, but why would she? Reapers don’t interfere like that. One could argue that reapers don’t interfere in this way either. There’s no argument here, but it’s evident that with no boss, reapers were playing it a little fast and loose with the rules. They made a deal. Billie was even flexible enough to accept Mary Winchester in place of Sam or Dean, and got stabbed for her trouble. Nice job, Cas. By the way, where are the “cosmic consequences”? Will they ever come? Jesus. 

In Season 13, Billie gets a new gig, and becomes ten times more awesome. She’ll never top the old Death, though. Julian, you are missed. Rip. Anyway, Billie as Death is decidedly friendlier than Billie as an ordinary reaper. Rather than throw Dean into the Empty when he dies, she gives him some choice info and refutes his depressive thought processes. What? She must know that one of the rules of being Death is maintaining a bromance with Dean Winchester. Her support is shown again in Funeralia when it’s revealed that she’s posted a reaper to babysit Sam and Dean. Funeralia also showcases her mercy. She doesn’t kill Rowena, even after she’s proven to be a danger to the world. She doesn’t threaten Rowena like she did with Sam and Dean before becoming Death. Instead she offers Rowena some comfort, and goes on her merry way. Likely the same way the old Death would have handled the situation.

Season 14 doesn’t contradict Billie’s position as a good guy. In Nihilism, she intervenes and helps Sam and Dean by teleporting everyone to the bunker so Sam and Cas could have a chance against Alternate Michael. Telling Dean his destinies was an interesting move. Spilling the ~super secret~ Ma’lak Box assembly instructions was an annoying development as we had never heard of this box before, but it’s unimportant. What’s important is whether she told the truth to Dean that this was his only option to defeat Alternate Michael. (If you like, check out my post about ways Dean and co. could have taken Michael out.) It’s a little suspicious that there was only one option that would work, but Billie never lied before, so it’s unlikely she would start now. The old Death was the most trustworthy character on the show, and Billie seems to be following in his footsteps for the most part.

In essence, Billie lives by a code: the Natural Order of things must be protected. She wants to reap Sam and Dean in the beginning because they’re an affront to the Natural Order. Every time she appears she is trying to protect it, from Funeralia to Advanced Thanatology. We know from Appointment in Samarra that messing with the Natural Order screws things up big time, and reapers are the ones to sweep up the mess. So is it really so strange that she disliked Sam and Dean on sight? Only when she became Death did she understand the important part they were destined to play. She may at times be opposed to Sam and Dean, but she always stands with the Natural Order, and that places her firmly in the good guy camp.

#supernatural #dean winchester #billie #death #reaper #rowena #castiel #the natural order #sam winchester #mary winchester

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Cas Deserves Better

*SPOILERS SEASONS 4-14*

I am so done with the way the Supernatural writers treat Cas. From Season 7 onward, Cas has been in a downward spiral into irrelevancy. What does he do now in Season 14 but go on meaningless sidequests and sheepishly apologize to Sam and Dean? That’s not the Cas I know.

The Cas I know had the audacity to molotov cocktail the archangel Michael with holy fire. He went into Hell alone to rescue Sam from the cage. He struck a deal with the King of Hell to secure his position as ruler of Heaven. He killed thousands of his brothers and sisters to keep humanity safe. He was a badass. Remember when Dean punched Cas in Lucifer Rising and succeeded only in hurting his hand? Remember when Cas took down Pestilence single-handedly? I do. Anyone who challenges Cas should canonically get wrecked.

Yet Cas isn’t an amazing character because he can fight or kill. Cas’s story arc in Season 4 was so much fun to watch because of the way he changed. From the time he’s introduced in Lazarus Rising until finally the season finale, we see Cas slowly remake his entire worldview. The moment Cas stands with Dean against his family in Lucifer Rising is pure joy to watch. It’s his complexity that makes him compelling. He’s more than just a cinnamon roll.

Cas’s continued journey in Season 6 is underrated. It makes so much sense to watch him pick up the pieces after the apocalypse, and try to make sense of it all. Of course he struggles with his new autonomy, he’s an angel! He wasn’t designed to be a leader. He makes mistakes, but, I think, stays true to character. It wasn’t until the very end that he turned on Sam and Dean, and as power-hungry as he was, it was Sam he chose to hurt, not Dean. Profound bond, anyone?

I want Cas back. Not the Cas that takes a beating from every-freaking-body, the Cas who possesses the power to remove the organs of anyone who gives him lip. Not the Cas who wanders off on his own for no reason later to be scolded by Sam and Dean, but the Cas who sticks by them no matter what, and would give everything for them. Supernatural writers, stop wasting Cas. He deserves better than that.

#supernatural #castiel #angel of the lord #dean winchester #sam winchester

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