#'a homosexual declaration of love'

[orionsangel86]

Happy Destiel Day to all who celebrate!

[drulalovescas]

No because you don't understand. I am absolutely and utterly obsessed with the way Cas' homosexual declaration of love has everyone in a chokehold. Like seriously!!!! They wanted Cas in The Winchesters but ... what about the confession. They want the revival to happen BUT they'll have to address the confession. Because after all the controversy they cant just not address it right???? They wanted desperately for the "i love you" to stay ambiguous but Misha Collins said no fucking way. I fought too hard for this shit to happen. The angel is gay. And stays gay. So now we have this show "Supernatual" that is all about the brothers" but that gay little nerdy angel who was supposed to stay for 3 episodes only!!! dictates the narrative. They painted themselves into a corner so badly because they wanted to please EVERYONE and thus managed to piss off everyone. And I'm just here grinning and eating my🍿 waiting for how things will unfold. And yknow what? I'm not even sorry. Also, Cas is gay.🌈

[thisbisexualbrainrot]

Jensen always words things so carefully ya know he’s always on eggshells trying to please everyone and not openly give his opinions on the confession or destiel he’s very diplomatic about it

meanwhile Misha is out here saying shit like “if the CW weren’t cowards Dean and Cas would have been balls deep”

And I just think that’s hilarious

[freechaostyrant]

A few times Misha (and Jensen, Rich, and others) make reference to Castiel's HOMOSEXUAL/ ROMANTIC confession of love:

[gendrsoup]

finished the dbda 2018 run today and

the full panels under the cut:

[strawlessandbraless]

How often do you think Jensen Ackles lays in bed to watch the castiel love confession footage on his phone? Do you think he mouths the words? Do you think he cries? Do you think he goes crazy knowing that he’s written a better ending and he just wants the world to see it?

[1-800-arsonforsale]

I wonder if Ali Hazelwood watched 15x18 before writing this.

[inthiswhisper]

people saying “we cannot tell if the writers were inserting queer subtext in later seasons for us or to punish us.” yes, we can. do you hear yourself. do you not see the patterns and parallels. they were doing it on purpose. destiel (at the very least during dabb era) was on purpose. those writers were queer-coding and paralleling dean and cas with canonically romantic pairings on purpose. it was not to punish fans, it was to reveal fans were always right, done by way of evading censorship while serving spn’s narrative, of which the love between those two men is such a pivotal aspect. the queer subtext / text was added on purpose.

[poetryghosts]

Sometimes Dean takes a little longer to catch on

[orionsangel86]

Happy Destiel Day to all who celebrate!

[evilkitten3]

everything i've ever said about naruto is correct. if kishimoto said something that contradicts it then it's doubly correct. what does he know

[drulalovescas]

Say what you want but those who experienced November 5, 2020 (and then consecutively the horror that was November 19, 2020) LIVE do share a more profound bond.

[avengersnewb]

See Cas doesn’t say I don’t have the urge, doesn’t say angels don’t do that, doesn’t say we are junkless.

Dean also does NOT imply that he is.

I just would appreciate it for everyone (including cast and crew) to cut the crap on pretending Cas’ feelings are always “pure”, “angelic”, and “not-human-definable”.

He died to tell Dean he’s in love with him. Stop putting all sorts of twists on it.

(above gifs by @castiel )

[purgaytorysupremacy]

I get the reasoning behind this, I really do. We don't want to talk about how confessing your gay love for your gay bff is shameful. I get that, and I support it.

But also.

It is shameful to Cas. And to Dean! That's what makes Cas declaring it at that moment brave and courageous. If it wasn't hard and shameful and embarrassing, why aren't they declaring it all over the place? You know?

From an in-universe perspective, Cas is embarrassed by his love for Dean. And whomst among us hasn't had an embarrassing crush on a bff we think is way out of our league? And Dean? Mr. I-haven't-deserved-one-single-good-thing-in-my-whole-life Winchester? Pfft! Hell yeah they're ashamed of what's going on between them.

But it's not the gay thing! It is a shameful secret because neither of these grown ass men have learned they can ask for something purely for themselves in their entire lives! Neither of them believe they deserve good things so coveting this man who they respectively believe is the single best entity to have ever walked the earth? Who do they think they are! The hubris! The gall! The shame!

I guess what I'm saying is that it can be both, and neither takes away from the other. If anything, they enhance it. A confession is also a hard thing to do, which is also the undercurrent in these definitions. Cas is literally giving up everything for Dean here. Is he doing it via a declaration of his love, a testimony to the love of his life? Yeah. But it's hard to do, it's a brave sacrifice, because it's a secret. (Not to mention the secret of the whole Empty Deal in the first place.)

So yeah. I do like that the conversation from the actors themselves have moved towards a more positive, affirming discussion of this scene that was obviously very important to everyone. Out-of-universe, I support that impulse. However, in-universe, I don't think we should erase the courage Cas had in confessing his secret love for his best friend, even as it was a joyful, tender testimony to him.

I really really love the language both Misha and Jensen have been using re: the "confession"

Like Misha repeatedly stating "homosexual declaration of love"

declaration: a formal or explicit statement or announcement. announcement. proclamation.

It's just, stating something, making it known.

Then there's Jensen correcting himself from saying "confession" to "testament"

Jensen: "he gave a confess- or he gave his - his testament"

testament: something that serves as a sign or evidence of a specified fact, event, or quality. a tangible proof or tribute. an expression of conviction. creed. attestation. related to testimony: a solemn declaration. an open acknowledgment.

These words are more neutral / positive statements than "confession." Cas's feelings just are, and he is declaring them proudly, attesting** to them. Speaking his truth. Whereas "confession" connotes shame.

confession:

a formal statement admitting that one is guilty of a crime.

an admission or acknowledgment that one has done something that one is ashamed or embarrassed about.

a formal admission of one's sins with repentance and desire of absolution

All of these imply that something about what is "confessed" is shameful, embarrassing, sinful. There's guilt associated with the "confessed" thing, and that's not what Cas felt in the moment of his True Happiness.

In that moment he felt proud, he felt elated to finally declare his feelings, and also in his speech to Dean, which imo is a big part of Cas's happiness, getting to tell Dean how he sees him, how many actually see him, as a being of love, as someone who is always trying and fighting for others. as someone who loves so fiercely and strongly that he taught Cas how to love in this way too. And none of those feelings are shameful, he's proud to tell Dean these things. He's happy to finally get to say them.

So I really like the language they're personally using when talking about this scene. It's really not a confession. Cas's love isn't some secret, shameful thing. In that moment all those feelings burn brightly, happily in him. In that moment he is making his solemn declaration to Dean about his feelings and all the things about Dean that he loves, openly acknowledging what has sat quietly between them for years, not hidden, not shameful, just unspoken.

**to show, say, or prove that something exists or is true

[the-gayngel]

me in 50 years: the happiness is in just being... canon in spanish... onion field... cas helped... open to interpretation... homosexual declaration of love... balls deep... it's not subtext it's clear text.....

them: alright grandma let's get you to bed

[hag-lad]

CINEMATIC PARALLELS

True luv is real...