#also people assume that Michael and Anna are in love even though neither one of them has ever said it

[ingravinoveritas]

It never ceases to amaze me that despite everything Michael and David have been doing for the last five years and Neil himself saying they are in love, people are still assuming (or just not wanting to believe) that two middle-aged men might possibly love each other in a non-platonic way...

[nerdylittleshit]

Rosie’s meta challenge aka “The Stay Weird Symposium” Round 3

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The Task:

If given the power of Chuck to resurrect one of our fallen sisters, who would you choose? Why?

(I fully anticipate this to be a #teamcharlie v. #teameileen battle to the death)

(Because choosing one or the other is truly a hellish proposition)

(Too bad. Choose one or the other. I am a cruel and capricious challenge organizer.)

(Or neither! I want to hear hearty arguments in favour of Jo! Ellen! Alicia Banes! Extra points.)

My initial reaction was: bring them all back. Please. But of course, I have to choose, and I, as everyone else, would love to see Charlie and Eileen return. Though I have read enough conspiracy theories to convince myself that they are in fact not dead. And I assume other people to write novels about why we should bring these awesome women back. So I’m gonna choose a different character fandom seems to forget about, that I loved dearly, and that was written out of the show in a horrible way: Anna Milton.

There are many reasons why I loved this character and why she should return, even if it was only for one episode (I even take a flashback episode).

1. The Original Rebel

Long before Cas started to rebel there was Anna. She is the original rebellious angel, if we don’t count Lucifer, which we won’t because he is a dick. She cut out her own grace (!) in order to become human, to experience human emotions and live a human life. I always considered Anna’s arc as a blueprint for Cas’s ultimate endgame, which I believe is choosing to become human as well. And Anna’s choice to take back her grace and therefore sacrificing her human body/human life in order to help Dean is later mirrored with Cas’s choice to become an angel again midseason 9. Anna was the first one to question her father, her mission, her angelhood and who choose humanity/human emotions over her angelic family. It was her return, along with meeting Dean, that started Cas’s journey of self discovery.

2. Anna & Cas

These two have a history and I want to know everything about it. We know that Anna was Cas’s superior, and even after she fell he asked her for advice, to tell him what to do. We later learned that Cas has a history of not following orders as well, but that angels like Naomi took away his memories and manipulated him. Did the same happen to Anna? Did she try to convince Cas to fall with her, knowing that he has doubts himself? I always felt like Anna’s fall felt like a personal betrayal to Cas, that there was more to it than Anna breaking the rules. I would love to see another episode that shows us Cas’s past before he met the Winchesters, like 12x10, where we see him disobey, maybe together with Anna. I would be happy if Cas at least mentioned Anna again and tells us more about their relationship.

3. Anna & Dean

If it wasn’t for Cas and Destiel I admit that Anna/Dean is my favourite Dean-ship. Anna knew what Dean had done in hell and she showed him forgiveness, so that one day he might be able to forgive himself. She also used Dean’s best line on him, so there is that. I would have loved to see human!Anna with all her angelic knowledge becoming a hunter and helping Sam and Dean. Or of course angel!Anna, rebelling once again for Dean. I love fan fiction that includes Anna (usually AU’s), that portrays her as the awesome character she was in season 4, shows her importance in Cas’s life and the connection she had with Dean. Anna and Dean shared a deep bond as well, a genuine connection, and I really liked this ship as long as it lasted.

4. Anna & Cas & Dean

We can’t talk about Anna and Dean though without mentioning Cas and Destiel as well. As I mentioned I see Anna’s arc as a blueprint for Cas’s journey, and this includes her relationship with Dean. Both were aware of what Dean did in hell and believed that despite that that Dean was worth saving. Anna & Dean represented the first angel/human romance on the show (yes, technically she was still human then, but to Cas and Uriel she was still an angel). We know that angels have strict rules about this, sacred oaths and all that jazz. And yet when Cas witnessed Anna and Dean kissing in 4x10 we didn’t see disgust, but rather curiousity and jealousy (and I think it is completely open of whom he is jealous here). The Anna-Cas-Dean love triangel is defenitely a thing, as all three of them have complex relationships with each other. And then of course Cas’s arc was original meant to end midseason 4 and he has later been given some of Anna’s arc. Also, I haven’t found a Anna/Dean/Cas threesome fic yet, but I would be happy to read one.

5. Redemption arc

And after this Anna love fest I know what you might be saying: but didn’t she wanted to kill Sam? Well first of all, almost everyone wanted to kill Sam at some point (including Dean), it is how we show that we care. Second, she wanted to kill him to prevent the apocalypse from happening. Not because she was evil or had nothing better to do. She wanted to save lives and stop the plan Michael has set in motion. Also, she was clearly manipulated by heaven. This wasn’t one hundred percent clear by the time 5x13 aired, but Naomi later confirmed that this is a regular thing in heaven in season 8. I always hated that they had to make her into a villian in order to justify to kill her off (and look, the same happened with Cas in season 6). Anna in 5x13 was a complete different character than Anna in seson 4. If the show wants to give an angel a redemption arc let it be Anna, and not Lucifer.

That’s all folks =)