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mintconditiondean · 1 year ago

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Dear fanfic authors:

If I read one more fic where Dean calls Castiel "Cas" because he somehow thinks that "Castiel" is too long and complicated to pronounce, I'm going to scream

"Castiel" is not hard to pronounce. You know this; we all know this. Dean is not a buffoon. He can easily pronounce Cas's full name. He calls him "Cas" because he's a cutie pie who likes giving people nicknames, not because he thinks "Castiel" is too hard to say

Please take this to heart and think about what you've done

#dean winchester #my musings #deanpost #i've noticed this occurs in like 75% of the AUs I read #and it grinds my gears #fic!Dean:#“Casteel? Castool? Casti-what? Uhhhh can I just call you Cas?”#me @ author (ripping my hair out crying screaming shaking):#“You claim to love Dean and yet you portray him as a buffoon? As a mindless ape?”#and it ignores the true weight and subtext of the nickname too #which is that Dean doesn't believe in hierarchy #angels are not above humans #he views Cas as an equal #and this is important #from the moment he meets Cas #a being powerful enough to pull him out of Hell #more powerful than any demon #he still recognizes Cas as being his moral equal #which pivotally means he holds Cas to the same level of personal responsibility for his actions #he's the first person who taught Cas that it is his choice to follow orders #that he is accountable for the actions he was ordered to follow and therefor responsible for thinking about them critically #Dean taught Cas that he has free will #and giving him a nickname was only the first domino

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