#donning that grim face of angelic constipation

[insanesonofabitch]

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@swansongbingo | Square Filled ➤ Season Eleven — Casifer

↳ You know, this whole 'deep cover' thing... It just wasn't -- it wasn't terribly well thought out. Donning this -- this Cas mask? This grim face of angelic constipation? Just ugh!

[mittensmorgul]

I’m currently rewatching s11 (hello to everyone else on the tnt loop!) and looking at some interesting parallels with s14...

I’m effectively past the point where it becomes obvious that Dabb has taken the wheel as showrunner, and into the territory where he and Bobo are pretty heavily laying out the heavy character stuff that will drive the emotional narrative going forward.

What makes a monster, using the wrong words, what we’re willing to do for the people we love, and all of these people truly beginning to wonder who they want to be and what their real place is in the whole cosmic order. What is their real purpose and value as individuals.

And this is a journey that Sam, Dean, and Cas have been on during Dabb era, with the narrative textually telling us to remember the past but not to wallow in it, not to let their future be defined only by regret.

So this notion that the exact same plotline is now playing out with Michael “pretending” to be Dean for some inexplicable reason... I think Bobo probably remembers his own episode with Lucifer pulling that deception with Cas (11.14):

Lucifer: Mmm, I feel a burden lifted. You know, this whole 'deep cover' thing, it just wasn't, it wasn't terribly well thought out. Donning this-this Cas mask? This grim face of angelic constipation? Just ugh. And then teaming up with you two. I mean, I thought you boys were insufferable as mortal enemies. But, working with you? Ugh, that's the soul crusher. Why the faces, boys? You should be cheering. We have a common enemy, and with this she will be no problem. I mean, I will have killed you both by then, but still, come on.

I mean I guess nothing is stopping Michael from being as shiftless and directionless as Lucifer-- even when Luci did have a stated mission to defeat the Darkness, he knew it was a bluff at best the entire time, and even admitted that in plain words in 11.22:

CHUCK: Amara’s been caged for billions of years, but y’know, she was always there. She had to be there. Y’know, yin and yang. Dark and light. DEAN: English, Chuck. CHUCK: There’s a harmony, a balance, in the universe. Light needs dark. Dark needs light. If you blow one of them up, then, I mean— LUCIFER: It wouldn’t be a good thing. CHUCK: It’d be really not a good thing. Like ‘end of reality’ not good. SAM: Okay, so we gift-wrap Amara. I mean, we got the team back together, so— CHUCK: Not quite. We’re still a few members short of the original line-up. LUCIFER: Yeah, first time it took the combined strength of me and my brothers to weaken Amara before Daddy-O finished her off. CHUCK: Even then it was close. Now with just the two of us, we’ll lose.

So what was all that with his promises to Cas that he alone could defeat the Darkness? I think he just wanted out of that cage and seized what was likely to be his only opportunity to do so. And then rather than rallying his forces to actually accomplish... anything... he did what he’s always done. Which was “whatever struck his fancy.”

Michael? Yeah, he’s on a mission. He hasn’t been standing in parks tossing breadcrumbs at seagulls. He hasn’t been lounging around on the throne of hell (or heaven, for that matter) idly passing the time until the lights went out. Michael’s not up against an adversary like Amara, he’s not hoping God will return and put things right, he’s not even looking to vanquish a specific enemy standing in his way (like Lucifer) to reshaping the world in his own desired image.

Michael is a doer. He’s out there doing.

Sure, he’s probably worried the Winchesters might prove to be an annoyance, like the organized resistance hunters proved to be in the AU, especially seeing as he doesn’t have an organized angel army at his command here. But he has effectively learned everything he believes possible from Dean. As he said, he owns Dean. He’s proven he has the power to force Dean to do whatever he wants, and we don’t yet know just how much he’s let Dean see of his own plans. How much of a trojan horse he’s implanted in Dean’s own memories of his time possessed.

My guess is that Bobo hasn’t forgotten the past. Nor has Dabb, with the overall direction of the show and not just this specific plotline.

Information can be a weapon, but disinformation can also be a weapon. Rather than wondering if Michael is all squished up hiding out inside Dean waiting to pop out and yell AHA! ‘TWAS I ALL ALONG! YOU CAN CALL ME DINKLE AND DESPAIRRRRRR! I think it’s going to be the specific memories Michael left Dean with, and the specific memories Michael may have excluded from Dean’s memories that will be at the heart of Dean’s actual trauma going forward.

I mean, unless they want the entire season to read like the most regrettable plot arc in the history of the show (ie  You have chanced upon a lineage with a long and proud tradition . . . And some unwanted notoriety. One of Europe's oldest families. The house of . . . Frankenstein. MUAHAHAHAHAHAH!) (yes I added the MUAHAHAHAHAHA! because seriously, wtf even) And I think Dabb is just as spiteful about all that bs as I am, based on how he’s been steering the show since he got his grubby little mitts on it.

Yes, Michael owns Dean. He demonstrated that nicely, planted the bait he wanted, and then flapped off to let Dean spin in circles over his loss of agency. Let the mind games begin, essentially. He knows he doesn’t need to keep a hand in Dean for the time being. He’s wound Dean up, pushed all the right buttons, and left him to flounder. Because he THINKS he knows Dean. He knows what Dean thinks of himself, the mindset he still had post 13.20:

Dean: You remember what happened the last time we had front row tickets to the Lucifer/Michael show? 'Cause I do. You died... and went to Hell. But see, this time, the apocalypse isn't looking for us. We're actually looking for it. I don't care what happens to me. I never really have. But I do care about what happens to my brother.

Dean doesn’t care what happens to him, which he proved when he said yes to Michael in the first place. I can only imagine that now Michael is COUNTING on this holding true, for whatever nugget of information he’s left Dean with now to play out.

So where is Michael right now? What is he doing that he felt he didn’t need his “Sword” for? I don’t even know that it’s relevant yet. Because right now our focus is back on Dean, and TFW trying to figure out what the hell is even going on right now.

[lunarsaturn88]

Cat’s Out of the Bag

Warnings: Spoilers for season 11, swearing.

Words: 499

Pairing: Lucifer!Cas x Reader

A/N: Thank you at goldenolaf25 for sending in this gif of Lucifer playing Cas. This is what I came up with for this one. I hope that you enjoy it.

You let out a gasp as you saw Sam on the floor and Castiel standing before him. You couldn’t understand why Castiel was falling onto  the floor beside him and Sam tried to get away from him.

“No, no!”

“Sam, it’s me.”

“Cas? Why?” Sam asked as his back collided with your legs causing you to fall down.

“Sam.” You said letting out a gasp as you landed hard on the ground feeling the air leave your lungs.

“I wanted to be of service to the fight. And only Lucifer can beat her.” Cas said as he struggled to keep Lucifer back.

“You chose this? You have to fight, Cas! Eject him now!”

“I can't! It's taking all my strength to keep him from killing you. And besides, we need him!”

“No Cas, we don't. We'll find another way to stop Amara!”

“We need him to save Dean.”

“You can't time travel.” You said as a few tears slid from your eyes.

Castiel shook his head. “Only Lucifer can.”

“I can’t believe that you would do this…”

You and Sam watched in horror as Castiel disappeared.

You looked at Sam looking at him. “You okay?”

Sam shook his head.

Your eyes went wide when Dean had arrived back with Lucifer.

“Dean! That’s not Cas!” Sam yelled at his brother.

Dean turned his head and looked at Cas with wide eyes.

A sheepish look turned to glee. “On Lucifer’s face. “Cat’s out!” He then threw Dean across the table.  “I feel a burden lifted. You know, this whole - deep cover thing - it just wasn't - it wasn't terribly well thought out. Donning this - this Cas mask? This grim face of angelic constipation? It just - ugh. And then, teaming up with you three. I mean, I thought you boys were insufferable as mortal enemies, but working with you. That's the soul crusher. Except for you sweetheart.” Lucifer said winking at you.

Your stomach churned in distaste.  

Lucifer pinned Dean against the wall after he tried to get up to his feet. He saw the looks on their faces. “Why the faces, you guys? You should be cheering.”

“Cheering for someone like you?” You hissed softly. You didn’t like the fact that Lucifer was using Cas’s body for his own bidding.

“We have a common enemy. With this…” He said holding up the hand of God that was still wrapped up in the cloth. “She will be no problem. I mean, I will have killed you both by then, but still. Come on.” He unwrapped the hand of the God.

“No!” Dean yelled in horror.

Lucifer held onto the hand of God.

“NO!” You yelled with wide eyes.

Lucifer frowned when nothing happened. “It’s kicked!” He yelled angrily as he began to advance on you.

You weakley smirked. “Who knew that the Hand of God would turn out to be a one-hitter huh?”

Suddenly Lucifer was gone in a bright flash of light.

You let out a soft breath leaning against the wall.

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