#peaceful view

[herbalnature]

Fluffy clouds form a dreamy blanket against a vibrant blue sky, with the top of light poles peeking into the frame. There's a serene quality to this snapshot of nature's simplicity.

[chasingrainbowsforever]

~ Orange and Gray ~

[uroko]

京都 慈受院門跡 // Jiju-in Temple, Kyoto 🌿

[uwhe-arts]

in the valley . . . | uwhe-arts

[ecoharbor]

📍Portofino, Italy 🇮🇹

[animeglitch]

[gavas-mango]

[nobeerreviews]

For whatever we lose (like a you or a me), It's always our self we find in the sea.

-- e. e. cummings

(Constanța, Romania)

[ai-dream]

[lostsoulsparadise]

Lost Souls Paradise | Instagram

[alteredstatesstuff]

spring in the mountain

[herbalnature]

The image showcases a serene natural landscape at Riverfront Park in Billings, Montana, capturing the tranquil waters surrounded by grassy banks and bare trees. The overcast sky adds to the atmosphere, dotted with sunlit clouds that reflect off the water's surface, highlighting the quiet beauty of the area. Credit: /u/Lindseyrj7

[cloudsndreamsxo]

[khaopybara]

she just wanted to drink her coffee.

VIEW BENYAPA as PIE GULASATREE episode 9 of THE TRAINEE

+ pie gives up.

[shallowseeker]

Cas is right. Dean, with all of his free will intact, would NOT have murdered the Stynes kid.

Like Cas, with his free will intact, would never have murdered Samandriel.

Their assessments of one another are actually correct.

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Both are on their way to becoming mindless super-soldiers who feel nothing.

And essentially, they tell each other, "you're gonna have to go through me" (to become that).

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Some similarities in the fight scenes:

They both reach out a hand to the other's shoulder, saying the other's name:

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Both twist the other's hand away:

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They ask each other to: "Stop," both telling the other in so many words that "this isn't you."

Their styles differ, of course. Dean goads Cas defiantly: "Come on you coward, do it!" Cas tries to remain level-headed and controlled, only moving to block and restrain.

Essentially, their desires are the same, for the other to stop.

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With everyone telling them who they should be, and trying to make them into things other than what their big hearts would actually want, they beg each other to stay as they are.

I don't want you to be what they want you to be.

Just be you. Just be.

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And then, much like Cas in the crypt... flight. Cas leaves.

Dean leaves.

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And here's what's on my mind... They were both GOOD at being soldiers. Unbelievably good.

Their talents were recognized early and exploited. They became chained to their respective battle aptitudes.

Both had to reckon with becoming addicted to war, to the feeling of adrenaline and black-and-white causes (see: Purgatory, hunting, etc.). Both often feel too much responsibility, punishing themselves and undertaking penance.

They struggled with thinking it's all they were good for, battle or WORK.

Or worse. For Dean, it was often being one of the "crazy ones," only "good for a fling." For Cas, it was often "being expendable."

They're looked down upon by the likes of Metatron: Cas is like a "dumb puppy," a "stupid, lumbering jock." Even Crowley talks to Dean this way on occasion: "It's math (idiot)."

It's also like when Death calls Cas a "stupid soldier." Or when the British Men of Letters call the ones on the ground doing the fighting and getting their hands dirty "dogs." Or when Henry calls hunters "apes."

Despite their supposed "legacy lineage," Sam and Dean inherited the Campbell class. The soldier class.

Interesting to me that Jack inherits this, too. Despite his aptitude for nearly everything he touches (computers, research, even blossoming machete skills when he kills Noah the Gorgon), Jack too will inherit this Campbell-coded "stupidity."

That's what Chuck charges him with in Unity: "TOO STUPID."

Jack has Cas and Dean's class: the soldier class.

[ecoharbor]

📍Pacific Northwest 🇨🇦 🇺🇸