#spn 9x09

[strawlessandbraless]

The fact that no one seems happy about this

Yet again they’re not saying what they really want, not even giving the other the chance

Cas thinking this is what I have to do, who I need to be, in order to be useful and to stay with you

Dean thinking you don’t have to do this to stay with me, I’ll always want you to stay, my biggest regret is asking you to leave

[captainchilly]

"The great Castiel. Valued and trusted Castiel." ↳ 9.09 - HOLY TERROR

[bloodydeanwinchester]

late seasons crying dean

[eversw]

sam + sam?

[chai-law]

What’s with me and drawing spn men bloody

[shirtlesssammy]

Dean and Cas every day not often enough -- 49/?

Supernatural 9x09//Holy Terror

[sirlancenotalot]

[becauseofthebowties]

CASTIEL IN EVERY EPISODE ↳ 9.09 - Holy Terror

[silver-stake-through-the-heart]

Objectively, it is funny when Dean defends Cas to Zeke/Gadreel in 9x09. For all he knows, at that moment, Zeke is an angel that got cast out of Heaven and nearly died because of Cas and yet Dean bristles and goes,

"Okay, well, you know what? Cas isn't in good standing with any angel, all right? But here he is, ass on the line, fighting the fight. So tell me, what makes you so special?"

Like... sweetie, there's a reason for the angels being angry at Cas this time (not that I care).

I feel like any other angel hearing this should stare at the camera like in The Office, blurry flashbacks of Godstiel and the Fall behind them.

[chlochette-sunde]

5x04 - The End / 9x09 - Holy Terror

[shallowseeker]

headcanon: cas plays dumb sometimes about metaphor bc he knows dean likes explaining stuff and also sometimes when he plays dumb it makes dean giggle

What was that fic, I think it was Put up Your Dukes, by saltyfeathers that said Cas keeps the idiot-ball in his pocket at all times?

Ah yes. It was:

Dean knows Cas is more aware of the situation than he lets on. Since becoming a full time human (no take backsies this time), Cas has developed a keen sense of selective comprehension. Basically, he keeps the idiot ball in his pocket at all times, in case he thinks letting on that he understands something isn’t going to play to his advantage.

Season 6 script that dropped today hints at that too. I love it, because it colors Dean's somtimes-annoyance with Cas in about ten extra shades of hilarious.

Dean sometimes responds to Ca's weird one-liners with a shade of "Are you fuckin' with me, Cas?" And sometimes Dean's exactly right: Cas IS fuckin' with him.

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That is the grumble of an angel who knows what he's doing (sometimes).

6x03 The Third Man (TVWriting source)

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BONUS: even when he's closer to human-ish, Cas only pretends to be drunk and loopy in 9x09... and Dean both recognizes and joins in on the ruse:

CASTIEL: Nah. I'll get it. [CASTIEL hops off his bar stool, then returns.] Mm. (swigging the last of his old beer, and setting the bottle on the table.) You know, I've never done this before. DEAN: (sighs) One beer, he's hammered.

Of course, as soon as Sam is out of the scene, Cas drops the act, and he and Dean have a Serious conversation, then gaze excruciatingly at one another as they discuss their "temporary" separation.

CASTIEL: (clears throat, dropping the act) I, um, I noticed you look... kind of uncomfortable whenever Sam mentions my leaving. Doesn't he know that you told me to leave? DEAN: Here's the deal. When Sam was doing the trials to seal up Hell, it messed him up. Okay? The third one nearly killed him. If I'd let him finish, it would have. He's still messed up, bad. CASTIEL: You said the angel, Ezekiel, helped heal him. DEAN: (looks down, avoiding the question) Look, I got to do anything I can to get him back. Now, if that means that we keep our distance from you for a little while, then... Then I don't have a choice. I don't feel good about it, but I don't have a choice. It's great to have your help, Cas. Okay, but we just can't work together. CAS looks sad.

The most hilarious part about this conversation is that it slips that the distance they're keeping is for what? A LITTLE WHILE.

Good God, you two. It's a little while, not forever, and in retrospect, it LOOKS LIKE YOU TWO ARE AWARE/HAVE DISCUSSED THAT. Suck it up, saplings!

Anywaaaaay TLDR; I love when Cas pretends to be an idiot almost as much as when he is being an actual idiot.

[lazarrusrising]

I think it's interesting that Castiel has this sort of dual reputation in heaven, to the soldier angel he's a legend, originally entrusted with the greatest tasks, then forging his own path. To the higher ups he's a known defective, reset so many times because he always finds a way to break protocol, and yet they still use him again and again and they forge him again and again and he frees himself again and again. To the soldiers of heaven he's both the best of what they could be and a cautionary tale. To the generals he's a nuke, a weapon powerful because of its ability to be unconventional but volatile for that exact same reason.

[captainchilly]

"All right. I'm gonna get us another round." ↳ 9.09 - HOLY TERROR

[bookish-bees]

cas has the most aesthetic shots in supernatural

[eversw]

There is no more Sam.

SUPERNATURAL l S9E09 Holy Terror

[bloodydeanwinchester]

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