I just got around to this meta, but it's brilliant!
Possibly the most significant thing that I took away from this episode was the utter lack of any connection between Dean and Jimmy. ... Which means that everything we’ve been seeing up to this point really was a connection between Dean and Castiel, between a human and an angel uninfluenced by his vessel. That’s…actually sort of amazing to me. It certainly represents a whole lot of emotion coming from a being that’s not supposed to feel anything.
YES. This has been niggling at the back of my mind ever since the episode aired, but you just crystallized it and God, yes, I love this. Dean doesn't care at all what vessel Castiel rides around in, because no matter what, he's Cas, and I also noticed that when Castiel got back into Jimmy's body, Dean just made the switch like snapping his fingers. There was no lingering awkwardness of "Wow, but I was just talking to this guy!" it's just "Hey, Cas, hold up." ♥
So are we to assume that Castiel used his time bending mojo?
That was my fanwank.
Or is he finally having to confront the fact that Cas is missing and may be dead?
Thank you. I've been trying to rationalize the almost nonchalant way Dean dismissed Castiel's disappearance against the bonding we've seen them do earlier in the season, and it makes so much more sense to say Dean went on emotional lockdown than to say he really doesn't care.
First and foremost, what did Castiel want to tell Dean?
I'm of the opinion that Castiel learned whatever it is that Chuck saw, and just like him, he rushed to tell - and just like him, was stopped.
Why does Castiel need Jimmy to stay in his body? Is this a requirement specific to angels?
It can't be. Anna's an angel, and she's currently possessing a body that not only doesn't have a soul, isn't even organically human. If she can possess something empty, why can't Cas?
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Possibly the most significant thing that I took away from this episode was the utter lack of any connection between Dean and Jimmy. ... Which means that everything we’ve been seeing up to this point really was a connection between Dean and Castiel, between a human and an angel uninfluenced by his vessel. That’s…actually sort of amazing to me. It certainly represents a whole lot of emotion coming from a being that’s not supposed to feel anything.
YES. This has been niggling at the back of my mind ever since the episode aired, but you just crystallized it and God, yes, I love this. Dean doesn't care at all what vessel Castiel rides around in, because no matter what, he's Cas, and I also noticed that when Castiel got back into Jimmy's body, Dean just made the switch like snapping his fingers. There was no lingering awkwardness of "Wow, but I was just talking to this guy!" it's just "Hey, Cas, hold up." ♥
So are we to assume that Castiel used his time bending mojo?
That was my fanwank.
Or is he finally having to confront the fact that Cas is missing and may be dead?
Thank you. I've been trying to rationalize the almost nonchalant way Dean dismissed Castiel's disappearance against the bonding we've seen them do earlier in the season, and it makes so much more sense to say Dean went on emotional lockdown than to say he really doesn't care.
First and foremost, what did Castiel want to tell Dean?
I'm of the opinion that Castiel learned whatever it is that Chuck saw, and just like him, he rushed to tell - and just like him, was stopped.
Why does Castiel need Jimmy to stay in his body? Is this a requirement specific to angels?
It can't be. Anna's an angel, and she's currently possessing a body that not only doesn't have a soul, isn't even organically human. If she can possess something empty, why can't Cas?