Castiel, in season 11, feels as if no one really loves him. He feels awful about himself, which will lead to several bad decisions, like a deal with the Devil. This attitude will affect his life forever. - Misha Collins
I demand 149873985174389752894769827 fics of Cas being shown love, affection, praise, long hugs, cuddling, caresses, being told he’s needed, important and wanted, soft kisses and infinite declarations of love.
im honestly so glad robbie included cas though. because this shows that he is a part of the winchesters life now. he wasn’t simply mentioned in passing, but played a role in the story. he figured out what the monster was, he told them how to kill it. for once cas wasn’t forgotten by the brothers or the writers.
There’s one scene from last night thats still bothering me, and it’s the “eenie meenie miney mo” bit.
I see a lot of people upset that either more characters had to die or that Cas had to kill more of his family.
I will also preface this with, as a victim of past sexual assault, my viewpoint is most likely biased as I am more sensitive to emotional tipoffs for sexual assault in media.
There’s something about this particular torture scene that’s making it worse than any we’ve seen so far. On top of the actual torture, there’s the fact that he’s having trouble even controlling himself and the emotional warfare the other angels are putting him through as well. I feel like he was physically hurt almost the same during the torture scene in season 9 where he was captured by Malachi’s people. However this scene is /so/ different, because not only was he being tortured, he was being humiliated and ostracized. It feels like they have less interest in information (they sound so bored when questioning him) and more interested in just punishing him. He was begging for mercy, which is something I don’t think we have ever seen him do before. This was… Broken, helpless.
That torture scene was too emotionally charged for me to NOT interpret the “mo” comment as a form of sexual assault. Even putting aside the atmosphere of what’s going on in the rest of the scene, I doubt they would have given a close up camera shot of Misha’s crotch if it wasn’t intended to be a form of sexual innuendo. I feel like if it was just supposed to be about the torture, they’d have done it in a wide angle shot. There’s no special effect glowing to focus on like when they were cutting him and grace was seeping through. It’s just a shot of the angel hitting him in the junk with the angel blade. That one nonsensical word and camera shot changed the whole feeling of the scene for me. I feel like, had that scene been allowed to progress, it would have gone in a very bad direction.
Thankfully, Hannah intervenes. But then that just bothers me even more. If Hannah had been privy to the sexual nature of the torture, that adds a whole new level of complicated feelings to the situation that Cas notices, that Hannah saving him was a ploy to try to withdraw more information from him. Hannah, at least of the three, seems most conflicted about their feelings on the situation and having seen more of their personality in season 9, I was sad they had to die. However for the other two angels… Good riddance. While I’m not overjoyed that Cas had to kill more Angels, those Angels were not his brothers, and I feel like by the end of the scene, he knew that too.
Thoughts?
*In SPN writers room* Intern:
Jensen and Misha have won best T.V. chemistry... Writers:
Okay, here's the new season 11 idea: Dean and Sam go on with their hunting and we send Cas to the moon. Where there's no cell service. And he loses his memory. He doesn't know Dean. He stays there. Other writers:
Perfect.
Do you ever cry because Cas is such a great fucking character and yet he is never used to his full potential? Do you ever cry because Cas is so kind, smart, resourceful and strong and that’s barely shown in the show nowadays?? Do you ever cry because Cas is so much more than a show piece to use when you feel like it and the writers refuse to acknowledge that????
