Well , I dont think this was quite like the crypt scene. Like when Dean said “We need you , I need you.”
That’s what broke the connection there , we all know that…
But what broke the connection vice versa? I don’t think just one thing broke it. Cas told Dean , that he’d be the only one left standing when no one else would be around. He’d stay with Dean through thick and thin basically.
All the touching in these scenes.
This is what I believe made Dean’s mind start to clear. In the second gif you see he looks at Cas’ hand on his shoulder as if to be like “Oh i can really feel that.” They rarely ever make contact anymore. So I guess Dean was somewhat shocked at the touch.
Then he gives Castiel this look. He does look somewhat offended which is why i believe Cas took his hand away to begin with. or maybe Cas felt to awkward about it and thought it was better for him not to touch Dean while they were speaking.
Then again. Stopping him from leaving.
The fighting starts soon after that because Castiel refuses to let Dean leave because he wasn’t him to understand that He and Sam are just trying to help.But Dean doesn’t want to listen , stubborn as always. But Castiel refuses to hurt Dean in anyway.
So Dean makes his own mind up and starts taking his anger out on Cas. I believe he did this because he was hurt.Hurt that Cas sided with Sam in betraying Dean; Lying to him.
We can literally see the rage as Dean pretty much beats the crap outta Cas. Note that Cas isnt fighting back. He’s and Angel. He has his grace back , he could hurt Dean , but he doesn’t want to. He put his heart out there for Dean to see but got it stepped (More like Stomped) on.
Dean Beats Cas until he’s barley able to move.
And Has him on the ground , Grabs him and is ready to strike. But Castiel grabs his wrist and pleads. Well that’s not the correct term for it but that’s what im gonna use. When He says “Dean,Please” It’s not ‘please stop’ or ‘please don’t do this’ It’s ‘Dean Please see this is wrong and you’ll regret it, I was only doing what I thought was right. Trying to save you.’ When Cas Grabs Deans wrist and looks at Dean and said those words it breaks him , the connection. Much like when Dean said “I need you” Right then you can see Dean process this.
The MOC is trying to take over , but he isn’t letting it.His hand is shaking , he’s holding back so much. Yes he is furious , but only because of betrayal. Which in turn is Sams fault for asking Cas to lie. So he makes his decision right then , to kill or not to kill. He loves Cas. Castiel loves him.This is when he realizes that. Cas’ heart to heart with him was His confirmation for Castiel’s feelings towards him. So he strikes.
Everyone’s heart dropped here , we didn’t see a flash of grace , a noise. Nothing. His decision was to not kill Cas but if he didn’t do something with that angel blade , i’m afraid of what he might’ve done.
.We get this sigh of relief , but the pain in Castiel’s eyes really hurt. He thought the end result of what he said would have been different than getting the crap beat out of you by someone you love. So what do i think really broke the connection? I think it was The talk , the touch to the wrist and Cas saying “Please , Dean” And I think it was Deans love for him. Not much was said , but a lot was said between the lines. Cas didn’t even fight back.He wasn’t gonna hurt Dean.I have a feeling he knew Dean wasn’t going to kill him.. So , those are my thoughts , you guys can add to this if you’d like.
So, trash T.V. became Cas’ coping mechanism because he was so traumatized from the curse and being violent and hurting Dean, which then makes his Netflix binges that much sadder because oh my god, my precious bab.
