AHHHHHHHH, FUCK, SERIOUSLY. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO BE BROKEN OVER FUTURE!CAS AND FUTURE!DEAN OR THRILLED ABOUT THE PRESENT VERSIONS. BUT.
THEY STARTED WITH THE CAS/PHONE SCENE! OMG. CAAAAAS COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE MORE ADORABLE? MORE DISMAYED AND FRANTICALLY ANNOYED THAT A TRUCK CAUSED YOU TO MISS A FEW WORDS OUT OF YOUR PRECIOUS DEAN'S MOUTH? OMG ANGEL. I LOVE THE WAY HE SHOUTS "WHAT? What, DEAN!" ♥!!

So I noticed something here. after Cas says, "I didn't-- I didn't get that," Dean chuckles, and the sound of his chuckling makes Castiel blink and look really surprised, for a tiny moment, that he can make Dean chuckle, like he still isn't used to it. Or maybe he's even indignant. XD Omg I just wanna SQUISH HIM.

RANDOM SHOT OF DEAN LOOKING SO HAPPY TO BE ON THE PHONE WITH HIS CAS:

SO, I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BEEN SQUEEING ABOUT HIS "THIS ISN'T FUNNY, DEAN, THE VOICE SAYS I'M ALMOST OUT OF MINUTES" LINE FOR DAYS NOW BUT SERIOUSLY. SERIOUSLY, IF THIS ANGEL EVER GETS MORE ENDEARING (WHICH I'M SURE HE WILL) I MAY HAVE TO SEEK THERAPY. IN FACT, I SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT THERAPY RIGHT ABOUT WHEN CAS TOLD DEAN HE WAS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO HIM. ANYWAY. EVEN HIS POSTURE IS HUFFY AND SRS BSNS! OMG CAAAAAAAS, YOUR CUTENESS MAKES ME WEEP.

You know what I really love? BESIDES MISHA'S FACE? Castiel thinks trying to kill Lucifer is foolish and insane, and it can't be done, and when Dean asked him if he wanted to help last time, he said no. We all know he was lying, though. Or maybe not. It's not even about what he WANTS to do, for Cas. There isn't really any decision to be made here anymore. If Dean is going to try to do this, and he is, since he's such a stubborn bastard, Cas is gonna help. This is how WE do it. The WE is a given. And that is the ONE THING about Cas that never changes, which we know for a fact. Omg, fffff, what can I say except, OTP OTP OTP!!

OKAY, WHERE DO WE START? COMING FROM DEAN! NOT THAT I NEED TO POINT THIS OUT BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY: OMG ~*~TRUST~*~! \O/

LOL THIS IS CASTIEL'S RESPONSE TO DEAN TELLING HIM HE'S HUMAN. LOLOLOL HOW MANY ICONS ARE THERE GONNA BE OF THIS CAP WITH THE TEXT "WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY?" OMG, ILU CAS.

THE ONLY THE BETTER THAN IMPATIENT!CAS IS IMPATIENT!CAS PROFILE! TRUFAX. ALSO, I LOVE HOW HE REPLIES TO DEAN'S "OKAY?" WITH "YES" INSTEAD OF "OKAY" IDK IDK ANOTHER ENDEARING LITTLE PERSONALITY QUIRK OR SOMETHING. HE JUST KEEPS SAYING YES TO DEAN. ♥

HIS INDIGNANT, BETRAYED GLARE AT HIS CELL PHONE IS STILL THE CUTEST THING EVER. AS IS THE WAY HE HESITATES BETWEEN HOLDING IT BACK UP TO HIS EAR AGAIN AND CLOSING IT. IT'S LIKE EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS DEAN HAS HUNG UP, FOR A MOMENT PART OF HIM STILL CAN'T COMPLETELY GIVE UP HOPE THAT HE MIGHT HEAR ~*~DEAN'S VOICE~*~ AGAIN. HE HAS IT SO BAD. AND THEN HE DOES THIS LITTLE SHOULDER SQUARING, LIKE HE'S EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT, OMGOMGOMG CAS.

I'LL JUST... WAIT HERE, THEN. FOR FOUR HOURS. I THINK
ibroketuesday SAID THIS A FEW DAYS AGO: ALL HE DOES WHILE HE'S NOT WITH DEAN IS WAIT TO BE WITH DEAN AGAIN. OMG DWEEB. BUT ALSO KIND OF SAD. SADLY ADORABLE. ADORABLY SAD. I WISH DEAN KNEW JUST HOW HIS CAS IS, INSTEAD OF THINKING CAS HAS SOMETHING BETTER TO DO THAN STAND ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD FOR HOURS WITH HIS ARMS HANGING USELESSLY AT HIS SIDES. FFFFF THIS IS KIND OF EVEN MORE HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC THAN TOSSING PEBBLES AT DEAN'S WINDOW AND WAITING FOR HIM TO NOTICE, SOMEHOW, BECAUSE THEN AT LEAST HE'D BE DOING SOMETHING. WHERE IS THE CAS POV FIC ABOUT THOSE FOUR HOURS? COME ON, YOU GUYS.


So, the phone vibrates (what, no silly ringtone for Cas? XD), and Dean doesn't even glance at it before assuming it's Cas. This implies, to me, that between the AMAZING BFFERY OF THE LAST EPISODE and now, Cas is basically the ONLY ONE who has been calling Dean. Omg, OTP.

On the one hand, Dean called him Sammy, which made my heart flutter. and ache. Like, even with all this shit getting between them, it's still Sammy. Oh god. D: But on the other hand, SO MUCH HURT. Even if it gets made all better by the end. Sam is all "what're we gonna do about it" and still thinking they're a WE, and Dean SHUTS HIM DOWN. FLIPPANTLY. BARELY EVEN CARES. D: I mean, I'm not ragging on Dean, far from it, I get how tired he is, both from the apocalypse and the emotional drama and it being 4 am (THERE ARE TOTALLY THREE ITEMS IN 'BOTH', WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?), but from Sammy's POV, it's still so ouchy. Especially since he wanted to take a BREAK, where the "temporary" was implied, but here Dean is all, we should stay away from each other FOR GOOD. Seriously? Oh, Dean. HE DID SAY THE L WORD, THOUGH. WHICH MADE MY HEART FLUTTER AGAIN. IDK, IDK, SO BREAKY.


AWESOME SET IS AWESOME.

FOR SOME REASON DEAN ADDRESSING HER AS "LITTLE GIRL" SEVERAL TIMES AMUSES ME ENDLESSLY. IDK WHY. I MEAN, FROM THE WAY HE SAYS IT, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY AS HE WOULD SAY HER NAME, ALL GENTLE-LIKE. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE HE COULD HAVE SAID IT. WHATEVER, IGNORE ME PLS. EXCEPT LOLOLOL THEN HE PUNCHED THE LITTLE GIRL, LOLLLLLL WAY TO GO, DEAN. \O/

WHY IS IT THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD LOOKS RIDICULOUS WHILE RUNNING AND YET JENSEN MANAGES TO MAKE IT SEXY? EVEN WHEN HE'S REACHING OUT RIDICULOUSLY. WHYYYYYYYY, WORLD, WHYYYYYYYY? (OMG I WANNA SEE MISHA RUN NOW.) ...OKAY, SO MAYBE SOME OF THE STILLS ARE MORE RIDICULOUS, BUT THEY'RE STILL SEXY.


THE MUSIC DURING THIS ZOMBIE SHOOTING SCENE MAKES DEAN WANT TO DANCE. WHO WERE THOSE SOLDIERS, ANYWAY? THEY JUST SHOWED UP TO SAVE HIM WITH SOME KICKASS MUSIC AND THEN DISAPPEARED, LOLOL WHAT?

PRESIDENT PALIN ACTUALLY HAPPENED. LOLLL AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. I KNEW THEY'D INCLUDE IT, OMG I LOVE THE WRITERS FOR GOING THERE. FOR MAKING HER OUT TO BE THE PRESIDENT THAT DEFENDS THE BOMBING OF ONE OF HER OWN CITIES. LOLOL POSSIBLY THIS MAKES ME A TERRIBLE PERSON.

Bobby being dead was TERRIBLE. D: BUT THEN THIS PICTURE MADE IT BETTER, LOL OMG CAS IS SO SEXY. YOU KNOW THOSE HUGE CLOTHES ARE ALL DEAN'S. BUT WHERE IS HIS DEAN IN THAT PICTURE? Anyway, if we're to assume the camera is Dean's POV, NOTICE WHO HE ZOOMS IN ON ♥:

HOW FUCKING BROKEN WOULD DEAN HAVE TO BE TO LET THIS HAPPEN TO HIS BABY? OMG THIS MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. D:

BROKEN BUT FUCKING HOT. NNNNGH.

AND KINKY.

...Is it just me or is this expression so very, very much like demon!Dean's expression? I kind of half expected his eyes to go black or something, even though I knew it wasn't gonna happen.

Anyway, this scene? Two Deans? CANNOT HANDLE. I MEAN, WHERE-- WHAT. FFFFFF, FUCK. SO MUCH OVERLOAD. SO I'LL DO WHAT I NORMALLY DO, WHICH IS FOCUS ON CAS EVEN WHEN HE'S NOT IN THE SCENE. XD I totally wanted Dean's proof that he was who he said he was to be "WE ARE IN LOVE WITH CAS" but then I reasoned that, duh, of course he couldn't say that because EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. Right? It's my canon and you can't tell me differently. XD Anyway, let's talk about the fact that KRIPKE MADE DEAN'S PINK PANTY KINK CANON. WHERE IS THE FIC WHERE DEAN MAKES CASTIEL WEAR SOME?

The way future!Dean doesn't even look that amused by this, just... wistfully scornful? Like he thinks present!Dean is a hapless moron but almost, ALMOST wishes he could go back to that.. IDK. HURTY.

Seeing future!Dean talk about Sam is basically like the most painful thing ever fjkdlsafjskdl I JUST WANT TO SKIP THIS PART TO SAVE MYSELF THE PAIN. But then of course I end up rewatching it 10 times. D: But. Detroit! YES! \O/

And DEAN! Dean, like, NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO COMPREHEND IT FOR A MOMENT. HIS TINY, DESPERATE LITTLE PLEASE-TELL-ME-YOU'RE-NOT-SERIOUS BLINK AND EYEBROW LIFT FJDLSJFD FFFFFFFFFFF FUCK YOU, WINCHESTERS, PLEASE BE OKAY. D: But actually it was okay, because this was the moment where I knew the first thing Dean was gonna do when he got back was CALL SAM, and he did, so. SO EVERYTHING IS SORT OF OKAY? RIGHT?

DEAN CALLING HIMSELF A DICK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS EVER. ♥

IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, JUST LOOK AT THEIR FACES:


ANYWAY, DEAN DOESN'T HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THIS CHICK. HE ONLY HAS A CONNECTION WITH CAS. WHICH HE PROVES BY IMMEDIATELY ASKING ABOUT HIM. ♥

CAS TALKING ABOUT DRAGONFLY EYES IS SO LULZY AND COMPLETELY MISHA AND YET FUTURE!CAS JUST MAKES ME WANT TO WEEP. LIKE, ALL THE TIME. EVEN WHEN HE'S WINKING AT DEAN AND SNARKING ABOUT HOW HE'S THEIR FEARLESS LEADER. CAS, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? D:

LOL DEAN'S EXPRESSION AT CASTIEL HAVING ORGIES LOLOLOL. COMPARE THAT TO HIS ABSOLUTE TERROR WHEN CONFRONTED WITH BOOBIES LAST EP. *WEEPS MORE*

WEEPAGE ASIDE, THIS CAP WILL NEVER FAIL TO AMUSE ME, CAS STRETCHING AND DEAN WTFING IN THE BACKGROUND:

STONER CAS IS STONED! AND YET HE STILL SEES THROUGH DEAN IMMEDIATELY. IT'S NOT HIS ANGEL MOJO ANYMORE, RIGHT, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY LEFT. HE JUST KNOWS HIS DEAN THAT WELL. OH, HEART. BUT YET HE DOESN'T SEEM CONCERNED, JUST DISTANTLY INTERESTED. AGAIN, OH, HEART. D:

I NEVER THOUGHT CAS SMILES WOULD HURT ME SO MUCH, BUT FUCK. FUCK. D: I ALMOST CANNOT WATCH THIS. HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S A BREATH AWAY FROM BREAKING DOWN IN HYSTERICAL TEARS! D: FFFFFF, CAS. I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT FIC ABOUT HOW CAS BROKE WHEN DEAN BROKE, BECAUSE HE LOST HIS DEAN, AND THEN HE GOT HIM BACK A LITTLE, IN THE FORM OF PRESENT!DEAN, WHO FIXES HIM. REALLY. I REALLY WANT THIS. D:

Dean is understandably horrified by the cold blooded shooting, but what gets me is CAS. Looking away like that with his lips pursed, it just screams "there he goes again" like he's so used to it and yet it STILL HURTS HIM. It still hurts him to see Dean like this, after all these years, under all those drugs, because HE ACHES FOR THE OLD DEAN. STILL! Omg, SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT WANTING FIC IN WHICH PRESENT!DEAN FIXES HIM? GIVES HIM BACK A LITTLE OF WHAT HE LOST? REMINDS HIM OF THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE?

Me and him? Pretty messed up situation we got going on. Oh, Dean, at least your sense of humor isn't all gone. ♥

NOTICE THAT WHEN FUTURE!DEAN POINTS AT HIM, PRESENT!DEAN'S GUT REACTION IS TO TURN TO CASTIEL WHEN HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. OH, SHIP. AND CASTIEL LOOKS ALMOST SOBER IN THIS SHOT. PRESENT!DEAN'S INFLUENCE! PLEASE FIX HIM, DEAN. :(

I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT DEAN SHOVING DEAN ALL ANGRY-LIKE WAS FUCKING HOT. I LOVE HOW THEY BOTH SAY "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" OH, DEAN. HE IS STILL DEAN. AND YET SO NOT. WHICH MAKES THIS HURT EVEN MORE.

IS THIS THE ONLY SHOT OF BOTH OF THEM? NNNNNNNNNGH, DEEEEAN! JENSEN WAS SO AMAZING IN THIS EPISODE, HOLY FUCK.

Dean apologized! To himself! lolol, awwww, I find that really sweet, for some reason. Giving way when he never gives way. To himself! And then future!Dean meets him halfway by letting it go and getting them both a drink. THIS IS SO INAPPROPRIATELY QUAINT. AND YET MANLY. LOL I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY SAYING THAT, BUT IT IS. I LOVE THIS SCENE. It's almost like Dean being okay with himself, in a way, which he never really is, IDK, I am just rambling, mostly. But really. Despite not trusting present!Dean, future!Dean tells him all about the Colt and everything. It kind of makes me ache that this is exactly where Dean and Castiel left off five years ago, searching for it, and Dean didn't find it till five years later. :(

Anyway. CAS (WITH HIS FEET UP ON THE TABLE!) COMPLETELY UNCONCERNED WITH THE BIG LUCIFER PLANS GOING ON AND JUST GIGGLING AT PRESENT!DEAN'S DRY HUMOR. OMG HE MUST MISS HIM SO MUCH. D:

AND HE IS SO SEMI-SCORNFUL OF FUTURE!DEAN, ALWAYS CALLING HIM "FEARLESS LEADER" FJDKLSFJDSKL CAS CLUED PRESENT!DEAN IN ON PURPOSE! HE GLANCED AT HIM QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION! I'M GONNA TAKE THIS TO MEAN HE WANTS DEAN TO UNDERSTAND HOW BROKEN FUTURE!DEAN IS AND MAYBE EVEN HOW MUCH THAT BROKE HIM IN RETURN. HE LOOKS SO UNHAPPY ABOUT THE TORTURING. D:

CAS LOOKING UP AT PRESENT!DEAN WITH SO MUCH BURIED LONGING AND ADORATION. D:

AGAIN WITH THAT BORDERLINE HYSTERICAL LAUGH WHEN DEAN FIGURES IT OUT AND CALLS IT CLASSY. D: (YES I AM GOING TO D: AT LIKE, EVERY FUTURE!CAS SCENE EVER, HOLD ME.)

DEAN, ARE YOU JEALOUS BECAUSE CAS LIKES PAST!DEAN SO MUCH BETTER HE'D COME OUT AND SAY IT? THAT GLANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. THE GLARE! LOLOL.

Calling Dean insouciant is a bit much, coming from future!Cas. Nobody's more insouciant than he is, and it HURTS MY HEART. He's so used to Dean being suicidal and pulling them all into suicidal missions that he's come to expect it -- their exchange is so rapid, each already anticipating what the other is gonna say, which says a lot about their relationship, but so does that fact that Castiel has GIVEN UP CARING. FFF, CAS. :(

ARE YOU COMING? OF COURSE. THAT. HASN'T. CHANGED. I LOVE THAT, OMFG OTP. IT'S JUST AS MUCH OF A GIVEN THAT CAS WOULDN'T LET DEAN DO THIS BY HIMSELF AS IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN HE SAID "THIS IS HOW WE DO IT." BUT. BUT IT'S SO RESIGNED, HE SAYS IT ON A SIGH. AND FOR A MOMENT HE WANTS TO PROTECT PRESENT!DEAN, BUT DEAN SHOOTS THAT DOWN AND HE GIVES UP IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S.. I MEAN. CAS IS SO WHIPPED. OR JUST TIRED. INSOUCIANT, EVEN. HAVE HIS REASONS FOR NEVER LETTING DEAN DO DANGEROUS THINGS BY HIMSELF CHANGED? IS IT MORE OUT OF HABIT AND I-HAVE-NOTHING-BETTER-TO-DO THAN ACTUAL LOVE FOR THIS DEAN WHO ISN'T HIS DEAN ANYMORE? D:

I wonder if future!Dean said the same quip about Lucifer wearing Sam to the prom because he honestly has a sense of humor or because he remembers that it's what he said five years ago and wants to rub it in. I mean, that glance, it's kind of loaded, right? Either way, broken as he is, this version of Dean that is even MORE hardass than he already is. well, nnnngh.

LOL FUTURE!DEAN THE UTTER HARDASS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS. (THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET THROUGH THIS SCENE IS TO LAUGH AT IT, OKAY? OTHERWISE THE WAY DEAN SAYS "DEAN" AND THE WAY HE KNOWS DEAN WILL NEVER SAY YES AND IS SO BITTER MIGHT MAKE ME DO SOMETHING EMBARRASSING.)

CHUCK/TP IS OTP, AMIRITE? CTP! Guess he lost his prophet powers somewhere along the way, eh?

HIS SALUTE IS FREAKING ADORABLE, OMG THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PERPETUALLY-CLOSE-TO-VOMITING CHUCK IN THERE, LOL. I HEART ROB BENEDICT SO MUCH. ♥

I dunno whose idea it was to have Dean ride with Cas (WHO IS DRIVING OMG DEAN TAUGHT HIM TO DRIVE! \O/), but I like to think they just kind of gravitated toward each other. Dean still sees Cas, broken though he is, as his BFF, and Cas just wanted to be close to his old Dean. Oh, OTP, YOU BREAK MY HEART SO MUCH. And Cas telling Dean about all of his woes -- emphasizing how helpless he is, even, breaking his foot and all -- it's like he is secretly BEGGING TO BE SAVED even though he knows it's impossible, so he hides it behind smiles and laughs. Ugh, ugh, WHERE IS THIS FIC ABOUT DEAN FIXING HIM? SRSLY. D: What really gets me, though, is that it really seems like Cas regrets it. He's lost his Dean, his everything, to be left with a broken one who I'm sure he tried to fix but couldn't until it broke him too, and now he thinks the angel club is better than the human club. Oh no. Oh, Cas. Not after all that. There's even a hint of accusation in his tone, which makes me wonder if part of him was trying to guilt trip Dean, like he sort of did in the "I did it -- all of it -- for you" scene, because he is JUST THAT HURT AND BITTER UNDER HIS INSOUCIANT, THAT'S JUST HOW I ROLL FRONT. D:

IN HAPPIER NEWS, MISHA WALKING IS STILL FUCKING BADASS. I also love the way he keeps an eye on Dean as he walks. EVEN THOUGH THAT ISN'T HIS DEAN ANYMORE, it's STILL all he's got left. ughh. (So much for happier news.)

I really don't know how I feel about Dean being willing to sacrifice Cas as a decoy. I mean, it UPSETS ME, of course, that Dean took Castiel's unwavering loyalty and perpetual "of course"s and USED HIM as a decoy, but I can't bring myself to be THAT upset because he honestly is just that broken. I kind of like to think that little part of him that still loves Cas can see how much he's been suffering and is doing this as some sort of sick mercy killing thing? Because honestly, I don't think he expects to survive, despite all this talk of killing Lucifer. Sure, he thinks he'll do it, but I don't think he saw himself living without Cas or Sam or a WORLD after that. So maybe he had it in his head that he and Cas and Sam were all gonna die almost-together? Anyway, Cas here.. even if Dean hadn't later said that he didn't seem to be the only one with questions (and who could he possibly have been looking at other than Cas?), Castiel here makes me think he also saw through Dean but chose not to say anything about it, because he accepts Dean's orders unquestioningly, as we've already seen. When Dean goes "hey, ME (lolol Dean, Ilu, future!Dean called you Dean, but you can only call him ME?), can I talk to you for a second?" future!Dean probably knew what was up and his first instinct was to glance at Cas. Maybe he suspected Cas knew too? Maybe I'm just reading too much into this?

CAS KNOWING HE'S ABOUT TO DIE. D:

Another shot with both of them! \o/ eeeeeeee! But. lolol. Dean knows his own lying expressions because he's SEEN THEM IN THE MIRROR. NOT WHILE LYING TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHILE PRACTICING LYING EXPRESSIONS. LOLOLOL DEEEEAN. YOU TRY SO HARD.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE present!Dean's absolute horror at the thought of sacrificing Cas. LOVE. ♥ Meanwhile, future!Dean only has a moment of faint remorse. pffft. And then he punches Dean's lights out. Hot, but. PFFFT.

Dean doesn't even look all that upset that he's about to have his neck broken. He just looks tired. Maybe relieved it's finally over? That might break me the most. :( BUT. Did Cas die? It's ambiguous, but if Dean is dead.. I almost kind of hope Cas is, too. He was miserable and hopeless enough before, he'd only be more miserable and hopeless after this. It would be fitting if they died togetherish, right? D:

SAM. except not. Uh, I'll be honest, I LOVE Jared, but I like Mark's portrayal of Lucifer a lot better than his. *shrug* I AM SO BROKEN I'M NOT EVEN IN THE MOOD FOR GAY JOKES ABOUT LUCIFER/GOD. SORRY.

DEAN'S FAMOUS SINGLE EMO TEAR. \O/ I AM TOO BROKEN TO BE BROKEN ANYMORE, APPARENTLY. ALSO, RANDOMLY, THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ARE SO FAKE, LOL.

NAH. never change, Dean, Ilu.

CAS SAVES HIS DEAN AGAIN! BECAUSE HE WAITED FOR FOUR HOURS FOR THISDATE APPOINTMENT! THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IS SO ROMANTIC. \O/ EEE, ANYWAY, CAS IS LIKE, ON A ROLL HERE, WITH THE DEAN SAVING THING. CAAAAS, YOU ARE THE BEST EVER. AND YOUR SMUG, FOND EXPRESSION. ALSO PLS NEVER CHANGE. DEAN DOESN'T WANT YOU TO EITHER! HE LOVES YOU JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!

SEE? DEAN DOES LOVE HIM. LOOK AT HIS EXPRESSION! OH GOD FOR A MOMENT THERE, WHEN DEAN LOOKED AT HIM LIKE THAT AND STEPPED TOWARD HIM, I WAS SURE -- SO MOTHERFUCKING SURE -- HE WAS GONNA HUG HIM, AND I HELD MY BREATH AND EVERYTHING, MAYBE MY HEART EVEN STOPPED, BUT THEN -- OH MY GOD, WHAT FUCKING TEASES. THEY KNOW HOW BADLY WE WANT THIS HUG. THEY KNOW IT AND THEY'RE TEASING US. SO FUCKING CLOSE! D: BUT WE'LL GET IT SOMEDAY, RIGHT? RIGHT? ANYWAY, HAND ON SHOULDER IS NEXT BEST THING, MAYBE.


CAS IS EVEN MORE FOND IN THIS SHOT! ALMOST SMILES AGAIN! A REAL, CAS SMILE. ONE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO WEEP. HE KNOWS DEAN LOVES HIM THE WAY HE IS, SO HE DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY DEAN SAID IT. OMG OTP, NEVER CHANGE. EXCEPT TO GET MORE EPIC, WHICH I'M SURE YOU WILL. ILU, OTP. <33333333333333333

LOOKING AT CAS EVEN AS HE CALLS SAM. 'CAUSE HE CAN'T STOP MAKING SURE THIS IS REALLY HIS CAS AND NOT SOME CRAZY BROKEN HIPPIE CAS. OH, DEAN, ILU.

ANOTHER HUG THEY CHEATED US OUT OF. I WAS SO SURE SAM WAS GONNA GET A HUG IF CAS DIDN'T, BUT HE DIDN'T GET ONE EITHER! WTF, DEAN, YOU NEED TO HUG YOUR BOYS MORE OFTEN.

I'm sure you're rusty? Just how long has it been, exactly? D: (On the other hand, SO MUCH DEAN/CAS BFF TIME! \O/) Uhm, so, I LOVE this scene, so very, very much, since it's been so long in the coming, but. We're all we've got? Really? WHAT ABOUT CAS? D: COME ON, DEAN, YOU WANTED TO HUG HIM ONLY HOURS AGO! YOU HAVE CAS TOO. CAS WHO SAVES YOU AND LOVES YOU AND DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU. UHM, but seriously, I'm capable of not talking about Cas for a couple of sentences, I swear, I'll even prove it. SAM'N'DEAN! ARE TOTALLY STRONGER NOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME TIME APART AND CAN APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER EVEN MORE. ESPECIALLY DEAN. He's getting past his trust issues, even! He got to grow up a little without Sam, and I don't think he's gonna go back to the way he was before. He'll just make new room for Sam in a not-so-codependent way, right? It's what I like to think, even if the more cynical part of me is wondering if a large reason for his change of mind was his keeping each other human thing -- he just wants to keep an eye on Sam and make sure he doesn't say yes to Lucifer? Then again, he saw himself, too, without Sam, and saw how inhuman he was. THEY SO CLEARLY NEED EACH OTHER, and even I'll admit that just Cas isn't enough for Dean. He needs his Sammeh! Anyway, APPARENTLY I LIED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO NOT TALK ABOUT CAS, SO WHATEVER, OMG WHO'S READY FOR SOME SAM/DEAN/CAS FUN? NOT SEXUALLY, I MEAN. JUST. THE THREE OF THEM BEING BFFS! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, SHOW. \O/
P.S. The Renegade Angels reveal is Saturday! \o/ Anyone wanna take a stab at guessing my fic? First person to get it right gets.. a drabble or something?
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THEY STARTED WITH THE CAS/PHONE SCENE! OMG. CAAAAAS COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE MORE ADORABLE? MORE DISMAYED AND FRANTICALLY ANNOYED THAT A TRUCK CAUSED YOU TO MISS A FEW WORDS OUT OF YOUR PRECIOUS DEAN'S MOUTH? OMG ANGEL. I LOVE THE WAY HE SHOUTS "WHAT? What, DEAN!" ♥!!
So I noticed something here. after Cas says, "I didn't-- I didn't get that," Dean chuckles, and the sound of his chuckling makes Castiel blink and look really surprised, for a tiny moment, that he can make Dean chuckle, like he still isn't used to it. Or maybe he's even indignant. XD Omg I just wanna SQUISH HIM.
RANDOM SHOT OF DEAN LOOKING SO HAPPY TO BE ON THE PHONE WITH HIS CAS:
SO, I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BEEN SQUEEING ABOUT HIS "THIS ISN'T FUNNY, DEAN, THE VOICE SAYS I'M ALMOST OUT OF MINUTES" LINE FOR DAYS NOW BUT SERIOUSLY. SERIOUSLY, IF THIS ANGEL EVER GETS MORE ENDEARING (WHICH I'M SURE HE WILL) I MAY HAVE TO SEEK THERAPY. IN FACT, I SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT THERAPY RIGHT ABOUT WHEN CAS TOLD DEAN HE WAS GETTING TOO CLOSE TO HIM. ANYWAY. EVEN HIS POSTURE IS HUFFY AND SRS BSNS! OMG CAAAAAAAS, YOUR CUTENESS MAKES ME WEEP.
You know what I really love? BESIDES MISHA'S FACE? Castiel thinks trying to kill Lucifer is foolish and insane, and it can't be done, and when Dean asked him if he wanted to help last time, he said no. We all know he was lying, though. Or maybe not. It's not even about what he WANTS to do, for Cas. There isn't really any decision to be made here anymore. If Dean is going to try to do this, and he is, since he's such a stubborn bastard, Cas is gonna help. This is how WE do it. The WE is a given. And that is the ONE THING about Cas that never changes, which we know for a fact. Omg, fffff, what can I say except, OTP OTP OTP!!
OKAY, WHERE DO WE START? COMING FROM DEAN! NOT THAT I NEED TO POINT THIS OUT BUT I'M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY: OMG ~*~TRUST~*~! \O/
LOL THIS IS CASTIEL'S RESPONSE TO DEAN TELLING HIM HE'S HUMAN. LOLOLOL HOW MANY ICONS ARE THERE GONNA BE OF THIS CAP WITH THE TEXT "WHAT IS THIS FUCKERY?" OMG, ILU CAS.
THE ONLY THE BETTER THAN IMPATIENT!CAS IS IMPATIENT!CAS PROFILE! TRUFAX. ALSO, I LOVE HOW HE REPLIES TO DEAN'S "OKAY?" WITH "YES" INSTEAD OF "OKAY" IDK IDK ANOTHER ENDEARING LITTLE PERSONALITY QUIRK OR SOMETHING. HE JUST KEEPS SAYING YES TO DEAN. ♥
HIS INDIGNANT, BETRAYED GLARE AT HIS CELL PHONE IS STILL THE CUTEST THING EVER. AS IS THE WAY HE HESITATES BETWEEN HOLDING IT BACK UP TO HIS EAR AGAIN AND CLOSING IT. IT'S LIKE EVEN THOUGH HE KNOWS DEAN HAS HUNG UP, FOR A MOMENT PART OF HIM STILL CAN'T COMPLETELY GIVE UP HOPE THAT HE MIGHT HEAR ~*~DEAN'S VOICE~*~ AGAIN. HE HAS IT SO BAD. AND THEN HE DOES THIS LITTLE SHOULDER SQUARING, LIKE HE'S EMBARRASSED ABOUT IT, OMGOMGOMG CAS.
I'LL JUST... WAIT HERE, THEN. FOR FOUR HOURS. I THINK
So, the phone vibrates (what, no silly ringtone for Cas? XD), and Dean doesn't even glance at it before assuming it's Cas. This implies, to me, that between the AMAZING BFFERY OF THE LAST EPISODE and now, Cas is basically the ONLY ONE who has been calling Dean. Omg, OTP.
On the one hand, Dean called him Sammy, which made my heart flutter. and ache. Like, even with all this shit getting between them, it's still Sammy. Oh god. D: But on the other hand, SO MUCH HURT. Even if it gets made all better by the end. Sam is all "what're we gonna do about it" and still thinking they're a WE, and Dean SHUTS HIM DOWN. FLIPPANTLY. BARELY EVEN CARES. D: I mean, I'm not ragging on Dean, far from it, I get how tired he is, both from the apocalypse and the emotional drama and it being 4 am (THERE ARE TOTALLY THREE ITEMS IN 'BOTH', WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?), but from Sammy's POV, it's still so ouchy. Especially since he wanted to take a BREAK, where the "temporary" was implied, but here Dean is all, we should stay away from each other FOR GOOD. Seriously? Oh, Dean. HE DID SAY THE L WORD, THOUGH. WHICH MADE MY HEART FLUTTER AGAIN. IDK, IDK, SO BREAKY.
AWESOME SET IS AWESOME.
FOR SOME REASON DEAN ADDRESSING HER AS "LITTLE GIRL" SEVERAL TIMES AMUSES ME ENDLESSLY. IDK WHY. I MEAN, FROM THE WAY HE SAYS IT, IT SOUNDS EXACTLY AS HE WOULD SAY HER NAME, ALL GENTLE-LIKE. EVEN THOUGH I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE HE COULD HAVE SAID IT. WHATEVER, IGNORE ME PLS. EXCEPT LOLOLOL THEN HE PUNCHED THE LITTLE GIRL, LOLLLLLL WAY TO GO, DEAN. \O/
WHY IS IT THAT EVERYONE IN THE WORLD LOOKS RIDICULOUS WHILE RUNNING AND YET JENSEN MANAGES TO MAKE IT SEXY? EVEN WHEN HE'S REACHING OUT RIDICULOUSLY. WHYYYYYYYY, WORLD, WHYYYYYYYY? (OMG I WANNA SEE MISHA RUN NOW.) ...OKAY, SO MAYBE SOME OF THE STILLS ARE MORE RIDICULOUS, BUT THEY'RE STILL SEXY.
THE MUSIC DURING THIS ZOMBIE SHOOTING SCENE MAKES DEAN WANT TO DANCE. WHO WERE THOSE SOLDIERS, ANYWAY? THEY JUST SHOWED UP TO SAVE HIM WITH SOME KICKASS MUSIC AND THEN DISAPPEARED, LOLOL WHAT?
PRESIDENT PALIN ACTUALLY HAPPENED. LOLLL AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE. I KNEW THEY'D INCLUDE IT, OMG I LOVE THE WRITERS FOR GOING THERE. FOR MAKING HER OUT TO BE THE PRESIDENT THAT DEFENDS THE BOMBING OF ONE OF HER OWN CITIES. LOLOL POSSIBLY THIS MAKES ME A TERRIBLE PERSON.
Bobby being dead was TERRIBLE. D: BUT THEN THIS PICTURE MADE IT BETTER, LOL OMG CAS IS SO SEXY. YOU KNOW THOSE HUGE CLOTHES ARE ALL DEAN'S. BUT WHERE IS HIS DEAN IN THAT PICTURE? Anyway, if we're to assume the camera is Dean's POV, NOTICE WHO HE ZOOMS IN ON ♥:
HOW FUCKING BROKEN WOULD DEAN HAVE TO BE TO LET THIS HAPPEN TO HIS BABY? OMG THIS MAKES ME WANT TO CRY. D:
BROKEN BUT FUCKING HOT. NNNNGH.
AND KINKY.
...Is it just me or is this expression so very, very much like demon!Dean's expression? I kind of half expected his eyes to go black or something, even though I knew it wasn't gonna happen.
Anyway, this scene? Two Deans? CANNOT HANDLE. I MEAN, WHERE-- WHAT. FFFFFF, FUCK. SO MUCH OVERLOAD. SO I'LL DO WHAT I NORMALLY DO, WHICH IS FOCUS ON CAS EVEN WHEN HE'S NOT IN THE SCENE. XD I totally wanted Dean's proof that he was who he said he was to be "WE ARE IN LOVE WITH CAS" but then I reasoned that, duh, of course he couldn't say that because EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. Right? It's my canon and you can't tell me differently. XD Anyway, let's talk about the fact that KRIPKE MADE DEAN'S PINK PANTY KINK CANON. WHERE IS THE FIC WHERE DEAN MAKES CASTIEL WEAR SOME?
The way future!Dean doesn't even look that amused by this, just... wistfully scornful? Like he thinks present!Dean is a hapless moron but almost, ALMOST wishes he could go back to that.. IDK. HURTY.
Seeing future!Dean talk about Sam is basically like the most painful thing ever fjkdlsafjskdl I JUST WANT TO SKIP THIS PART TO SAVE MYSELF THE PAIN. But then of course I end up rewatching it 10 times. D: But. Detroit! YES! \O/
And DEAN! Dean, like, NOT EVEN BEING ABLE TO COMPREHEND IT FOR A MOMENT. HIS TINY, DESPERATE LITTLE PLEASE-TELL-ME-YOU'RE-NOT-SERIOUS BLINK AND EYEBROW LIFT FJDLSJFD FFFFFFFFFFF FUCK YOU, WINCHESTERS, PLEASE BE OKAY. D: But actually it was okay, because this was the moment where I knew the first thing Dean was gonna do when he got back was CALL SAM, and he did, so. SO EVERYTHING IS SORT OF OKAY? RIGHT?
DEAN CALLING HIMSELF A DICK IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS EVER. ♥
IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, JUST LOOK AT THEIR FACES:
ANYWAY, DEAN DOESN'T HAVE A CONNECTION WITH THIS CHICK. HE ONLY HAS A CONNECTION WITH CAS. WHICH HE PROVES BY IMMEDIATELY ASKING ABOUT HIM. ♥
CAS TALKING ABOUT DRAGONFLY EYES IS SO LULZY AND COMPLETELY MISHA AND YET FUTURE!CAS JUST MAKES ME WANT TO WEEP. LIKE, ALL THE TIME. EVEN WHEN HE'S WINKING AT DEAN AND SNARKING ABOUT HOW HE'S THEIR FEARLESS LEADER. CAS, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? D:
LOL DEAN'S EXPRESSION AT CASTIEL HAVING ORGIES LOLOLOL. COMPARE THAT TO HIS ABSOLUTE TERROR WHEN CONFRONTED WITH BOOBIES LAST EP. *WEEPS MORE*
WEEPAGE ASIDE, THIS CAP WILL NEVER FAIL TO AMUSE ME, CAS STRETCHING AND DEAN WTFING IN THE BACKGROUND:
STONER CAS IS STONED! AND YET HE STILL SEES THROUGH DEAN IMMEDIATELY. IT'S NOT HIS ANGEL MOJO ANYMORE, RIGHT, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY LEFT. HE JUST KNOWS HIS DEAN THAT WELL. OH, HEART. BUT YET HE DOESN'T SEEM CONCERNED, JUST DISTANTLY INTERESTED. AGAIN, OH, HEART. D:
I NEVER THOUGHT CAS SMILES WOULD HURT ME SO MUCH, BUT FUCK. FUCK. D: I ALMOST CANNOT WATCH THIS. HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S A BREATH AWAY FROM BREAKING DOWN IN HYSTERICAL TEARS! D: FFFFFF, CAS. I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT FIC ABOUT HOW CAS BROKE WHEN DEAN BROKE, BECAUSE HE LOST HIS DEAN, AND THEN HE GOT HIM BACK A LITTLE, IN THE FORM OF PRESENT!DEAN, WHO FIXES HIM. REALLY. I REALLY WANT THIS. D:
Dean is understandably horrified by the cold blooded shooting, but what gets me is CAS. Looking away like that with his lips pursed, it just screams "there he goes again" like he's so used to it and yet it STILL HURTS HIM. It still hurts him to see Dean like this, after all these years, under all those drugs, because HE ACHES FOR THE OLD DEAN. STILL! Omg, SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT WANTING FIC IN WHICH PRESENT!DEAN FIXES HIM? GIVES HIM BACK A LITTLE OF WHAT HE LOST? REMINDS HIM OF THE GOOD THINGS IN LIFE?
Me and him? Pretty messed up situation we got going on. Oh, Dean, at least your sense of humor isn't all gone. ♥
NOTICE THAT WHEN FUTURE!DEAN POINTS AT HIM, PRESENT!DEAN'S GUT REACTION IS TO TURN TO CASTIEL WHEN HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. OH, SHIP. AND CASTIEL LOOKS ALMOST SOBER IN THIS SHOT. PRESENT!DEAN'S INFLUENCE! PLEASE FIX HIM, DEAN. :(
I KNOW I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO THOUGHT DEAN SHOVING DEAN ALL ANGRY-LIKE WAS FUCKING HOT. I LOVE HOW THEY BOTH SAY "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" OH, DEAN. HE IS STILL DEAN. AND YET SO NOT. WHICH MAKES THIS HURT EVEN MORE.
IS THIS THE ONLY SHOT OF BOTH OF THEM? NNNNNNNNNGH, DEEEEAN! JENSEN WAS SO AMAZING IN THIS EPISODE, HOLY FUCK.
Dean apologized! To himself! lolol, awwww, I find that really sweet, for some reason. Giving way when he never gives way. To himself! And then future!Dean meets him halfway by letting it go and getting them both a drink. THIS IS SO INAPPROPRIATELY QUAINT. AND YET MANLY. LOL I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M ACTUALLY SAYING THAT, BUT IT IS. I LOVE THIS SCENE. It's almost like Dean being okay with himself, in a way, which he never really is, IDK, I am just rambling, mostly. But really. Despite not trusting present!Dean, future!Dean tells him all about the Colt and everything. It kind of makes me ache that this is exactly where Dean and Castiel left off five years ago, searching for it, and Dean didn't find it till five years later. :(
Anyway. CAS (WITH HIS FEET UP ON THE TABLE!) COMPLETELY UNCONCERNED WITH THE BIG LUCIFER PLANS GOING ON AND JUST GIGGLING AT PRESENT!DEAN'S DRY HUMOR. OMG HE MUST MISS HIM SO MUCH. D:
AND HE IS SO SEMI-SCORNFUL OF FUTURE!DEAN, ALWAYS CALLING HIM "FEARLESS LEADER" FJDKLSFJDSKL CAS CLUED PRESENT!DEAN IN ON PURPOSE! HE GLANCED AT HIM QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE HE WAS PAYING ATTENTION! I'M GONNA TAKE THIS TO MEAN HE WANTS DEAN TO UNDERSTAND HOW BROKEN FUTURE!DEAN IS AND MAYBE EVEN HOW MUCH THAT BROKE HIM IN RETURN. HE LOOKS SO UNHAPPY ABOUT THE TORTURING. D:
CAS LOOKING UP AT PRESENT!DEAN WITH SO MUCH BURIED LONGING AND ADORATION. D:
AGAIN WITH THAT BORDERLINE HYSTERICAL LAUGH WHEN DEAN FIGURES IT OUT AND CALLS IT CLASSY. D: (YES I AM GOING TO D: AT LIKE, EVERY FUTURE!CAS SCENE EVER, HOLD ME.)
DEAN, ARE YOU JEALOUS BECAUSE CAS LIKES PAST!DEAN SO MUCH BETTER HE'D COME OUT AND SAY IT? THAT GLANCE BETWEEN THE TWO. THE GLARE! LOLOL.
Calling Dean insouciant is a bit much, coming from future!Cas. Nobody's more insouciant than he is, and it HURTS MY HEART. He's so used to Dean being suicidal and pulling them all into suicidal missions that he's come to expect it -- their exchange is so rapid, each already anticipating what the other is gonna say, which says a lot about their relationship, but so does that fact that Castiel has GIVEN UP CARING. FFF, CAS. :(
ARE YOU COMING? OF COURSE. THAT. HASN'T. CHANGED. I LOVE THAT, OMFG OTP. IT'S JUST AS MUCH OF A GIVEN THAT CAS WOULDN'T LET DEAN DO THIS BY HIMSELF AS IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO, WHEN HE SAID "THIS IS HOW WE DO IT." BUT. BUT IT'S SO RESIGNED, HE SAYS IT ON A SIGH. AND FOR A MOMENT HE WANTS TO PROTECT PRESENT!DEAN, BUT DEAN SHOOTS THAT DOWN AND HE GIVES UP IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S.. I MEAN. CAS IS SO WHIPPED. OR JUST TIRED. INSOUCIANT, EVEN. HAVE HIS REASONS FOR NEVER LETTING DEAN DO DANGEROUS THINGS BY HIMSELF CHANGED? IS IT MORE OUT OF HABIT AND I-HAVE-NOTHING-BETTER-TO-DO THAN ACTUAL LOVE FOR THIS DEAN WHO ISN'T HIS DEAN ANYMORE? D:
I wonder if future!Dean said the same quip about Lucifer wearing Sam to the prom because he honestly has a sense of humor or because he remembers that it's what he said five years ago and wants to rub it in. I mean, that glance, it's kind of loaded, right? Either way, broken as he is, this version of Dean that is even MORE hardass than he already is. well, nnnngh.
LOL FUTURE!DEAN THE UTTER HARDASS ON THE VERGE OF TEARS. (THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET THROUGH THIS SCENE IS TO LAUGH AT IT, OKAY? OTHERWISE THE WAY DEAN SAYS "DEAN" AND THE WAY HE KNOWS DEAN WILL NEVER SAY YES AND IS SO BITTER MIGHT MAKE ME DO SOMETHING EMBARRASSING.)
CHUCK/TP IS OTP, AMIRITE? CTP! Guess he lost his prophet powers somewhere along the way, eh?
HIS SALUTE IS FREAKING ADORABLE, OMG THERE IS STILL A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PERPETUALLY-CLOSE-TO-VOMITING CHUCK IN THERE, LOL. I HEART ROB BENEDICT SO MUCH. ♥
I dunno whose idea it was to have Dean ride with Cas (WHO IS DRIVING OMG DEAN TAUGHT HIM TO DRIVE! \O/), but I like to think they just kind of gravitated toward each other. Dean still sees Cas, broken though he is, as his BFF, and Cas just wanted to be close to his old Dean. Oh, OTP, YOU BREAK MY HEART SO MUCH. And Cas telling Dean about all of his woes -- emphasizing how helpless he is, even, breaking his foot and all -- it's like he is secretly BEGGING TO BE SAVED even though he knows it's impossible, so he hides it behind smiles and laughs. Ugh, ugh, WHERE IS THIS FIC ABOUT DEAN FIXING HIM? SRSLY. D: What really gets me, though, is that it really seems like Cas regrets it. He's lost his Dean, his everything, to be left with a broken one who I'm sure he tried to fix but couldn't until it broke him too, and now he thinks the angel club is better than the human club. Oh no. Oh, Cas. Not after all that. There's even a hint of accusation in his tone, which makes me wonder if part of him was trying to guilt trip Dean, like he sort of did in the "I did it -- all of it -- for you" scene, because he is JUST THAT HURT AND BITTER UNDER HIS INSOUCIANT, THAT'S JUST HOW I ROLL FRONT. D:
IN HAPPIER NEWS, MISHA WALKING IS STILL FUCKING BADASS. I also love the way he keeps an eye on Dean as he walks. EVEN THOUGH THAT ISN'T HIS DEAN ANYMORE, it's STILL all he's got left. ughh. (So much for happier news.)
I really don't know how I feel about Dean being willing to sacrifice Cas as a decoy. I mean, it UPSETS ME, of course, that Dean took Castiel's unwavering loyalty and perpetual "of course"s and USED HIM as a decoy, but I can't bring myself to be THAT upset because he honestly is just that broken. I kind of like to think that little part of him that still loves Cas can see how much he's been suffering and is doing this as some sort of sick mercy killing thing? Because honestly, I don't think he expects to survive, despite all this talk of killing Lucifer. Sure, he thinks he'll do it, but I don't think he saw himself living without Cas or Sam or a WORLD after that. So maybe he had it in his head that he and Cas and Sam were all gonna die almost-together? Anyway, Cas here.. even if Dean hadn't later said that he didn't seem to be the only one with questions (and who could he possibly have been looking at other than Cas?), Castiel here makes me think he also saw through Dean but chose not to say anything about it, because he accepts Dean's orders unquestioningly, as we've already seen. When Dean goes "hey, ME (lolol Dean, Ilu, future!Dean called you Dean, but you can only call him ME?), can I talk to you for a second?" future!Dean probably knew what was up and his first instinct was to glance at Cas. Maybe he suspected Cas knew too? Maybe I'm just reading too much into this?
CAS KNOWING HE'S ABOUT TO DIE. D:
Another shot with both of them! \o/ eeeeeeee! But. lolol. Dean knows his own lying expressions because he's SEEN THEM IN THE MIRROR. NOT WHILE LYING TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHILE PRACTICING LYING EXPRESSIONS. LOLOLOL DEEEEAN. YOU TRY SO HARD.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE present!Dean's absolute horror at the thought of sacrificing Cas. LOVE. ♥ Meanwhile, future!Dean only has a moment of faint remorse. pffft. And then he punches Dean's lights out. Hot, but. PFFFT.
Dean doesn't even look all that upset that he's about to have his neck broken. He just looks tired. Maybe relieved it's finally over? That might break me the most. :( BUT. Did Cas die? It's ambiguous, but if Dean is dead.. I almost kind of hope Cas is, too. He was miserable and hopeless enough before, he'd only be more miserable and hopeless after this. It would be fitting if they died togetherish, right? D:
SAM. except not. Uh, I'll be honest, I LOVE Jared, but I like Mark's portrayal of Lucifer a lot better than his. *shrug* I AM SO BROKEN I'M NOT EVEN IN THE MOOD FOR GAY JOKES ABOUT LUCIFER/GOD. SORRY.
DEAN'S FAMOUS SINGLE EMO TEAR. \O/ I AM TOO BROKEN TO BE BROKEN ANYMORE, APPARENTLY. ALSO, RANDOMLY, THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ARE SO FAKE, LOL.
NAH. never change, Dean, Ilu.
CAS SAVES HIS DEAN AGAIN! BECAUSE HE WAITED FOR FOUR HOURS FOR THIS
SEE? DEAN DOES LOVE HIM. LOOK AT HIS EXPRESSION! OH GOD FOR A MOMENT THERE, WHEN DEAN LOOKED AT HIM LIKE THAT AND STEPPED TOWARD HIM, I WAS SURE -- SO MOTHERFUCKING SURE -- HE WAS GONNA HUG HIM, AND I HELD MY BREATH AND EVERYTHING, MAYBE MY HEART EVEN STOPPED, BUT THEN -- OH MY GOD, WHAT FUCKING TEASES. THEY KNOW HOW BADLY WE WANT THIS HUG. THEY KNOW IT AND THEY'RE TEASING US. SO FUCKING CLOSE! D: BUT WE'LL GET IT SOMEDAY, RIGHT? RIGHT? ANYWAY, HAND ON SHOULDER IS NEXT BEST THING, MAYBE.
CAS IS EVEN MORE FOND IN THIS SHOT! ALMOST SMILES AGAIN! A REAL, CAS SMILE. ONE THAT DOESN'T MAKE ME WANT TO WEEP. HE KNOWS DEAN LOVES HIM THE WAY HE IS, SO HE DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO ASK WHAT HAPPENED OR WHY DEAN SAID IT. OMG OTP, NEVER CHANGE. EXCEPT TO GET MORE EPIC, WHICH I'M SURE YOU WILL. ILU, OTP. <33333333333333333
LOOKING AT CAS EVEN AS HE CALLS SAM. 'CAUSE HE CAN'T STOP MAKING SURE THIS IS REALLY HIS CAS AND NOT SOME CRAZY BROKEN HIPPIE CAS. OH, DEAN, ILU.
ANOTHER HUG THEY CHEATED US OUT OF. I WAS SO SURE SAM WAS GONNA GET A HUG IF CAS DIDN'T, BUT HE DIDN'T GET ONE EITHER! WTF, DEAN, YOU NEED TO HUG YOUR BOYS MORE OFTEN.
I'm sure you're rusty? Just how long has it been, exactly? D: (On the other hand, SO MUCH DEAN/CAS BFF TIME! \O/) Uhm, so, I LOVE this scene, so very, very much, since it's been so long in the coming, but. We're all we've got? Really? WHAT ABOUT CAS? D: COME ON, DEAN, YOU WANTED TO HUG HIM ONLY HOURS AGO! YOU HAVE CAS TOO. CAS WHO SAVES YOU AND LOVES YOU AND DOES EVERYTHING FOR YOU. UHM, but seriously, I'm capable of not talking about Cas for a couple of sentences, I swear, I'll even prove it. SAM'N'DEAN! ARE TOTALLY STRONGER NOW THAT THEY'VE HAD SOME TIME APART AND CAN APPRECIATE WHAT THEY HAVE TOGETHER EVEN MORE. ESPECIALLY DEAN. He's getting past his trust issues, even! He got to grow up a little without Sam, and I don't think he's gonna go back to the way he was before. He'll just make new room for Sam in a not-so-codependent way, right? It's what I like to think, even if the more cynical part of me is wondering if a large reason for his change of mind was his keeping each other human thing -- he just wants to keep an eye on Sam and make sure he doesn't say yes to Lucifer? Then again, he saw himself, too, without Sam, and saw how inhuman he was. THEY SO CLEARLY NEED EACH OTHER, and even I'll admit that just Cas isn't enough for Dean. He needs his Sammeh! Anyway, APPARENTLY I LIED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO NOT TALK ABOUT CAS, SO WHATEVER, OMG WHO'S READY FOR SOME SAM/DEAN/CAS FUN? NOT SEXUALLY, I MEAN. JUST. THE THREE OF THEM BEING BFFS! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, SHOW. \O/
P.S. The Renegade Angels reveal is Saturday! \o/ Anyone wanna take a stab at guessing my fic? First person to get it right gets.. a drabble or something?
[Poll #1465310]
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:33 am (UTC)ALSO I'M 100% CERTAIN THAT MISHA CONVINCED KRIPKE/THE WRITERS TO PLAY HIMSELF AS FUTURE!CAS. SO MUCH TRUFAX.
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:37 am (UTC)HAHHAHA I'M SURE OF THIS TOO, AND I LOVE HIM FOR IT. MAYBE HE EVEN WROTE THAT DRAGONFLY LINE HIMSELF? XD BUT WHO KNEW SEEING MISHA ON SCREEN AS HIMSELF WOULD BE SO HURTY?
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:37 am (UTC)I'm not even gonna try to guess what fic you wrote. There were a couple that I sat back and said "I think
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:40 am (UTC)Heee, it's alright! I wouldn't have been able to guess yours either if I didn't already, er, know who wrote what.. XD
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:44 am (UTC)*i had more points, but uhh. i forgot.
i felt kind of so-so about the ep (i'm more enthusiastic about the fic possibilities than i was about the episode itself), but your review cheered me up. and believe me when i tell you-- i really needed that tonight.
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Date: 2009-10-02 08:47 am (UTC)Awww, glad I could help, bb. ♥
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:01 am (UTC)Now I'm in need of some Dean/Cas/Dean fic...also Dean/Dean sounds equally appealing...
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Date: 2009-10-03 12:29 am (UTC)THERE WILL BE TONS, I'M SURE! \O/
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-03 12:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 09:09 am (UTC)*dork*
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Date: 2009-10-03 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 09:11 am (UTC)I was refreshing my f-list over and over again waiting for this post! How sad does that make me? :)
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh times bazillion! *bounces* Pity am at work and I need to actually you know.... work :(
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Date: 2009-10-03 12:33 am (UTC)Ahahha omgrly? :"> I am kind of ridiculously flattered, omg. *FLAILS SOME MORE* :D :D :D
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Date: 2009-10-03 12:35 am (UTC)I would love for Cas to be the honorary Winchester. I mean, he practically already is, right? What with being around SO MUCH and he, like Sam and Dean, died and came back, so that should be like, his initiation, right? XD
♥!
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:29 am (UTC)You didn't mention how hot Cas/Misha was with facial guh. ::eyes you askance:: Did you forget?
ETA: LOLOL, my brain said "hair" and my fingers typed "guh," that's how much I loved it. Hahaha.
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Date: 2009-10-03 12:37 am (UTC)FACIAL GUH, LOLOL ILU. ♥ To be honest, I think I prefer Cas with just his usual stubble, but I'm not sure how much of that is because I've subconsciously linked his facial guh to BROKENNESS or what. Either way, though, he does look extremely gorgeous either way!
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:30 am (UTC)FUTURE!DEAN IS SOMEHOW EVEN HOTTER THAN PRESENT!DEAN. IT'S THE MYSTERY OF JENSEN, IDEK HOW THAT'S POSSIBLE BUT UNFFFF. THE WAY HE MANHANDLED HIMSELF... DEAN/DEAN OTP. DEANEAN~
OMG CAS. CAS. HE BROKE MY HEART. I WAS ALMOST IN TEARS BY THE TIME THEY WERE IN THE CAR, BECAUSE HE WAS SO DESPERATE AND JUST WANTED TO SPEND TIME WITH THE DEAN HE MISSED SO MUCH ASL;DK;SA. SO BROKEN AND SAD AND YET HE STILL STAYED BY DEAN'S SIDE. THE WHOLE SITUATION IS SO MESSED UP, BUT I TELL MYSELF IT'S OK CAUSE IT WON'T HAPPEN. RIGHT? OKAY THEN. *BREATHES DEEPLY*
OMG THE HUG THAT WASN'T. I WAS SO FUCKING SURE THEY WERE GONNA HUG I WAS PREPARED TO MOVE FROM SQUEALING TO ACTUALLY SCREAMING WHEN IT HAPPENED, AND THEN I GOT KRIPKE'D. BUT THE LOOKS THEY WERE GIVING EACH OTHER IN THAT SCENE! BE MORE IN LOVE, BOYS. NO REALLY.
AND EXCUSE ME WHILE I FLAIL FOR A MOMENT...
DEAN LOVES HIM AND ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS IN DENIAL. JS. AND YES, APPOINTMENT IS CAS LANGUAGE FOR DATE.
THANKS FOR THE PICSPAM, THEY MAKE MY FRIDAY MORNINGS. ;)
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Date: 2009-10-04 04:44 am (UTC)DUDE YES, JUST WHEN I THOUGHT JENSEN COULDN'T GET ANY HOTTER, WTF JENSEN. UTTERLY HARD (LOL) AND BROKEN DEAN IS SO PAINFUL BUT SO FREAKING SEXY. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE IS MANHANDLING HIMSELF, LOL.
EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT CAS. D: BUT DEAN WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO HIS CAS WHO LOOKS AT HIM WITH SO MUCH LOVE AND WHO HE DOESN'T WANT TO EVER CHANGE. NOW THAT HE KNOWS WHAT CAS COULD BECOME, I THINK HE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON HIM AND MAKE SURE HE STAYS OKAY.
HEEE, YES, THEIR LOOKS OF LOVE KIND OF REALLY MAKE UP FOR THE HUG. ALTHOUGH I STILL WANT ONE AT SOME POINT. WILL NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL I GET IT.
OMG YES, DEAN WANTS TO KEEP HIS CAS LIKE THIS FOREVER. MOSTLY HE JUST WANTS TO KEEP HIS CAS. ♥
I AM THRILLED YOU ENJOY THE PICSPAMS! \O/
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:37 am (UTC)I can't wait for work etc. to be over so I can go and rewatch it!
(and, OMG, Cas' fondness and devotion at the end, and his almost-but-not-quite sense of humour: 'we had an appointment' - oh, Cas! I'm so with Dean on that one: don't ever change!!!)
*g*
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Date: 2009-10-04 04:54 am (UTC)CASTIEL'S LOOK OF TOTAL LOVE, AND DEAN'S TOO! Oh my god, those two, I can't believe they actually do things like that on screen. I want them to never change too. ♥
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Date: 2009-10-02 09:44 am (UTC)Future!Dean makes me depressive, man. Don't get me started on future!Cas D: he broke my heart. I was so relieved when I saw CASTIEL, after he saved Dean from Zach. CAS, I'VE GOTTA AGREE WITH DEAN: NEVER CHANGE, OKAY? OKAY?! NEVER.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:16 am (UTC)Oh fuck, both of them broke me, and their relationship must have broken down so much, which BREAKS ME EVEN MORE. D: I just want them to be like they are now forever, all mostly-unbroken and lovey and TIE FIXING. :(
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:19 am (UTC)Omg yes, there is SO MUCH FIC to come out of this episode, I really really want to see as many takes on future!D/C as possible. They seem so broken. T_T
Don't worry about the length, I love squee. IN CASE YOU COULDN'T TELL.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:21 am (UTC)Awww, bb. The last episode wasn't depressing, though! And the next one looks like it'll be fun.
Omg yes, Misha did such an amazing job with both versions of Cas. SO DID JENSEN WITH DEAN, HOLY SHIT. THE DEAN/DEAN SCENES WERE FREAKING INTENSE AND IT WAS ALL JUST HIM.
LOL I WROTE DEAN SEMI-FIXING CAS, IDK, IDK.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:23 am (UTC)WHY DO I NOT HAVE AN ICON OF CUFFED DEAN YET? SRSLY.
Hippie!Cas was SO WRONG and SO DESPERATE, oh god it made me so freaking uncomfortable to watch him. D:
Of course he immediately recognized the Deans. Of course. ♥
Hahhaha I think my issue with Jared's performance is that I feel like he tried too hard, IDK, I'll have to rewatch it and compare it to Mark's some more.
BOTH OF THEIR EXPRESSIONS! OF LOVE! EEEEEEE, DEAN/CAS FOREVER. ♥
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Date: 2009-10-02 11:12 am (UTC)I loved Castiel saving Dean at the end and the fact that he didn't move an inch from the spot.
I hated future Cas, but it was so obvious he was still very much devoted to Dean. The only time I liked him was when he said that he liked past Dean. That was cute.
I think I'm the only one who thought Sam as Lucifer was great. The innocence yet not innocence was creepy and terrifying. A perfect balance.
I feel we were cheated out of a hug. Dean could have hugged Castiel. He ALMOST did.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:25 am (UTC)LOL YES, HE BROUGHT DEAN TO HIS LITTLE SPOT BESIDE THE ROAD. SO ENDEARING.
He was really cute when he giggled at past-Dean, but other than that -- man, it was uncomfortable watching him. D: Way to go, Misha, though!
Hmm, I kind of just feel like Jared was trying too hard with Lucifer, IDK, it might just be that after Mark, I'll think anyone who plays Lucifer isn't right.
GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THOSE WHO WAIT, RIGHT?
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Date: 2009-10-02 11:20 am (UTC)THANK YOU FOR THIS POST! ((((Hugs))))
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-02 11:27 am (UTC)I HAVE A THEORY on Dean's saying of this; I think it's not so much a "Well you've been away" as a slight dig at "Well it's been a while since you killed something WITHOUT YOUR DEMONIC BRAIN" but aww, fff, SHOW.
I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS CONTINUOUSLY ANTS-IN-MY-PANTS EXCITED ABOUT ANYTHING SINCE... IDK... THE LAST LEGACY OF KAIN GAME FOUR YEARS AGO? ASLDFJALSDJFALKSDJFALKSJDF.
LOVE.
And so much fic. SO much fic to be written. *squees*
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:27 am (UTC)SERIOUSLY, GETTING NEW DEAN/CAS EVERY WEEK IS REALLY KIND OF OVERWHELMINGLY AWESOME. WITH EMPHASIS ON BOTH OVERWHELMING AND AWESOME.
THERE IS ALREADY SO MUCH FIC! EEEE.
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Date: 2009-10-02 11:28 am (UTC)just to tell you , l love your posts ^^ i m addicted to them. I hope you ll continue until the end of the season.
I so love Dean and Castiel too. There's something strong between them. A real connection.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:28 am (UTC)SO strong. Yes. And getting stronger. ♥
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Date: 2009-10-02 12:05 pm (UTC)I have no idea what to think abt Sexanddrughippie!Cas...He is so broken and heart breaking, and yet so unreal...will Cas really become that when he is human? the last thing i would expect ... D:
n the Sam n Dean scene..aw.
Anyway , Future!Cas is like 100 percent RL Misha , n have me squeeee secretly under the broken heart by Sam n Dean n Cas...(THE LEGS ON THE TABLE \o/)
ps, i need the wat the fuck is this fuckery icon of Cas so bad xD
Tessa (ran_cl) @ hotel , squeeing + heart broken, LOL.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:32 am (UTC)Yeah, he is so NOT Cas that it was really, really uncomfortable to watch, but on the other hand, he's so new to this human thing that without the proper guidance, I can see it. D:
Sam'n'Dean are pretty OTP too. ♥
Except RL Misha isn't so DESPERATE AND MANIC. Well, he's manic, but happily so.
Still have not seen any what is this fuckery icons! D: Then again, I haven't been looking too hard..
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Date: 2009-10-02 12:30 pm (UTC)I REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT FIC ABOUT HOW CAS BROKE WHEN DEAN BROKE, BECAUSE HE LOST HIS DEAN, AND THEN HE GOT HIM BACK A LITTLE, IN THE FORM OF PRESENT!DEAN, WHO FIXES HIM. REALLY. I REALLY WANT THIS. D:
I have to go to class right now, but as soon as I get home in like...2 hours. I'M TOTALLY WRITING THIS! Your bunny attacked me!
Anywhooo...
Chuck's "I don't think Cas is going anywhere" LOL!
I think one of the best parts of the episode was when Dean and future!Dean are talking at the end, and Dean's all "you're willing to give up your friends...even Cas?" Because we all know he's more than a friend, right Dean? OH HAI CANON! <3333
Cas broke my heart all through this episode, more than future!Dean. Because he kept giggling and smiling and all, but it was so desperate and fake. He was like...just on the edge of a total meltdown the whole time. D: <--I'm right there with you!
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Date: 2009-10-02 04:29 pm (UTC)Here you go. (http://riahpariah0725.livejournal.com/5643.html#cutid1)
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:05 pm (UTC)"All he does while he's not with Dean is wait to be with Dean again." Yes this. I love the ease, the comfort in the phone scene. And hee - Cas does and will always say yes to Dean. (awwwww)
We went to the same place in the final scenes. My thoughts were also that Dean expected to die. Expected them all to die so sacrificing Cas was just part of the whole picture. It was still horrid and broken but yes, exactly what I thought.
I too had a problem with JP's Lucifer. It just wasn't quite there.
Back to staring at Dean and Cas together on the side of the road again.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:38 am (UTC)THEY ARE BECOMING SUCH CLOSE FRIENDS AND SO FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER. ♥
Yeah, I kind of like to think Dean wanted Cas to die first so he wouldn't have to worry about Cas wandering around the world alone. he's already so broken, and Dean's death would just wreck him utterly. D:
I'll be staring all week. \o/
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:11 pm (UTC)The Deans were in desperate need of a hug (sadly, neither of them got) Oh, randomly, Dean hiding behind Chuck made me laugh, considering how adorable and small Chuck is compared to him; Chuck's smile at being a shield just made me love him even more.
Uhoh. Sam saying "yes," I can't help but wonder why. Bobby's empty wheelchair, saddest thing to see, ever. The thighholster, neat =3 Erm, I wish I could go on, but it's early ^^; gotta get ready for the day.
Thanks so much for posting another great episode review with all the wonderful screencaps. You're awesome.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:41 am (UTC)THEY SHOULD'VE HUGGED EACH OTHER, even though I know future!Dean is as far from the hugging type as it's possible to get. And it would've been a filming nightmare, too. XD
OMG I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT CHUCK, EVER. ♥
I hope the show will go into why Sam yes yes later!
Aww, thank YOU for the comment!
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Date: 2009-10-02 01:37 pm (UTC)BUT HOW WAS THAT SCENE WITH CAS AND DEAN BY THAT ROAD OMG, WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT, AND THAT LITTLE SMILE. STILL, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IF CAS SAVED HIM INTENTIONALLY OR NOT, AND IF HE KNOWS ABOUT WHAT ZACHARIAH MADE DEAN SEE...I NEED TO KNOW!!!
PS: also, Dean not hugging him was almost cute...it's like he didn't want to give him *ideas*, LOL.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:43 am (UTC)THEIR LITTLE EXPRESSIONS OF TOTAL LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, OMFGGGG THESE TWO. D: I LIKE TO THINK CAS SAVED HIM INTENTIONALLY, AND HIS APPOINTMENT LINE WAS AN ATTEMPT AT A JOKE? But omg I kind of hope he does NOT know what Zachariah made Dean see, though, in case he gets too jaded. :(
Ahahahha, but surely Dean wants Cas to have those *ideas*!
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Date: 2009-10-02 02:11 pm (UTC)...EVENTUALLY.
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Date: 2009-10-04 05:44 am (UTC)