While like funniest_angle I too was traumatized by this fic, it would be profane of me to say it should be written any other way. It flawlessly shows how love and faith can lead to damnation instead of salvation when both are based on the wrong things. In Castiel's case, naivete and need.
This fic also captures one of the most profound ironies in Supernatural. No matter how old or learned the angels are, they're not adults. They're kids, especially the archangels. They think they can do whatever they want without thought or care to the consequences, they're completely self-absorbed, they're lost without their father, they throw epic tantrums when they don't get their way, they're phenomenally naive, they run from their problems, and they hurt "lesser" creatures just because they can. Anna is the only exception and that's only because she (surprise) fell and became human.
Castiel's naivete is appallingly childish in this story. Alastair's had Dean for three weeks? That's okay. I can save him. Dean is torturing again? That's okay. I can still save him. After all it wasn't like I was the one who asked him to embrace his Hell darkness in the first place. I don't even have to bring Sam along. I can save Dean all on my own.
The gratitude on Dean's face is like looking at the sun. "You're awesome, Cas. You know that, right?"
Oh, Cas, you poor besotted child. The day Dean Winchester hurts someone to spare himself pain is the day he is Dean Winchester no more.
Even though I do like the idea of Anna and Balthazar rescuing Castiel, I agree with grasshoppr_molly. The only way Castiel could ever truly leave that room is if Dean left with him. Which wouldn't be impossible, but it would take Sam and a fuckton of sweat, blood, and tears.
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Date: 2012-09-03 07:51 pm (UTC)This fic also captures one of the most profound ironies in Supernatural. No matter how old or learned the angels are, they're not adults. They're kids, especially the archangels. They think they can do whatever they want without thought or care to the consequences, they're completely self-absorbed, they're lost without their father, they throw epic tantrums when they don't get their way, they're phenomenally naive, they run from their problems, and they hurt "lesser" creatures just because they can. Anna is the only exception and that's only because she (surprise) fell and became human.
Castiel's naivete is appallingly childish in this story. Alastair's had Dean for three weeks? That's okay. I can save him. Dean is torturing again? That's okay. I can still save him. After all it wasn't like I was the one who asked him to embrace his Hell darkness in the first place. I don't even have to bring Sam along. I can save Dean all on my own.
The gratitude on Dean's face is like looking at the sun. "You're awesome, Cas. You know that, right?"
Oh, Cas, you poor besotted child. The day Dean Winchester hurts someone to spare himself pain is the day he is Dean Winchester no more.
Even though I do like the idea of Anna and Balthazar rescuing Castiel, I agree with grasshoppr_molly. The only way Castiel could ever truly leave that room is if Dean left with him. Which wouldn't be impossible, but it would take Sam and a fuckton of sweat, blood, and tears.