paradoxical-head:angelswatchingover:I can’t speak for everyone on Tumblr, but for myself, my love of
paradoxical-head:angelswatchingover:I can’t speak for everyone on Tumblr, but for myself, my love of this character goes far beyond shipping. That anyone would see him in such limited views as boring on whiny is always surprising because to me, he is one of the most complex, deep and interesting characters that I’ve ever seen written.This is a character with actually a million years of history that we have just barely glimpsed. There is literally endless story lines there. He watched the first creatures crawl out of the oceans. He observed early humans as they reached for the sky in Babylon. He walked with Saint Luke. And led an army of angels in a siege of hell to save Dean Winchester. His history alone is a million potential stories and I want them all.And not only is he an angel with an incomprehensible amount of story behind him, but he was created special… different from the very beginning. His moral compass is so strong that no matter how many times he has been reprogrammed, it keeps finding it’s way back to north. He was the one angel who refused to kill babies in Egypt and questioned the will of a god who would kill the innocent to prove a point. He was the first and one of the only angels we have ever seen to value human life to the point that he was willing to rebel repeatedly against orders that were programmed into him for humans. And who knows how many times he has done this. Naomi hinted that he has fought against his programming many times. Man, I would love to know more about this. Did he mourn when the world was destroyed by the great flood? Did he refuse to participate in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah? Did he argue against Abraham being ordered to kill Isaac? Did he have to be reprogrammed after arguing that God shouldn’t have killed 24,000 Israelites because they hooked up with Moabites or after angels killed 185,000 soldiers while they slept to show off God’s power ? I want more of Castiel’s back story and I can’t see how anyone could consider this the least bit boring.And to call him indifferent to humanity is just 100% wrong. He has fought over and over again for humanity. He questioned orders for humanity. He was willing to give up his connection to heaven and all of his powers for humanity. He heals random babies in the park. He refused to let Uriel or Lucifer hurt Sam Winchester, although he was ordered and programmed to believe he was an abomination. He was even the first angel we saw who could sit in a park and contemplate his place in the universe because he sees each and every human as a beautiful and unique work of art. Castiel is absolutely not indifferent to humanity. It is canon that he is, “in love… with humanity.”What this person calls throwing pity parties, I call character development. This is an angel of the Lord who went from being practically a robot to one of the most caring, compassionate individuals on the show. When he first took Jimmy’s vessel he coldly told Claire he was not her father and walked away. Though years of learning and opening his heart to change, we saw him this season try to make amends with Claire. It did take him five years, but when you think about those five little years against his eons of existence and programming that should have prevented him from caring at all, Castiel is pretty much a miracle! He now cares deeply for her and wants to protect her and try to heal her pain as much as he can. He even awkwardly gives her a grumpy cat gift that he picked out for her and it’s such a lovely and touching moment. This is amazing character growth and what I find so interesting about this character.Castiel is an angel with great powers. And with those great powers comes capacity to do big things. And when those big things backfire, the consequences can be immense. Castiel has screwed up… whoo boy has he screwed up. And to me that is just more of his appeal. Rather than being a perfect hammer, he is a beautifully flawed character and “too much heart was always his problem.” With the best intentions (always to save the Winchesters and humanity) his plans have sometimes gone awry and caused immense damage. And the best thing about this is that it has given him these amazing redemption arcs.He screwed up by letting Sam out of the panic room, and tried to redeem himself by rebelling and giving his very life for the Winchesters. He worked with Crowley to give Dean a chance at freedom and to save humanity, a decision that turned out to be a poor one when he couldn’t control the power and the Leviathan. Again, though he tried to atone for his mistake by putting the souls back knowing it would cost him his life. He made a huge mistake when he broke Sam’s wall. But once again, he was willing to try to correct his mistake by taking on Sam’s torture to his own mind, knowing that it would probably mean an eternity of mental anguish. He worked with Metatron to try to atone for his errors against heaven, sadly though he was manipulated which resulted in the angels falling. And once again, Castiel went on a mission to fix his mistakes and return the angels to heaven. He even isolates himself in Purgatory to protect Dean and is willing to spend eternity in the land of monsters as penance for his mistakes. These are not the actions of someone who is selfish and whiny.Again and again and again, Castiel has expressed deep pain and remorse for his mistakes. This isn’t whining, this is character growth. He has taken responsibility and been willing to do anything including giving up his own life to fix those mistakes. This isn’t selfish or pity partying. This is selflessly owning up to his errors and being strong enough to do something about it. Even the witch Rowena can’t believe what a fascinating creature he is. He is something no one has ever seen before - not quite angel and not quite human - but something totally special and unique. It seems to me that to consider Castiel the least bit boring it to limit ones imagination.A BIT LOUDER. SPREAD THE LOVE FOR CASTIEL <3 -- source link
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