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Michael!Dean vs Castiel in Nihilism (14x10)
Season 14 and Parallels
I’ve read a lot of metas about “Mint Condition” (14x04) and about how some of you paralleled “David Yaeger” with John Winchester. And I agree 100%.
(You know who also is paralleled along the seasons with John? Yeah. Dean Freaking Winchester)
Not only because of the subtext. (The mechanic who died by a prank, and comes back for Revenge)
Because he IS. LITERALLY. JOHN. WINCHESTER.
Literally.
All Saints Day: The Reckoning
Supernatural used footage from previous episodes to arrange a trailer for the movie Dean was obsessing over. And they used MATT COHEN’S John Winchester in The Song Remains the Same (5x13) episode where Dean and Sam travel in time to let John and Mary know that there’s an angel hunting them, to kill them.
This is no coincidence, cause they also used footage from season eight’s episode “Southern Comfort” Where Dean and Sam investigates a cursed object that made possessed persons kill people who did something that they cannot forgive.
There are so many parallels between these seasons that I don’t know where to start, so I just better start with something simple. Season 14 is a direct parallel with Season 5 and season 8. The essence is the same but there’s always something different. How? Well:
-”Southern Comfort” Is about an avenging ghost that possess a coin. That coin finds the way to keep moving, and it turns into a violent way for people to get revenge. In “Mint Condition” This avenging ghost possesses toys and action figures. Finally it possesses David Yaëger.
-Garth appears and try to take Bobby’s place, and end up having an argument with Dean about it. Garth and also Bobby appears in s14, and it’s Bobby who has an argument, but with Sam instead.
-In Season 8 Charlie plays a big part. She takes interest in hunting and develops her relationship with the guys. We have our own Charlie in s14 and it looks to be bonding with Sam instead too. And she wanna retire from hunting, contrary to s8 Charlie.
-Naomi appears in s8, controlling Castiel, and now, in s14, we have a different Naomi, trying to play ally with Cas.
- Angels fell down to earth in the last episode of s8, “Sacrifice”, in s14 we have Heaven in a angel emergency. All the angels are dead and Heaven is at risk to be destroyed.
-In “The Song Remains The Same”, John is possessed by Michael. He said yes to save Mary, his family, and tells Dean that Eventually he’ll say YES too. In s14 Dean is paralleled with John through Michael, and Cas is paralleled with Mary through aesthetic choices. (I don’t wanna say Destiel, but, yeah, Destiel). Also, Dean says YES for LOVE. (Family love and… maybe something else?)
-In Season 5 Cas is cut out of heaven powers, that’s why he almost died when he transported Sam and Dean back to 1978. In season 14, Heaven is in a lot of trouble, ‘cause it is not the one powering down the angels. Simply, there’s no angels to power up heaven this time. How the mighty have fall, and the tables have turned!
-Season 5 is the “Lucifer is coming” Season. He tried by all means to possess Sam, and finally he achieves it, “killing” him in the process. Lucifer died at the end of season 13. But we have evidence enough to think he’ll be back on season 14 too. (Let him die for good tho :D)
- In s5 Castiel’s search for God is a big big part of the season, ‘cause they’re trying to get his help to stop apocalypse. Now, we can hear Michael inside Dean’s body saying “Even God can die” and trying to bring a new apocalypse into our Supernatural world.
Now that we have stated all of this similar things between seasons 5, 8 and 14… it’s spec time:
- In both seasons Sam makes sacrifices to save humanity and his family. Season 5 he says YES to Lucifer and then jumps into the pit, then in Season 8, he starts with the trials to close the gates of Hell, leaving him almost dead. In episode 11 from season 14 we’ll see Sam Winchester “left to make an unimaginable choice”. What could it be? Will he sacrifice himself in order to save Dean (And humanity) once again?
- In the last episode before the mini hiatus, we watched as Michael possessing Dean again, saying that he left the door opened “just a crack”. Why Lucifer didn’t do this with Sam is a mistery, but... will Lucifer possess Sam Winchester once again? We will finally get to see Michael vs Lucifer with Dean and Sam as vessels?
- About Destiel…. Season 5 and season 8 were turning points in Cas and Dean’s relationship, they grow as partners, hunt together, Dean even met an alternative version of Cas in 5x04 “The End” (Don’t ever change) and In Season 8 Dean found out that he NEEDS CAS in Purgatory (I’m relying explicitly on canon), and later in Lucifer crypts too (We’re family, We need you… I need you). So, Season 14, episode 12 supposedly has a “turning point” between our loved characters. What could that possibly mean? Dean is about to raise the bet and finally say out loud that he loves Cas? We can only hope.
- Episode 300 and John Winchester: In 5x13 we see Sam facing young John about what his issues with his future self. Sam comfronts him and tells him that he gets what his dad did, the way he raised them, and that he loves him. We’ll get to see something like that in episode 13. (also 5x13 is the last episode where Mary and John were together onscreen).
- Castiel and Heaven: Naomi is back and Heaven is in danger. There are barely a few angels left, Naomi, Dumah, Anael, and a few more I think. If Heaven falls not only out guys will be faced with a ghost apocalypse, but also with a very HUMAN Castiel, and this time without a posibility of powering up. This will be IT. No more angel Castiel. Also, in episode 14x13 we get to see an earlier itineration of Castiel. Season 4 Castiel. And we’ll be able to notice how far he’s reached and how much he has changed. (Yes, yes, Zachariah is there too but nobody cares).
How much of the second part of the season 14 will the writers parallel with Season 5 and 8? We can only wait to see...
Feel free to add your own thoughts.
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