H O L D T H E F U C K U P
In the promo for Supernatural 9x14 Cas is labeled “The Unforgiven”
In 1960, Audrey Hepburn starred in the film “The Unforgiven”
Who gives a shit, you say?
WELL, in said movie, Hepburn plays a woman who was adopted into a family whose race was different than her own.
In one of the climactic scenes of the film, Hepburn’s character, Rachel and two of her adoptive brothers embrace as the building they are in threatens to burn to the ground as a result of a fight between Rachel’s birth family and her adoptive family. Then it is revealed that Rachel and one of her adoptive brothers are in love as she choses to stay with her adoptive family. They kiss.
Does that ring any bells? IT SHOULD.
“We’re family.” - Dean to Cas (let’s not forget that it’s canon that Dean loves Cas according to cut dialogue from the crypt scene)
- Dean, Sam and Cas are essentially adoptive brothers
- Dean and Cas canonically love each other
- Dean and Cas are different - an angel and a human
- An angel/human war has been brewing
- Castiel is going to have to make a choice
I think you see where I’m going with this. Knowing Supernatural’s fondness for obvious symbolism and parallelism, I think this may be the climax of where this season has been taking Dean and Cas.
- In three episodes this season, we have seen human/supernatural being pairings directly paralleling Dean and Cas. (Cain x Collette, Garth x Bess, and the couple from Canyon Valley)
- This is no longer portrayed as a bad thing but in fact a good thing (one member of the pair saving/redeeming the other)