“If Castiel had been played by a woman, Destiel would be canon.”
I am SO tired of this goddamn stupid argument.
If Castiel had been played by a woman, there would be even more posts about how Dean keeps constantly putting her and her achievements down and using her for his own benefit while completely forgetting about her when it isn’t convenient.
If Castiel had been played by a woman, that scene in season 10 in which Dean beats her up would be 10000% even MORE disturbing that it already is and people wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss it and justify it with “BUT DEAN WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE MARK!”
If Castiel had been played by a woman, all the times her autonomy has been violated would be even more gross, especially if in this genderbent version Naomi, Rowena and Apriel were played by men.
If Castiel had been played by a woman, season 6 would be a mess because then we would have a “Women going crazy with power!” trope.
If Castiel had been played by a woman, Dean being obssessed with her not dying a virgin and pressuring into having sex would be considered WAY creepier.
If Castiel had been played by a woman, there would be 300+ think pieces and posts about how she is STRONG and INDEPENDANT and SHE DIDN’T REBEL FOR DEAN, OKAY?!
But most importantly, if Castiel had been played by a woman, Destiel wouldn’t be a thing because she would have been killed off after three episodes because fandom would’ve hated her.