Okay, so, we were texting about this earlier but I'll possibly be more eloquent here away from the evils of text typing...
I loved it. Unashamedly. I've had a concern all season about what the hell they were going to do with Castiel now that Lucifer was back in the box; Cas is just too powerful to be one of the good guys - with him around and jumping to Dean's beck and call, the Winchesters really don't have any challenges to resolve.
His Macbethian descent into madness felt very appropriate to me; his own naivety, his arrogance about his own capabilities and his willingness to listen to the wrong person ultimately prove to be his downfall. Combine that with his existing fragile mental state (remember the S5 episode with the alternate future including human!Cas?) and the sudden influx of the power of a million souls and it's easy to see how his grasp on reality cracks and slides.
Castiel forgot the part where angels don't know how to lead, and he's ended up becoming what he was trying to prevent. I love the whole 'My motives are pure and that is preventing me from seeing how far from pure my actions are becoming' trope; it's a pretty common one for the fallen hero and it's painfully effective (because it rings so true, I think).
Am I making sense to you, hon (regardless of whether you agree or not :D)?
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I loved it. Unashamedly. I've had a concern all season about what the hell they were going to do with Castiel now that Lucifer was back in the box; Cas is just too powerful to be one of the good guys - with him around and jumping to Dean's beck and call, the Winchesters really don't have any challenges to resolve.
His Macbethian descent into madness felt very appropriate to me; his own naivety, his arrogance about his own capabilities and his willingness to listen to the wrong person ultimately prove to be his downfall. Combine that with his existing fragile mental state (remember the S5 episode with the alternate future including human!Cas?) and the sudden influx of the power of a million souls and it's easy to see how his grasp on reality cracks and slides.
Castiel forgot the part where angels don't know how to lead, and he's ended up becoming what he was trying to prevent. I love the whole 'My motives are pure and that is preventing me from seeing how far from pure my actions are becoming' trope; it's a pretty common one for the fallen hero and it's painfully effective (because it rings so true, I think).
Am I making sense to you, hon (regardless of whether you agree or not :D)?