Weirdo ep where everyone is in the bunker because Lebanon did not go insane enough for me. Cas reaaaaally actively dislikes John, but he can't say it to Dean because it activates Dean's "only I can shit on my dad" defense mode, and he can't say it to Mary, because all Mary (29) can think about (despite the journal) is the pre-fire John she desparately wanted to keep away from hunting, who made her laugh and learned LedZep songs for her. Cas absolutely can NOT go to Sam, because Sam will hear the letter J and instantly fly off the handle, stanford-era style. Also Dean will find out Cas started it and then Cas will be forced to sleep in the dog house. (Not that Miracle has a house, but the point stands.) He can't complain to Eileen, because Eileen saw the "resurrected (again) fam members" and decided, even if these were her monkeys, it was decidedly NOT her circus. Adios. So what then? He can't go to the Winchester side of the family, that one is obvious, but the Campbell side isn't promising either. Mrs Campbell looks like she's itching to skin him and see what makes him tick, and Samuel. Well. He dislikes John the way fathers dislike their daughters boyfriends, on principle alone. Cas is well and truly alone in this one sided beef, considering that for some godforsaken reason, John is very fond of him in return.
Made me giggle to imagine a whole ep of Cas just fuming. Sassy, snappy, bitey Cas my love.
Oh, I can get behind a lot of these!
re: Cas John. Cas having thinly veiled irritation that he can't act on (for whatever reason) is always crunchy and fun. It's like the best worst powder keg ever.
re: all Mary. I'll raise you that and add a Mary that feels like it's Her Fault John got Corrupted (TM) into a hunter like her, while embodying the Sam-quality of being relieved to be around fellow fuck-ups. (SEE: Absence - Mary is more comfy with Sam after Sam is struggling with parenting, and I suspect Sam also relates more normally to ppl that are, at least in his head, fellow fuck-ups. That was also a bit of the first Sam-Cas bonding in season 8, “The only person who's made more mistakes than you, Sam, is me." etc etc)
re: Sam ... fly off the handle, stanford-era style. What's fun about this, is you KNOW Sam would be trying SO SO SO hard to be the “bigger person," and it's come out all weird faux therapeutic passive aggressive until he exploded and everyone who doesn't know that side of him would be like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
re: Mrs Campbell looks like she's itching to skin him and see what makes him tick - I can definitely see that.
re: Samuel. Well. He dislikes John the way fathers dislike their daughters boyfriends, on principle alone. - I used to think that too, but when I rewatched it, I changed my mind! I raise you that a LOT of that was actually Mary's POV and Samuel C actually woobified John as a princess civilian. Which would make John -more- insane, actually.
re: one sided beef, considering that for some godforsaken reason, John is very fond of him in return. That never fails to make me laugh!!!
Made me giggle to imagine a whole ep of Cas just fuming. Sassy, snappy, bitey Cas my love. Cas feeling irritation so strongly and trying not to show his hatred would be so hilarious though. He's got such a good poker face with characters like, say Lucifer (gray rocking supreme). But then you see him with Raphael and it's like WOW. He's a cunt. What a wild card he can be!