#leviathan blossom

[strawlessandbraless]

When the going gets tough the tough go on flower picking dates in purgatory and make it absolutely everyone’s problem

[shallowseeker]

this might be a little silly but do you think cas's "it got a little smushed" line to dean could be representative of their relationship? like it got a bit banged up during the first half of season 15 but it's still there and it's not useless/meaningless, and it means something to them both. i just love that line so much.

YES! And it's so special to me.

Their love/relationship got a little smushed. And right after it proves its endurance, Cas crushes it to use to take on Chuck, for the good of the world. Just like he crushed his own happiness for Jack's sake. :(

[poohkeepsee]

"It got a little smushed."

[drsilverfish]

Leviathan Blossom Purgatory 2.0

I’ve already lol-compared the Leviathan blossom to a Triffid, because of its flesh-eating properties.

The BBC did a version of Day of the Triffids in the 1980s and they looked like this:

But actually, back at the Bunker, dissected on the table (because it’s the nectar Dean and Cas actually need for the God-locking spell - the juicy sweetness inside), doesn’t it look like a dissected heart?

Fitting, because in Purgatory 2.0, Dean and Cas’ hearts have found their way back to one another:

Before the episode aired, I mused about the significance of flowers and underworld journeys. But what I didn’t talk about was nectar.

Because nectar is the food of the Gods in many mythologies. In Ancient Greek mythology, on Mount Olympus, it’s the drink of the Gods, whilst ambrosia is the food. Nectar, if drunk by a mortal, could confer immortality.

In Zoroastrianism, Soma, is the drink of the Gods (likewise conferring immortality). Which is where Aldous Huxley got the idea for his pleasure drug of the same name (opiate of the masses) in Brave New World.

In medieval alchemy, which, as you’ll know from many of my previous posts, is something the writers’ room has been drawing on particularly in S14 and 15, the Elixir of Life supposedly grants eternal life. Sometimes it’s created from the Philosopher’s Stone and sometimes its equated with it, but it’s part of the culmination of the “Great Work” (the soul’s journey to God). 

All of which, adds even more potency to the life and death symbolism of the Leviathan blossom, which blooms on the corpses of monsters.

And it made me think again about all the speculation that Cas may become human at The EndTM; in a kind of reverse immortality spell (out of love for “humanity”).  

The blossom also looks a bit like the eggs from Alien, which leads to a rather darker interpretation (what if Cas IS saddled with the Mark of Cain, even though Chuck destroyed the spell):

Then there’s the earthly corpse flower itself, native to Indonesia and so-called because it smells of rotting flesh in order to attract the carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies that pollinate it:

All very fleshly plants, aren’t they, which in subtext, suggests a fleshly (erotic) connection between Dean and Cas, as well as a connection between soul and grace. 

[angeltiddies]

Dean and Cas looking for the leviathan blossom in purgatory:

[msfeatherfreckles]

So nerd me was thinking, why 'blossom', not 'flower' when they are kinda the same thing? Although you can say "cherry/apple/banana blossom" but not "cherry/apple/banana flower", so off to the Oxford English Dictionary we go!

And I promptly choked on my water...

... because that example is just way too on the nose.

[honey-bri-books]

Purgatory Fic: DeanCas

“DEAN!!!!!..” at Cas’s warning, Dean ducked just in time as the leviathan attacking him attempted to knock him in the back of the head. 

Castiel starts to make his way towards Dean, not seeing the leviathan sneaking up behind him. There is a loud noise and a hiss...Castiel turns around to see Benny standing over his prey, having just decapitated the leviathan set on destroying Cas. Before Castiel can thank him, Benny shouts at him to get to the fast closing rift, before turning back just in time to drive his machete into yet another of Purgatory’s monsters. 

Castiel feels Dean place a hand on his shoulder and both he and Dean turn to run towards the rift. It’s grown smaller since they first entered Purgatory, less than 24 hours ago. They both pray they make it to the rift in time, Michael having warned it wouldn’t stay open forever. Dean has the Leviathan Blossom in his duffel and hopes that it hasn’t been damaged by the recent ambush of monsters. If it hadn’t been for Benny...

“What are you both waiting for?!?!? Gooo! Now!” Benny yells from below, fighting off the growing mob of monsters expertly, and seeming to gain strength from each kill. His fangs out, his eyes wild, Benny knows he doesn’t have to hesitate in his aim to kill...his one true friend making it back home and to safety is his only objective.

“Dean..” Castiel puts both hands on either side of Dean’s shoulders, forcing him to look his way. “You have to go first. There could be complications if we enter the rift together.” Dean searches Castiel’s eyes for signs of forgiveness. His prayer to Castiel had been the most he could ever offer as form of apology, as a confession of his true feelings towards his partner for so long...but since he and Cas had reunited in Purgatory to make their way back home together, Cas had looked even more strained than he did when they first arrived. Dean doesn’t move an inch.

“No.” Dean’s face is set in a grim line. He stands before Castiel, stubbornly.

Castiel doesn’t look surprised by Dean’s answer, but Dean tries to get his point across, anyhow. “Not this time. You first.” Castiel steps backwards slightly, and Dean reaches for him. They can both hear Benny shouting from below...

“What the Hell are you two doing?! I said GO!!!” Castiel is shaking his head..

“Dean...you have to go back. You can win...I... I make you...weak...” Castiel is crying now. “You’re not strong, when we’re together. You’re not wise when I’m close to you...This is right. My being here. You need to hurry back. Please, go!” The rift has shrunken to half its size now. “This was meant to happen...this is what needed to happen, Dean. Save your world, it needs you...Without me in it, you and Sam might have a real chance..” Cas moves towards Dean as if to lead him through the rift. Dean over powers Castie, who he knows is too weak to fight back. He grabs Castiel by the arm that isn’t holding the Leviathan Blossom,

“I swore I’d never let you go again. Not after last time...” Dean struggles to push Castiel through the rift, but it’s no use. Cas tries to do the same thing with him and soon the rift is too small for either of them to fit through it, at all. He’s left with no other choice. 

Dean tosses the duffel bag with the Leviathan flower through the rift...seconds before it closes, sealing them into Purgatory, forever. Dean had left a note with an explanation for Sam, with a letter in the form of a goodbye... He had truly hoped that he and Castiel would make it out alive and together. But knowing Castiel better than he even knew himself, Dean Winchester had prepared himself to hold onto Castiel, no matter what happened at the crucial hour. Whether in Purgatory or back in the bunker..Dean’s home rested in Castiel’s heart. 

Benny had destroyed all of the beast, leviathan, and monsters that attacked the last minute of the mission. They now rested in a heap, at the bottom of the hill. He looks up to where Dean and Castiel are, still on his side and shakes his head sadly. On the top, Dean holds Castiel, weeping at having failed the love of his life...while Dean kissed his tears away..

“I love you Castiel. I can’t ever let you go again, you have to understand that..” Castiel cries out and Dean covers Cas’s mouth with his own, melting his heart.

[doraspn]

leviathan blossom

credit goes to my sis @boysforpielie​