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12.10 Hearts and Humanity

Something I realized about 12.10 that everyone else probably figured out but has been puzzling me for awhile. In 11901, Ishim kills Lily’s daughter and Akobel. In the present, he tells Cas: “I’m going to cut your humanity out the way I did mine.” Now, people have been referring to this making Dean his humanity. Which, sure. I can get behind that and maybe I’m reaching but... what Ishim does in the past and what he does in the present don’t reflect right. In 11901, Ishim doesn’t kill Lily, he kills May and Akobel. Wouldn’t that make Sam and... whoever is protecting Dean from him, his targets if we were mirroring that? Bobby is gone, we don’t really have a direct mirror for Akobel anymore. So... then what does Ishim mean? I think Ishim cut out his vessel’s heart and therefor removed humanity from himself. It hasn’t been proven in the show that destroying or removing the heart could remove humanity, but I can’t think of anything else that would add up in this case and Jimmy was killed when his body went poof. Stabbing isn’t enough, but removing the heart? That’s a statement.

There is an emphasis on the relationship between Benjamin and his vessel, how they’re both in there, interacting. Also Ishim comments about Cas not keeping his old vessel. If Ishim cut out his vessel’s heart, that would make more sense with his actions and what he means. May and Akobel weren’t his humanity. His vessel was. It would also make Dean Castiel’s heart.. A bit more definitive and a bit more telling on past declarations.

Humanity = Dean = Heart.