Originally published January 20 2013 on Tumblr. I’m not sure if I loved “Torn and Frayed” (there were some things that really bothered me about it) but it has given me a lot to think about in terms of what Naomi and the angels are doing and why they might be doing it. These are some …
Category Archive: Angels
May 27
SPN, Evolution, and Hael’s Grand Canyon
Originally published October 10 2013 on Tumblr. There’s a place. I built it when I was last here – many years ago. A grand canyon. –Hael, “I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here” This line bothered me because SPN had previously done a pretty good job of creating a world where religion/mythology coexists with science and …
May 26
Still an Angel: Castiel May Be Human-ish, But He’s Not Human
Originally published October 17 2013 on Tumblr. Castiel is still an angel. A fallen, degraced, dewinged angel, but still an angel. He is human-like (mortal, feels hunger and pain, and so on) but not human. He retains some angelic abilities which are apparently not grace-dependent. He can still tune in to “angel radio.” There are probably other …
May 25
You’ll Be Better, When You Aren’t Yourself: Implications of Castiel Falling
Originally published April 24 2013 on Tumblr. There has been a great deal of speculation about Castiel falling at the end of this season. We know he will be a regular character next season, and the writers notoriously have difficulty in fitting a high-powered being intoSupernatural’s world. Therefore, for Castiel to fall – not only …
May 25
Castiel, Autism, and “The Man Who Would Be King”
Originally published November 26 2012 on Tumblr. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about Castiel and “The Man Who Would Be King”, especially in light of a quote by Ben Edlund that I posted a while back. So I wanted to write a little bit about Castiel, the ways in which Supernatural has explicitly associated his character …