I never get tired of looking at them

Castiel wants to teach Hannah what Sam and Dean have taught him. He wants her to learn how to take pleasure in the simple things and to learn what he sees in humanity and what keeps him attracted to this planet. So armed with some advice from the Winchesters, the two angels set out for San Francisco on a date.

I guess what I love about Hannah is that Erica portrayed her as a total badass without losing the feminine part of her. A lot of the angels are very genderless, but she was clearly a warrior woman. She was uncomfortable with her emotions, but not with having a female identity. Then, when she allowed herself to take pleasure in things like a hot shower and Castiel’s touch, she WAS a woman, even if she wasn’t human. Too often, I think we feel like our female heroes can’t be soft sometimes. (Although we cheer men for it.) Hannah is a warrior, a soldier just like Castiel is, but just like a human female military officer, she can mix strong and soft as long as she is confident enough.

There were a lot of things she didn’t understand, but she was good at heart, fighting for what she believed in. She looked up to Castiel, even when she felt disappointed in him. There was a reason she was the one who came to speak to them when he and Gadreel were in prison. She needed to understand why Castiel had done what he did, because she knew he was good at heart, like she was. Hannah is devoted to humanity, though she doesn’t see the same value as Castiel does in individual humans, and after she spent time in a vessel, she began to understand it all better. She sacrificed what could have been something unique and wonderful with Castiel because it was the right thing to do. The soldier went back to her post, with a heart full of appreciation for the human who had allowed her to learn about love.