I know itâs been said before but an iconic, undeniably canon property of Cas' and tangentially of the Destiel dynamic is the âbuddy boy youâve got what they call sex appealâ of it all. I mean itâs always great when humans look at Cas being strange and off-putting and fumbling his way through every single human interaction and go âwhat a hot endearing guyâ, donât get me wrong. But what I really canât get enough of is the fact that he also has the angelic equivalent of crazy game which heâs usually only marginally aware of/completely disinterested in save for being generally prideful or using it for tactical purposes. Even more hilarious, the fact that throughout the show the other angels are absolutely fucking fuming about him choosing humans in spite of this.
Because the thing is Cas is already reasonably well regarded amongst angels as a very competent and loyal soldier and then after he falls he just keeps exponentially gaining both a bad reputation and a cult following. He used to be a master tactician. He was around for Heavenâs greatest battles. Heâs led two different controversial uprisings. He keeps disobeying Godâs word and heâs killed thousands and he might be a little batshit crazy but heâs also just. Kind of a nice dude. Heâs Heavenâs most wanted, for better or for worse. Every angel he meets either wants to fucking kill him or drop to their knees and pledge allegiance, which in angel terms pretty much makes him the extremely fuckable guy with a leather jacket and motorcycle in every teen drama.
And then every time the angels do meet him, instead of a host of warriors thereâs this pathetic miniscule angry creature bristling and hissing at his side and the angels are like. Castiel. Why is that bacteria speaking to you. And Castiel fierce garrison commander savior of the rebellion war criminal bearer of free will who God Himself resurrected 47482 times gets this horrifying soft misty eyed look on his face and goes âoh no thatâs just my bestest friend in the whole world most beautiful incredible lovable person Iâve ever met in my entire millennia-long life. Dean say hiâ and the bacteria goes đđđ and rattles off the most incomprehensible sentence on Godâs green earth and then calls the angels a slur and the angels collectively feel grace leak out their ears