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I jumped onto my computer to work on my big bang and then saw this video that ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mishaphappens had linked.
I hadn't even realised, but until I watched it, I had forgotten why I enjoyed Castiel in the first place.
Castiel in this recent season, and the characterisations of much fanfiction, has muted that otherworldliness and grandeur we were first treated to before the archangels came in, before the power vacuum of Hell, the alphas, and finally, Mother (who I'm still struggling to grasp how large of a deal she is after the show went poly-pantheon and paraded deities as casually as a conference of the country club).
This fantastic video reminded me why I wrote stories like The Littlest Hunter. As they say, Castiel is not your grandmama's angel: he's a soldier and he's good at what he does. Even more than watching him kick ass and flex the shadow of his wings, I enjoyed the insight he provided into the larger machine of Heaven by contrast to his brothers and sisters.
I may be among the minority, but I enjoy him more as an angel than the impression of him as a souped-up, humanised ally. So often in fandom we're encouraged to focus on what within him makes him more like his human company, what we have in common, but I have the attention span of a gnat and he starts looking like just another one of the guys after a certain point. I admit that this is entirely my fault, so it's nice when videos like the one below bring me back to the point.
I'm not one for re-watching episodes, but this fanvid of the fictional 'Castiel: The Motion Picture' has made me want to go back and rewatch Seasons 4 and 5 (Uriel! Alastair!). The set-up, the editing, the music is so polished it presents itself like a real film trailer (despite the 4:40 duration), if only that were so.
mishaphappens had linked.I hadn't even realised, but until I watched it, I had forgotten why I enjoyed Castiel in the first place.
Castiel in this recent season, and the characterisations of much fanfiction, has muted that otherworldliness and grandeur we were first treated to before the archangels came in, before the power vacuum of Hell, the alphas, and finally, Mother (who I'm still struggling to grasp how large of a deal she is after the show went poly-pantheon and paraded deities as casually as a conference of the country club).
This fantastic video reminded me why I wrote stories like The Littlest Hunter. As they say, Castiel is not your grandmama's angel: he's a soldier and he's good at what he does. Even more than watching him kick ass and flex the shadow of his wings, I enjoyed the insight he provided into the larger machine of Heaven by contrast to his brothers and sisters.
I may be among the minority, but I enjoy him more as an angel than the impression of him as a souped-up, humanised ally. So often in fandom we're encouraged to focus on what within him makes him more like his human company, what we have in common, but I have the attention span of a gnat and he starts looking like just another one of the guys after a certain point. I admit that this is entirely my fault, so it's nice when videos like the one below bring me back to the point.
I'm not one for re-watching episodes, but this fanvid of the fictional 'Castiel: The Motion Picture' has made me want to go back and rewatch Seasons 4 and 5 (Uriel! Alastair!). The set-up, the editing, the music is so polished it presents itself like a real film trailer (despite the 4:40 duration), if only that were so.
