Haha, yeah, that's what I love about Supernatural too. Things can be similar in motif, but go a completely different direction than what you are expecting.
The "Dean knows best" motif annoys me too - not because it exists, but because I think it contributes to those fangirls who actually BELIEVE that Dean knows best and can do no wrong. I mean, Dean's fucked up on more than one occasion too - but because Dean doesn't see his OWN mistakes, there's a good portion of Dean girls who don't see them either...and Dean never really gets called out on them on the show either, like Cas and Sam do (mostly by Dean.) Personally, I'm hoping that this current arc in S7 will do a little of that - judging by the amount of Deangirls that it's already pissed off, I have high hopes! Haha, but regardless of what happens, I have a feeling I'll enjoy it. (For the record, I don't hate Dean or anything, I'm just saying that he's as human as the rest of them, including Cas.)
But that was a bit of a tangent...
I remember when I first watched this, I didn't really know who was right or wrong either. Technically, I still don't. Castiel did NEED to do something about Raphael. Maybe if he had gotten the souls, killed Raphael, and then returned them immediately all this could have been avoided? Who knows...one thing is for certain though, Castiel and Dean DID manage to fuck-up their friendship with the way they both handled this.
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The "Dean knows best" motif annoys me too - not because it exists, but because I think it contributes to those fangirls who actually BELIEVE that Dean knows best and can do no wrong. I mean, Dean's fucked up on more than one occasion too - but because Dean doesn't see his OWN mistakes, there's a good portion of Dean girls who don't see them either...and Dean never really gets called out on them on the show either, like Cas and Sam do (mostly by Dean.) Personally, I'm hoping that this current arc in S7 will do a little of that - judging by the amount of Deangirls that it's already pissed off, I have high hopes! Haha, but regardless of what happens, I have a feeling I'll enjoy it. (For the record, I don't hate Dean or anything, I'm just saying that he's as human as the rest of them, including Cas.)
But that was a bit of a tangent...
I remember when I first watched this, I didn't really know who was right or wrong either. Technically, I still don't. Castiel did NEED to do something about Raphael. Maybe if he had gotten the souls, killed Raphael, and then returned them immediately all this could have been avoided? Who knows...one thing is for certain though, Castiel and Dean DID manage to fuck-up their friendship with the way they both handled this.