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depressant) wrote2024-06-04 03:57 pm
depressant) wrote2024-06-04 03:57 pm
duplicity re-app
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Name: Dmitri Age: 33 Contact: hayyot @ discord Timezone: EST Other Character(s): Castiel is being reapped, old acceptance is here |
Name: Castiel Door: door pass Canon: Supernatural Canon Point: Season 5, Episode 4: The End Age: Physical: mid-Thirties, Mental: Several Billion Appearance: Castiel occupies a white, male vessel who appears to be in his mid-thirties (Formerly one Jimmy Novak), with short, dark brown hair, blue eyes, and a lithe build. He's of average height. Unkempt and unshaven, this version of Castiel has given up his suit and coat for more casual wear. When relaxing, he chooses woven sandals and looser, more comfortable clothes. When on the move, they're traded out for combat boots and jeans, complimented by military jackets in much the same style that Dean and Sam wear. He also wears jewelry, mostly beaded, on his wrists. History: Wikia Link This is a canon AU version of Castiel. This version of Castiel shares the same history up until 2009, the year when the Biblical apocalypse is meant to occur. In this timeline of events, Sam Winchester says yes to Lucifer, and allows him to possess his body. However, as Dean doesn't allow Michael to possess him, this causes a stalemate between Heaven and Hell. The Croatoan virus spreads via Hell's machinations, turning the infected into mindless, ravenous beasts. Society breaks down as a result, and eventually, the angels give up the Earth as a lost cause. Castiel, however, stays with Dean, while Dean hunts his brother, determined to kill the Devil at all costs. When we meet this Castiel, it's 2014, five years in the future. He's since lost his powers, and now is a broken shell of a man, who regularly imbibes in drink, drugs, and sex in order to ease the pain of his current existence. In the end, he goes to his death when Dean orders him and a group of his men to act as decoys. In Duplicity, Castiel is directionless. He has nothing— he knows now for certain that Dean is dead via information given to him by the original Castiel, and confirmed by the original Dean. He believes that his timeline has likely ceased to exist because of actions that were taken in the original timeline to prevent it. Even if it hasn't, the world is over. He's dead. Dean's dead. There's no hope. He had no real goal in Duplicity, beyond finding a place to live and a Dominant that would let him keep his drug habit. He's a sad, small person, and he's self-aware of his smallness. But it does give him one advantage: He doesn't care what anyone thinks of him, and he doesn't particularly care what the city does to him. CR AU (Optional): n/a Personality: Positive Trait: Loyalty. By the time the apocalypse has sunk its teeth in, Dean is the only thing left that matters to Castiel. Dean taught him what it means to be human, for better or worse. And so, despite his miserable existence and the horrifying state of their world, he continues to fight at Dean's side. He's willing to see their mission through to its logical conclusion, despite believing that the world is doomed ("Why not bang a few gongs before the lights go out?"). Rather than give up completely, rather than run, he turns to... a number of questionable coping mechanisms in order to get through the day, in a sense making the most of the situation he's found himself in. Most importantly, Castiel could have left while he still had his powers. He tells Present-Day Dean that when the angels returned to Heaven, all of his Heavenly abilities went with them, and it's something he appears to be quite regretful of ("I used to belong to a much better club"). We're not told when the angels abandoned Earth, but it could have been at any point during in past five years. which means Castiel had plenty of time to decide to leave Dean to his doomed cause— With his ability to teleport, he could have gone almost anywhere to weather out the apocalypse, on Earth or off, including Heaven. But he refuses to belly up, and remains with Dean to the end. In the original version of the script for this episode, Castiel is much more forthcoming about why this is— "But instead, we become this. The only thing I think we have left, Dean and me, is each other. (unadorned sincerity) If Dean says it’s time to go out in a blaze of glory, win or lose, so be it. I’m in." Since coming to Duplicity, Castiel's also struck up a friendship with his Original Universe counterpart. Their shared history has allowed them to relate in a way that most people are incapable of— He both considers Castiel family, a comrade in arms, and a part of himself. He's made it a habit to go to Castiel for help, or to reach out and help him, particularly with his emotional conflicts revolving around Dean, which is something Endverse!Cas uniquely understands. Overall, despite their rough start, Castiel's one of the few in his life who's been willing to stick his neck out for him. It's a new and different kind of relationship. Dean is still his top priority, but this prioritization is shared between them. With the two of them enabling each other, the extremity of his loyalty is only increased. Negative Trait: Self-Hatred. Castiel's low self-esteem is the bedrock all of his other bad traits are built on, past and present. He doesn't like what he's become. He openly calls himself "hapless" and "hopeless" when speaking to the current universe Dean. Likewise, his actions speak for themselves. He makes no attempts to take care of himself, appears to have no major relationships outside of Dean, and exudes an air of disinterest in life outside of his vices. To further compound the problem, his low self-esteem was present long before the timeline split, as the original Castiel also displays evidence of the same self-image issues after rebelling, calling himself a "poor excuse for an angel" later in the same season, and further going on to be known as "The Self-Hating Angel Of Thursday". Castiel generally operates on a need to be useful in order to justify his own existence. This can be seen again and again throughout the series, in almost every major action Cas takes, from his attempts to reform Heaven in Season 6, to his decision to abandon a normal human life to help the angels in Season 9, to his choice to hunt down Kelly Kline and her unborn nephilm son in Season 12. But the circumstances of this Castiel's life have prevented him from being useful in the ways he finds acceptable. Moreover, Castiel has always cared about being a model angel, or at least his own idea of what a model angel should be. Even after he rebels, this idea remains important to him. In Season 6, the season immediately after this, God grants the original Castiel an upgraded version of his powers, and Castiel returns to Heaven with renewed purpose to heal the corruption endemic to his home. But this version of Castiel has given up all his illusions after the losses he's endured. He no longer has any faith in himself to be what he aspired to be. What pride he once had has been crushed under the weight of reality, and so he chooses to cope in whatever way he can with no regard to the consequences to himself or his life. The final nail in the coffin is in his denouement. Even when Dean sends him on what's obviously a suicide mission, he hardly puts up more than a passing fight. Instead, he marches into battle well aware that he's likely to die, and probably does. His time in Duplicity hasn't changed this fact about him. If anything, knowing that Dean is dead makes caring about himself even more difficult. Some part of him can't help but feel responsible for his death, even though it wasn't his fault— it's completely irrational, but emotions often are. He can't even hope that Dean is brought to the city without guilt, because he's sure that Dean— at least, the Dean he knew— would hate it, so he's stuck with the knowledge that what he wants isn't what's best for anyone. Negative Trait: Defeatism. Castiel has given up on himself. He's given up on the world. In fact, he's quite bitter about his situation. He doesn't believe that there's any hope for humanity, even if Dean's plan to kill Lucifer succeeds, and he openly disparages his abilities despite his own perseverance in the face of impossible odds. Worse still, his idealism has clearly been irreparably damaged. He uses people (putting on a fake 'guru'-like persona for the orgy he's arranging when original timeline Dean meets him), he abuses substances (even though they would be much better put to medical use, given their limited supplies), he states outright that he believes he's hopeless even as he drives to the site of a major battle. When Dean asks what happened to him, Castiel's answer is simply, "Life." It's a feature that the original Castiel also displays, so it's easy to see how this trait is not learned but inborn— The original Castiel gives up on Dean, when it appears that Dean is going to give in to Heaven's demands. Castiel then even gives up on the world— Suggesting that they all imbibe copious amounts of alcohol when it looks like there's nothing they can do to stop the apocalypse. The difference is Sam and Dean's influence on him. The present-day versions of Sam and Dean continue to fight for the world no matter the circumstances, and Castiel follows by example. But Dean in this universe has become a different person. The greater good no longer matters to him. Cold, calculating, and harsh, he uses and throws people away, discarding everything and everyone except his quest for revenge— he even discards Castiel himself. And so, Castiel follows suit. Except he has nothing to exact revenge on. He only has himself to blame for his situation, and only has himself to punish. His defeatist nature hasn't improved any since coming to Duplicity, either. Due to his situation, he greatly struggles to motivate himself. Most of his actions are out of necessity, and even that is mostly only because he's aware (from information he's gathered from the others who live here) he can't die. Negative Trait: Hedonism. While on it's own somewhat less destructive than Castiel's other negative traits, they all feed into his mindless self-indulgence. Arranging orgies, drinking, drugs. Aiming to be under the influence as much as possible (Dean: What, are you stoned? Castiel: Uh, generally, yeah.). It seems he's fallen into every major vice a person can, and he does so shamelessly, with no care to his well-being or the opinions of others. It's easy to imagine how this kind of behavior could escalate to self-harm, and one could even argue that it has, though it's difficult to judge when the world is ending. Duplicity's influence over his hedonism is simply a matter of being enabled. He takes the sexual situations he's thrown into in stride— mostly. But his apathy means he doesn't often seek out other people any longer. This is less a result of the city and rather a result of the situation he's in, coming from a world where he's lost everything. Sex is still a comfort— Sexual pleasure being one of the few positive things he attributes to being stuck in this human body. But people are a lot of work, and things are more complicated in the city than they were in Camp Chitaqua, where everyone was more or less on the same page. However, since the city regularly supplies sexual situations, he doesn't always have to do the work. Drugs are a different matter. The Original Castiel, McCoy, and few other aquaintences have urged him to quit for the sake of his health, and he thinks that he could do it if he really wanted to. But they're an easy escape. They fill a hole in his life that nothing else can, and as far as he's concerned, make him palatable in a way that he feels needs to function in society. Their legality in Duplicity also makes the temptation nearly impossible to ignore. Powers and Abilities: Angelic Powers: The ability to tell when someone is out of their proper timeline. There's no elaboration on how this power works, but he doesn't seem to be able to tell exactly *when* or *where* someone is from, or any other information beyond the very fact that they're displaced. I believe that he would get the sense that the characters brought to Duplicity are not within their proper timeline (and nothing else). Magic: 2014!Castiel never does any magic of his own in the episode The End, but Castiel up until this point preforms several spells. Castiel, now being more-or-less human, *should* be capable of the same magic that Sam & Dean (as normal humans) are, though this is simply me making the logical jump. If you'd prefer he not be capable of magic, that's fine too! I'm going to list what he should be capable of based on what magic is cast by Cas & Sam & Dean up until that point in the show. (Note that Cas himself has not preformed all of these spells, but has knowledge or has witnessed them— Spells like Demon Exorcism Castiel himself never has any need to cast because, with his powers, he can simply smite the demon.) Human Magic, ie. Witchcraft, is something most humans are capable of either via contract with a Demon, or through natural ability. This includes practices such as astronomy, divination and spell casting, though the original Castiel is never shown to make use of astronomy or divination, only spell casting, so I assume he has doesn't have the knowledge to make use of these practices. Most humans seem to have some natural ability, though stronger spells (like mind control) are never cast by the human main characters and Castiel would not be able to preform them as a mortal. Spells can have many different effects, such as healing, binding a powerful being, enacting mind control over a person— However, all Human spells must be learned from another source. Angels seem to have natural knowledge of Enochian (Angelic) magic, but not Human magic, as Castiel is shown to have to study to learn many spells the characters have to make use of later in the series. Spells also require ingredients, which are often difficult to obtain (some examples are blood, the bones of saints, botanical cuttings, animal parts, mineral substances, etc.) Castiel as a mortal would be incapable of using most Enochian magic, since it requires the user to have innate angelic power, except for the spells listed below that make use of Enochian sigils. The following are spells he's used before, or common knowledge among the main characters. - Demon Binding (A sigil drawn on the floor or ceiling which binds a Demon within it. Powerful demons can escape from these bindings. These sigils can be drawn in chalk, paint, etc. It doesn't have to be drawn in blood, as with the other sigils mentioned below. Castiel uses this in season 4.) - Demon Exorcism (Exorcises demons after chanting a latin incantation/prayer. Castiel has no need to make use of this, but it's very commonly used throughout the series, and he should have knowledge of how to use it.) - Angel Banishing Sigil (An Enochian sigil written in blood on any surface, that when slapped with the caster's palm, banishes any nearby angels in an explosion of light. The angel is then cast hundreds or thousands of miles away, though they aren't harmed in any way, simply incapable of flight for a short time after. Anna teaches this to the Winchesters in season 4, and Castiel uses it himself during the finale of the season.) - Demon Summoning (Requires several ingredients, specific to the demon, fire, and sigils— Wouldn't work here except on SPN demons, since the specific summoning for that specific demon has to be known. Castiel makes use of this spell in season 10, but I believe has likely always known it.) - Holy water blessing (Water is blessed with a latin incantation/prayer in order to transform it into holy water. Despite the name, any run of the mill human can do this. Dean's father, John, is capable of doing this spell. Considering it's a blessing, I believe Castiel should know this spell.) - Angel proofing sigil (Sigil drawn in blood on the walls of a building you don't wish an angel to be able to access. This makes the building completely incapable of being entered by any angels. This is an Enochian ward, and as such Castiel is shown to know it, though he naturally can never makes use of it himself, as an angel.) - Angel Summoning (Works much the same as Demon Summoning. Would also only work on SPN angels.) - Concealment from Angels (A series of Enochian sigils tattooed onto a person's body that hides them from any angel, who would usually be able to detect a person no matter where they are on Earth. Castiel makes use of this on both Sam & Dean in season 5, and also has Concealment Warding tattooed onto himself when he's human in season 9. This is Enochian magic.) I realized while writing this that I also left out one ability that Castiel has, though it's knowledge rather than ability, which is why it slipped my mind: He can speak and understand all Earth languages, and Enochian, the angelic language. It is possible to nerf this, if necessary, since I could simply say that being rendered human has led him to forgetting this extraordinary knowledge, though he should always know Enochian, as it's his native language. Inventory: Nothing. Samples: SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 |