Um

I don’t know if someone’s already mentioned this, (probably in better detail) but I’m rewatching 11x03, and I noticed something. So the attack dog spell only really kicks in when something is irking Cas or pissing him off, kind of like the Hulk. There were already a couple example cases of this to solidify this concept; when Metatron is brought up, then shortly afterwards when the Winchesters bring him up again and are asking where he’s likely to be found. Both of these times rile Cas up enough to trigger the spell; just thinking about Metatron probably gets his blood boiling (or whatever the angelic equivalent is). So cut to the scene where Cas finds Dean’s porn. It was almost gratuitous and drawn out, more of a deleted scene than anything, which left me wondering why they left it in if not for cheap comic relief. And then Cas started twitching. And it clicked. To some degree, finding Dean’s porn bothered Cas enough that it triggered the spell to take over, leaving him in the state he left the bunker in. Now earlier I read someone’s post where they discussed the lack of structural subtext (as included by the writers, as opposed to acted out or added post-script) in this episode, however I’d argue that this scene actually crossed the golden line to context. So Cas found Dean’s porn on his laptop and was so ticked off (or jealous?) that it set off the spell in a way he’s been trying to repress, and stripped away his human nature entirely. Until Dean managed to get through to him in the warehouse by merely talking to him. And that’s canon.

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