Actually, yes. He could have talked to Dean. That was the whole point of the juxtaposition of Cas watching Dean, but going with Crowley. Dean helped defeat Mike and Lucifer. He killed Zach. He'd be no slouch in a battle against Raphael. If nothing else, Dean has a wonderfully strategic mind and is a resourceful tactician. He would have been a great resource in weighing other options.
In choosing Crowley over Dean, Cas did the same thing Sam did in choosing Ruby. The difference being, I think, that Cas knows there's a slippery slope there and weighed his options first, whereas Sam, not so much.
I can appreciate Cas wanting to let Dean live a life and retire from hunting. I love--and am yet heartache-y--that he tried to give Dean back that which Dean had lost in trying to bring Sam back.
But Cas made some poor choices here. And when Dean cut away all the ambiguities and laid it out for Cas, Cas even said, "You make is sound so simple when you put it like that. Where were you when I needed to hear it?" And Dean's reply, "I was here. Where were you?"
Dean would have helped his friend if his friend had asked. Dean would have been there for Cas if Cas had let him.
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Date: 2011-05-07 02:56 am (UTC)In choosing Crowley over Dean, Cas did the same thing Sam did in choosing Ruby. The difference being, I think, that Cas knows there's a slippery slope there and weighed his options first, whereas Sam, not so much.
I can appreciate Cas wanting to let Dean live a life and retire from hunting. I love--and am yet heartache-y--that he tried to give Dean back that which Dean had lost in trying to bring Sam back.
But Cas made some poor choices here. And when Dean cut away all the ambiguities and laid it out for Cas, Cas even said, "You make is sound so simple when you put it like that. Where were you when I needed to hear it?" And Dean's reply, "I was here. Where were you?"
Dean would have helped his friend if his friend had asked. Dean would have been there for Cas if Cas had let him.