Yes! Not exactly the route I'm taking with it, but definitely complementary to it.

Cas's dilemma I think is one of the reasons I actually liked the ep, as painful as it was. Doing the wrong thing for the right reason, and thinking you can control it, is something I can relate to. Not on this scale, obviously, but in principle, I've been there, done that, placed myself in a position I knew I shouldn't have but thinking I could control the outcome, and it turned out just as painfully disastrous as I suspected it would.

Yes, indeed, I've crossed paths with Charis on a couple of mutual friends' LJs.