History Characters / SupernaturalCastiel

* PointOfDivergence: [[spoiler:According to Chuck in Season 15 all the other versions of Castiel remained a loyal soldier of Heaven after saving Dean from Hell. Given everything that happened because Castiel chose to rebel this difference is likely the reason Chuck lost control while the other versions of Sam and Dean ended up following Chuck's plan for them.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:According to Chuck in Season 15 all the other versions of Castiel remained a loyal soldier of Heaven after saving Dean from Hell. Given everything that happened because Castiel chose to rebel this difference is likely the reason Chuck lost control while the other versions of Sam and Dean ended up following Chuck's plan for them.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: While he was a bit wishy-washy at first on social media about the [[spoiler: Destiel]] scene in "Despair", Creator/MishaCollins has now [[WordOfSaintPaul confirmed]] multiple times both that [[spoiler: Castiel's confession is a [[https://x.com/soberdenatural/status/1325627381063639040?s=20 "homosexual declaration of love"]], and that Cas, for all intents and purposes, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CuIyWY6rUPE/ is gay]]]]. As seen in the entry below, however, this is somewhat debatable due to Castiel's various flings with women throughout the series.

* AmbiguouslyGay: While he was a bit wishy-washy at first on social media about the [[spoiler: Destiel]] scene in "Despair", Creator/MishaCollins has now confirmed multiple times both that [[spoiler: Castiel's confession is a [[https://x.com/soberdenatural/status/1325627381063639040?s=20 "homosexual declaration of love"]], and that Cas, for all intents and purposes, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CuIyWY6rUPE/ is gay]]]]. As seen in the entry below, however, this is somewhat debatable due to Castiel's various flings with women throughout the series.

* AmbiguouslyBi: At first he appears to be asexual, but as the show goes on and he develops more of a personality, he becomes more comfortable about sex. He has a flirtatious relationship with Meg (who does most of the flirting) and sleeps with one woman, but with QuestionableConsent as, unbeknownst to Cas, the woman was secretly possessed by a reaper who was hunting him in his newly-human, very vulnerable state. He was briefly married to a woman named Daphne while amnesiac and believing himself to be a human, but it's unclear how far the relationship went, and he leaves her as soon as he recovers his memories. In the BadFuture his depowered self engages in drugs and orgies with female participants, though it's depicted as [[DrowningMySorrows an indulgence tied to his deteriorated mental wellbeing]]. Meanwhile, he and Dean also have HomoeroticSubtext and ShipTease that toes the line between RunningGag and genuine WillTheyOrWontThey, and in Season 15 he [[spoiler: confesses to having long been in love with Dean. Since Cas dies immediately after the confession and is never seen or heard from again, there's no indication as to whether his past relationships with women were genuine or merely an attempt to suppress his feelings for Dean.]]

* GutturalGrowler: Castiel is fairly growly, although this is on purpose; actor Misha Collins felt that as Castiel's natural voice shatters windows and makes people's ears bleed, his voice in his human vessel should be rather tough-sounding. Jimmy's voice is pretty much Misha's normal speaking voice, which sounds, well, normal.

* TheHero: Can arguably be considered this for Season 10, [[spoiler:as the final episodes of Season 10 make it clear that Sam and Dean are the BigBadDuumvirate of the season in their quest to get rid of the Mark of Cain. Castiel is barely involved in that plot, until the final episodes, where he has a confrontation with Dean after he sees how much the Mark of Cain has influenced Dean. He's also the only member of the main cast of that season who seems to have any sense of morality.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Castiel displays awkward traits that the other angels in the series don't have. Such as missing social cues, speaking in an [[SpockSpeak overly sophisticated manner]], and by his own admission, having "rusty" "people skills." One could interpret Castiel as on the autism spectrum because of these traits, though it's never outright confirmed in the series.

* BadassBaritone: In a human vessel, Castiel's voice is deep, but Jimmy Novak's voice isn't.

* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:It isn't exactly stated whether Castiel himself got taken over from within by the Leviathans at the end of "Meet the New Boss" or whether they just hijacked control of his vessel. Either way, Castiel clearly wasn't in control anymore, especially considering the change in voice from a [[BadassBaritone deep monotone]] to one that sounds more like an insane Creator/MishaCollins.]]

** With Dean. Debatable since when -- some fans will say right since the very beginning, others since Season 6 or the end of Season 7, and others since Season 8. As of 15x18, [[spoiler:TheyDo. [[AmbiguousSituation Well,]] [[DyingDeclarationOfLove kind]] [[BuryYourGays of]].]]

* BadassInCharge: Prior to coming down to Earth, Castiel was the captain of a garrison of angels.

* HolierThanThou: Although he's overall more friendly and reasonable to humans than many other angels are, Cass still initially had the trope attitude at the start of his tenure on the show, holding himself around humans roughly the same way a schoolteacher might hold themselves around eighth-graders. The attitude notably begins to erode after he discovers just how twisted and corrupt the Host of Heaven have really become and that God hasn't been the one giving them orders for a long time, although elements of it are still there in Season 5, and ''especially'' in Season 6 where he goes through a HeWhoFightsMonsters fall. By Season 8, the attitude is almost entirely gone.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: A subversion at first, as he seems to be fairly low-ranked despite how much ass he kicks. As the series goes on, he becomes less powerful and a traitor, then loses his angelic status entirely. But then, after standing up to both [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] and [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], he gets revived by {{God}} (again), more powerful than ever. [[spoiler:He then returns to {{Heaven}} as the "new sheriff in town," as Michael, Lucifer and [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] are all out of the picture, and eventually ends up having to deal with the remaining archangel, [[ArchangelRaphael Raphael]]. He becomes "the new God" at the end of the Season 6 finale, but then loses all his extra mojo in the next season and is banned from rejoining Heaven due to the havoc he's caused.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: Castiel has a lot of traits like literal-mindedness, limited interpersonal skills, rambling about his special interest in Creation, stimming, and NoSenseOfHumor, and neurodivergent tendencies like depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation, some of which he attributes to not having spent much time on Earth, even though none of the other angels have any of his problems. Before the civil war, he seems to have been fairly well-liked and to have had a good relationship with his angelic siblings, so his quirkiness probably hasn't caused him any real problems. Ultimately, Cas is most likely just socially awkward, and it has nothing to do with him being an angel.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Cas holds many of God's creations in the highest esteem. Taken UpToEleven by [[spoiler:Crazy!Cas, who adores ''everything'', from bees to monkeys to...wait for it... ''demons'']].