User blog comment:Kajune/SPN's redeemed antagonists/@comment-26271908-20160601191551/@comment-26271908-20160602203358

"Side-kick" is not the word I would choose rather than "Inutile". Really. Castiel was created to be a minor character. They turned him into a protagonist. Not really a big issue if they have developed him into being a protagonist. He was important in the Apocalypse arc, but turning him into a villain in a very forced way in Season 6 was not good, using his death as an excuse to bring the Leviathans during Season 7 was neither. But it's exactly what he'd became. An excuse to bring out events. The Leviathans come form his death. The Angels fell from Heaven after he helped Metatron. Lucifer came out again because he allowed him to enter in his body. By now, Castiel has no ties to main storyline rather than this. He stayed outside of great part of Season 11 in order for Lucifer to get out, just to show how expandable he became

I didn't called Bela a hero. Actually, I said that she redeemed herself not by fighting against the big bad but because, even after she herself knew that it was no hope for her, she, for the very first time, did what was right without expecting to have anything in exchange by telling the brothers Lilith's current location at the time. Though this is not the best example, she was truly regretted for what she had done. It is unfortunate she had to die in order to achieve this

I know this part of Anna. Anael would replace Castiel to be killed by Alastair. Cas appears and replaces Anna as the Angel of them. Deep down, I'm happy for this because, if they stayed with her, then she would be the one ruined instead of Cas. But I would still prefer her to have stayed instead of Cas. If he had died out facing Raphael in a hopeless fight just to help Dean would have been the perfect end for him. Just like Swan Song would've been the perfect ending for the series