User blog comment:Rafe Adler/"Advanced Thanatology" Discussion/@comment-26982641-20171110153721/@comment-10889355-20171110164534

Cheap replacement is a bit harsh but whatever.

Because someone mentioned (forgot who) that they don't want to make Castiel too powerful as it will make the cases too easy for TFW or something along those lines... and maybe because he's a different kind of Angel?