[identity profile] gingersnap1224.livejournal.com 2017-01-29 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Have I forgotten something? Why couldn't Dean pray to Cas and then have him zap them out of there. Has Cas lost the power to teleport (or whatever they call it). Now that I think of it, he does seem to be driving a lot this season. I'm so confused!!!

[identity profile] killabeez.livejournal.com 2017-01-29 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
You're not alone—I can never remember what Cas and/or the other angels can or can't do, any more. Could be all those S8 and 9 episodes I skipped...

[identity profile] gingersnap1224.livejournal.com 2017-01-30 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't skip any episodes and I still don't know what the heck those angels can or can't do. if seems to change willy nilly.

[identity profile] flawedteacup.livejournal.com 2017-02-01 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
THIS.

[identity profile] toratio.livejournal.com 2017-01-29 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm pretty sure Cas hasn't been able to zap anywhere since he got the last of his Grace back from Metatron. When he took on the last of it (in that library where he used the literary info Metatron infodumped into his head), his wings were falling apart. So I think he has some of his angelic powers, but he hasn't been able to zap since then.

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2017-01-30 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
He can't zap, they told us that, but hearing prayers hasn't ever been addressed.

[identity profile] toratio.livejournal.com 2017-01-30 02:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess they could've prayed to him. Which, maybe they did? I don't know. But even if he could hear their prayers, he still wouldn't know where they were. They had no idea where they were so they couldn't tell him, and they've got the symbols on their ribs so he can't just find them.

I would assume he could still hear their prayers. I mean, he was still getting info about the niphilim on a celestial wavelength, so that would be the same as getting prayers. But maybe they didn't bother praying to him? I mean, what's the point of praying to him if he couldn't come and get them anyway and they didn't know where they were?