squirrelsan:

hunenka:

SPN 13×22 Exodus

Dean’s right
in not wanting Lucifer talk to Jack. Lucifer’s good
at mind games and messing with people. Just last episode, he managed to rile up
Rowena so much that it eventually led to him getting free. Not to mention that
the entire AU!world mess following Jack’s birth wouldn’t have even happened in
the first place if Lucifer hadn’t managed to trick Sam into going the Cage to
talk to him, and then convince Cas to say yes and release him.

Sam and
Cas, who know very well who Lucifer is and what he’s capable
of, were tricked by him. Because Lucifer knows how to get
under people’s skin. He played into Sam’s hubris by making him believe he’s
receiving visions from God, and he fooled Cas by giving him a chance to feel
like he’s doing something important. In this episode, right in front of Sam, he
showed his perceptiveness and ability to understand how to get people to do
what he wants when he convinced Jack to leave by appealing to his
protectiveness of the group.

So when
Mary smiles in amusement because “Jack isn’t going to the dark side” as if Dean was fussing over nothing, and when she seems so sure that “He’ll
see Lucifer’s true nature”, there’s no wonder Dean doesn’t seem comforted at
all.

Because
Lucifer doesn’t convince people to go to the dark side. He convinces them that
they’re doing the right thing, the only
right thing. And by the time that turns out not to be true, it’s too late.

Lucifer is the father of lies. Deception is literally his M.O.
And I hate this idea that if just “believe” someone will do the right thing, because you love them or even because they’re generally a good person, then even when they start participating in dangerous, risky behaviors, like following a demon, drinking literal blood, trying to open a cage full of monsters intent on eating the world, or listening to the father of lies himself, you should ignore it. Are you serious. News flash, that’s NOT how reality works!! If your friend, child, sibling starts playing the choking game, doing drugs, or associating with a gang, if you love them you should ABSOLUTELY advise them against such behavior. They may have NO idea how risky their behavior is, how easily it is to get sucked in. You don’t just assume everything will be fine and that assumption make a it so. Are they serious??