Castiel & Crowley or Crowstiel Stackednatural viewing order

Disclaimer: This is only episodes where I remember they interacted

In this viewing order their relationship is uh up and down

Day 6: 7x01 Meet the New Boss

Cas as God makes a deal with Crowley. What a strong beginning of the Crowstiel journey!

Day 31: 10x03 Soul Survivor

Crowley feeds grace to Cas to save his life

Day 37: 12x03 The Foundry

Crowley and Cas work together to track down Lucifer who has escaped the cage

Day 52: 11x06 Our Little World

Cas has this distressing vision where he almost kills Crowley. Unfortunately many episodes later the vision is reality and so in the Cracked watch version is a prophetic vision

Day 55: 8x07 Another Slice of Kevin

Cas in a way warns Crowley that he will smite him if he doesn't leave Kevin be. Glowing eyes and wings unleashed etc

Day 70: 12x07 Rock Never Dies

Crowley stands by Cas' side in the battle against Lucifer

Day 72: 6x10 Caged Heat

Cas pretends to kill Crowley and Sam & Dean are fooled by that

Day 76: 12x08 Lotus

One Crowstiel episode later Dean walks in on a scene where Crowley is meant to be dead but instead sees Cas and Crowley pretending to be FBI agents together. Dean is in a public place so he tries not to go off on a rant

Day 85: 9x10 Road Trip

Cas distrusts Crowley and Crowley looks at Cas with adoration. They ride in the backseat of the car together

Day 96: 12x09 First Blood

Crowley tells Cas he can't help Sam and Dean but reassures Cas that they will escape. They always do

Day 116: 12x12 Stuck in the Middle with You

Crowley saves Cas' life by breaking the weapon he would have loved to have used on Lucifer

Day 117: 10x14 The Executioner's Song

Cas looks at Crowley sympathetically when he realizes Dean tricked Crowley

Day 152: 11x18 Hell's Angel

Whilst 11x10, 11x14 have some Cas in it I feel like those episodes have been tainted by the Lucifer and Crowley dynamic

In this episode Crowley tries to free Cas from Lucifer's possession

Day 167: 6x19 Mommy Dearest

Crowley admonishes Cas for leaving a whole bunch of monster bodies he needs to clean up

Day 169: 8x21 The Great Escapist

Crowley looks at Cas fondly, shoots him in the stomach and then digs the angel tablet out of him. Meanwhile Cas looks at Crowley defiant the entire time

Day 172: 5x21 Two Minutes to Midnight

Cas asks Crowley in a surprised tone how he was able to get an item. Crowley made sure to remind his crush that he's king of the crossroads

Day 172: 6x20 The Man Who Would Be King

Crowley goes up to Cas and makes a deal with him to partner up to get the Purgatory souls. Cas agrees

Day 179: 8x23 Sacrifice

okay so idr any Cas & Crowley here but Stackednatural means in this crack watch everything after this is human blood Crowley

Day 181: 7x23 Survival of the Fittest

Basically Crowley gets mad at Cas over something? It's hard to know what that something is because "The Man Who Knew Too Much" hasn't been seen yet if your first ever rewatch is like this. But Cas thought it was bad enough to apologize for that

Day 182: 6x21 Let it Bleed

Cas gets mad at Crowley for kidnapping a mum and her child

Day 182: 6x22 The Man Who Knew Too Much

Cas doesn't give Crowley the Purgatory souls but warns Crowley to flee or die so he does give Crowley the chance to live

Day 182: 10x23 Brother's Keeper

Cas looks at Crowley sympathetically for the way Crowley's mum treats him. Cas gives Crowley an empty threat no glowing eyes no wings to try and get Crowley to help with the mark. Crowley says not until Cas begs. Rowena uses the attack dog spell on Cas to try and kill Crowley

Day 183: 11x23 Alpha and Omega

Crowley and Cas are alive and interact in a pretty normal way. No tension iirc?

Bonus

The final Castiel episode with or without Crowley is Alpha and Omega. Same goes for Crowley with or without Castiel

It is also the ending episode for Stackednatural

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It doesn't hit every single detail. But as a big picture view this is my order

Putting it all together. Enemies to frenemies to friends

Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense

The episodes can also share the same day in the headcanon at least

The starting Crowstiel episode is

Another Slice of Kevin

Then

The Great Escapist

So now we need a bridging gap to move into the frenemies era from the enemies era

The Bridging Gap episode will be

Soul Survivor

because it plants the seed that Crowley doesn't always have to be an enemy. Yet is believable because Cas & Crowley were enemies only one episode ago, so we need a business reason that Crowley would want Cas' help. Demon Dean and Cas doesn't want Dean to be an "abomination" so even he can't say no to this

I thought about making it TMWWBK, but Cas had just been shot in the stomach one Crowstielpisode ago. Your feelings are more likely to be softened after someone saves your life

6x20 to 7x01

is the most tense arc of the frenemies era. This is because the frenemies era has only just begun it will go from tense to less tense. In 7x01 Cas has experienced the dark side with the Leviathan influence etc which means there is a softer element to future frenemy interactions because Cas no longer feels like he has a moral highground

7x23

Cas apologizes to Crowley and it plants the seed for Crowley to have happier feelings towards Cas but it's not reciprocated by Cas yet because for Cas the apology was a right thing to do rather than a "hey I like you now." Whereas for Crowley I don't think he's ever been given apologized to and that makes it mean more. Yeah Crowley's first reaction was "wtf?" But I think after having time to process it ...

9x10

this is where Crowley likes Cas but it isn't reciprocated yet

5x21

might fit here? It's a neutral enough interaction that you can put it anywhere

12x03

So the classic Crowley tries to get Cas to partner with him

11x18

Crowley trying to rescue who he sees as his friend Cas from Lucifer. Not sure how Cas got himself into the situation but maybe the show will explain later as a flashback 🤷 p.s it won't because I pretend the episodes that explain that don't exist and so should you. It's just better to make up your own reason

6x19

I just think the line "Really, Cas. How many more times will I have to clean up your mess?" will have a whole new meaning when the episode before i.e 11x18 involved trying to rescue Cas from a messy situation. Poor Cas

12x07

then Rock Never Dies is the ending of the Frenemy arc. We can assume that off camera Cas managed to expel Lucifer

12x08

Cas and Crowley agent Zappa

12x09

Cas trusts Crowley enough to ask him for help with Sam and Dean without any threats, or glowing eyes and it was in a restaurant? Where you can have a drink and talk to each other like you're friends

12x12

Crowley saves Cas' life without any ulterior motives

10x14 and 10x23

Cas gives empathy for Crowley

11x06

Cas has PTSD over being forced to attack Crowley

6x10

Cas saves Crowley's life by helping him fake his death which is helpful since Lucifer has escaped the cage

11x23

We see Crowley and Cas alive which hints that it wasn't real and was just a show for Lucifer who Meg would tell him that Crowley died

Hold up but didn't Meg just kiss isn't she on Cas' side now? - I silence the interruptor gently. Remember anything that happens outside of Cas and Crowley isn't real. This is Crowstielnatural. Besides demons can pretend and Cas and Crowley planned the entire affair so that Meg would witness it then tell Lucifer

Missing 5x21 which I will edit in once I figure out the right spot

Love this! Love the "anything that happens outside of Cas and Crowley isn't real"! Love the ending you made! It was just Cas and Crowley brilliantly escaping this aweful universe together!

Although 11x23 is more neutral than 12x08 I chose it because

Crowstielnatural

Background: This is the preferred order of watching spn where only Castiel and Crowley interactions matter. Enemies to frenemies to friends.

see link for the original idea by @crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell. "Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense" and you can fill in the blanks about what could have happened in between episodes.

Previous Episode: soul survivor

Crowley saved enemy Cas for ulterior motive, telling Cas to "solve the problem."

Episode 4: The Man Who Would Be King, Part 1

We see what "the problem is", and our two heros enter the frenemies arc.

I love your gifs! 💙 I've been so blessed today 🙏 😊 Crowley stepping in to help Cas with the civil war 🥹

Crowstielnatural

Background: This is the preferred order of watching spn where only Castiel and Crowley interactions matter. Enemies to frenemies to friends.

see link for the original idea by @hardlovebeliever. "Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense" and you can fill in the blanks about what could have happened in between episodes.

Previous Episode (A Little Slice of Kevin)

Episode 2 (The Great Escapist)

Enemies era

CW: blood and graphic violence

Crowstielnatural

Background: This is the preferred order of watching spn where only Castiel and Crowley interactions matter. Enemies to frenemies to friends.

see link for the original idea by @crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell. "Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense" and you can fill in the blanks about what could have happened in between episodes.

Previous Episode (The Great Escapist)

Episode 3 Soul Survivor

(Transitioning from enemy to frenemies; Crowley saves enemy Cas for ulterior motives)

did you guys know that anger is not a finite resource/people can care about multiple things at once/posts online do not reflect the entirety of a person's worldly knowledge/two things can be true simultaneously/whataboutism isn't actually a productive form of discussion

OP your tag is so wild 😂 but what you said is true. For a fandom related example there are characters I love who have done bad things but I won't go out of my way to point it out because

I know your post goes beyond fandom though

Nothing of value was lost

this is probably the best take I’ve heard so far on the debate of people being told that they aren’t having enough ‘compassion’ for billionaires making bad decisions and paying the obvious consequences for it

I already got that but what I didn't get is why people don't have empathy for the teenager. He was born into that wealth it wasn't something he gained through exploitation

Crowstielnatural

Background: This is the preferred order of watching spn where only Castiel and Crowley interactions matter. Enemies to frenemies to friends.

see link for the original idea by @crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell. "Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense" and you can fill in the blanks about what could have happened in between episodes.

Episode 1 (A little slice of Kevin)

They start as enemies.

Tiny fic to accompany Crowstielnatural

At the beginning of the show, we see that Castiel and Crowley already know each other. They are clearly enemies. Yet, Castiel said, "so this is how it's gonna be?" It seems to suggest that before the show, they had a history, perhaps not entirely antagonistic. So, how did they know each other, and how did they become enemies?

Here is my filling in the blanks with an alternate title and an AU plot. YMMV.

Episode 1. Seven Milliseconds

(note: the title and the central idea is based on a previous post by @crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell about how it only takes seven milliseconds for Crowley to teleport away. Here the gist of the story is that both had the opportunity to kill the other in seven milliseconds or less, but neither really tried.)

It's hastily written and not very good but I had fun.

💙💙💙💙💙

Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.

This has made me appreciate my mutuals even more 💙

Just Cas and Crowley nodding in agreement with each other in 12x08

Woah good observation!

Crowstielnatural

Background: This is the preferred order of watching spn where only Castiel and Crowley interactions matter. Enemies to frenemies to friends.

see link for the original idea by @crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell. "Since this is only about THEIR interactions, everybody else is furniture and don't have to make sense" and you can fill in the blanks about what could have happened in between episodes.

Episode 1 (A little slice of Kevin)

They start as enemies.

😭 💙 you are a diamond

Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.

Inspired by this...anyone wanna be friends?!

I never really did an introduction post on here, or like scream out into the void for mutuals. I use she/her pronouns and am 18 years old :)

Some interests of mine include: - Cartoons (Over the Garden Wall, Daria, Mtv Downtown) - Films (Coraline, Spirited Away) - TV (Stranger Things, Freaks and Geeks)

I love vintage fashion, 90s movies, dolls (Barbie, Bratz, Monster High) and food, crafts and activities based around Halloween/autumn. I'm interested in literally EVERY AREA OF THE ARTS (writing, film, animation, theatre, puppetry) and that's where I'd love to work in the future!

So come say say hi! I love to hear people talk about things they're passionate about. And if there are any other small artists on here that want to talk about creative process, or share skills I would love to chat <3

Bigots do not interact OBVIOUSLY. No racism, homophobia, transphobia or discrimination of any sort!

Reblogging because my mutuals might share more of your interests!

I have only seen all of Stranger Things. I like food, crafts, and Halloween activities too. But it's a casual like. My like is more "hmmm one day I would like to do a Halloween craft activity ..." and that day probably won't happen

It's the like where you imagine yourself doing that but then do other hobbies instead

Unrelated but you might also be interested in Heartbreak High. Idk why I think you would be but your reblog just gave me that vibe

Just realized that the reason I love making friends on tumblr is because it’s exactly how you make friends on the playground as a six year old. No, I don’t know their name but they love mermaids too and built this awesome sand castle. No, I don’t know their age but their imaginary cheetah is friends with mine. You like this show? You like this character?? You can sing the theme song really loud??? Here is a flower crown. Here is a juice box. You can share my time and I might never see you again but part of you stays in my soul forever. In my mind we’re still on the swing set and the sky is blue and nothing will ever be wrong again.

This has made me appreciate my mutuals even more 💙

THE TUMBLR HORSE DERBY

WELCOME TO THE FIRST TUMBLR HORSE DERBY (that i know of, anyway)

HOW TO HORSE: 🐎🐎🐎 - Vote for your FAVOURITE horse to make them go faster! (yknow, like those carnival horse derby games!) MAY THE BEST HORSE WIN

(also sample size reblog yadda yadda yadda HORSE)

Go! Go! Go! 🙌

The Crowley Tour 8x17

Badass: Crowley was powerful enough to get past the wardings and survive a demon knife stab to a location that would kill most demons

Sassy: Telling Naomi she's losing her touch

Not like other demons: Was charming enough to get an angel to have sex with him in Mesapotamia, which was called Mesopotamia right up until 1921

Sad that Meg died because she was so snarky but the actress was having health problems

6 out of 10 for Crowley's moments

Huh?! Who are we talking about?!

9x11 The Crowley Tour review

I was umming and uhhing over whether to review this

Witty: I'll stay as long as I can

Crowley can't leave anyway because of Cain, so he's being sarcastic

Intelligent: Manipulated Dean into getting the MoC. Dean would have been reluctant about taking on the mark, because he was suspicious about it being a trap. Crowley got Dean to let his guard down, before Cain forced them inside, and that made it easier for Dean to just go along with everything including saying yes to the MoC. By pretending to want to get away from Cain, he gave Dean the false assurance that Crowley has nothing invested in this plan with Cain

Crowley knew that Cain would want to test Dean so he didn't tell Dean about the demons following

Not like other demons: He has warehouses of spell ingredients. Most demons really only care about being able to subjugate and they don't bother to have items that can be useful whereas Crowley has items, people, and other things in place that can be very useful. If Crowley only cared about murder, he wouldn't have gotten essence of kraken to find the MoC for Dean to use the first blade.

Sassy: telling Dean that his idea is dumb

Funny: Is this really necessary? After all I've been inside your brother - we're practically family and ironically a demon signing the father, the son and the holy spirit

Badass: You're good. But I'm Crowley

It's not about who gets the first hit, or who has the flashiest moves, it's about who gets the last hit. For all that demon's skill Crowley killed them after only 6 seconds of fighting

Unrelated quote

Crowley moments 9 out of 10

8x23 The Crowley Tour

Bitch tf??? You have the guy in chains while you painfully jam a needle into his neck. What is he meant to do? Clap? You're also planning to turn him into a human and the only good thing that came out of Crowley being tortured in Hell was that he got powers. Can you imagine that soon your torture would be for nothing? because the only good thing you got out of it, aka your powers, is apparently going to be taken from you?

Wtf was Sam expecting? A standing ovation?

It was a joke... the writers wanted to make a little joke

Hi. Was there any tags I missed out on that got this post into your view? I try to follow Tumblr etiquette by tagging to try and get fans of the character to avoid my negative posts about them

I truly apologize if you were made to feel upset about this. Obviously this post is meant for fellow Sam haters and wasn't written to upset Sam lovers

All sorts of things reach the sam/crowley search results if you mention them

Do you know how to add tags to your Tumblr filter? If you do that posts like these won't show up for you at all

Not being sarcastic it's just a hidden mechanic and I want to make sure