An answer about SPN 8x17
Apr. 17th, 2013 07:22 pmSPN writer, Robbie Thompson @rthompson1138, was taking some fan questions tonight during the East Coast rerun of his "LARP And The Real Girl", so I thought I'd ask him again about a nagging question from 8x17 which he also wrote.

So what I take from this is that Cas can heal wounds he inflicts (Dean in the same 8x17 ep) and those of other angels (Sam/Lucifer's damage to Dean & Bobby in "Swan Song"), and human inflicted damage (Sam after being beat up by Dean in 6x07), but he can't heal damage done by demons. Apparently, Crowley's torture techniques are so severe they're beyond the capabilities of an angel...at least when the angel is short on time.

So what I take from this is that Cas can heal wounds he inflicts (Dean in the same 8x17 ep) and those of other angels (Sam/Lucifer's damage to Dean & Bobby in "Swan Song"), and human inflicted damage (Sam after being beat up by Dean in 6x07), but he can't heal damage done by demons. Apparently, Crowley's torture techniques are so severe they're beyond the capabilities of an angel...at least when the angel is short on time.