Castiel/Meg Masters
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| Pairing: | Castiel/Meg Masters |
| Alternative name(s): | Megstiel, Holy Hell, CasMeg |
| Gender category: | Het, M/F |
| Fandom: | Supernatural |
| Canonical?: | Semi-canon |
| Prevalence: | Small |
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Castiel/Meg Masters is the semi-canon pairing of the angel Castiel and the demon known as Meg Masters in the Supernatural fandom.
Canon
Meg and Castiel are antagonists, on opposite sides of the build up to the Apocalypse, but later they become reluctant allies. They kiss in season 6. In Season 7 Meg looks after Castiel who has been committed to an asylum. In season 8 Meg admits to Sam, in around about way, that she has feelings for Castiel, but later in the same episode dies at the hands of Crowley.
Fandom
Terminology
The pairing was originally referred to as Holy Hell. It was the first Angel/Demon pairing in the fandom. More recently, Holy Hell refers to the pairing of any angel with any demon, and the Cas/Meg pairing is more commonly referred to as Megstiel.
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Fix its: are extremely common, given Meg's canonical death in Season 8. There are works where Castiel saves Meg, but also works where Meg is saved by another power. In some cases, Meg is returned to Earth without her memories. Sometimes she is no longer a demon, while in other works she is in a new body. Castiel often helps her deal with the trauma of her death.
- All Human AUs: place Meg and Castiel in a universe where there are no angels or demons, and these two aren't enemies.
- Human Castiel: works are often AUs set in season 9 when Castiel is human. Meg often tracks down her angel and helps him adapt to human life.
- Threesome: almost always involving Dean (Meanstiel)
Challenges
Fanworks
Fan Art
- My Unicorn, Archived version by deannamb
- Do you ever miss the Apocalypse?, Archived version by drownedintea
- good omens parody, Archived version by ly22n
- Untitled, Archived version by szajn-sama
- A REALLY pretty, detailed drawing of Meg and Cas, demon wings and angel wings spiraling together, Archived version by aegidoll
- My U n i c o r n - MegxCastiel by ARTesstR
Fanfiction
- In the Lethe by teaandchess, S8: Meg's death was final. She was to remain in a strange place of peace and forgetfulness until the darkness of her soul could be cleansed and renewed. Until something begins to tear her from it and the consequences slowly become more than any could imagine.
- Leaving Fingerprints in the Dust on a Bowl of Rose Leaves by Isis_McGee, When Cas finds out that Meg is dead, he deals with his grief by telling the stories of other lives they could have lived in other universes.
- The Devil Had A Daughter by electricskeptic, She's devoted her whole existence to serving a cause; now that's all gone, and she should be terrified.
Fan Vids
- Tribute to Megstiel by DarkSigyn
- a thousand years by TimexLordxVictorious
Graphics and Gif Sets
- five reasons why I ship megstiel, Archived version by fatedxdestiny
- Save your brother, and … my unicorn, Archived version by kagohme
- They almost made it, Archived version gif set by ryoryeonggu
Ship Manifestos
- cas/meg. because it's been awhile by theongreyjoy (March 2012); archive link
- Megstiel defense rebloggable by request by whattheheckideckipadalecki [phantasmagoricheavenlea] (August 2013); archive link
- anonymous asked: I don’t get how people can ship megstiel. meg is evil, she killed ellen and jo! by darlingsashi [yourdarlinglittlesammy] (September 2013); archive link
- Cas and Meg, whether you like it or not, happened by casa-neurotica (August 2016); archive link
- Common arguments against Megstiel (And why they don’t hold water) by inkbleeder (July 2017); archive link
Art Gallery
Art by dmsilvisart for the fic Diary of a Fake Nurse, created as part of the Megstiel Big Bang
Need A Hand, Clarence? by wifihunters, created for the SPN ReverseBang 2013
Archives & Fannish Links
- Castiel/Meg Masters works on Ao3
- Castiel/Meg Masters works on ff.net
- Megstiel tag on Tumblr