if supernatural was a narratively coherent show dean and cas would talk about hell all the time and we would know exactly how it all went down. but supernatural is not a coherent show and so hell only is word whispered between them in the rarest moments of extreme emotion in either direction [dean’s cruel “you’ve been there before” in 15x03] [cas’s reverent “ever since i pulled you out of hell” in 15x18] or a taunt by their enemies [michael’s “or whatever” in 14x10, chuck’s “they did what they were told” in 15x17] leaving us to feel like it’s not just an important moment, but a way more intimate and private moment between them than it ever actually needed to narratively be. supernatural is a good show because it’s such a bad show.
once again, in trying to de-Destielify the narrative, they turned the Destiel up to eleven