Castiel/Sam Winchester

Castiel/Sam, also known as Sastiel or Sassy, is the slash pairing of Castiel and Sam Winchester in Supernatural fandom.
==Fandom==
===Statistics===
*In February 2019, Castiel/Sam Winchester was the 8th most popular Supernatural pairing on Archive of Our OwnSupernatural A03 Statistics
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Exclusion of Dean: many fics find a way to exclude Dean from the narrative, thus forcing Sam and Cas to be closer to each other, the reasons for Dean's absence can vary, from something as mild as Dean going out for an evening, to as harsh as Dean dying 
*Human Castiel: Castiel was never an angel, or is somehow turned into a human being, or during one of the periods in canon where Castiel lost his grace and was human. In fics where Cas has lost his grace there is often a focus on Sam helping Cas adapt to human life, this is also sometimes the catalyst for a romantic relationship, because Cas is fully feeling human emotions for the first time and he realizes that his feelings for Sam run deeper than friendship 
*Mundane AU: Sam is not a hunter and Castiel is not an angel, and they meet under more conventional circumstances
*High School AU: similar to the Mundane AU, only them as teenagers 
*Hurt/Comfort: usually with Sam being the recipient of the trauma and Castiel offering the comfort, but sometimes reversed 
*Antagonists to Lovers: although not technically antagonists their early canon relationship is often seen as indifferent, or contentious, especially on Castiel's part, so early fic focused on this dynamic, and sometimes has an "enemies to friends to lovers" vibe, or is enemyslash-ish 
*Robo!Sam: although rare, there are some fanworks focused on the interaction between Souless Sam and Cas, these tend to be dark in nature, because of Robo!Sam's lack of morality and his casual use of others 
*Netflix: in episode 11x04 Sam tells Cas, who is recovering from an injury, to go in his room and watch Netflix to relax, this comment lead to the creation of fanon that after this Sam and Cas often hung out in Sam's room and watched television together, sometimes leading to "Netflix and chill"
*Pets: because canonically Sam likes dogs, and Cas mentioned once that he would like a cat, it is not uncommon to find fanworks that portray him being pet owners or animal lovers, especially in fanart 
*Asexual Cas: characterizing Cas as asexual is common in the overall fandom, in Sam/Cas fanworks Sam is almost always portrayed as accepting of Cas' asexuality 
*Threesome or Poly: the most popular character to include being Dean (Wincestiel), but there is also some threesome fic featuring Gabriel (Sastriel) or Meg
===Challenges===
*(A Very) Sastiel & Mishalecki Fic/Art Meme!
*Sassy Secret Santa
*Sastiel Big Bang
*Sastiel Love Week
*Sastiel Secret Santa Gift Exchange
*Sassy Minibang
==Fanworks==
===Fan Art===
*sastiel - hot cocoa by biotic-archangel
*Sastiel Hug by Slashtastic
*A Little Help Here by le-shae
*Hold on tight by Meinarch
*This's the part where you hug back by MonsterSLUT
*Here for You by muffinpoodle
*SPN S6.3 fanfic Sastiel : Evil-Sam night work 3 by noji1203
*Sastiel - Hugs by Threshie
*Heal me by THEsquiddybum
*My Tall Friend, Sam comic by nursethalia
===Fanfiction===
*Plant Pathologists vs. Zombie Lawyers by Annie D (scaramouche)
*I'd Marry Your Cat Just to Get in the Family by wanttobeatree 
*A Quantum of Solace by Celesma
===Fan Vids===
*try by LovedSammy
*Rewrite the Stars by Mαrcelα11
===Rec Lists===
* by Fanfic Thematic
===Doujinshi===
*godsend
==Art Gallery==
File:On and On and On.png|Art by sammycolt24 for the fic On and On and On, created for the Sassy Minibang
File:There's Nothing in the Dream Dictionary About This.png|Art by stefy_coool for There's Nothing in the Dream Dictionary About This, created for the 2015 Sastiel Big Bang
File:Even If the Skies Get Rough Manip.png|Manip by nonexistenz for the fic Even If the Skies Get Rough, created for the 2016 Sastiel Big Bang
==Ship Manifestos and Meta==
* by 13chapters (March 2010)
* by spn-stuck (February 2011)
* by luciferious (January 2012)
* by leviathiel, illmetbymoonlight (January 2012)
* by tawghasa (February 2012)
* by boazpriestly (circa March 2012)
* by wordsinhailed (May 2012)
* by poxybastard, rrrowr (May 2012)
* by doeraymisha (October 2012)
* by luciferious (December 2012)
* by luciferious (December 2012)
* by whats-opera-doc (February 2013)
* by doeraymisha (June 2013)
* by wefellasangels (July 2014)
* by infinitysgrace (February 2019)
* by tesseractheart (October 2019)
* by theladyofsupernatural, themegalosaurus (December 2019)
* by seethekraken (December 2019)
* by teamfreewillbettertogether (December 2019)
* by theangelofawinchester (January 2020)
==Archives and Links==
*Castiel/Sam Winchester tag at Archive of Our Own
*Castiel + Sam at FanFiction.net
*The Good Ship Sastiel a collection at FanFiction.net
*Tumblr Tags: Sastiel, samcas
===LiveJournal===
*Sam/Castiel (inactive)
*sassy_otp (inactive)
==References==
Category:Slash Pairings
Category:Supernatural Relationships