Sadly, if Cas's vessel had been female from the beginning I doubt the character would have remained on the show. Virtually any female character who was of an age to be a love interest and who had a long term role has been disliked by fandom. AFAIK Cas was originally supposed to be on for a few episodes and then Anna would have taken on the role of angel who switches sides. The fandom fell in love with Misha so he stayed and Anna went.
Perhaps I should have prefaced my sentence with 'hypothetically' as yes, the show does enjoy killing it's ladies and I agree completely that Cas as a woman would have been bumped off before the fourth season even came to a close. I simply meant to show their interactions in a different light.
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