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Supernatural 2x10
Oh, DEAN.
Especially after the last couple of episodes, I was halfway expecting this show to take the "Lost" tack and cut away before actually telling us anything. I'm really, really glad that they didn't -- and, in fact, I feel like things have actually progressed a little bit. The last few episodes were enjoyable but I was starting to feel a sense that we were ... well, spinning our wheels as far as the overall development of the plot. This gave it a little nudge back on track.
And suddenly Dean's angst this season is so much clearer. I mean, while I really felt for the guy, there have been times when there was also a temptation to smack him a bit and tell him to get over himself and get back to the business of living.
But this ... this ... It's just that things make so much more sense now, because not only has he been carrying this massive load of guilt, but he's also got this giant burden of fear for Sam, and maybe a little bit of fear of Sam too. He's lost his father and it's not only possible, but likely that he's going to lose Sam too. (I mean, from Dean's perspective. Not so much from our perspective.)
And was it just me, but were things a little lighter between them at the end of the episode than they have been in a while? Even though Sam's initial reaction was ... well, let's face it, everything Dean was afraid of, it seems like when it was all over that it actually did make it easier for them to relate to each other. I'm still not absolutely certain that what Dean told Sam was EVERYTHING that his father had told him, but it had to have been a large part of what he's been carrying by himself for these months. And it seemed like the way they were verbally bouncing off each other at the end, with the teasing and the grinning, was a lot more like they used to be than they have been since John died.
Especially after the last couple of episodes, I was halfway expecting this show to take the "Lost" tack and cut away before actually telling us anything. I'm really, really glad that they didn't -- and, in fact, I feel like things have actually progressed a little bit. The last few episodes were enjoyable but I was starting to feel a sense that we were ... well, spinning our wheels as far as the overall development of the plot. This gave it a little nudge back on track.
And suddenly Dean's angst this season is so much clearer. I mean, while I really felt for the guy, there have been times when there was also a temptation to smack him a bit and tell him to get over himself and get back to the business of living.
But this ... this ... It's just that things make so much more sense now, because not only has he been carrying this massive load of guilt, but he's also got this giant burden of fear for Sam, and maybe a little bit of fear of Sam too. He's lost his father and it's not only possible, but likely that he's going to lose Sam too. (I mean, from Dean's perspective. Not so much from our perspective.)
And was it just me, but were things a little lighter between them at the end of the episode than they have been in a while? Even though Sam's initial reaction was ... well, let's face it, everything Dean was afraid of, it seems like when it was all over that it actually did make it easier for them to relate to each other. I'm still not absolutely certain that what Dean told Sam was EVERYTHING that his father had told him, but it had to have been a large part of what he's been carrying by himself for these months. And it seemed like the way they were verbally bouncing off each other at the end, with the teasing and the grinning, was a lot more like they used to be than they have been since John died.
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*laughs* And you know, this is exactly what I had mentioned way back at the beginning of the first season, that Dean might someday have to choose between his moral code and his brother. Only, first off I didn't think they'd actually DO it ... and, back then, with my much more one-sided view of Dean at the time, I really thought that he'd end up in a VERY different place if he ever did have to make a choice like that.
I *hope* that Dean is being entirely straight with Sam, for his sake. It's possible that just keeping the secret was part of what was making him so miserable, because Dean's not at all a deceptive guy -- at least I don't think he is; he's a straight-shooter by nature, and having to keep a secret of that magnitude from Sam had to have been eating him alive. Now that the weight of the secrecy is off his shoulders, even though he's still got to deal with the actual secret itself, it's got to be easier for him ...
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Totally agree, too, that it was keeping the secret, as much as the secret itself, that was destroying Dean. That was a terrible burden John put on his son, with that promise. Now that it's come out, it is easier - especially since Sam can joke about. I loved that. That's trust, that's faith, that's love, when Sam hears that Dean has been told - ordered - to kill him if he has to, and he can still crack, "What? You'll kill me?" (and some of the trust there, even, is that Sam knows if he does 'go darkside' that Dean will stop him...well, Sam believes it, I think. In all honesty, I'm not totally sure Dean does, or would...)
--Loved, too, that as soon as he gets in a tight spot Sam calls Dean right away. Dean's still and always his big brother...
And oh, man, the thought-dead, the clutching, Dean's desperation. Yow. What an ep!!
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In fact, it got to 5000+ words of effusive... *sigh*
;-P
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I could have gotten a lot longer, but I decided that I didn't really want to, because the gist of it is summed up above. However, I'm glad to see it's not just me who is seeing sort of a return to normalcy in the Brothers Wincester. And thinking about our discussion of turning points, I wonder if this episode actually could have *been* that turning point. That's another reason why I really want next week's episode now ... I'd like to know! *aaargh*
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I probably could have made mine shorter, but there was what I originally wanted to say (which was mainly squee). And then there was what I was spurned on to say after a brief conversatin with a friend (which sparked the ranting). Yes, a remarkably brief one actually, considering how long some of the ranting went on for. LOL!
And thinking about our discussion of turning points, I wonder if this episode actually could have *been* that turning point. That's another reason why I really want next week's episode now ... I'd like to know! *aaargh*
Ditto!
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While we are right in the middle of a story arc, this show really isn't *that* single-arc in the way that, say, Lost is. It's episodic enough that you could probably start watching now and follow it. And there's a handy little "last week on..." thing at the start of every episode.
I'm glad that I've gotten to see the whole thing in order because I hate spoilers and like to have things revealed sequentially, and there are several big twists that have happened. But since you're not a spoiler-phobe like me (you aren't, right?) that shouldn't be a big sticking point.
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And
And another one's gone, another one's gone.
Another one bites the dust...
*snicker*
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Heck, no! I'm an innocent victim in all this, as much she is and you yourself.
It's just that the words "Oh for heaven's sake! OKAY! I'll watch it!" are hauntingly familiar. Like 3 months ago or so, I too was just minding my own fandom business and wham... It's like a virus or something. And people are totally irresponsible about spreading it to their friends!
LOL!
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I've already got friends waving that one in my face and my brother watches it too.
I'm trying to resist that one! Thank you very much!
Is not my headlong plunge into this latest brain-sucking fandom enough for you people?!?!?
(Yes, I do think that's kinda ironic...)
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(crosses fingers for another dean whumper)
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if you want some links for some good supernatural fanfic reads let me know :)
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If there are no holes to fill, the fics won't come. If things are being laid out on the show, there's no need to wonder "what if"...and again if the show is creative enough, it probably won't tap into my own creative juices. Hrmph.
And if the show is THAT GOOD...yeah, I'll check it out.
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Like you, there are certain fandoms that make me look for fic, and quite a lot of others where I really enjoy canon, but have no particular desire for fic. I've discussed this with
I think you pegged it exactly, because writing fic (for me) is all about plugging holes and extending upon canon. It's playing the "what if"? game. And if there really *aren't* a lot of holes to fill, if canon actually shows you how the characters would react under various circumstances and fills in the gaps in their backstories, then there's not much compulsion for me to seek out fic.
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iTunes downloads WAY faster than Bittorrent. It usually takes me anywhere from several hours to a full day to get an episode from a torrent.
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but writing them is a whole different call of wax so i totally get that.
I was so involved with the andromeda fandom for years, i wrote tons of stories for that. I have written 1 1/2 atlantis fics and one mini supenatural one and one O.c.
but really they are crap lol, its just like anything else... once you get used to writing for one set of characters... you get to know them so well its hard to write anything else.
i've been trying to write original fic for a while now bit even thats a struggle.
Makes me wonder if i was only ever meant to write andromeda fic and it thats where i should leave it.
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Kam :)
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((hugs))
~Paris