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OMG! Supernatural!
We watched SPN 3x08 tonight and I had a thought.
Just how sneaky are the SPN writers, anyway?
Was the amulet just a "awww, cute brothers" moment (and it was definitely very "awwww") or does it somehow tie into Dean being able to get out of his demonic contract?
Bobby gave it to Sam to give to John, and Bobby's very good with charms and amulets and things like that. Somehow I seriously doubt that it's just a keepsake. I'm just wondering if it's actually supposed to be important or if it was just a cute little moment for this one episode.
And while I'm at it ... wow, Sam. You know, while I can see what their dad was trying to do, I can really see why his resentment issues run so deep, if he was left out of the loop for that long.
I also don't think I'd really thought, prior to this episode, about the logistical issues (and moral implications) of someone with a "job" as demanding and difficult as John Winchester's, raising two young kids. We saw them left alone in "Something Wicked", but I don't think I'd realized until this episode just how common it would have been, from the time they were very small, for the boys to have been left alone regularly for days at a time. Not only that, but it impressed on me how precarious their situation was, with John being their sole caretaker and regularly putting himself in situations where he ran the risk of getting killed.
I've never been a person who believes that parents ought to put their lives on hold for the sake of their kids. Actually, quite the contrary; I think our society over-protects and insulates children to a ridiculous degree. Kids are little human beings, after all; they're far more resourceful and resilient than people give them credit for. The conditions under which I grew up, in rural Alaska, would probably have been considered child endangerment by some people, but I can't imagine having lived any other way, and by the time I was the age of little Dean in this episode (12 or 13, maybe?) I was entirely capable of being left alone with my little siblings in our cabin in the woods.
At the same time ... the utter precariousness of their existence makes me shiver. Especially since Sam didn't have a clue what was going on; if something had happened to John, all he would have known was that one day Daddy wouldn't have come back, and they would've been on their own -- two little kids in a strange town.
Just how sneaky are the SPN writers, anyway?
Was the amulet just a "awww, cute brothers" moment (and it was definitely very "awwww") or does it somehow tie into Dean being able to get out of his demonic contract?
Bobby gave it to Sam to give to John, and Bobby's very good with charms and amulets and things like that. Somehow I seriously doubt that it's just a keepsake. I'm just wondering if it's actually supposed to be important or if it was just a cute little moment for this one episode.
And while I'm at it ... wow, Sam. You know, while I can see what their dad was trying to do, I can really see why his resentment issues run so deep, if he was left out of the loop for that long.
I also don't think I'd really thought, prior to this episode, about the logistical issues (and moral implications) of someone with a "job" as demanding and difficult as John Winchester's, raising two young kids. We saw them left alone in "Something Wicked", but I don't think I'd realized until this episode just how common it would have been, from the time they were very small, for the boys to have been left alone regularly for days at a time. Not only that, but it impressed on me how precarious their situation was, with John being their sole caretaker and regularly putting himself in situations where he ran the risk of getting killed.
I've never been a person who believes that parents ought to put their lives on hold for the sake of their kids. Actually, quite the contrary; I think our society over-protects and insulates children to a ridiculous degree. Kids are little human beings, after all; they're far more resourceful and resilient than people give them credit for. The conditions under which I grew up, in rural Alaska, would probably have been considered child endangerment by some people, but I can't imagine having lived any other way, and by the time I was the age of little Dean in this episode (12 or 13, maybe?) I was entirely capable of being left alone with my little siblings in our cabin in the woods.
At the same time ... the utter precariousness of their existence makes me shiver. Especially since Sam didn't have a clue what was going on; if something had happened to John, all he would have known was that one day Daddy wouldn't have come back, and they would've been on their own -- two little kids in a strange town.
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i would love to see more of the necklace for sure