Supernatural 4.14
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maychorianBlah blah blah, spoilerspace, non-reaction so as not to give anything away, annoying story about the actual viewing experience and my irritation with still not having a digital converter box, jibber jabber jib, noodle snip pizza dinger snackface caulkgun. Below are random reactions in no particular order. Not thinky or interesting, really, just brain vomit.
Okay, so yes, this season of Supernatural is NOT a good thing to be watching while you are actually, literally, right this second dealing with real life depression. Lord almighty! I love angst, I do, I really really do, but that's because in stories IT GETS A RESOLUTION, unlike real life, in which angst is much more amorphous and difficult to deal with. This is...agh. This is so awful. I love that Dean and Sam can affect me so deeply, really, it's amazing that I can feel so much for people who don't actually, you know, exist. But EEK I want them to find some healing and some happiness, and they keep NOT DOING THAT, dang it!
I actually whimpered out loud when Dean fell back down and pretended to be asleep in the beginning there instead of confronting Sam right away. I just...boys! Why you kill me so? However: Dean with stubble and sleepy eyes = delicious.
Loved Cara. Loved Sam's adorable dimple face. Loved Dean's smile on entering the room and the way he expected Cara to fall for, well, that, and then was kerflumoxed when she returned her attention to Sam. BOYS! You are so kyoot.
I actually speculated that Nick Munroe might be the siren the instant he recognized the Impala for what it was and started listing specs, and I was all set to laugh and laugh because it turned out that Dean's perfect girl was a guy. But no, the siren was being sneaky, and Dean just wanted his little brother back, and ooooooooohhhhhh, WHY YOU KILL ME THIS WAY? But the flowers did keep me guessing, and when Sam threw the cellphone I actually started to think maybe Dean was right, so nice job on the slight misdirection, Show. But yeah, Nick was so obviously Dean's perfect match. I was all set, if he wasn't the siren, to expect lots of awesome fanfic with him, because his chemistry with Dean was very cute.
And then. AND THEN. The things they said! AGH. This is like Asylum in S1, only even worse, because it's both of them. And they both looked so TIRED in the ending. And no, they are not good. Not anywhere near good. And just, oh, boys, boys. ::tears out hair::
BOBBY! How much do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
1) KISS THE COOK.
2) Bank of telephones with masking tape labels.
3) Soda pop instead of beer!
4) Saving the boys, of course. But you know, that's what he's FOR, so it doesn't come up in the first spot, though it probably should.
5) KISS THE COOK.
6) Idjits! \o/
7) KISS THE COOK.
I would. On the cheek, mind you, but I totally would.
One thing I didn't like about the episode:
Shoehorned exposition for the slow viewers. I know all TV does it to a certain extent, but it was very obvious and annoying this time around. Also, the things Dean has and hasn't read/seen is so weirdly inconsistent and totally based on the dialog they need to write in order to get people up to speed. So he's read The Odyssey but hasn't seen the original Dracula, huh? And yeah, he and Sam are both apparently familiar with sirens, but then they go ahead and explain to each other exactly what they already know and understand? What, are they just proving to each other that they actually know what they're talking about? Their attitude was totally relaxed, though, no antagonism or brotherly bantering. Very, "As you know, Barbara..."
Also the bit with Bobby reading the poem over the phone and then all three of them agreeing that they couldn't begin to guess what it meant and having to talk about it forever. I just...no. My boys and my Bobby are not that dumb. I propose that Show had to add bits in order to bring the slow viewers along on the trip, altering the original true story (because we all know that this is a true story and Sam and Dean and Bobby and the Impala are all TOTALLY REAL I SWEAR). Actually what happened was more like Bobby read the bit of poem, and then the boys looked at each other in the adorable instant-understanding way they have, and then they said, "Okay, we'll go get those blood samples. Do you have a bronze knife?"
The only other thing I didn't like:
NO CASTIEL. I want to see his faaaaaaaace. I miss him, dang it. I don't think we've had this long of a spell with no blue-eyed angel since the season began.
Okay, so yes, this season of Supernatural is NOT a good thing to be watching while you are actually, literally, right this second dealing with real life depression. Lord almighty! I love angst, I do, I really really do, but that's because in stories IT GETS A RESOLUTION, unlike real life, in which angst is much more amorphous and difficult to deal with. This is...agh. This is so awful. I love that Dean and Sam can affect me so deeply, really, it's amazing that I can feel so much for people who don't actually, you know, exist. But EEK I want them to find some healing and some happiness, and they keep NOT DOING THAT, dang it!
I actually whimpered out loud when Dean fell back down and pretended to be asleep in the beginning there instead of confronting Sam right away. I just...boys! Why you kill me so? However: Dean with stubble and sleepy eyes = delicious.
Loved Cara. Loved Sam's adorable dimple face. Loved Dean's smile on entering the room and the way he expected Cara to fall for, well, that, and then was kerflumoxed when she returned her attention to Sam. BOYS! You are so kyoot.
I actually speculated that Nick Munroe might be the siren the instant he recognized the Impala for what it was and started listing specs, and I was all set to laugh and laugh because it turned out that Dean's perfect girl was a guy. But no, the siren was being sneaky, and Dean just wanted his little brother back, and ooooooooohhhhhh, WHY YOU KILL ME THIS WAY? But the flowers did keep me guessing, and when Sam threw the cellphone I actually started to think maybe Dean was right, so nice job on the slight misdirection, Show. But yeah, Nick was so obviously Dean's perfect match. I was all set, if he wasn't the siren, to expect lots of awesome fanfic with him, because his chemistry with Dean was very cute.
And then. AND THEN. The things they said! AGH. This is like Asylum in S1, only even worse, because it's both of them. And they both looked so TIRED in the ending. And no, they are not good. Not anywhere near good. And just, oh, boys, boys. ::tears out hair::
BOBBY! How much do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
1) KISS THE COOK.
2) Bank of telephones with masking tape labels.
3) Soda pop instead of beer!
4) Saving the boys, of course. But you know, that's what he's FOR, so it doesn't come up in the first spot, though it probably should.
5) KISS THE COOK.
6) Idjits! \o/
7) KISS THE COOK.
I would. On the cheek, mind you, but I totally would.
One thing I didn't like about the episode:
Shoehorned exposition for the slow viewers. I know all TV does it to a certain extent, but it was very obvious and annoying this time around. Also, the things Dean has and hasn't read/seen is so weirdly inconsistent and totally based on the dialog they need to write in order to get people up to speed. So he's read The Odyssey but hasn't seen the original Dracula, huh? And yeah, he and Sam are both apparently familiar with sirens, but then they go ahead and explain to each other exactly what they already know and understand? What, are they just proving to each other that they actually know what they're talking about? Their attitude was totally relaxed, though, no antagonism or brotherly bantering. Very, "As you know, Barbara..."
Also the bit with Bobby reading the poem over the phone and then all three of them agreeing that they couldn't begin to guess what it meant and having to talk about it forever. I just...no. My boys and my Bobby are not that dumb. I propose that Show had to add bits in order to bring the slow viewers along on the trip, altering the original true story (because we all know that this is a true story and Sam and Dean and Bobby and the Impala are all TOTALLY REAL I SWEAR). Actually what happened was more like Bobby read the bit of poem, and then the boys looked at each other in the adorable instant-understanding way they have, and then they said, "Okay, we'll go get those blood samples. Do you have a bronze knife?"
The only other thing I didn't like:
NO CASTIEL. I want to see his faaaaaaaace. I miss him, dang it. I don't think we've had this long of a spell with no blue-eyed angel since the season began.
