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Nov. 8th, 2012 08:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ash48Consisting of incoherent squeeee because... DAMN!
Can I just...
LAKDGHLAK SF;ASDKJHAOIRH;KJASDFJHASIOJ!!!!!! HOLY FUCK!!! THAT WAS FUCKING.... AMAZING!! I CAN'T EVEN GET MY FEELS TOGETHER BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PENT UP AND EXCITED AND HURT AND....ALSKDFH AS;LIDFASOIFMN!!!! FUCK!
Ok.
*deep breath*
That was an episode that I wished I had watched with fangirls because I needed to CLING and SQUEE and say THAT! THAT IS MY SHOW!
I am putting a disclaimer on this reaction/review post because I am not going to analyse the ins and outs of whether Dean is right or if Sam is right or if either of them are out of character. I DON'T CARE! Seriously! They are both right. They are both wrong. They are both stupid and ridiculous and BEAUTIFUL in their utter utter love for each other. THEY ARE A MESS!! (me too actually!).
AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT!
God dammit! That was some fine writing. Humour and angst all rolled into one ball!
I loved how damn OBVIOUS it was that it was going to end with one of them being possessed and vomiting HOW THEY ACTUALLY FEEL! The fact that it was so CLEAR made me SO nervous. I desperately wanted it to be Dean AND IT WAS! (I was completely and utterly unspoiled for this ep. I hope the promo didn't give too much away). This MotW made me SO EXCITED!
I could sprout for hours about Dean's motivations for what he's feeling and why and Sam's etc. There's a friggin' TON of dissecting to do after that one and I seriously hope fandom explores IT ALL! (but.. oh god... Dean is SO SO hurt and messed up and NEEDY and Sam stood up for himself and had a life outside of Dean but actually HE DIDN'T!... arghhhhh)
THOSE BOYS! The jealously of each other's "other" is astounding. Seriously!? How many times did Sam mention Benny?! IT'S MESSED UP! (and I love it!). Damn but these two have ISSUES!
Aside from ALL THAT the thing I love MORE THAN ANYTHING is that the show is still all about THEM. It remembered ALL THAT STUFF from the past. (I know it SHOULD, but for it to actually do that was nothing short of fabulous!). As soon as Sam mentioned Amy I was like... holy crap. They are tying in past story lines. THANK YOU!
Also.
I LOVE GARTH TO PIECES! What a fabulously quirky, grounded, smart and charming character. (I NEED to vid that guy!) I have a crush I'm sure!
Also, what an amazing way to "remember" Bobby. \o/ He didn't just belong to Sam and Dean. *sniff* And DJ Quail's performance was top notch. He never trivialised Garth. And how awesome to actually have a hunter who isn't full of despair.
That episode felt like part of the whole Supernatural universe. It remembered past characters and story arcs. It tapped into the angst of the brothers, it used the MotW to explore their issues, it had a supporting character that had his own agenda but also provided levity. It was one for die hard watchers like me - the ones who live these PURE brother episodes.
I have to stop now. I HAVE SO MANY FEELS! Seriously. I cried (again!). I cried because the show went there. It gave us dialogue and angst and HURTY FEELS and the brothers being so caught up in each other that it's CRAZY. I adore that they are fighting like this because it means they are still on that journey to find some sort of peace. And with at least one more (if not two) seasons to go that journey is going to be long.
I fucking LOVED that episode! (If you hadn't guessed!) I might try and be a little more critical later (I think I still want more from Sam's back story and the flash back transitions were jarring) but for the time being I am THRILLED that Adam Glass sat down and wrote an episode that was all about theUST love between my boys.
*happy hurty contented sigh*
(and now I need an angry, desperate, needy, loving wincesty fic to calm my feels *g*)
ETA: I just have to repeat (after seeing some responses)... THESE BOYS ARE MESSED UP! Why would what they say and do make sense?! They are human and therefore FLAWED! They don't make sense yet because THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT! WE know that. They have yet to learn that! Sam is OBVIOUSLY feeling guilty about his response to not looking for Dean and he's trying to DEAL with that and Dean is OBVIOUSLY still carrying some deep seated acceptance issues. And as much as we say "we've already been there" I DON'T CARE! I don't think any of these issues have been fully resolved so I'm more than happy to dig them up again gouge them out with a nail file. As long as it's about their messed up co-dependence I'm cool. (You do know I watch this on a level that isn't rational or objective yeah? Ok. We're cool then *g*)
Can I just...
LAKDGHLAK SF;ASDKJHAOIRH;KJASDFJHASIOJ!!!!!! HOLY FUCK!!! THAT WAS FUCKING.... AMAZING!! I CAN'T EVEN GET MY FEELS TOGETHER BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PENT UP AND EXCITED AND HURT AND....ALSKDFH AS;LIDFASOIFMN!!!! FUCK!
Ok.
*deep breath*
That was an episode that I wished I had watched with fangirls because I needed to CLING and SQUEE and say THAT! THAT IS MY SHOW!
I am putting a disclaimer on this reaction/review post because I am not going to analyse the ins and outs of whether Dean is right or if Sam is right or if either of them are out of character. I DON'T CARE! Seriously! They are both right. They are both wrong. They are both stupid and ridiculous and BEAUTIFUL in their utter utter love for each other. THEY ARE A MESS!! (me too actually!).
AND I LOVE THEM FOR IT!
God dammit! That was some fine writing. Humour and angst all rolled into one ball!
I loved how damn OBVIOUS it was that it was going to end with one of them being possessed and vomiting HOW THEY ACTUALLY FEEL! The fact that it was so CLEAR made me SO nervous. I desperately wanted it to be Dean AND IT WAS! (I was completely and utterly unspoiled for this ep. I hope the promo didn't give too much away). This MotW made me SO EXCITED!
I could sprout for hours about Dean's motivations for what he's feeling and why and Sam's etc. There's a friggin' TON of dissecting to do after that one and I seriously hope fandom explores IT ALL! (but.. oh god... Dean is SO SO hurt and messed up and NEEDY and Sam stood up for himself and had a life outside of Dean but actually HE DIDN'T!... arghhhhh)
THOSE BOYS! The jealously of each other's "other" is astounding. Seriously!? How many times did Sam mention Benny?! IT'S MESSED UP! (and I love it!). Damn but these two have ISSUES!
Aside from ALL THAT the thing I love MORE THAN ANYTHING is that the show is still all about THEM. It remembered ALL THAT STUFF from the past. (I know it SHOULD, but for it to actually do that was nothing short of fabulous!). As soon as Sam mentioned Amy I was like... holy crap. They are tying in past story lines. THANK YOU!
Also.
I LOVE GARTH TO PIECES! What a fabulously quirky, grounded, smart and charming character. (I NEED to vid that guy!) I have a crush I'm sure!
Also, what an amazing way to "remember" Bobby. \o/ He didn't just belong to Sam and Dean. *sniff* And DJ Quail's performance was top notch. He never trivialised Garth. And how awesome to actually have a hunter who isn't full of despair.
That episode felt like part of the whole Supernatural universe. It remembered past characters and story arcs. It tapped into the angst of the brothers, it used the MotW to explore their issues, it had a supporting character that had his own agenda but also provided levity. It was one for die hard watchers like me - the ones who live these PURE brother episodes.
I have to stop now. I HAVE SO MANY FEELS! Seriously. I cried (again!). I cried because the show went there. It gave us dialogue and angst and HURTY FEELS and the brothers being so caught up in each other that it's CRAZY. I adore that they are fighting like this because it means they are still on that journey to find some sort of peace. And with at least one more (if not two) seasons to go that journey is going to be long.
I fucking LOVED that episode! (If you hadn't guessed!) I might try and be a little more critical later (I think I still want more from Sam's back story and the flash back transitions were jarring) but for the time being I am THRILLED that Adam Glass sat down and wrote an episode that was all about the
*happy hurty contented sigh*
(and now I need an angry, desperate, needy, loving wincesty fic to calm my feels *g*)
ETA: I just have to repeat (after seeing some responses)... THESE BOYS ARE MESSED UP! Why would what they say and do make sense?! They are human and therefore FLAWED! They don't make sense yet because THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT! WE know that. They have yet to learn that! Sam is OBVIOUSLY feeling guilty about his response to not looking for Dean and he's trying to DEAL with that and Dean is OBVIOUSLY still carrying some deep seated acceptance issues. And as much as we say "we've already been there" I DON'T CARE! I don't think any of these issues have been fully resolved so I'm more than happy to dig them up again gouge them out with a nail file. As long as it's about their messed up co-dependence I'm cool. (You do know I watch this on a level that isn't rational or objective yeah? Ok. We're cool then *g*)
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Date: 2012-11-08 02:30 pm (UTC)I think they could tell effective stories without this kind of conflict between them, but I'd certainly agree that at the end of last season they didn't, and I'm much happier with this than with stories that don't have them in them.
I don't know. I really don't get the fandom's tendency to blame one brother or the other. What amuses me is that there seems to be a fairly broad consensus that someone is evil, selfish and a bad brother, but there seems to be a fairly even split on which one that is. I just ... love both of them? :)
Re Garth. I think I was along for the ride. I think because the "idjit" line had a bookend... the first time it was cringe worthy and inappropriate and at the end it offered more poignancy so I went with it. I may end up being the only Garth fan but I really needed his POV of things. It WAS wrong and I think that's totally Garth. There's this mix of him have NO idea with him have a totally complete idea. (Hee...crushing much...)
It's great that you like him. I don't dislike him at all. I just have this reflex reaction to that kind of humour. I can't make it go away, and it gets in the way of my enjoyment of the story. In other contexts, it's fine. Garth being untroubled by his inability to drink more than one beer, or his enjoyment of civil war re-enactments? Charming.
I think I really hope there are still mysteries lurking there. But I have to say I think they aren't going to go there. I expected some "omg Dean...I tried to make a deal and I even drank blood" in that ep but I actually think they are honestly going with "I couldn't cope, I didn't have anyone, I didn't know where you were, I was lost so I moved on" story line. It's hard but maybe we have to accept that Sam CAN live without Dean. (arghh...did I just say that?!!)
Oh, I don't mean that, exactly. I don't know exactly what I do mean because, as I said, that's where the story goes beyond my ability to predict. But there are mysteries there. Why did Sam walk out on Amelia without a word? He talks about it to Dean like the whole relationship happened ages ago, and ended naturally, but it didn't. Who was that outside, watching his home?
I hope there are good, meaty answers to those questions, with some angst and trouble built in. Because while I think Sam-the-person completely deserves a year with his feet up, I also think that Sam-the-character deserves a rich and interesting story to match Dean's. It doesn't necessarily have to be directly related to Dean's, though.
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Date: 2012-11-08 03:10 pm (UTC)Oh me too. There's no way I can see one right over the other. They come from different perspectives which makes them neither right or wrong. It's the fact that they have these different ways of coming at things that makes them so damn interesting.
I always think that if they truly hated each other they wouldn't care who the other was with or one would just leave and that would be that. The fact that Sam uses "leaving" as a blackmail point speaks volumes. It matters!
Why did Sam walk out on Amelia without a word? He talks about it to Dean like the whole relationship happened ages ago, and ended naturally, but it didn't. Who was that outside, watching his home?
Oh yes yes!! Sam walking out without a word is so intriguing. And we did get that "watcher"...oh YAY! I hope there's so much more to all that. *bounces* (I forgot about the watcher...)
And I TOTALLY agree Sam needs an interesting story to match Dean's. At the moment "running off to have normal" seems shallow. I am sure there's more there. If they manage to tease that all out over the whole season I will be impressed. :)))