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Sylvia Bond is a ten-year technical writing veteran with too many degrees under her belt to count. She lives in Colorado, but does not ski, preferring instead to spend her money and time at the annual Great American Beer Festival, taking road trips across the United States, and reading historical fiction from the comfort of her fluffy green arm chair. She has been involved in fandom since 1993 and been writing fanfic since approximately 1993. What she finds most amazing about fandom (besides the open heartedness of fans and the sheer amount of creativity) is how visible fandom has become. "In my day," she says, "we had to hide behind P.O. boxes to get fanfic. But nowadays, people wear t-shirts that shout their affiliation and share their shiny toys on the internet." It's a wonderful world. 128 Comments
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Hi Sylvia
Part 1
Forgive me while I ‘rant’ for a moment.
I had mixed feelings about this episode, just like you. I don’t know. This season has been a strange one for me. On one hand, there have been some stellar episodes that just about destroyed me emotionally and there have been some episodes that were good but had several scenes that rewarded long time fans of the show. However, there have been a few ‘clunkers’ or ‘throwaway’ episodes as I prefer to call them which did nothing to move the storyline along. More than usual in my opinion. This season has been frustrating because I don’t feel it has been as cohesive as some of the other seasons were. And, I don’t feel an underlying sense of urgency which really should permeate every single aspect of this series right now. In fact, it should be at a boiling point at this stage in the game. The apocalypse is near so I would have expected there to be more tension, more whumpage, more soul searching and more meaty storylines, this late in the season. And, I want more Sam and Dean. More brotherly interaction. And, there were several times, during this episode, that I wanted to slap both Dean and Sam! I am going to switch things up this time…and start off with “things that made me want to scream out loud and throw things at my TV screen“ first before I finish with ‘things that made want to see this season through to the end”.
Things that made me want to scream out loud and throw things at my TV screen
1). Sam! Sam! Sammy! Don’t even go there!! Yet again…another Winchester who wants to sacrifice himself to save his family and or the world. What is it with the Winchester’s and their death wishes? This is so not going to end well!!
2). Dean going off with Crowley. Dean trusting a demon! WTH!!
3). Sam spilling his guts and sharing his inner most secrets with Bobby. That kind of sharing is only reserved for his brother Dean.
4). The character of Brady. I did enjoy the interaction with Sam (more on that below) but I agree with you…if he was so close to Sam…why have we not heard about him before now?
5). Not enough interaction between Sam and Dean. Yes, they were together..sparingly..but I wanted more interaction and dithering and bonding.
6). Where was Pestilence? Why introduce the fabulous ‘Max Headroom’ last week and then not have him appear in this episode at all?
Part 2
Things that made me want to see this season through to the end
1). Sam and Dean themselves are so exquisitely beautiful they still take my breath away. The older they get…the sexier and more gorgeous they have become. It was almost jarring….seeing Sam from
Season 1. He was so young and innocent. Now, he is harder and smoldering. As is Dean. Makes me miss the Dad even more when I gaze at the beauty that is Sam and Dean because JDM was smoking hot just like Sam and Dean have become!!
2). The character of Brady. Now, I have a hard time accepting the fact that we are just now hearing about Brady but the introduction of Brady allowed us to take pleasure in the return of the ‘darker version of Sam’…who I love more than I care to admit. I love how Jared just inhabits the ‘evil brooding Sam’. Seeing him like that is so gratifying. I like the ‘many layers’ of Sam’s persona. Makes him much more interesting.
3). Dean all bloody and beaten. I am such a twisted person…I love seeing Dean all bloody….especially when the blood is oozing down his gorgeous face. Bring on the whumpage! : – )
4). I am always amused when Dean is caught off guard. :- )
5). Sam taking charge. I loved every single minute of the scene when he killed Brady.
6). Dean standing back and letting Sam take care of Brady
7). The hellhounds always keep me off balance and scare the crap out of me
I honestly don’t see how they are going to wrap up ‘the end of the world’ storyline in only two episodes. There is too much left to do. So many storylines still unresolved. Too many conversations which need to occur. Questions which need to be answered. But, I truly hope the remaining two episodes deliver and I mean really deliver. I want to be bruised and beaten and worn out…by the time episode 22 is over. I want to scream and cry and feel something. I want to ache and hurt and I want my heart to be ripped out. I want to be surprised and astounded and ‘caught off guard’. I want to be ‘shell shocked’ at the end when my TV screen fades to black.
I want Sam and Dean to work together as a team…and I want them to figure out a solution ‘on their own’ because that was the whole point of Joshua’s conversation in ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’…. “God helps those who help themselves”. That saying keeps swirling around in my head. Sam and Dean are grown men now and when push comes to shove..they only have each other to count on. They don’t need Bobby or Castiel or Crowley or Rufus or anyone else. They need to dig deep and if the going gets tough..which we all know it will….they need to dig even deeper and find a way to end this without losing themselves along the way.
I want the Apocalypse to be memorable so bring it on!
Take care, Joan
PS. Next week I had better be a happy woman!
I clear all the browser info every day (this is my work computer), but I went ahead and did it again, both with the browser and with CCleaner, and I'm still having the same issue. It also does it to me on my home computer, which is even running a slightly different operating system (Vista 32-bit at home vs 64-bit at the office). So unfortunately, that trick didn't work.
Actually the boys planned on using salt in Crossroad Blues until they were told by George Darrow that goofer dust was better. So salt must also work just not as well. I loved that scene starting with Dean's line about him using the wrong condiment and George starting in on them.
Yeah, I was looking forward to him myself, what's up with that? Our only option is to hang in there, that or watch something else. But I'm committed. Or should be committed, I'm not sure.
Understood. Sam had the lead in this one and for that we will always be eternally grateful, amen.
The trap, need I add, includes the little teaser before the credits being about secondary characters too! Remember a few weeks ago? I think it was the zombie ep, or the plauge ep…anyway, the teaser starts out with Sam and Dean going screamingly fast on their way to escape whatever it is chasing them. Sam is wounded, and Dean is white knuckling it. Why can't eps start off being about the boys, continue with the same, and then END that way too? Is that asking too much?
Ditto the numbers here, of course, but I really liked what you had to say in your rant about mixed feelings. Especially about the missing urgency – what apocolypse, what's that? Are you worried? I'm not! And I should be. The one visit that Dean-o payed to Lisa warning her, what's there to warn about. I simply am unconcerned and the boys don't seem much more worried than I am. Or you are. Or they are. They should be panicky and hanging out in underground bunkers while they do their best to plan, and playing rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock to see who will say Yes first!!! But no…just call Old Crowley or MB or the SA or the librarian at the local library and see what they tell you to do!!! Ah, me.
yes, lots of samhair and an episode with him demo'ing to the fangirls how he styles it! seriously! next season should be devoted to all such stuff they denied the fans…details details details…how they fix each other up…how they wait their turns to use the shower…how dean gets sick with flu and sam tends to him…a fanfiction story every episode
yes, lots of samhair and an episode with him demo'ing to the fangirls how he styles it! seriously! next season should be devoted to all such stuff they denied the fans…details details details…how they fix each other up…how they wait their turns to use the shower…how dean gets sick with flu and sam tends to him…a fanfiction story every episode
I think I'm confused because you keep saying tattoos. You mean the rib carvings that Castiel did, right? If you read my original comment, you'll know what my thoughts are on that.
Rib carvings/tattoos, yes, in my mind they're the same, or about the same. Sorry if I was confusing. : D
Rib carvings/tattoos, yes, in my mind they're the same, or about the same. Sorry if I was confusing. : D