oh my god show.
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lotesseooh baby, like that! That was perfect, that was awesome, that was exactly what I wanted omg. Show is, as usual, very bad at dealing with my subculture, but show is so not the smart guy. Show is the dumb pretty guy who is oh so pretty and gives fabulous emo.
there was like a half-second of part of Jessica's face in the previouslies!
Okay, so eew gross with the razor blades. We were all actually squealing over that. Eurgh. And, you know, witchcraft fail. But I'm pretty much used to that - it's not like mainstream halloween marketing is much more culturally sensitive.
Sam with his faith, his little happy believing face when he sees the angels, and the way that that happiness crumbles when they identify him first by what was done to him, not by what he believes in, or even what he's done. That whole scene was shot interestingly - lots of visual distance between the boys. No reaction shots, no angles that caught them both - except for that shot toward the end of the scene with Dean and Castiel, and Sam in the mirror.
Love that show just came out and was like, hey, angels are dicks. Oh show, you charm me so with your total lack of subtle.
Am sad that jailbait girl was actually evil. I was going to get all excited about them reversing the gendering of witches, but then no.
Sam and Dean had so many silent communication sequences. That one awesome one where it just goes on and on. They're back on the same page again, and that gives me a major happy.
Doing research! Sammeh mit books! Yay!
Sam's powers. Oh holy hell, y'all, that scene with the brain-exorcism was like the platonic ideal of psychic!Sam h/c. The pain, he's trying so hard, the fricking nosebleed, ferchrissakes. Oh my god. And Dean watching, not sure whether to praise Sam or hit him again, afraid for him and maybe even afraid of him, just a little bit.
This ep gave me what I needed to see, and didn't see in previous eps when Dean dealt with Sam's demon blood. This ep showed us that Dean loves his brother, and wants to keep him safe, keep his soul pure. Keep his faith intact - Dean's attempts at comfort in the face of Sam's religious disillusionment were adorable. But by the same note, Sam has to use the powers because he loves Dean back.
And because he is pure. Sam's psychic powers are, fundamentally, driven by purity. The issue at stake in the arc is the old questions of the master's tools - can Sam take what was done to him, the act of defilement that ultimately cost him everyone he's ever loved but Dean - can Sammy take the effects of evil and bring good from them? Is power evil because of its use or its origin?
I feel like we're also being set up for Sam as sacrifice. That is, if the choice is between Sam's soul and a thousand innocent lives, what then? Dean values Sam above everything else, but Sam is going to choose the innocents. It's what he did in this ep, on a smaller scale - took a step toward hellfire in order to save a town. The felix culpa, yes?
Also, zombies! Awesome zombies! Dean burns everything! Oh Dean.
Uriel threatening Sam genuinely freaked me out, despite the once-again skeevy race issues. He can do it. Sam knows that he can. But Sam's too stubborn to let something as small, in his eyes, as his own life, keep him from doing what he thinks is right. Oh, Sam. Oh, Dean. Oh, show!
in conclusion, show is dumb and has many skeevy issues, but oh my lord does it know how to take me to that very very happy place! mmm mmm!
eta: I forgot, in the rush of the last awesome, just how ridiculous show's inability to pronounce things is. Sam-hane? Sohw-win, please. I was sporfling for a while there every time Jared said it - he was so earnest, and the mistake is so, so newbie! Every baby pagan knows this one, come on guys.
there was like a half-second of part of Jessica's face in the previouslies!
Okay, so eew gross with the razor blades. We were all actually squealing over that. Eurgh. And, you know, witchcraft fail. But I'm pretty much used to that - it's not like mainstream halloween marketing is much more culturally sensitive.
Sam with his faith, his little happy believing face when he sees the angels, and the way that that happiness crumbles when they identify him first by what was done to him, not by what he believes in, or even what he's done. That whole scene was shot interestingly - lots of visual distance between the boys. No reaction shots, no angles that caught them both - except for that shot toward the end of the scene with Dean and Castiel, and Sam in the mirror.
Love that show just came out and was like, hey, angels are dicks. Oh show, you charm me so with your total lack of subtle.
Am sad that jailbait girl was actually evil. I was going to get all excited about them reversing the gendering of witches, but then no.
Sam and Dean had so many silent communication sequences. That one awesome one where it just goes on and on. They're back on the same page again, and that gives me a major happy.
Doing research! Sammeh mit books! Yay!
Sam's powers. Oh holy hell, y'all, that scene with the brain-exorcism was like the platonic ideal of psychic!Sam h/c. The pain, he's trying so hard, the fricking nosebleed, ferchrissakes. Oh my god. And Dean watching, not sure whether to praise Sam or hit him again, afraid for him and maybe even afraid of him, just a little bit.
This ep gave me what I needed to see, and didn't see in previous eps when Dean dealt with Sam's demon blood. This ep showed us that Dean loves his brother, and wants to keep him safe, keep his soul pure. Keep his faith intact - Dean's attempts at comfort in the face of Sam's religious disillusionment were adorable. But by the same note, Sam has to use the powers because he loves Dean back.
And because he is pure. Sam's psychic powers are, fundamentally, driven by purity. The issue at stake in the arc is the old questions of the master's tools - can Sam take what was done to him, the act of defilement that ultimately cost him everyone he's ever loved but Dean - can Sammy take the effects of evil and bring good from them? Is power evil because of its use or its origin?
I feel like we're also being set up for Sam as sacrifice. That is, if the choice is between Sam's soul and a thousand innocent lives, what then? Dean values Sam above everything else, but Sam is going to choose the innocents. It's what he did in this ep, on a smaller scale - took a step toward hellfire in order to save a town. The felix culpa, yes?
Also, zombies! Awesome zombies! Dean burns everything! Oh Dean.
Uriel threatening Sam genuinely freaked me out, despite the once-again skeevy race issues. He can do it. Sam knows that he can. But Sam's too stubborn to let something as small, in his eyes, as his own life, keep him from doing what he thinks is right. Oh, Sam. Oh, Dean. Oh, show!
in conclusion, show is dumb and has many skeevy issues, but oh my lord does it know how to take me to that very very happy place! mmm mmm!
eta: I forgot, in the rush of the last awesome, just how ridiculous show's inability to pronounce things is. Sam-hane? Sohw-win, please. I was sporfling for a while there every time Jared said it - he was so earnest, and the mistake is so, so newbie! Every baby pagan knows this one, come on guys.
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Date: 2008-11-01 10:32 pm (UTC)Also, if it IS a mispronounciation, FAIL. Disney got that right.
(for the record, So Weird was one of my favorite tv shows ever)
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Date: 2008-11-02 02:22 am (UTC)