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caranfindel) wrote2018-11-14 01:18 pm
caranfindel) wrote2018-11-14 01:18 pm
Still thinking about 14.05, and other things
First, I find it interesting that, in the episode poll for 14.05, none of you (so far) thought Sam appreciated it when people kept telling him he was a born hunter. I was sure someone would choose that option, and I'm tickled to see that we all seem to agree he has mixed feelings, at best, about being "born to it." Because (1) I thought Jared played that ambivalence really well, and (b) why would Sam be happy about that? With his canonical mixed feelings (at best) about dedicating his life to hunting, and his history of being "born to do" anything? Why would he unequivocally welcome those remarks?
And that leads me down a rabbit hole of feels about what these guys have been "destined" to do, and how they've subverted it recently. Dean was supposed to become Michael's vessel in order to kill Lucifer, thereby killing his own brother. Instead, he became Michael's vessel in order to save his brother. Sam was supposed to rule Hell and lead a demon army. Instead, he made sure there would be no ruler of Hell (or declared himself de facto ruler of Hell, depending on how you look at it) and then basically told the demons to fuck off. I'm sure this isn't intentional, but I do love that the brothers have taken these plans and prophesies and turned them upside down. And in a delicious twist, Sam is finally doing what the BMoL assumed he was doing all along - assuming a leadership role over a network of hunters.
I'm a little surprised, though, that so many of you thought the djinn freaked out when he accessed Dean's nightmares because he saw Michael hiding inside him. This djinn was already working with Michael. And when he thought Michael had rocked up to his door to put him through a test, he didn't freak out, he just played along. He was surprised to find out he wasn't actually dealing with Michael at all. So why would he be horrified to find the archangel lurking inside of Dean, when that was what he believed was happening until a couple of minutes prior?
Yeah, I know there's every chance that this is exactly what happened. But if so, I'm disappointed that they chose to play it this way.
And speaking of delicious... I was off Monday for Veterans Day, which (as you know) meant I spent a few hours watching Supernatural reruns on TNT. They were from s1, and I couldn't help but think about people watching the show for the first time, having never been exposed to the glory that is later seasons Jared Padalecki, thinking Dean is the only smoking hot Hottie McHotterson on the show, and Sam is the geeky brother with the awful haircut, and then all of a sudden you get to Hell House and THIS GUY WALKS OUT OF THE BATHROOM.
From this to THIS... the moment that changed history.
I mean, getting him all wet and slicking those bangs out of his face is enough, but glistening and clad only in a low-slung skimpy towel? How did people handle it?
I know what my episode review would have sounded like, and it would have had VERY LITTLE to do with the actual plot.
And next there was Something Wicked and the purple dog shirt. Why is this shirt so iconic? What is it about this shirt that grabbed us and won't let go? I don't know.
But I can't argue with it.
(Screencaps from Home of the Nutty, edited by me)
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--Putting aside the body (which, we were not, because wow) I remember we were analyzing what made his face look so much better here and in the pilot and realized it was all the hairstyle -- we were very happy when s2 happened, as you can imagine.) (But seriously, what an awful haircut... We're watching our current actor crush in a show in which he has a similar haircut and it's just noooo why would would you do this to anyone? especially an attractive man with a great brow?)
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Bugs: Sam and Dean get mistaken for a gay couple.
Me: Show's courting the gay dollar.
Something Wicked: Sam and Dean get mistaken for a gay couple.
Me: This again : /
Playthings: Sam and Dean get mistaken for a gay couple.
Me: Oh, I dunno, maybe it's not that cynical. Maybe it's just a way of covertly sneaking a gay romantic dynamic onto prime-time TV (which was never gonna happen overtly, not back then).
Playthings: Drunk scene.
Me: Oh crap. Oh, no seriously, these two Have to get together! *starts writing wincest fanfiction*
Addendum, after googling wincest, comes across Maichan's Fumbling Toward Ecstasy video
Me: *having heart attack* OMG Are they gonna get together?!! Would show go that far?!! Oh wait, it's video-shopped, of course. Calm down girl. *heart attack narrowly averted* Man that kiss was convincing, tho!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45NQhrT0v8M
Enjoy! :)))
And, as a bonus, here's another of my faves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT2CTAey1Do
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I have no idea how to dl off YT, to save them both in my vault o' vids. But I have them both bookmarked so I can visit. THANK YOU!
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I didn't remember that Something Wicked was the dog shirt episode, though! I am unreasonably happy to see a screen cap of that right now, because that shirt plays a key role in my reverse bang fic this year! :-D The artist I worked with pointed out that the shirt has no origin story. IT DOES NOW. ;-)
ETA I can't comment on the 14.5 stuff yet because I haven't seen it, but I am sure I'll have an opinion once I do. I'm great at having opinions. ;-)
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Alas, as someone who mainlined the first 4 season in a month, I did not have the proper time gap to have an appropriate reaction to towel-clad-only Sammy at the time...
Gotta say, though, that boy has gotten more gorgeous as he's gotten older...
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And YES my boy just gets better and better! \o/
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I never noticed Sam that much in the beginning of the show, I was that wrapped up in Dean. But after a while, I realized that there was no Dean without Sam, so I had a lot of catching up to do. It was a hard job, but someone had to do it...obsessively.
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I think there's a of truth in this too: https://twitter.com/nothingb4u/status/1062084760430882816
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Maybe because Michael didn't just leave: he was forced out by something EVEN WORSE!!! (DA DA DA!!!!!!!!)
No. Show's not that clever. Michael's still in there, and this scene was just awkwardly handled.
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And I felt the same about Sam, that he was just the cute, geeky kid brother, until that towel scene!
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It's being in a position of authority and being responsible for others that he may or may not be born to do. I think some of his ambivalence is simple insecurity--he doesn't feel like he's earned the praise and he's not sure how to internalize it. He's probably got some impostor syndrome going on. He became the leader while his attention was elsewhere--on the hunt for Dean, on what Dean was going through--and so he probably didn't consciously examine the decisions that made him the leader that much. He's now settled into having Dean back and that means he can take a breath and look around at what his life's become. I don't think he's miserable about it by any means. He seems at his most proud and content when he's doing the teaching part of the job, which makes sense as that's when he's making a positive difference, improving on stuff and not just running damage control--which has been something he's wanted for a while.
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