Thoughts from the panic room

[caranfindel]

I'm working on a fic with a scene that takes place in and around Bobby's panic room, and I suddenly realized - that place locks from the outside. Why would you want a panic room that locks from the outside? Shouldn't the lock be on the inside? Otherwise, whatever you're hiding from can just lock you in and leave, right?

Also, I had a medical test done recently that required me to lie on a cot with my arms hanging straight out over the sides, like this. (No, there was no devil's trap on the floor - not that I noticed, anyway.)



And you know what? That really hurts. After just a minute or so, my arms, especially my elbows, were extremely sore. Filming this scene must have been excruciating.

Comments

[cassiopeia7.livejournal.com]

o_O Wow. I honestly never thought of that. Maybe there's a locking mechanism on the inside that when triggered, disables the outside lock -- nah, then they wouldn't be able to lock Sam IN. Oooh, sticky.

[caranfindel.livejournal.com]

I know, right? The only thing I can think of is that it didn't have an outside lock until Dean saw Sam drinking demon blood, and he called Bobby and said "we gotta lock Sam up in the panic room" so Bobby installed it before they got there?