A drabble per episode: 10.03

[caranfindel]

(Inspired by the scene in Soul Survivor where Dean goes through a drawer in the bunker kitchen looking for a weapon... he picks up a meat cleaver, then puts it back and takes a hammer instead. Why?)

It’s an intimate business, killing someone with a knife. It’s hard to do without touching them, holding them down. Dean Winchester was good with knives, with any type of blade. Only one Blade will do now, and it was stolen from him. It’s not in this drawer.

A hammer is mayhem. A hammer is used at arm’s length. A hammer is indiscriminate. A hammer is what you use when you’d happily break every bone in a person’s body, even if it didn’t kill him. Dean Winchester would never use a hammer for this.

And that’s why he picks the hammer.

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Yessssss - that's why....! Excellent insight!

[dreamsofspike.livejournal.com]

*shivers*

Oh that is perfect.

Definitely very much in character and makes perfect sense to me. Very effective little drabble, love this :)

[tifaching.livejournal.com]

Yep. Perfect.

[frozen_delight]

My dear friend misplaced_ad asked me why I thought Sam picked the hammer, I'll just link her to this drabble now, I think. :)
For I do love your explanation, it's perfect.

[misplaced-ad.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is excellent. I was wondering if Dean thought the hammer was crueler than the cleaver (or vice versa), and you've explained why so eloquently.

10x03 "Soul Survivor" Recs and Ficlet: Late Stranger

[livejournal.livejournal.com]

User frozen_delight referenced to your post from 10x03 "Soul Survivor" Recs and Ficlet: Late Stranger (http://frozen-delight.livejournal.com/24445.html) saying: [...] about it, though: gave us a lovely explanation of why Dean picks the hammer to chase his brother [...]

[madebyme-x.livejournal.com]

This perfectly explains his choice! Chilling read!

[kalliel]

Delightfully chilling. I love this interchange especially: Dean Winchester would never use a hammer for this.

And that’s why he picks the hammer.

[zara-zee.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I did wonder what prompted the choice of weapon. Totally buy him not wanting a blade that's not his blade! :)