Supernatural
Nov. 19th, 2009 11:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielNot particularly organized. Kind of rambly. My usual, in other words.
I think I was more nervous going into this mid-season finale than I have been going into any other ever. I wonder if that's because I've been really good about not pursuing spoilers or because of the amount I care for all of the characters involved? I didn't think I was more invested in them than in other shows I've been so hooked on, but it's possible I am.
And in such a short time.
Supernatural - "Abandon All Hope"
So there were things that were great. Like:
- Castiel drinking.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sdrohc_ratiug texted me and I tend to agree with her that this makes him look like he's been spending more and more time with Dean and Sam. He looked pretty comfortable with the whole thing. Now I want to see Sam and Dean use Cas' angelic tolerance level to hustle people. Or something.
- Angelic tolerance level. So Castiel can't kill demons with his bare hands anymore? He can't heal other people and he can't kill demons bare-handed. But he can still zap himself and others wherever. Can he heal himself? What is the extent of his power now? (Related: What was the extent of Anna's once she got her grace back?)
It was neat seeing Crowley's house from angel POV.
- Basically Castiel was awesome every time he was on-screen. But especially with Lucifer and Meg. omg, the part with Meg. Once he had her in the circle and she was taunting him and his impotence, asking what he could do to her now. The answer seemed obvious to me. "Set her on fire." And he did and then walked right over her. Nice.
- Lucifer being somewhat fascinated by him was great. Because he's right, they do have similarities. But they're also...kind of the opposite sides of the same coin. You've got Lucifer falling because he was angry and jealous of humanity and Castiel falling (or whatever he is) because he was loyalty to it. Well. Dean. Loyal to Dean. And despite the fact that he has so far only lost things because of the choice he made in "Lucifer Rising," he's still loyal to Dean.
Unless we end up with a big ol' twist by the end of the season. In which case I will be MOST SERIOUSLY DISPLEASED. I'm just sayin'.
- Dean tries to pull the "last night on Earth line." He's used the sentiment around Castiel before with a clear implication of last night = sexy fun times. I can only assume Castiel pointing out their last night on Earth was Cas' way of trying for an orgy. Unfortunately, it came out like all of his other doom 'n gloom pronouncements.
- Bobby, Ellen, and Jo. The picture. Jo turning Dean down. The creepy reapers. The look and feel of the episode. Crowley. These were all awesome, too.
Notice how I lumped all of those together? Yeah, that's because some of them are tied in with Things That Killed Me:
- Ellen and Jo. On the one hand, I don't think I could have seen them going in any other way. Together was right. On the other hand, THEY KILLED JO AND ELLEN.
::sobs::
- And then Bobby burned the picture! :(
- When Lucifer got back up I figured, hey, Crowley lied. He's a demon. But then it looked like he was actually telling the truth and we got that great look from Sam and that line from Lucifer where he was all, "What? They're just demons." Why the demons think having Lucifer around is a good idea, I do not know.
Like my mom is always asking, "Why do the demons want hell on Earth anyway? Aren't they always saying they don't like it down there themselves?"
- I really liked Crowley.
- So earlier this week I was thinking about Sam's silence in "Changing Channels" and whether or not he'd be the first one to crack because of his guilt and his realization that to survive, they have to play their roles. Now I'm wondering about Dean and his guilt over Jo (and Ellen, but they were really pushing Jo there at the end). This isn't just people dying all around them, this is now people they know dying. This is Bobby in a wheelchair and Jo and Ellen gone.
Will Dean break to save people because he still doesn't believe himself worth saving?
- I love Sam. I felt like Sam did a lot of standing around during the middle part of the episode, but let it be said that I love Sam.
I'm forgetting something, I think. I keep getting distracted. I'll go process some more.
January 21. Geez.
I think I was more nervous going into this mid-season finale than I have been going into any other ever. I wonder if that's because I've been really good about not pursuing spoilers or because of the amount I care for all of the characters involved? I didn't think I was more invested in them than in other shows I've been so hooked on, but it's possible I am.
And in such a short time.
Supernatural - "Abandon All Hope"
So there were things that were great. Like:
- Castiel drinking.
sdrohc_ratiug texted me and I tend to agree with her that this makes him look like he's been spending more and more time with Dean and Sam. He looked pretty comfortable with the whole thing. Now I want to see Sam and Dean use Cas' angelic tolerance level to hustle people. Or something.- Angelic tolerance level. So Castiel can't kill demons with his bare hands anymore? He can't heal other people and he can't kill demons bare-handed. But he can still zap himself and others wherever. Can he heal himself? What is the extent of his power now? (Related: What was the extent of Anna's once she got her grace back?)
It was neat seeing Crowley's house from angel POV.
- Basically Castiel was awesome every time he was on-screen. But especially with Lucifer and Meg. omg, the part with Meg. Once he had her in the circle and she was taunting him and his impotence, asking what he could do to her now. The answer seemed obvious to me. "Set her on fire." And he did and then walked right over her. Nice.
- Lucifer being somewhat fascinated by him was great. Because he's right, they do have similarities. But they're also...kind of the opposite sides of the same coin. You've got Lucifer falling because he was angry and jealous of humanity and Castiel falling (or whatever he is) because he was loyalty to it. Well. Dean. Loyal to Dean. And despite the fact that he has so far only lost things because of the choice he made in "Lucifer Rising," he's still loyal to Dean.
Unless we end up with a big ol' twist by the end of the season. In which case I will be MOST SERIOUSLY DISPLEASED. I'm just sayin'.
- Dean tries to pull the "last night on Earth line." He's used the sentiment around Castiel before with a clear implication of last night = sexy fun times. I can only assume Castiel pointing out their last night on Earth was Cas' way of trying for an orgy. Unfortunately, it came out like all of his other doom 'n gloom pronouncements.
- Bobby, Ellen, and Jo. The picture. Jo turning Dean down. The creepy reapers. The look and feel of the episode. Crowley. These were all awesome, too.
Notice how I lumped all of those together? Yeah, that's because some of them are tied in with Things That Killed Me:
- Ellen and Jo. On the one hand, I don't think I could have seen them going in any other way. Together was right. On the other hand, THEY KILLED JO AND ELLEN.
::sobs::
- And then Bobby burned the picture! :(
- When Lucifer got back up I figured, hey, Crowley lied. He's a demon. But then it looked like he was actually telling the truth and we got that great look from Sam and that line from Lucifer where he was all, "What? They're just demons." Why the demons think having Lucifer around is a good idea, I do not know.
Like my mom is always asking, "Why do the demons want hell on Earth anyway? Aren't they always saying they don't like it down there themselves?"
- I really liked Crowley.
- So earlier this week I was thinking about Sam's silence in "Changing Channels" and whether or not he'd be the first one to crack because of his guilt and his realization that to survive, they have to play their roles. Now I'm wondering about Dean and his guilt over Jo (and Ellen, but they were really pushing Jo there at the end). This isn't just people dying all around them, this is now people they know dying. This is Bobby in a wheelchair and Jo and Ellen gone.
Will Dean break to save people because he still doesn't believe himself worth saving?
- I love Sam. I felt like Sam did a lot of standing around during the middle part of the episode, but let it be said that I love Sam.
I'm forgetting something, I think. I keep getting distracted. I'll go process some more.
January 21. Geez.
