Lighten Up, It's Just the Apocalypse
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annundrielAlternate entry subject: Tim Gunn & Castiel: Suited Up & Fighting Evil
Oh, man. Tim and Cas.
"Make it work!"
"I...don't understand what it is you want me to make work."
Castiel would be utterly horrified when Tim tells him, "You should take an editing eye to those sigils."
Um. ANYWAY.
I'M NOT THINKING OF SPN/PROJECT RUNWAY MASH-UPS/CROSSOVERS, I'M REALLY NOT. ::facepalm::
First, one comment on Project Runway: I love Emilio's garments, but I seriously dislike Emilio. Every time that guy opens his mouth, I want to kick him in it. Ugh. Sure, he has reason to be confident. But he's so smug about it.
Supernatural - "99 Problems"
I think my mom described the ending of tonight's episode best when she said, "Well, that was poorly cobbled together."
Um, yeah. So Dean didn't have Lisa's number anymore, but he could find her new house?
And, okay, sure there's a bigger impact him showing up on her doorstep like that, but that's still...poorly cobbled together. Besides the fact that it kind of comes out of nowhere, which I don't want to lean on too hard because the foundation is kind of shaky. We already know Dean wants a home and a family, and we know how much he liked Lisa and her kid. And he did dream about her the one time we know of. So I don't think it's completely out of nowhere.
At the same time, though...I don't know. I think they could have worked it in a little better.
Not to mention Lisa's own reaction to the situation. WEIRD.
I'm not in anyway delusional, but let's put the slash goggles on because they're more fun! Dean wants a family and a home - a recognizable home - that gives him something tangible. It's interesting to see Sam's earlier years and how much he wanted normalcy and how he's changed and accepted his...calling. Whereas we've seen Dean become increasingly dissatisfied with at least certain aspects of their life.
Anyway. Dean wants to be happy and have a place to call home that isn't a motel room or the Impala or just Sam in general. He thinks he has to find it in the package we're all fed: house, white-picket fence, wife/husband, 2.5 kids, dog. He just doesn't realize that he's got it with Sam and, slash goggles, Castiel. There's maybe a part of his subconscious going, "Hey, Winchester! Those feelings you're pretending you don't feel for the angel? Do I need to hit you with a clue-by-four?"
And instead of facing those - triggered perhaps by how broken Castiel is at the moment and how he physically got his ass handed to him - he runs off to the one woman he would imagine himself with. Because he thinks he needs to imagine himself with a woman.
Or something. And that's how I'd read it with my slash goggles. Basically.
Other things!
- Random Michael Shanks is random! (Dean Winchester vs. Doctor Daniel Jackson! Smack down at 11!)
ME: ...omg, is that Michael Shanks?
MOM: It is!
ME: He's everywhere.
MOM: He's such a whore.
- WHOEVER: The apocalypse is so romantic.
ME: Duh. Dean met Cas that way, you know.
MOM: Mmmmmmhmm.
The fires of Hell provide great ambiance, don'tcha know. And Castiel looks hella fierce in candlelight.
- Sam the abomination made me laaaaaaaaugh. Oh, Sam. You and your face.
- CASTIEL: I found a liquor store.
SAM: And?
CASTIEL: I drank it.
- Everything with Castiel was golden. I loved it. From his confused voice mail intro to showing up drunk and annoyed to his whore explanation and "it's funnier in Enochian" to his sorry "I am an angel of the Lord" to bonding with Dean. Oh, Cas.
I think once again it's really easy to see both why Castiel would slide into the behavior we saw in "The End" and also why he sticks with Dean. It would be very easy to blame Dean for everything that's happened - "I did it, all of it, for you" - and just leave it at that, take off and disappear. But he and Dean have a connection, and I don't think it's one that makes Castiel bitter about being involved with the Winchesters. Which is a good thing. I don't care for the idea that their failures, which uncover the corruption of Heaven, would in turn make Castiel dislike them for opening his eyes and causing his fall. (But I don't think Castiel would lay blame on others for his own choices, even with how new choice is to him.)
Although, really, if anyone should fall it should be all of the angels behind this great big hoopla. Castiel has been loyal to God up until God said, "Later, suckers!" Hell, as far as I can tell, he's still loyal to God. Disillusioned, sure, but I'm not sure he would refuse were God to show up and say, "Whoops. My bad."
Oh, wouldn't it be nice if God were testing them all?
- I'd love to say intelligent things about Sam and Dean and their individual paths and faiths, but my thoughts on that aren't holding together so well at the moment.
- I was really hoping that the fact Dean was able to kill Leah would just give him a kick in the ass toward believing, hey, he could do this after all. But no.
I'm not sure I believe it myself, but I could almost see the angels actually being behind her anyway, and somehow allowing Dean to off her, just so that he'd be pushed that much closer to the line that is Michael and saying "yes."
I might have more thoughts later. Meanwhile, other than the promo after tonight's episode, I remain COMPLETELY UNSPOILED (besides one or two casting spoilers that make it outside of cuts) for upcoming episodes. I'd like to keep it that way.
Oh, man. Tim and Cas.
"Make it work!"
"I...don't understand what it is you want me to make work."
Castiel would be utterly horrified when Tim tells him, "You should take an editing eye to those sigils."
Um. ANYWAY.
I'M NOT THINKING OF SPN/PROJECT RUNWAY MASH-UPS/CROSSOVERS, I'M REALLY NOT. ::facepalm::
First, one comment on Project Runway: I love Emilio's garments, but I seriously dislike Emilio. Every time that guy opens his mouth, I want to kick him in it. Ugh. Sure, he has reason to be confident. But he's so smug about it.
Supernatural - "99 Problems"
I think my mom described the ending of tonight's episode best when she said, "Well, that was poorly cobbled together."
Um, yeah. So Dean didn't have Lisa's number anymore, but he could find her new house?
And, okay, sure there's a bigger impact him showing up on her doorstep like that, but that's still...poorly cobbled together. Besides the fact that it kind of comes out of nowhere, which I don't want to lean on too hard because the foundation is kind of shaky. We already know Dean wants a home and a family, and we know how much he liked Lisa and her kid. And he did dream about her the one time we know of. So I don't think it's completely out of nowhere.
At the same time, though...I don't know. I think they could have worked it in a little better.
Not to mention Lisa's own reaction to the situation. WEIRD.
I'm not in anyway delusional, but let's put the slash goggles on because they're more fun! Dean wants a family and a home - a recognizable home - that gives him something tangible. It's interesting to see Sam's earlier years and how much he wanted normalcy and how he's changed and accepted his...calling. Whereas we've seen Dean become increasingly dissatisfied with at least certain aspects of their life.
Anyway. Dean wants to be happy and have a place to call home that isn't a motel room or the Impala or just Sam in general. He thinks he has to find it in the package we're all fed: house, white-picket fence, wife/husband, 2.5 kids, dog. He just doesn't realize that he's got it with Sam and, slash goggles, Castiel. There's maybe a part of his subconscious going, "Hey, Winchester! Those feelings you're pretending you don't feel for the angel? Do I need to hit you with a clue-by-four?"
And instead of facing those - triggered perhaps by how broken Castiel is at the moment and how he physically got his ass handed to him - he runs off to the one woman he would imagine himself with. Because he thinks he needs to imagine himself with a woman.
Or something. And that's how I'd read it with my slash goggles. Basically.
Other things!
- Random Michael Shanks is random! (Dean Winchester vs. Doctor Daniel Jackson! Smack down at 11!)
ME: ...omg, is that Michael Shanks?
MOM: It is!
ME: He's everywhere.
MOM: He's such a whore.
- WHOEVER: The apocalypse is so romantic.
ME: Duh. Dean met Cas that way, you know.
MOM: Mmmmmmhmm.
The fires of Hell provide great ambiance, don'tcha know. And Castiel looks hella fierce in candlelight.
- Sam the abomination made me laaaaaaaaugh. Oh, Sam. You and your face.
- CASTIEL: I found a liquor store.
SAM: And?
CASTIEL: I drank it.
- Everything with Castiel was golden. I loved it. From his confused voice mail intro to showing up drunk and annoyed to his whore explanation and "it's funnier in Enochian" to his sorry "I am an angel of the Lord" to bonding with Dean. Oh, Cas.
I think once again it's really easy to see both why Castiel would slide into the behavior we saw in "The End" and also why he sticks with Dean. It would be very easy to blame Dean for everything that's happened - "I did it, all of it, for you" - and just leave it at that, take off and disappear. But he and Dean have a connection, and I don't think it's one that makes Castiel bitter about being involved with the Winchesters. Which is a good thing. I don't care for the idea that their failures, which uncover the corruption of Heaven, would in turn make Castiel dislike them for opening his eyes and causing his fall. (But I don't think Castiel would lay blame on others for his own choices, even with how new choice is to him.)
Although, really, if anyone should fall it should be all of the angels behind this great big hoopla. Castiel has been loyal to God up until God said, "Later, suckers!" Hell, as far as I can tell, he's still loyal to God. Disillusioned, sure, but I'm not sure he would refuse were God to show up and say, "Whoops. My bad."
Oh, wouldn't it be nice if God were testing them all?
- I'd love to say intelligent things about Sam and Dean and their individual paths and faiths, but my thoughts on that aren't holding together so well at the moment.
- I was really hoping that the fact Dean was able to kill Leah would just give him a kick in the ass toward believing, hey, he could do this after all. But no.
I'm not sure I believe it myself, but I could almost see the angels actually being behind her anyway, and somehow allowing Dean to off her, just so that he'd be pushed that much closer to the line that is Michael and saying "yes."
I might have more thoughts later. Meanwhile, other than the promo after tonight's episode, I remain COMPLETELY UNSPOILED (besides one or two casting spoilers that make it outside of cuts) for upcoming episodes. I'd like to keep it that way.
