- The whole first 8 minutes of the episode was pure gold; from Dean’s eyes surrounded by darkness and covered in blood to waking up in a coffin to finding the gas station. The lack of music was perfect and really kind of creepy. Dean, alone, walking bowlegged on a dusty road in the middle of nowhere, breaking into an abandoned gas station has a very Apocalypse feel to it. I approve.
- Dean’s grave site; the way the surrounding trees have been pushed background like something large and powerful landed there. A very creepy moment.
- The sound effect just before the windows and every other glass item exploded was all sort of awesome.
- I love that Dean have flashes of what hell must have been like for him. Except he can’t remember it but for the sounds and the feeling and I just love how they are showing hell to us viewers. As a side note I love how Dean’s hands are so cut up and bruised. I have this thing for dirty/hurt hands when situations calls for it; makes a scene for real to me.
- I have always been one of those fans who liked the idea that while there may be Angels and God in the SPN universe, that it would be a God who, if they did care, was all about free will and not about holding humanity’s hand. We make our own decisions, life is not fixed, and our ability to choose means we must own up to all the consequences of the choices we make. So, in many ways I never had a problem with the lack of the Godly presence within the SPN verse because if it did send Angels to fight a war for humanity than free will is a moot point. Also, I always believed that Hunters in many ways were the equalising force in the fight against Evil (or things who want to eat us because to them we are like cattle). However, having said that I kind of guessed that Kripke was going to be introducing Angels into the universe because it makes sense on a thematic and dramatic level.
- So, I LOVE that Kripke went the ways of the Old Testament in relation to Angels, that yes, Angels are not loving beings (screw you Touched by an Angel), they don’t care for humans, they are Soldiers of Gods, and their sole purpose for existing is for the Will of God. In the Old Testament Angels were sent to kill, burn cities to the ground, turn people to salt, seeing an Angel was not a blessing it was often the lead up to death and annihilation. So, I’m over the moon that human eyes are burned from their sockets on seeing his visage because that’s what happens when you see something of the divine with no filter. Like staring directly at the sun with no protection except a billion times worse, she is lucky that she didn’t die.
- Castiel; that’s how I’m spelling it till Kripke say otherwise. Boy, I swear I screamed out ‘CONSTANTINE’! at my monitor when he first appeared. Because OMFG! The trench-coat, the hair-cut, the whole package screamed John Constantine at me. And for one split second I thanked the gods that Kripke is a geek, because there is no way in hell he did not base Castiel’s look on Constantine, or one of the other Trench-coat Brigade (and if you recognise the reference, give yourself a cookie).
I love how Castiel is so utterly alien, that there is no hint of humanity or a hint of guilt at the pain and suffering he has caused. That it was their choice for looking upon him, that humanity hardly pinged in his consciousness. I LOVED it, absolutely loved it. That the hint of admiration he is showing Dean is purely based on the fact that ‘God’ chose to save him, and that it confused him how Dean could not see his true form, that Dean seemed so normal. I just want more of this guy. - It appears that season 4 is picking up the lost plot line of Blood vs. Blood, Brother vs. Brother, that this season is going to be Dean vs Sam. Except the question is whether it is about Good vs. Evil or something else. Will Dean kill Sam, or will it be about Dean saying a rather big Fuck You to the universe and saving his little brother? Because, you know, it can go either way, and as much as I want one big throw down between the Winchester brothers I want it to ultimately end with Dean saving Sam because it is about the saving the people, not fighting the war. And Dean Winchester doesn't believe in destiny.
- In conclusion, Dean is brought back by an Angel sent by God because our boy still have a job to do, Sam is practicing his powers, the demons are scared, an Angel has appeared, and maybe it is time to take bets who is going to win between the brothers. It would be awesome if they manage to kill the Angel at the end.
Kripke is a geek, and I’m pretty sure he has read every Vertigo title over the past decade. So, Kripke, please remember the reason some of the biggest titles out there became successful. It wasn't so much because of their huge cosmic plots so much as the emotions and the relationships within those stories.
Also, if you can work in Gaiman’s Lucifer I’ll personally build you a shrine.
Love,
naanima
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I love, love, LOVE your big thinky brain! But the above bullet point struck my attention. ;-)
Namely, I see a lot of presumption that it's going to be brother VERSUS brother, but I'm wondering ... will it really? What's Sam actually doing that Dean would oppose?
Well, he's using his "freaky powers" to stop demons. But. He's using his freaky powers to stop demons. Sam is doing the same thing Dean and Bobby and every other hunter does: he's fighting evil. I don't see him leading any demon army, I don't see him having a nanosecond of patience with any demon at all - except Ruby, and I'm actually waiting to see if *Sam* summoned *her* out to do his bidding. Sam may have a demonic advisor, opposed to Dean's new angelic one .... but I don't predict either Winchester being easily managed by their respective counsellors.
So, all that's really questionable with Sam, and worthy of Dean's concern, is the *method* by which Sam is working, not the job he's doing. I really think Lilith's blast in the face tripped a trigger in Sam, and he's just using the tools he has. Granted, at Ruby's behest, but again, how much can she really influence him?
Which leads me to the remaining question, which is: Are Sam's powers actually evil, or begat in evil, or bequethed by evil? Or are they something intrinsic to Sam that Azazel wanted to tap for is evil purposes - and failed - and Sam and Dean simply *fear* that it might be evil?
In other words, if Castiel expected that Dean should have been able to bear his actual voice, then that suggests Dean was born different in some way we do not yet know. Which suggests that Sam was born different, as well, and it's simply manifesting overtly due to evil (Azazel's) influence, but perhaps his powers are not evil of themselves.
Am I making any sense? LOL! We *fear* Sam's powers are evil, and his councellor, Ruby, absolutely has questionable motives, and there's no question Azazel had evil intent for Sam. But maybe Sam's powers are simply *his* different-ness, while Dean's different-ness has yet to be revealed. And *neither* different-ness is evil, in and of itself.
Maybe. LOL, it's gonna be interesting to see how it all plays out, that's for sure, but I'm definitely seeing room for the boys to not so much end upon opposing teams, but rather for them to simply argue the *means* by which the war is fought.
Thanks for sharing your thinky thoughts! I hope you don't mind me butting in with mine. :-)
Thank you! I never understood the automatic assumption that Sammy's powers were evil. Being able to banish demons doesn't seem to be a bad thing, or a power a demon would particularly want to have. I've always been of the belief that Sammy's powers were intrinsic to him. Why would Azazel just pick random kids to give powers to? In that case he could have given them to anyone, chose all orphans with no ties to society who are a lot easier to manipulate, but each child he picked seemed to be very specific.
Sammy could very well become a god-like force of good. The powers are a tool, what he does with them is up to Sam.
He's using his freaky powers to stop demons. Exactly! And they can't argue that just because the powers may have some form of demonic connection that it is bad. Because from where I'm sitting Castial is not exactly nice with the way his powers have gone. And ditto about Sam actually leading an Army of Demons. At the moment it just doesn't seem to be gelling with what he is doing; killing demons, sending them back to hell.
But maybe Sam's powers are simply *his* different-ness, while Dean's different-ness has yet to be revealed. And *neither* different-ness is evil, in and of itself.
No, that makes perfect sense! I have always thought that being fed the blood of Azazel doesn't mean you have taken on his powers so much as the blood act as some of locator, a way to keep track of all the special children.
I think that the Demons and Castial want to set the Winchesters against one another, but at the same time I don't think that can happen, not if the 2 of them actually comes clean about the whole thing. And you know, I'm still a bit obsessed over whether trusting an Angel is the smart move. Because Angels don't care; if God tells them to kill they will do it, and well Demons lie at least Sam and Dean know what to expect from them.
I'm sorry to but in here, but I needed to say a massive 'yes!' I litteraly had this conversation yesterday. Here's to supporting the locator theory.