- 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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We were discussing how Sam was special and that Dean, being the first born son, had to be as well. That it just didn't make sense that Dean would be passed over, there had to be more to him than what you see.
It's nice to see Dean getting play in the big show. It's nice to see Dean's importance finally having weight. And for him to be more than Sam's protector. Although that could play into why it's the Angels that have found and ultimately saved Dean. Anyhow, I am very much looking forward to Dean's role now that God has commanded him saved.
And regardless if this Angel is someone not to be trusted, I am definitely looking forward to more of him. His curiousity at Dean, the fact he has Demons worried, the way he is so Old Testament, I'm very intrigued.
And one last thought, I loved that he actually gave the psychic (Pam?) a chance to look away. He didn't just burn out her eyes or kill her on the spot. Me thinks it's because Dean was present that he offered the chance to still have her eyes intact. Perhaps a way to say, see I'm someone to trust, I gave her the chance and she didn't take it. Couldn't be helped, kind of thing.
The entrance, and the shadow-wings was great! Done babbling.
Oh gods, I had forgotten that before now. But yes, it feels damn good to be validated (kind of). I'm really hoping they will expand a bit more on jsut what role Dean has in the Winchester mythology.
That whole scene with the psychic's eyes and then later with Castiel just makes the dude a hundred times more scary. I get shivers thinking about him. But yes the whole thing does have a feel of a set up.
Good to hear from you.