I think what hurt so much was the futility of the whole attempt--just like when Dean, by going to the past, ended up introducing Azazel to his mother, here his presence triggered Delphine's use of the weapon--history played out just like it was supposed to, as evidenced by Sam's reveal of what happened to the German vessel. If Dean hadn't gone, would the sub have not changed it course and gotten away?
But for Dean to have to stand by and watch others sacrifice themselves is so very, very hard, and his change to 'save these people now' from 'get the weapon and go'--and then be unable to save them--well, if it was hard for me to simply watch, how must it have been for Dean to go through it?
I've been sitting on this quote for awhile, waiting for the perfect episode to use it -- and this one just fit.
If Dean hadn't gone, would the sub have not changed it course and gotten away?If I remember correctly, it was Delphine's presence on the sub that changed their course, not Dean's arrival. That crewman who was complaining about it to Dean, but ending with the reluctant acknowledgement that no one on board really cared, because, how about those gams? Or something like that
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That was *such* a good episode. I loved Dean and Delphine totally understanding each other, I loved Dean *asking* Sam to let him go time-traveling without a fight, and Sam realizing it was the only way and letting him go.
I loved Casifer coming in dripping wet and pissed, I loved Dean's reaction when he got back, that *of course* Castiel didn't choose that option, *of course* they're going to save him.
And being so affected by the death of those submariners, men he'd never known, who had been dead for decades....
I loved this ep so much too! It makes me sad and yet proud of Delphine and that whole crew. Loved how Delphine and Dean interacted with each other -- Men of Letters to Men of Letters. That was beautiful. And I especially loved that Dean was really taking in the whole experience, meditating on it, looking for that greater meaning he could hang onto, so he wouldn't have to feel quite to helplessly the observer only. I have a feeling there is a greater impact on him this is foreshadowing, but that is only my speculation at this point. Gah! Just... LOVED IT!
YES. Dean wanting to just sit and think about it, not talk, absorb it. What he saw was what *he* does, only on a grander scale: sacrificing for the greater good, and no one to know that he'd done it.
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I think what hurt so much was the futility of the whole attempt--just like when Dean, by going to the past, ended up introducing Azazel to his mother, here his presence triggered Delphine's use of the weapon--history played out just like it was supposed to, as evidenced by Sam's reveal of what happened to the German vessel. If Dean hadn't gone, would the sub have not changed it course and gotten away?
But for Dean to have to stand by and watch others sacrifice themselves is so very, very hard, and his change to 'save these people now' from 'get the weapon and go'--and then be unable to save them--well, if it was hard for me to simply watch, how must it have been for Dean to go through it?
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If Dean hadn't gone, would the sub have not changed it course and gotten away?If I remember correctly, it was Delphine's presence on the sub that changed their course, not Dean's arrival. That crewman who was complaining about it to Dean, but ending with the reluctant acknowledgement that no one on board really cared, because, how about those gams? Or something like that ( ... )
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I loved Casifer coming in dripping wet and pissed, I loved Dean's reaction when he got back, that *of course* Castiel didn't choose that option, *of course* they're going to save him.
And being so affected by the death of those submariners, men he'd never known, who had been dead for decades....
Lovely stuff.
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Just lovely.
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