Supernatural 7.21

[i_speak_tongue]

I've watched it twice now, and still feel like I need to see it again to really be able to say something intelligent about it, but I loved it, and feel like there's a great deal of depth to it. Especially thematically and with regards to the position Dean's being put in for the last two episodes.

Give me a few days, and in the meantime, read this: "

Comments

[biketest]

Wow, that was a fantastic meta. Thank you so much for posting it! It makes me want to actually finish 7.21 (even though hurt!Cas is the biggest squick of all for me).

You know what, though? All of that said, Dean’s “plot” has been so understated and so dependent on the internal consistency of Jensen’s performance that his journey by far the most emotionally satisfying to me. It has been the most realistic, the least dependent on convoluted supernatural shenanigans and transient tv illnesses. Whatever he has been, whatever he has done or said, has always been him; there are no fingers to point at external causes. There are no excuses, no walls between the audience and Dean. Dean is just Dean. His relationships with the other characters have been the most complex, the least cheaply sentimental, the hardest worn, the most carefully built, and the most consistently characterized. That is such a perfectly articulated explanation of why I love Dean's storyline so much and will always care about his issues more than any other character's.

[i_speak_tongue]

even though hurt!Cas is the biggest squick of all for me

Funny, I didn't really get a hurt!Cas vibe from this episode, so much as a strange, cryptic, docile Cas.

But yeah, THAT QUOTE. That was almost the one I used. I feel exactly the same way about Dean's journey. LOVE FOREVER.

[juppschmitz]

Before I go off reading sargraf's post, let me strongly recommend another post she made on her journal. This one is about how Dean features in Team Free Will with regard to being talked about in his absence as compared to the other members of TFW being the topic of conversation in their absence. It's a brilliant analysis. And it has PIE CHARTS!!!

a little (long) post about TFW and its "Gaze"

ETA: Okay, I've only now read her post and realized that she links to her meta about TFW on tumblr. It's actually the same one as on LJ minus the LJ-type thought exchange.

[i_speak_tongue]

Oh, but I still appreciate it! Thanks! Got to love LJ for the thought-exchangyness!