Supernatural 6.20: This totally called for a new dp
Very, very long rantings behind the cut. It's one in the morning, I've had very little sleep and I just had my heart ripped outta my chest. XD Do the math and see if I'm coherent.
So, work finished pretty late tonight; as in, I was still dragging around at quarter past ten. And it was killing me slowly, because I’ve been go half apeshit insane waiting for this goddamn episode since I first saw the summary on IMDB like… three months ago. And then the preview last week just clinched it.
Most of Supernatural since that episode with… er, who was it? Pestilence, in season five, has been pretty… half-assed. They threw the season five finale together in what felt like half a second, and then the beginning of season six was just… meh. Hell, it was at the point where I was only watching the damned show because Misha Collins is one hot dude. [See my reasons for suffering through Stonehenge Apocalypse, without any of the actual sufferings].
Then the meta episode happened. And it was lulzy. And since then, the episodes have been really well written - go figure, the chick that looks like Steph Myer wasn’t writing them anymore. We had Balthazar being a magnificent bastard, and they actually did a real good job of subtly implying that Castiel’s actions in the past… what, dozen or so episodes have been, well, sorta iffy.
Last episode was brilliant. It still had the underlying iffiness, but it was really BFFy and Team Free Will fights again!y.
In retrospect, it was like the writers going, “Hey, you see how happy they are here? See how well they can interact together? You see it? Sure? WELL WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY NOW. HAHA.”
… assholes.
Heh, Sky’s right. I really do cling stubbornly to shit that should have died. XD
But somehow I’ve gotten myself attached to Dean-have you met my son I mean brother?- Winchester, Sam-oh god it’s all my fault, wait, no, it’s all your fault- Winchester, and stupid, brilliant Castiel - i.e., the-little-angel-who-decided-he-could.
And Bobby, because he’s like my pop. If Pop was a redneck with too many phones.
Oh, and Crowley. Because he’s Crowley.
Yeah, so, all these magnificent bastards, and I’m attached to them in the way I’m attached to Zack and Cid and Seph and Aeris and… yeah, you get the picture.
Which is why tonight’s episode BROKE MY HEART INTO A MILLION LITTLE PIECES AND THEN STOMPED ON THE PIECES AND THEN SET THEM ON FIRE.
It’s nights like these I wonder; when the fuck did I stop being a Dean-girl and start being a Cas-girl? Balls, I really am like Becky. Only without the porn.
The Wincest porn, anyway. >>
The Man Who Would Be King - season six, episode number twenty. Exactly two seasons after The Rapture, and the last purely-Cas/Jimmy centric episode. Well. Holy motherfucking son of a bitch.
Let’s just say, the last time I was reduced to blubbering incoherently and clutching poor Sephy-Pants like a lifeline like this, I was watching Zack fucking get shot to pieces on a rainy hilltop.
The only difference is no one has died yet.
I say ‘yet’ tentatively, because though I think it’d be really stupid to kill off a main character for the third season in a row - and actually keep it that way this time - yeah, I have no clue what’s going to happen. SPN writers are apeshit insane; just like their fanbase.
Anyway, let me get to the actual episode review.
/incoherent rambling, sorry
The last time a first person narrative was used, it was Chuck-as-God; and he did a pretty good job of it. Still, first person makes me leery, and as soon as I recognised it would continue like that for the remainder of the episode, I just sort of shrugged and got over it. Either way, Misha does a damned good job; just, the amount he was talking, holy shit he must have had a sore throat after filming.
The montage at the beginning was sorta… cheesy. But… woah. Srsly, I know angels are supposed to be old, but this is like… hell, when did the first organism crawl outta the oceans? I mean, sure, “This fish is important, don’t step on it, Castiel.” Duh. Though the sight of a whole host [I mean Host] of “multidimensional wavelengths of celestial intent” hanging around staring at a fish is sorta… O_o;; Anyway, considering I doubt angels had just been wished into being at that point in time… old. Holy crap.
If I remember correctly, however, due to SPN!canon, God only commands this universe. So… he can’t be any older than ~ 11 billion years.
Wow. Humans. A speck on a speck on a speck of dust compared to that. Though that sets up the interesting premise of why it had to be humanity that the angels used as vessels to set in motion the apocalypse. A true form the size of the Chrysler building [and that’s only for a tiny angel, I could imagine the seraphs like Zachariah are much, much bigger] would be under a little less strain if it was shoved into… I dunno, a tyrannosaurus rex. At least ten times more breathing room.
Though that brings into question the half-assedness of SPN writers in regards to angelic hierarchy. The spheres are all messed up, since Zachariah by description alone was a Seraph, and they answer to no one but God, yet he still listened and obeyed and grovelled to puny archangels, which are so far down the chain of command it’s ridiculous. Castiel even thinking of taking on Zachariah [assuming he is a seraph] and making him back off is like puny little unenhanced Cloud wandering up to a fucking WEAPON and glaring it into submission.
Or, y’know, Sephiroth. Because in his prime I’m sure he could just whack one in the face and it’d keel over.
But I digress. What the hell am I even writing any more.
Right! Summary of episode, in a series of nice, easy to read dot-points:
· Dean actually decided to stop being an ass and thought to treat Castiel with respect; and, y’know, not like a lapdog
· Unfortunately by this point Castiel was already up to his pretty neck in bad decisions and even worse justifications
· Some of which seemed like a good idea at the time; the only reason he listened to Crowley in the first place was because he didn’t want Dean to give up the family he had apparently wanted for so damned long.
· You know what they say about the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Might as well make Castiel an honorary Winchester now.
· Dean even cements this by telling Castiel he’s like a brother to him. The Dean/Cas fangirl in me facepalmed a little, but hey. The fandom thrives on incest.
· You can’t be a Winchester, even an honorary one without dealing with demons.
· I wonder if there was a Crowley/Castiel kiss when they made their Arrangement.
· Oh, look! Another throwback to Good Omens.
· Hell is now waiting in an eternal line, like the one at the RTA. Complete with sparkly elevator music. XD
· There was yet another Sam/Castiel reference. Seriously, they’re all over the place. This time, Bobby referred to Castiel as Clark Kent/Superman, and Dean immediately quipped that that made Sam Lois Lane. I am O___o;;-ing.
· Castiel was actually the one to start the civil war in Heaven. Because Raphael decided that since Michael and Gabriel were ousted, clearly he was next in charge. And Crowley convinced Castiel it’d be a good idea to dispute that.
· Shit hit the fan.
· This entire mess started out of one angel’s brilliant idea that the apocalypse is a Bad Idea™.
· Crowley called Castiel a whore. “A whore is a whore is a whore.” Predictably, this did not go down well.
· Oh, and the fan idea that angels can make themselves invisible and perv/creep on their charges is canon now. How Many Times Did Castiel Watch Dean in the Shower. Let me count the ways.
· The repeated references to the sin of Pride, and also the implication that Castiel is the next Lucifer lead to a number of possible endings; Raphael’s going down either way. What remains is whether Castiel continues on to be the next Big Bad, he dies in the war, Dean kills him, or he Falls - whether accidentally or on purpose.
· My personal favourite would have to be the last one. That, or Dean killing him. Because I am a fucking masochist. .____.
· God, what else was I going to rant about?
· Misha is a fucking brilliant actor. I have never wanted to hug a character more, and that’s only because the angel-man was crying and he just looked so damned sad. Even if it was a hole of his own choosing. He dug it himself.
· In the end, Castiel has his own side of things, and Dean, Sam and Bobby have their own side of things. Castiel made some pretty stupid decisions, but I have faith that he can build himself back up again.
I don’t take back what I said about the first half of this season being fucking irritating. But damn did they do a good job of an underlying plot for the season. I like that the Winchesters’ plot, the whole thing with Eve was just a cog in this war machine of Castiel and Crowley’s. Hell, if Sam’s main story arc started out with his demon powers and worked its way up to his redemption in season five, and Dean’s was the going-to-Hell and the repercussions of that up until the end of five, then this is like Castiel’s own arc. I’m just hoping they let him get his own redemption.
Because, honestly? “The Winchesters [plus Bobby] against the world” got old in season three.
Optimistically, this is me hoping that Castiel Falls, they make him an honorary Winchester and then they go back to the whole “monster of the week” plot.
Haha. XD If that happens, I’mma gonna buy you all bars of chocolate. Mark my words.
Well, if you managed to read that shit-tonne of word-vomit, I applaud you! In other news, I am sleepy and I look forward to the less-heartbreaking episode of Doctor Who tomorrow. *squinty eyed look in its general direction* It’d better be less heartbreaking, anyway.
*goes to put new Doctor poster up and maybe write a bit before sleepytiems*
Tingly love~ <3
So, work finished pretty late tonight; as in, I was still dragging around at quarter past ten. And it was killing me slowly, because I’ve been go half apeshit insane waiting for this goddamn episode since I first saw the summary on IMDB like… three months ago. And then the preview last week just clinched it.
Most of Supernatural since that episode with… er, who was it? Pestilence, in season five, has been pretty… half-assed. They threw the season five finale together in what felt like half a second, and then the beginning of season six was just… meh. Hell, it was at the point where I was only watching the damned show because Misha Collins is one hot dude. [See my reasons for suffering through Stonehenge Apocalypse, without any of the actual sufferings].
Then the meta episode happened. And it was lulzy. And since then, the episodes have been really well written - go figure, the chick that looks like Steph Myer wasn’t writing them anymore. We had Balthazar being a magnificent bastard, and they actually did a real good job of subtly implying that Castiel’s actions in the past… what, dozen or so episodes have been, well, sorta iffy.
Last episode was brilliant. It still had the underlying iffiness, but it was really BFFy and Team Free Will fights again!y.
In retrospect, it was like the writers going, “Hey, you see how happy they are here? See how well they can interact together? You see it? Sure? WELL WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY NOW. HAHA.”
… assholes.
Heh, Sky’s right. I really do cling stubbornly to shit that should have died. XD
But somehow I’ve gotten myself attached to Dean-have you met my son I mean brother?- Winchester, Sam-oh god it’s all my fault, wait, no, it’s all your fault- Winchester, and stupid, brilliant Castiel - i.e., the-little-angel-who-decided-he-could.
And Bobby, because he’s like my pop. If Pop was a redneck with too many phones.
Oh, and Crowley. Because he’s Crowley.
Yeah, so, all these magnificent bastards, and I’m attached to them in the way I’m attached to Zack and Cid and Seph and Aeris and… yeah, you get the picture.
Which is why tonight’s episode BROKE MY HEART INTO A MILLION LITTLE PIECES AND THEN STOMPED ON THE PIECES AND THEN SET THEM ON FIRE.
It’s nights like these I wonder; when the fuck did I stop being a Dean-girl and start being a Cas-girl? Balls, I really am like Becky. Only without the porn.
The Wincest porn, anyway. >>
The Man Who Would Be King - season six, episode number twenty. Exactly two seasons after The Rapture, and the last purely-Cas/Jimmy centric episode. Well. Holy motherfucking son of a bitch.
Let’s just say, the last time I was reduced to blubbering incoherently and clutching poor Sephy-Pants like a lifeline like this, I was watching Zack fucking get shot to pieces on a rainy hilltop.
The only difference is no one has died yet.
I say ‘yet’ tentatively, because though I think it’d be really stupid to kill off a main character for the third season in a row - and actually keep it that way this time - yeah, I have no clue what’s going to happen. SPN writers are apeshit insane; just like their fanbase.
Anyway, let me get to the actual episode review.
/incoherent rambling, sorry
The last time a first person narrative was used, it was Chuck-as-God; and he did a pretty good job of it. Still, first person makes me leery, and as soon as I recognised it would continue like that for the remainder of the episode, I just sort of shrugged and got over it. Either way, Misha does a damned good job; just, the amount he was talking, holy shit he must have had a sore throat after filming.
The montage at the beginning was sorta… cheesy. But… woah. Srsly, I know angels are supposed to be old, but this is like… hell, when did the first organism crawl outta the oceans? I mean, sure, “This fish is important, don’t step on it, Castiel.” Duh. Though the sight of a whole host [I mean Host] of “multidimensional wavelengths of celestial intent” hanging around staring at a fish is sorta… O_o;; Anyway, considering I doubt angels had just been wished into being at that point in time… old. Holy crap.
If I remember correctly, however, due to SPN!canon, God only commands this universe. So… he can’t be any older than ~ 11 billion years.
Wow. Humans. A speck on a speck on a speck of dust compared to that. Though that sets up the interesting premise of why it had to be humanity that the angels used as vessels to set in motion the apocalypse. A true form the size of the Chrysler building [and that’s only for a tiny angel, I could imagine the seraphs like Zachariah are much, much bigger] would be under a little less strain if it was shoved into… I dunno, a tyrannosaurus rex. At least ten times more breathing room.
Though that brings into question the half-assedness of SPN writers in regards to angelic hierarchy. The spheres are all messed up, since Zachariah by description alone was a Seraph, and they answer to no one but God, yet he still listened and obeyed and grovelled to puny archangels, which are so far down the chain of command it’s ridiculous. Castiel even thinking of taking on Zachariah [assuming he is a seraph] and making him back off is like puny little unenhanced Cloud wandering up to a fucking WEAPON and glaring it into submission.
Or, y’know, Sephiroth. Because in his prime I’m sure he could just whack one in the face and it’d keel over.
But I digress. What the hell am I even writing any more.
Right! Summary of episode, in a series of nice, easy to read dot-points:
· Dean actually decided to stop being an ass and thought to treat Castiel with respect; and, y’know, not like a lapdog
· Unfortunately by this point Castiel was already up to his pretty neck in bad decisions and even worse justifications
· Some of which seemed like a good idea at the time; the only reason he listened to Crowley in the first place was because he didn’t want Dean to give up the family he had apparently wanted for so damned long.
· You know what they say about the road to hell being paved with good intentions? Might as well make Castiel an honorary Winchester now.
· Dean even cements this by telling Castiel he’s like a brother to him. The Dean/Cas fangirl in me facepalmed a little, but hey. The fandom thrives on incest.
· You can’t be a Winchester, even an honorary one without dealing with demons.
· I wonder if there was a Crowley/Castiel kiss when they made their Arrangement.
· Oh, look! Another throwback to Good Omens.
· Hell is now waiting in an eternal line, like the one at the RTA. Complete with sparkly elevator music. XD
· There was yet another Sam/Castiel reference. Seriously, they’re all over the place. This time, Bobby referred to Castiel as Clark Kent/Superman, and Dean immediately quipped that that made Sam Lois Lane. I am O___o;;-ing.
· Castiel was actually the one to start the civil war in Heaven. Because Raphael decided that since Michael and Gabriel were ousted, clearly he was next in charge. And Crowley convinced Castiel it’d be a good idea to dispute that.
· Shit hit the fan.
· This entire mess started out of one angel’s brilliant idea that the apocalypse is a Bad Idea™.
· Crowley called Castiel a whore. “A whore is a whore is a whore.” Predictably, this did not go down well.
· Oh, and the fan idea that angels can make themselves invisible and perv/creep on their charges is canon now. How Many Times Did Castiel Watch Dean in the Shower. Let me count the ways.
· The repeated references to the sin of Pride, and also the implication that Castiel is the next Lucifer lead to a number of possible endings; Raphael’s going down either way. What remains is whether Castiel continues on to be the next Big Bad, he dies in the war, Dean kills him, or he Falls - whether accidentally or on purpose.
· My personal favourite would have to be the last one. That, or Dean killing him. Because I am a fucking masochist. .____.
· God, what else was I going to rant about?
· Misha is a fucking brilliant actor. I have never wanted to hug a character more, and that’s only because the angel-man was crying and he just looked so damned sad. Even if it was a hole of his own choosing. He dug it himself.
· In the end, Castiel has his own side of things, and Dean, Sam and Bobby have their own side of things. Castiel made some pretty stupid decisions, but I have faith that he can build himself back up again.
I don’t take back what I said about the first half of this season being fucking irritating. But damn did they do a good job of an underlying plot for the season. I like that the Winchesters’ plot, the whole thing with Eve was just a cog in this war machine of Castiel and Crowley’s. Hell, if Sam’s main story arc started out with his demon powers and worked its way up to his redemption in season five, and Dean’s was the going-to-Hell and the repercussions of that up until the end of five, then this is like Castiel’s own arc. I’m just hoping they let him get his own redemption.
Because, honestly? “The Winchesters [plus Bobby] against the world” got old in season three.
Optimistically, this is me hoping that Castiel Falls, they make him an honorary Winchester and then they go back to the whole “monster of the week” plot.
Haha. XD If that happens, I’mma gonna buy you all bars of chocolate. Mark my words.
Well, if you managed to read that shit-tonne of word-vomit, I applaud you! In other news, I am sleepy and I look forward to the less-heartbreaking episode of Doctor Who tomorrow. *squinty eyed look in its general direction* It’d better be less heartbreaking, anyway.
*goes to put new Doctor poster up and maybe write a bit before sleepytiems*
Tingly love~ <3