SPN Ep Rxn 6.5: Sam! Little help here? . . . Sam?

[rokhal]

This is better than the SGA episode where John Sheppard turns into a bug. This is better than the vampire!Boys fanfic. Heck, I spoiled myself for the premise, and this ep still exceeded my stratospheric expectations.

SPN does Twilight. SPN does Blade.

This is gold. Gold, I say!

As for Sam, screeching 180 on what I was thinking about his deal. They

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[writerinchains]

Okay, this is witty, charming, hilarious & sans a single spoiler so I'm friending you. I'm mostly on DW now (inchainz over there), but don't want to miss your unpacking of the rest of the season. Nice job. :)

[rokhal]

Yay! I'm so happy!
I'm no Blacklid&Tahirire, but I do try.

[tahirire]

DOOD. Psh. PLEASE don't aspire to be one of us, LOL. We are goofy and spastic and talk way too much. This review was AWESOME.

The one thing I flipped out over in the vision was that the map of the spreading vampire plague also included Elgin, Co, which is where Daniel Elkins lived with the Colt in Dead Man's Blood. I wonder if Kate's nest was the first to join with the alpha? Or if the reason they aren't afraid of hunters anymore has to do with Kate's brush with the Winchesters or the stories of Lenore's escape? SO MUCH FUN THINGS TO SPECULATE ON. ♥

[rokhal]

Please, you're legends now. Somebody had to step in when Kroki_Refur retired.

And ooh! Added continuity! Nice catch!

[etoile444]

Your review was wonderful!!!!!! I love how you call Grandpappy: Bald Samuel! LOL! His head is distracting, isn't it?

Bald Samuel spares no time to chew Sam out for being a duplicitous sociopathic bastard.

Understand, that I love Sam, but wow, you called it like it is and I couldn't agree more.

Meanwhile, Sam and Bald Samuel arrive in a Campbell Live Capture and Troop Transport van... ;)

"This is much bigger than you and me."

Kinda reminds me of when Azazel (while possessing Grandpa Campbell) tells Dean: “My plan is a whole lot bigger than this!” Hmmmm! Monster apocalypse anyone?

It's not just a great poker face - he genuinely doesn't experience a physical reaction at the thought of Dean's life and humanity being in danger.

You’d think Sam would not be able to control a rapid heartbeat at the idea of Dean in peril. Deep emotion, stress and worry is just not happening. :(

I worry for Dean, having to ride around with this Not!Sam in the passenger seat.

[rokhal]

Wow, thanks! I spent way too much time on this that I should have spent studying.

Samuel kind of reminds me of Colonel Caldwell on SGA: bald; at odds with the hero; easy to hate, but just ambiguous enough for me not to want to throw him down an elevator shaft. Like a bald Ruby.

Sam, well, I gave rationalizing his behavior my very best shot, because he's been known to lie to people's faces in the past, but his timing with Dean getting turned was just beyond the bounds of permissible Sam behavior. And Sam can get away with a lot of crap, because it's always the thought that counts with him.

I'm kinda worried about Dean, too. Robo-Sam seems to be a tool of diabolical forces, and that never ends well.

[honeylocusttree]

Inside, Dean is still running around killing unarmed untrained vampires with his mad hunter skills and his vampire strength and his machete! (Really, the outcome of this fight is not too surprising.)

Amen! And oh, it was so nice to see badass!Dean make a comeback in all his blood-spattered glory. Man. Those glittery fledges never had a chance.

Heh.

I enjoyed reading this. Nicely in-depth. Also gave me some info on the sections I watched on mute because of cringing from the silly.

[rokhal]

Yeah, Twilight is still pretty cringe-worthy, even in parody form.

Badass!Bloodsplattered!Dean and teetering-on-the-edge-of-homicidal-breakdown!Dean are equally awesome, and we got both. I don't get why there's people whining about this episode. Freaks.

Glad you liked it!

[honeylocusttree]

People are complaining about Dean Winchester chopping off heads? Seriously?

Mmm. Homidical-breakdown!Dean. Yes please.

[rokhal]

I think they're whining that the ep wasn't deep enough and they're bored of vampires. I guess they just can't stand the suspense about Robo-Sam.

[rokhal]

Thanks!

[static_pixie]

Stopped by from heavymeta and thought I'd put in my 2 cents about where SPN was pulling from. While the dialogue in the beginning and Romero standing over the girl's bed were from Twilight, I suspect "My Summer of Blood" was actually a True Blood rip just because it's more reminiscent of the book titles (Dead in the Family, From Dead to Worse, Club Dead, Living Dead in Dallas) in that series than in either Twilight (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn) or VD (The Awakening, The Struggle, The Return...you get the picture, lol).

Also, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are the names of the two male actors who star in the Twilight franchise. Kristen Stewart is the name of the girl who plays Bella (she's in my icon, she is secretly very, very awesome despite starring in the Twi-crap). In Lisa's bedroom Dean says, "Oh God, I'm Pattinson" meaning he's acting in the way that Robert's character acts in the movie - stalkery and contradictory. He's constantly acting both drawn to and completely disgusted by Bella - it's one of

[rokhal]

Wow, thanks for the media update. I pretty much live under a rock, and it really helps when someone's around to get the pop culture references