Comments | static_pixie: Could I go more than 2 minutes without ranting? No, of course not, it would be BORING

static_pixie

Could I go more than 2 minutes without ranting? No, of course not, it would be BORING

Sep 19, 2008 12:00

Set off by a comment over at the CW site, which means, really, I have no good reason to rant but I'm going to anyway.

( Spoilery for 4.01 )

demons, angels, spn, meta

Comments 15

sistermagpie September 19 2008, 19:59:21 UTC

Okay again, I don't know the show that well. But I know angels and something about Christianity. And wtf? Latin incantations against demons and hell and it's angels that make things suddenly Christian? Methinks some people are so Judeo-Christian-centric they don't know Judeo-Christian when they've already seen it ( ... )

static_pixie September 19 2008, 22:19:57 UTC

Well, the part where Dean sold his soul was actually based in voo-doo folklore about crossroads demons, but he definitely sold it to a very judeo-christian hell. The show has a mytharc and that mytharc definitely pulls from judeo-christian tradition almost completely what with Lilith and Azazel playing major roles and their mother even being named Mary, etc.

Humans are higher beings than angels because angels are made to serve God--which is why Castiel did what he did. Angels don't have to be loving
Yeah. I mean, the most powerful force on the show by far has always been Dean's unconditional love for Sam and based on what happened last night, I bet it's going to continue to be. Like, I think what's really been important this entire time has been the fact that, whether or not Sam or Dean have powers, they are capable of making choices that demons (and I'm betting angels) can't make.

Clearly the show isn't coming from a perspective of denying other religions. It's looking at the mythology of this religion and treating it as such ( ... )

violetlemon47 September 19 2008, 22:01:14 UTC

Very, very well put. Sometimes I wonder if I'm watching the same show as others. I don't even glance at the boards on the CW site any more. shudder

static_pixie September 19 2008, 22:29:45 UTC

I think I glance at the boards to shudder and give me incentive to write. But thanks. :) I was kinda thrown by the 'but why is it sudenly religious?' question.

blacklid September 20 2008, 01:02:58 UTC

*nods* I agree - to an extent.

However, "free will" is not as free as it would first appear. That is totalitarian but the opposite - blind faith - is the other end of that spectrum. We've spent three years finding the middle ground, trying to draw a tidy line around the gray.

"But we're supposed to struggle, Dean. That's the whole point."