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green_appleSo. Spn. I hate to love you, I do. Sometimes.
First off: MARK SHEPPARD!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!1. Corollary to that, ZOMG THEY ARE FUNCTIONING MORONS, though I do wonder how do they function at all, sometimes, THANK YOU FOR TELLING THEM SO TO THEIR FACES, and I'm also choosing to see your pointless evil plot of dropping the gun that won't work on their laps as your way of pressing the damn point home, because how did they not wisen up on a) it kills demons, not angels; b) Ruby fixed it, and she wanted Lucifer walking the fucking Earth, but then, she probably knew about the functional stupidity and didn't really put much stock into their abilities to come across it again should they ever lose it (which they would), so even if the Colt were actually able to kill Lucifer, it'd be out of reach for the boys and c)he's a demon, I THOUGHT DEMONS LIED OR SOMETHING.
But whatever. Maybe they'll see the light. Eventually.
JO AND ELLEN. They've been killed off and if it hadn't been so well written/ACTED I would be so profoundly pissed words would scape me and only FUCKING, FILTHY, SAILOR IDIOMS WOULD COME TO MIND.
I mean, FUCK, I love these ladies and they died (got killed off because, yes, Dean needs to suffer some more and he and Sam need to be further cut from anybody else on the fucking planet who can actually lend a helping hand. Otherwise the show would become too boring and emotional and shit, what with the possibility of Dean/Jo and a deeper Ellen and Jo). Thankfully Jo didn't let Dean sway her and Ellen got Castiel to do shots and then remained as strong and asskicking as she's always been.
Jo grew. Beautifully. It reminded me of all the hopes I had for Rose back when the Donna had to turn left and the Earth was stolen, except, Jo actually fulfilled my expectations and went beyond them and I am so grateful for it. Like, seriously. Jo chose to still be useful, to still do something for the cause (the stupid, fucking Winchester cause) and go out on damn blaze of fucking glory, and Ellen was strong enough to let her decide for herself, and then realize that she was not gonna be worth a damn without her and most likely would grow embittered and come to hate the Winchesters and that would be undignified and so beneath her, instead she did what mothers do, she comforted her child and held her 'til the very last moment.
And Jesus Fuck, to have your child die in your arms.
It was well written, with realistic speech and truly deep emotion, and those folks acted the shit out of it. Sam, Alona and Jensen knocked it out of the effig park, it was possibly visible from space, they raised the bar so high.
It sucks because, of course Spn would bring them back to kill them off. Of course.
But. It finally feels like the world is ending, is being destroyed. Their deaths gave this whole Apocalypse business what the introduction of angels and Lucifer and all that stuff hadn't been able to, it gave it scope, perspective, it totally brought it home for me. These casualties aren't in vain (I keep telling myself), the devil may not have been wasted yet (because Sam and Dean function in a world where common sense appears to be rather scarce) but this is war and it's unforgiving.
I kind of approve. Just because of that. And the acting. It made me cry, this scene, the whole Dean/Jo (which I didn't read as heavily romantic as it seems to have come off to other people. There was romance, yes, there were feelings, but I think it was mostly admiration on Dean's end, like, maybe I'd kiss somebody like that too if I were so fucking overwhelmed with admiration and hero worshiping for them, not necessarily because they were the love I'd been cooking up in the back of my mind throughout all those lonely times that kind of life provided for me. But that's just me. Likewise on Jo's part, though maybe there was more of vindication in her acceptance of that kiss, and her returning it, as in, yes Dean, I am a grown up, not your little sister, not some lady in distress you need to save, not your charge to protect, but another hunter who deserves your respect as such. Or something.), and the last moments between Ellen and Jo, since Ellen decided she was staying too, up until her final, fighting words. Just. Brilliant.
I cried. This is so important because back when Dean died? I couldn't bring myself to cry, not even for Sammy. Maybe because I knew Dean HAD to come back and so it didn't hit me at all. Point is, I was mostly indifferent to that death. John died and I got misty-eyed (and THAT was shocking), Dean shed a lonely tear in front of his dad's pyre and I shed another one in sympathy, Sam had to kill Madison (and Dean too, in a way) and I was distressed, but I didn't cry. In none of those instances did I have to stop the episode and sob quietly for a little while. This time I did. Because this time it fucking cut.
I applaud the writing, and the acting and the perspective these deaths brought (because, well, about damn time!) but, did they REALLY HAVE TO DIE????????
Anyway. Mark Pellegrino continues to rule, Mark Sheppard has better come back, New!Meg improved some, Castiel was Castiel again and not just Cas (and knows about door handles, thank you very much), JP didn't quite sell it to me, but then again I was BLINDSIDED by the whole Sam-Alona-Jensen thing I think I mentioned earlier, so maybe he was good, just not that good. Also, plot advancement (that Gabriel thing doesn't count unless he comes over to the Winchester's side). I'm still annoyed by the Michael-Lucifer vessels thingy ::le sigh:: but I can overlook that entirely as long as I get meaty episodes, like this one, to sink my emotional-needs and character-arcs-furthering teeth into.
Clearly the last couple of episodes were really not all that interesting to me, from a story-telling viewpoint. I do think they were well crafted for the most part, though.
First off: MARK SHEPPARD!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!1. Corollary to that, ZOMG THEY ARE FUNCTIONING MORONS, though I do wonder how do they function at all, sometimes, THANK YOU FOR TELLING THEM SO TO THEIR FACES, and I'm also choosing to see your pointless evil plot of dropping the gun that won't work on their laps as your way of pressing the damn point home, because how did they not wisen up on a) it kills demons, not angels; b) Ruby fixed it, and she wanted Lucifer walking the fucking Earth, but then, she probably knew about the functional stupidity and didn't really put much stock into their abilities to come across it again should they ever lose it (which they would), so even if the Colt were actually able to kill Lucifer, it'd be out of reach for the boys and c)he's a demon, I THOUGHT DEMONS LIED OR SOMETHING.
But whatever. Maybe they'll see the light. Eventually.
JO AND ELLEN. They've been killed off and if it hadn't been so well written/ACTED I would be so profoundly pissed words would scape me and only FUCKING, FILTHY, SAILOR IDIOMS WOULD COME TO MIND.
I mean, FUCK, I love these ladies and they died (got killed off because, yes, Dean needs to suffer some more and he and Sam need to be further cut from anybody else on the fucking planet who can actually lend a helping hand. Otherwise the show would become too boring and emotional and shit, what with the possibility of Dean/Jo and a deeper Ellen and Jo). Thankfully Jo didn't let Dean sway her and Ellen got Castiel to do shots and then remained as strong and asskicking as she's always been.
Jo grew. Beautifully. It reminded me of all the hopes I had for Rose back when the Donna had to turn left and the Earth was stolen, except, Jo actually fulfilled my expectations and went beyond them and I am so grateful for it. Like, seriously. Jo chose to still be useful, to still do something for the cause (the stupid, fucking Winchester cause) and go out on damn blaze of fucking glory, and Ellen was strong enough to let her decide for herself, and then realize that she was not gonna be worth a damn without her and most likely would grow embittered and come to hate the Winchesters and that would be undignified and so beneath her, instead she did what mothers do, she comforted her child and held her 'til the very last moment.
And Jesus Fuck, to have your child die in your arms.
It was well written, with realistic speech and truly deep emotion, and those folks acted the shit out of it. Sam, Alona and Jensen knocked it out of the effig park, it was possibly visible from space, they raised the bar so high.
It sucks because, of course Spn would bring them back to kill them off. Of course.
But. It finally feels like the world is ending, is being destroyed. Their deaths gave this whole Apocalypse business what the introduction of angels and Lucifer and all that stuff hadn't been able to, it gave it scope, perspective, it totally brought it home for me. These casualties aren't in vain (I keep telling myself), the devil may not have been wasted yet (because Sam and Dean function in a world where common sense appears to be rather scarce) but this is war and it's unforgiving.
I kind of approve. Just because of that. And the acting. It made me cry, this scene, the whole Dean/Jo (which I didn't read as heavily romantic as it seems to have come off to other people. There was romance, yes, there were feelings, but I think it was mostly admiration on Dean's end, like, maybe I'd kiss somebody like that too if I were so fucking overwhelmed with admiration and hero worshiping for them, not necessarily because they were the love I'd been cooking up in the back of my mind throughout all those lonely times that kind of life provided for me. But that's just me. Likewise on Jo's part, though maybe there was more of vindication in her acceptance of that kiss, and her returning it, as in, yes Dean, I am a grown up, not your little sister, not some lady in distress you need to save, not your charge to protect, but another hunter who deserves your respect as such. Or something.), and the last moments between Ellen and Jo, since Ellen decided she was staying too, up until her final, fighting words. Just. Brilliant.
I cried. This is so important because back when Dean died? I couldn't bring myself to cry, not even for Sammy. Maybe because I knew Dean HAD to come back and so it didn't hit me at all. Point is, I was mostly indifferent to that death. John died and I got misty-eyed (and THAT was shocking), Dean shed a lonely tear in front of his dad's pyre and I shed another one in sympathy, Sam had to kill Madison (and Dean too, in a way) and I was distressed, but I didn't cry. In none of those instances did I have to stop the episode and sob quietly for a little while. This time I did. Because this time it fucking cut.
I applaud the writing, and the acting and the perspective these deaths brought (because, well, about damn time!) but, did they REALLY HAVE TO DIE????????
Anyway. Mark Pellegrino continues to rule, Mark Sheppard has better come back, New!Meg improved some, Castiel was Castiel again and not just Cas (and knows about door handles, thank you very much), JP didn't quite sell it to me, but then again I was BLINDSIDED by the whole Sam-Alona-Jensen thing I think I mentioned earlier, so maybe he was good, just not that good. Also, plot advancement (that Gabriel thing doesn't count unless he comes over to the Winchester's side). I'm still annoyed by the Michael-Lucifer vessels thingy ::le sigh:: but I can overlook that entirely as long as I get meaty episodes, like this one, to sink my emotional-needs and character-arcs-furthering teeth into.
Clearly the last couple of episodes were really not all that interesting to me, from a story-telling viewpoint. I do think they were well crafted for the most part, though.
