Love this SPN story arc

[citrusjava]

Finally, after a few seasons without it, there's (hopefully) a story arc that's about fighting a force way too strong, to avoid an unthinkable disaster to the brotherly bond. YES. YES.

Just a day before the episode aired I started writing a meta about that being one of the things I miss most from early seasons - a force way too strong, barely scraping by at a high price for next season, and it all being about the brothers' relationship, less about an individual disaster.

Dean and Sam's (near) deaths in the past two seasons were less a story arc. They were bad, but there wasn't a story arc written about trying to stop them or such - not a story arc about the brothers' love and desperation. There were interesting things, yes, but not this one.

The horrifying prediction for Dean's future is so starkly specific and must be terrifying for Dean, it must seem like a destiny for all it's arbitrary. I hope it's revealed to Sam with the seriousness it would have in early seasons. I hope they take this arc slowly, subtly, deeply.

The first steps of the prediction - will have to come to be, for this ti be as terrifying and horrifying for us, for Dean, for Sam and perhaps Cas - I doubt the show would write off Cas, but it seems like Crowley won't last the season, at least not in his current state. Probably that's why we are getting so much of Rowena - likely to be queen of hell next, perhaps with more feel, and perhaps her grandson might play a role there too....
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As for the episode - loved it. Good writing, great acting, really great, and all those brother moments - YES.

Comments

[citrusjava.livejournal.com]

I agree, Cas will probably not turn human - they've been down that road a lot, and haven't really used it much. Bad news for the Cas/PB&J shippers. But yeah, Dean has to almost kill him, to probably go through with theoretically non-fataly saved by hand waving turned into an archangel/scribe/witch/guinea pig action. Cause we need to worry this time Dean might go through with killing Sam and to worry about it.

I hope they don't actually combine the two plots of this season in the ending, but your speculation is spot on, the whole Cas thing - yeah.



I wonder whether the kids - Crowley's and "Cas"'s - will play a role.


What a blood chilling concept, about Crowley We've never really seen him dark, wonder how that - what that could be like, could be terrifying. And agreed re Rowena as well - she'll probably get a bit more depth (first time perhaps this last ep? That was perhaps supposed to be true? ) - b ut ATM and perhaps further on as well - it's hard to really connect to .

The show acknowledged that Dean has some emotional connection with Crowley - it was supposedly ambivalent, more Sam's compassion, or the fan's fondness - now it's Dean's.