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citrusjava) wrote2014-04-26 04:31 am
citrusjava) wrote2014-04-26 04:31 am
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A few things about 919
I generally love strong alpha Dean, pissed off at Bela, pulling his tie off Dean, knee-meltingly Dommy Dean, as well as self-hating Dean. But in this episode I really didn't feel it. Somehow it lacked the vibe, lacked something. Prhaps Jensen wasn't feeling it, perhaps it was the writing or the emotional arc.
However, there were two moments I find interesting in this "going dark" piece of plot. The first was Dean telling Sam he knew Sam wouldn't have done the same for him. Which - I'm not sure whether it was Dean disconnecting himself emotionally, telling himself he couldn't allow monsters to use that vulnerable spot against him so he needed to make it mundane, or Dean knowingly taking Sam's boundary to the extreme and trying to push his buttons about it. Or both. It was definitely a new shade of dark, though, IMO.
The second - I wonder how long Dean was lying there, pretending to be knocked out, while they drained Sam. That was a whole lot of blood taken out of him, I wonder how he managed to function that well like that. Dean didn't do something reckless and emotional to save Sam, at least for a while he just waited. Which was smart, but pretty cold. Or possibly very emotional for him. I don't know.
At any rate, I could have gone for some disoriented-from-blood-loss!Sam/Protective-strong!Dean in that scene.
I generally don't connect to Jody very much, but this episode made me like her better. Her whole thoughtful, aware, feminist attitude. The whole - trying to deal with the boys' bullshit "she's a femme fatal and should be killed" attitude, trying to explain to these idiots about compassion, false awareness, something. Really, Sam? Nothing, even from our great enlightened guy hope? Ugh. I had a Punch a Winchester Moment of the Week . Also, earlier - Sam, when a person tells you her name, you don't say "no, it isn't". Jerk.
On the brighter side of things - hair pulling! Ugh, yes please, kink, yes.
Killabeez reminded me - the whole scene in which Sam criticized Dean's pleasure in the hunting, I was off somewhere, since the scene started with Sam saying "look at me, bitch", and it took me a moment to get that is wasn't Sam being super forceful and *calling Dean a bitch*! Which would have been more interesting!
However, there were two moments I find interesting in this "going dark" piece of plot. The first was Dean telling Sam he knew Sam wouldn't have done the same for him. Which - I'm not sure whether it was Dean disconnecting himself emotionally, telling himself he couldn't allow monsters to use that vulnerable spot against him so he needed to make it mundane, or Dean knowingly taking Sam's boundary to the extreme and trying to push his buttons about it. Or both. It was definitely a new shade of dark, though, IMO.
The second - I wonder how long Dean was lying there, pretending to be knocked out, while they drained Sam. That was a whole lot of blood taken out of him, I wonder how he managed to function that well like that. Dean didn't do something reckless and emotional to save Sam, at least for a while he just waited. Which was smart, but pretty cold. Or possibly very emotional for him. I don't know.
At any rate, I could have gone for some disoriented-from-blood-loss!Sam/Protective-strong!Dean in that scene.
I generally don't connect to Jody very much, but this episode made me like her better. Her whole thoughtful, aware, feminist attitude. The whole - trying to deal with the boys' bullshit "she's a femme fatal and should be killed" attitude, trying to explain to these idiots about compassion, false awareness, something. Really, Sam? Nothing, even from our great enlightened guy hope? Ugh. I had a Punch a Winchester Moment of the Week . Also, earlier - Sam, when a person tells you her name, you don't say "no, it isn't". Jerk.
On the brighter side of things - hair pulling! Ugh, yes please, kink, yes.
Killabeez reminded me - the whole scene in which Sam criticized Dean's pleasure in the hunting, I was off somewhere, since the scene started with Sam saying "look at me, bitch", and it took me a moment to get that is wasn't Sam being super forceful and *calling Dean a bitch*! Which would have been more interesting!
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I agree that Jody said the guys were right, in connection to being (too) emotionally involved, but they really didn't need to include that line. As for emotions, the way I read what happened is that Jody's emotions led her to save Alex and do "the right things", where the Winchesters' "rationality" would have led them to end the life of someone who'd suffered a lot, while blaming her for it. As far as I'm concerned, Jody's emotions were an asset.
I think that dialogue fell flat because we (as in long term fans) have good knowledge of the past
I agree, and I do like the guy's writing (though my fav writer on the show today is definitely Robby).
But is it really that much to ask, for a writer on the show to actually get to know canon, if not fanon (and also fanon,,,)?
Or, OK, if he's not a regular maybe he isn't free to get to know canon - at least the show runner should take care of the continuity and depth of the characters? Ugh. [/ rant ]
I think it was mostly done to signal Sam's concern for Dean and acknowledging how Dean is changing (hee- which we could easily see without Sam saying anything...).
Agreed.