Never apologize for waxing passionate, Kat! (And yours was waaay shorter than mine ... *grin*)
The kiss on the forehead was acknowledging his little sister-like figure and good friend. The kiss on the lips acknowledged her as a woman that he, sadly, never really got to know. Yes. That exactly. Perfectly said.
Like you, I'm not a parent, but I think I can understand Ellen's choice. And it turned out to be a needful one; Jo died before she would have been able to trigger the bombs.
Their deaths were not in vain. Their sacrifice remains with Dean, Sam, and Bobby; those warriors won't let them go for naught. Even though the Colt didn't work - and like you, I wasn't at all surprised that it didn't, whatever the logic behind that turns out to be - Dean was right: the attempt had to be made. Its failure taught them more about their enemy, and not just that he couldn't be killed by the Colt. This time, Sam saw not just Lucifer's persuasiveness, the determined but sympathetic and seductive face he showed before in Free To Be You And Me, but the unvarnished truth of his ugliness, his outright contempt for everyone other than himself. Yes, the confrontation fed Sam's fear of succumbing to him, but it also gave him more reason to resist, to refuse. Know your enemy is one of the principles of Sun Tzu, and we're all studying The Art of War.
You mentioned that Lucifer adjusted his argument for Cas and Sam, appealing to their different points of view and responding to what he viewed as things he had in common with them. If you want to believe what was seen in the time traveling episode (why can't I remember the title of it? It'll come to me when I'm not thinking of it) Lucifer adjusted his argument with Dean as well. Talking to him as a loyal son to his father who never quite approved of him.
Just an interesting observation... in an observationally interesting way.
The kiss on the forehead was acknowledging his little sister-like figure and good friend. The kiss on the lips acknowledged her as a woman that he, sadly, never really got to know. Yes. That exactly. Perfectly said.
Like you, I'm not a parent, but I think I can understand Ellen's choice. And it turned out to be a needful one; Jo died before she would have been able to trigger the bombs.
Their deaths were not in vain. Their sacrifice remains with Dean, Sam, and Bobby; those warriors won't let them go for naught. Even though the Colt didn't work - and like you, I wasn't at all surprised that it didn't, whatever the logic behind that turns out to be - Dean was right: the attempt had to be made. Its failure taught them more about their enemy, and not just that he couldn't be killed by the Colt. This time, Sam saw not just Lucifer's persuasiveness, the determined but sympathetic and seductive face he showed before in Free To Be You And Me, but the unvarnished truth of his ugliness, his outright contempt for everyone other than himself. Yes, the confrontation fed Sam's fear of succumbing to him, but it also gave him more reason to resist, to refuse. Know your enemy is one of the principles of Sun Tzu, and we're all studying The Art of War.
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Just an interesting observation... in an observationally interesting way.
Kat
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