3x06 Blatherings
More than anything, this episode left me uneasy. Plot changes I can handle. New characters I can handle. Brother angst I can handle. What seem to me like changes in fundamental characterization and show ethos, I apparently can’t.
Perhaps it’s the fact Raelle Tucker (who, IMHO, was one of the strongest writers for S1/2) has left the writer’s room ( Read more... )
The boys disconnect in early S2 was them floundering around and finding their feet after John died
This makes total sense. They just reunited with Dad, some might even argue sort of made peace with the man, been given some hope with the Colt and then "poof" or should I say "crash" and he's gone and Dean is left with the guilt of not being able to repay a favor he didn't ask for. That's rather noble and fitting for a guy who has only shown in his own way the greatest of concern for his family. Until now. A character with that deep, ingrained sense of loyalty might go off the deep end (just because he could for once) but he'd come around sooner rather than later. That voice of responsibility can't be shut up for that long.
IF they were going to stick the boys in tuxes anyway, I think it was appropriate they did it in an episode that had an upper class feel to it
Very good point. I just found it a bit jarring considering how non-formal the rest of the show has been. This is a show that portrays middle America and to see the boys suddenly in the midst of high society seemed odd. Of course, I'm still hung up on where they pick up their mail and do their banking...
You know, I have no problem broadening the number of characters and in fact, I think that's a good thing, but the writers really need to get the central characters back on track first. (Am I beginning to sound like a fan?)
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Whoot! See something from class stuck! :) Way to use your education. Bela has very few redeeming qualities right now (actually none that I can think of off hand). The "nobody understood" line about her dark and mysterious past involving the death of a family member was the writer's attempt to engage us/create sympathy for her. But I think it was introduced too late. I hope that we get a softer Bela in the future, one that we can learn to identify with.
I'm rather hoping a demon happens to Bela...
*dies laughing* Stick Ruby on her. I bet there's going to be a few "I hate Bela"-flavored fics out there after 3x06 where she gets killed off. A great crack!fic would be Bela picking on poor, damsel!Sam (maybe even shooting him again) and Ruby comes along and takes Bela out.
Ruby: "Sam, stop crying. We have work to do. I have to corrupt your soul and we have to take over Hell together."
That voice of responsibility can't be shut up for that long.
This is true. I keep forgetting about how strong Dean is. I don't know why, but my brain keeps snapping to the Sam and Ruby storyline and spinning crazy theories about that, leaving roll-over-and-die Dean out of the equation. *bad brain* Dean rules. I have to stop forgetting about him.
see the boys suddenly in the midst of high society seemed odd.
It was a little Gilmore Girls-ish. I liked how Sam and Dean were squatting in an abandoned house on the outskirts of town, though. It was as if they couldn't afford a hotel room in that town and there weren't any cheap motels around. :)
Am I beginning to sound like a fan?
Pssttt ... you watch the show? You comment on my insane SPN entries? You reply to my crazy commments? You're a fan. *HUGE grin*
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