I heard that line as -"Her man Frank killed HIM." (meaning Luther). It flows with the rest of the narrative. Wife disappears. Husband thinks she is dead (I think the brother mentioned they were still looking for her). Husband thinks Luther killed wife. Husband kills Luther. Wife is discovered to be a suicide. Oopsie-Woopsie, we killed the wrong guy, but we're all buddies here, so let's cover the murder up. I admit the brother forgiving Luther's murderers seems odd and unloving, but time and time again, the things that turn into ghosts and bad supernatural things are those that can't let go of what has happened to them and it has been 20 years since Luther's death. Maybe, at some point the brother decided to let go of the anger and hate.
As for burning the road, I too thought that that would be the obvious solution. Later I realized that the whole idea was screwy. The point of burning the bones, is to destroy what is LEFT of the body. 20 years of being exposed to the elements should have taken care of anything but bone, and it is unlikely that bone would have come off during the roadhauling. It was just a poor excuse to have an extremely violent end for a ghost that got screwed in life and screwed again in death.
I had mixed feelings about this episode. I felt the characterizations were off for both Sam and Bobby at points. Your meta has smoothed over some of my problems. So thanks for writing this.
-Hey! That mill looks familiar... Did they do an interview from there once? It's the backdrop for Jared's "why does Jensen cry my name in his sleep" interview.
... Why the hell are you trying to apply a consistent timeline to Supernatural?! *eyes you*
Meta (which I will post on my own eventually) Oooo, hallucination! "They know what you did." Ah hah! A murder and a cover-up. In my opinion, the They-Were-All-Dicks theory is just a theory. When in fact they were all involved in the death and cover-up of an innocent.
Which, you'll recall, is damn near exactly the type of person Bloody Mary went after. In that episode, Sam was covering up the premonitions he'd had about Jess and we never found out why Dean's eyes bled.
Sam's "involvement" in Jess's death is no longer a secret. He wouldn't be infected. Whatever Dean's hiding is still hidden and he's fair game.
Sam and Bobby don't know what it is. No one does. They didn't know about Luthor yet so they didn't have any other information. So they assumed it was some sort of personality trait. Because that's what usually drives angry spirits.
Sam either thinks he's immune the way he is to everything or is so far in denial he's all "lalalala... I'm not scary at all. YOU are SO much scarier and more a dick to people than I am. Yes, all is well."
I heard that line as -"Her man Frank killed HIM." (meaning Luther).
I just re-listened and he actually says "Her man Frank killed Luther." Which does indeed make a hell of a lot more sense and jives with the narrative.
The point of burning the bones, is to destroy what is LEFT of the body.
I kind of thought the 'fire and salt' thing was to purify the bones, as both have some lore as agents of purification. Fire doesn't destroy bone, not unless it's a lot hotter than could be managed on a recently exhumed corpse.
Your meta has smoothed over some of my problems. So thanks for writing this.
I heard that line as -"Her man Frank killed HIM." (meaning Luther). It flows with the rest of the narrative. Wife disappears. Husband thinks she is dead (I think the brother mentioned they were still looking for her). Husband thinks Luther killed wife. Husband kills Luther. Wife is discovered to be a suicide. Oopsie-Woopsie, we killed the wrong guy, but we're all buddies here, so let's cover the murder up. I admit the brother forgiving Luther's murderers seems odd and unloving, but time and time again, the things that turn into ghosts and bad supernatural things are those that can't let go of what has happened to them and it has been 20 years since Luther's death. Maybe, at some point the brother decided to let go of the anger and hate.
As for burning the road, I too thought that that would be the obvious solution. Later I realized that the whole idea was screwy. The point of burning the bones, is to destroy what is LEFT of the body. 20 years of being exposed to the elements should have taken care of anything but bone, and it is unlikely that bone would have come off during the roadhauling. It was just a poor excuse to have an extremely violent end for a ghost that got screwed in life and screwed again in death.
I had mixed feelings about this episode. I felt the characterizations were off for both Sam and Bobby at points. Your meta has smoothed over some of my problems. So thanks for writing this.
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It's the backdrop for Jared's "why does Jensen cry my name in his sleep" interview.
... Why the hell are you trying to apply a consistent timeline to Supernatural?! *eyes you*
Meta (which I will post on my own eventually)
Oooo, hallucination! "They know what you did." Ah hah! A murder and a cover-up.
In my opinion, the They-Were-All-Dicks theory is just a theory. When in fact they were all involved in the death and cover-up of an innocent.
Which, you'll recall, is damn near exactly the type of person Bloody Mary went after. In that episode, Sam was covering up the premonitions he'd had about Jess and we never found out why Dean's eyes bled.
Sam's "involvement" in Jess's death is no longer a secret. He wouldn't be infected. Whatever Dean's hiding is still hidden and he's fair game.
Sam and Bobby don't know what it is. No one does. They didn't know about Luthor yet so they didn't have any other information. So they assumed it was some sort of personality trait. Because that's what usually drives angry spirits.
Sam either thinks he's immune the way he is to everything or is so far in denial he's all "lalalala... I'm not scary at all. YOU are SO much scarier and more a dick to people than I am. Yes, all is well."
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Ahh. Yeah. *facepalm*
... Why the hell are you trying to apply a consistent timeline to Supernatural?! *eyes you*
It's just they were doing so well this season so far! I thought they were on the wagon for the cracked out timelines! *heavy sigh*
When in fact they were all involved in the death and cover-up of an innocent.
Hm. Doesn't speak well for the Vice-Principal and the Bouncer, but yeah, I can see that.
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I just re-listened and he actually says "Her man Frank killed Luther." Which does indeed make a hell of a lot more sense and jives with the narrative.
The point of burning the bones, is to destroy what is LEFT of the body.
I kind of thought the 'fire and salt' thing was to purify the bones, as both have some lore as agents of purification. Fire doesn't destroy bone, not unless it's a lot hotter than could be managed on a recently exhumed corpse.
Your meta has smoothed over some of my problems. So thanks for writing this.
Cool, I'm glad it helped. :-)
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