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RL has been kicking my ass, so I didn't have a chance to rewatch 7.09 until this morning. But, to quote the lovely ann_x_amber's icon, Voldemort can't stop the rock.
I also worked with J. the random workplace SPN fangirl last night. It's very cute how we both want to squee but hold off because of how we spent an appreciable amount of time teaching ourselves to shut up about the show. I don't think J is in the fandom and I kinda want to ask her about the Becky episode as I strongly suspect that all the BOOO is concentrated in the fandom. J told me that Dean is, without doubt, the most attractive of the two but goddamn, when Sam takes off his clothes--! Just GODDAMN! I agree fully with this opinion.
First of all, LEVIATHANS! (*There she goes with the capslock again*) Edgar who works for the demolition crew and finds blowing up things very satisfying! Come back, Edgar! Also, Dr Sexy who wants to breed complacent cattle! I freaking love that he got to eat himself - I can't decide if this is creepy or cracky, and it's kinda both, and this is what the Leviathans are all about. A lot of creepiness and a healthy dose of crack. I appreciate monsters like these. I like Susan, I wish my ass was as cute as hers, and I like Dick. Will be over here cracking up about how the big bad guy is called Dick for the rest of the season. Yes, I do have a sense of humor of a twelve year old.
Impala? Can she come back please? Not that I don't approve of abandoned houses and everything.
I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't the Jersey Devil but kinda glad all the same. They can't afford monsters like that, and I'd much rather not observe another dragon. Zombies and their derviatives, on the other hand? Oh fuck yeah, bring it on. Zombies make everything better.
I still remember that one advertisement of cherry tomatoes where Sheriff Mills in a blonde wig was impersonating Mother Nature. So now I'm convinced it's all a plot and that by Mother Nature (who will eat you with the sleeping bag) they mean Sheriff Mills. Ok, random.
Did anyone else notice how the image of John changed after he died? First, Dean called him an obsessed bastard back in S3 (then shot himself in the face, oh baby), then there was Adam, various references to John's drinking and now this talk of how John dumped the kids on Bobby when he had a case. I wonder if the guys themselves noticed how their attitude changed towards their dad. For the record, I'm on the pro-John side of the fence. But do Sam and Dean realize they're distancing themselves emotionally? I like to think of it as some emotional growth - admitting that their childhood sucked. I also like to think that they still love their dad with all their hearts.
"You don't shoot Bambi, jackass. You shoot Bambi's mother." Oh Bobby, I love you, don't die!
I love, LOVE the whole speech about how all they do is worry about each other. Totally true. And despite the lack of Hallucifer, that hand twisting and poking has got to mean what I imagine it does. (Self-harm and buried needles, yes please?) Guys, guys, can you please take care of each other? Huh?
There needs to be a sidenote about Borax. Borax is for the win. I love Eve but I'd be bummed if, like with her, the info on how to kill these ancient monsters that predated written language, civilization, humanity and Eukaria turned up in some dusty old book. I'd be really bummed about that. So the fact that the Leviathans are burned (not killed) by some random industrial chemical makes me shine with glee. And on the subject of the Leviathans, I keep seeing these big delivery trucks around the city called "Duck Devilery". They have a picture of a ducky on them. I'm full of suspicions, you guys, since I don't think the US in general, much less Seattle alone, consumes enough duck to justify the size and frequency of appearance pf these trucks. And it makes me wonder. It's probably a company name, and Dick is probably behind it all. (Incidentally, I'm sleppy and can't type and just ended up typing "Duck" instead of "Dick". See? You see? My conspiracy theory, let me tell you it.)
More importantly, DON'T DIE, BOBBY! (I don't think he will but just in case...) I looked at the next week's preview and there was a cardiac monitor with fake asystole, you guys. Fake asystole means drama! Maybe Dr Sexy and maybe some Leviathans in scrubs. Or maybe not. But be that as it may, SPN gets a giant pass forever on all this fake asystole business because they actually showed a real one back in S3, in "Bedtime Stories". I stare at it and get creeped out every time, and who cares about the comatose Snowhite when there's real asystole. They aren't even a medical show and they beat House MD in that respect. I don't care how many times after that they fake asystole. And by the way, it's not like you have to pay copyrights to someone for a cardiac rhythm, for rlz. That perfectly flat line is not scary at all. I hated it in House MD (back when I was watching) when they would do a nice close-up on the cardiac monitor, and then the EKG shows a little bump and a perfectly straight line. I mean, what, why do you keep medical consultants if you're gonna do that? Yes, I'm an EKG geek. Yes, I do look at cardiac monitors if they're in the shot. There's this nightclub that I drive past on the way from work and school every time, and they have this graffiti art on the wall, and it depicts some hip-hop artists, a raging crowd and an EKG. One night I'm gonna pull up there at 4 am with a spray can and write "A-fib with right bundle branch block". Look up what a goddamn EKG looks like on a healthy human being, people, before you draw them nice and big for the whole city to see.
Anyway. SPN gets a pass forever.
And for those perhaps not interested in episode reactions, I have things to say about ice cream. While studying for a physiology exam, I was drawing these graphs of max ventilation rate, and among those was a graph of O2 consumption over tissue mass, for a trained and untrained animal. And you know what? The line for a trained person is higher. That means that baseline metabolic rate is higher for an athlete even at rest, and that means that if I get into a better physical shape I CAN HAVE ALL THE ICE CREAM! (The professor would be proud - I'm making connections).
I also worked with J. the random workplace SPN fangirl last night. It's very cute how we both want to squee but hold off because of how we spent an appreciable amount of time teaching ourselves to shut up about the show. I don't think J is in the fandom and I kinda want to ask her about the Becky episode as I strongly suspect that all the BOOO is concentrated in the fandom. J told me that Dean is, without doubt, the most attractive of the two but goddamn, when Sam takes off his clothes--! Just GODDAMN! I agree fully with this opinion.
First of all, LEVIATHANS! (*There she goes with the capslock again*) Edgar who works for the demolition crew and finds blowing up things very satisfying! Come back, Edgar! Also, Dr Sexy who wants to breed complacent cattle! I freaking love that he got to eat himself - I can't decide if this is creepy or cracky, and it's kinda both, and this is what the Leviathans are all about. A lot of creepiness and a healthy dose of crack. I appreciate monsters like these. I like Susan, I wish my ass was as cute as hers, and I like Dick. Will be over here cracking up about how the big bad guy is called Dick for the rest of the season. Yes, I do have a sense of humor of a twelve year old.
Impala? Can she come back please? Not that I don't approve of abandoned houses and everything.
I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't the Jersey Devil but kinda glad all the same. They can't afford monsters like that, and I'd much rather not observe another dragon. Zombies and their derviatives, on the other hand? Oh fuck yeah, bring it on. Zombies make everything better.
I still remember that one advertisement of cherry tomatoes where Sheriff Mills in a blonde wig was impersonating Mother Nature. So now I'm convinced it's all a plot and that by Mother Nature (who will eat you with the sleeping bag) they mean Sheriff Mills. Ok, random.
Did anyone else notice how the image of John changed after he died? First, Dean called him an obsessed bastard back in S3 (then shot himself in the face, oh baby), then there was Adam, various references to John's drinking and now this talk of how John dumped the kids on Bobby when he had a case. I wonder if the guys themselves noticed how their attitude changed towards their dad. For the record, I'm on the pro-John side of the fence. But do Sam and Dean realize they're distancing themselves emotionally? I like to think of it as some emotional growth - admitting that their childhood sucked. I also like to think that they still love their dad with all their hearts.
"You don't shoot Bambi, jackass. You shoot Bambi's mother." Oh Bobby, I love you, don't die!
I love, LOVE the whole speech about how all they do is worry about each other. Totally true. And despite the lack of Hallucifer, that hand twisting and poking has got to mean what I imagine it does. (Self-harm and buried needles, yes please?) Guys, guys, can you please take care of each other? Huh?
There needs to be a sidenote about Borax. Borax is for the win. I love Eve but I'd be bummed if, like with her, the info on how to kill these ancient monsters that predated written language, civilization, humanity and Eukaria turned up in some dusty old book. I'd be really bummed about that. So the fact that the Leviathans are burned (not killed) by some random industrial chemical makes me shine with glee. And on the subject of the Leviathans, I keep seeing these big delivery trucks around the city called "Duck Devilery". They have a picture of a ducky on them. I'm full of suspicions, you guys, since I don't think the US in general, much less Seattle alone, consumes enough duck to justify the size and frequency of appearance pf these trucks. And it makes me wonder. It's probably a company name, and Dick is probably behind it all. (Incidentally, I'm sleppy and can't type and just ended up typing "Duck" instead of "Dick". See? You see? My conspiracy theory, let me tell you it.)
More importantly, DON'T DIE, BOBBY! (I don't think he will but just in case...) I looked at the next week's preview and there was a cardiac monitor with fake asystole, you guys. Fake asystole means drama! Maybe Dr Sexy and maybe some Leviathans in scrubs. Or maybe not. But be that as it may, SPN gets a giant pass forever on all this fake asystole business because they actually showed a real one back in S3, in "Bedtime Stories". I stare at it and get creeped out every time, and who cares about the comatose Snowhite when there's real asystole. They aren't even a medical show and they beat House MD in that respect. I don't care how many times after that they fake asystole. And by the way, it's not like you have to pay copyrights to someone for a cardiac rhythm, for rlz. That perfectly flat line is not scary at all. I hated it in House MD (back when I was watching) when they would do a nice close-up on the cardiac monitor, and then the EKG shows a little bump and a perfectly straight line. I mean, what, why do you keep medical consultants if you're gonna do that? Yes, I'm an EKG geek. Yes, I do look at cardiac monitors if they're in the shot. There's this nightclub that I drive past on the way from work and school every time, and they have this graffiti art on the wall, and it depicts some hip-hop artists, a raging crowd and an EKG. One night I'm gonna pull up there at 4 am with a spray can and write "A-fib with right bundle branch block". Look up what a goddamn EKG looks like on a healthy human being, people, before you draw them nice and big for the whole city to see.
Anyway. SPN gets a pass forever.
And for those perhaps not interested in episode reactions, I have things to say about ice cream. While studying for a physiology exam, I was drawing these graphs of max ventilation rate, and among those was a graph of O2 consumption over tissue mass, for a trained and untrained animal. And you know what? The line for a trained person is higher. That means that baseline metabolic rate is higher for an athlete even at rest, and that means that if I get into a better physical shape I CAN HAVE ALL THE ICE CREAM! (The professor would be proud - I'm making connections).