Wow, it's been a year since I've done one of these. Not sure if any of you are even still around. I hope so; it would be fun to hear from you. I had a friend reach out and ask me to write a Ramble for the Season 12 finale and as it turns out, I liked it enough to say yes. So...here goes.
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He didn’t once mention himself-the years he spent alone and scared, the fact that he went to both Hell and Purgatory and became a demon, the people he'd had to kill, the people he'd lost, the times he’d nearly died, or felt enough pain he wanted to.
This! Dean did mention himself but only in terms that he had to be father and mother to Sam and he couldn't--but not a word about what he had to suffer...oh Dean...
I need to watch the closing of the rift scene again to see if it makes more sense the second time around. Because I can't for the life of me figure out why Cas rushed through the rift at Lucifer with an angel blade when Crowley had just sacrificed himself to close it. Distraction to cover the time lag? I just don't know...
His actual death didn't stun me as much as it probably should have. I think the writers had used up all the permutations of Cas. The problem with having an angel on speed dial is that he can fix anything so nothing the boys face is a threat if all they have to do is call him...over 8 years he kept having to be depowered somehow. This season when he made his decision to save the baby felt like a rerun of his decision to absorb the souls from Purgatory, and that went so well...so I was okay saying farewell to his character. Devastated for Dean!--but not crying on my own...
Ah, Mary...I knew you were a goner as soon as you started to reconcile with your boys a couple eps before the finale. Although I was pleasantly surprised that she's not actually dead, just in an alternate universe...with one very pissed-off Lucifer looking at her...In my head canon, AU Bobby was watching and whisked her away while Lucifer was still disoriented...
And your reaction to her storyline is one of the most nuanced--and honest--reactions I have seen. Many fans were unhappy with her throughout the season, but like you, I saw it as her struggle and confusion over finding herself in the bizarre situation of having instant-adult sons and not understanding how to be their mother now.
I did appreciate Crowley's death, especially after his speech about how he hated running hell. It actually retroactively made the de-scarifying of hell and demons of the last few seasons make sense. Like Metatron, his final redemption arc made me appreciate his character when all I've ever felt before was why haven't the Winchesters killed him yet?
Sam leading the hunters...Dean saving his mom...both brothers 100% with the other--all very satisfying!
Wouldn't it make a cool season 13 arc if the boys are able to get the nephilim to reopen the portal and they spend several episodes in that alternative universe meeting au versions of characters that we know and love (and that most of are already dead?)
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I can't for the life of me figure out why Cas rushed through the rift at Lucifer with an angel blade when Crowley had just sacrificed himself to close it.
Totally agree. Did you rewatch? And did it make sense? Because it didn't to me. :/
Thanks for your comments about my reaction to Mary. Her addition intrigued me.
Wouldn't it make a cool season 13 arc if the boys are able to get the nephilim to reopen the portal and they spend several episodes in that alternative universe meeting au versions of characters that we know and love (and that most of are already dead?)
YES! That would be very entertaining, I agree. :)
Thank you for reading and replying.
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