It's our world too, you know?
Since it's been back from the hiatus, this show surely has picked up pace. No more boring, pointless filler episodes, straight road to the big finale. And this episode is no expection even though I have one big issue with it. But more about that later.
Convention of the gods
A small warning beforehand: Please be aware that I'm talking about gods and religions within the show. So whatever you believe in, I do not intend to bash your religion or anything like that.
What we got this episode was a convention of gods which is just crazy enough to work. I would have been fine with christianity as the sole religion in the Supernatural universe. Especially with their very critic approach to it. Then again, we have had lesser pagan gods so in a way it's only logical to bring up the big names, too.
I think we have to be aware, that the gods getting together here to fight the apocalype are angry, violent war gods. The nice, peaceful ones won't get together to plot something like this. Or smash each others heads for that matter. Like Kali says, there are thousands of gods but there's only a handful at this little convention, working together for once because with the apcalypse starting, they have a common enemy that threatens the world including the gods themselves, their followers and their not necessarily peaceful but working co-existence.
In their eyes, christianity is the rather new religion in town. And an arrogant one that thinks it can do whatever it likes and ignore every other religion. So they get out and fight. In their own way. That might include human sacrifice because they're not black or white gods. They are grey, just like their religions say they are.
But if they are gods, how can Lucifer kill them that easliy? Much nore easily than he can kill another angel? Well, first of all: It isn't stated at any point that Lucifer actually killed them. He destroyed their vessels and expelled them to whereever. That's all we know.
Secondly, what is an angel in christianity would probably qualify as a lesser god in many other religions. And Lucifer, being the devil, is pretty close to being a god even within christianity.
And thirdly - and I have to slightly tap into my own believes for this one but I think it was at least hinted on the show as well - remember the old pagan gods Sam and Dean fought in earlier episodes? How they were complaining that they used to have so many followers until christianity came along and took them all away? How they had been powerful but now they have to trick people into rituals to get at least a few sacrifices? My take is that they are losing power because people stop believing in them. In my opinion, gods are not powerful on their own, they gain their power from their believers (which would explain why some religions seem almost desperate to get as many followers as possible). So some of the gods in this episode, like Odin for example and even more Mercury, have probably lost most of their power. Kali, on the other hand, still seems pretty powerful.
Gabriel
First of all, I love that he was Loki, because that's what I called him before we learnt he was Gabriel.
Had you told me, after Tall Tales, that I would someday cry about the Tricksters death, I'd have told you that's ridiculous. But he was a perfect example of character development. From the lesser god that was just out for some gory fun in Tall Tales, to the one that tried to teach Sam an important lesson in Mystery Spot, to the rebellious archangel in Changing Channels and the hero in Hammer of the Gods. He gained a lot of character depth but always stayed the same character right to the end where he hid his message in a porn movie staring himself.
The way he looked at Sam, Dean and Cas at the end of Channel Hoping left no doubt that he would be back, he would stand up and fight for human kind. Because he does love them, in his own way. And he coudn't bear to see their amazing, flawed world be destroyed. Neither by Michael nor by Lucifer. He loves his brothers but he can't let them do that. Just like Castiel has been the most faithful angel in his fall, Gabriel was the only archangel that really got it. Why humanity is so great because and not despite their flaws. And why they were worth saving. I wish we could have had more interaction between Gabriel and Castiel.
So I'm sad that he's gone but I'm really glad that he got the ending he deserved, dying while doing the right thing. And Lucifer? I almost felt sorry for him, too. Because you could see how much it pained him to kill his little brother.
Goodbye, Gabriel, you will be missed. :(
Funny little story: I recently mentioned to raths_kitten how with Dean being Michael and Sam being Lucifer, Adam should be Gabriel. With the last two episodes in mind, it almost adds up, doesn't it?
Spoiling the finale
Now to the one thing about the episode I didn't like: Gabriel's message with detailed instructions how to trap Lucifer.
All season, there was the apocalypse with two possible outcomes: Heaven on earth or hell on earth. Neither was acceptable. Neither could happen. Not with the show going on for a season 6. So while Sam and Dean where struggling, basically knowing they couldn't win but being desperate to at least go down fighting, what really made it interesting for me was knowing that there had to be a solution, a way for Team Free Will to win, but not knowing what this solution would be.
Now I do know. Gabriel told us so we could just as well go home. Four episodes before the end they laid out the path for the finale, basically already told it in 2 minutes. Sam and Dean are going to get the last two rings and they are going to trap Lucifer. No hell on earth, no heaven on earth, they'll both survive, happy end. Of course there is going to be obstacles and we don't know how exactly it is going to work, but we do know the basic storyline. Unless there is going to be another big twist but somehow I doubt that. But if there is I'll happily admit I was wrong.
So the only thing left to really worry about is what's going to happen to Castiel. And Adam. Which will probably be enough to make me very scared of the last episode, because I do care about Castiel more than I care about the Winchesters by now.
Convention of the gods
A small warning beforehand: Please be aware that I'm talking about gods and religions within the show. So whatever you believe in, I do not intend to bash your religion or anything like that.
What we got this episode was a convention of gods which is just crazy enough to work. I would have been fine with christianity as the sole religion in the Supernatural universe. Especially with their very critic approach to it. Then again, we have had lesser pagan gods so in a way it's only logical to bring up the big names, too.
I think we have to be aware, that the gods getting together here to fight the apocalype are angry, violent war gods. The nice, peaceful ones won't get together to plot something like this. Or smash each others heads for that matter. Like Kali says, there are thousands of gods but there's only a handful at this little convention, working together for once because with the apcalypse starting, they have a common enemy that threatens the world including the gods themselves, their followers and their not necessarily peaceful but working co-existence.
In their eyes, christianity is the rather new religion in town. And an arrogant one that thinks it can do whatever it likes and ignore every other religion. So they get out and fight. In their own way. That might include human sacrifice because they're not black or white gods. They are grey, just like their religions say they are.
But if they are gods, how can Lucifer kill them that easliy? Much nore easily than he can kill another angel? Well, first of all: It isn't stated at any point that Lucifer actually killed them. He destroyed their vessels and expelled them to whereever. That's all we know.
Secondly, what is an angel in christianity would probably qualify as a lesser god in many other religions. And Lucifer, being the devil, is pretty close to being a god even within christianity.
And thirdly - and I have to slightly tap into my own believes for this one but I think it was at least hinted on the show as well - remember the old pagan gods Sam and Dean fought in earlier episodes? How they were complaining that they used to have so many followers until christianity came along and took them all away? How they had been powerful but now they have to trick people into rituals to get at least a few sacrifices? My take is that they are losing power because people stop believing in them. In my opinion, gods are not powerful on their own, they gain their power from their believers (which would explain why some religions seem almost desperate to get as many followers as possible). So some of the gods in this episode, like Odin for example and even more Mercury, have probably lost most of their power. Kali, on the other hand, still seems pretty powerful.
Gabriel
First of all, I love that he was Loki, because that's what I called him before we learnt he was Gabriel.
Had you told me, after Tall Tales, that I would someday cry about the Tricksters death, I'd have told you that's ridiculous. But he was a perfect example of character development. From the lesser god that was just out for some gory fun in Tall Tales, to the one that tried to teach Sam an important lesson in Mystery Spot, to the rebellious archangel in Changing Channels and the hero in Hammer of the Gods. He gained a lot of character depth but always stayed the same character right to the end where he hid his message in a porn movie staring himself.
The way he looked at Sam, Dean and Cas at the end of Channel Hoping left no doubt that he would be back, he would stand up and fight for human kind. Because he does love them, in his own way. And he coudn't bear to see their amazing, flawed world be destroyed. Neither by Michael nor by Lucifer. He loves his brothers but he can't let them do that. Just like Castiel has been the most faithful angel in his fall, Gabriel was the only archangel that really got it. Why humanity is so great because and not despite their flaws. And why they were worth saving. I wish we could have had more interaction between Gabriel and Castiel.
So I'm sad that he's gone but I'm really glad that he got the ending he deserved, dying while doing the right thing. And Lucifer? I almost felt sorry for him, too. Because you could see how much it pained him to kill his little brother.
Goodbye, Gabriel, you will be missed. :(
Funny little story: I recently mentioned to raths_kitten how with Dean being Michael and Sam being Lucifer, Adam should be Gabriel. With the last two episodes in mind, it almost adds up, doesn't it?
Spoiling the finale
Now to the one thing about the episode I didn't like: Gabriel's message with detailed instructions how to trap Lucifer.
All season, there was the apocalypse with two possible outcomes: Heaven on earth or hell on earth. Neither was acceptable. Neither could happen. Not with the show going on for a season 6. So while Sam and Dean where struggling, basically knowing they couldn't win but being desperate to at least go down fighting, what really made it interesting for me was knowing that there had to be a solution, a way for Team Free Will to win, but not knowing what this solution would be.
Now I do know. Gabriel told us so we could just as well go home. Four episodes before the end they laid out the path for the finale, basically already told it in 2 minutes. Sam and Dean are going to get the last two rings and they are going to trap Lucifer. No hell on earth, no heaven on earth, they'll both survive, happy end. Of course there is going to be obstacles and we don't know how exactly it is going to work, but we do know the basic storyline. Unless there is going to be another big twist but somehow I doubt that. But if there is I'll happily admit I was wrong.
So the only thing left to really worry about is what's going to happen to Castiel. And Adam. Which will probably be enough to make me very scared of the last episode, because I do care about Castiel more than I care about the Winchesters by now.