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I was told I was really smart by a transsexual today. Heeeee. One of my classmates; I was blathering about some sort of marketing or fabrication thing and then when I came back from break, she told me how intelligent I came off and that she didn't usually say stuff like that to people. And then my teacher came up behind me and was like, yes, Hans is a STAR. **facepalm** She also told me I should be a cheerleader for our newly formed sports teams, because I can't stop laughing whenever I think about it - look, I'm sorry, but art students playing sports is FUNNY. Seriously hilarious to me. Do I have to explain why? I don't, right? It's just ... ok, we've got twelve different departments and I understand that not everybody is a nerdy film major or a, you know, a fashion student, but ... art students playing sports. TELL ME IT'S NOT JUST ME.
What else was I talking about? I keep getting distracted and forgetting. I'm really tired today; left my house before 7am yesterday, went to class, came back home and had enough time to change my clothes before heading off and putting in eight hours at work. We had an employee quit and I was the only one who could fill in for the shift, which blew. It especially sucked because yesterday was totally killer; my teacher adores me, every customer that painted yesterday was enormously chill and I had a great conversation with this guy who went to my school like, up to the year I was born, but I was so fucking tired that it was tough to enjoy any of it. I got home two minutes before Supernatural came on and it was the saving grace.
Seriously though, I've been more and more impressed with every episode. I think that spending three months in these characters' heads, especially after Beach Blanket Poltergeist, really messed with the way I saw them. Or rather, my head tried to set them in stone. I ate and drank BBP for the two months or so that it took me to write it and throughout a lot of the episodes, I've been seeing them from the viewpoint of ... well, messing with canon. For instance, I was POSITIVE that Sam was gonna kill the evil twin (also, evil twins? FUCKING AWESOME I AM SO DOWN) because it would've made sense, you know? You can't keep DRAGGING OUT a plot like "Am I evil or am I not?" At some point, Sam is gonna have to kill someone rather than something and if it's built up too much in the viewer's minds, well.
Yeah, I've got some quibbles with the way that the episode was set up. But I liked Andy, I loved Elijah Wood his evil twin (HEE!) I have a hard time with twins in books or movies or whatever, but I loved their dynamic for the same reason that I love Full Metal Alchemist: it was fucked up enough to justify what went on between them. I mean, I KNOW I'm not the only one that was getting weird vibes off of Webber, but I loved his desperation, I loved his madness. I was so fucking scared when he made Dean put the gun under his chin. I flailed a lot during this episode, actually. When Dean handed the Impala over to Andy I squealed and waved my arms around and went "DEAN DEAN DEAN!" As if he could hear me. **facepalm**
So, plotwise. Um, why the specific year, Sammy? That baby that you rescued, in Salvation? Wasn't born in 1983. It's a nice coincidence that Andy and Webber were, in fact, born in 1983 but WTF. Also, you know, I've been scanning my flist for mentions of this and haven't seen it, so I'll put it out there ... why did Dean look so surprised to hear that not every demon!baby had a housefire at the age of six months? He looked as if that had ... personal implications, if you get my drift. It's more of a hammer, actually. But really. What I HAVE seen on my flist is the mention of some camera work after the no-six-month-rule was stated, that it refocused from Jo to Ellen or vice versa or something. In which case, Kripke? Have you read this? Cuz you might wanna run your Jo filter through it, mmmkay?
I would SO be in favor of a Sam/Jo thing. And SO in favor of a Dean/Ellen thing. "I'm SCARED OF YOUR MOTHER." Yeah, I bet you are HAH. Next week's preview has her tagging along, so I anticipate a lot of wincing. Dean's treating her like an eight year old, though, so that's cool. Makes sense, actually, considering that she looks like she's ready to celebrate her thirteenth birthday. Seriously, the age gap between them just looks WEIRD.
My favorite moments: Ash Ash Ash Ash Ash. Dean's mancrushes are so much more convincing than this Jo thing. He TOTALLY loves Ash and he TOTALLY dug Andy. Dean hefting Moby Dick's bong. Dean's OK! when he gave up the Impala. The brotherlove after the woman burned herself. DEAN WITH A SNIPER RIFLE. But you know what I really loved? The minor characters. They actually held their own against Sam&Dean, which isn't usually the case, and I really enjoyed their story. Sam's "AM I EVIL" thing was a little weird, but you know, I can run with it. He should've killed Webber, though. It's time. Sam's remained an innocent throughout the entire first season; he kills, but never when it's a moral choice and he's never narratively brought down for it. I'm ok with him being clean, but, as I've seen sargraf say, at a certain point you have to face up to the fact that just because you didn't pull the trigger yourself doesn't mean you're morally ok.
What else was I talking about? I keep getting distracted and forgetting. I'm really tired today; left my house before 7am yesterday, went to class, came back home and had enough time to change my clothes before heading off and putting in eight hours at work. We had an employee quit and I was the only one who could fill in for the shift, which blew. It especially sucked because yesterday was totally killer; my teacher adores me, every customer that painted yesterday was enormously chill and I had a great conversation with this guy who went to my school like, up to the year I was born, but I was so fucking tired that it was tough to enjoy any of it. I got home two minutes before Supernatural came on and it was the saving grace.
Seriously though, I've been more and more impressed with every episode. I think that spending three months in these characters' heads, especially after Beach Blanket Poltergeist, really messed with the way I saw them. Or rather, my head tried to set them in stone. I ate and drank BBP for the two months or so that it took me to write it and throughout a lot of the episodes, I've been seeing them from the viewpoint of ... well, messing with canon. For instance, I was POSITIVE that Sam was gonna kill the evil twin (also, evil twins? FUCKING AWESOME I AM SO DOWN) because it would've made sense, you know? You can't keep DRAGGING OUT a plot like "Am I evil or am I not?" At some point, Sam is gonna have to kill someone rather than something and if it's built up too much in the viewer's minds, well.
Yeah, I've got some quibbles with the way that the episode was set up. But I liked Andy, I loved Elijah Wood his evil twin (HEE!) I have a hard time with twins in books or movies or whatever, but I loved their dynamic for the same reason that I love Full Metal Alchemist: it was fucked up enough to justify what went on between them. I mean, I KNOW I'm not the only one that was getting weird vibes off of Webber, but I loved his desperation, I loved his madness. I was so fucking scared when he made Dean put the gun under his chin. I flailed a lot during this episode, actually. When Dean handed the Impala over to Andy I squealed and waved my arms around and went "DEAN DEAN DEAN!" As if he could hear me. **facepalm**
So, plotwise. Um, why the specific year, Sammy? That baby that you rescued, in Salvation? Wasn't born in 1983. It's a nice coincidence that Andy and Webber were, in fact, born in 1983 but WTF. Also, you know, I've been scanning my flist for mentions of this and haven't seen it, so I'll put it out there ... why did Dean look so surprised to hear that not every demon!baby had a housefire at the age of six months? He looked as if that had ... personal implications, if you get my drift. It's more of a hammer, actually. But really. What I HAVE seen on my flist is the mention of some camera work after the no-six-month-rule was stated, that it refocused from Jo to Ellen or vice versa or something. In which case, Kripke? Have you read this? Cuz you might wanna run your Jo filter through it, mmmkay?
I would SO be in favor of a Sam/Jo thing. And SO in favor of a Dean/Ellen thing. "I'm SCARED OF YOUR MOTHER." Yeah, I bet you are HAH. Next week's preview has her tagging along, so I anticipate a lot of wincing. Dean's treating her like an eight year old, though, so that's cool. Makes sense, actually, considering that she looks like she's ready to celebrate her thirteenth birthday. Seriously, the age gap between them just looks WEIRD.
My favorite moments: Ash Ash Ash Ash Ash. Dean's mancrushes are so much more convincing than this Jo thing. He TOTALLY loves Ash and he TOTALLY dug Andy. Dean hefting Moby Dick's bong. Dean's OK! when he gave up the Impala. The brotherlove after the woman burned herself. DEAN WITH A SNIPER RIFLE. But you know what I really loved? The minor characters. They actually held their own against Sam&Dean, which isn't usually the case, and I really enjoyed their story. Sam's "AM I EVIL" thing was a little weird, but you know, I can run with it. He should've killed Webber, though. It's time. Sam's remained an innocent throughout the entire first season; he kills, but never when it's a moral choice and he's never narratively brought down for it. I'm ok with him being clean, but, as I've seen sargraf say, at a certain point you have to face up to the fact that just because you didn't pull the trigger yourself doesn't mean you're morally ok.