So I finally got around to it...
I'd put off watching spn 7.10 until I finished my essay and 50_states draft. So I finally got to it. And
*snf*
It was very nicely done, I thought. The last scene made me tear up, which I don't think happened when any of the other characters died. Mostly because those other deaths were more drama oriented, and tense and 'omg I can't believe they went there what's coming next augh augh augh???' and in this case it was more, '...yeah, that's just...so sad. *wibble*' I think given Bobby's age and his backstory, the sense of its being complete, and the way it's developed, it's a good fit.
Of course the stuff with Sam, looking so young (except for the sideburns), and Dean looking like he's had his innards ripped out and stomped on, was awesome and I would watch the entire ep again just to soak up those bits. How devastated they were, how woefully unprepared. I haven't been deliberately avoiding post-ep fic but now that I think about it, there really hasn't been much that I've seen. Which makes me sad. :c And for that matter, fic set during the ep. I dunno. Maybe it all came out immediately after the episode and I just didn't really notice it.
I want stuff about Sam trying to hold it together and be a grown-up, feeling responsible for Dean, trying to deal with his own crazy while struggling to hold his brother together as well.
I like the fact that Bobby's reaper had a beard. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but hee!
As usual, I find myself wondering about a couple things. They are:
-They put the 'god's gonna punish you' thing in twice. Will this be relevant, given what we know about god in the spn-verse?
-Who's running heaven now anyway?
-If he goes to hell, will he meet up with Crowley?
-Didn't the X-Files end with something like 'we'll fight the aliens with the power of god and also the ghosts of all the people who've died over the course of the series'? Because now my brain is trying to say the big fight here is between monsters and the human-borne supernatural stuff (ghosts and demons, and maybe the dead yanked out of heaven, like Jo). It'd be fun if that turned out to be the case. Then Bobby could be a ghost rallying other ghosts, shuttling between various points of interest in the afterlife, and we'd get to see all those characters they killed off before the end of the series.
Do I think we'll never see Bobby again? Umm, hmm, let's think. They brought back Rufus, Jo, and Ellen, as well as both versions of Mary and at least one of John, and Adam, and probably some others I'm forgetting. A lot of these guys were just kind of around occasionally and didn't exactly get a whole episode dedicated to their deaths. So I'd be a bit shocked if he never came back, ever ever ever, even if it's just for five minutes as a glowy blue ghost to tell the boys to use the force, idjits, or whatever.
I really really enjoyed Dean's threatening of Levi!Dick. Scary!badass!possibly-insane-with-grief!Dean is my favorite flavor of Dean. I vote for more of this, plz.
There's probably more in my brain, but I may need to let it percolate some. More than anything, I'm sad by my lack of ability to generate a good Bobby voice. I have no idea what kind of fic I'd do with him in it, but it'd be nice to have the option. Oh well...
Off to look for fic I s'pose.
*snf*
It was very nicely done, I thought. The last scene made me tear up, which I don't think happened when any of the other characters died. Mostly because those other deaths were more drama oriented, and tense and 'omg I can't believe they went there what's coming next augh augh augh???' and in this case it was more, '...yeah, that's just...so sad. *wibble*' I think given Bobby's age and his backstory, the sense of its being complete, and the way it's developed, it's a good fit.
Of course the stuff with Sam, looking so young (except for the sideburns), and Dean looking like he's had his innards ripped out and stomped on, was awesome and I would watch the entire ep again just to soak up those bits. How devastated they were, how woefully unprepared. I haven't been deliberately avoiding post-ep fic but now that I think about it, there really hasn't been much that I've seen. Which makes me sad. :c And for that matter, fic set during the ep. I dunno. Maybe it all came out immediately after the episode and I just didn't really notice it.
I want stuff about Sam trying to hold it together and be a grown-up, feeling responsible for Dean, trying to deal with his own crazy while struggling to hold his brother together as well.
I like the fact that Bobby's reaper had a beard. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but hee!
As usual, I find myself wondering about a couple things. They are:
-They put the 'god's gonna punish you' thing in twice. Will this be relevant, given what we know about god in the spn-verse?
-Who's running heaven now anyway?
-If he goes to hell, will he meet up with Crowley?
-Didn't the X-Files end with something like 'we'll fight the aliens with the power of god and also the ghosts of all the people who've died over the course of the series'? Because now my brain is trying to say the big fight here is between monsters and the human-borne supernatural stuff (ghosts and demons, and maybe the dead yanked out of heaven, like Jo). It'd be fun if that turned out to be the case. Then Bobby could be a ghost rallying other ghosts, shuttling between various points of interest in the afterlife, and we'd get to see all those characters they killed off before the end of the series.
Do I think we'll never see Bobby again? Umm, hmm, let's think. They brought back Rufus, Jo, and Ellen, as well as both versions of Mary and at least one of John, and Adam, and probably some others I'm forgetting. A lot of these guys were just kind of around occasionally and didn't exactly get a whole episode dedicated to their deaths. So I'd be a bit shocked if he never came back, ever ever ever, even if it's just for five minutes as a glowy blue ghost to tell the boys to use the force, idjits, or whatever.
I really really enjoyed Dean's threatening of Levi!Dick. Scary!badass!possibly-insane-with-grief!Dean is my favorite flavor of Dean. I vote for more of this, plz.
There's probably more in my brain, but I may need to let it percolate some. More than anything, I'm sad by my lack of ability to generate a good Bobby voice. I have no idea what kind of fic I'd do with him in it, but it'd be nice to have the option. Oh well...
Off to look for fic I s'pose.