5.21 Thoughts and Concerns
Before I begin, can I just get this out of my system and say HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SON OF A BITCH, THAT EPISODE KICKED ASS.
I do have a couple things that, upon the 3rd rewatch, I felt the need to ramble about.
First off, the vaccine plan to get the Croatoan virus into a bajillion people. I understand it, and it's honestly insanely clever. And ridiculously creepy. But I was thinking about how it would actually be distributed. They'd be giving them out willy nilly, I'm guessing, but the virus seems to be pretty fast acting. Going by how fast the workers at Niveus got infected by the demons, it's practically immediate. So if Team Domestic Terrorism hadn't stopped the trucks and the vaccines had made it out, how would that have gone down? Doctors offices would have received them and started handing 'em out. And then what? After one person got one, they'd get shuffled out the door and into the outside world? You'd think that people would see these lunatics running around and be like, "I don't think I want that vaccine, actually." Or maybe they'd put all these Croats in a room, and then, when there's enough of 'em, unleash them upon the public to wreak havoc. I dunno... The technical aspects of the plan are bugging me. I don't think I'm crystallizing them very well. I'm thinking about this entirely too much.
Another thing, why the hell did Crowley decide to give Bobby the ability to walk again? Like that's nice and everything, and if I had the chance to let him walk, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat, but I'm human. Crowley's a demon, and he doesn't seem overly ashamed of his tendency to double-cross people. I don't trust him. I adore him, and I love that he's on the show because he's so freaking awesome, but I don't trust him. I'm scared that the next episode will have Bobby not able to walk again. That would break my heart.
Speaking of Bobby, my new favorite phrase of frustration is "Balls!"
Thirdly, I'm pretty sure Castiel still some of his angel mojo. In that scene where he, Bobby, and Sam are in the van, Cas is just chillin' there and he bursts out with the idea of Sam saying yes, as if he read it from their minds or something. That's an angel thing, dude, not a human thing. I suppose they could have been talking about it or something, but in context, that theory really doesn't make sense. I don't see how else he would've heard about that plan unless he was reading Bobby's or Sam's thoughts. In that case, CASTIEL IS STILL ANGELIC. \O/
I'm going to just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sam's plan. It's gonna hurt like a bitch, and it's heart-stoppingly tragic, but this'll finally give him the chance for redemption! He's been working on it all season long, but this is really his chance, y'know? This whole thing pretty much started because of him, tracing back to the first season and even further. Everything he's done has set the Apocalypse in motion, unfortunately, even though he didn't mean for any of it to happen. But he has the opportunity to fix it, and I'm so glad that he's gonna take it. It hurts my little heart to see it, not to mention Dean's reaction to it all, but it has to be done. If there is any way that Sam can bounce back from the crap in his life and move on, this is how. He needs to set things right. I think that's the only way he can ever possibly learn to forgive himself, even just a little bit. He's been shouldering the blame for everything in his life, from Mary and Jess' deaths, to John's death, to Dean's, to the Apocalypse, etc. He has the deaths of countless people on his shoulders, and that'll never truly go away, but saying yes to Lucifer, taking control, and then throwing himself in the Pit... that's a start.
The last scene of Two Minutes to Midnight is like a punch to the gut. I don't normally cry ever, but that scene between Dean and Bobby... Guh. Kills me. I can think of no other way to describe this than to just quote it.
Bobby: Look, I'm not saying Sam ain't an ass-full of character defects, but-
Dean: But what?
Bobby: Back at Niveus, I watched that kid pull one civilian out after another. He must've saved ten people, never stopped, never slowed down. We're hard on him, Dean. We've always been. But in the meantime, he's been running into burning buildings since he was, what, twelve?
Dean: Pretty much.
Bobby: Look. Sam's got a darkness in him, I'm not saying he don't, but he's got a hell of a lot of good in him, too.
Dean: I know.
Bobby: Then you know Sam will beat the devil, or die trying. And that's the best we could ask for him. So I gotta ask, Dean. What exactly are you afraid of? Losing, or losing your brother?
AND THEN I CRUMBLE INTO NOTHINGNESS. That exchange... *wibble* I can't handle it! I can't handle this anymore! I just can't! IT'S TOO MUCH, KRIPKE!
I cannot imagine being Dean right now. I try to put myself in his shoes and contemplate letting my brother or sister give themselves up to save the world, and I just... It'd be hard! I mean, Sam's his brother! His only family! He's been looking out for the kid his whole life. He's gone to Hell for him. And to just let Sam willingly be taken over by Lucifer and throw himself into the cage... I don't know how I'd do it. I really don't. To let it happen takes a lot of strength, and I think this will also be a huge character growth for Dean, too. Letting Sam grow up, make his own decisions, save the world, but be hurt and/or die in the process... It's quite a sacrifice. Dean's just gotta be breaking all over inside. Poor guy.
*collective hug for Team Free Will*
Oh. Another thing. Why the hell does Lucifer's vessel need to drink demon blood in order to keep from exploding? I don't see any other angelic vessels having to do that. Gabriel never mentioned it, Michael never mentioned it, Raphael never mentioned it. What's so special about Lucifer's? What, when he was sent down to his little cage thingy, something about his composition changed so that he can't take on a vessel unless it's been fortified with demon blood? But that wouldn't make sense really 'cause demons came about after he was thrown out of Heaven. What the hell?! I mean, it's intense and makes for a good plot and everything. Makes the reasons for Ruby getting Sam addicted to demon blood make more sense, I guess. Or does it? Did she know that Sam needed to be strengthened with demon blood in order to be the vessel, or was she just being a bitch? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Finally, I watched the preview for next week, and HOLY. SHIT. Coherent thoughts are really not within my grasp yet. Next week will be the death of me, I'm sure of it.
I do have a couple things that, upon the 3rd rewatch, I felt the need to ramble about.
First off, the vaccine plan to get the Croatoan virus into a bajillion people. I understand it, and it's honestly insanely clever. And ridiculously creepy. But I was thinking about how it would actually be distributed. They'd be giving them out willy nilly, I'm guessing, but the virus seems to be pretty fast acting. Going by how fast the workers at Niveus got infected by the demons, it's practically immediate. So if Team Domestic Terrorism hadn't stopped the trucks and the vaccines had made it out, how would that have gone down? Doctors offices would have received them and started handing 'em out. And then what? After one person got one, they'd get shuffled out the door and into the outside world? You'd think that people would see these lunatics running around and be like, "I don't think I want that vaccine, actually." Or maybe they'd put all these Croats in a room, and then, when there's enough of 'em, unleash them upon the public to wreak havoc. I dunno... The technical aspects of the plan are bugging me. I don't think I'm crystallizing them very well. I'm thinking about this entirely too much.
Another thing, why the hell did Crowley decide to give Bobby the ability to walk again? Like that's nice and everything, and if I had the chance to let him walk, I'd jump on it in a heartbeat, but I'm human. Crowley's a demon, and he doesn't seem overly ashamed of his tendency to double-cross people. I don't trust him. I adore him, and I love that he's on the show because he's so freaking awesome, but I don't trust him. I'm scared that the next episode will have Bobby not able to walk again. That would break my heart.
Speaking of Bobby, my new favorite phrase of frustration is "Balls!"
Thirdly, I'm pretty sure Castiel still some of his angel mojo. In that scene where he, Bobby, and Sam are in the van, Cas is just chillin' there and he bursts out with the idea of Sam saying yes, as if he read it from their minds or something. That's an angel thing, dude, not a human thing. I suppose they could have been talking about it or something, but in context, that theory really doesn't make sense. I don't see how else he would've heard about that plan unless he was reading Bobby's or Sam's thoughts. In that case, CASTIEL IS STILL ANGELIC. \O/
I'm going to just say that I LOVE LOVE LOVE Sam's plan. It's gonna hurt like a bitch, and it's heart-stoppingly tragic, but this'll finally give him the chance for redemption! He's been working on it all season long, but this is really his chance, y'know? This whole thing pretty much started because of him, tracing back to the first season and even further. Everything he's done has set the Apocalypse in motion, unfortunately, even though he didn't mean for any of it to happen. But he has the opportunity to fix it, and I'm so glad that he's gonna take it. It hurts my little heart to see it, not to mention Dean's reaction to it all, but it has to be done. If there is any way that Sam can bounce back from the crap in his life and move on, this is how. He needs to set things right. I think that's the only way he can ever possibly learn to forgive himself, even just a little bit. He's been shouldering the blame for everything in his life, from Mary and Jess' deaths, to John's death, to Dean's, to the Apocalypse, etc. He has the deaths of countless people on his shoulders, and that'll never truly go away, but saying yes to Lucifer, taking control, and then throwing himself in the Pit... that's a start.
The last scene of Two Minutes to Midnight is like a punch to the gut. I don't normally cry ever, but that scene between Dean and Bobby... Guh. Kills me. I can think of no other way to describe this than to just quote it.
Bobby: Look, I'm not saying Sam ain't an ass-full of character defects, but-
Dean: But what?
Bobby: Back at Niveus, I watched that kid pull one civilian out after another. He must've saved ten people, never stopped, never slowed down. We're hard on him, Dean. We've always been. But in the meantime, he's been running into burning buildings since he was, what, twelve?
Dean: Pretty much.
Bobby: Look. Sam's got a darkness in him, I'm not saying he don't, but he's got a hell of a lot of good in him, too.
Dean: I know.
Bobby: Then you know Sam will beat the devil, or die trying. And that's the best we could ask for him. So I gotta ask, Dean. What exactly are you afraid of? Losing, or losing your brother?
AND THEN I CRUMBLE INTO NOTHINGNESS. That exchange... *wibble* I can't handle it! I can't handle this anymore! I just can't! IT'S TOO MUCH, KRIPKE!
I cannot imagine being Dean right now. I try to put myself in his shoes and contemplate letting my brother or sister give themselves up to save the world, and I just... It'd be hard! I mean, Sam's his brother! His only family! He's been looking out for the kid his whole life. He's gone to Hell for him. And to just let Sam willingly be taken over by Lucifer and throw himself into the cage... I don't know how I'd do it. I really don't. To let it happen takes a lot of strength, and I think this will also be a huge character growth for Dean, too. Letting Sam grow up, make his own decisions, save the world, but be hurt and/or die in the process... It's quite a sacrifice. Dean's just gotta be breaking all over inside. Poor guy.
*collective hug for Team Free Will*
Oh. Another thing. Why the hell does Lucifer's vessel need to drink demon blood in order to keep from exploding? I don't see any other angelic vessels having to do that. Gabriel never mentioned it, Michael never mentioned it, Raphael never mentioned it. What's so special about Lucifer's? What, when he was sent down to his little cage thingy, something about his composition changed so that he can't take on a vessel unless it's been fortified with demon blood? But that wouldn't make sense really 'cause demons came about after he was thrown out of Heaven. What the hell?! I mean, it's intense and makes for a good plot and everything. Makes the reasons for Ruby getting Sam addicted to demon blood make more sense, I guess. Or does it? Did she know that Sam needed to be strengthened with demon blood in order to be the vessel, or was she just being a bitch? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Finally, I watched the preview for next week, and HOLY. SHIT. Coherent thoughts are really not within my grasp yet. Next week will be the death of me, I'm sure of it.