I actually don't see why they couldn't be hunters and prey at the same time. I mean, I agree that they can't hunt the MOTW while the big bad demon is relentlessly focused on them, but we don't know that the demon's business with them is really urgent for him right now, and couldn't still wait some time more while the demon activity increases further. Unlike in the last confrontation the Winchesters now probably won't actively hunt it until they figured out some better plan, and the demon who seems to have some kind of long-term plan we still have no clue about might just as well decide to regroup from the loss of his children/minions and his own body
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I agree, the show is more likely to alternate, or go through cycles from hunters to prey and back again.
Let's not forget about the Benders, where Sam was marked as the hunted, yet never actually had to go into that role due to his own resourcefulness and Dean's rescuing abilities. Neither Sam nor Dean seemed particularly worried in that episode. In Devil's Trap, they're worried. I love that first scene in Devil's Trap, it's the first time I think we've seen Dean absolutely terrified. Trying to cover it up of course. "Prey" is a state of mind, and though the Benders would have literally hunted them, it's not the same as what's going on with the Demon, where the Winchesters are brutally cornered.
I actually don't see why they couldn't be hunters and prey at the same time. I mean, I agree that they can't hunt the MOTW while the big bad demon is relentlessly focused on them, but we don't know that the demon's business with them is really urgent for him right now, and couldn't still wait some time more while the demon activity increases further.
Logistically, that's true. The story could establish that the demon is laying low again for some reason, which would leave the boys free to deal with the MotW. But it's like dotfic says, what matters here is the psychological difference between hunter and prey. It's one thing to go into a haunted house knowing that you're hunting evil, helping people, making the world a better place. It's something else entirely to go in knowing that you're just filling up time killing the small fry until the thing that tortured you and made you beg decides to come back for another go.
But yes, I do expect the overall format to be something like the X-Files. Except, hopefully, done well. I'm hoping
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I'm hoping that Kripke has learned from Chris Carter's mistakes and really does have an idea of where his storyline is going.
Yeah, I hope that too. But then I think it would be hard to make one demon's motivation and plot as convoluted as the ever evolving alien/consortium conspiracies. I mean, I'm sure it'd be possible, but only with quite some effort.
Yes, one of the nice things about the setup of SPN is that it doesn't lend itself to big, sprawling government-conspiracy plots that's been the bane of so many other shows (even BtVS succumbed to it in season 4). Kripke appears to be keeping his mythology small and manageable (by mythology standards, anyway), which should work in his favor.
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Let's not forget about the Benders, where Sam was marked as the hunted, yet never actually had to go into that role due to his own resourcefulness and Dean's rescuing abilities. Neither Sam nor Dean seemed particularly worried in that episode. In Devil's Trap, they're worried. I love that first scene in Devil's Trap, it's the first time I think we've seen Dean absolutely terrified. Trying to cover it up of course. "Prey" is a state of mind, and though the Benders would have literally hunted them, it's not the same as what's going on with the Demon, where the Winchesters are brutally cornered.
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Logistically, that's true. The story could establish that the demon is laying low again for some reason, which would leave the boys free to deal with the MotW. But it's like dotfic says, what matters here is the psychological difference between hunter and prey. It's one thing to go into a haunted house knowing that you're hunting evil, helping people, making the world a better place. It's something else entirely to go in knowing that you're just filling up time killing the small fry until the thing that tortured you and made you beg decides to come back for another go.
But yes, I do expect the overall format to be something like the X-Files. Except, hopefully, done well. I'm hoping ( ... )
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Yeah, I hope that too. But then I think it would be hard to make one demon's motivation and plot as convoluted as the ever evolving alien/consortium conspiracies. I mean, I'm sure it'd be possible, but only with quite some effort.
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