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Same as the old boss?
"Slow Ride" as THEN music! \m/
NOW and title card are the inverse of previous seasons, white background instead of dark (with the exception of season 5's... in fact, the splattering on this one reminded me of the bleeding in S5's). This new one seemed like a photo negative. What does it meeeean?
(ETA: Oh, and the inkiness of it. Fresh, wet ink. Suggesting that the rules are being re-written? Hinting that this is something new coming along? Also, I'm having half-formed thoughts about ink and maps and leviathans on maps and trying to chart out the world: like European explorers mapping the New World, ignorant of the fact that it wasn't a new world and they weren't its first inhabitants - not equating indigenous peoples with leviathans, however. Oh, and ink and squids and sea creatures/leviathans... hmmm.)
Dean wore t-shirts with stuff on them! He never does that. I couldn't read the first one, but the second seemed to have "lake" on it... and I swore I saw the word "racing" at one point.
The field of smote angels! Reminded me of all the fallen trees in "Lazarus Rising."
Sam with the nose-bleeding (hearkening back to psychic kid days) and falling on the glass shards. And then the flashbacks. Oh, honey.
Impala! *pets* Oh, baby. I love Dean's pride in taking care of the car and fixing it up. Also, the image of him on his back on the front seat with his legs pulled up? Yeah, totally no dirty thoughts there. Nope. None at all. *whistles*
Also, I so did not stare at Jared's ass when Sam went to sit down in Bobby's kitchen. *coughs*
"These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" bringing us to Crowley. I loved it! Yay, more Crowley!
Bing commercial with Sera: I'm sorry, Sera, but you're wrong. There are TONS of myths out there. Even seven seasons in, you've got a loaded arsenal of lore to pull from.
I love when Dean is badass, such as overpowering the rich dude with the gun, and the cavalier attitude leading into it. But I wish they would have shown his badassery instead of cutting to the tied-up couple.
Death! I so fucking love Death. His cane and his pedantry and his face. Damn, Julian Richings has an amazing face. All those sharp, long bones, so bird-like, recalling dinosaurs. Ancient. And I love that Dean brought Death fast food.
Michelle Walker = Michele Bachmann? Heh. Well done Cas! Also the earlier church scene: loved him declaring his indifference toward sexual orientation and calling out the church's hypocrisy. Not merely a wrathful god. You still see Cas in there, trying to do the right thing (e.g., the KKK bit), but nevertheless corrupted by his (seeming) absolute power.
Oh, Sam. Gotta say, Lucifer's return was delicious. But, to reiterate: OH, SAM. I don't know if the writers are trying to trick us into believing that all of this (i.e. everything we see, on screen, the whole story) really is in Sam's head. I don't personally think they would bother going there, as that would be too cheap - too "Bobby Ewing in the shower" - and I think the writers know that we know that. I like that the main story is broken up by the internal story of Sam's mental fission. And I like that these visualizations give us insight, finally, into what he went through in Hell.
It's a clever hallucination. Given Sam's analytical nature, it makes sense. Even Sam's hallucinations analyze themselves. Jesus. Lucifer must have played with that so much in the pit, hence his reappearance.
Oh, Cas. He came back! 'Atta boy- err, angel... god... thing. *hands*
The hole to Purgatory looked just like the hole to the Cage. (Feel silly capitalizing that, but it isn't just any old cage, is it?)
Fuuuuck. I should have known it was too quick and too easy: Cas redeeming himself and then not being dead after the souls were returned. I hope the Leviathan is lying about him being dead now, though.
Leviathan, eh? I've gotten so used to associating "leviathan" with "whale," that it almost made me giggle. Is it Shamu? Fudgy the Whale? Luckily, it is an intimidating-sounding word ("leviathan," not "fudgy"). It sounds old and giant and powerful. Plus, you know, flinging Dean and Bobby around tends to keep giggles at bay.
Or. Oh, god. Hobbes. *having "Milton and the 17th century" course PTSD* But, then, the Hobbes connection works, as it indicates an autocrat, an absolute power. Like God. But not God. It explains Castiel's god complex, that it came from more than just the absorbed souls.
So, we have a God in the negative? The inverse of God? Leviathan is sometimes associated with the Devil, but we've already dealt with that dude so obviously Show isn't taking us down that road.
Leviathan fun facts:
The name itself is probably from Hebrew lawo, 'to twist', 'to writhe', with tan (used only in the plural, tannim, from Arabic tinin, 'dragon') translated as 'whale', 'sea serpent', or whatever best suits the context.
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According to rabbinical tradition, it was Leviathan who seduced Eve in its male incarnation of Samael, and Adam in its female incarnation of Lilith.
(from Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable)
GAH. So much to think about already!
Oh, SHOW. I love that you still get me all flaily like this! Can't wait to see where this all leads! Want to watch it again!