Also, Mary vs. Anna was one of the most awesome fights in the show methinks. Most of the "big" showdowns in the show tends to underwhelm me actually. :3
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How far have you watched? On a scale of "epic" to "D'Anna Biers," how badass is Mary? Is Sam cuter than a widdle wounded baby penguin or WHAT? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
My sister and I just finished the season 5 finale yesterday. LOL - and I... *ahem* resisted moving on. I think she has already seen some of season 6 and most of season 7 actually.
Mary? I think Mary had won me over the moment she excused herself to catch and beat up a peeping Dean outside the diner during her date with John. :) That said, I can't help but notice and wonder if it's my imagination, or is there really a CHUCK load of pop literary references/influences in the show or what? (O_o)" When I tell my sister that, she just ignores me. >>"
As for Sam, he has grown on me, especially in the last few seasons, and when he gives that face - I wibble right alongside my sister. It doesn't mean however, that I don't still reserve the right the slap him (and Dean) upside the head when one or both of them are being frustrating
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he has grown on me, especially in the last few seasons, and when he gives that face
yup. I started out liking him a lot, but I really clicked into him in S3. And he only gets more and more awesome.
I'm just nodding right along with your entire Hammer of the Gods commentary. Problems, for sure, and easily fixable ones at that, but yeah, I loved that TORY was there to call out the Western-centrism.
It has always sort of bothered me (a bit - HAH) that this show is so specifically centered on America, and a majority of the times middle-America.
lol, RIGHT? Like, for one setting/experience to be important, NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN BE ACKNOWLEDGED TO EXIST EVER. Which is an awfully (and IMO unwarranted) low estimation as to the power of the story and setting on their own merits.
AND YES YES MORE ANGELS COMING SOON GET EXCITED. bad-ass motherfuckers.
WHY DO WE NOT HEAR MORE ABOUT THE ANGEL RESISTANCE. Because Zachariah said at some point that they were keeping the 'angelic upper management wants the apocalypse' quiet for fear of dissension in the ranks, and obviously it got out, and then...nothing.
Yeah, I get the "us against the world" and all thing the season was going for, but it means there are so many interesting stories that are right around the edges.
Though I do think S6 hints at the whole angel resistance idea a little more overtly. If Cas could waltz back in and recruit a whole army after the way he behaved that year, there must have been an awful lot of dissenters hanging around. I wonder if they weren't effective because they just didn't know what to do after thousands of years of believing all they were was how well they could follow orders.
has less in the way of chemistry than the Sarah Lawrence English department building. But from an Anna-characterization perspective, I totally love how he was going on and on about his ~endless pain and ~need for healing and ~hunger for connection, and she was like,"...that's sweet. I'm bored, let's lose some pants already."
Yeah, pretty much this. I like that Anna just seems to be looking for some fun. I dislike the way the show seems to want to portray Dean/Anna as this ~thing with ~feelings that there has been no time to develop.
I agree that Anna escaping from Heaven probably was an escape. Because if Heaven really wanted her as a loose canon and wanted Sam dead, Michael wouldn't have shown up to fry her. But I also think that she probably knew some things about Heaven that Castiel didn't, since she was a higher up originally, and she was able to escape that way. Also, Heaven had her for a lot longer than it had Cas (half an ep vs. half a season), so maybe they were no longer watching her as closely or intensely.
I dislike the way the show seems to want to portray Dean/Anna as this ~thing with ~feelings that there has been no time to develop.
Agreed. I have a much easier time with it if he was more... looking to lance those emotional wounds anyway, and she had an authoritative style he was comfortable with and anyway he wasn't going to have to face her tomorrow. So it was more about the ~feelings that were there regardless of any connection between them. So when she nudged things toward sex he pounced on that because it was something way more comfortable for him. idk, I usually have a hard time taking Dean's whole ladies' man act as much more than habitual performance anyway, but yeah, Dean/Anna is especially hard to read as romantic.
I also think that she probably knew some things about Heaven that Castiel didn't, since she was a higher up originally, and she was able to escape that way.
Dean/Anna, as with all Dean/Generic Nielsen-Friendly Love Interest pairings, has less in the way of chemistry than the Sarah Lawrence English department building.
Indeed.
Will always be pissed they killed Anna off. But point that she went out doing what she believed. X(
yeah. I mean, I think something really interesting ends up happening, with Dean's near-total lack of attraction to most of the people he sleeps with? or it could. But Dean/Anna is one of those few instances where I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to buy it as romantic, so, eh.
Will always be pissed they killed Anna off. But point that she went out doing what she believed. X(
For sure. But it's one of the few female deaths that wouldn't bother me outside the context of...all the other female deaths. It makes perfect sense with her story; it doesn't strip her of agency; it isn't played for the MAN PAIN.
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Also, Mary vs. Anna was one of the most awesome fights in the show methinks. Most of the "big" showdowns in the show tends to underwhelm me actually. :3
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now I have to ~interrogate you about everything
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but why even would you)
How far have you watched? On a scale of "epic" to "D'Anna Biers," how badass is Mary? Is Sam cuter than a widdle wounded baby penguin or WHAT? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
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Mary? I think Mary had won me over the moment she excused herself to catch and beat up a peeping Dean outside the diner during her date with John. :) That said, I can't help but notice and wonder if it's my imagination, or is there really a CHUCK load of pop literary references/influences in the show or what? (O_o)" When I tell my sister that, she just ignores me. >>"
As for Sam, he has grown on me, especially in the last few seasons, and when he gives that face - I wibble right alongside my sister. It doesn't mean however, that I don't still reserve the right the slap him (and Dean) upside the head when one or both of them are being frustrating ( ... )
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yup. I started out liking him a lot, but I really clicked into him in S3. And he only gets more and more awesome.
I'm just nodding right along with your entire Hammer of the Gods commentary. Problems, for sure, and easily fixable ones at that, but yeah, I loved that TORY was there to call out the Western-centrism.
It has always sort of bothered me (a bit - HAH) that this show is so specifically centered on America, and a majority of the times middle-America.
lol, RIGHT? Like, for one setting/experience to be important, NOTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD CAN BE ACKNOWLEDGED TO EXIST EVER. Which is an awfully (and IMO unwarranted) low estimation as to the power of the story and setting on their own merits.
AND YES YES MORE ANGELS COMING SOON GET EXCITED. bad-ass motherfuckers.
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Also, yes, Anna is all kinds of awesome.
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Though I do think S6 hints at the whole angel resistance idea a little more overtly. If Cas could waltz back in and recruit a whole army after the way he behaved that year, there must have been an awful lot of dissenters hanging around. I wonder if they weren't effective because they just didn't know what to do after thousands of years of believing all they were was how well they could follow orders.
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Yeah, pretty much this. I like that Anna just seems to be looking for some fun. I dislike the way the show seems to want to portray Dean/Anna as this ~thing with ~feelings that there has been no time to develop.
I agree that Anna escaping from Heaven probably was an escape. Because if Heaven really wanted her as a loose canon and wanted Sam dead, Michael wouldn't have shown up to fry her. But I also think that she probably knew some things about Heaven that Castiel didn't, since she was a higher up originally, and she was able to escape that way. Also, Heaven had her for a lot longer than it had Cas (half an ep vs. half a season), so maybe they were no longer watching her as closely or intensely.
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Agreed. I have a much easier time with it if he was more... looking to lance those emotional wounds anyway, and she had an authoritative style he was comfortable with and anyway he wasn't going to have to face her tomorrow. So it was more about the ~feelings that were there regardless of any connection between them. So when she nudged things toward sex he pounced on that because it was something way more comfortable for him. idk, I usually have a hard time taking Dean's whole ladies' man act as much more than habitual performance anyway, but yeah, Dean/Anna is especially hard to read as romantic.
I also think that she probably knew some things about Heaven that Castiel didn't, since she was a higher up originally, and she was able to escape that way.
ooooh, this is true.
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Indeed.
Will always be pissed they killed Anna off. But point that she went out doing what she believed. X(
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Will always be pissed they killed Anna off. But point that she went out doing what she believed. X(
For sure. But it's one of the few female deaths that wouldn't bother me outside the context of...all the other female deaths. It makes perfect sense with her story; it doesn't strip her of agency; it isn't played for the MAN PAIN.
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