6x01, now with thinky thoughts
It feels so odd and so wonderful to be watching this show live again with my flist. *tearful hugs*
( But enough with the emo. On with the thinky. )
( But enough with the emo. On with the thinky. )
As far as the Dean/Lisa thing goes:
That conversation between Lisa and Dean on the staircase really sold me on their relationship, and I mentioned this in an email, but for a moment there it struck me as something not out of suburbia but out of the kind of atmosphere they had in The End, the kind of atmosphere I'm guessing the show's budget didn't allow them to sustain through S5. It's very much like something out of a scifi film, or out of the films about Europe or Asia during WWII. The aftermath of cities not on the front lines but near enough to war zones that shell-shocked veterans show up in their towns, and the ones who fought try their hardest to keep the shit they went through shut up inside and the ones who were protected from the great evil try their hardest to understand and protect in smaller ways in return. It just felt real and lived-in and difficult but worth working through the tough times.
Absolutely this is how they strike me. Not perfect, but -- as Lisa said -- in it together. It's not a flash-N-burn romance, it's a *relationship*. I hope they can work something out. Common sense says that yes, Dean will be hitting the road with Sam because that's the Show's format, but that doesn't mean Lisa and Ben have to be completely dropped from Dean's life. I want them to figure out something, be it staying together long distance, or working out a "wrong time, but leave the door open for later" understanding... I dunno. Whatever. I just don't want to see them trashed when they are one of the rare relationships presented as being NOT all about Teh Sex. They are a true, settled-feeling couple, regardless of the baggage that comes with the package.
As far as Sam goes... I really think this IS Sam. Just... Sam showing the damage from spending time being Lucifer's meatsuit and spending time in the the Cage. Guess we'll find out what the deal is about his return, but it plays to me that the mystery isn't about whether it's really Sam, but about that mysterious rescue. The psychological damage is sort of a given. As you note, callback to The End, and "we keep each other human".
BTW I have you friended, just so you know I'm not like... purposely stalking you. Just stalking your SPN posts, lol.
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It's not a flash-N-burn romance, it's a *relationship*. ... They are a true, settled-feeling couple, regardless of the baggage that comes with the package.
YES. And yeah, I know that it won't be long before Dean and Sam are on the road together, given the show's format, but I just hope they do the parting well and not fridge her.
it plays to me that the mystery isn't about whether it's really Sam, but about that mysterious rescue.
I dearly hope so. If there are two things I'm worried about more than anything else this season, they are: Lisa being fridged and Sam being some secret!evil. I just hope that mystery plays out more like it did for Dean in S4, not all about something wrong with Sam but about things in play above and beyond his pay grade.
That's okay! I don't think you're stalkery. lol :)
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