Continuing my series examining the themes, tropes and meta of Supernatural season one, here are a links to my rewatch reviews of "Route 666" and "Nightmare" at my journal, in case anyone here is interested in sharing my celebration of the early episodes with me. And also to a masterpost I've created for the collection. I welcome comments and ( Read more... )

Some thoughts on season one's Route 666.

Route 666 pt 1
Route 666 pt 2

Today you get a double feature!
Details and a few errant thoughts inspired by Route 666 may be found in here and Nightmare intrigued me enough to gain its own post, too.
I hope you'll enjoy. :)

Greetings

I'm new to writing meta, but have followed different metas (in and out of this community) for a while.
Nevertheless, 2x17, Heart, made me ponder a few things. I hope this is appropriate. If not, let me know. :)

Thinky Thoughts on Sex Scenes: comparing 1x13 and 2x17

Sam either didn’t want to tell Jessica about his upbringing and the family business, or he really did listen to his father in that regard. He seemed really pissed off that he was with Jessica a year and a half without telling her, and Dean was with “some chick” for a few dates and spilled everything.

Dean, as we’ve seen, follows John’s ( Read more... )

Meta on Sam in Route 666

Route 666 - its all about the brothers (monster truck? Cassie? What you talking about?). It’s important to place this episode in the season - we’ve seen the boys have conflict, separation and resolution in Asylum and Scarecrow, and Dean nearly die in Faith. We’ve established that they love each other, would do anything for ( Read more... )

( 1x13: ROUTE 666 )

Dean Meta for Route 666

Before we even get started, I think I better lay a few things down. When I say Sam and Dean are soul mates, I’m not talking about the Wincest view of things. I mean that there is no one on the planet who understands Dean more than Sam, and no one who understands Sam more than Dean. They are opposite sides of the same coin. ( Read more... )