insta- and delayed-reaction to 7.11 and 7.12
Nighthawks, Hopper, 1942... I kinda love my Show.
And hot damn, but mentors are just piling out of the Volkswagon, aren't they? Eliot Ness? Oh Show, I think your crushes are showing. ATTENTION DEAN, YOU ARE AT YOUR TURNING POINT. PLEASE ATTEND:
Be professional; do it right, with a smile, or don't do it. And okay, maybe you can't totally manage that, and maybe you won't ultimately go that way, but you saw the point of trying. ASJKJHGFDFGHJKL. \o/
At least you're making a difference, so enjoy it while it lasts, kid, because hunting is the only clarity you're going to find in this life. And that makes you luckier than most. And he didn't even get into it because of revenge, he got into it because it was right. And he's f*cking Eliot Ness.
And Sam gets the Mom Voice. That maybe makes me happier than anything. \o/ (Also, Jody. The guest stars are making me all warm and happy.)
Also, Dean, thank you for not killing anything in the last two episodes "or whatever it is you kids do to blow off steam" unlike when your last dad died. Did you notice last week that for the first time in a long time you were Saving People, even more than you were Hunting Things? That Chrissy and her dad reminded you of the value of that? And that it wasn't the skill set of killing that let you save them, but the hard-earned wisdom to know how to get them both out of "the life" so that they can actually have a life, and the value of that (bitterlimetwist pointed out it was the first time he ever really saw Sam's Stanford decision objectively and could approve of what Sam was trying to do, and I totally agree); it was your understanding that they were in it for each other and therefore had to get out for each other and with each other in order for it to take? You may never be out of the life but you're beginning to learn from others' wisdom how to live it, and from yours why to live it; you're finally at the point where you can get past the self-sacrifice/revenge mindset that's been destroying you for so long. You've got a ways to figuring it all out, but I have faith in you, honey, so please pay attention.
Also, Sam, you continue awesome. And adorable, even when you're sacrificing yourself to save someone else. Thank you for letting yourself be mothered just a little bit, you need it. But you also needed to hear her telling you to cut your hair, it's flopping all over the place. (She was telling you with her eyes.) Also, I have total faith in you to be able to handle Hallucifer and everything - I really do - but I wish I knew more about what's going on. Sure it's your turn to be the strong, stoic one while the other brother sorts his crap out, but damn it, go find the Impala so you can sit on it and have Dean make you tell him what's going on. You also have some sorting to do. Unless you plan to carry Lucifer around on your shoulder forever, which ... I mean, I guess is Epic on the scale we've come to expect from you boys and your wacky adventures, but I'd rather you not.
Also, bottle? I don't care about you. YEAH I SAID IT. Except for please don't be ghostly!Bobby or ghostly!Cas (and also except for I'm really, really glad it had nothing to do with timeslip and all of that was just an indication of how jacked the boys are right now). Partly because do not tell me the boys didn't give Bobby a hunter's funeral, and Cas didn't have a freaking soul. But also because mainly, Enough Already. YEAH I SAID IT, AGAIN. This is the Season of Moving On so, yanno, LET'S.
In any case, that was far more awesome than I was bracing for. A little clunky in parts, maybe, but overall ... awesome. (I just like saying it.)