Belatedly, 6x12
ULTRA BELATED EPISODE REACTION! I spent a few days sulking over how it completely Jossed a fic I was working on - damn you unexpectedly non-standard use of Purgatory! - but then I had an idea, so I’ve forgiven it. for now.
Tbh I don’t really have an awful lot to say anyway. Then again, usually when I say that I end up waffling on for pages, so we shall see. FIRST I WILL COMPLAIN, THEN I WILL SQUEE ABOUT HUGGINGS.
1. WORST USE OF DRAGONS EVER OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. Srsly show, srsly, you know your budget is not huge. We know your budget is not huge. You can’t even afford to have your angel fights escalate beyond fisticuffs, so why oh god why did you not pick a mythical creature that’s within your budgetary restraints instead of taking something as awesome as DRAGONS and giving us... what even was that. Gruff men with glowy hands and a glimpse of wings. It’s not like the dragons even were significant to the plot in any way. There are millions of humanoid monsters that could’ve had a vested interest in opening up Purgatory, but no. No. You just ruined dragons for the all of us.
I have a lot of feelings on this matter.
2. Basically I wish this show would just never talk about virginity again, because its attitude SUCKS. Like, okay, whatever, Dean making a huge deal out of Nancy in JoB was a bit annoying but reasonably in character I guess and at least he wasn’t making a negative deal about it. But why on earth does Sam - FORMERLY SWEET, NERDY, TEENAGE SAM - keep being all STAR WARS T-SHIRT? VIRGIN! PINK ROOM? VIRGIN! It’s just weird, and annoying, and it makes me scowl. Apparently in the world of SPN the only people who are virgins are nerds, uber-Christians, or socially maladjusted.
3. I am really sick of tptb just... throwing in a new big bad/crisis every season. I mean, at this stage of the show it’s just like... the Winchesters have SO MANY ENEMIES ALREADY and still you keep on giving them new enemies? Come on, people. I miss the days when they were acting on their own goals/quests, instead of reacting to the sinister beings thrown their way. GIVE ME QUEST ARCS OR GIVE ME DEATH. What about the hunt for God? I don’t exactly enjoy the big G being all up in my leisure activities, but it was a pre-existing plot point with a great deal of scope and opportunity to be built upon! But no, instead we have another creepy woman in a white dress.
And I am not just saying that because my fic was going to be about the hunt for God >:[ HELL SCREW YOU SHOW, my fic could still be about the hunt for God. It’s the way I rooolll~
4. I think those are all my major complaints.
4a. Wait, no, also - enough of the Wacky Physical Comedy Music. Lolololol Dean can’t pull out a sword, let’s make it sound like an episode of Looney Tunes! No. Just no.
5. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM. DEEEEEEEEAAAAAANNN *_____* asdjskfsdg Sam just LEAPING ON DEAN FOR HUGGINGS the second he wakes up (and uh, why did he wake up so suddenly when Castiel said he would Never Wake Up?) and they were both SO HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER OMG. HAPPINESS. HAPPY BOYS. When was the last time they actually enjoyed being in each other’s company? And Dean’s face when Sam was being all Caring To Victims and Sam being outraged at Dean nicking the diary and boooooys. ngl I did kind of miss Robo!Sam (what, he was funny, okay) but SAMMICH. And things!!! And stuff!!!! Sam and Dean being back together and being on good terms and with only a small amount of lying is basically the only thing I liked about this episode, but
I LIKED IT VERY VERY MUCH
6. I have no idea what to even make of Castiel wanting to give Sam a hug. That was just strange. POOR OLD CASTIEL, what a rubbish time you have been having and to top it all off the Winchesters won’t give you huggings. COME HERE COME HERE I WILL HUG YOU AWKWARDLY it can be our little secret.
7. Likewise have no idea what to make of Bobby apparently having a sexy past life with a sexy academic. What. She is way too classy for you, Bobby. Go make amends with Cobbler Woman instead.
8. so I guess Sam is going to be going around Atoning For His Sins. SIGH. *flops* Well I certainly don’t think he should be blamed for things that Robo!Sam did - that’s like blinding someone and then scolding them for walking into walls - but that’s the Sam Winchester Guilt Complex I suppose. As long as the show doesn’t make out that he needs to atone. Which... I’m not sure I trust the show to not do. Oh well oh well.
9. I AM SO READY FOR SAM TO ITCH AT HIS WALL DUN DUN DUUUUN. Brb writing fic about Sam’s Wall and the hunt for God and our new Purgatory Mother Monster not being a repetitive evil woman plot.
Tbh I don’t really have an awful lot to say anyway. Then again, usually when I say that I end up waffling on for pages, so we shall see. FIRST I WILL COMPLAIN, THEN I WILL SQUEE ABOUT HUGGINGS.
1. WORST USE OF DRAGONS EVER OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD. Srsly show, srsly, you know your budget is not huge. We know your budget is not huge. You can’t even afford to have your angel fights escalate beyond fisticuffs, so why oh god why did you not pick a mythical creature that’s within your budgetary restraints instead of taking something as awesome as DRAGONS and giving us... what even was that. Gruff men with glowy hands and a glimpse of wings. It’s not like the dragons even were significant to the plot in any way. There are millions of humanoid monsters that could’ve had a vested interest in opening up Purgatory, but no. No. You just ruined dragons for the all of us.
I have a lot of feelings on this matter.
2. Basically I wish this show would just never talk about virginity again, because its attitude SUCKS. Like, okay, whatever, Dean making a huge deal out of Nancy in JoB was a bit annoying but reasonably in character I guess and at least he wasn’t making a negative deal about it. But why on earth does Sam - FORMERLY SWEET, NERDY, TEENAGE SAM - keep being all STAR WARS T-SHIRT? VIRGIN! PINK ROOM? VIRGIN! It’s just weird, and annoying, and it makes me scowl. Apparently in the world of SPN the only people who are virgins are nerds, uber-Christians, or socially maladjusted.
3. I am really sick of tptb just... throwing in a new big bad/crisis every season. I mean, at this stage of the show it’s just like... the Winchesters have SO MANY ENEMIES ALREADY and still you keep on giving them new enemies? Come on, people. I miss the days when they were acting on their own goals/quests, instead of reacting to the sinister beings thrown their way. GIVE ME QUEST ARCS OR GIVE ME DEATH. What about the hunt for God? I don’t exactly enjoy the big G being all up in my leisure activities, but it was a pre-existing plot point with a great deal of scope and opportunity to be built upon! But no, instead we have another creepy woman in a white dress.
And I am not just saying that because my fic was going to be about the hunt for God >:[ HELL SCREW YOU SHOW, my fic could still be about the hunt for God. It’s the way I rooolll~
4. I think those are all my major complaints.
4a. Wait, no, also - enough of the Wacky Physical Comedy Music. Lolololol Dean can’t pull out a sword, let’s make it sound like an episode of Looney Tunes! No. Just no.
5. SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM. DEEEEEEEEAAAAAANNN *_____* asdjskfsdg Sam just LEAPING ON DEAN FOR HUGGINGS the second he wakes up (and uh, why did he wake up so suddenly when Castiel said he would Never Wake Up?) and they were both SO HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER OMG. HAPPINESS. HAPPY BOYS. When was the last time they actually enjoyed being in each other’s company? And Dean’s face when Sam was being all Caring To Victims and Sam being outraged at Dean nicking the diary and boooooys. ngl I did kind of miss Robo!Sam (what, he was funny, okay) but SAMMICH. And things!!! And stuff!!!! Sam and Dean being back together and being on good terms and with only a small amount of lying is basically the only thing I liked about this episode, but
I LIKED IT VERY VERY MUCH
6. I have no idea what to even make of Castiel wanting to give Sam a hug. That was just strange. POOR OLD CASTIEL, what a rubbish time you have been having and to top it all off the Winchesters won’t give you huggings. COME HERE COME HERE I WILL HUG YOU AWKWARDLY it can be our little secret.
7. Likewise have no idea what to make of Bobby apparently having a sexy past life with a sexy academic. What. She is way too classy for you, Bobby. Go make amends with Cobbler Woman instead.
8. so I guess Sam is going to be going around Atoning For His Sins. SIGH. *flops* Well I certainly don’t think he should be blamed for things that Robo!Sam did - that’s like blinding someone and then scolding them for walking into walls - but that’s the Sam Winchester Guilt Complex I suppose. As long as the show doesn’t make out that he needs to atone. Which... I’m not sure I trust the show to not do. Oh well oh well.
9. I AM SO READY FOR SAM TO ITCH AT HIS WALL DUN DUN DUUUUN. Brb writing fic about Sam’s Wall and the hunt for God and our new Purgatory Mother Monster not being a repetitive evil woman plot.