I just don't tell them... everything. - Yeah. That's called lying.
First, I made a master post for the episode headers because I think it'll look kinda cool to scroll down.
Second, Skin! I watched it. But I'm also sort of exhausted from running around all day. Some spare and rambling food for thought...
Not!Dean's confessions and resentments in Skin are often compared to Exaggerated!Sam's confessions and resentments in Asylum. What's more, the brother's differing reactions (or rather Sam's lack of reaction versus Dean's hurt feelings) might be discussed as yet another way to understand the dynamic between the brothers and how they understand their relationship to one another and to their father.
All the same, I see a close relationship between Skin and Born Under A Bad Sign. In both instances there's a form of impersonation by the baddie and a psychic intimacy with the impersonated, and unlike Asylum, in both Skin and Born Under A Bad Sign, feelings aren't amplified, thier simply interpreted and manipulated for the agenda of an evil go between.
What's more, Skin is the first instance of hearing from the point of view of the Monster of the Week. There is more to say on this, but I'm tired.
In addition, what's the relationship between Skin and Heart? While Heart is the episode actually about werewolves, Skin is the episode that features (an awesome) homage to an American Werewolf in London with the shapeshifter transformation scene. What's more, it's with the shapeshifter in Skin, rather than with actual werewolves, that the idea of silver bullets is first introduced. I know there's more to say, and Heart is especially important in the second season with the angst about killing loves ones and unconscious evil, but all the stuff they stuffed into Skin makes it seem like werewolves were never supposed to be a part of the Supernatural 'verse.
Hopefully when I get to Heart, I'll be able to compose a comparison with this episode, and try to work through the different types of shapeshifters. Maybe it'll be called: "Rationalizing the Lameness of the Actual Werewolves in the Supernatural 'Verse."
And yesterday's neato banner:
Tangent: I watched the movie "The TV Set" tonight, and that film has raised more concerns about my already troubling fondness for Padalecki. Does Padalecki = Zach??? I can see it too vividly for comfort.
Second, Skin! I watched it. But I'm also sort of exhausted from running around all day. Some spare and rambling food for thought...
Not!Dean's confessions and resentments in Skin are often compared to Exaggerated!Sam's confessions and resentments in Asylum. What's more, the brother's differing reactions (or rather Sam's lack of reaction versus Dean's hurt feelings) might be discussed as yet another way to understand the dynamic between the brothers and how they understand their relationship to one another and to their father.
All the same, I see a close relationship between Skin and Born Under A Bad Sign. In both instances there's a form of impersonation by the baddie and a psychic intimacy with the impersonated, and unlike Asylum, in both Skin and Born Under A Bad Sign, feelings aren't amplified, thier simply interpreted and manipulated for the agenda of an evil go between.
What's more, Skin is the first instance of hearing from the point of view of the Monster of the Week. There is more to say on this, but I'm tired.
In addition, what's the relationship between Skin and Heart? While Heart is the episode actually about werewolves, Skin is the episode that features (an awesome) homage to an American Werewolf in London with the shapeshifter transformation scene. What's more, it's with the shapeshifter in Skin, rather than with actual werewolves, that the idea of silver bullets is first introduced. I know there's more to say, and Heart is especially important in the second season with the angst about killing loves ones and unconscious evil, but all the stuff they stuffed into Skin makes it seem like werewolves were never supposed to be a part of the Supernatural 'verse.
Hopefully when I get to Heart, I'll be able to compose a comparison with this episode, and try to work through the different types of shapeshifters. Maybe it'll be called: "Rationalizing the Lameness of the Actual Werewolves in the Supernatural 'Verse."
And yesterday's neato banner:
Tangent: I watched the movie "The TV Set" tonight, and that film has raised more concerns about my already troubling fondness for Padalecki. Does Padalecki = Zach??? I can see it too vividly for comfort.