SPN ramblings: Born-Again Identity.
Mutually Assured Destruction: military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of high-yield weapons of mass destruction by two opposing sides would effectively result in the complete, utter and irrevocable annihilation of both the attacker and the defender,[1] becoming thus a war that has no victory nor any armistice but only effective reciprocal destruction. It is based on the theory of deterrence according to which the deployment, and implicit menace of use, of strong weapons is essential to threaten the enemy in order to prevent the use by said-enemy of the same weapons against oneself. The strategy is effectively a form of Nash equilibrium in which neither side, once armed, has any rational incentive either to initiate a conflict or to disarm (presuming neither side considers self-destruction an acceptable outcome).
DEAN WINCHESTER is a soldier and of the finest species. He rocks. That’s it.
This episode was not easy to review. I loved it and hated it at the same time.
I loved Dean. Everything he did, everything he said. I just loved this complicated human being who's always willing to make the hardest decisions and never complain about the consequences they have on him.
After seven seasons, Jensen is still able to show Dean's emotion with just a subtle change in his eyes expression or lowering the tone of his voice. If Dean is who he is, Jensen is the one who has the credit for.
Dean…what can I say about Dean?
Dean broke me since the moment he walked in Sam's room at the hospital. When Sam reminded him of the reaper in Faith, the way he said he remembered showed how much affected he still is by every choice they have made, by every life they have wasted. Faith remains one of my favourite episodes ever and I am glad that the show addressed it. Dean still feels responsible for Layla's death, for Sam being in the cage, for giving back to him his soul, for losing Cas. No matter how magnificent he is, no matter how many people he has saved during his life, in his eyes he will never win.
That being said, I loved he didn't do anything stupid to save Sam. I think he was at the point where he wanted to save his brother, but he could have survived even without him. Maybe I am wrong, but this feeling hit me hard. When he was scrolling down the list of the people to call, just from his body language, the composure, I realized that maybe, just maybe, Dean has arrived to the point where he can contemplate the idea of losing Sam. This would make me happy, because it would mean that Dean is healing and his relationship with his brother is finally becoming healthier...but I do think the real reason is the lack of faith and hope Dean is living right now. You know, I think the line "part of me always thought you would have come back" that was in the promo hasn't been cut by chance. It was cut because it would have meant for Dean to still have hope and Dean is not hopeful anymore. You could object that he still had the trench-coat, but for me it was like the Impala or the leather jacket. The trench-coat was still in the car, because for someone like Dean, who doesn't have home, who doesn't have a family or friends, that was one way to create a familiar bond. As U2 sing in one of their song “home is where heart is” and Dean’s heart is with his beloved ones.
So Dean broke me because he wanted to protect everyone and he failed.Yet he did not and succeded in protecting the one he loves. He didn’t want Cas to remember. He’d rather go with Cas away but safe and happy, then with him back on game and aware of his actions. Dean wanted Castiel to forget, to protect him from his own sins and guilt. Dean was willing to carry all the pain, being the only one to remember Castiel betrayal and Castiel victims. Then he just couldn’t because it was Sam who needed Castiel help and because, deep down, I think Dean knew it was wrong. Letting Castiel go, forgetful, would have been unfair to him. To deprive Castiel of his past would have meant not giving him the possibility to fix his damage and this chance should be given to everyone. So I think Dean did the right thing.
Dean was right in leaving Castiel at the facility, considering that he didn’t know Meg’s plans to be hired there. With the battle they still have to fight and demons on Castiel tracks, they could not protect him properly so people who started the wank saying that Dean and Sam don’t have intentions to save him made me laugh..seriously. They need time and Castiel is still a powerful angel who will able to keep Lucifer at bay.
I was worried about they were going to use Cas in this episode, but I was quite happy with his interaction with Dean. They should have had more time to talk and resolve their issues, but the situation didn’t let them to and I do feel it will happen later in the season. No big deal.
I loved Castiel, I did….but it’s not his sacrifice which can redeem him in my eyes. I don’t like to talk about redemption. For me redemption is not about heroic deeds. It’s about personal growth, awareness of our flaws, ability to learn from our mistakes. What Castiel did was terrible. His betrayal and the consenquences of it are out there, with the Leviathans free on Earth. Castiel betrayed Dean but betrayed himself and his beliefs in the first place. If he gets to understand this, he will amend, deeply and for real.
I got glimpses of it in Castiel and probably we will see more of it, so for now I am content with where Cas is.
But what they did at the end….the end of this episode...one of the worst ever. Lame,stupid. They created a story at the beginning of s6, dragged it for two seasons and then they didn’t know how to close it. They drove themselves in a corner and they wasted the storyline they created for Sam.
If I were a Sam girl, I would be pissed, disappointed because like they weren’t able to write a solid characterization of postHell!Sam , they totally failed in the closure they had for him. They treated Sam like a character they are not invested in. They didn’t spend time to talk about Sam and how Hell really affected him, not even when the episodes showed his point of view. All we knew about Sam’s condition was via Dean. We did not get a single hint or vibe that Sam’s hallucination were getting so worse, we did not see him affected by the insomnia until Out with the old. They actually spent time showing us Dean’s issues with alcohol for example, but they didn’t even try to get into Sam’s mind.
Again it’s not about how much screen time a character has or how much he is into the myth arc. It’s about quality time. It’s about consistent characterization, introspection, self-consciousness.
They have been failed all of this since S6 with Sam and now…pouf, two years of storyline ended in like 3 minutes….
Not to mention the fact that Lucifer should have been scary…and it was actually funny. I shouldn’t have laughed because it’s awful to hear voices...but we laughed. They wanted us to believe that Sam’s hell was way worse than Dean’s one but as much as I think Sam's hell has been terribly awful, I don't buy it has been worse than Dean's one. If they wanted it to be canon (and I think they kinda wanted), they should have showed Sam slowly sinking into the insanity. They wasted another chance to give Sam a functional storyline. Like this, it's just a way to bring Cas back.
Things I liked:
-it was Bobby who pointed that number to Dean, wasn't it? Please..let it be him.
-demons back. I miss demons. They still are the best villains imo.
-Can I have Crawley back, please?
-Sam and Marin...poor girl. I liked how Sam was willing to help her and was still able to thing straight. I just love how much these boys are dedicated to their mission.
-Dean is the best hunter ever. I love how he kills demons.
-Meg! I always like the interaction between her and Dean (but this time Rachel Miner was totally off imho).
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY to santacarlagypsy!!!
DEAN WINCHESTER is a soldier and of the finest species. He rocks. That’s it.
This episode was not easy to review. I loved it and hated it at the same time.
I loved Dean. Everything he did, everything he said. I just loved this complicated human being who's always willing to make the hardest decisions and never complain about the consequences they have on him.
After seven seasons, Jensen is still able to show Dean's emotion with just a subtle change in his eyes expression or lowering the tone of his voice. If Dean is who he is, Jensen is the one who has the credit for.
Dean…what can I say about Dean?
Dean broke me since the moment he walked in Sam's room at the hospital. When Sam reminded him of the reaper in Faith, the way he said he remembered showed how much affected he still is by every choice they have made, by every life they have wasted. Faith remains one of my favourite episodes ever and I am glad that the show addressed it. Dean still feels responsible for Layla's death, for Sam being in the cage, for giving back to him his soul, for losing Cas. No matter how magnificent he is, no matter how many people he has saved during his life, in his eyes he will never win.
That being said, I loved he didn't do anything stupid to save Sam. I think he was at the point where he wanted to save his brother, but he could have survived even without him. Maybe I am wrong, but this feeling hit me hard. When he was scrolling down the list of the people to call, just from his body language, the composure, I realized that maybe, just maybe, Dean has arrived to the point where he can contemplate the idea of losing Sam. This would make me happy, because it would mean that Dean is healing and his relationship with his brother is finally becoming healthier...but I do think the real reason is the lack of faith and hope Dean is living right now. You know, I think the line "part of me always thought you would have come back" that was in the promo hasn't been cut by chance. It was cut because it would have meant for Dean to still have hope and Dean is not hopeful anymore. You could object that he still had the trench-coat, but for me it was like the Impala or the leather jacket. The trench-coat was still in the car, because for someone like Dean, who doesn't have home, who doesn't have a family or friends, that was one way to create a familiar bond. As U2 sing in one of their song “home is where heart is” and Dean’s heart is with his beloved ones.
So Dean broke me because he wanted to protect everyone and he failed.Yet he did not and succeded in protecting the one he loves. He didn’t want Cas to remember. He’d rather go with Cas away but safe and happy, then with him back on game and aware of his actions. Dean wanted Castiel to forget, to protect him from his own sins and guilt. Dean was willing to carry all the pain, being the only one to remember Castiel betrayal and Castiel victims. Then he just couldn’t because it was Sam who needed Castiel help and because, deep down, I think Dean knew it was wrong. Letting Castiel go, forgetful, would have been unfair to him. To deprive Castiel of his past would have meant not giving him the possibility to fix his damage and this chance should be given to everyone. So I think Dean did the right thing.
Dean was right in leaving Castiel at the facility, considering that he didn’t know Meg’s plans to be hired there. With the battle they still have to fight and demons on Castiel tracks, they could not protect him properly so people who started the wank saying that Dean and Sam don’t have intentions to save him made me laugh..seriously. They need time and Castiel is still a powerful angel who will able to keep Lucifer at bay.
I was worried about they were going to use Cas in this episode, but I was quite happy with his interaction with Dean. They should have had more time to talk and resolve their issues, but the situation didn’t let them to and I do feel it will happen later in the season. No big deal.
I loved Castiel, I did….but it’s not his sacrifice which can redeem him in my eyes. I don’t like to talk about redemption. For me redemption is not about heroic deeds. It’s about personal growth, awareness of our flaws, ability to learn from our mistakes. What Castiel did was terrible. His betrayal and the consenquences of it are out there, with the Leviathans free on Earth. Castiel betrayed Dean but betrayed himself and his beliefs in the first place. If he gets to understand this, he will amend, deeply and for real.
I got glimpses of it in Castiel and probably we will see more of it, so for now I am content with where Cas is.
But what they did at the end….the end of this episode...one of the worst ever. Lame,stupid. They created a story at the beginning of s6, dragged it for two seasons and then they didn’t know how to close it. They drove themselves in a corner and they wasted the storyline they created for Sam.
If I were a Sam girl, I would be pissed, disappointed because like they weren’t able to write a solid characterization of postHell!Sam , they totally failed in the closure they had for him. They treated Sam like a character they are not invested in. They didn’t spend time to talk about Sam and how Hell really affected him, not even when the episodes showed his point of view. All we knew about Sam’s condition was via Dean. We did not get a single hint or vibe that Sam’s hallucination were getting so worse, we did not see him affected by the insomnia until Out with the old. They actually spent time showing us Dean’s issues with alcohol for example, but they didn’t even try to get into Sam’s mind.
Again it’s not about how much screen time a character has or how much he is into the myth arc. It’s about quality time. It’s about consistent characterization, introspection, self-consciousness.
They have been failed all of this since S6 with Sam and now…pouf, two years of storyline ended in like 3 minutes….
Not to mention the fact that Lucifer should have been scary…and it was actually funny. I shouldn’t have laughed because it’s awful to hear voices...but we laughed. They wanted us to believe that Sam’s hell was way worse than Dean’s one but as much as I think Sam's hell has been terribly awful, I don't buy it has been worse than Dean's one. If they wanted it to be canon (and I think they kinda wanted), they should have showed Sam slowly sinking into the insanity. They wasted another chance to give Sam a functional storyline. Like this, it's just a way to bring Cas back.
Things I liked:
-it was Bobby who pointed that number to Dean, wasn't it? Please..let it be him.
-demons back. I miss demons. They still are the best villains imo.
-Can I have Crawley back, please?
-Sam and Marin...poor girl. I liked how Sam was willing to help her and was still able to thing straight. I just love how much these boys are dedicated to their mission.
-Dean is the best hunter ever. I love how he kills demons.
-Meg! I always like the interaction between her and Dean (but this time Rachel Miner was totally off imho).
HAPPY WEEKEND!!!
HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY to santacarlagypsy!!!