Wouldn't this be Alternate Reality instead of AU? As in, all the characters are the same and they have the same jobs, etc., but there's one piece of the puzzle that makes their reality different? Whereas alternate universe means they can be anything from knights in armor to pirates? Or maybe I'm wrong
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I have to say I hadn't really thought about the difference between AU and AR. I supposes I've only thought that if we are shown another version of their lives it becomes an alternate universe. But I'd say AR is probably a better way to describe it.
Of course, everyone else on the D/C comm is squeeing like mad about it, but no, it's not canon.
Aahhh.. see that's what I wondered. I haven't seen the squee that D/C shippers are no doubt sharing so wasn't sure what the take might be. Which I know isn't really important because at the end of the day we can take from it what we want. :)
Humans fight dirty, and I think he may have learned from that.
They do. And so do the angels it would seem. I suspect Cas has had to start playing dirty (as humans do) in order to get the upper hand. I wonder how far he is prepared to go in order to win. I suspect this may form part of the finale...maybe.
The beginning with them playing rock paper scissors to decide who talks to Bobby. I missed that.
OLD NUMBER PLATE. I LOVED IT.
I liked Fate, she was not what I expecting at all. I loved that they brought back Heaven as an office beauracracy, she seemed quite a likable character and not as capricious as Cas was making her out to be.
For a light hearted ep, it was quite meotional and twisty plot wise.
You know... once it clicked that this wasn't their regular 'verse (which slotted into place for me about the moment they didn't hop into the Impala -I'm spoiler free so call me a little slow on the uptake *g*) I thought back to the 'hmm' reaction I had when while rock-paper-scissoring it, Sam drew paper. Dean always goes scissors and Sam is always rock. So in hindsight that should have tipped me off that things were wiggy. :P
And having recently been dipping my toes into the Dean/Cas fiction in search of new authors, hearing Balthazar's flippant comment made me laugh and then imagined how that fandom is going to be having hysterics somewhere. But in answer to your final question, I see it all in good fun and as since I'm a Dean/Sam girl to the end, I guess we shippers got the 'erotically co-dependent' comment earlier and now those folks way over there in their corner have something too. I really do think this show watches (and delightfully, playfully trolls) it's fanbase more closely than I have ever seen a program do. And it geeks
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I didn't really click for me until Ellen appeared and mentioned being married to Bobby. Even the car... I was like... huh... so Bobby kept the number plates and put then on this car and the impala is having some repairs so the boys have to drive this one.... :)
I'm sure the Dean/Cas fans are having a ball. And I don't blame them. As you say... the Sam/Dean shippers had their nugget with the erotically co-dependent line. :) I think you might be right about them trolling to see what we are latching on to. ;)
I always love your recaps :) And I have a very strong thought about your #11... This does open up a whole new possibility of a manipulative!Cas which, oddly enough, has him 'making his own fate' but also mirroring the pre-apocalyptic angels who thought they held the power and wanted to see things go their own way, consequences and human lives be damned. It makes him seem more angelic, instead of a lost trenchcoat with crazystrong powers, and I like the weight it gives him, especially since we know he *is* concerned with the greater good and won't go off the reservation entirely. But anyway, the point is, now that we know the angels have thrown out all the rules, and Cas is one of the big Kahunas who needs to watch out for the status quo, it may be that he just wants to keep tabs on Sam'n'Dean so that no other angels can reach them. And losing them to heaven (or coughhellcough - you never know where they'll drag the boys next) may well be opening them up to a whole other cast of angels. He obviously has a fondness for them that is very
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I like your point about Cas making his own fate by being manipulative. It becomes a double edged sword whereby the very thing that the Winchesters taught might in fact become their undoing if Cas has plans for them. OR if, in fact, he had something to do with Sam being without his soul in the first place.
Though I doubt they'd make Cas internationally hurt the boys. He does seem to be aware of the bigger picture of goodness and genuinely seems to care about them. I like the notion that him looking out for them is strategic - so others don't get hold of them.
I can't wait to see how this will play out. I am so pumped for the final episodes.
Oh Sammy indeed.... how is he so pretty. Prettier why his hair is hanging over his face. *swoon*
And the PSR annoyed me at first also. I thought "they can't mess with that!"... but yeah.... I'm pretty sure it was an early hint that things weren't right.
Urck! You know, even with all my musings, it never occurred to me that Cas could have had a hand in Sam coming back with the tank empty. Gah. He just... he couldn't! He wouldn't! But at the same time, he was pretty adamant that Sam's soul be left in the cage. And that always irked me, because yes, Sam might come back a drooling mess, but at least he wouldn't be eternally tormented by Lucifer. It really bugged me how Show focused on what might happen to topside!Sam, instead of emphasizing that the real Sam IS his soul. They had that mentality with Dean. But Cas doing it on purpose... no. My brain stops there, because I just can't fathom it. Can you imagine how Dean's heart would break? (And, subsequently, everyone in the fandom's?) The broken trust there would be irrevocable. And painful. Oh Dean.
Yes - I agree. I don't think they would take it that far. I'm pretty sure Cas didn't get him. Fandom may indeed explode if Cas was in any way responsible for Sam's soul staying in the cage.
Though I've been musing (to my self as one does with this show *g*) if souls that have been to hell and back are worth more than the average soul. So.... Sam and Dean's. Of course... how that would even work I don't know. But it seems important how many souls an angel has to win this war in heaven. And maybe having S&D's is like worth more or something.
Or maybe getting hold of Sam's soul in its post hell condition is valuable for the other side? Maybe its why Cas didn't want it freed?
I'm curious to see what becomes of Sam once the wall is torn down... which I suspect will be where we are headed. I'm completely unspoiled and have been spending far too much time speculating.
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Of course, everyone else on the D/C comm is squeeing like mad about it, but no, it's not canon.
Aahhh.. see that's what I wondered. I haven't seen the squee that D/C shippers are no doubt sharing so wasn't sure what the take might be. Which I know isn't really important because at the end of the day we can take from it what we want. :)
Humans fight dirty, and I think he may have learned from that.
They do. And so do the angels it would seem. I suspect Cas has had to start playing dirty (as humans do) in order to get the upper hand. I wonder how far he is prepared to go in order to win. I suspect this may form part of the finale...maybe.
Thanks. :)
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OLD NUMBER PLATE. I LOVED IT.
I liked Fate, she was not what I expecting at all. I loved that they brought back Heaven as an office beauracracy, she seemed quite a likable character and not as capricious as Cas was making her out to be.
For a light hearted ep, it was quite meotional and twisty plot wise.
In conclusion, welcome back Show!
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And yeah... there were a lot on unexpected moments in that one. I really got a kick out of it.
YAY! Show...\o/ great to know we have another one coming up in less than a week. :D
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And having recently been dipping my toes into the Dean/Cas fiction in search of new authors, hearing Balthazar's flippant comment made me laugh and then imagined how that fandom is going to be having hysterics somewhere. But in answer to your final question, I see it all in good fun and as since I'm a Dean/Sam girl to the end, I guess we shippers got the 'erotically co-dependent' comment earlier and now those folks way over there in their corner have something too. I really do think this show watches (and delightfully, playfully trolls) it's fanbase more closely than I have ever seen a program do. And it geeks ( ... )
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I'm sure the Dean/Cas fans are having a ball. And I don't blame them. As you say... the Sam/Dean shippers had their nugget with the erotically co-dependent line. :) I think you might be right about them trolling to see what we are latching on to. ;)
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I like your point about Cas making his own fate by being manipulative. It becomes a double edged sword whereby the very thing that the Winchesters taught might in fact become their undoing if Cas has plans for them. OR if, in fact, he had something to do with Sam being without his soul in the first place.
Though I doubt they'd make Cas internationally hurt the boys. He does seem to be aware of the bigger picture of goodness and genuinely seems to care about them. I like the notion that him looking out for them is strategic - so others don't get hold of them.
I can't wait to see how this will play out. I am so pumped for the final episodes.
Oh Sammy indeed.... how is he so pretty. Prettier why his hair is hanging over his face. *swoon*
And the PSR annoyed me at first also. I thought "they can't mess with that!"... but yeah.... I'm pretty sure it was an early hint that things weren't right.
Thanks for dropping in! :D
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Though I've been musing (to my self as one does with this show *g*) if souls that have been to hell and back are worth more than the average soul. So.... Sam and Dean's. Of course... how that would even work I don't know. But it seems important how many souls an angel has to win this war in heaven. And maybe having S&D's is like worth more or something.
Or maybe getting hold of Sam's soul in its post hell condition is valuable for the other side? Maybe its why Cas didn't want it freed?
I'm curious to see what becomes of Sam once the wall is torn down... which I suspect will be where we are headed. I'm completely unspoiled and have been spending far too much time speculating.
'shall just have to wait 'n see I suppose.
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