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5.14 My Bloody Valentine: Where Is Your Hunger?

Feb 16, 2010 20:28

5.14 My Bloody Valentine: Where Is Your Hunger?

Famine’s hunger kills:
Overdose on what you crave,
Or be dead inside.

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castiel, ben edlund, jared padalecki, misha collins, episode commentaries, theology, supernatural university, philosophy, psychology, jensen ackles, dean winchester, sam winchester, meta, supernatural

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coltshot_1 February 17 2010, 02:43:09 UTC

Gosh, I love your reviews. I was kinda bugged by Cupid too -- I put it down to BE needing absurdity so much that he can't help himself. And I suppose technically the Cupids aren't 'walking' the earth -- they're flitting invisibly about creating stalkers . . . I mean . . . ;) What made it ironic and poignant was that the obsession that turned John into a hunter and forged his sons into the men who are thwarting the whole destiny plan was wrought by an arrogant heaven. Once again proving that free will must make a difference -- otherwise, why the need to manipulate 'destiny' SOOOO much ( ... )

historylover29 February 17 2010, 04:02:40 UTC

I wrote a one-shot about that last scene, from Dean's POV. Because I agree that Famine is right--he's broken, about to hit rock bottom (if he hasn't already hit it. Which, this show is going to make sure that he's not there yet), but he's far from dead inside. There is no way he can pray like that if he's dead inside. But, he did leave a part of himself in Hell.

The story was OK, but the acting but it over-the-top one of my favorite episodes. However, I'm not in a rush to rewatch it. Because that was the most gorey, grotesque, gross episodes I've ever seen. And I'm not usually that squicked out by that kind of stuff. But, that was disgusting!

As I said, if it wasn't for the acting (Jensen blew me away in that last scene), I wouldn't like this episode nearly as much.

Kat

yourlibrarian February 17 2010, 05:47:29 UTC

To the best of my recollection, he’s only truly acknowledged the potential for God three times

I think there was a fourth, when he grabbed the Bible in YF.

Wiping his mouth even halfway decently wouldn’t have left that much of a stain behind; it seemed a bit of director and makeup department overkill to me.

That's a good point, but I think one could argue that Sam had run into (and fed from) a demon more recently. After all, how did Sam find them? And so relatively quickly? My guess is the demon who waited his turn teleported him (after all, that was their mission) and was then killed.

Don’t the brothers ever stop to lay salt lines around their rooms any more, or scrawl devil’s traps under rugs by the door?

What about simply locking their doors? I just snorted at the motel room key the demon presented. Given that the motels they stay in never seem to have self-locking doors and they never seem to actually use a key, it's little surprise that Sam never missed it ( ... )

zazreil February 17 2010, 05:58:00 UTC

First thanks for the link to the interview. I actually have that site bookmarked but I forget to check it.

Also I don't mind Sera as show runner even if Kripke and Singer did leave, I generally like her vision a lot. She is one of my favorite writers and I would trust her with our show

Now on to your review ^_^

Zaz

zazreil February 17 2010, 06:37:42 UTC

Oh man yes thinking about Death is terrifying. Anything that needs a Nazi type atrocity to raise - shudder. On TWOP they joke about Death burning his way through America, killing off the population of one state at a time but it may be closer to the truth than we can imagine ( ... )