BOBBY! With his graying whiskers and his greasy cap...When I wrote about 2:14 in my LJ, I was all 'forget Sam and Dean, it's ALL about Bobby this week!' He saved their sweet asses again.
I got me a crush. I hope they keep him around, 'cause you're right, he's agreeable, fandom seems to like him. He's the perfect go-to-guy for Sam and Dean.
miss_porcupine just posted on the episode, and made an analogy that nearly made me spit tea over my laptop: Bobby Singer is Uncle Jesse to the Duke Winchester boys (which makes Jo into Daisy, but that's neither here nor there w/rt fannish love for Bobby Singer). Heee.
Bobby rocks seriously, especially since he pegged Sam from the moment he walked in the door, something even Sam's own brother couldn't do. Although I'm having a hard time fanwanking the fact that nobody's seen these charms of his before now...
One of the things I loved best about the episode is that Dean doesn't save the day--in fact he just gets the shit kicked out of him. Bobby saves his ass twice over (three times, maybe, if you count the warning about Steve Wendell's friends) instead. Most other shows would have given the fireplace poker to Dean, even if it was Bobby who identified what the symbol on Sam's arm meant.
It's funny. In our Friday Meta sessions, JM is usually the FIRST to point out any deviation from Storytelling 101 Rules of Conduct, Rule #1: Let the Heroes Be the Heroes. Usually, I'm annoyed when Dean and Sam are reduced to having their asses saved by other people (Linda Blair, anyone?). But this worked. Why? Because Bobby's family. He's a hero. Supernatural desperately needs Bobby right now, almost more than the Winchester boys. (the Uncle Jesse analogy is quite funny, but would involve me admitting that I know the reference)
Oh, the reference is to the Dukes of Hazzard, a late-70s show in which two good-looking brothers cousins drive around their county in a very distinctive souped-up car, getting into and out of trouble--and helped out by their grizzled and bearded Uncle Jesse and their short-shorts-wearing cousin Daisy.
I should have given you my patented 'dry humour' decoder ring. Unfortunately, and to my everlasting horror and shame, I know whatof you speak. Or spake. Digging a hole to drop myself into RIGHT NOW.
WORD!!! And I haven't even seen Deadwood. (Netflixing right now, really.)
That episode...it had me going..."oh, man...it's like they're channeling Big Pink..." what with the Bobby and the Dad's in Hell. Really.
Just like we surmised, Dad in hell is gonna raise it's horned head. Has to. No reason to keep bringing it up,otherwise.
And Bobby? Right now, he's their ONLY soft place to land. After what went down with Jo, even if Ellen doesn't know about it, they do, and they aren't likely to show up at the Roadhouse, especially now that HUNTERS are after them too.
But that look on his face as they left...was it concern for them, or calculation? (Please let it be concern, if Bobby turns against them, my tears will not stop.)
In conclusion, SQUEEEEE!!! With a side of FLAILLLL!!!
Tell Kripke to give me a call if he wants John outta hell. I'm all over that (as you know).
The look as they left -- my heart was in my mouth, because a black-eyed Bobby I just couldn't bear. But the charms? WTF? They just get around to giving out non-Possession charms NOW? What, were they having a sale at WalMart or something? Or is Bobby actually Q to Winchester Bond? Just dispensing the newest in nifty hunter-gadgets?
Squee with a side of flail is the blue plate special today. Dessert's Jell-o with coolwhip topping. Yum!
Well, not to be a nitpicker, but, are they preparing AT ALL for this upcoming war? Where's the research? Where's the proactivity? Why do they keep laying around, waiting to get kicked in the teeth? Not that them getting kicked isn't pretty, but, really...not very smart, guys
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"...and why isn't Bobby riding with them in the back seat?"
Um, well, YEAH.
Other than the fact that Rumsfeld would shed all over the seats and drive Dean nuts with the drool. But, yes, your quibbles are heard. Boys (sez Big Pink), please do your homework. Borrowed time and all. Get yerselves some ammo, okay? I'd sleep better at night. Thanks much.
And I have no idea why any of them are still wearing clothes. Obviously wardrobe totally didn't get my memo on that. Nor did location scout out that steam bath I'd been advising them..oh wait. Sorry. Where were we? Yes.
Bobby. Back seat. Gottcha. Will memo head office, for all the good that it will do any of us.
M'God. The Holy Beer. Why not? Brilliant. I like smart men. I like smart men when they're baffled too -- when evilSam is all, 'it's not working' and Bobby's all 'huh?' Cute as hell, I tell ya.
Hola Em! How are you?! You need to do nothing. Read when and if you have time/inclination. But I confess to not knowing the 'PER' acronym. Because I too have a close relationship with my friend, '*facepalm*'
I sometimes post on the Straight Dope Messageboard, and Jim Beaver has dropped in a few times to talk about his research on the death of George Reeves (he posted under the username jumblejim, and you can read his posts here: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=380703). Isn't that cool? That's totally cool. Jim is cool. Yeah.
Yeah, Jim Beaver's dropped by here, too. LOL. I knew that he was a George Reeves scholar (boy, that doesn't really sound right, but there you go), and a writer. But thanks for the link -- I'll have to check it out in order to feed my unhealthy obsession.
The board thread makes it sounds like he has written books? Or is writing a book? A look around online doesn't find anything, though - is he a writer as well?
Books in Print lists that as the only book he wrote (at least, under James N. Beaver) that is in or out of print....so I'm not quite sure what to make of that messageboard comment about him being one of the finest biographers around (or whatever it was), unless that John Garfield book is really good.
Which, hey, Jim Beaver is awesome, so it very well could be just that good.
Books in Print also lists the book as being out of print in the US but still in print in the UK.
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I got me a crush. I hope they keep him around, 'cause you're right, he's agreeable, fandom seems to like him. He's the perfect go-to-guy for Sam and Dean.
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It becomes immediately apparent to me that I need to let EVERY ICON MAKER I KNOW that I need Bobby icons. And Ellsworth icons -- please? Anyone?
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Hmmm. What are you suggesting, my dear? *twiddles moustache fingers nefariously*
*then hidey-hoes to steal icons*
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Bobby rocks seriously, especially since he pegged Sam from the moment he walked in the door, something even Sam's own brother couldn't do. Although I'm having a hard time fanwanking the fact that nobody's seen these charms of his before now...
One of the things I loved best about the episode is that Dean doesn't save the day--in fact he just gets the shit kicked out of him. Bobby saves his ass twice over (three times, maybe, if you count the warning about Steve Wendell's friends) instead. Most other shows would have given the fireplace poker to Dean, even if it was Bobby who identified what the symbol on Sam's arm meant.
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.... well, I thought it was funny, anyway.
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I should have given you my patented 'dry humour' decoder ring. Unfortunately, and to my everlasting horror and shame, I know whatof you speak. Or spake. Digging a hole to drop myself into RIGHT NOW.
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That episode...it had me going..."oh, man...it's like they're channeling Big Pink..." what with the Bobby and the Dad's in Hell. Really.
Just like we surmised, Dad in hell is gonna raise it's horned head. Has to. No reason to keep bringing it up,otherwise.
And Bobby? Right now, he's their ONLY soft place to land. After what went down with Jo, even if Ellen doesn't know about it, they do, and they aren't likely to show up at the Roadhouse, especially now that HUNTERS are after them too.
But that look on his face as they left...was it concern for them, or calculation? (Please let it be concern, if Bobby turns against them, my tears will not stop.)
In conclusion, SQUEEEEE!!! With a side of FLAILLLL!!!
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The look as they left -- my heart was in my mouth, because a black-eyed Bobby I just couldn't bear. But the charms? WTF? They just get around to giving out non-Possession charms NOW? What, were they having a sale at WalMart or something? Or is Bobby actually Q to Winchester Bond? Just dispensing the newest in nifty hunter-gadgets?
Squee with a side of flail is the blue plate special today. Dessert's Jell-o with coolwhip topping. Yum!
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Um, well, YEAH.
Other than the fact that Rumsfeld would shed all over the seats and drive Dean nuts with the drool. But, yes, your quibbles are heard. Boys (sez Big Pink), please do your homework. Borrowed time and all. Get yerselves some ammo, okay? I'd sleep better at night. Thanks much.
And I have no idea why any of them are still wearing clothes. Obviously wardrobe totally didn't get my memo on that. Nor did location scout out that steam bath I'd been advising them..oh wait. Sorry. Where were we? Yes.
Bobby. Back seat. Gottcha. Will memo head office, for all the good that it will do any of us.
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Screw the Roadhouse. Boys need Bobby.
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AMEN.
Also, I need to catch up on D'land. ::sigh:: Also, I need all these people in this PER to be quiet. ::facepalm::
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And Bobby, too.
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Books in Print lists that as the only book he wrote (at least, under James N. Beaver) that is in or out of print....so I'm not quite sure what to make of that messageboard comment about him being one of the finest biographers around (or whatever it was), unless that John Garfield book is really good.
Which, hey, Jim Beaver is awesome, so it very well could be just that good.
Books in Print also lists the book as being out of print in the US but still in print in the UK.
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