And then there were none...

[lemanya]

is my favourite Agatha Christie book ever. It's psychological thriller themes and closed-off setting are timeless, providing the basis for all kinds of other media- P.D James' The Skull Beneath the Skin (which I didn't like, at all), Mindhunters, Harper's Island etc etc. It's more than the idea that you know the killer, it's the idea that it could

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[purplehrdwonder]

Dean actually called the Khan worm a 12-inch herpe, not harpy. So when Sam asked why Dean kept talking about herpes, he was asking why he kept talking about STDs :P

[lemanya]

Ah, bingo. I went and rewatched that scene again, and still heard 'harpy', but thanks! It makes my ending somewhat redundant, but does explain why I couldn't pull together a proper arguement. So thanks for that :)

[dragonlit]

I definitely heard harpy the first time Dean talked about the critter but then herpy (herpie?) when he was talking to infected Bobby and Sam asking why Dean kept talking about herpes. But that aside, intriguing review of the episode. I believe the suggestion was that the Mother of All was raised out of purgatory. Purgatory being a place where one has the opportunity to atone for one's sins or purify themselves for heaven, this is in line with your talk of Tartarus. The concept of paying for one's sins could be equated with the torture that Tartarus offers. All this mythology and twisting it together is such fun

[lemanya]

Purgatory. It's all coming back to me now. You're quite correct, and also in the fact that it ties in with the Tartarus idea, and if not Tartarus, then someplace else like Hades. After all, if there can be Hell AND Purgatory, why not other underworlds, particularly those from ancient mythologies?

And I have no doubt that they named her Eve for some important reason. Even understanding Adam and Eve in a metaphorical sense, the concept of her and what that means for Supernatural is wholly intended on the part of the writers. It's possible that the only reason she's known as 'Eve' is because of the 'mother' attribute that the concept of Eve has been given. Either way, I'm excited.

Then again, maybe humans are also a form of monster just one that God was willing to still embrace
Ooh, I like that, maybe that's why Eve doesn't like humanity much?

[no_ones_sleep]

Wow. Thank you for that insight! I love to read thoughts that go beyond "Dean was soooo pretty, and how he looked at Sam was so awesome". I mean, he IS pretty and I love to drool over him, but I do it for reasons other than his looks. (Well... you know.) I have to relate to a character, and I have to know that the show I´m into has some background that is worthwhile being explored, and your entry made me remember that even S6 of SPN might have such a background. Are you going to keep up writing such metas? I´m highly interested

[lemanya]

Firstly, thank you! And I will most certainly continue to write them, but it will depend on the episode I suppose. This one just made my brain explode in a torrent of thinky thoughts

[lemanya]

Eve on the other hand, was sprung upon us very suddenly. Even with the monsters all acting strangely and the lead up with the Alphas and Alpha!vamp's comment on the Mother, she still arrived with very little lead up. And while a villain should certainly be menacing and dangerous, we haven't really heard anything about the Mother being that. Instead, we've got this creature who we know for sure is extremely powerful, very pissed off, and is not rushing headlong into things. She's being careful and calculated, which is menacing in it's own way. Without meaning to sound stereotypical, it is men who tend to be aggressive, while women tend to be passive-aggressive. What can be said, is that she's definitely creepy. Or at least, I found that truck scene a little creepy.

So basically all that means is- give it time. It's possible she still will fail, the writer's don't exactly have the best track record with good female characters, but we've seen so little of the Mother so far that I'm hesitant to pass judgement on her as of yet.

:D

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[no_ones_sleep]

It´s people like you who make me wish English was my mother tongue

I'm pretty sure a werewolf could open a jar of peanut butter for himself.*

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