ironic title is ironic
Apr. 8th, 2010 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
And I say ironic title is ironic because when I hear 99 problems, it of course leads to 'and a bitch ain't one'. Except a bitch was one, i.e. little miss whore of Babylon. :p And maybe Dean, too, oh god pretend I didn't say that please. D: Please don't defriend me. D: D: D:
Well. Hm. All in all, at the least this didn't tear out my heart this time (though I see it's done that to others of you and *hugs* to you all :< ) Just was very, very intense, and the ending has left me with stomach clenched/knotted-tension and worry. Anyway. Tidbits discussed below, and **I'll mutter some about the preview** so avert your eyes if you avoid that sorta thing.
I found this sort of plot actually strangely realistic, whore of Babylon aside. This is very, very human nature, to turn on each other when the shit hits the fan. Though did I hear they were Lutherans? Oy. ^^; As one raised and confirmed Missouri Synod Lutheran, er, sorry? ^^;; (Dunno, maybe they were ELCA... No offense to anyone who might be that, heh.)
OH MY GOD IT JUST HIT ME. DANIEL JACKSON WAS ON SPN OMG XDDDDDDDDDDDD Yeah, I'm stupid with names, and it drove me *nuts* all ep of why Michael Shanks was so familiar and yeah, I just Googled it. AHAHAHA. GODDAMNIT NOW YOU GOTTA GET RICHARD DEAN ANDERSON IN THIS SHIT, SHOW, PLZ.
*ahem* Anyway. Okay, I needed that tension breaker. Good. So, ep had a bit more of the mix of humor or one-liners I usually like. Though goddang, were they all Cas' or what. :p The voicemail message, "I found a liquor store--and I drank it" and "It's funnier in Enochian". Ahhhh, yes. And anyone get huge urban legend vibes from that girldemon dragging the kid under the car and killing him? It reminded me of the whole 'woman goes to her car at night in a mall parking lot and is attacked by some person hiding under her vehicle' thing.
But then the serious. Yeeeeeeeeeah. I just...I dunno quite what I think of it yet. Part of me is disappointed--not in Dean the character, but that show seems to be going in a direction I was *really* hoping it wouldn't. Though I know I'm in the minority, I think, that was really hanging onto the hope that neither of them would say yes, and it's pretty obvious that's what they're leading up to. I still (theorizing here) feel that they're probably going to have them both say yes. But I wanted them to say no. I wanted them to hold on--or with Dean being so broken, find his way back to having fighting spirit and standing tall with Sam. I wanted Team Winchester, hell Team Free Will, flipping off heaven and hell and finding a way to stop things on their own. Especially since God's out of the picture, I really wanted this.
I suppose it could still happen. Dean hasn't said yes yet. But he's sure as hell off to do so, it seems. (sure as heaven?) And with what Sam said, about the *ONLY* reason he's still holding on, is still able to hold on, is because of Dean? And then to have Dean walk out, drive off, with Sam I'm sure *KNOWING* what he's doing...yeah, I can see this becoming Sam's breaking point. Because his only thing just broke and is (looking to) give in. I guess I could see this as an after effect of Dean losing all hope and being empty. He's got absolutely nothing left...so this becomes the only way he feels can fix things, I guess. Becomes the only thing that gives him hope and fills that emptiness. But man, it isn't what I wanted. Though yes, I know, next ep could change a lot, especially with the preview, and the Zachariah and the "You didn't think it would be that easy, did you?" sort of line.
Makes me really wonder what will happen next ep. It was really hard to tell details from the clip. I am HOPING HOPING HOPING that even if Dean starts out with intention of saying yes, that he doesn't, that whatever goes on makes him stop himself and go back to Sam or Sam and Castiel.
Interesting though..this ep really felt pairing laden. There was that Dean and Castiel bonding moment, a hint of Sassy, and I'm sure the Dean/Lisa people are sparkling. Hell, I even felt like there was a major meaningful glance between those two hunter buddies before the one guy got offed. Too bad that my OTP feels like it's so unravelled at the moment. I am so looking forward to things wrapping up and hopefully that being fixed. I want my UST and my brotherbonding and my brotherschemistry and my oh boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyys. I'm just really looking forward to it, you know?
And IMO, poor Sam needs some freaking love. Especially some freaking love from Dean. :p But just in general. I do really worry about him, yeah, after this one. I wonder if he'll be able to hold himself together and keep fighting, or if this'll push him over the edge til he ends up like Dean's been? Though I wonder if there'll be any fic--the last two eps, IMO, have really been what could be seeds for massive Sam guilt. Guilt for the things he's done causing the world and Dean to end up like this--but also guilt for the things he couldn't control, guilt for hurting Dean by just being himself. Could be interesting if some author would work with that.
Sorry about the Sam-sympathetic rambling there. Sometimes I can't help myself. :< But daaaaaaaang, him with the knife in that one fight, mmmmm. It is *LOVELY* to see him like that, dangerous and competent. (Especially when at times it feels like he just is made to stand in the background and look pained and doesn't get to be useful or whatever he does/thinks/says is of course the wrong thing and hurts someone and AAAAA crap, I promise I am shutting up on that now for real.)
But *maaaaan* I need the next ep. 100, scary. Bah, what'm I saying. I need the next 5 damned episodes. (And I need to do some s1 and s2 watching, because I am really, really missing the feel of that stuff.)