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SPN 10x16
Some pretty pics and a thinky thought or two.....
Not one of my favourite eps this season but there were some things that I really, really loved so am going to focus on the good stuff.
Loved all the different emotions we got from Sam. Nice to see something other than worried concern.
From pissed at Dean. And he doesn't bother to hide it either, which made me smile. So much this season, I feel Sam is being very hesitant in front of Dean to show how he's really feeling as if he's afraid of setting his brother off and getting ranted at again. But I think he's finally had enough of Dean's 'nothing can save me so don't bother trying' attitude and is going to do whatever he can and not give a damn if Dean likes it or not.
.... to determined. I loved that Sam was so sure that Isabella's journal contained clues to defeating her that he ignored Dean's order "Sam. Burn it." He saved Dean by being his glorious stubborn, smart self and I love him for it!!!!
Also, I've seen lots of comments about how Sam shouldn't have been able to read the journal as it was written in Italian. I don't buy this. We know Sam learnt Spanish at college and that he's a whiz at Latin so my head-canon is that he has an interest in, if not love of, languages.
There's this line from 7x03 The Girl Next Door where young!Sam is researching kitsunes that backs up my theory.
Yes, Dean, I realize killing 'em's important. Maybe if Uncle Bobby sent a book in English.
.... to outright smiling and joking and looking so damn gorgeous when he does it. It's been way too long since we've seen Sam look so happy, even if it is only for a few seconds.
And then Dean joins in and my Wincesty bro-lovin' heart can't take it anymore and I want to cry!
I totally think Dean came up with their FBI aliases on the spur-of-the-moment. We don't see either of them flash their badges so there's no need to have ID to match the names. And it also fits when Sam says the wrong name to Dean. I wonder if they have discussions or even the odd argument over who gets which name?
Love these 2 conversations so much. Firstly, Sam POV FTW!!!!! About bloody time!!!! And he speaks in complete sentences!!!
Sam: You know, you were in that confessional a long time... Look man I'm just saying, I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you.
Dean: Okay.
I could listen to Sam say this over and over and never get tired of it. It's almost like he's begging Dean to talk to him, to confide in him. It hurts me so much that Dean will tell perfect strangers everything and anything and yet give Sam the cold shoulder all the time. Whether he's trying to protect Sam or just doesn't want to appear afraid and scared and perhaps a little weak (not that Sam would ever think he was weak) I don't know. I just know it pisses me off and makes me hurt so much for Sam.
But it's the 2nd one, because of the bolded lines, that nearly made my heart explode!!!!
Sam: I heard what Sister Mathias was saying about you know, hiding pain by taking on a mission, and I know that's what you're doing, that's fine I get it, I've done it before too.
Sam referring to using a mission to hide the pain is EXACTLY what he did in season 4 when Dean was in Hell and after he came back. Great reference to something in Sam's past. Thank you to the writers for remembering that similar shit happened to Sam so he knows what Dean is going through and that he can help him.
But I don't buy for one second that the Mark is a terminal diagnosis; so don't go making peace with that Idea, there has to be a way, there will be a way, and we will find it, that's what we do. So believe that.
Dean: Okay, Sammy.
Sam: You wanna try that again like you mean it.
Dean: Okay.
And then those same writers rip my heart out of my chest and tear it into itty-bitty little pieces. Oh, Sammy!!!! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}
And then this editing fail at the end caught my eye.
Even though we just saw that Sam was driving Baby, here it's very clear just by the shape of the heads that Dean is behind the wheel. Is Jensen so possessive of the Impala that he won't let Jared behind the wheel just for a simple from-behind- insert shot??? ;-)
Lastly, I had a moment of weakness and watched the preview for 1017 and WOW, if the ep is even as half as good as the preview promises then I will be very happy. Looks like we might get some really good Sam scenes, Sam and Cas, Sam killing Metatron, I hope and pray, (please, please let it be Sam blowing him away)
All screencaps by me. Who knew capping was so easy?? I didn't, other wise I would have done it sooner.
Dialogue quotes from the Supernatural Wiki
Not one of my favourite eps this season but there were some things that I really, really loved so am going to focus on the good stuff.
Loved all the different emotions we got from Sam. Nice to see something other than worried concern.
From pissed at Dean. And he doesn't bother to hide it either, which made me smile. So much this season, I feel Sam is being very hesitant in front of Dean to show how he's really feeling as if he's afraid of setting his brother off and getting ranted at again. But I think he's finally had enough of Dean's 'nothing can save me so don't bother trying' attitude and is going to do whatever he can and not give a damn if Dean likes it or not.
.... to determined. I loved that Sam was so sure that Isabella's journal contained clues to defeating her that he ignored Dean's order "Sam. Burn it." He saved Dean by being his glorious stubborn, smart self and I love him for it!!!!
Also, I've seen lots of comments about how Sam shouldn't have been able to read the journal as it was written in Italian. I don't buy this. We know Sam learnt Spanish at college and that he's a whiz at Latin so my head-canon is that he has an interest in, if not love of, languages.
There's this line from 7x03 The Girl Next Door where young!Sam is researching kitsunes that backs up my theory.
Yes, Dean, I realize killing 'em's important. Maybe if Uncle Bobby sent a book in English.
.... to outright smiling and joking and looking so damn gorgeous when he does it. It's been way too long since we've seen Sam look so happy, even if it is only for a few seconds.
And then Dean joins in and my Wincesty bro-lovin' heart can't take it anymore and I want to cry!
I totally think Dean came up with their FBI aliases on the spur-of-the-moment. We don't see either of them flash their badges so there's no need to have ID to match the names. And it also fits when Sam says the wrong name to Dean. I wonder if they have discussions or even the odd argument over who gets which name?
Love these 2 conversations so much. Firstly, Sam POV FTW!!!!! About bloody time!!!! And he speaks in complete sentences!!!
Sam: You know, you were in that confessional a long time... Look man I'm just saying, I'm your brother, Dean, if you ever need to talk about anything with anybody, you got someone right here next to you.
Dean: Okay.
I could listen to Sam say this over and over and never get tired of it. It's almost like he's begging Dean to talk to him, to confide in him. It hurts me so much that Dean will tell perfect strangers everything and anything and yet give Sam the cold shoulder all the time. Whether he's trying to protect Sam or just doesn't want to appear afraid and scared and perhaps a little weak (not that Sam would ever think he was weak) I don't know. I just know it pisses me off and makes me hurt so much for Sam.
But it's the 2nd one, because of the bolded lines, that nearly made my heart explode!!!!
Sam: I heard what Sister Mathias was saying about you know, hiding pain by taking on a mission, and I know that's what you're doing, that's fine I get it, I've done it before too.
Sam referring to using a mission to hide the pain is EXACTLY what he did in season 4 when Dean was in Hell and after he came back. Great reference to something in Sam's past. Thank you to the writers for remembering that similar shit happened to Sam so he knows what Dean is going through and that he can help him.
But I don't buy for one second that the Mark is a terminal diagnosis; so don't go making peace with that Idea, there has to be a way, there will be a way, and we will find it, that's what we do. So believe that.
Dean: Okay, Sammy.
Sam: You wanna try that again like you mean it.
Dean: Okay.
And then those same writers rip my heart out of my chest and tear it into itty-bitty little pieces. Oh, Sammy!!!! {{{{{{hugs}}}}}
And then this editing fail at the end caught my eye.
Even though we just saw that Sam was driving Baby, here it's very clear just by the shape of the heads that Dean is behind the wheel. Is Jensen so possessive of the Impala that he won't let Jared behind the wheel just for a simple from-behind- insert shot??? ;-)
Lastly, I had a moment of weakness and watched the preview for 1017 and WOW, if the ep is even as half as good as the preview promises then I will be very happy. Looks like we might get some really good Sam scenes, Sam and Cas, Sam killing Metatron, I hope and pray, (please, please let it be Sam blowing him away)
All screencaps by me. Who knew capping was so easy?? I didn't, other wise I would have done it sooner.
Dialogue quotes from the Supernatural Wiki
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I think you pretty much nailed all the parts I enjoyed as well. Sam was awesome this ep.
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I've already got a project in mind that I've wanted to do for ages that will involve caps from quite a few eps. It involves people other than Dean driving Baby (and probably her passengers, as well) and Sam will be on the top of the list.
Yes, he was which pretty much saved the ep from being put on the skip-on-rewatch list.
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I've checked the Superwiki and can't find a similar entry so might as well do it myself.
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My guess is that none of the J's were in the car for that shot at all but someone from the crew, maybe a stuntguy, standin, driver.
But yes, that irked me as well. It's rare that we see Sam drive so much in an episode and they screw it up by ending with a from behind shot, there it's very obvious that it's not Jared behind the wheel. #headdesk
I very much agree with your comments before about Sam and what he had to say in the episode. And I also firmly believe that it's totally in character that he would be able to read the journal. Sometimes the writers seem to forget it but I would hope the fandom remembers that Sam is a smart guy who knows his Latin and Spanish and has been doing research in all kinds of obscure languages is needed since he was a teenager.
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Yes, agree to what you've said.
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It hurts me so much that Dean will tell perfect strangers everything and anything and yet give Sam the cold shoulder all the time. This breaks my heart, too, but I also kind of get it, if that makes any sense. That's kind of the point of things like confessionals and therapists—sometimes it's easier to talk to a complete stranger, especially if it's something you're ashamed about.
And hiding the pain—Sam is the master of that. I hope at some point Dean recognizes that, too, and they have a wonderful brotherly heart-to-heart about it and Dean apologizes for not having been more supportive (like when Sam was hallucinating and Dean was openly suspicious of his abilities) and acknowledges how supportive Sam's been and thanks him for it and the whole thing culminates in first-time Wincest (or at least a first-time acknowledgement of their Wincestual feelings). Too much to ask???? :)
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Yeah, I get that but it still hurts to think that Sam would take it as 'I'm not good enough for Dean or he doesn't trust me to be there for him.' Plus, if we had more of Dean talking to Sam about things then it would be a good opportunity to get Sam's POV on how he feels and is affected and I'm all for more Sam POV.
Oh, that would be wonderful but I'm past hoping we'll ever get it. But then again, we can dream, can't we????
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It is extremely obvious from the shapes/silhouettes who's behind the wheel, lol, and can I just mention, the shots and photography/filming this season has been doing wonderful justice to Baby! I means stunning final images of her driving away and long slow glides of her bodywork. Whoever's picking the scenes and blocking them out, bravo!
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Yes, it was, so why didn't show people see it when editing/viewing???
ITA, the look of this show and all the characters, Baby included, is stunning and still fresh even after 10 seasons and 211 episodes. Just one of the reasons I can and do re-watch eps over and over and never get bored.
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They obviously had other things on their mind ;)
I find capping most therapeutic! lol.
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