SPN 3x09-3x13
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gryfndor_godessI really, really like S3 so far. It’s hard to say which season I like best because I watched S1 and S2 in such a disjointed manner, but I feel pretty comfortable saying that I like S3’s arc better than the others’, in spire of it being more emotional than action-driven; in fact, that’s probably why I like it better. Watching the boys come to terms with Dean’s impending damnation, their individual struggles, Sam’s denial and Dean’s self-loathing, satisfies me so much more than the find-John road trip and the find-the-YED arcs in S1 and S2. Plus, S3 just has a ton of creative MOW episodes, not to mention BELA AND RUBY, adflkajdfljadlfjadfjadf!
3x09: “Malleus Maleficarum”:
HOLY REVEAL OF NEW MYTHOLOGY BATMAN! DEMONS ARE FORMER HUMANS WHO WERE DAMNED TO HELL. I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT!
And suddenly Ruby became a billion times more fascinating to me and I loved her. PLEASE CAN WE HAVE SOME RUBY BACKSTORY??
(DON’T TELL ME)
That was pretty much my main reaction to this episode, other than cringing, gasping “oh God oh God oh God oh God,” and literally turning away from the television screen during the opening scene with poor Janet. Eyes, fingers, and teeth are my biggest squicks (obligatory FUCK YOU, JOSS, FOR DOING THAT TO XANDER), so when that toothbrush came out I started cowering. I could not watch it. I was in the basement lifting weights while watching, and I turned around and faced the other way.
Aside from that appallingly horrifying scene, I liked this episode on its own merit and not just for the excellent new mythology. The women’s book club being a cover for a coven was clever, and I thought they did a good job of giving the women different personalities (the hesitant one, the psychotic murderer, the oblivious but not actually evil rich one). When I read the episode description I figured the women would all just be nasty, greedy cardboard cutouts. I really liked that Amanda tried to banish the demon at the end.
When the boys asked Ruby why she fought for their side, I was really hoping she would say that if their side won, demons would become human again. Fanciful, I know, but I’d like to think there’d be some way for Ruby to regain her humanity (her actual humanity and not just body-hopping, obviously). I could super ship Ruby and Sam… Probably not with Dean, although I really enjoyed seeing him come to understand that Ruby was indeed on their side. I yelped in giddy happiness when Ruby ordered him to stop calling her a bitch. Watching Dean come to terms with the gray areas of life, compared to his black and white view in S1, is really fascinating- not to mention it’s pleasant to watch him be humbled on occasion.
So…Dean could eventually become a demon. I’m guessing the process takes a very long time, since John was not a demon after one year, so Dean is probably not going to be a demon by the time Cas rescues him. But Dean doesn’t know that, and I can’t imagine how terrified he must feel. Poor baby. L
Last note about the mythology, I am curious to know more about witches and their connection with demons since there was no mention of demons in “Shut Up, Dr. Phil.” I hope they resolve this in the future and it’s not an inconsistency (DON’T TELL ME).
3x10: “Dream a Little Dream of Me”:
DEAN!!! OH, BABY! I didn’t care much for this episode on its own- dream episodes as a genre freak me out because all the logic goes out the window and anything can happen (and as you can probably tell, I really don’t deal well with physical horror/mutilation/mutation, which is always a possibility in dreams; think of “Hellbound,” which is dreamlike if not an actual dream; I can’t watch parts of that episode, which is a shame, since there is naked!Spike); it’s more difficult to preemptively cower while watching dream episodes than normal episodes.
(And in case anyone was wondering, “Restless” is not an exception to this rule. I don’t dislike it but I don’t squee over it the way most people do. I’ve only seen it once, though, so maybe that would change on a re-watch.)
However, the moment Dean’s dream self started confronting him about his fear of dying and his self-loathing, I was like, “YES, PLEASE, THIS JUST GOT WONDERFUL, EXCEPT FOR THE PART WHERE MY HEART IS BREAKING.” I mean, dude, this is the level of introspective emotional trauma I tend to only expect from Joss Whedon. It was extremely satisfying to watch, in a traumatic sort of way.
I love that we finally got a hint of Bobby’s backstory (and like Ruby, he just got more interesting). It stinks that said backstory entailed the murder/fridging of yet another woman, but killing his possessed wife is not an unrealistic reaction, just unfortunate, so I can deal. I didn’t use to care for Bobby much (in S1 and S2 he seemed like nothing but a recurring deus ex machina device, conveniently able to help the boys whenever they needed it), but he got a lot more interesting to me when he flipped out at Dean about bringing Sam back, and since then I’ve appreciated him a lot more.
I was definitely weirded out by Sam triggering the bad guy with his abusive father. 95% of me thinks it doesn’t matter that it was “below the belt” because, hey, the guy was trying to kill the brothers; the other 5% of me shuddered at the idea of purposefully triggering someone like that. In any case, it was a clever move on Sam’s part. I suppose it was yet another example of how he has become darker. I’ll talk more about that in “Jus in Bello,” but it all still works for me.
OH! I almost forgot about Bela! Sam’s sexy dream and ensuing reaction to her actual presence were amusing but came out of left field. I suppose Sam/Bela wouldn’t be bad, but I’m still waiting for my Bela/Dean angry hate!sex.
3x11: “Mystery Spot”:
Well, this episode was an interesting mix of funny and depressing. After Dean’s first few deaths the shock value wore of a little (I was actually really freaking out), and the humor became apparent. Said humor was vastly undercut by Sam’s mental trauma. Groundhog Day seems like an amusing concept in theory, but when you actually think about what it would be like to live it, it’s horrifying. Granted, most of what the boys go through is horrifying, but at least they’re together and they usually know how to solve those problems. My heart was breaking for Sam even before Dean died on Wednesday, and then, well, THERE WAS NO MORE HAPPINESS.
I’ve been reading a series recently where something similar happens between extraordinarily close siblings and you see the fallout. I don’t know if this episode would have resonated with me as much if I hadn’t been reading that concurrently, but I definitely appreciated how much Sam spiraled in the last few minutes, especially because he has always been the better “adjusted” brother; if Dean had died in S1, there’s little doubt in my mind that Sam would have been able to pick up the pieces of his life and move on; not immediately, obviously, but I don’t think it would have inherently changed him. It would now, though, and will. I’m already mentally gearing myself up for the heartbreak coming at the end of S3, and while I’m sure that Sam’s spiral after Dean’s death will be discomforting to watch, I’m equally sure it will be fascinating, the same way Buffy’s S6 depression is discomforting but important.
It was great to see the Trickster return. I really like him. I don’t want him to win, but I want to see more of him. It helps that the actor playing him is superb in the role. He’s the perfect combination of charismatic, slimy, gleeful, and authoritative.
3x12: “Jus in Bello”:
THIS EPISODE. Not what I would call fun but so ripe with characterization. I loved Henriksen!!! Even at the beginning when he was the “bad guy,” I still sympathized with him a little because while he was clearly hurting our boys, if you look at it from his perspective, he’s a damn fine upstanding citizen. He has every reason to think that these boys are savage serial killers; I’d hate them just as much if I were in his position. And I’d probably be a lot less gracious and humble about it when I found out I was wrong. It was very clever to have him kill the sheriff while possessed, and his grief added a lot to his character. I’m going to miss him. Geez, the writers kill off all the good characters (not to mention he was easy on the eyes). Wonder how much longer we have Bela and Ruby… (DON’T TELL ME).
One of my favorite things about the episode was seeing Henriksen and Dean fight back to back. They aren’t that different after all, and it was lovely to see them both realize that. The execution wasn’t subtle, but that’s okay; it was worth it. If Sam were ever dead/temporarily gone, I think Henriksen and Dean would make a great team. They would get the job done, and Henriksen would be stoic enough to be able to put up with Dean’s grief/lashing out, there for him if he needed it but not trying to force Dean to open up. Shame that would be totally AU now…
I also really liked Nancy, the secretary with the rosary who offered to sacrifice herself because she was a virgin. In a show that usually relegates its one-off female characters to damsel-in-distress mode, she was a welcome anomaly. She was sweet and wide-eyed and “innocent” but didn’t fall head over heels for one of the boys in gratitude; best of all she didn’t let the men shame her for being a virgin. As someone who also would also have been an available sacrifice in that situation, I really appreciated her protective attitude toward her virginity. I also didn’t think it was a stretch for her to agree to the spell. I.e., her self-sacrificing attitude didn’t seem contrived and thus offensive. Her fear for her friends and neighbors was always obvious and made her willingness to die understandable.
I thought the writing also treated her virginity rather respectfully. Obviously Dean was shocked, but I think that fits his character, and even he wasn’t cruel or denigrating about it. Considering how vehemently he was against using the spell, I was surprised he didn’t offer to sleep with her then and there; that would have prevented its use, and as a joke, it would have been perfectly in-character and non-offensive, given the circumstances. Wasted opportunity, SPN…
I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I didn’t actually think Sam and Ruby were The Worst People Ever for supporting the virgin-sacrificing plan. In the big picture I’m on Dean’s side that they should have explored all other alternatives (and they came up with such a clever one!! I’m so proud of our boy!!), but if they had had absolutely zero other options, would it really have been evil to sacrifice one woman in exchange for saving a whole town? If the woman agreed, which Nancy did, I think the answer is no. If Nancy had not agreed, then while it might still be the more “pragmatic” option, I agree with Dean that it would have meant being as bad as the demons.
In any case, I don’t think his way of thinking makes Sam a bad person, and I LOVE how his character has developed. His nature has become consistently darker this season, but at no time has it seemed contrived or OTT; his actions and feelings make sense in light of all that he has lost and is going to lose, and while I may not ultimately like who Sam becomes (I think I will, though), I’m loving his journey. It was a little weird to see Ruby come over all gung-ho about sacrificing Nancy when in her last appearance she emphasized how she retained her humanity, but it was “nice” of her to offer to sacrifice herself, and I loved how much she yelled at the boys about losing the Colt. However, I did not like when she yelled at them at the end when they realized what Lilith had done; that was basically victim blaming. The loudspeaker plan worked; it’s not their fault Lilith decided to punish the survivors anyway. What, Ruby, you think that even if that one demon hadn’t escaped, Lilith wouldn’t have been able to figure out who destroyed her army?
Speaking of Lilith: so she’s disturbing. Kudos to the writers for thinking to put their demon queen into the body of a little girl. She was only on screen for approximately 10 seconds but was already creepier than the Annoying One in all of his scenes combined.
Oh, and before I forget, BELA!! Until I mentioned the Colt I had forgotten about the role she played in this. I’m still happily awed by her cleverness, and I’m intrigued by her motives, but I’m disappointed that she might have sent the demons after the boys. I can’t wait to know more about her background.
3x13: “Ghostfacers”:
This was an entertaining episode, and it was hella clever, but the treatment of Corbett, the gay intern who dies, left a bad taste in my mouth. I’m not really sure what to think because on the one hand, Dean and Sam explicitly call Harry and Ed on their exploitation of his death at the end of the episode, but on the other hand, the narrative itself exploits Corbett’s sexual orientation for a good thirty minutes. I think this is one of those situations where the writers knew they were writing something potentially problematic and tried to mitigate the offensiveness but just didn’t do enough. If SPN had ever had well developed, long-lived LGBT characters, this episode probably wouldn’t have rubbed me quite as wrongly because unfortunately, homophobes like Ed and Harry exist all over the place and so they weren’t unrealistic, but considering that the only other gay character I can think of also died (the lesbian in “All Hell Breaks Loose”), I’m not inclined to give this episode a pass.
Also, the villain was poorly characterized. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the mentally disturbed janitor did not actually kill people when he was alive, right? He just took their bodies, which is wrong and twisted, but is very different from straight-up murder. So why in death did he suddenly become so psychotic and violent? Maybe I missed something.
The “Ghostfacers” frame narrative was super cool, even if the plot itself was lacking. I’ve heard that SPN has progressively more creative MOW episodes as the series goes on, so I look forward to more similarly wacky premises.
ETA: I watched 3x14 and 3x15 today, and I ONLY HAVE THE FINALE LEFT, I AM UPSET WITH BELA FOR KILLING HER PARENTS BUT SHE HAD STILL BETTER NOT BE DEAD, DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING, AAAAAHHHHH, I THINK I MIGHT WATCH THE FINALE NOW, TME TO UNWRAP S4.
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Date: 2012-07-01 12:56 am (UTC)I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB, the two biggies being 1) that her virginity was reduced to a joke at the end, when she decides she wants to fix this virginity thing the first chance she gets, and 2) that Dean somehow felt that as a virgin she was ~innocent or whatever to make her own decision about sacrificing herself to save a bunch of people. If it were a question of sacrificing the woman against her will, then I would be all Dean, but that's not what was happening; Ruby had a plan, Nancy was down with the plan (courageous girl she), and Dean acts like he somehow has the final say.
SO MAD.
Anyway. Um. I share your Henriksen squee! And your Sam squee! (I don't know whether you're aware, but Mystery Spot is a fandom favorite; it's widely considered one of the show's very best. Factoid: the guy who wrote it is coming on showrunner for next season.)
I hated Ghostfacers a lot. I agree with all your concerns about exploitation and such, and also we just spent so much time with people I actively dislike. (However, the Ghostfacer actors apparently really enjoyed their parts and even had a little webseries for a while; there's one where they meet Castiel which is Not To Be Missed.)
The one thing that I did like from that ep was the fact that in "real life" (LOL this show) apparently Dean swears like a sailor.
Anyway. More SPN. \o/
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Date: 2012-07-01 01:50 am (UTC)I still have FOUR SEASONS!! I feel so lucky! And glad the reviews are still appealing. :)
I actually have Serious Issues with the way the show handled Nancy in JIB
It's funny because I have literally had this thread (http://snickfic.livejournal.com/179866.html?thread=2509978#t2509978) open on your journal for the past hour and was going to respond to it (because usually after I post my thoughts I go back and skim yours on the episodes). My little brother asked me to play a game with him, though, and so I've been playing Harry Potter trivia for the past hour instead.
I completely understand all of your complaints related to Nancy. I noticed Dean's refusal to carry out her decision while I was watching, too, but it didn't bug me the way it did you because it didn't seem to me like he was ignoring her wishes because she was a woman or a virgin. That probably played into it, but I got the impression that he would have objected if anyone had agreed to be sacrificed. Maybe not Henriksen because of the bad history there, but if, for example, the deputy sheriff had volunteered, I think Dean would have objected, too. And in that scenario Dean would still have been ignoring someone's decision, but I can understand not being willing to let someone sacrifice themselves; doesn't make his behavior right, but I can understand it.
I also didn't have an issue with the joke at the end because, well, I was thinking the exact same thing. If I were in that episode, I would be the eligible sacrifice, and if I managed to survive (in that world with those mystical rules), I would definitely want to have sex. Obviously not everyone would feel the same way, but I didn't think it was at all an unrealistic reaction for her to have.
As I said, though, I understand why you feel differently about both issues (and I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to diminish those feelings). I just interpreted it in different ways. Looking back at your reviews, we seem to have very different reactions in general to episodes- usually the things that enthuse me make you 'meh' and vice versa. :) I also, admittedly, have lower standards because I generally watch in a popcorn-movie-type of way rather than a sink-your-teeth-into-every-aspect-of-it-like-with-BtVS way. I think I also have lower expectations for the show, borne from having taken so long to get into it in the first place, so I'm inclined to be overly impressed when others are not.
I have seen from your journal that "Mystery Spot" is a favorite, and I assume that's the amazing, best S3 episode you mentioned a few weeks ago? That's great that the writer will be showrunner! I've heard that the show floundered directionally after Kripke left, so hopefully that will help (if floundering indeed happened in the first place).
The one thing that I did like from that ep was the fact that in "real life" (LOL this show) apparently Dean swears like a sailor.
Yes, I loved that!!
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:53 am (UTC)have no worries. this is false.
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-01 11:38 pm (UTC)I think my issue there was that it seemed to me a clear connection was drawn between her religious beliefs and her attitudes about her sexuality, so making an abrupt change in the latter in the heat of the moment implies a change in the former, as well, without any of the careful reflection I would hope a person would make when making a significant change in a particular religious view. To me, the writers dismissed the whole idea of religious conviction for the sake of a joke.
OTOH, if it were instead implied that she was a virgin because sex just wasn't something she'd felt the need to seek out before, and now she did, I would have felt a lot differently, I think.
Regardless, no diminishment of opinions felt! I hope you don't mind me laying out a little more explicitly what bothered me about that scene; partly it was an excuse to lay it out for myself. :)
Yes, Mystery Spot is the ep I mentioned a few weeks ago. It's such a wonderful mix of comedy and awfulness - it works so well on both levels at once.
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:42 am (UTC)Definitely not! :)
it works so well on both levels at once.
Yes. And Jared did such a phenomenal job at playing the whole emotional spectrum.
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:44 am (UTC)He did. It was at about that point that I really started to sit up and take notice of him as an actor. I then began to realize that he makes the best faces.
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-02 03:43 pm (UTC)Otherwise, he was just very... young. Insightful, I know. I didn't really see enough of him or the character to draw any conclusions.
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Date: 2012-07-03 03:03 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:26 am (UTC)I've been holding out hope that Bela would be rescued from Hell and turn up again, but I realized there were no post-S3 scenes in that vid, so I caved and looked her up on IMDB and then Wiki, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE LAST WE SEE OF HER, WTF. *cries* I can't believe they killed her off because fans didn't like her enough. I NEVER GOT MY DEAN/BELA ANGRY, HATE!SEX! No, but actually, I really, really wanted Dean/Bela. They could have helped each other deal with the memories of Hell in ways no one else could have. :(
Also, I have no idea when I'll have time to write an actual review, BUT I'VE WATCHED THROUGH "LAZARUS RISING." !!! I've officially met Cas. THE FINALE WAS HEARTBREAKING.
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:28 am (UTC)It depends on the day, but 4.01 is frequently my very favorite ep of the entire show. (Other front-runners you've seen: Faith, In My Time of Dying, and Mystery Spot.) I love that ep so much. SO MUCH. It is very nearly flawless.
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-02 12:45 am (UTC)Really! That's interesting. I thought it was a good season-opener, but it didn't overly thrill me. I thought Jensen was fantastic, that Bobby was good, and that the character development is off to a great start with Sam's psychic stuff and secret-keeping, but I also thought that Sam's reaction to Dean seemed extremely lukewarm (relatively speaking) and that it was uncharacteristically foolish and hard-headed of Dean to try to summon Cas when he saw firsthand what happened to Pamela. I also didn't think Genevieve was great, but that may just be a personal thing because I'm so used to Katie Cassidy (I expect she'll grow on me soon enough, especially since, presumably- hopefully!- she and her husband have chemistry). What makes it your favorite?
(Er, I suppose I should just go find your review...)
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:05 am (UTC)* very strong visuals - the gravesite and Cas's entrance (WINGS!) are tops, but also the whole scene at the gas station and the one with the mirrored ceiling at the motel room. Plus it's got this overexposed grainy look that I really like for a change. Clearly folks thought a lot about the look of this ep.
* elegant introduction to a bunch of major points for the season. We have Dean being important, Cas showing up, Sam practicing psychic powers, and Ruby hanging around. It lays them all out for us without any sense of draggy exposition.
* nifty emotional understatement. This show is given to melodrama, but here they go the minimalist route, I think, and I find that very satisfying. Nothing's easy in this ep.
That's mostly it, I guess. I think it's really well constructed and beautifully realized, and I also really like all the individual notes we hit for the various characters - Dean, Sam, Bobby, Ruby, Cas.
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Date: 2012-07-02 01:49 am (UTC)It lays them all out for us without any sense of draggy exposition.
Agreed. And you could tell that both boys knew the other was lying about where he was going without the narrative having to tell us that they knew.
here they go the minimalist route, I think, and I find that very satisfying. Nothing's easy in this ep.
Hmm, yeah, that didn't work for me; the boys have always been emotional about each other even when they haven't been about other things, so I really expected at least some suppressed tears from Sam. But glad it worked for other people. Maybe his reaction will make more sense to me as I see how else Dean's death changed him.
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:49 am (UTC)I adore the Trickster.
Henrickson is great. I liked him a lot too. I HATED the virgin sacrifice thing, though. Like, "virgin" is the mystical counter-balance ingredient to "demon"? Foul.
his actions and feelings make sense in light of all that he has lost and is going to lose, and while I may not ultimately like who Sam becomes (I think I will, though), I’m loving his journey.
lol sekrit spoiler SAM IS AWESOME.
I did not like when she yelled at them at the end when they realized what Lilith had done; that was basically victim blaming. The loudspeaker plan worked; it’s not their fault Lilith decided to punish the survivors anyway.
eeeeh, it's not like Lilith going apeshit was some curveball they never could have predicted. It was minimize the loss of life or ~feeeeel okay about themselves. And I really love that the show went there when ~feeeeelings option ended up blowing up in their faces.
I AM UPSET WITH BELA FOR KILLING HER PARENTS
okay but wait I have to defend my girl. We didn't actually hear Bela state the terms of her deal with the crossroads demon. I don't think there's anything to imply that she actually wished them dead? I think she just asked for the abuse to stop and the demon delivered in the most traumatic way possible because demons are horrible. (I mean, even if she had...abuse fucks people up and I honestly wouldn't hate her for it. But I don't think that's really what happened.)
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Date: 2012-07-01 02:53 pm (UTC)Yeah, that's definitely problematic. It didn't bug me at the time because it's a standard horror movie trope, and SPN is all about horror tropes, so it made sense to me that it would be included. Doesn't mean that SPN shouldn't try to rise above out-dated, sexist tropes, though. :/
lol sekrit spoiler SAM IS AWESOME.
Yes he is! It took a long time for him to grow on me (I was only a Dean girl for all of S1), and even though I liked him well enough in S2, S3 is really what has made me love him. There was nothing wrong with his uncomplicated good nature in the first two seasons (and if the boys were real, he would, TBH, probably be more likable than Dean), but his growing "darkness" in S3 definitely makes him a more engaging character. His journey as he struggles to save Dean and feels guilty for his brother's damnation is fascinating.
It was minimize the loss of life or ~feeeeel okay about themselves. And I really love that the show went there when ~feeeeelings option ended up blowing up in their faces.
But I think that even if they had used the sacrifice spell and killed all of the demons, Lilith still would have come to the town and killed the survivors. I guess we're supposed to assume that she had no clue her henchmen were there in the first place (although I thought Lilith is whom Bela was communicating with), but it still seems unfair to me to blame the boys for Lilith's actions the way Ruby does. But I agree that as an emotional punch in the gut, the ending works quite well.
I think she just asked for the abuse to stop and the demon delivered in the most traumatic way possible because demons are horrible.
Um, wait, SPOILERS, because there was no mention of abuse in this episode!
Though TBH I figured there was more to the story than what we saw and that abuse might have been a factor. I was trying to react as though I were watching in real time, though, and not assume anything.
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Date: 2012-07-01 04:23 pm (UTC)Um, wait, SPOILERS, because there was no mention of abuse in this episode!
I don't think it's spoilers....? that's the implication of the flashback scenes in 3x15, if we're thinking of the same episode. if not then OOOPS, SO SORRY!
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Date: 2012-07-01 05:11 pm (UTC)However, in the actual episode, you don't know that it's her father, and she doesn't look terrified, IMO, just upset. And since it comes right after Dean brings up her parents' death, my immediate thought was that it was a scene of a lawyer or guardian coming to talk to her about their deaths. Unless Abby was bruised, and I didn't notice it in the lighting, there's no textual evidence of abuse. Her next line to Dean is also, "They were lovely people. And I killed them. And I got rich. I can't be bothered to give a damn. Just like I don't care what happens to you," so I think in this episode you're supposed to think she is a cold-blooded killer who just wanted to get rich.
The possibility of abuse did occur to me after watching, but that was because of Bela's strange reaction to the discussion of her family's death in "Red Sky At Morning," not because of anything specific to 3x15.
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Date: 2012-07-01 11:40 pm (UTC)Your feelings are my feelings. Except for the part where I love him EVEN SO MUCH MORE in S4.
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Date: 2012-07-02 12:46 am (UTC)THAT EXCITES ME! I am so intrigued by how Sam is going to use his psychic powers.
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Date: 2012-07-01 07:17 am (UTC)YESSSSSSS JOIN USSSSS \o/
Sam’s sexy dream and ensuing reaction to her actual presence were amusing but came out of left field. I suppose Sam/Bela wouldn’t be bad, but I’m still waiting for my Bela/Dean angry hate!sex.
HAHA! I was actually a lot more intrigued by the idea of Sam/Bela from that one dream sequence than any of the Bela/Dean interaction so far… I guess I really can't ship Dean with ladies, lol.
YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE SEEING MORE OF THE TRICKSTER. In very unexpected ways. :D
BUT BELA KILLED HER FAMILY FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS THOUGH.
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Date: 2012-07-01 03:02 pm (UTC)I guess I really can't ship Dean with ladies, lol.
I'm sure I'll change my mind once I meet Cas, but unless bi-curiosity is canon, I'm generally not a slasher; so if Dean says he only likes ladies, I'm going to only think about het ships.
YOU WILL DEFINITELY BE SEEING MORE OF THE TRICKSTER. In very unexpected ways. :D
I think I know a little about what you mean because weeks ago when I was looking up the title for his first episode, the silly episode guide revealed his true identity, unfortunately. I clicked away without reading in detail, though, so I don't know a lot.
BUT BELA KILLED HER FAMILY FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS THOUGH.
WAIT, NO, SPOILERS!
TBH, I did sort of expect there was more to the story and that abuse might be involved somehow, but I was trying to react in real time and not make any assumptions.