SPN 3x05 & 3x06

[gryfndor_godess]

Warning: This post contains the whimsical flailing of a tired mind and minor abuse of caps lock.

4x05: Monster Movie: OH MY GOSH, GUYS, THIS EPISODE WAS SO FANTASTIC!!!

At first I was put off by the black-and-white, because unless Lucille Ball is involved somehow, b&w usually gives me the heebie-jeebies, BUT THE EPISODE WAS SO WELL-WRITTEN (by a BtVS writer, no less), and the MUSIC and the CINEMATOGRAPHY and THE ACTING and a WELL-WRITTEN FEMALE CHARACTER and A GOOD VILLAIN and a AN ENTERTAINING PLOT THAT WAS NOT TOO SCARY and A SHAPESHIFTER EPISODE THAT DID NOT MAKE ME WANT TO VOMIT, how were all these things wrapped up in one episode?!?

Okay, and I’m getting super sick of Dean’s misogynistic language (seriously, does he have to call Ruby a bitch and a slut every single time he sees her?  I get that seeing a demon could be triggery for him in S4, and so on a Watsonian level I’m willing to cut him a smidgen of slack, but on a Doyleist level I’m all, WHAT THE FUCK, WRITERS, COULD YOU COME UP WITH SOME MORE CREATIVE AND LESS GENDER-SPECIFIC INSULTS?), but I have to say, I really, really liked the “rehymenated” joke.  I laughed.  A lot.  NGL

And then I immediately watched 4x06: Yellow Fever, and JENSEN ACKLES, IF YOU WEREN’T ALREADY TAKEN I’D WANT TO MARRY YOU AND HAVE YOUR BABIES.  OMG, he was so funny.  I’m not used to him being so comedic (Dean’s humor is usually so dry), and it was a joy to watch.  Plus, he stayed in character (as much as possible given the circumstances, obvs) and never went OTT.  The humor stood out even more because the rest of the episode was so sad.  The way they had to trigger the ghost to get rid of him?  :(  I mean, clearly they had to do it, but gosh that was awful (and I’m pretty sure that fear ghost plot was also the plot of The Grudge?  Haven’t seen it because, lol, contrary to what these reviews may lead you to believe, I don’t watch horror unless it has Daniel Radcliffe or is written by Joss Whedon or is entitled Scream; I mean really, one of my criteria for a good episode is ‘entertaining plot that was not too scary).  And then besides the ghost’s tragic story (which reminded me a lot of Of Mice and Men) there were, you know, DEAN’S HALLUCINATIONS.

LILITH, OMG I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT.  That little girl is freaky and perfect for the part, and seeing her again was all kinds of awesome (sorry, Dean, baby).

DEAN’S HALLUCINATIONS ABOUT SAM, OMG.  This season is going to be fascinating for Sam isn’t it?  I’m excited to see where Sam’s story goes, but I’m a little worried about how dark it’s going to get because I don’t actually like dark, hero-loses-his-way-type stories (frex, Wes’s arc?  So not a fan.  I know that’s blasphemy to, like, 50% of the people reading these posts.  Willow’s arc in S6?  In fact, most of S6?  I respect Buffy’s depression arc and the real-world-sucks-too theme so, so much, but it’s not a season I rewatch very much because I have extremely low tolerance for depressing entertainment when real life is depressing enough as it is).  DON’T TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT SAM’S ARC, PLEASE.

These are not proper reviews, and I realize I’ve skipped about seven episodes’ worth of reviews, which makes me sad because I honestly like writing them.  I just don’t have the time these days, especially since I’m zipping along through the series.  I have a desk job and a 1-hr + roundtrip commute, so when I come home I can either sit at a computer again to write reviews…or I can exercise and watch more SPN.  So far, exercise + SPN is winning.  I really do want to talk about the last few episodes, though- there is, you know, Cas to talk about (not really a fan so far, but I expect that will change) and Mary, and I still need to weep over Bela.

On the bright side, I could actually get through S6 by the end of the summer.  How weird would that be after taking an entire year to watch only two seasons?

But anyway, I enjoyed these two episodes tonight so much that I just had to come flail about them.  Can I just say that I wish I could be watching these with you guys in person and we could be flailing together?  (Or rather, you have all seen them already, so I would probably be the only one flailing, and you all would be side-eying me and saying, ‘there there.’)  I lovelovelove talking about SPN here with you guys (I would never have started watching this show in the first place if it weren’t for Snick), but sometimes I’m also like, why can’t my online friends occasionally come over for a sleepover and fangirl in person with me.  Sorry, y’all probably think I’m weird.  It’s just that I know what it’s like to flail in person about Spuffy b/c a lot of my offline friends love them, and occasionally I want to flail in person about our boys, too.  If I ever win millions upon millions in the lottery, I'm totally flying out all of my best LJ friends (assuming they want to come), no matter what country they live in, for an all-expenses paid weekend of Fangirling.

Still making up a shitton of Bela/Dean fic in my brain (it’s incredibly weird because for the first time since spring 2010 I’m like, Spuffy who?), and it’s quite annoying not to know whether or not Ruby is still alive because I don’t know whether to include Ruby/Sam stuff in my post-series head!canon or not.  So far I've included her (PLEASE DON’T TELL ME IF RUBY IS ALIVE OR NOT, I’M JUST GROUSING).  Another reason I'm itching to finish the series is because I feel like once I do, I might actually want to write some of it?  That would be bizarre.

Comments

[ever-neutral.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you know how I feel about Dean's misogynistic/homophobic/whatever behaviour. ;\

I hope you like Sam's arc better than Wes/Willow/Buffy/whoever, because it's perfect.

I APPROVE OF INCLUDING RUBY/SAM IN YOUR HEADCANON \o/

[gryfndor-godess.livejournal.com]

I hope you like Sam's arc better than Wes/Willow/Buffy/whoever, because it's perfect.

Me too!

I APPROVE OF INCLUDING RUBY/SAM IN YOUR HEADCANON \o/,

:D It's funny because I don't even ship them in canon at this point, I just ship the potential. Because seriously, given their circumstances and what they are to each other, how could something not develop? And I can only assume that the chemistry from Jared and Gen's real-life relationship transferred to the screen, and I'm excited to see it.