I am considering taking the drastic step of clearing out clothes, so that I can actually find and/or fit stuff in my wardrobes. At the very least, I should do something with the piles and piles of DVDs that are strewn around everywhere because there's no room for them in the current display. I don't really want to do any of these things. So...
I found this episode cute and adorable and funny and unsettling all at once, though mostly cute and adorable the longer the evening goes on. There were lots of lovely brotherly moments, which, as I think we've established, is pretty much all I want and/or need. ("Say something." "No, you." Hee! And snuggling on the bed, and sleeping in the car. Dean accusing Sam of dreaming his dreams was adorable for reasons I can't quite articulate.) I think I was mostly unsettled by them remembering, because I don't want them to be any more angsty about things they've lost then they have to be, but they seemed more upset for Bobby than themselves, so it wasn't nearly as depressing as I thought it was going to be halfway through the ep. Which is not to say I'm not more than a little bit sad that my suspicions of how awesome Ellen and Bobby would be as a couple have been confirmed, and it will never be a reality.
And I think I like the idea of angels being able to change history and concretely change Sam and Dean's actual world, as opposed to slotting them into a fake reality, just because it's kinda cool. Can demons do that too? Surely they could, at least the powerful ones? And I like that souls are important in whatever this war is, because it means this season might stand up pretty well as a whole, and not just as two very separate stories and halves.
And...then there is Castiel. I think this newly morally ambiguous version of him (if new it is) is actually interesting, and I have never found Castiel interesting before. But as I have just explained at some considerable length to![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mollyamory, if this most recent example of his dickishness is treated like letting Sam out of the panic room was treated, I am going to be rageful. I don't even need Sam and Dean to be pissed at him (though, let's be honest, I wouldn't mind); I just need them to know that he saved them from a situation he created in the first place, and then lied about it. It's very different from them thinking he just saved them out of the goodness of his heart, and wiped out fifty thousand people to do it.
I might be appeased by them learning he's got other, similarly nefarious plots in the pipeline, but it's hard to say. I do want to know what else he's planning, so in that sense, it was good setup. I have seen speculation that he was happy with Sam's soul stuck in hell for some reason, which was why he was so insistent that Dean leave it, and that would also be awesome. Unlikely, but awesome.
Oh! I also love how consistently terrible Dean is at interviewing people. Routine questions! "Anyone ever own a slave? Any ties to the Nazi Party?" It is one of my favourite things about him. ♥
Also, I am anticipating a mass defriending spree, but I have seen the first two eps of H50, and I think I might be the only person in fandom not overwhelmed with love. I mean, I think Steve and Danny are cute. I do! I'll absolutely watch another few eps to see how it goes, but there is a vibe about it that I find a little off-putting.
I admit, procedural cop shows generally aren't my thing, anyway, so I'm not sure it was ever going to engender complete devotion, and maybe because I'd heard about some of the violence before going in, I was primed to notice it, but, I dunno. There's more cops beating up on people than I'm comfortable with. I find badass competence as hot as the next person, but this isn't like when Sam and Dean or Mal get all angry and badass, because them working outside the normal rules is almost an essential point of the story, and when they're violent, it's directed against equals. This...is not that. This is guys with the state behind them pretty much doing what they want because they can.
It doesn't help that I keep contrasting it to WC, where Peter and Neal are incredibly competent and smart, and almost never violent. Even when they step outside the law, the show isn't celebrating it as some triumph over stupid bureaucracy getting in the way of real men doing they're real thing. Because everyone knows real manly cops are violent and can totally intimidate witnesses for the greater good. Maybe it's unfair to judge it on two eps, but from what I saw the other night, I felt a little bit like that was the message H50 was sending.
Like I said, I do think they have cute potential, and I will watch more over the summer. Maybe it gets better, or there are other things to compensate for this one aspect. At the moment, though, the beating up on people, and the way that's presented, really diminishes a lot of the cute for me.
I found this episode cute and adorable and funny and unsettling all at once, though mostly cute and adorable the longer the evening goes on. There were lots of lovely brotherly moments, which, as I think we've established, is pretty much all I want and/or need. ("Say something." "No, you." Hee! And snuggling on the bed, and sleeping in the car. Dean accusing Sam of dreaming his dreams was adorable for reasons I can't quite articulate.) I think I was mostly unsettled by them remembering, because I don't want them to be any more angsty about things they've lost then they have to be, but they seemed more upset for Bobby than themselves, so it wasn't nearly as depressing as I thought it was going to be halfway through the ep. Which is not to say I'm not more than a little bit sad that my suspicions of how awesome Ellen and Bobby would be as a couple have been confirmed, and it will never be a reality.
And I think I like the idea of angels being able to change history and concretely change Sam and Dean's actual world, as opposed to slotting them into a fake reality, just because it's kinda cool. Can demons do that too? Surely they could, at least the powerful ones? And I like that souls are important in whatever this war is, because it means this season might stand up pretty well as a whole, and not just as two very separate stories and halves.
And...then there is Castiel. I think this newly morally ambiguous version of him (if new it is) is actually interesting, and I have never found Castiel interesting before. But as I have just explained at some considerable length to
mollyamory, if this most recent example of his dickishness is treated like letting Sam out of the panic room was treated, I am going to be rageful. I don't even need Sam and Dean to be pissed at him (though, let's be honest, I wouldn't mind); I just need them to know that he saved them from a situation he created in the first place, and then lied about it. It's very different from them thinking he just saved them out of the goodness of his heart, and wiped out fifty thousand people to do it. I might be appeased by them learning he's got other, similarly nefarious plots in the pipeline, but it's hard to say. I do want to know what else he's planning, so in that sense, it was good setup. I have seen speculation that he was happy with Sam's soul stuck in hell for some reason, which was why he was so insistent that Dean leave it, and that would also be awesome. Unlikely, but awesome.
Oh! I also love how consistently terrible Dean is at interviewing people. Routine questions! "Anyone ever own a slave? Any ties to the Nazi Party?" It is one of my favourite things about him. ♥
Also, I am anticipating a mass defriending spree, but I have seen the first two eps of H50, and I think I might be the only person in fandom not overwhelmed with love. I mean, I think Steve and Danny are cute. I do! I'll absolutely watch another few eps to see how it goes, but there is a vibe about it that I find a little off-putting.
I admit, procedural cop shows generally aren't my thing, anyway, so I'm not sure it was ever going to engender complete devotion, and maybe because I'd heard about some of the violence before going in, I was primed to notice it, but, I dunno. There's more cops beating up on people than I'm comfortable with. I find badass competence as hot as the next person, but this isn't like when Sam and Dean or Mal get all angry and badass, because them working outside the normal rules is almost an essential point of the story, and when they're violent, it's directed against equals. This...is not that. This is guys with the state behind them pretty much doing what they want because they can.
It doesn't help that I keep contrasting it to WC, where Peter and Neal are incredibly competent and smart, and almost never violent. Even when they step outside the law, the show isn't celebrating it as some triumph over stupid bureaucracy getting in the way of real men doing they're real thing. Because everyone knows real manly cops are violent and can totally intimidate witnesses for the greater good. Maybe it's unfair to judge it on two eps, but from what I saw the other night, I felt a little bit like that was the message H50 was sending.
Like I said, I do think they have cute potential, and I will watch more over the summer. Maybe it gets better, or there are other things to compensate for this one aspect. At the moment, though, the beating up on people, and the way that's presented, really diminishes a lot of the cute for me.
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