Heading out to case the promise land

1. I am occasionally very unjust to Eric Kripke. I'm...sort of sorry? Only not really, because I have no doubt I will do it again, probably before the end of the season at least once, and about 600 times over the summer hiatus. But if they were going to do the half-brother in a non-joke episode, this was the way to do it. It was actually interesting to see Sam and dean dealing with it, and it was all the better since he, you know, will never be showing up again. For which I, for one, am profoundly happy. Sorry, adam. I'm sure many people will write fics where you survive, if that comforts you.

2. John Winchester is such a bastard. Right now, I would like him to be brought back, just so someone could send him to hell again. I understand that he wanted to protect Adam from hunting, and that's admirable, if a bit of a head-scratcher, given that his other kids weren't allowed to forget the supernatural existed at all, but giving him happy, fun-times John, while giving Sam and Dean drill-sergeant dick John? Not cool. I mean, who does that? And how do you do it? He couldn't have taken Dean to a game? Really?

And not telling Dean, in particular, since Sam was at Stanford and out of the family loop, is just horrible. Fine, he wanted Adam out of the hunt, and maybe he didn't want Dean to be hurt by seeing what he couldn't have, but come on! Dean, funnily enough, might have liked knowing he had another kid brother somewhere, and it's not as if Dean had a history of disobeying John, so logically, John should have trusted Dean not to tell Adam about the hunt--although, I suppose, Dean might've gotten a little pissed off at how normal John was with Adam, while Sam no longer even got the time of day for wanting a little bit of that normal life; John probably didn't want to deal with that potential for resentment. I'm pretty sure that's another mark in the bastard column by the way. And really, not to dwell on the trusting Dean part, but there was no way Dean was about to drag Adam into hunting if John had told him not to. Dean proved that, over and over. Even if he hadn't, I'm almost certain he'd have wanted Adam to have a shot at a normal life, independent of John's wishes, since he tried to protect Sam from the truth for as long as he could.

And also! John was doing a pretty dangerous job. Did he make any plans so that Adam would be informed of his death? No, no, he didn't. Nice surprise for all three kids there. And when he disappeared on Dean for a year (you remember that time? When he couldn't come to Dean when Dean begged him, and when he couldn't show up even when Dean was dying? Remember that?), did he disappear on Adam, too? Did Adam spend three years wondering why he'd stopped showing up? Seriously, how does one guy fuck up so much?

3. Dean Winchester is pretty much the best person ever. Did you see him being all smart and capable, and saving Sam? ♥ More importantly, I love how good he is, and how he never believes it. He tries so hard to protect Adam, and not just because it's what his father wanted; he does it because it's what he wants. Now, of course, he has some more daddy issues, and who even thought that was possible. My reaction to John is pretty much entirely motivated by Dean's reaction to the baseball reveal. Oh, Dean. Your father was a dick, and your brother is out of his mind. Your life is hard, yo.

4. And speaking of: Sam Winchester--if I were Lucifer, I'd be all like, "I retract! He is crazier than I want to deal with, risen or not." He is nothing but lunatic now. He was all normal! And then, suddenly, he was a crazy, crazy man. Right before our eyes! I still think the scenes with him alone with Adam were the freakiest, but you have to love the way he was all, "We could maybe ask Cas to bring him back." Yes, that's normal. It's not even that he suggests it (I suppose we shouldn't be surprised after his winning immortality idea last year); it's the way he says it. He's so casual. He doesn't even really care--it's like, if Dean wants it, it's something they could try, you know, 'cause it might be worth a shot, but whatever, who really cares. I also kind of love how, if it had been Dean dead, he'd've been threatening to kill Castiel with his brain, but that is beside the point. The point is, I am a little afraid of Sam and his epic levels of insanity.

5. Sam and Dean do sort of love each other a lot. I keep managing to forget this in this season of woe and angst and woe. But in among all that horribleness and insanity and tension, they were cute together! Very cute! And brotherly! That they're still showing us that makes me happy, because it is going to take more than either heaven or hell has to turn them against each other in any way that lasts. I....hope.

6. How, exactly, do Sam's powers work? Not that I was sad to see Dean save him, but Sam kind of sucked, for someone as purportedly dangerous as Cas tells us he is. Is there already fic of the H/C variety? Don't try and hide it from me.

7. Did I mention John Winchester was a dick? He is, you know.


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I watched Twilight with some friends last night. It was, I have to say, an extremely enjoyable two hours, although I suspect not for the reasons intended. Totally hilarious and OTT and emo. I am now almost excited for the next one to come out.

And in case anyone was wondering, of course I'm not worried about the flu pandemic. And you can tell that from the way I haven't been making inappropriate funny, funny flu pandemic jokes since some time yesterday afternoon. tripoli has a really useful collection of links and information, if any of you want more places to check obsessively for news. Not that I've been doing that, obviously. Oh, internet, how you simultaneously enrich and ruin my life.