You can't open the book of my life and jump in the middle. Like woman, I'm a mystery.

Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'


Boxed Set, Vol. III: "That Can't Be Good..."  

A topic for the discussion of Farscape, Smallville, and Due South. Beware possible invasions of Stargate, Highlander, or pretty much any other "genre" show that captures our fancy. Expect Adult Content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.

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§ ita § - Jan 15, 2007 7:44:59 am PST #5317 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I know Meg was a possessed human (and the demon feared the exorcism)--the crossroads chick was too? I'm not sure why I didn't think she was--everyone has been so far. Perhaps because she just showed up right there on demand.

So he was leveraging the same thing against both of them--exorcism from their hosts? No abandonment in the circle or physical torture?


sumi - Jan 15, 2007 7:46:29 am PST #5318 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I think so.


Polter-Cow - Jan 15, 2007 7:47:20 am PST #5319 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I know Meg was a possessed human (and the demon feared the exorcism)--the crossroads chick was too?

Yeah, she was. I was also surprised about that, but didn't the demon leave her when it was done, and the girl was sort of disoriented afterward?

Is exorcism really that bad of a threat? Don't they just find a new host, lickety-split?


P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2007 8:16:10 am PST #5320 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

So he was leveraging the same thing against both of them--exorcism from their hosts? No abandonment in the circle or physical torture?

Yep.

And yeah, the demon left the girl and left her disoriented afterward.

Is exorcism really that bad of a threat? Don't they just find a new host, lickety-split?

Sends them back to hell. Crossroads demon, in fact, made a point of telling Dean that if he exorcised her, she would claw her way back out and make his life a living hell, starting with the people he was there to save.


Kalshane - Jan 15, 2007 8:16:15 am PST #5321 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why? Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.

From the way Dean and Sam have talked about it, the exorcism sends the demons back to Hell, not just out of the host's body. The exorcism itself is also apparently very painful for the demons.

We haven't been given a primer on how demons get out of Hell in order to possess people in the first place, but my guess, consideirng how much demons are frightened by exorcism, is that it's extremely difficult.


Zenkitty - Jan 15, 2007 8:44:00 am PST #5322 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Must. Get. Torchwood. Dammit.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2007 8:49:10 am PST #5323 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Thanks, guys. From what Gordon said, his interrogation of his possessed person involved pain, as I remember it. Now I can soundly vaguely clueful on LJ.


P.M. Marc - Jan 15, 2007 9:04:38 am PST #5324 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

From what Gordon said, his interrogation of his possessed person involved pain, as I remember it. Now I can soundly vaguely clueful on LJ.

Yeah. It's pretty much a direct compare to Meg's exorcism, flipped and darkened.


§ ita § - Jan 15, 2007 9:46:17 am PST #5325 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I should trust my own memory more, but I won't. Still, I felt convinced that Gordon's interrogation was fundamentally different from Dean's, and didn't have the source material to hand to see why I felt so.


Lee - Jan 15, 2007 9:52:07 am PST #5326 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

Nevermind--imdb says I'm wrong.