I don't think he would have accepted it quite so cavalierly.

That bit didn't make me terribly happy. I think they did it to show how competent Bella is, that she could get the drop on Dean. I was dissappointed that the writers didn't have Dean throw himself in front of Sam. The way that rabbit foot was going, she would have shot at Dean, missed, the bullet would have ricocheted off a tombstone (or maybe one of the marble angels, that would be good) and done something non-lethal to an inanimate object two blocks away. She could have still lifted the lottery tickets in revenge, but she's not Gwen and I don't want her to be.

I was dissappointed that the writers didn't have Dean throw himself in front of Sam.

I think you underestimate how fast bullets travel. Unless she was a football field away, the bullet left the gun and entered flesh before anybody there could have reacted. Dean was standing in the way (more or less) in the first place; what more could you ask of the man, except that he turn into The Flash and be able to move faster than human perception?

Also, the point was, Sam was still unlucky (and Bela hadn't touched the thing yet); so if anything had ricocheted, it still would have hit him somehow. And done as it was -- that is, firing at Sam rather than at Dean -- it made clear that everybody knows what each Winchester's weakness is. She didn't have to threaten Dean; she knew to threaten the thing he values more than himself.

The part I liked about that scene was Dean's indignation at the very idea that a perfectly sane, unpossessed human being would shoot at him for mere personal gain. One expects him to be angry, but the fact he was shocked charmed me. So naive.

When you guys are saying "Gwen" are you meaning "Electro-Gwen" or some SPN sort of Gwen?

Yeah, Angel's Gwen, sumi.

Dear Universe,

Why is it not Thursday yet?

signed, time moves too slowly sometimes

Seriously.

And this day is way too full of Monday as it is.

It really was a Monday of a Monday. Blech.

Over at TWOP, they're comparing Bela more to Lilah than Gwen. Wouldn't it rock if she were a Lilah-sort of character?

Maybe Gwen didn't work on Angel because they already had Lilah.

I don't think Gwen was much like Lilah, really. Lilah wanted perks and was in it for herself, but she also wanted the protection of the senior partners, to be teacher's pet. She was a company girl all the way.

Gwen was very much a loner. I think Bela is, too.

She was a company girl all the way.

Definitely. I see Bela as more of a lone wolf, in it purely for herself.