I would have preferred that they had made Bela a just a plain, cold-blooded murderer because I still don't have any sympathy for her.
Danger's my birthright.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
Supernatural 1: Saving People, Hunting Things - the Family Business
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SailAweigh - May 08, 2008 4:59:26 pm PDT #7226 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Matt the Bruins fan - May 08, 2008 5:03:19 pm PDT #7227 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I tend to think that was a pipe dream on Sam's part—the collection process on a deal for one's immortal soul would supersede having some reanimatory chemical in the body (though I suppose Dean's corpse might have gone on functioning afterwards as an empty shell). Also, if Dean willingly let Dr. Frankenstein go and kill more innocent people in return for the formula, he would deserve to go to hell.
tiggy - May 08, 2008 5:03:19 pm PDT #7228 of 10002
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I actually really liked that backstory for Bela. also? great casting for younger Bela.
Jensen was ten million kinds of hot tonight, which is nothing new, but tonight it was more obvious to me.
Theresa - May 08, 2008 5:06:14 pm PDT #7229 of 10002
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
great casting for younger Bela.
That actress was really good.
Amy - May 08, 2008 5:07:20 pm PDT #7230 of 10002
Because books.
I agree, tiggy. Jettisoning Bela's story would have left what would have seemed to be a pointless loose end. Now we know why she became a dealer/thief, and now we know why she was interested in the boys.
Plus, thanks to her we know Lilith holds the contract on all sold souls, which is helpful.
I did have a lot of sympathy for Bela. Incest may be overused as a trope, but in real life it doesn't make it any less painful, and as a motive for a teen girl killing her parents, it certainly works for me.
Yay to the X-Files guy, and the guy who played Benton, who's been in EVERYTHING as a villain.
And ... scary that Sam is willing to even think about going that far. Desperate Sammy is sort of heartbreaking, but more than anything else frightening.
Juliebird - May 08, 2008 5:12:03 pm PDT #7231 of 10002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
interesting that Sam, having seen and almost experienced and heard what the cost of that immortality was, was the one who was willing to attempt it, and that Dean, who didn't have any of that first-hand experience, dismissed it out of hand. Also interesting that he went back to his "black&white/human¬human" mindset for this instance.
I'm just so glad that Bela had a point to her existence in the show.
Morgana - May 08, 2008 5:24:36 pm PDT #7232 of 10002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
I'm just so glad that Bela had a point to her existence in the show.
Yes, and I'm equally glad that her existence is done. I know I've stated it before, so I won't rant again, but I don't think her character was written well enough to add to the character mix. She was dead wood.
Juliebird - May 08, 2008 5:34:09 pm PDT #7233 of 10002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm equally glad that her existence is done
forgot to qualify my statement with This.
And I'll hop on the wtf of Dean being immortal having anything to do with his normal or paranormal lifespan having absolutely nothing to do with when the hellhounds come for him.
Lee - May 08, 2008 7:58:48 pm PDT #7234 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That was really gross.
Atropa - May 08, 2008 8:03:44 pm PDT #7235 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I did have a lot of sympathy for Bela. Incest may be overused as a trope, but in real life it doesn't make it any less painful, and as a motive for a teen girl killing her parents, it certainly works for me.
Yes, but I would have been happier if the show hadn't pulled out that trope. Lots, lots happier, because I'm tired of it being used as the motivation for just about every vaguely bad-ass female character in the horror genre.