OK, now you owe me a new keyboard.

I have to side with ita on the Impala, especially. She saved the world as much as the yellow crayon Dean did in 5.22.

I've read that the writers said that they're moving past what the amulet represents, so I feel they know damned well what they've created. I'm just scared about what that means.

And I think for Dean taking something Sam had meant for John meant really facing his role as the father figure Sam *could* count on.

But we know where Dean's idol worship of John got him. And we know how the boys have fought to move past the roles they established as kids. So to me, as horrible as that scene was, I'm just shorthanding it into "putting away childish things". And that now, in S6, they can start from a new point and find some kind of balance as equals.

Meanwhile, I'll just be over here with my hands over my ears singing, "La la la la la ..."

Hee!

Okay, I freely admit my obsession with trivia and minutia. But to me it's sort of like changing Batman's uniform. If a thing has been consistent (bracelet, ring) for the entire time a character has been in the public view, changing it needs at least a token explanation.

You know. Or not.

I need to quickly agree with ita and Amy about the Impala--her role was only confirmed by the finale. And I can certainly agree with the reasoning about the amulet, and try to believe show figured fans were smart enough to figure that out.

A nod to Dean divesting himself of talismans he'd worn as touchstones, to ground him--the bracelet and ring--as he prepared to accept Michael would have been nice, though. Either taking them off onscreen, or a line about "leaving that behind".

I'm done now. At least out loud.

someone linked to "Honk" up above (I'm catching up after a long absence, so excuse me if this has been brought up) ... does this qualify as autoerotica?

it's sort of like changing Batman's uniform

He's grey. He's blue. He has nipples. His head doesn't turn. His belt is yellow. He shines. He's matte. The height of his ears. The colour of his logo...

The small things about Batman's costume change all the time. And I'm going to come down on the side of jelly bracelets being smaller than the colour of Batman's outfit.

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A nod to Dean divesting himself of talismans he'd worn as touchstones, to ground him--the bracelet and ring

You've decided the ring is a talisman. The text has never acknowledged that. To him it was apparently just a bottle opener.

grooooaaannnn

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Oh yeah, jelly is far less important than the skully one. Mostly because I know the meta and it never seemed much a part of Sam, anyway. It was always Jared's.

Yeah, I think the only talisman was the amulet -- we saw it in Skin, even, when he snatched it back from the shapeshifter.

The bracelets never seemed to mean much, other than that I liked how they looked on him.

Wow I almost came in here upset about what vancouvernights posted as well and then I got distracted by something else.

I also decided as she's not a fan of the show and is not in charge of writing the show (which she pointed out) that her opinion about the amulet was not meaningful.

She is looking at it probably from the purely observational perspective that the amulet was in the trash at the end of that episode.

I care about the amulet and hope it reappears. I don't care about it more than I care about the car or the boys.