rewatching Dark Side of the Moon.
Question: why didn't Roy and Walt salt'n'burn Dean and Sam? Especially after Dean saying he was coming back pissed?
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Juliebird - Jan 25, 2011 2:21:17 pm PST #17176 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Anne W. - Jan 25, 2011 2:22:43 pm PST #17177 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Ooh. Good question. Maybe the gunshots drew attention before they could do more than skedaddle? But then, wouldn't the bodies have been discovered? Hmm...
Juliebird - Jan 25, 2011 2:28:44 pm PST #17178 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Maybe they panicked and ran because of witnesses, but nobody actually care to call that heard the shots? Or maybe Sam and Dean were returned to their bodies within moments of Roy and Walt skidaddling?
Anne W. - Jan 25, 2011 2:29:48 pm PST #17179 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
That works.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2011 2:35:34 pm PST #17180 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think salting and burning would have helped. Anna's plan was much more drastic than that.
Amy - Jan 25, 2011 2:49:37 pm PST #17181 of 30002
Because books.
Wait, but Anna's plan wasn't in Dark Side. That was Song Remains the Same, I think.
I would venture that since Roy and Walt were obviously planning to kill them execution-style, they just planned to get out quick and avoid the dirty work.
§ ita § - Jan 25, 2011 2:53:18 pm PST #17182 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait, but Anna's plan wasn't in Dark Side. That was Song Remains the Same, I think.
I know. I'm just saying if they planned to stop them coming back, they didn't have the tools at their disposal. Anna was going nuclear.
But even as I think about it, why would Roy and Walt salt and burn the bodies? A hunter's funeral seems to be something done out of respect for the person passing.
Amy - Jan 25, 2011 2:54:59 pm PST #17183 of 30002
Because books.
Oh, gotcha.
Bobby always salts and burns victims, too, but that's Bobby. At least he did in Magnificent Seven and the zombie one.
Juliebird - Jan 25, 2011 2:58:03 pm PST #17184 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I don't mean a funeral pyre, just a torching of bones like when on a ghost hunt, preventing the spirit from coming back and haunting your ass.
Anne W. - Jan 25, 2011 3:08:32 pm PST #17185 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Also, Roy and Walt weren't originally planning to kill Dean, were they? IIRC, they only shot him because he recognized them despite the ski masks.