Someone's definitely gaming this poll. I know I voted for Misha over Welling, but I'm surprised he has a stronger lead than Jared has over his competitor.

I thought monsters were a lack of human souls.

Then how do monsters go to purgatory when they die? Apparently they have souls of some sort that survive their death. And human souls are missing. And more monsters are being made. Seems to fit. Or did I mishear something again?

Here's what the alpha vampire said:

The thing about souls -- If you've got one, of course -- Is they're predictable. You die, you go up or down. Where do my kind go?

I took from that that they didn't have souls. Made from souls? Eve is turning stolen souls into vampires and werewolves? Replacing the person transformed with a mutated soul? Then how were they being created before the soul purloining happened?

Evidence supporting Sam's aversion.

My interpretation is that whatever Eve does to them transforms their souls in such a way that they're hijacked to Purgatory upon dying rather than going wherever originally intended. Which would make her more horrible than demons, actually, since so far as we've seen they have to persuade or trick people into deliberate choices that result in them going to Hell.

But Ash said explicitly that people don't interact with others unless you do the Enochian magic or they're soulmates. So do you think he was wrong or lying?

I'm hoping that he's wrong and has just run into people who haven't transcended their own personal heavens and met the neighbors yet. Maybe it isn't knowing Enochian magic but just realizing you're reliving good memories and wanting to meet others that does the trick.

Evidence supporting Sam's aversion.

I always agreed with Sam. When I was little and Mom and the other adults drug me and my cousins to the local Halloween parades, I was always more freaked out by the clowns than by any of the monsters going by. Never liked them, never will. (Seeley Booth has clown phobia too.)

Season Seven. Who'd a thunk it? My the boys have changed.

eta: I don't have any news, I was just commenting off of the sets being leased.

But Ash said explicitly that people don't interact with others unless you do the Enochian magic or they're soulmates. So do you think he was wrong or lying?

Given that Zacharaiah was using the promise of getting to see his mom again to bribe Adam, part of me wonders if keeping the tenants separated is a control issue on the angels' part, and is not how things are supposed to be.

Maybe it isn't knowing Enochian magic but just realizing you're reliving good memories and wanting to meet others that does the trick.

I also really like this theory. You spend time reliving good memories in order to heal the hurt of a lifetime, and when you're ready to move on, you move on.

My the boys have changed.

Goodness, yes. The actors, too, especially Jared. I watched a season 1 episode and then something from this season, and he's done the whole adolescent-to-man thing. He's like a really angsty butterfly.

Supernatural pop-up book.

Amazing.