Given what we're seeing of prophets right now, do you think that gives more credence to Chuck being God?

Given that no angels are rescuing Kevin-does that just mean they are out of archangels, and no one else *must* do it? Everything seemed much more automatic a few years ago, but then again, their ranks have been decimated, at the very least.

Angels have tried to rescue Kevin a couple of times, but not done such a good job of it. I'd guess that with Michael and Raphael gone, they're not very organized at the moment.

I'm also unclear on how this foretold prophet business works now that predestination has supposedly been broken as of "Swan Song." I mean, I see how some things that were planned would keep on happening on autopilot, but for example the Leviathans were a threat that only emerged as a result of actions deviating from the defunct plan. Having an exterminator's manual show up at just the right time seems like cheating, somehow.

Having an exterminator's manual show up at just the right time seems like cheating, somehow.

Deus ex machina? Or something that wasn't found before then because no one was looking for it, and even if they had been didn't have the same resources that it took to eventually find it?

What's the point of being an omniscient omnipotent god if you can't cheat when you want to?

Castiel saying he didn't know what happened to Chuck was interesting. I still don't like Chuck as God, but I could see him being an Elijah-like figure, taken up bodily to heaven (or wherever) when his work was done.

I suspect that the tablets now turning up didn't exist until the need for them did. Or at least the decision to have them written and buried was a retroactive one.

I don't see any reason the tablets needed to pop up before they did, though. It's perfectly consistent for no one to know anything about them--it's not as if they finally flipped to the last page of John's journal and got wind of it there. No one knew what Leviathan was, where they lived, nothing. Except the Leviathan themselves, who were also the ones who brought the tablet into the story. It would be purposeless to the narrative otherwise.

I suspect it's too early to open up the end of year thread, but I just got a Thanksgiving card from my B.Org secret santa.

Since the return address is 1452 Winchester Lane Lawrence Kansas, this seems like an okay place to say thanks.

Thanks! and thanks again for the wine!

Rats, I'm going to be working late tonight, and may not get home in time to rearrange furniture so my TV is visible from the hall.

Oh what's not to love about a little cracky role-playing?!

Just saw the promo (I've cancelled my tv service and am relying on iTunes, and hence am missing the nextlies). That was painful to watch. And yet, at least I had more context, what with Cas' recent insanity and Cas mentioning how he'd missed tv.

C'mon, the role-playing fic!

Okay, okay, that will also be painful.

I keep telling myself that Cas still has teh krzy when I think about why he's still so different from the likes of Balthazar and Gabriel.

Is it that those two chose to disappear while still retaining their angelness? Even Uriel seemed more human than Cas. Why is Cas so awkward and My Science Project? Why is he now gleaning info in how to deal with humans via TV shows than he had over millenia of observation? (Let's ignore the meta for now: the writers want it that way).

So you don't think the cartoonishness of the face imprint in the skillet is related to anything else in the trailer, or are you referring to something I haven't seen? All I know of is the trailer after last week's ep.