Out of nowhere I had a thought: after Sam's return from the dead, the 'how do you know what came back was pure Sammy' and 'maybe Sam came back wrong' ideas pop up periodically. But I haven't heard anyone (characters or fandom) asking the same questions about Dean. Dean, who was not only dead but in hell, and moreover was taking an active role enjoying his time as a torturer. It seems to me that someone, somewhere (Bobby if no one else) should have questioned whether or not Dean has changed in more than the obvious emo ways.
Angel: I can stay in town as long as you want me. Buffy: How's forever? Does forever work for you?
'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Morgana - May 28, 2009 7:58:40 pm PDT #2741 of 30002
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber
Anne W. - May 29, 2009 1:30:45 am PDT #2742 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Good point, Morgana. I wonder if that is something that will be addressed other than the throwaway bit about all of his scars, etc. were gone when he came back. Also, does the brand* that Castiel left behind have any significance? Maybe it will tie in to what Dean wondered himself: how is someone like him expected to be able to stop things?
* Does anyone recall if it was there in any later shirtless scenes? Did we even have any shirtless scenes other than what we got in Heaven and Hell?
Ailleann - May 29, 2009 4:13:21 am PDT #2743 of 30002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
The more distinctive body modification a character undergoes, the less we see said modification. (I call it the Prison Break Corollary.)
Amy - May 29, 2009 4:41:12 am PDT #2744 of 30002
Because books.
Once they determine that an angel brought him back, though, why would they wonder if he came back wrong? Especially when, up until the last few episodes, they were pretty convinced the angels were on the side of good and/or right?
Matt the Bruins fan - May 29, 2009 6:05:25 am PDT #2745 of 30002
"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
Yeah, I think the post-resurrection amnesia and the fact that Dean didn't go completely insane when his memories did return indicate Castiel put a lot of effort into making sure he came back right.
Toddson - May 29, 2009 9:51:17 am PDT #2746 of 30002
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
General rule for Supernatural - there are never enough shirtless scenes.
Fay - May 29, 2009 12:14:05 pm PDT #2747 of 30002
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
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I have to say, much as I liked Sammy, I never had a particular sense of GUH about JP, whom I had been considering a nice enough looking bloke in his own way, until there was shirtlessness. At which point I was all WHY THE HELL DO THEY EVER MAKE THAT BOY WEAR CLOTHES? WHY? WTF?
Lee - May 29, 2009 1:05:49 pm PDT #2748 of 30002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Picture of Misha from the con [link]
P.M. Marc - May 29, 2009 1:06:47 pm PDT #2749 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Ailleann - May 29, 2009 1:13:34 pm PDT #2750 of 30002
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
Yep, that's it. He's not real. He's sprung fully formed from the fangirl collective.