I kind of like that Metatron isn't one of the big archangels, but just their equivalent of a regular Joe that Yahweh tapped to take dictation. Though, no knock on Curtis Armstrong's acting, but I was really stoked when it looked like he might have taken a Native American body rather than a Caucasian one like 3 out of 4 archangels and the vast majority of other angels we've seen.
Joyce: Dawn, you be good. Xander: We will. Just gonna play with some matches, run with scissors, take candy from some guy, I don't know his name.
'Beneath You'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 01, 2013 5:27:55 pm PDT #28279 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
Amy - May 01, 2013 5:35:02 pm PDT #28280 of 30002
Because books.
Did I hear somewhere that this episode has all kinds of Shining references, too? Or maybe I dreamed that.
quester - May 01, 2013 5:36:40 pm PDT #28281 of 30002
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
but I was really stoked when it looked like he might have taken a Native American body rather than a Caucasian
Me, too. I was sure the Desk Clerk would be him. Though for one brief second as they were creeping around the stacks of books I thought "please let it be Alan Rickman".
Strix - May 01, 2013 8:00:55 pm PDT #28282 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Did I hear somewhere that this episode has all kinds of Shining references, too? Or maybe I dreamed that.
It's in CO; I said "Jesus, it's the Overlook" as Sam was reeling down the hall.
Are host bodies just...purely juiced by angel power? How human can they be, if Cas can use one as a walking, talking storage unit.
§ ita § - May 01, 2013 10:21:03 pm PDT #28283 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think you can use Cas' host body as an example for anything, given the number of times he's died. But if a demon can animate a body that would normally be dead, I'd imagine an angel could operate one whose insides had been replaced by rock.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 02, 2013 6:00:54 am PDT #28284 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
I know it's in the interest of dramatic tension, but it kind of bugs me that Cas (and now Naomi) never use any of their big ticket angelic powers like stopping time or zapping from a distance when facing down Crowley. Having an angel blade (or bullets forged from same) should not make him their equal in all respects.
§ ita § - May 02, 2013 6:10:48 am PDT #28285 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't like what the angel bullets do to the power dynamic. I like that Crowley's all thinky and stuff, but since the blades seem to be an infinite resource, I don't like the tilt.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 02, 2013 6:43:11 am PDT #28286 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. Though I'd have happily bought him tracking down the Colt again and using that in the same manner, as it was supposed to be effective against anything except archangels (and presumably Death himself).
§ ita § - May 02, 2013 8:10:42 am PDT #28287 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah--if angel bullets in the Colt killed archangels, or if you had to intricately bespell the angel bullets, or if they disappeared when the angel holding them died...but I don't think Crowley even picked up the one from Ion's pal.
Juliebird - May 02, 2013 1:37:06 pm PDT #28288 of 30002
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I haven't finished watching yet, but I just want to say that I want Charlie's comment about the Supernatural books going online be the key to win over Metatron, that that ends up being their offering of stories.