Anne and I were just lamenting at lunch Thursday the significance of the Trickster as a demigod and other possibilities in the SPN pantheon. Well, that answered that question. ;-)
Loved the episode. Loved the reveal about the Trickster/Gabriel. Loved the role reversal where it was Dean serving up a teachable moment to Trickster/Gabriel rather than the other way around. Dean's message certainly carried more meaning than anything the Trickster had presented.
What I'm struck by most is the mounting evidence that angels are not as void of emotion as Cas led us to believe last season. They all seem to be as flawed, controlling and neurotic as humans.
Is anybody getting the Supernatural title card after the opening teaser, with the blood in the water animation?
I just checked my torrents. All the of the episodes have the title card except for last night's.
It was Letterman I was thinking of. I am so not a Carrey fan, but I'll watch just about anybody mock Caruso.
PSA: Don't put out oil fires with water.
That's all I've got right at the moment. I'm not sure how I feel about this Gabriel reveal.
I need way less meta in my narrative. Stop talking about the relationship of the creator with the text and the readers. Stop talking about narrative form. Just tell the friggin' story already!
Also, I actually think it's kind of irresponsible to show someone putting an oil fire out with water.
I wonder who Michael is, in this universe. I would love it if he were a black woman like Missouri, or frankly any character that wasn't a white male--and that survives.
Also, I actually think it's kind of irresponsible to show someone putting an oil fire out with water.
Because it's not irresponsible to show someone shoving a stake into someone? Or drinking blood (demon or not)? Or impersonating FBI agents, or committing credit card fraud? Just handwave that it's magic oil, and let it go.
If it weren't for the fact that Dean's amulet didn't get suspiciously warm in "Home," Missouri Mosely would be an interesting candidate for God.
Cas could be wrong about the amulet. It could just be a cheap imitation knockoff made in Tijuana. Although he's been right about other things, he's been wrong about some stuff. And I would LOVE to see a reappearance of Missouri.
Because it's not irresponsible to show someone shoving a stake into someone? Or drinking blood (demon or not)? Or impersonating FBI agents, or committing credit card fraud? Just handwave that it's magic oil, and let it go.
Thank you for telling me how I'm allowed to watch.
t backs out of the thread
I don't know if I'd go so far as to say it was irresponsible, but the sprinklers did make me cringe.
I was pretty invested, I guess, in the Trickster being outside this particular Good vs Evil apocalypse and I'm disappointed that he's just another archangel.
But if Dean hadn't turned them on purposely, the sprinklers would have come on anyway, yes? They react to smoke, not to the way a fire was set.
I like the way all the archangels are coming out of the woodwork. We've seen so much of Lucifer, or at least his followers, that it's interesting to me to see what the other side makes of all this.
