Oh, god, the episode is making me cry already.
Oh, Dean.
I happen to be very biteable, pal. I'm moist and delicious.
Xander ,'Bring On The Night'
Supernatural 2: Why is it our job to save everybody?
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§ ita § - Mar 03, 2010 5:22:34 am PST #5696 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Amy - Mar 03, 2010 5:25:05 am PST #5697 of 30002
Because books.
It's awful, in the best way. Wait till the end.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2010 5:29:28 am PST #5698 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy Dean is the saddest thing ever.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2010 5:31:31 am PST #5699 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Of course, Dean without Sam is even sadder.
Amy - Mar 03, 2010 5:40:24 am PST #5700 of 30002
Because books.
JA played it so well. Dean's amazement at the perfect girlfriend, his own remote control, mowing his mom's lawn.
I thought they wrote it well, too, because it works on more than one level -- Dean being upset that he and Sam don't get along works perfectly on the emotional level, but on the story level it's that small bit of consciousness nagging him the same way the ghosts and the news stories do.
What's saddest to me is the picture Dean's subconscious paints of himself -- in this reality he's the one without the college education, the one who everything thinks has been drinking, the one who snaked Sam's girl and his ATM card or whatever. DEAN.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2010 5:47:36 am PST #5701 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thing is, although Dean's not drunk, he is drinking the entire time.
But even his perfect life, yeah, not perfect Dean.
But at least Sam gets in the car.
Amy - Mar 03, 2010 5:57:21 am PST #5702 of 30002
Because books.
True.
What also hurts is how many people tell him to "get some rest." Dean's been a tired boy for a long, long time, with all that weight on his shoulders.
SuziQ - Mar 03, 2010 6:02:48 am PST #5703 of 30002
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
And he is a mechanic. Beer drinking, hot girlfriend having, mother loving (in a non-skeevy way), lawn mowing, mechanic.
§ ita § - Mar 03, 2010 6:41:10 am PST #5704 of 30002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This was just twelve kinds of beautiful. I don't even know where to start.
Oh, DEAN.
Oh, brotherly bond.
Oh, Mary Winchester.
Oh, DEAN.
Dean's self-esteem issues are still in full force. He fixes the one thing, his mother, but doesn't fix himself, and thusly his relationship with his brother is broken. He's a heel and a drinker, even though he snags a good woman.
Sam's regret that they didn't get along and gladness that the hunting had brought them together was definitely sniffworthy. The whole entreaties from the assembled for him to stay happy, even though it would really only be a few days--ah, love.
I just adored the episode.
Amy - Mar 03, 2010 6:55:23 am PST #5705 of 30002
Because books.
When Mary shows up and lays her hand on his face ... that's the sound of me breaking.
Sam's pleas -- and that sorrowful "Why did you have to keep digging?" -- are just gutting. And the look on Dean's face at the end, too.
It's one of my very favorite episodes, and the one I drew on a lot when I did the essay for the Supernatural anthology.