No takebacks! Unless, of course, it's about the Impala.

And, man, I can see and hear John's voice cracking talking about the injustice of Dean's childhood, as we learn so much more in that moment about the both of them, what Dean gave, and what John took, and in this moment what John is going to give and Dean won't know he's taking, won't want to take because it goes against everything he's ever been.

It said so much about their characters and their relationship and was so brilliantly acted, and I keep also hearing the commentary with JA talking about JDM tearing him up with it.

I voted down the line for John. But we're at the end. It's time for tough choices.

Because I couldn't have said it better than Cass did...

• Dean, you're my brother, alright? So whatever you're carrying, let me help a little bit.

• What am I supposed to do? Sammy? What am I supposed to do?

No brainer. Dean was lost with a dead Sam.

Word.

I'm trying to remember what some of the choices for S3 were for the next deathmatch, and wondering if it's going to come down to such absolutely hurty quotes, too. I'll bet folding money S5 will, but S3 and S4 are more of a mystery to me.

I'm still playing catch-up with DVDs, and I just finished "On the Head of a Pin". Anna is awesome! I'm assuming she dies sometime between here and late season 5. I'll be sad to see her go.

OK, I'm about three minutes into "It's a Terrible Life" and it's already seriously hilarious. NPR listening, Prius driving, Project Runway watching Dean.

AU Dean is hysterical. I love the albeit temporary abandonment of the Winchester burden.

And the putting in his office! And the tie flipping when he eats his lunch! I love that episode like pie.

My suspicion is that JA is far more like Dean Smith than he is like Dean. Very similar in fact, I suspect.

Looky what I found on my flist this morning. It's a slide show of Cortese-Padalecki wedding photos.

Given the bit I just read where Jensen taught Chad Lindberg how to shotgun beer for Dark Side Of The Moon, I think he's got plenty Dean Winchester in him.

I tried watching those photos--they're gorgeous--but it really felt like I shouldn't be looking. Everyone was really gorgeous as far in as I got, though. Genevieve was radiant, and I don't really think of her as pretty.

I have a strange feeling like I'm running out of good S5 Castiel fics. And so much of the S4 stuff has problematic Sam in it. I'm not interested in fic where Dean is substituting companionship, or where Sam is a pissy dick or where Ruby isn't evil. I'm in the middle of a huge AU series that's got a pretty good Sam motivation--it's true to what I think the series did--he's trying to be strong and use what he's got, and he's truly trying to do the right thing, and thinks he will come out on top. And, interestingly, his struggle for independence is very late S5. The Dean/Castiel emotional component goes off the deep end into schmoop, though. I'm a big fan of Dean not feeling worthy and Castiel wanting to show him how chosen he is, but the authors go a bit crazy with it here--it's in every sex scene and inbetween to boot. Absolution, by wolfling and omphalos.

Okay, separate post for the round of pain...