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Nov. 19th, 2010 10:13 pmYOU KNOW IT'S A BEN EDLUND EPISODE WHEN THE DIALOGUE AND BANTER IS WITTY AND LOLARIOUS.
SUPERNATURAL HAVING AN X-FILES TITLE SEQUENCE, WHICH IS KIND OF AWESOME. OF COURSE MISLEADING BECAUSE THEY HAD MISHA IN THAT OPENING SEQUENCE YET HE DIDN'T APPEAR, AND OF COURSE I THOUGHT WITH THE MONTAGE OF THE "DANCING ALIEN" WE WOULD GET A SURPRISE!GABRIEL BUT, NOPE. MAKES ME SAD TO BE HONEST. SO BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY:

JUST SAYING. BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
"SO HAVING A SOUL MEANS I HAVE TO SUFFER?"
DING! DING! DING! DING! WELCOME TO SOUL 101 SOULLESS!SAM!
OR AS I'D LIKE TO CALL IT THE "ANGELUS-TO-ANGEL SYNDROME" BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY THAT'S PRECISELY HOW THE SOUL WORKS, OR AT LEAST HOW I CONTINUE TO SEE HOW IT WORKS BECAUSE THE ENTIRE WITHOUT-A-SOUL CONCEPT HAS BEEN DONE TIME AND AGAIN BY BTVS THAT I CANNOT HELP BUT REVERT TO THE ANGEL/ANGELUS HUMAN/DEMON KIND OF THING. AND YET ANGELUS NEVER WAS THIS SLOPPY WITH HIMSELF (HE DID HAVE CENTURIES OF PRACTICE THOUGH, SO YOU KNOW). I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHERE THEY ARE GOING WITH THE ENTIRE SOUL SITUATION - IT'S HARD ENOUGH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS LET ALONE HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH IT.
SO ANOTHER EPISODE WHICH FEATURES CREATURES THAT MAKE DEALS AND SACRIFICE THINGS. I WAS HOPING FOR MORE MYTHARC LORE IN REGARDS TO THE FAIRIES, BUT WHATEVER.
DEAN GETTING BEAT UP BY A FAIRY IS KIND OF FUNNY THOUGH.
AND OF COURSE THEY HAD TO ADD IN THE HOMOSEXUAL REFERENCE WITH THE "FAIRY" COMMENT.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT TO FEEL ABOUT THIS EPISODE. IT WAS CRACKED OUT THAT'S FOR SURE, BUT STILL VERY FILLER WITH ONLY MILD THINGS ABOUT SAM'S SOUL. SO YEAH. THAT'S ABOUT IT.
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Date: 2010-11-20 07:07 am (UTC)But yeah, they really are going for the homoerotic jokes very often. I'm not entirely sure if this is because of the homoerotic subtext they got going on or what, but I would love it if they actually had one of our main guys kissing at least another guy
Dean and Castiel preferably....LOL! I STILL THINK THEY STOLE THE SOULLESS IDEA FROM JOSS WHEDON ONLY JOSS DID IT BETTER!
OF COURSE JOSS DID IT BETTER. JOSS IS BOSS AFTER ALL. ;D AND LIKE MOST THINGS SPN STEALS FROM OTHERS, MOST OF THE TIME THE ORIGINAL SOURCE IS WAY BETTER SINCE SUPERNATURAL ONLY DOES IT FOR EITHER THE LULZ OR IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WITH THEIR OWN MYTHOLOGY. JUST SAYING.
FYI, Is it just me or has Dean gotten dumber this season? I wonder about him sometimes.
Unless they are trying to say that a year without hunting made Dean dumber, or that is Sera Gamble's way of dumbing him down just so "her Sam" could get more screentime. But I don't think Dean is actually dumber, just not given a chance to really show it this season because he's too busy emoing over his fake!domestic life. *rolls eyes* It's funny that you mention this because my mother watched an episode from the last season and she asked whether Sam was the lummox of the brothers because he often has that "duuhhh" expression on his face. LOL!