"Bow-hunting is an important skill!"

[rogueslayer452]

Dean Winchester says this line during the first season, though we've never seen them bow-hunting. Or any kind of uses of such weaponry besides the guns and knives they have.

I honestly think it would be pretty cool to see them wielding over weapons and arsenal besides the same old guns and tricks. If this season is all about getting "back to the basics" as they claim, I would like more extension to the hunting business; preferably with different techniques different hunters use. This makes me think about my ideas for an international look at this business, since different cultures use different kinds of weapons and how to use them; imagine Japanese hunters as opposed to Western hunters we normally see handling particular situations and their own tactics and methods, and seeing how effective they are. I think it would be pretty nifty. Then again I tend to look beyond what the show has given us, which makes me hungry for something more than what we're limited to (or what the writers fail to acknowledge or bring up ever again, as they often do, but I digress). There's definitely unique and different kinds of creatures and monsters elsewhere, as evidenced from this current season during "Weekend at Bobby's", so it would be nice to get a glimpse into other cultures and how they handle their own monsters.

These are just some thoughts I've been having. I often look at the bigger picture of the universe they are in, which is something I wish the show would take more seriously. *shrugs*

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Oh yes, the boys wielding scythes, that would be awesome. We did see something like that in promotional pictures for the first season, however that was barely used at all in the actual show. Which makes me kinda sad, because that would be so frakking cool.

Seriously, everytime we see a hunter who is not amongst the Winchester-circle, they are assholes who all use guns. Sure, guns are the most useful but one would think they'd use something else too occasionally.

That's what saddens me with the portrayal of other hunters they come across. Not just them being all mostly assholes, but they all use the same kind of tactics. There really is no Hunters Guide Book when getting into the business or how to do it, it's mainly a trial by error kind of deal and some hunters may find other methods more effective than others. Or create their own weapon. It seems rather lazy to just say "all hunters use guns."

As a sort of a fan of Japanese culture, I'd be really interested in a peek of Asian hunters *__* but I don't know how that could be handled since this is centered in America. (Or Scotland. On occasion.)

Knowing this show, probably not handled or dealt with in a respectful manner that we would hope for, unfortunately. Though I've always had the idea that there could be a spin-off based around international hunters from all over, seeing how they hunt and their own internal affairs or something. Also, considering how American-centric Supernatural is, I find it hard to believe that everything centering around the Apocalypse wasn't affecting other hunters elsewhere too. I want to see how those hunters reacted to knowing about all this, or what's happening now, or if they are aware at all.