SPN "Crossroad Blues" among other babble
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sailorhathorThe following post will contain spoilers for the Supernatural episode "Crossroad Blues."
Good episode. Made me tense in places. Soaky in others. My general list of impressions.
- The blues bore the crap out of me. Sowwy!
- Even so, the way Robert Johnson died, at least the way Dean described it (choking on his own blood while babbling about devil dogs), is pretty badass. In a supernatural sort of way.
- The demon faces were SCARY. They looked just like the demon face effects from The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Totally badass too. Total nightmare stuff. I want icons.
- I cracked up at several points. First, Dean does not surf the internet. That was so cute in a "Dean's such a pig" way when he got information out of the one chick and she gave him her MySpace address and he goes, "That's a porn site, right?" You could tell he was REALLY hoping it was a porn site so he could see the chick nekkid, lol. Also chuckled at Dean talking about the woman and adding, "And, they're real." XD Dean also makes a "Jedi" reference when he brings up the gold Leia bikini. XD I also enjoyed Dean just kicking the door open, then trying to do it again a minute later, but being stopped when Sam grabs his leg. Oh, and I almost forgot Dean's comment about the hell hounds and how they could hump the hell out of your leg. XD "What? They could." Hee. And Dean's FBI file! Sam doesn't have one, HA-HA! Dean is wanted out of St. Louis again? So what did they find when they exhumed the shapeshifter's body? Do they think he faked his death now?
- People being chased around by invisible hell hounds got kinda old and boring pretty fast. Was the effects team just too cheap to use real dogs, or did invisible dogs actually cost more? The nails on the wood floor were sort of cool, but I think I would have preferred real dogs. Get yourself some rottweilers and make their eyes glow. Sounds cheap to me. Use digital effects to make their doggie faces do wicked things. It gets costlier there, but it would have been cool.
- I liked that speech Dean gave about how the guy shouldn't have made a deal with a devil to save his wife's life because he never thought how that would make his wife feel, how she would never want him to make a deal like that to save her. Very good point. And poor baby, overidentifying like that. *soothes and pets*
- DEAN DOING AN EXORCISM IN LATIN IS THE HOTTEST THING EVER. OH MY GOD. I got totally soaky in reaction. Sam, you are no longer allowed to do exorcisms. It does virtually nothing for me. Dean must do ALL the exorcisms from now on. Dean reads Latin in a badass, commanding voice, and I fall to my knees and worship at the altar of Dean. All he'd have to do is stand over me doing that and I'd do just about anything for him. The sexual power that created... WOW. Are we sure he was doing an exorcism and not a lust spell? Eeeeeeeee. DAYUM.
- I knew Dean had a second devil's trap as soon as he stepped into the gazebo. It just seemed like a totally clever Dean thing to do. When they revealed that Dean had, in fact, trapped the demon, I cheered for him.
- I am VERY glad that Dean did not take that deal the demon was offering him, because I was really worried that he might do it. Deals with evil never work out well. I'm proud of him for resisting.
- It's not a huge surprise that John is suffering in Hell. He made a deal with a demon and traded his soul for it. So, of course his soul is wherever the demon would put him.
- I loved that moment at the end where Sam asks the loaded question, hey Dean, did you actually consider taking that deal to bring Dad back? And Dean doesn't say anything, because he can't lie there, and instead he puts the music on real loud to discourage the conversation and just doesn't answer. I loved Sam's reaction afterward, where he's muttering to himself in disbelief, and you just know he's saying, "Dean, you IDIOT, how could you ever consider such a thing?! Why I oughta kill you myself!"
-They're not thinking the timeline through very well at this point, or they just had no earthly idea when this episode would air. These pacts were made at the crossroads in 1996. It's been ten years. So, the pacts come due in 2006. The car crash happened on November 2, 2006. We've now had the events of eight episodes go by since that car crash. WHICH MEANS ALL THAT STUFF HAPPENED IN ONLY TWO MONTHS, AND IT'S STILL 2006. I mean, come on. To them, it should be 2007 by now!
- When they discovered that the painter guy had put some kind of dust along the entrance to his door, I really thought it was going to be red brick dust. The episode already had that voodoo/hoodoo feel. But it was something else. And now it's going to drive me crazy that we NEVER FOUND OUT IF HE FINISHED HIS PAINTING. O_O Seriously. I was like ooh, neat paintings, and then I thought I wouldn't care anymore. But we have no idea what happened to him. We can ASSUME the Hell hounds came for him, but without seeing it... now I want to know.
- Oh, loved the demon's comment to Dean that went something like "I heard you were good-looking, but..." Yeah, Hot Demon Chick, we know. *swoon*
- I nearly forgot when Dean almost lost his cool. Demon Chick is riding his ass, telling him how his father is suffering in Hell, and Dean said something like, "Shut your mouth, bitch." Very intense. The tone of voice he used was chilling.
- Did anyone notice that the Demon Chick who came to Robert Johnson was the same actress who played Taylor, Lori's roommate, in "Hookman"? Someone make sense of that in a fanfic, quick!
So how long is this hiatus we're getting now? The clips from upcoming episodes just screamed WE'RE GOING ON HIATUS, but isn't sweeps coming up soon or something?
This is my prediction for the end of season 2. Dean and Sam will march into Hell and slaughter as many of those evil sons a bitches they can to rescue their father's soul. Mark my words - it's going to happen.
I spent a lot of time tonight working on graphics for "Brokeback Mothman" so I can just open the damn site already. I need a place to put SPN fics that don't include Paul from "Miracles," and I figure that's as good a place as any. While playing around, I made a picture that I am GOING TO MARRY.
I want pictures that feature Dean and Paul together! The only way to get this is to make them. So here's one.
Click it to get a bigger version. It looks like they're in the same area! This makes me scarily happy.
First, this is one of my favorite images from "Miracles." I just love the way they shot this. I love the gorgeous window, the attractive railing, and Paul's position. He looks like he's waiting for someone (which he was). But I like to pretend he's waiting for more interesting people. I love how he's so freaking metrosexual, he's wearing jeans with a DRESS SHIRT and SWEATER. Paul is so REPRESSED I want to seduce the fuck out of him. But since I can't, I'll get Dean to do it. Undressing Paul would be like unwrapping one of those presents that someone wraps in several boxes to fool you. That sounds like a Dean joke.
When I decided to make a Dean/Paul pic using this image, I looked for a head-to-toe Dean pic that would make it look like he was talking to leaning Paul, but I couldn't find a suitable pic. Then I found this one. Dean is dressed in one of the hottest outfits I've ever seen him in. There's just something about the combination of the hoodie and the leather vest that makes me go VRRRROOOOMMMM. SOAK-AYE! I like to make up stories in my head about what's going on here. Did Paul say something that upset Dean, and he turned away? And Paul's got his head down because he doesn't know what to say to make it better? Or, were they talking, and Dean heard a strange noise, and turned to look into the room beyond this hallway to see what's up? Or are they both waiting for someone here, and Dean's looking for them?
Yes, I know, I'm a sad, sad fangirl. But I'm a GREEEEEEEDY little fangirl.
Now I want to make MORE of these. They can be kind of hard to make, though, and take lots of time with PSP. But it's all I have to work with.
Good episode. Made me tense in places. Soaky in others. My general list of impressions.
- The blues bore the crap out of me. Sowwy!
- Even so, the way Robert Johnson died, at least the way Dean described it (choking on his own blood while babbling about devil dogs), is pretty badass. In a supernatural sort of way.
- The demon faces were SCARY. They looked just like the demon face effects from The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Totally badass too. Total nightmare stuff. I want icons.
- I cracked up at several points. First, Dean does not surf the internet. That was so cute in a "Dean's such a pig" way when he got information out of the one chick and she gave him her MySpace address and he goes, "That's a porn site, right?" You could tell he was REALLY hoping it was a porn site so he could see the chick nekkid, lol. Also chuckled at Dean talking about the woman and adding, "And, they're real." XD Dean also makes a "Jedi" reference when he brings up the gold Leia bikini. XD I also enjoyed Dean just kicking the door open, then trying to do it again a minute later, but being stopped when Sam grabs his leg. Oh, and I almost forgot Dean's comment about the hell hounds and how they could hump the hell out of your leg. XD "What? They could." Hee. And Dean's FBI file! Sam doesn't have one, HA-HA! Dean is wanted out of St. Louis again? So what did they find when they exhumed the shapeshifter's body? Do they think he faked his death now?
- People being chased around by invisible hell hounds got kinda old and boring pretty fast. Was the effects team just too cheap to use real dogs, or did invisible dogs actually cost more? The nails on the wood floor were sort of cool, but I think I would have preferred real dogs. Get yourself some rottweilers and make their eyes glow. Sounds cheap to me. Use digital effects to make their doggie faces do wicked things. It gets costlier there, but it would have been cool.
- I liked that speech Dean gave about how the guy shouldn't have made a deal with a devil to save his wife's life because he never thought how that would make his wife feel, how she would never want him to make a deal like that to save her. Very good point. And poor baby, overidentifying like that. *soothes and pets*
- DEAN DOING AN EXORCISM IN LATIN IS THE HOTTEST THING EVER. OH MY GOD. I got totally soaky in reaction. Sam, you are no longer allowed to do exorcisms. It does virtually nothing for me. Dean must do ALL the exorcisms from now on. Dean reads Latin in a badass, commanding voice, and I fall to my knees and worship at the altar of Dean. All he'd have to do is stand over me doing that and I'd do just about anything for him. The sexual power that created... WOW. Are we sure he was doing an exorcism and not a lust spell? Eeeeeeeee. DAYUM.
- I knew Dean had a second devil's trap as soon as he stepped into the gazebo. It just seemed like a totally clever Dean thing to do. When they revealed that Dean had, in fact, trapped the demon, I cheered for him.
- I am VERY glad that Dean did not take that deal the demon was offering him, because I was really worried that he might do it. Deals with evil never work out well. I'm proud of him for resisting.
- It's not a huge surprise that John is suffering in Hell. He made a deal with a demon and traded his soul for it. So, of course his soul is wherever the demon would put him.
- I loved that moment at the end where Sam asks the loaded question, hey Dean, did you actually consider taking that deal to bring Dad back? And Dean doesn't say anything, because he can't lie there, and instead he puts the music on real loud to discourage the conversation and just doesn't answer. I loved Sam's reaction afterward, where he's muttering to himself in disbelief, and you just know he's saying, "Dean, you IDIOT, how could you ever consider such a thing?! Why I oughta kill you myself!"
-They're not thinking the timeline through very well at this point, or they just had no earthly idea when this episode would air. These pacts were made at the crossroads in 1996. It's been ten years. So, the pacts come due in 2006. The car crash happened on November 2, 2006. We've now had the events of eight episodes go by since that car crash. WHICH MEANS ALL THAT STUFF HAPPENED IN ONLY TWO MONTHS, AND IT'S STILL 2006. I mean, come on. To them, it should be 2007 by now!
- When they discovered that the painter guy had put some kind of dust along the entrance to his door, I really thought it was going to be red brick dust. The episode already had that voodoo/hoodoo feel. But it was something else. And now it's going to drive me crazy that we NEVER FOUND OUT IF HE FINISHED HIS PAINTING. O_O Seriously. I was like ooh, neat paintings, and then I thought I wouldn't care anymore. But we have no idea what happened to him. We can ASSUME the Hell hounds came for him, but without seeing it... now I want to know.
- Oh, loved the demon's comment to Dean that went something like "I heard you were good-looking, but..." Yeah, Hot Demon Chick, we know. *swoon*
- I nearly forgot when Dean almost lost his cool. Demon Chick is riding his ass, telling him how his father is suffering in Hell, and Dean said something like, "Shut your mouth, bitch." Very intense. The tone of voice he used was chilling.
- Did anyone notice that the Demon Chick who came to Robert Johnson was the same actress who played Taylor, Lori's roommate, in "Hookman"? Someone make sense of that in a fanfic, quick!
So how long is this hiatus we're getting now? The clips from upcoming episodes just screamed WE'RE GOING ON HIATUS, but isn't sweeps coming up soon or something?
This is my prediction for the end of season 2. Dean and Sam will march into Hell and slaughter as many of those evil sons a bitches they can to rescue their father's soul. Mark my words - it's going to happen.
I spent a lot of time tonight working on graphics for "Brokeback Mothman" so I can just open the damn site already. I need a place to put SPN fics that don't include Paul from "Miracles," and I figure that's as good a place as any. While playing around, I made a picture that I am GOING TO MARRY.
I want pictures that feature Dean and Paul together! The only way to get this is to make them. So here's one.
Click it to get a bigger version. It looks like they're in the same area! This makes me scarily happy.
First, this is one of my favorite images from "Miracles." I just love the way they shot this. I love the gorgeous window, the attractive railing, and Paul's position. He looks like he's waiting for someone (which he was). But I like to pretend he's waiting for more interesting people. I love how he's so freaking metrosexual, he's wearing jeans with a DRESS SHIRT and SWEATER. Paul is so REPRESSED I want to seduce the fuck out of him. But since I can't, I'll get Dean to do it. Undressing Paul would be like unwrapping one of those presents that someone wraps in several boxes to fool you. That sounds like a Dean joke.
When I decided to make a Dean/Paul pic using this image, I looked for a head-to-toe Dean pic that would make it look like he was talking to leaning Paul, but I couldn't find a suitable pic. Then I found this one. Dean is dressed in one of the hottest outfits I've ever seen him in. There's just something about the combination of the hoodie and the leather vest that makes me go VRRRROOOOMMMM. SOAK-AYE! I like to make up stories in my head about what's going on here. Did Paul say something that upset Dean, and he turned away? And Paul's got his head down because he doesn't know what to say to make it better? Or, were they talking, and Dean heard a strange noise, and turned to look into the room beyond this hallway to see what's up? Or are they both waiting for someone here, and Dean's looking for them?
Yes, I know, I'm a sad, sad fangirl. But I'm a GREEEEEEEDY little fangirl.
Now I want to make MORE of these. They can be kind of hard to make, though, and take lots of time with PSP. But it's all I have to work with.
