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sailorhathorNow that I've found my voice again, my off-the-cuff reaction to last night's "Supernatural." Spoilers for 4.09.
Just a hint, I was stunned. In a bad way. If you like Nuby, just don't bother reading this, please.
I am absolutely stunned that they went there with Sam and New!Ruby. (Who will here on out be referred to as Nuby.) I actually thought they would never do that. I really, really thought it was impossible. But with sweeps, all OOC impossibilities are possible.
When I read the spoiler that Nuby would be possessing a brain dead/dead girl to keep from taking an unwilling victim, I thought okay, it pretty much clears up the rape problems. Kind of. I mean, when someone dies and is revived, we don't think of that person as dead anymore. But in this case, we basically have a dead body inhabited by a demon. The original human soul is gone. That's not exactly the same as someone who is revived after temporary death. Whatsmore, it's not like the girl agreed to having her body used by a demon. So, there are still slight issues I can kind of overlook IF Sam wasn't fucking her.
BUT, as we saw last night, Sam IS fucking her. I stared at the screen in stunned and disgusted silence during that sex scene. I just can't believe the writers think this is better. Sam is no longer a rapist... now he's a NECROPHILIAC. He's not just fucking Nuby. He's fucking some girl's dead body. Ewwwwwwwwww. Shudder and gag. I know that it's possible not to think of it that way, but I just can't. Everytime they show any affection between them (which they DON'T except for this sex scene) I'll be having worms crawl around under my skin. I just can't believe they'd put Sam in such a put-down position and make him look like that for sweeps ratings. It's not in character to me for a large variety of reasons. It's just... ewwwwwww. >_<
The worst part is, they didn't have to do that. There are other solutions that would have made the sex still possible without it being rape and without the vessel being dead.
Truth is, I'd be happy about this development if Ruby was still being played by Katie Cassidy. She owned that role. She is beautiful, blonde, and bitch-faced - perfect for the role. They could have worked it out so Ruby could have gone back to her old body and she and the soul inhabiting that body could have come to an agreement. Some people might like the power it would give them to be possessed. (In fictional happy land, not the way it usually is in real life. If you believe in that sort of thing.) No reason Blonde!Vessel and Sam couldn't get to know each other as well. But the PTB at SPN didn't want to shell out the money to keep Katie, so we're left with Nuby.
Now, I know this is superficial, but everyone has feelings like this at times. Largely, I don't like Nuby because Gen Cortese can't play a bitch. She's lousy at being Ruby. But I also don't like her because I find her kinda unattractive. Sam and Ruby, WHAM BAM ZOWIE, such great chemistry. As soon as Ruby stepped in the same room with Sam, my libido went, "I want to see those two FUCK!" Nuby? Zero chemistry. They're like business partners. And she's got a fish face. I'm sorry, I know that's mean, but she looks like a freakin' catfish. When she stands there with her mouth open, I expect someone to put a hook in it. And she's got a unibrow. No one on Earth should have their eyebrows go that far over their nose. Every time they show her on screen, all I can do is stare at her fishlips and unibrow and wait for her to leave so I can stop being squicked to all hell. Like I said, I know that's mean and superficial, but we all have our own standards for what we find attractive and what we think is unattractive. Nuby and Sam just do nothing for me.
Honestly, I would be happy if Nuby died now. I don't want the character on the show if she can't be played by Katie.
Another thing that's continuing to bother me: I was not raised Christian, but even I have a sense of who the archangels are and how HUGE this SHOULD be that Uriel has been brought in. No one's going to go holy shit, Cas, you brought in an ARCHANGEL???? HOLY SHIT. That'd be like if they brought in Michael or Raphael or something. FUCKING ARCHANGEL. And Sam and Dean are like, "Uriel? Who dat, duuuuuuh?" There should have been SOME sort of recognition of the name. Especially after all the books they read just a few weeks ago that were all about angels. If they're not going to give Uriel the HOLY SHIT QUOTIENT that he deserves, I wish they just hadn't brought him in. The actor isn't putting his all into the role anyway. He doesn't even look like a pompous asshole, which Uriel is (on this show, anyway). I just don't think he's right for the part. Uriel could have been so cool.
Wasn't that impressed with Alistair, either. We didn't see much of him, but a big bad demon who tortured Dean for months shouldn't just come in the room and start punching him. Let's see some really evil psychological torture. Any nimrod can punch someone. :P I hope he'll get more screen time to really shine next week.
I'm not sure about Anna. I'm all for her getting Dean naked and screwing him next week because we haven't had Dean sex for YEARS. But I think she might be bad. For one thing, she's got psychokinetic powers, and that wasn't addressed with Sam and Dean yet, and second, the way she reacted to the angels coming. She goes, "THEY'RE COMING!" and freaks out, and it turns out the ones who were coming were not demons, but Castiel and Uriel. That seems a little suspicious. There was a spark of chemistry between her and Dean, though, when Dean said she wasn't crazy, she was just listening to angel radio, and she goes, "Thank you." And they just looked at each other for a moment.
Ooh, I hope next week we FINALLY get some BADASS ANGEL ACTION! Let's see what Cas and Uriel can REALLY do. Just don't send Dean back to hell, okay? No ridiculous cliffhanger over the hiatus (whenever it is).
The rest of the episode was okay, but that... whoa. I could have done without the sweeps moment this week.
Just a hint, I was stunned. In a bad way. If you like Nuby, just don't bother reading this, please.
I am absolutely stunned that they went there with Sam and New!Ruby. (Who will here on out be referred to as Nuby.) I actually thought they would never do that. I really, really thought it was impossible. But with sweeps, all OOC impossibilities are possible.
When I read the spoiler that Nuby would be possessing a brain dead/dead girl to keep from taking an unwilling victim, I thought okay, it pretty much clears up the rape problems. Kind of. I mean, when someone dies and is revived, we don't think of that person as dead anymore. But in this case, we basically have a dead body inhabited by a demon. The original human soul is gone. That's not exactly the same as someone who is revived after temporary death. Whatsmore, it's not like the girl agreed to having her body used by a demon. So, there are still slight issues I can kind of overlook IF Sam wasn't fucking her.
BUT, as we saw last night, Sam IS fucking her. I stared at the screen in stunned and disgusted silence during that sex scene. I just can't believe the writers think this is better. Sam is no longer a rapist... now he's a NECROPHILIAC. He's not just fucking Nuby. He's fucking some girl's dead body. Ewwwwwwwwww. Shudder and gag. I know that it's possible not to think of it that way, but I just can't. Everytime they show any affection between them (which they DON'T except for this sex scene) I'll be having worms crawl around under my skin. I just can't believe they'd put Sam in such a put-down position and make him look like that for sweeps ratings. It's not in character to me for a large variety of reasons. It's just... ewwwwwww. >_<
The worst part is, they didn't have to do that. There are other solutions that would have made the sex still possible without it being rape and without the vessel being dead.
Truth is, I'd be happy about this development if Ruby was still being played by Katie Cassidy. She owned that role. She is beautiful, blonde, and bitch-faced - perfect for the role. They could have worked it out so Ruby could have gone back to her old body and she and the soul inhabiting that body could have come to an agreement. Some people might like the power it would give them to be possessed. (In fictional happy land, not the way it usually is in real life. If you believe in that sort of thing.) No reason Blonde!Vessel and Sam couldn't get to know each other as well. But the PTB at SPN didn't want to shell out the money to keep Katie, so we're left with Nuby.
Now, I know this is superficial, but everyone has feelings like this at times. Largely, I don't like Nuby because Gen Cortese can't play a bitch. She's lousy at being Ruby. But I also don't like her because I find her kinda unattractive. Sam and Ruby, WHAM BAM ZOWIE, such great chemistry. As soon as Ruby stepped in the same room with Sam, my libido went, "I want to see those two FUCK!" Nuby? Zero chemistry. They're like business partners. And she's got a fish face. I'm sorry, I know that's mean, but she looks like a freakin' catfish. When she stands there with her mouth open, I expect someone to put a hook in it. And she's got a unibrow. No one on Earth should have their eyebrows go that far over their nose. Every time they show her on screen, all I can do is stare at her fishlips and unibrow and wait for her to leave so I can stop being squicked to all hell. Like I said, I know that's mean and superficial, but we all have our own standards for what we find attractive and what we think is unattractive. Nuby and Sam just do nothing for me.
Honestly, I would be happy if Nuby died now. I don't want the character on the show if she can't be played by Katie.
Another thing that's continuing to bother me: I was not raised Christian, but even I have a sense of who the archangels are and how HUGE this SHOULD be that Uriel has been brought in. No one's going to go holy shit, Cas, you brought in an ARCHANGEL???? HOLY SHIT. That'd be like if they brought in Michael or Raphael or something. FUCKING ARCHANGEL. And Sam and Dean are like, "Uriel? Who dat, duuuuuuh?" There should have been SOME sort of recognition of the name. Especially after all the books they read just a few weeks ago that were all about angels. If they're not going to give Uriel the HOLY SHIT QUOTIENT that he deserves, I wish they just hadn't brought him in. The actor isn't putting his all into the role anyway. He doesn't even look like a pompous asshole, which Uriel is (on this show, anyway). I just don't think he's right for the part. Uriel could have been so cool.
Wasn't that impressed with Alistair, either. We didn't see much of him, but a big bad demon who tortured Dean for months shouldn't just come in the room and start punching him. Let's see some really evil psychological torture. Any nimrod can punch someone. :P I hope he'll get more screen time to really shine next week.
I'm not sure about Anna. I'm all for her getting Dean naked and screwing him next week because we haven't had Dean sex for YEARS. But I think she might be bad. For one thing, she's got psychokinetic powers, and that wasn't addressed with Sam and Dean yet, and second, the way she reacted to the angels coming. She goes, "THEY'RE COMING!" and freaks out, and it turns out the ones who were coming were not demons, but Castiel and Uriel. That seems a little suspicious. There was a spark of chemistry between her and Dean, though, when Dean said she wasn't crazy, she was just listening to angel radio, and she goes, "Thank you." And they just looked at each other for a moment.
Ooh, I hope next week we FINALLY get some BADASS ANGEL ACTION! Let's see what Cas and Uriel can REALLY do. Just don't send Dean back to hell, okay? No ridiculous cliffhanger over the hiatus (whenever it is).
The rest of the episode was okay, but that... whoa. I could have done without the sweeps moment this week.
