Episode 153 - 8.04 Bitten

I forgot to mention the cut scene on the dvd for this one, or maybe I just blanked it out of my mind, but Sam tries to call someone from a phone booth and then hangs up. When she calls back, he hangs up again. After Sam and Dean leave, Kate runs over, calls the last number dialed, and gets Dr. Amelia Richardson, veterinarian, who is very confused about Kate asking if she consults for the FBI.

I think the only thing this tells us is that Sam is having conflicted feelings about having left her, even despite the circumstances we’ll learn about in a few weeks. But I can see why this scene was cut for time. This episode is already jam packed, even if this likely would’ve helped make Amelia feel like less of an imaginary character.

But there are many scenes that did air, so let’s talk about those.

LINKS!

The Superwiki page

My Tag

A short essay on What Makes a Monster, and why I love this episode

The feminist lens of Bitten (written while s8 was still airing)

Lizbob’s excellent thoughts on the character of Kate

my notes for this episode are right here on ao3

Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you enjoy podcasts!

I would love to know what podcast you were on talking about supernatural!!

Oh, absolutely! It's hosted by the awesome folks at Idling in the Impala. It's a fantastic SPN podcast that focuses on fandom and canon, and they're dyed-in-the-wool Sam and Dean humans. Smart, saucy, highly enjoyable!

Edit for those unable to see/read the pic: The Destiel News Meme with the caption "Watcher is putting all their videos behind a paywall and the entire internet is telling them what a horrible idea this is and they still haven't addressed anything and the silence is heartbreaking and slowly killing me"

SPN director J. Miller Tobin (he directed 5.02 Free to be You and Me) was on Rob and Rich's podcast SPN Then and Now and called it the "Dean and Cas" show. Go listen plz

castiel, the one and only.

our old heroes, adelaclancy (ao3 link) // isaiah 40:25, NIV // 4.22 lucifer rising // 15.17 unity // tmwwbk tvline preview, ben edlund // isaiah 48:12, NIV

with all of the lovely end-of-world events circulating he had to make an appearance

The cutest boy 😍☀🥰💖

🍰 Tag list: @avanatural @undisputedchick2 @jranutter @fortheloveof-jackles @kazsrm67 @muchamusedaboutnothing @breath-of-snow-and-ashes @bluedragonflylady @mrsjenniferwinchester @unabashed-lover-of-fictional-men 🥧

I recently commissioned Caitlin to draw a comic strip based on some fanfic I wrote awhile back. It turned out beautiful. I love the way Arthur looks in the fifth panel. 😍

Caitlin is an amazing artist and just released her first graphic novel, so go check her out!

Episode 144 - 7.18 Party On, Garth!

We officially have a Gross of SpnGeorg! wheee!

I sincerely appreciate Garth as a person, and as a friend to Sam and Dean. If anyone could've made them feel even a little bit better about the universe after last week, it was Mr. Fizzles Garth.

I also appreciate the expansion of the supernatural universe, especially through the medium of Beer Brands. We talk about beer in Supernatural having meta relevance (think El Sol, Kingdom, and Schultz, for starters), so the genesis of an entirely new category of beer brands (the trendy independent brewery that makes beers that dean ends up enjoying unironically) is fascinating to me personally. I love anything that expands the spn universe like this!

Also filed under things I love about this episode: Dean gets to be the sober one, and for once in his life, it works against him, especially after a season where his excessive and growing alcohol intake had been a lowkey running theme.

LINKS!

The Superwiki page

My tag

My rewatch notes from July 2019

A liveblog chat with Lizbob from July 2017

A Tidy Metaphor for Performing Dean, and Sam’s recurring inability to really understand his brother

Listen now on Spotify, or wherever you enjoy podcasts!

70 tags per fic is not enough, AO3.

So my interview with the @idlingintheimpalapodcast comes out on Tuesday (March 5th), but because I continue to be blessed by the fandom gods, @talltalesandbedtimestories (one of the excellent hosts) has just done the funniest/coolest thing and recorded herself reading the literal hundreds of porny tags I used for my Sandman 'verse (Sam/Dean, so Explicit) on AO3.

You can listen to it here (it's very NSFW, so headphones suggested around delicate ears/co-workers. 😂) along with her totally mean and not funny at all (/s) commentary about my overuse of the Sam Winchester Has a Large Penis tag. Her podficcing is always so expertly polished that it's a delight to hear her frustrated little noises when she makes a mistake. 🤭

Ahh, I love behind the scenes stuff! Although, if AO3 wasn't a killjoy, I could've added so many more tags and made this much worse for her more fun for me. 🙃

So if you have a listen and are curious about the podcast itself, which is all about SPN, the fandom and the fanfiction, you can find it here on Spotify! Or for other platforms, check out the Idling In the Impala website!

And if you're ever feeling chatty, they have a Discord server, too! It's a chill, welcoming space for lovers of all SPN ships, characters, and actors. 🥰

"I think they transcend society by this point. They don't need to be a part of it, they've been a part of it because probably that's what Louis wanted and Lestat was having a good time, it's a great place to hunt but they can go anywhere and do anything. They don't need this society anymore but they really need each other. Lestat's aware they're gonna try and kill him and that's what he says to him when he's talking about something else he's saying that to him on the balcony he's saying, "I know you're gonna kill me" or "I know you're trying to kill me but we love each other or we did once, do you wanna try and do it again? And shall we dance together, you and me, alone?" They're not kissing in front of anyone, for anyone, but themselves." (iwtv podcast ep 7)

Sam Reid gonna make me sob over the ball scene all over again 😭

Chibi Misha outfits!