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Rewatching On the Head of a Pin

Welcome to “Shockingly Little Soft Shoe: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

Up today, s4e16: On the Head of a Pin

“Castiel and Uriel want Dean to help them get info out of Alastair using the, um, very special skills he learned during his residency Downstairs. But the phrase “This hurts me more than it hurts you” has maybe never been more truthful, and Dean is clearly shook by the experience. Also, Alastair manages to escape the demon trap and Smarty Cas figures out it was Uriel who let him. All is fraught in the world of angels and boys.”

Below is a log of our real-time reactions as we watched. Remember that there may be spoilers for any part of SPN’s 15-season run here. Note also that the nature of our conversation is adult and thus it may contain adult language and themes.

[and we begin:]

Lor:

my god look at him

Mace:

so young

Lor:

all stern and hair and coat flapping and striding

Lor:

YES

Mace:

YES

Lor:

the burnt wing thing is SO COOL

Mace:

it really is

Lor:

oooo Sam is driving

Mace:

yeah that’s weird

Lor:

yeah

Lor:

"I'm tired of burying friends, Sam" oh hon

Mace:

“get angry"

Lor:

"we just got back from needed"

Mace:

he’s so done

Mace:

“good times"

Lor:

he really is

Lor:

and the look on Cas's face

Mace:

he’s so cute when he’s pissed

Lor:

omg Uriel giving Cas the "don't coddle them" look

Mace:

and Cas pursing his lips

Lor:

yep he's not about it

Lor:

he wants to coddle the short one so bad

Mace:

snork I love that he’s the short one at, what, over 6 ft?

Lor:

YES

Lor:

ooooof this whole storyline the asking Dean to torture the demon who taught him to torture I just

Mace:

oh Sammy is pissed too

Lor:

YES

Mace:

yeah it’s a great story line

Lor:

"this is too much to ask, I know, but we have to ask it"

Mace:

yeah

Lor:

the dynamic between them is just chef's kiss

Mace:

yeah, give them some privacy pls

Lor:

BACK OFF URIEL

Lor:

uriel's the funniest angel in the garrison lolololololol

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

"i've been told we need it" I love how he puts it that it's not HIM that wants it

Lor:

"I would give anything not to have you do this"

Mace:

ooof

Lor:

and Dean's watery eyes

Mace:

yep

Mace:

this dude is so gross

Lor:

right?

Lor:

he's so good at the part

Mace:

too good. it’s gross

Lor:

Sam looks very nice in that shirt

Mace:

he really really does

Mace:

oh Sammy, I adore you, you know that, but you don’t have it in you. Dean… does.

Lor:

John only lasted that long because his heart was already a stone

Lor:

yeah

Lor:

that's kind of the problem, Sammy

Lor:

THAT'S why he's not right since he came back

Mace:

“Daddy’s little girl”

Mace:

I LOVE IT

Lor:

YES

Mace:

he needs a cutoff T with that on it

Lor:

YES HE DOES

Mace:

and Cas needs one that just says Daddy

Lor:

OMG YESYESYES

Mace:

this super shouldn’t be so hot

Lor:

Mace:

yes, Dean LET’S GET STARTED

Lor:

oooof Cas's FACE

Lor:

HOW do people think these two don't love each other

Mace:

they’re dummies

Lor:

spells are in Latin but ending spells is in English?

Mace:

pls don’t get me started

Lor:

I mean

Lor:

I would not be above getting you started

Mace:

i know this, Lor

Mace:

oh Sam

Lor:

weak. he should be drinking it straight from her neck

Mace:

you sweet tall dipshit

Lor:

come on, boy, if yer gonna do it, do it

Lor:

LOLOLOL

Lor:

YES

Lor:

no no Alistair. there may be no going back, but Cas is building him into something so much better

Mace:

besides, he’s more interesting with the torture competence and the being tortured by the torture competence

Mace:

exponentially hotter

Lor:

DEFINITELY

Mace:

“went to receive revelation” = “having a poop"

Lor:

OMG that look on his face when he holds his jaw SO HOT

Lor:

HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Lor:

YES

Lor:

oh Cas. lean into your doubt, baby

Mace:

oh honey, Chuck is a dick

Lor:

right?

Mace:

oh, we’re calling it doubt now? See, I thought it was Gay Feelings for Dean Dean

Lor:

I do love that the emphasis here is on what the torture does to the torturer. like it's obvious that you shouldn't torture people because of what it does to the victim of the torture. putting the emphasis on how it harms the person doing it is so much more interesting

Lor:

HAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Lor:

I think it's both

Mace:

yeah

Lor:

(I feel like there's an understood but maybe needs to be said "in fiction" here)

Mace:

(nah)

Lor:

(oh good)

Lor:

oh Dean

Lor:

is the hardest part of this for him learning that he was responsible for breaking the first seal or that he was a righteous man?

Lor:

OMG the quivering lip. the twitch in the jaw. HOW does Jensen DO that?

Mace:

How much of it, I wonder, is Moral Law that the torturer is damaged and how much is actually that the damage is self-inflicted, in the sense that Dean thinks he shouldn’t like it, Mr. Black and White no Grey (at this point in the show, at least)

Lor:

ooooo interesting

Mace:

oh look, he’s actually showing damage here - maybe because he believes he deserves this?

Mace:

oooh and look, Cas has no qualms about twisting that knife

Mace:

that in itself is pretty darn hot

Lor:

I am FASCINATED by this question. has Alaistair hurt him in a way that we can see or is he ABLE to because Dean thinks he deserves it?

Lor:

YES

Mace:

I mean, I think that’s the best/most interesting interpretation of the whole idea of Hell: it only exists for those who believe they deserve it

Lor:

and what, exactly, is the differentce between using Dean's torture knowledge he learned from a demon and Sam doing it because he's jumped up on demon blood?

Lor:

so it doesn't exist for turdburgers who think they're okay?

Lor:

hmmm

Mace:

Yes! Sam believes in his ‘cause’ and so isn’t at all tortured by what he’s doing. And as much as I love him, Dean’s anguish is better/more complex.

Lor:

like, I don't think it exists as a literal place, but I have always kind of thought of hell as the twisting up you do to yourself by not being a good human

Mace:

I don’t really think there’s anyone who’s actually that simpleminded

Lor:

the turdburgers bit?

Lor:

oh Cas

Mace:

so for you that version exists.

Mace:

yep

Mace:

aw, he had a good poop

Lor:

the way he loses his faith is so heartbreaking even though it is the thing that lets him become who he authentically is

Lor:

HAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Lor:

I mean one does often feel more clear minded after a nice movement

Mace:

exactly

Lor:

Cas looks so LITTLE and LOST

Lor:

take that boy and run away with him and find a nice place to live together, Cas

Mace:

lost faith tends to do that

Lor:

yeah

Mace:

yes, Cas, do that

Mace:

“I’m considering disobedience” THAT IS SO HOT

Lor:

YES IT IS

Mace:

he’s aiming to misbehave

Lor:

and the fact that it MEANS something to him makes it even HOTTER

Lor:

YAAAAAAS

Mace:

now, fuck off, Anna

Lor:

"please tell me what to do" oh hon

Lor:

yep, think for yourself

Mace:

oh, I’ll tell you what to do, sugarwings

Lor:

yeah, Anna, get lost. and don't ever touch Dean or Cas again

Lor:

YAAAAAAS

Lor:

GOD LOOK AT HIM

Mace:

YES

Lor:

Uriel you lying piece of shit

Mace:

yep

Lor:

I mean. it probably was forever, Cas

Mace:

Lor:

nah. it's the blade

Mace:

angel blades don’t kill angels. angels kill angels.

Lor:

LOL

Lor:

careful Uriel. that's Lucifer talk there

Lor:

also, have you met Cas? shittalking humanity is not the way to get him on your side

Mace:

Uriel would be so cool as Luci

Lor:

oh. Uriel knows he's Lucifering. I had forgotten that piece

Lor:

he WOULD

Lor:

I'm cool with Uriel exiting stage left but I wish they had either cast this actor as someone who stuck around or found a way to bring him back

Mace:

yeah

Lor:

(shockingly this is true of many of the Black actors on this show)

Mace:

(NOOOO. I’M SHOOK.)

Lor:

omg his little bloody face

Mace:

YES

Mace:

everyone’s getting torn up today

Lor:

YEP

Lor:

on SPN blood is either silly or HOT

Mace:

yep

Lor:

he goes to sit with him I cannot

Mace:

YES

Lor:

"you need to be more careful" "you need to learn to manage a damn devil's trap" MARRIED

Mace:

AND ANNA IS BANISHÈD

Mace:

YEP

Lor:

"it is not blame that falls on you, Dean. it's fate" OOOOOOOF

Mace:

now THAT’S an excellent debate

Mace:

Oedipal like, and all

Lor:

the one who starts it has to stop it. the CIRCLE of it all kicks feets in stupid symbolism glee

Lor:

YES

Mace:

“then you guys are screwed” oh HONEY

Lor:

"I can't do it, Cas. It's too big" and his VOICE

Lor:

THIS MAN SHOULD HAVE AN EMMY

Mace:

he really should

Lor:

"I guess I'm not the man either of our dads wanted me to be"

Mace:

“either of our dads” oh jesusfuckingchrist that’s good

Lor:

WELL THEY WERE BOTH ASSHOLES, DEAN

Lor:

RIGHT?

Lor:

ooooof that is AN EPISODE

Mace:

CRIPES

Lor:

I feel like you could do a whole semester-long course on THIS ep. the symbolism! the family dynamics! the weird-ass Christianity

Lor:

hello, this is interdisciplinary shit 101. our text is one (1) episode of Supernatural

Mace:

snork

Lor:

how not to do Latin

Lor:

Blood-born diseases and how they make you able to smish demons

Lor:

the possibilities are endless

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Rewatching It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

Welcome to “‘You don’t take a joint from a guy name Don’: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

Up today, s4e7: It’s the Great Pumpkin, Sam Winchester

The boys investigate a couple of mysterious deaths in a small town around Halloween. Turns out it's a couple of witches trying to raise a demon named Samhain. Cas finds himself caught in the middle between another angel who wants to wipe the town off the map, and Dean, who intends to kill the witches and save the town.”

[and we begin:]

Mace:

HALLOWEEEEEN

Lor:

YAS

Lor:

god how did they not just jump each other right there

Mace:

“you should show me some respect” TELL ME THAT’S NOT DOM TALK

Mace:

HAHAHAHA

Lor:

YAAAAAS

Mace:

oh ewewew I remember this part EWEWEW

Lor:

gets behind the couch

Mace:

shivers

Lor:

oh god nopenopenope the shot from inside his mouth NOPE

Mace:

RIGHT?!?!

Lor:

"the candy was never in the oven" and his face

Mace:

watch your tone Mrs Wallace

Lor:

Mace:

the “it’s fucking WITCHES” look HAHAHA

Lor:

YES

Lor:

I love when the boys communicate without talking like that

Lor:

"it's Halloween, man"

Lor:

I love how grossed out he is by witches

Mace:

YES YES YES

Lor:

oh man this is awful too I forgot how much awful there is in this one

Mace:

RIGHT?!

Mace:

also she did NOT get the apple that quickly

Lor:

NOPE

Mace:

“I would never”

Lor:

okay who wrote this one? Dean would actually never

Mace:

he really wouldn’t but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like to be ogled by hot teen girls

Lor:

oh sure that, but that little "yeah I would grin" after he says it bugs me

Lor:

Sam Winchester, I love you, but if you don't stop saying SAM HAIN, I swear

Mace:

that’s very true

Mace:

HAAAAAHAHAHAHA

Mace:

now you know how I feel when they ‘speak’ Latin

Lor:

LOL YEP

Mace:

oh Dean honey

Lor:

pops up out of the backseat with a bottle of Pepto

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

oh Dean

Lor:

you imagine yourself as a hot cheerleader all you like, hon

Mace:

he would come back as a hot cheerleader? yeah he would

Lor:

YES

Mace:

OH DEAN

Lor:

omg Dean, his scared little freckle face

Mace:

YES

Mace:

“yeah, we get it, Don"

Mace:

GEDDY LEE

Lor:

YES

Lor:

I was gonna say, Dean, you DID have candy

Mace:

“luck’s not our style” OH DEAN

Mace:

HAHAHA

Lor:

back off the fatshaming, DEAN

Mace:

DEAN WINCHESTER DO NOT FAT SHAME ANYONE ESP A KID

Lor:

YEP

Mace:

Sam is fangirling HAHAHA

Lor:

we will have a talk with that boy

Mace:

YES

Lor:

hahahahaha Sam, never meet your heroes

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

DID CAS SAY SAM HAIN TOO

Mace:

HE DID

Mace:

he’s lowkey making fun of the boys

Lor:

Cas, come here, baby, I just want to talk

Lor:

I will accept that

Mace:

takes a bow

Lor:

he's a sous chef, Dean

Mace:

SNORK!!!!

Lor:

well done

Lor:

oooo lookit Cas getting all up in Dean's face and making him bluescreen

Mace:

DID DEAN JUST LOOK CAS IN THE EYES AND LICK HIS LIPS?!

Lor:

YEAH HE DID

Mace:

BUT THEY’RE JUST FRIENDS

Lor:

that's a tautology, Cas

Mace:

omg did Cas just bring John into it?!

Mace:

Dirty. Pool.

Lor:

yeah, just bros

Lor:

RIGHT?

Lor:

do not use John as an example Cas you know better

Lor:

when Cas's boyfriend wants to try, he gets to try, URIEL

Lor:

"ASSTRONAUT!"

Mace:

YES

Mace:

HAHAHAHA

Lor:

I was gonna say, Sam, they are righteous

Mace:

YEP

Lor:

oh Sammy. meeting an angel jumpstarts Dean's faith and wrecks Sam's

Mace:

YEP

Lor:

I love that there's markers in there too

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

ooo Cas doesn't like it when you talk about HUMANITY that way

Mace:

UHHUH

Lor:

oooo what are your true orders

Mace:

RIGHT?!

Lor:

stop making our boys hurt

Mace:

YEAH

Mace:

smarty Sammy

Lor:

oh Dean does NOT like getting smeared with blood

Lor:

YES

Mace:

he really doesn’t

Lor:

he likes things tidy, our Dean

Mace:

he does

Lor:

dude, you're in DON, don't throw stones

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

oh Dean

Mace:

HE SAID LOR EVERYBODY DRINK

Lor:

it WORKED, calm down

Lor:

YAAAAAS

Lor:

this town of 1000 people sure has all the stuff

Mace:

SNORK

Mace:

“I mean, Don?” Ha! The kids don’t like calling him Don, either

Lor:

NOPE

Mace:

aw, poor stoner dude

Lor:

yeah

Lor:

mmm I love how he takes charge of a situation

Mace:

YAS

Lor:

ooo Sammy being badass

Mace:

YAAAAASSSSS

Lor:

"that's it. I'm torching everybody"

Mace:

snork!

Mace:

Oh, Sam

Mace:

don’t poop your pants, Bean

Lor:

HAHAHAHA I was thinking that but was refraining from mentioning

Lor:

oh the look on Dean's face

Mace:

I’m here to say the things others won't

Lor:

that's his baby brother who DOES NOT LISTEN

Mace:

yeah

Lor:

LOLOLOLOLOL

Mace:

It’s not Mr. Hain, Sammy

Lor:

we know that Dean is in love with Cas bc Sam is clearly not in love with Uriel

Lor:

HAHAHAHAHA

Mace:

SNORK

Lor:

Uriel CAUSING PROBLEMS

Mace:

YUP. Angelic shit-stirrer

Lor:

lol

Mace:

Cas looks SO GOOD here

Lor:

HE DOES

Lor:

"it was a witch, not the Tet Offensive"

Mace:

oh god, Dean likes war movies

Mace:

Lor:

his little holey knees

Mace:

YES

Lor:

YEP

Mace:

(I’m not watching them with him)

Lor:

(NOPE)

Lor:

a select few, maybe, but NOT about Vietnam

Lor:

Cas is CONFIDING in Dean ALREADY

Lor:

I LOVE THEM

Mace:

YAAAAASSSSS

Lor:

and he was PRAYING for Dean to do the human thing

Mace:

YAS

Lor:

flaps and bounces

Mace:

ooof that last scene

Lor:

YES

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watchingspnagain · 2 years

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Rewatching Red Sky at Morning

Welcome to “Stinks Like Seaman Spirit: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

Up today, s3e6: Red Sky at Morning

In a coastal city in New England, people are drowning on dry land. Sam and Dean aren’t the dumb brothers, so they think that’s kind of odd. With the help of both Bella, who is in town to steal something and sell it (of course), and a grabby old lady who has the hots for Sam, the boys figure out that a sailor hanged on an old sailing ship is responsible for the strange deaths. In the course of trying to dispatch him, they have to get all dolled up and pretend to be rich at a charity function, think on their feet, and save Bella from the ghost. They learn that Bella has committed murder, though she won’t tell them anything about the circumstances, and Sam and Dean do a nice rendition of the fraught brothers over Dean’s continuing refusal to care about his impending death and sentence to hell.

[and we begin:]

Mace:

public water fountain = ew

Lor:

GHOST SHIP

CORRECT

Mace:

YAS

Lor:

"Happy Purim" Sammy

Mace:

SNORK

Dean sounds like a dad here

“something you wanna tell me?"

Lor:

YEP

Sam's little nod

Mace:

YES

Mace:

BACK OFF MY STRINGBEAN, KALE

omg DEAN’S LITTLE COUGH

Lor:

"Alex and us, we're like this" the way he just goes with it

Mace:

YES

Lor:

OH NO don't touch Sammy like that

YES HIS COUGH

Mace:

YES

Lor:

"weirdo dryland drownings"

Mace:

snork

Lor:

"where's my car?"

Mace:

oh Dean

Lor:

omg Dean, baby, breathe

Mace:

Sammy, don’t tell him to calm down

Lor:

RIGHT?

Mace:

SMARTY SAMMY

Lor:

YES

Mace:

omg Dean imagining her in that scenario

Lor:

YES

is she... wearing any clothes under that coat?

Mace:

possibly not

Lor:

"not in public"

Mace:

Sam gives SUCH good annoyed face

Lor:

YES

Mace:

i would need to provoke that as often as possible

Lor:

YAAAS

DON'T REACH INTO THE TUB

Mace:

DO NOT STICK YOUR ARM IN THAT WATER DUMMY

YAS

Lor:

lololol

I love the way Bella and the boys keep sticking it to each other

Mace:

YES

i think they’re each fascinated with the other

Lor:

YEP

"I don't know. your daddy give you enough?"

THEY HAVE EACH OTHER PEGGED

Mace:

oh MAN, the daddy hugs thing hurts BOTH of them in ways the other doesn’t realize

YAS

Lor:

YES

watch your mouth, man

Mace:

poor Baby

Lor:

right?

gettin' stole, bein' insulted

Mace:

yep

“that can’t be good"

that’s a professional opinion right there

Lor:

yep

he knows not good when he sees it

Mace:

he sure does

Lor:

ghost is getting sloppy. you REALLY can't drown in a car on land

Mace:

SNORK

I don’t think he cares

Lor:

LOL

I love that it's Dean who can't sit normal in a chair but it's JARED who can't sit normal in a chair

Mace:

is this the first time they’ve stayed in a not-motel?

Lor:

I think so

Mace:

omg YAS

Lor:

"aren't you a sharp tack" yes, Bella, yes, he is

DEAN WINCHESTER

Mace:

DEAN WINCHESTER

Lor:

hahahahaha

Mace:

HAHAHAHA

pretty sure a hand of glory is always a man’s no? so that’s interesting

Lor:

iiiiiinteresting

"what are you, a woman?"

GOD I LOVE THIS REVEAL DOWN THE STAIRS

Mace:

I LOVE that he’s the one making an entrance and she’s in the Male Gaze position

Lor:

"we should really have angry sex" YES YOU SHOULD

Mace:

YES YOU SHOULD

Lor:

YESYESYES

Mace:

“don’t objectify me” DEAN

Lor:

"don't objectify me"

he's actually uncomfortable

it's such a NICE little piece of characterization

Mace:

YES because in that one little moment he realizes, I believe, that this happens to him a lot in myriad ways

Lor:

YES

OMG Dean and the gum

Mace:

but the little smile on the way out is that he doesn’t... ming

*mind

Lor:

YEP

Mace:

typo - he CLEARLY mings often

BACK OFF MY STRINGBEAN, BITCH

Lor:

SNORK

Mace:

my GOD he looks good

Lor:

RIGHT? leave him alone

Mace:

all three of them do

Lor:

"this is easier and it's a lot more entertaining"

Dean

Mace:

my bi self is happy in this ep

Lor:

YAAAS

Mace:

omg DEAN’s gleeful grin

Lor:

YES

Bella's décolletage is stunning

Mace:

IT SO FLIPPING IS

and her hair looks so good

Lor:

YEP

Mace:

and there’s something about the precise way she speaks

DEAN

Lor:

"no sir" "no?"

YES

I love how he just goes with it

aw she FLUSTERS him

"very Oscar Wilde"

Mace:

YES

Lor:

and him trying to figure out what that means

Mace:

his LOOK BACK at her

Lor:

(headcanon: when he gets a chance, he looks up Oscar Wilde and then he has a LOT of INTERESTING reading material)

Mace:

YES

Lor:

STOP FONDLING PEOPLE WITHOUT CONSENT GERT

Mace:

RIGHT?!

she is so clever!

Lor:

YES

gooood taking the handkerchief out of his breast pocket and shaking it out

Mace:

YES

“okayokayokay” poor Sam

Lor:

yeah

"you stink like sex" DEAN

Mace:

“you stink like sex” DEAN WINCHESTER

HAHAHA

Lor:

lololol

"Mrs. Who?"

Mace:

HAHAHA

he’ll look that up later, too

Lor:

YEP

he enjoys the atmosphere of that one but it's not NEARLY as INTERESTING

Mace:

HAHAHA YEP

Lor:

"you not us"

omg Dean's face. so betraaaaayed

Mace:

SNORK such a snark

Lor:

YES

Mace:

a nautical fury i love it

Lor:

"was it daddy?" ooooh, Dean

YES

I LOVE ship stuff

Mace:

YEP

Lor:

they are so JUDGEY. they have such strong moral compasses, even if a lot of people might not understand or share them

Mace:

yeah

Sam zipping his coat up

Lor:

did he... say castiel?

YES

Mace:

DID HE JUST SAY CASTIEL?!

Lor:

hahahahahahahaha

I'm pretty sure he did

Mace:

HAHAHAHA

Lor:

which is funny because I'm pretty sure that actual angel is Cassiel

Mace:

HA interesting

Lor:

oooo the creaking of the masts

Mace:

I love that boy, but GOD his Latin pronunciation is shit awful

Lor:

they are all so pretty all wet

Mace:

oh man, that’s such a COOL effect

YAAASSS

Lor:

LOLOLOLOL you'll help him get better at it

Mace:

YES

Lor:

"you're so damaged" "takes one to know one"

Mace:

“you’re so damaged” that is one of the few moments where I don’t like Dean very much

Lor:

yeah. not very kind

"I guess I would have done the same thing"? you DID

Mace:

and they will again. and again.

Lor:

YEP

"please stop worrying about me" oooof

Mace:

yeah, not possible, Sam

Lor:

"I want you to give a crap that you're dying"

keep trying, Sammy, keep trying

Mace:

oh BOYS

Lor:

YES

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Rewatching Phantom Traveler

Welcome to “I Am Winchesters: A Supernatural Rewatch Blog” with Lor and Mace!

Up today, s1e4: Phantom Traveler

A demon takes over a nervous flyer and then causes a plane to crash. A guy who works at the airfield is a people who was saved from a thing by John and Dean, so he calls Dean for help. The boys investigate, buy their first suits, almost get caught pretending to be Homeland Security, and in a last-ditch effort to keep the next plane from crashing, get on it to stop the demon before time’s up. Dean hums Metallica, Sam bungles some Latin, the lore is a little weird, and the boys save the day. Aaaaand it turns out John is alive and fine, or at least he was pretty recently because he’s changed his voicemail message to tell people to call Dean if they need help. (Fuck that guy sideways.)

[and we begin:]

Mace:

helpful, dude, very helpful

Lor:

right?

those sound like TERRIBLE odds

Mace:

plus, you know, gee, I never would have thought of that myself, you'RE A GENIUS

Lor:

lololol

ooo, floaty black bits. probably fine

Mace:

yep, fine

ugh

Lor:

yeeeeeah

Mace:

I am so scared of flying

Lor:

YEP

I hate it

Mace:

so this is not great for me

Lor:

holds you

Mace:

holds you back

Lor:

oh, but then we get this shot

Mace:

YAS

the belly sleeping

Lor:

YAAAAS

Mace:

when does that stop and for the love of god WHY does it stop

Lor:

we are GOING TO NOTICE this time when it stops

Mace:

YES

firm head nod

Lor:

lol

Mace:

prediction: it's correlative to the level of guilt Dean has about various things

Lor:

YEP

ooof, here in the beginning, it is not Dean who is having the nightmares

"not not really" LIAR

Mace:

belly sleeping = the sleep of the self-perceived innocent

Lor:

YEP

I also feel like that whole pan over the sleeping body with the ominous someone coming in the room casts him in a feminine role

god the bedhead hedgehog hair

Mace:

huh interesting

Lor:

Dean's grin when the dude says he wouldn't be alive but for Dean and John

Mace:

YES

Lor:

dang, Homeland Security was new

Mace:

Homeland Security as something new

HAHAHAHA

Lor:

MACE

Mace:

they're still using that light filter in this episode

Lor:

yep

Mace:

I've decided to call it The Freckle Enhancer

Lor:

HA. YES

Mace:

why the need for mispronouncing the name, I wonder?

Lor:

yeah, I wondered that too

Mace:

seems unnecessary unless there's a point

Lor:

what is that doing for anything?

Mace:

right?

omg Dean's thinking face is so adorable

Lor:

YES

Mace:

Baby hood leaning!

Lor:

leaning over the top of Baby!

Mace:

HAHAHA OMG

Lor:

snork Us this episode, man

Mace:

right?

Lor:

Dean's adorable not yet super deep voice

Mace:

YES

FIRST REAL SUITS

Lor:

YAAAAS

"I hate this thing" you will grow to love it, DeanDean

Mace:

Dean Winchester, you do NOT hate that suit

You know you look good

Lor:

LOLOLOLOL

he likes to dress up in all the outfits and no one will tell me different

Mace:

is this kind of warehouse a real thing, I wonder, with the plane plan on the floor? because if it is thanks I HATE IT

Lor:

no idea

my GENIUS ENGINEER

Mace:

Ha!

Lor:

gently smacks Sammy for making fun of it

the plane things is creepy though

Mace:

dude, it's not like Dean didn't make fun of my Sammy for knowing stuff last time

hmph

Lor:

lolol. I DO apologize

omg taking the suit jacket off

Mace:

apology accepted

YES

he's had that suit two seconds and it already has barbed wired holes in it

tsk

Lor:

better than in his lovely handses

Mace:

although the scars would be gorgeous

Lor:

THEY WOULD

omg Sammy with his collar open like that

Mace:

omg SAMMY WITH THE COLLAR

Lor:

DUDE

Mace:

LOR

although why does it look like that collar is from the 70s?

Lor:

because all the heroes in this show live perpetually in 1979

Mace:

snork

Lor:

as evidenced by their furniture and TVs

oh NO, not a DEMON

Mace:

HAHAHA oh, such innocence

omg Sammy's laptop has a tramp stamp

Lor:

lololololol

Sam with the internet and Dean with the books. I love it

Mace:

YES

Lor:

it's not their normal gig

Mace:

sweet things, they'll learn

Lor:

YEP

it's only kind of ironic. you can't go ten miles in PA without hitting a small town named after a Biblical place

Mace:

SNORK!

Lor:

lookit him, driving all fast

Mace:

ha!

oh Dean, your bullshit skills need some work

Lor:

lol, poor Dean. thrown for a loop

rolling with it though

Mace:

YES

Lor:

"I KNOW" his face!

Mace:

YES

Lor:

WHAT could they possibly have in the trunk that would make it through security?

Mace:

HAHAHAHA holy water?

Lor:

LOL

Mace:

omg he is ADORABLE

Lor:

he IS TOO ADORABLE

"what are you nuts? you said it yourself, the plane's gonna crash"

DON'T TELL ANXIOUS PEOPLE TO RELAX

Mace:

RIGHT?!

omg the humming!

Lor:

YAAAAAS

he has anxiety coping strategies, I love him

Mace:

YES

"dude I know, I'm not an idiot"

Lor:

"dude, I know, I'm not an idiot"

Mace:

(but sammy's a bit of one - it's not Christo but Christus)

Lor:

SNORK

( I am a bad person, because he is SO CUTE nervous)

Mace:

YES HE IS

Dean is attracted to her strength and I love it

Lor:

YAAAAS

"come on, that can't be normal"

dang, Sammy, don't pull out dom voice on your brother. that's not fair

Mace:

HAAAAAHAHAHAHA

Lor:

...worked though

Mace:

"once and for all" well that mythology changes

Lor:

yep

"I will if you will"

ADORABLE

Mace:

YES

Lor:

the Xfiles ref

Mace:

YES

I mean. Christo is either the ablative or the dative, which technically is okay, I guess? But why would they say it in those cases and not either the nominative (christus) or the vocative (christe)? (JFC let it go, Mace)

Lor:

I LOVE YOU

they are so EARNEST

Mace:

SQUISH

THEY ARE

thank you for tolerating my dead language pedantry

Lor:

tolerate, pish. i love your dead language pedantry

whatever freaking magic mary poppins pockets Dean has in that jacket, I want em

Mace:

HAHAHA YES

or maybe it's some church Latin nonsense? but if it ain't Ciceronian Latin IT AIN'T LATIN

Lor:

Mace:

oh poor Sammy

HAHAHA Dean screaming I LOVE HIM

Lor:

I'm not supposed to laugh at Dean's terror right?

Mace:

OMG HAHAHA

Lor:

lololol

jeeeez, when he sticks his head through the curtains

I cannot

Mace:

YES

on the surface it's hilarious that he's afraid of something so mundane when he faces all the insanely scary stuff he does, but it also makes sense because he knows how to deal with the monster stuff but can't control things if the plane goes down (which is why I'm so scared of them, too, to be honest)

Lor:

YES

Mace:

the little head nod at her "thank you"

sigh

Lor:

the whispered thank-you and his nod

hey, we almost chiasmused!

Mace:

HAHAHAHA YAAASSS

hugs you for your use of “chiasmus”

Lor:

lean on that car, Dean. you lean on it

Mace:

YAS

Lor:

John, you mind-game playing little shit

Mace:

RIGHT?! useless putz

Lor:

oooof, Sammy

the both of them, really. reacting in different ways because they've been hurt differently by him

Mace:

exactly!

[after the episode ended:]

Lor:

this one always feels weird to me. like it doesn't fit with the rest of the show in some kind of weird way? maybe because they are on a plane? or maybe because the little mythology we get in this one is pretty much not what they use later?

Mace:

Agreed. the mythology bothers me a bit, plus it seems fish out of water - air travel is not liminal enough, setting-wise, for the show in general

Lor:

ooo, yes, good. I like that. I couldn't put my finger on why the plane part feels so wrong, but that's good

Mace:

although I do like that Dean does feel uncomfortable about it, which is on the nose

Lor:

Sam and Dean don't... do planes? like, it's too mainstream or something?

YES

Mace:

he doesn't belong even in the airport and thus fumbles with his bullshitting and such

Lor:

YES

and they have no luggage (obviously). weirdly, they are exactly who TSA probably doesn't want on a plane? ticket at the last second, no luggage, acting squirrelly

Mace:

ooooh, good point

pairs nicely with the mention of the "new" homeland security

Lor:

yep

Winchesters drive all night or maybe ride a Greyhound to do a trip in 36 hours that would take 4 on a plane. they don't fly

Mace:

I am Winchesters

Lor:

I am usually also Winchesters

I will get on a plane, but I'm very unhappy about it

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