So there’s the focus on hands / hand prints and the focus on “the wrong shoulder”. I’ve not delved into this thoroughly but has it clicked yet that while Castiel’s hand print is on Dean’s left shoulder / arm, the Mark (The Darkness) is on Dean’s right arm (the wrong shoulder).
While Lucifer touching Dean’s right shoulder serves as a little heart-tug to let the audience (and Dean) know that something isn’t right – I think it also serves as part of a larger subtext about this whole “wrong shoulder” business. It’s essentially the same as how hands have continued to show up – the right arm also shows up a lot, foreshadowing the darkness.
Dean is literally pulled in two directions. Castiel (the left arm, the hand print) and The Darkness (the right arm, the Mark). Notice how one is male and one is female – Dean duality / bisexuality subtext again.
(We all saw the recent ep where Dean has a huge DARK sign hanging over his right arm, yeah?)
Also, Lucifer = The Light (bringer / bearer).
Isn’t it interesting how Castiel thought he needed to become The Light in order to defeat The Darkness.
Hands and Shoulders (follow up)
(Ah, don’t you hate when you hit ‘submit’ on something but your train of thought hasn’t quite finished yet.)
I forgot to bring in that third meta that’s going around, ‘cause I’ve got something for that too.
Cas = the light.
Amara = the darkness.
Dean is caught in the middle therefor Dean = the gray.
The gray…the grail… (and possibly the power of ‘gay’ love).
Also Dean the grail = the vessel. Which we already know is true, because he’s an angel vessel.
Now stay with me while we consider Tarot for a moment. There are four elements.
Lucifer = fire (because hell, devil, light, star)
Amara = air (because dark smoke)
Cas = water (because of all the reasons)
Dean = earth (because Earth, humanity, material attachments like his car and his burgers.)
In Tarot the pentacle represents earth. Dean has a pentacle tattoo on
his chest. (The ‘bad chest touch’ being the fourth meta going around.)
And in Tarot the cup / challis / grail represents water. So why is Dean
also the grail? Because it’s a vessel for water. And who represents water again? Cas.
Water + fire = smoke. As in air. Amara. This is a bad combination and it’s only going to make things worse.
Air + earth = dry lifeless dusty wasteland. Dean, do not give in to Amara!
But… Water + earth = clay. The stuff humanity is made from (or at least Adam in the bible).
Dean and Cas are the answer to this victory.
And finally, body parts -wise, if Cas = left arm, Amara = right arm,
Dean = chest / heart, what does Lucifer equal? (Is it just me or has
Lucifer been touching a lot of people on the head?) I don’t have answers
for any of this bit, I’m just trying to bring all the metas together.
And that’s me done. Enjoy.
Submitted by Anonymous.
(I’m not sure why people keep sending stuff to blog instead of blogging it themselves, but I love it. Keep ‘em coming.)
@bluestar86 has been chronicling the discussion on hands and hand-prints in season 11, so see their blog for more on the topic.
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