Tag: supernatural

theangelicwinchesters:

You know I was going to write this under read more, but I think this needs to be seen. If you don’t want to read everything, scroll down to the tldr version.

As a fandom, we need to stop picking everything and everyone apart. I was over on my marvel blog, and you know what some blogs told me?…

crossroadscastiel:

8×17 // 9×18

Both Goodbye Stranger and Meta Fiction were written by Robbie Thompson, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. It’s no coincidence then that were were several common themes shared by these two episodes.

They were stark contrasts to one another in many ways, with Dean and Cas seemingly having switched places at this stage. In Goodbye Stranger, it is Cas who is being controlled by Naomi; in Meta Fiction, Dean is being changed by the Mark of Cain. In Goodbye Stranger, Cas leaves Dean standing in a crypt; in Meta Fiction, Dean leaves Cas standing in a parking lot.

Throughout season 8, and the first half of season 9, it was Dean who showed great concern for Cas and his wellbeing. Now, it is Cas who is showing great concern for Dean. They know each other so well, and they can sense when something is not right. Dean knew Cas wasn’t right when he got back from Purgatory, and Cas sensed right away that there was something different about Dean after seeing him for the first time since he took on the Mark of Cain.

Both episodes end with music being switched on, followed by somber car rides with Sam looking concerned after he knows Dean has had incredibly emotionally draining moments with Cas.

The song that plays at the end of Goodbye Stranger is the episode’s namesake:

Goodbye stranger it’s been nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
Goodbye Mary, Goodbye Jane
Will we ever meet again
Feel no sorrow, feel no shame
Come tomorrow, feel no pain

In Meta Fiction, the song The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore plays as the episode comes to a conclusion:

Loneliness is the coat you wear
A deep shade of blue is always there
The sun ain’t gonna shine anymore
The moon ain’t gonna rise in the sky
Tears are always clouding your eyes
When you’re without love

Both incredibly fitting songs, the first about a wayward lover, the second about deep abiding loneliness. It’s also interesting that the song playing in Meta Fiction contains the lyrics “I need you”, which as we all know is something Dean said to Cas in Goodbye Stranger. I know many of us have been wanting a reverse crypt scene, and I think last night we at least got part of one, in a way. Only this time, with a lot less violence, and far more love and concern on Cas’ part. Perhaps this is an indicator of things to come. Perhaps this is an indicator that the angel who knows Dean so well will be the one to break the connection next time.

I feel like we need to talk about the “subtext” Part of metatron’s speech last night ;)

obsessionisaperfume:

tous-les-coups:

caswouldratherbehere:

Oh yeah, that was totally Robbie reaching out to us. Hell, that was him acknowledging that subtext is part of what gives a story meaning. Especially following that up with asking if it’s the writers that do it, or us. He actually, by putting subtext last and leading that into discussing the possibility of both the writer and the consumer assigning meaning, gave subtext the most amount of weight. (The acting reinforced that too.)

He legitimized a large portion of what we do in fandom and I could just kiss him for it.

Okay okay, so we’re sick of subtext and want it to be text. But I will take this, because it not only tells me subtext is just as important and valid as characters, plot and text, it tells me that they all work together and subtext has a place, and can always become text.

Actually. I knew all of that. What it really tells me is that so does Robbie.

mmhm.  And Robbie’s always been very pro-subtext, pro-interpretation — it’s a lot of what we talked about at Burcon.  It’s very nice to see that viewpoint worked into the actual show, rather than just outside conversations 😀

Between this episode and Jerry Wanek’s tweet about the deliberate way they set up the framing and the set dressing, it’s a good time to be a meta writer…

feandra:

dustydreamsanddirtyscars:

feandra:

snowlantern:

9.18 | Meta Fiction

THIS SCENE IS SO INTERESTING
WHAT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING WITHIN DEAN HERE

He reminded me so much of a lost kid in that scene. The way he was crouching against the wall, exhausted and horrified. He’s talking to Sam as if he was trying to convince himself that this is what actually happened…  that the ‘bad’ thing he did was almost killing Gadreel when in reality the truly horrible thing was that he didn’t kill him: not because ‘they needed him to talk’ but because Gadreel wanted to be killed. 

Another wondeful wonderful scene.Actually, to me this felt like Dean – in a twisted way – asking for help and at the same time realizing that him and Gadreel might have more in common than he’d like to admit (the wish to die for example – though it remains up to discussion whether Gadreel really wanted to die or if he was just pretending) and it scares him, because he knows himself less and less. And with every look in the mirror it’s getting worse, not better. Dean seems to be completely out of touch with himself. Tired, exhausted, done, unable to grasp, who he is.

Oh yes, this actually makes it even more horrifying. Because if we think about how Dean may have recognized himself in Gadreel and how he probably even understood that Gadreel wasn’t necessarily referring to Dean but to both of them, it would mean he’s not only beating Gadreel to a bloody mess but himself as well. I’m sure people have already been talking about this but it definitely looks like Dean was confronting his own more-or-less subconscious deathwish in that moment… I feel like he’s equal parts horrified, defeated and scared by what just happened between him, Gadreel and the mark. And as he’s lying there while Sam approaches, he’s completely lost with no sense of direction left (at least until he gets back up and rebuilds his protective layers that keep out any unwelcome sense of self-awareness). 

The Prophetic Lyrics of the “Road So Far”

tardisy:

Like everyone else, I’m having fun giving myself ulcers speculating what the Season 9 finale has in store for us. So, I was curious if the song played during the “Road So Far” recap at the beginning of each season at all directly foreshadowed events that occurred in the cliffhangers of the finales, and what that may mean for our three boys at the end of Season 9.  

I compiled the songs, lyrics, and a short summary of the climactic events/cliffhangers of each finale, and was actually kind of surprised that there seemed to be correlations (do they actually think about these things?). Of course, the gift of hindsight reveals all, but it’s neat (scary?) to see a potential connection.

(Note: I highlighted only what I considered to be the relevant lyrics from each song – it was just too long otherwise! – but linked to the full song. Please check them out to see if there’s anything else!)

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