It only took me 10 days, but I'm back! RL issues, mostly.
Ditto for me! RL has been steenkin' busy and all my thoughts and feelings and replies to thoughts and feelings had to be relegated to the back burner.
I had the same knee-jerk reaction to Dean saying "Don't you Dare think...." and it didn't last long as the rest of it wowed me so much that I moved "past it" pretty quickly. But I don't think Dean meant it the way I took it initially, i.e., as an attack on what Sam was thinking and feeling at the time. Because, as he kept talking, I got the intent of his words and I do think it maybe wasn't the best word choice. Yes, it does convey how strongly Dean feels about what Sam is telling him and how shocked (I feel) that Dean was to hear what Sam was saying but, often, "Don't you Dare" has argumentative, confrontational connotations, although I am not certain that is how it would be interpreted everywhere in the world.
And then Sam collapsed, and as Dean pulled him out of the church, he says, "Hold on, little brother" (and I almost lost it typing it out!). The whole end of that conversation and the final moments of the finale were filled with so much love from Dean.
And I almost lost it reading it again! There's been quite a few powerful scenes over this show's run and it would be really hard to pick the most powerful one ever but, I don't know, this one is right up there. (You'd probably have to sort them by categories to pick a favorite and it would still be hard. )
Crowley is a fun villain whether he is being downright chilling or chewing up the surrounding scenery. I think it would be interesting to have him conflicted. We saw that in Meg. I think it was subtle. She went from being a sinister demon zealot who questions why she just can't kill Sam and Dean and be done with it to teaming up with them out of self-preservation. And that motivation is something she maintains for quite a while even though I think, as time goes by, the cracks in this facade show more and more. It's subtle but it had to be there, too. Otherwise, we wouldn't have believed that Meg would sacrifice herself so that Sam and Dean can get away rather than smoke out to save herself. What an arc that was when you consider her way back in season one! So, it would be interesting to see a more conflicted Crowley and how everyone deals with that.
Poor Cas! I am looking forward to seeing how that goes, too.
(Can you tell I am looking forward to it all. But, by golly, I need to be strong and stay away from spoilers because they always, always, always give me expectations whether I think they will or not.)
Must. Be. Strong!!!!!
Thanks for posting your thoughts and I'm sorry for my delayed response.
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Ditto for me! RL has been steenkin' busy and all my thoughts and feelings and replies to thoughts and feelings had to be relegated to the back burner.
I had the same knee-jerk reaction to Dean saying "Don't you Dare think...." and it didn't last long as the rest of it wowed me so much that I moved "past it" pretty quickly. But I don't think Dean meant it the way I took it initially, i.e., as an attack on what Sam was thinking and feeling at the time. Because, as he kept talking, I got the intent of his words and I do think it maybe wasn't the best word choice. Yes, it does convey how strongly Dean feels about what Sam is telling him and how shocked (I feel) that Dean was to hear what Sam was saying but, often, "Don't you Dare" has argumentative, confrontational connotations, although I am not certain that is how it would be interpreted everywhere in the world.
And then Sam collapsed, and as Dean pulled him out of the church, he says, "Hold on, little brother" (and I almost lost it typing it out!). The whole end of that conversation and the final moments of the finale were filled with so much love from Dean.
And I almost lost it reading it again! There's been quite a few powerful scenes over this show's run and it would be really hard to pick the most powerful one ever but, I don't know, this one is right up there. (You'd probably have to sort them by categories to pick a favorite and it would still be hard. )
Crowley is a fun villain whether he is being downright chilling or chewing up the surrounding scenery. I think it would be interesting to have him conflicted. We saw that in Meg. I think it was subtle. She went from being a sinister demon zealot who questions why she just can't kill Sam and Dean and be done with it to teaming up with them out of self-preservation. And that motivation is something she maintains for quite a while even though I think, as time goes by, the cracks in this facade show more and more. It's subtle but it had to be there, too. Otherwise, we wouldn't have believed that Meg would sacrifice herself so that Sam and Dean can get away rather than smoke out to save herself. What an arc that was when you consider her way back in season one! So, it would be interesting to see a more conflicted Crowley and how everyone deals with that.
Poor Cas! I am looking forward to seeing how that goes, too.
(Can you tell I am looking forward to it all. But, by golly, I need to be strong and stay away from spoilers because they always, always, always give me expectations whether I think they will or not.)
Must. Be. Strong!!!!!
Thanks for posting your thoughts and I'm sorry for my delayed response.