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phantomasQuick update to say that I'm much RL busy (mostly doctors appointments and such) and that since energy level is astoundingly LOW (two red bull a day isn't a healthy lifestyle, no-no), I'm keeping a low-profile and mostly doing stuff behind the stage curtains (or whatever the saying goes).
Hopefully, it'll be solved soonish.
BTW, is anyone knowledgeable about hypothyroidism issues? *looks at F-list hopefully*
Personally/professionally, etc? (or SignificantOthers, etc). I've got a couple of questions I'd like to discuss.
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SPN: Roadkill.
Solid, enjoyable episode with significant nuances re: the brothers own journey through the spiritual issues.
It felt like a short ghost-film, to me, and kudos to Tricia Helfer for her performance. Hope, and what happens in the afterlife is certainly a VERY important topic for the boys - and what about John, uh? I'd say the afterlife, good or bad, is very much an actual topic for the Winchesters. I really like how spirituality is touched upon in SPN without never falling (Faith and Houses of the Holy are other great examples of this) into the religious 'trap'.
I've gone into watching this unspoiled. I only knew Tricia Helfer was going to guest star. I guessed she was a ghost quite soon, simply by the way the boys were reacting to her: Dean isn't that abrupt with women; flirty, smartass, yes, but that kind of attitude is Dean-on-the-job strictly...whereas Sam was not only sympathetic, but actually telling her so much about ghosts and what happens to them, answering all her questions, with such a patience and gentleness - one only needs to remember the way he related to Ronald, denying that the 'mandroid' existed, to realize that Molly (TH's character) wasn't of the living anymore, but trapped -- like Sam is trapped -- into something bigger with rules that she is not aware of.
Love, Loss and their power was such a big theme for this episode, love that is left behind, that can't or doesn't know how to let go, love denied that becomes rage...this, too, is an important theme and a recurring one, for the Winchesters.
The man's wife killed herself when her husband was killed in the accident. His ghost stayed behind, enraged and vengeful. Molly died and her ghost was unaware of it, only reawakening each year to look for her husband...Mary died, burnt on the nursery ceiling, and John went on a path of revenge and protection of her children. John died, and Dean and Sam are left to deal with his demise. Dean died, too, and even if he doesn't remember it, Tessa the Reaper made it clear to him that if he didn't move on, he'd become eventually an angry spirit, stuck in the middle.
I fear what this episode and its reflection on passing over, moving on, might have on John Winchester's final destination. As of now, what we know from In My Time of Dying and Crossroads is that he made a pact (whose terms were forced on him, because he counted on giving up the Colt, not his life, that came as a counter-request) and that now he's in Hell...is this episode preparing the ground to have John Winchester's soul saved from Hell and enabled to move on, passing over safely? *worries* I still hope that TPTB will keep the possibility of John Winchester being back in some way (as hinted at in Crossroads), alive and well. I understand how his character is a hindrance in the series, in a way, but a recurring three or four eps a season are great and fine by me, thankyouverymuch.
Especially now that the new Shonda's series has been put aside for the GA's spin-off....
I truly enjoyed watching it, in fact, I did watch it twice, one after the other; I liked the change of pacing, a self-emcompassing episode that stands on its own, basically, I think it makes the overall arch stronger for it.
Hopefully, it'll be solved soonish.
BTW, is anyone knowledgeable about hypothyroidism issues? *looks at F-list hopefully*
Personally/professionally, etc? (or SignificantOthers, etc). I've got a couple of questions I'd like to discuss.
~~~
SPN: Roadkill.
Solid, enjoyable episode with significant nuances re: the brothers own journey through the spiritual issues.
It felt like a short ghost-film, to me, and kudos to Tricia Helfer for her performance. Hope, and what happens in the afterlife is certainly a VERY important topic for the boys - and what about John, uh? I'd say the afterlife, good or bad, is very much an actual topic for the Winchesters. I really like how spirituality is touched upon in SPN without never falling (Faith and Houses of the Holy are other great examples of this) into the religious 'trap'.
I've gone into watching this unspoiled. I only knew Tricia Helfer was going to guest star. I guessed she was a ghost quite soon, simply by the way the boys were reacting to her: Dean isn't that abrupt with women; flirty, smartass, yes, but that kind of attitude is Dean-on-the-job strictly...whereas Sam was not only sympathetic, but actually telling her so much about ghosts and what happens to them, answering all her questions, with such a patience and gentleness - one only needs to remember the way he related to Ronald, denying that the 'mandroid' existed, to realize that Molly (TH's character) wasn't of the living anymore, but trapped -- like Sam is trapped -- into something bigger with rules that she is not aware of.
Love, Loss and their power was such a big theme for this episode, love that is left behind, that can't or doesn't know how to let go, love denied that becomes rage...this, too, is an important theme and a recurring one, for the Winchesters.
The man's wife killed herself when her husband was killed in the accident. His ghost stayed behind, enraged and vengeful. Molly died and her ghost was unaware of it, only reawakening each year to look for her husband...Mary died, burnt on the nursery ceiling, and John went on a path of revenge and protection of her children. John died, and Dean and Sam are left to deal with his demise. Dean died, too, and even if he doesn't remember it, Tessa the Reaper made it clear to him that if he didn't move on, he'd become eventually an angry spirit, stuck in the middle.
I fear what this episode and its reflection on passing over, moving on, might have on John Winchester's final destination. As of now, what we know from In My Time of Dying and Crossroads is that he made a pact (whose terms were forced on him, because he counted on giving up the Colt, not his life, that came as a counter-request) and that now he's in Hell...is this episode preparing the ground to have John Winchester's soul saved from Hell and enabled to move on, passing over safely? *worries* I still hope that TPTB will keep the possibility of John Winchester being back in some way (as hinted at in Crossroads), alive and well. I understand how his character is a hindrance in the series, in a way, but a recurring three or four eps a season are great and fine by me, thankyouverymuch.
Especially now that the new Shonda's series has been put aside for the GA's spin-off....
I truly enjoyed watching it, in fact, I did watch it twice, one after the other; I liked the change of pacing, a self-emcompassing episode that stands on its own, basically, I think it makes the overall arch stronger for it.
