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I tried to go to bed; it didn’t work.

Firstly - Devil’s Trap. The title referring to the symbol that captured ‘Meg’, right? Now lets not forget that Sam drew some o’dem pretty symbols on the goddamn CAR (*whimper* car!) too. I’d like to state at this point that between now and September I am keeping that FIRMLY in mind, because it quite possibly means (with the significance the title gives it, IT IS SIGNIFICANCE, DAMMIT) that they are SO NOT DEAD and that the symbols will keep them safe from any PSYCHOTIC DEMONICALLY POSSESSED TRUCKERS that might, like, try and finish them off.

OH MY GOD.

Ahem, anyway. Speaking of the car, “No sir. Not everything.” And looking at Dean in the rear view. Broken, broken Dean, but not destroyed Dean, because his family is alive and in the front seat. Also, Sam and Dean are sitting on the left side of the car; John on the right.

It would be in very bad taste to start humming ‘sexual healing’ right now, wouldn’t it?

Poll:

[Poll #723054]

Okay, so not!possessed Meg? surprisingly not annoying!

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but thus far I’ve found the Meg character so. overwhelmingly. infuriating. The exorcism scene in this ep was no exception. I was grinding my teeth with every bad-girl/innuendo-laden/vixen-villain line. And now I realise why this drove me up the wall, aside from the awful cliche of it.

It’s all becoming clear to me now. What rubbed me the wrong way was the fact that her sass was gendered. It was all about how she was a bad girl, and constantly rehashing those stupid, stupid supposedly provocative lines. This is a big plot hole for me. Because, I dunno, for all that The Demon said “that was my daughter, and my son” (and that even made me cringe a bit), it seems to me that demons are actually DISEMBODIED BLACK CLOUDS OF EVIL. They have neither penis nor vagina, and somehow I doubt they were reared (hahah, reared) within the hegemonic structure of western patriarchy that dictated a gender be assigned to them thru nurture, even if when they’re having a bath together, THERE’S NO PEEPEE OR BOOBOO.

So, possessed!meg? made me mad. Like, the demon that possessed the frigging co-pilot in ‘The Phantom Traveller’ didn’t up and go “say, how about that local sports team?” or “dude, gagging me is kinda gay!” - that one, and the other demons inhabiting male bodies, appear to be sufficiently INHUMAN and thus WITHOUT GENDER.

anyway. I feel better now that it makes sense. It was bugging me, how much it was bugging me.

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OMG. I just. With the. And. DEAN.

I was just about to leave the exact same comment.

So why isn't it possible to select "all of the above" in that poll?!

Sorry, I really should have known to create an option that was "ACTUALLY, MY HEART WAS SHATTERING INTO TINY LITTLE SHARDS OF PAIN FROM THE WORD GO, THANKS."

Yes, that's the one I choose.

;_;

He was begging Papa to keep the demon from killing him, and omg, and Sam's little voice when he kneels next to Dean and says, "You've lost a lot of blood," and he only spares Papa a glance and goes straight to his brother, and then the eye contact through the rearview mirror, because Sam will put Dean before ANYTHING and omg. *crys*

I'm not going to survive the summer.

Sam steps over his father to get to Dean. Like, it seriously, it doesn't get any clearer than that.

THEY ARE SO MFEO.

AND I MEAN THAT LITERALLY

O GOD

It scares Dean. The stuff he'd do. For Sam. And Dad. SCARES HIM. Jesus, this episode was so good.

And finally it seems Sam is growing up and realising that Dean is probably more worth obsessing over/being entirely devoted to/fighting for/living for than a crispy dead girl.

Dean's little broken voice! oh god, it killed me dead so many times in this episode.

It is a different kind of "I'm about to cry" than the usual Winchester tendency towards giant glistening eyeballs (which I mock for love, FOR LOVE) . It was so ragged and desperate and stunningly acted. Mnahhh.

Oh, I know. It's more like an oh-god,-fist-please-let-go-of-my-heart-before-i-choke kind of "I'm about to cry", as opposed to the i'm-going-to-wrap-them-up-in-a-giant-blankie-and-rub-my-face-all-over-them kind of "I'm about to cry".

and it's okay, you don't need to disclaim around me, mocking and loving in synonymous for me.

PS.

Best distincting ever and--

holy jesus image just loaded

HOLY JESUS where did you get that

Holy Jesus, my love for you is enormous; Jared Padalecki is indicating how enormous with his arms, his zombie arms

ahah around somewhere. the hi-res behind the scenes shots for this show are quite wonderful. lemme find you a link... here we go.

enormous zombie arms! you could wear his animated corpse like a stole. *wraps paddywhack's arms around neck*

er, possibly it's after 2am and i'm still a little hysterical.

!!!!

i want one!

I knew somewhere in my head that Papa was possessed pretty much from the second they got him out of the hotel room, but I didn't want to believe it, and then when Dean was all "Rawr" I was like "Aw, shit y'all!"

Apartment, rather. Hotel, apartment, same thing. XD

Dude, totally, with the Meg thing. That explains why I had the urge to yell "SKANKY DEMON WHORE!" at the TV every time I saw her. XD

I know!!! she really drove me insane. I thought it was the acting... I think it was more the writing, now.

*nod nod*

It was totally a combination of both for me. The lines weren't great, but I'm sure they could have been pulled off if they'd found the right girl to play her. she just...wasn't threatening at all. And, oh man, her earlier season hair? The little mullet she had going on? Yeesh.

I thought the hair had improved exponentially once she'd been exorcised a bit.

The car :( Oh, the car. Moments throughout the episode made me react for sure, but I actually sat bolt upright and clapped my hand over my mouth when that happened. It was a pretty fucking ballsy way to end the season. Great episode to end the season with, really. I can't wait to see what they do with the arc of next season.

the car, dear god, the car. i have been whimpering at intervals throughout the day just THINKING about the car.

oh. OH!

Wordy McWord about Meg. If I have a pet issue it's gender, so this sort of thing pisses me off particularly much.

(The actor wasn't exactly a genius, either, but when someone's acting comes across as bad, the writing and direction and such tend to be more than a little to blame.)

Sorry about the double post, I obviously messed something up! I will go away now.

OMG. OMFG.

Okay, let's back up a minute.

Hi, wandered here from the spn_newsletter, nice to meet you.

Now: the symbols will keep them safe from any PSYCHOTIC DEMONICALLY POSSESSED TRUCKERS that might, like, try and finish them off.

OMFG. Do you have idea what the idea of Sam and John and DEAN WHO LOST ALL THAT BLOOD sitting in the car with that thing trying to get in after them and Dean is DYING and they need to get out but can't and....

Okay, see, I used to be sane. Seriously, you'd have never known I this kind of crazy in me. Damn you, supernatural.

I am off to friend you now (haha you must be terrified *g*) because you just blew my mind right there.

Okay, the crazy also took away my ability to use correct grammer and spelling.

I *had* this kind of crazy in me.

*pops up from spn_newsletter to say:*

Your theory about the car is what is still keeping me sane. You've got to be right, they wouldn't bother filming that scene if it had no significance (and it didn't during the episode).

Also, my heart was broken by all three, where was that option?

It had a sense - it was to make us believe that Dean left the gun in the car, as Sam asked him to, and then be surprised when he shoots that demon with it.

True, true. *sigh* You're too logical for me.

Sorry. :/

Here via

spn_newsletter. *Tops hat* Pleased to meet you.

Gosh, that moment in the car? Dean just holding on and Sam standing up so calmly and firmly to John? Then the frickin' Kripke semi of doom! Kripke is so sneaky with that music.

I'm totally with you on Meg though - I was surprisingly touched by her dying performance. Instead of being over the top and cheesy it was actually really sad. There you go, the girl can act.

You hit the nail on the head re: gender. It just didn't work - and was so far from scary. It was a bit like Glory in S5 of Buffy. Note to tv producers: little sassy blonde demons don't work. If they were going to go femme fatale then they need to go Faith or Bellatrix. ie. Batshit insane and not failingly coquettish. /ramble

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