three oh eight, a very supernatural christmas

[ivyology]

I can haz squee thoughts random disjointed dribbly bits!

OK, Mrs. Abbot-from-Everwood as Betty Crocker Christmas-slash-evil pagan goddess?  AWESOME.  "I will fudging kill you!"  "Very good!"

"It was yummy."

Ha, CAROLING!

WEE!CHESTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Dude, this wee!Sammy was PERFECT.  He even had the bitchface down!

AND HE GAVE DEAN THE AMULET.

The amulet Dean never takes off ever.

Oh BOYS.  See this?  This is my love for you.  It is as big as your love for each other.  In other words it is EPIC.

And wee!Dean, you adorable, sad, parentified child.  The way you so casually take away the possibility of Santa, but the first thing you say to Sammy when telling him the truth is how awesome his dad is.  And when John doesn't show up, you steal presents and - some sad approximation of a Christmas tree, wanting Sam to be able to keep believing in his father.

I think what was so bittersweet about the end was that for the first time, it seemed like Sam couldn't even pretend to believe he was going to save Dean.  NO SAM.  You will save him!  You will likely set your own course to hell and get your hands very bloody in the process, and I will love you for it!



In conclusion, how much do I hate that the strike is never going to end and my beloved show is going away for a long long time (PLEASE SANTA NOT FOREVER!)?  A LOT.

The end.

Comments

[whiteotter.livejournal.com]

Mrs. Abbot-from-Everwood as Betty Crocker

THANK YOU, that was driving me absolutely BONKERS because I could not place her and yet knew that this casting was oh, so wrong that it was PERFECT. How could I forget Mrs. Abbott? *facepalm*

All the "Dad'll be here for Christmas" was really hard to take - Dean just took all his desire for something good (Santa), and transferred it onto John. And if there is one dad in the world who is NOT Santa, that dad is JOHN WINCHESTER.

for the first time, it seemed like Sam couldn't even pretend to believe he was going to save Dean.
Agreed. They really are going all out on this plot twist, aren't they? I have to say that I really respect that. Before S3 started, I thought the deal would have been history by now. But it's still hanging around, always there no matter how hard either of them try to ignore it. I love that it's so hard for them to break free of it, but Sammy's got to get on the ball. Quit being all defeatist and maudlin, Sammy!

You will likely set your own course to hell and get your hands very bloody in the process, and I will love you for it!
WORD.

I just hope that SPN survives the strike. That's really all I want for Christmas.

[ivyenglish.livejournal.com]

I am honestly confused by the many people in this fandom who seem to think John Winchester is a) awesome and b) a good father. I mean, okay, a lot of people think JDM is hot, so maybe (a) isn't so hard to understand. But while I think John did what he honestly believed was the best thing for his sons, I'll never think he's a good father. Sammycakes and the Deanster are WAY too screwed up by the way they were raised for me to believe that. That Sam's a little better off - or was, at least till the end of the pilot - I pretty much attribute entirely to Dean. For reasons like we saw last night.

Or you know, maybe I totally misinterpreted your John comment, and you're a John fangirl, in which case, um, ignore all of that? :)

I was expecting them to drag the deal thing out all season - it's just way too big a consequence/payoff to resolve easily. But I'm enjoying it. I mean I'm enjoying it in the same way I enjoyed watching Sam's fingernail get pulled out, which is to say, with lots of wincing and sympathetic squirming. But it makes for such lovely emo mainpain, how can I not love it? And I have a really huge martyrdom kink, which is why I loved AHBL2 so much (I know it wasn't your favorite) and the consequences of the martyrdom all go along with my love of that trope. So, this season? Pretty much tailor-made to my ideal.

Plus I love me my tortured woobie Sammycakes. Oh yes. There was a time not so long ago when I scoffed at anyone who claimed to be able to choose a favorite of the boys, but lately - don't hate me! - I'm beginning to suspect I'm on the path to being a Samgirl. I blame Jared! He got all stealthy awesome this season! He's like a ninja!