It's Only Scary If You're Scared Of It.
Jun. 7th, 2014 02:00 pmThe end of 'Everybody Loves a Clown' is a bullet to the heart. My stomach twists just thinking about Dean's expression. It's so, so painful.
Dean lashes out at both of the things he loves in that episode, actually: he beats up the Impala (most heartwrenching scene ever), and he tells Sam that it's too late to make things right. Dean, your coping mechanism really hurts.
That devastating final scene and the scene in which Jo takes her gun back from Dean are two of my favourite scenes in the entirety of Supernatural, so I suppose I have to count 'Everybody Loves a Clown' amongst my favourite episodes. Even though the title is a terrible lie. Is it too much to ask that you don't wrap some of your best character moments in murderous clowns, Supernatural?
There's also Dean's desperate need to kill something over the next couple of episodes, and his breakdown at the end of 'Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things'. I remember becoming a little frustrated somewhere around the fourth season because it felt like Dean was having an emotional confession session every episode, but at this stage in Supernatural his emotions are dealt with perfectly: he cages them up for as long as possible, tries to cope through murder, and eventually snaps and talks about it.
I didn't say 'healthily'. I said 'perfectly'.
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magistrate has created a fic prompt bingo card generator. One of the preset lists of prompts is 'Negative Coping Techniques'. I'm half-tempted to generate a Negative Coping Techniques card and fill the entire thing out with stories about Dean Winchester, because almost every possible prompt makes me think of him, but I can only write so much angst before I get restless and start putting Pokémon everywhere. Plus I'm finding it strangely hard to get the Winchester boys' voices back, much though I'd like to write for them. They're both very guarded people, so I suppose it makes sense that I can't get inside their heads, but it's still a shame.)
'Simon Said' is so great. THE WHOLE OF THE SECOND SEASON IS SO GREAT. There's such a strong sense of continuity compared to the first, and the Winchesters are constantly breaking my heart in the best possible way. Probably my favourite season of Supernatural.
I'm so happy to be loving this show again! I haven't watched it in a good few years, and I was afraid my tastes would have changed too much for me to fall back into it, but I think there's always going to be a place in my heart for intense familial relationships between incredibly damaged people. Supernatural might as well have been made for me.
Dean lashes out at both of the things he loves in that episode, actually: he beats up the Impala (most heartwrenching scene ever), and he tells Sam that it's too late to make things right. Dean, your coping mechanism really hurts.
That devastating final scene and the scene in which Jo takes her gun back from Dean are two of my favourite scenes in the entirety of Supernatural, so I suppose I have to count 'Everybody Loves a Clown' amongst my favourite episodes. Even though the title is a terrible lie. Is it too much to ask that you don't wrap some of your best character moments in murderous clowns, Supernatural?
There's also Dean's desperate need to kill something over the next couple of episodes, and his breakdown at the end of 'Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things'. I remember becoming a little frustrated somewhere around the fourth season because it felt like Dean was having an emotional confession session every episode, but at this stage in Supernatural his emotions are dealt with perfectly: he cages them up for as long as possible, tries to cope through murder, and eventually snaps and talks about it.
I didn't say 'healthily'. I said 'perfectly'.
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magistrate has created a fic prompt bingo card generator. One of the preset lists of prompts is 'Negative Coping Techniques'. I'm half-tempted to generate a Negative Coping Techniques card and fill the entire thing out with stories about Dean Winchester, because almost every possible prompt makes me think of him, but I can only write so much angst before I get restless and start putting Pokémon everywhere. Plus I'm finding it strangely hard to get the Winchester boys' voices back, much though I'd like to write for them. They're both very guarded people, so I suppose it makes sense that I can't get inside their heads, but it's still a shame.)'Simon Said' is so great. THE WHOLE OF THE SECOND SEASON IS SO GREAT. There's such a strong sense of continuity compared to the first, and the Winchesters are constantly breaking my heart in the best possible way. Probably my favourite season of Supernatural.
I'm so happy to be loving this show again! I haven't watched it in a good few years, and I was afraid my tastes would have changed too much for me to fall back into it, but I think there's always going to be a place in my heart for intense familial relationships between incredibly damaged people. Supernatural might as well have been made for me.
