SPN: Metamorphosis

[superbadgirl]

Okay, maybe not, but, dude, people chowing on food (raw hamburger or not) really, really, REALLY grosses me out. It always has. I said it once before, but it bears repeating. I can't eat lunch in the dining room at work because I find others' chewing noises upsetting. I suppose that makes me a freak. Anyway, so the introduction of Jack Montgomery had me believing he had to die. All that chewing and heavy breathing while chewing. The man had to go. I jest. Kinda.

I shouldn't post anything tonight because I'm still digesting (no pun). I will have to rewatch. (Oddly, I felt no compulsion at all to rewatch last week's episode, while I rewatched the first two...hmmm.) Plus I am not feeling very coherent. This will probably be all over the place.

I didn't expect Dean to just walk in on Ruby and Sam, despite figuring it had to happen. (Still hate the implications of Sam/Ruby. Ew. They can lay off that anytime soon. Their relationship does not have to be tied to a sexual one, even for comparison's sake.) Of the two of them, Dean actually is the more open, confrontational one. He's tried to hold things close to his chest, but he readily opens up where Sam is the grand champion of clamping down. Plus, he was pissed and scared to holy hell.

The punching. Oh, Dean, for doing it twice and then taking out the lamp. Oh, Sam, for standing there all broken and wibbly and look-there's-still-Sam-in-there-after-being-badass-with-the-demon. "If I didn't know you, I'd want to hunt you. And so would other hunters." (Duh, can you say Gordon Walker?) The look on Sam's face when Dean said that, and telling him God didn't want him doing what he was doing (assuming Castiel is not actually working for the devil). Oh, boys.

Finally, some of what's been going on with Sam. I still do not think it's at the same level we get Dean, but at least it's something. Seriously, Dean gets to wax poetic for whole episodes (and he does it SO well) and Sam gets a handful of (very well executed) lines, some of them conveniently at the end of the episode where there's no room to talk it out. I'm not trying to be bitter, because I AM happy with what we got. I just want more. I want Sam to stop bottling it up and for the writers to allow him more. More! I'm hungry for it, you could say. ;)

Bless Dean for still giving Sam's idea to talk a try, though he was ready to blowtorch the guy. He wants to believe in Sam so bad it hurts.

I actually was rooting for Jack and think he would have been able to fight it if Travis hadn't pushed him over the edge. That's what's so heartbreaking, because you just know that Sam's, at some point this season, not going to be able to fight it for some reason. Likely a very good reason, too. Does it make me a bad person if I'm rooting for someone, but really am rooting for Sam and Dean as their sitch relates to him? *chews lip*

Speaking of Travis, I'm annoyed at yet another hunter they suddenly have back history with showing up. Seriously, do TPTB even remember the setup in S1? Alone but for a few...except for when it's convenient to have a new hunter show up to kill off now, apparently. Heh.

Gratuitous shot of woman in underwear. Big surprise.

Uh, what about the pregnant lady's baby? We'll never know, because this show ain't hanging around for 30 years to find out.

*fast forward*

Oh, Sam, shutting down conversation when it comes to you. Hypocritical! Wait, it's just because there's sixty seconds left on the clock, so it wouldn't due to dig deeper now. We'll just wrap it up with him cluing in to the oh-so-subtle parallel they've been running all night and swear off his powers. Me, to Sam: So you're brilliant, gorgeous, and ampersand after ampersand. You think I just don't understand, but I don't believe you. I don't believe you.

It's not gonna be that easy. Poor Sam. Wouldn't be nice to know how he actually feels? He's told us, but I'd love for them to try to explore his inner battle. It exists. They've told us. I want to SEE it. Doesn't anyone else? I don't think we really have since AHBL I.

I'm repeating myself now. More Sam. More Dean. All good.

Comments

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

I don't usually mind eating with other people, but loud chewing noises gross me out, so background noise is good. This episode was super gross! I was wondering what you'd think of it, though, since you said you didn't mind the gross stuff that much. I had to look away and almost wanted to turn the sound off when some of the munching was happening. Ew! (I actually did turn away when they guy was eating, even when it was just normal food.)

Speaking of Travis, I'm annoyed at yet another hunter they suddenly have back history with showing up. Seriously, do TPTB even remember the setup in S1? Alone but for a few...except for when it's convenient to have a new hunter show up to kill off now, apparently. Heh.

That annoyed me, too. I'm not sure why, but it bugs me that they were so isolated and alone in season 1, and now they know other hunters well enough to hug them. heh I could buy Bobby, because he was estranged from John--and Father Jim and a couple of others who were isolated themselves and former contacts of John's. This is all too much for me, though I wondered if it was because of my dislike of the whole "hunter world" thing they introduced in season 2.

I was rooting for Jack, too. I had a feeling it wouldn't work, but I hoped it would.

As for Sam's inner battle, I wouldn't mind seeing more of it, but I also don't care as much as I probably should. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm still too much of a Dean girl, even though I love Sam.

Overall I thought this was a pretty good episode, in spite of the icky grossness. :-)

[superbadgirl]

Background noise is essential when eating in groups. Essential. Restaurant dining is okay (as long as I don't think about what's going on in the kitchen). In my own home, I must have TV or radio on because I don't like hearing myself.

I don't mind the blood and guts and gore, but chewing is disgusting.

As for Sam's inner battle, I wouldn't mind seeing more of it, but I also don't care as much as I probably should. I'm not sure why. Maybe I'm still too much of a Dean girl, even though I love Sam.

Have you ever considered that maybe you can't care becasue they continually only give Sam a fraction of the depth they give Dean? Just a thought. I've wondered that for a while, generally speaking. I'm more a Dean girl myself, but as time goes on I keep feeling the need to stand up for Sam more and more.

[aizjanika.livejournal.com]

You're probably right about my feelings about Sam. I love him, and I care about him, but I don't really care about Ruby and Sam's special powers and things like that. I think that maybe if they showed more of Sam's inner struggle, I might care a little more, but I'm not entirely sure. :-)

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

I was rooting for Jack, too, and I really thought that he might have been able to figure out a way to deal without Travis coming in and escalating things. I did believe that Travis was a good guy and truly sorry about it, but he went the wrong way on that. And yeah, a little annoyed at yet another back story guy. But I'm thinking that ten years ago, John cut off communication with most other hunters and tried to keep him and his boys separate from that. Maybe because that's when he found out about Sam's demon blood? Hmm.

They can stop implying Sam/Ruby anytime now. Yep. Aaaanytime.

[superbadgirl]

And yeah, a little annoyed at yet another back story guy. But I'm thinking that ten years ago, John cut off communication with most other hunters and tried to keep him and his boys separate from that. Maybe because that's when he found out about Sam's demon blood? Hmm.

Maybe, but at this point it still reeks of retcon by the writers and necessitates fanwank from the audience. :)

They can stop implying Sam/Ruby anytime now. Yep. Aaaanytime.

Not only is it just yucky and unnecessary, there is something more indefinable about it that bothers me. Some convoluted virgin/whore dynamic I hate being used. We get it, what Sam's doing is bad. HOWEVER, giving the double entendre regarding sex equates that kind of sexual relationship is evil. Not just Sam doing it, but on a whole other, bigger level.

Eh. Brain fuzzy.

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but at this point it still reeks of retcon by the writers and necessitates fanwank from the audience.

Yeah, it's sad. We shouldn't HAVE to wank. ::sigh::

[superbadgirl]

It's not quite as bad as the SG-1 new ranks of writers not bothering to read the show's bible, but they really could use a reminder that when this all started out, the boys were fairly well isolated. Or, at least it was made to seem as though the were isolated.

Pfft. Consistency. Who needs it?