SPN: Yellow Fever

[superbadgirl]

And at the same time is the butt of so many jokes. Don't get me wrong. Anyone who's read any of my longer stories knows I appreciate mixing humor with all the angst, but jeez. Dean's not a dick.

Well, okay, maybe he is, but he's our dick. (That sounds so wrong. You know what I mean.)

I mean, being scared to death is ... scary. I thought they could have eased up on the joking about it just a tad. However, the angst they did give made up for that a little. And, yeah, Dean running from that teeny dog with a pink bow was actually funnier than anything about last week's episode. Lilith was scary here. I thought she was a bit cliched in last year's finale, and I'm generally reluctant when it comes to kid actors, but that little girl was creepy.

I like Sam in charge. I like how capable he is to do things on his own when Dean runs screaming from kitties, etc. A tad more angst concerning Dean's fate would have been nice, but that's par for the course for the writers. (General writers. I think the ones who penned this episode were new.) That's not to say he wasn't worried as hell, but much of the time all was really got to see was his impatience.

Bobby. Bobby rocks my socks off with the Japanese. Woo. They need to lay off the hair color on him, though. Nothing wrong with a person showing his age, you know?

"You're a dick, too."
"Apparently I'm not." LOL.

I felt bad for the ghost here. Poor Luthor (?). The shot with him and the kitten was just so Lennie from Of Mice and Men.

Oh, Dean. The scariest part of the episode is knowing that Dean really is scared not just for Sam, but a little of him as well. That eye-color-change at the end freaked me out. Dang, that was ominous. And in broad daylight, too.

OT: So, if Dean's scar-free, does that mean his tat disappeared as well? I can't remember if he lifted his shirt high enough to see that in the premiere.

Passing grade. Not sure I really appreciate the special surprise as much as I'm sure countless other screaming fangirls did. Cute, but also kind of cringeworthy. ;)

Totally, totally OT now: why on EARTH do people set up their journals with, say, light grey background and light grey, teensy text? WHY WOULD YOU WANT WHAT YOU WRITE TO BE INVISIBLE?

Comments

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

Dean still had his tat in the premier--he did raise his shirt enough to show.

I agree--I wanted a little angst on Sam's part. And compassion. I believe it happened off camera, and he was holding it together for Dean as much as possible. ::nods::

[superbadgirl]

Dean still had his tat in the premier--he did raise his shirt enough to show.

I knew I could count on someone for the answer. ;)

I agree--I wanted a little angst on Sam's part. And compassion. I believe it happened off camera, and he was holding it together for Dean as much as possible. ::nods::

I felt the same with Mystery Spot - the effect of humor in an obviously deadly situation is a fine line to walk, and here it didn't really do anyone any favors. In order to keep that tone, they couldn't very well show Sam as angsty as he should be.

Or they were going for grim, hardened and all business. That worked, but if we'd just seen a teeny chink in Sam's armor, it would have gone over so much better. As it stands, we have to wank too much to get to that point, and I don't want to have to wank for Sam. We don't have to wank for Dean, why must we always wank for Sam?

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

Mystery Spot worked for me. I could see Sam's frustration and rising desperation, in the way he spoke and moved, how terrible it was for him. But yeah, this, I'm starting to think that's it's intentional, that Sam really is becoming more detached, less emotional, even when it concerns his brother.

I'm still waiting for more character illumination from more episodes. Probably this is because I don't watch shows when they're on TV--I tend to get them in box set form and watch everything at once, so every episode informs the others, and it makes more a whole for me. Getting things piecemeal like this--the way most people do--is making me a little nuts. NEED MOAR PLZ.

[superbadgirl]

MS worked for me up to a point. I think they carried on with the "funny" death scenes a bit too much.

I don't even care if it is intentional - it makes perfect sense for Sam to progress (regress?) this way, but they way it always plays is that he's getting the short shrift as far as characterization goes. They could make it just a touch more organic, I think, because I think it's obvious there are many people unwilling or unable to see beyond what they're portraying on the screen. Poor Sam.

It's seems quite Dean have I loved, Sam have I hated out there in fandom.

I have to believe there's going to be a big payoff.

PS, oooh, your icon is pretty.

[maychorian.livejournal.com]

PS, oooh, your icon is pretty.

Isn't it? :D It's from moonshayde's latest icon post. So is this Misha/Castiel one.

Point taken on Sam getting the short shrift. It's like they want the fans to start hating him. :(

[superbadgirl]

Aw, I can't see it. My internet has been wonky all week, for reasons I can't figure out. But that's okay, I'm sure it'll show up eventually.

Poor Sam. My contrary nature makes me fight for him all the more when I see endless "Yay, Dean kissing! Yay, Dean eating! Yay, Dean scratching his head!" posts. Because while I adore Dean, I grow weary of the fangirling. ;)