SPN: I Know What You Did Last Summer

[superbadgirl]

There are mild spoilers for next week in this.

Surprisingly, I'm not upset about the scene you know I'm talking about without going into any specifics for the reasons you might imagine. I'm irritated that it played out so that it's easy to interpret Ruby manipulating the situation and getting the blame. Because really? I can't find it in me to blame Sam - he was drunk, fucked in the head and obviously vulnerable. She threw herself on him, literally. And that's what makes me mad, even though I can't articulate it. It's the feminist in me hating the whole freaking set-up for the sex scene. I think I'm upset about not being upset with Sam. Not because he's the victim, as I see it, but because that means I have to blame a female character, and female characters have so much crap heaped on them already.

Oh, and reverse the genders in that scenario. It's icky from all angles. If a guy were being that aggressive with me and I kept saying no ... well, I'd probably still get the blame for "letting" it happen. *flashes back to getting mauled on a dance floor and having all these witnesses looking at me in disgust, not the much-bigger-than-me guy who was pawing me against my will and trying to jam his tongue down my throat*

Please, Sera Gamble and all SPN staffers, say no to sex scenes. I know you like the guys shirtless, and so do I, but EW.

The teaser for next week made it all the worse. "Gave into temptation"? Uh, sorry, but is this SexPN now? Apparently. I didn't see Sam giving into temptation so much as having it forced on him. And, okay, there's this girl they have to either kill or keep from being nabbed by demons, right, so naturally Dean's going to bed her. Because there's spare time for that. Toss in the "THE Dean" she gave him in this episode, and I'm already squicked for next week. She's a Dean groupie. I really hope that my irritation will prove to be 90% for The CW and the way they packaged up the teaser.

I will never break free of my hate/hate relationship with the CW.

I feel dirty.

Okay, you understand I had to get that off my chest, right? Sorry, it really went on longer than I intended it to.

I liked a good bit of this, actually. Poor Sam. It was nice (well, not nice, nice) to see what he went through after Dean died. He looked awful through much of it. I do think they could have spared us the necrophilia in lieu of showing Sam trying everything to get Dean out, because as it aired? It didn't actually show us Sam doing that other than the crossroads demon (that scene was really well done by JP, I thought). It showed us how messed up he was, poor thing, but why didn't they show us some of the searching for ways to save Dean, too?

Ruby accomplished the ultimate manipulation - making Sam trust her the way he trusts Dean. I don't care if she did save his life. It doesn't make her actions any less exploitative. I think it bothered me as much as it did Dean when they made him do the thank-you scene.

I wouldn't have minded a tad more about the Anna storyline. Hopefully we'll get that next week. Uh, you know, beyond the sex. (Notice how I'm mentioning the sex so much. Ugh.)

Oh, Dean. That's not fair, making Sam spill his guts when you won't spill yours. It'll come, though, I suspect.

Oh, boys, beaten to hell and gone by ... was it Alastair Dean called the demon? He had the special white eyes, too. Hmmm, but if Sam could exorcise Samhain, why couldn't he handle this guy. Not. Good. And now they don't have the knife anymore.

What is it with angels willing to kill first and ask questions later, and then yell at others for doing the same? Hmmm. I guess that shows what dire straits they're in. It does make me wonder why the dark side seems to have so much more tangible power. Not a happy thing to think about.

I think I'm going to have to let this one cool off in my brain for a while longer.

Comments

[moonshayde.livejournal.com]

I won't get too much into the rant since I can't really do that anymore. Too exhasting for me ;)

If all of this comes down to Ruby truly being manipulative, then I don't think I'll mind it as much. As I've said before, I honestly have no beef with romance or sex. Heck, I am romantic at heart. But both romance and sex scenes do not really fit into this show. (Yes, I know there was nothing romantic about Sam/Ruby but I am talking about in general for the show.) And with next week we see Dean/Anna, it's just more.

But I am willing to give the Ruby manipulation thing (and come on, she's Dean replacement? That IS creepy) and the "temptation" thing a shot when I see where they go with it. If both issues/scenes end up making an impact on the plot, that is cool. But if they are just CW gratuitous scenes (like usual) then I'll just roll my eyes and move on like I did the other two times on this show.

I'm hoping that this appeases the CW and they can get back to business. It's a waste of time that can better be served for plot and character.

Lookign forward to learning more about this Alastair guy and what is up with the angels. More Anna plot would have been nice, but I assume that will come next week.

[sunrize83.livejournal.com]

All I could think was, Great, another reason for this fandom to bash poor Sam. That coupled with the angels all hoping Dean will save them (oh, yeah--and hating Sam) has me feeling a bit heartsick over this show. *sigh*

[nialla]

I swear, the Breadboxing voices in my head were talking through That Scene, imagining the writers going through a checklist of all of the fans concerns about a Sam/Ruby scene and either addressing it or handwaving, just to get the "Sexy Times!" moment.

And it was about as sexy as a dead fish. If you'll pardon the dead reference. So Sam's not raping some possessed girl's body, but a dead possessed girl's body? Oh, I feel so much better about it now that's been cleared up. [pours the brain bleach]

I liked Anna from what little we saw of her, but I'm glad I'm not the only one a little squicked by the idea of Anna and Dean having sex because Anna's got a case of hero worship. A case of religiously based hero worship. (Note to self: Stock up on brain bleach.)

I keep wondering how Anna's powers came about without the angels knowing about her. Castiel has said they don't know everything, so I can handwave a bit.

Especially since he did tell Dean that the "sonic boom" he experienced after rising from the grave was Castiel trying to speak to him because some people can hear angels in their "natural" form. Now I'm wondering if her telekinetic powers are separate from her bring part of the Angel Radio Network. Perhaps Castiel trying to talk with Dean is what flipped that switch, since that's when it began, but it still leaves the question open of how it happened. Something unexpected, or was it part of someone's plan, divine or otherwise?

I do hope they explain what the diffent colored demon eyes signify, if anything, and why Alastair was strong enough to shrug off both being "pulled" and an attack with the knife. Perhaps it's simply he's an "old" demon and therefore has more power?