Yeah... '02 to '03, '03 to '04, '04 to '05, and then it's almost the end of the first semester of his fourth year, that makes sense.
But also, in Wendigo, Sam and Dean had never encountered a demon before, so to them it was just lore and nothing they had seen.
Which is strange. I mean, yeah, Bobby mentions very few (like less than five) demonic possessions a year until things start happening in S1, though in "Wendigo," they talk as if they'd come up against demons before, though in "Phantom Traveler" it seems like a first for them so *shrugs* It's strange because they know that a demon killed Mary so John should have been looking closely at demon lore and accounts from other hunters (I'm betting he learned a lot from Bobby given his history) and passing that stuff on to Sam and Dean.
Honestly, a lot of the stuff they do in the series (especially in the first few seasons) seems kind of amateur for Sam and Dean, since Dean's been steeped in the hunting world since he was four and Sam's seen the effects of it since before he can remember even if he didn't learn what was really going on until he was ten (AVSC was in '93, right?). A lot of fics have them memorizing the Key of Solomon and Devil's Traps and exorcisms, even though neither seems to memorize the exorcism, even after S1. But it would make more sense (though probably not make as good TV) if they had learned those things growing up.
I hear ya on the knowledge timeline. I've been taking notes on what they knew about when, but it's pretty incomplete. And I've got the fandom directory thingy (the spnverticalfile that I mentioned earlier) that I keep procrastinating on.
And thanks, about the headcanon. In The Fic I May Never Actually Get Around To Writing Out, my OC talks him into it, but for pretty much the same reason. :)
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Date: 2012-08-22 08:12 am (UTC)But also, in Wendigo, Sam and Dean had never encountered a demon before, so to them it was just lore and nothing they had seen.
Which is strange. I mean, yeah, Bobby mentions very few (like less than five) demonic possessions a year until things start happening in S1, though in "Wendigo," they talk as if they'd come up against demons before, though in "Phantom Traveler" it seems like a first for them so *shrugs* It's strange because they know that a demon killed Mary so John should have been looking closely at demon lore and accounts from other hunters (I'm betting he learned a lot from Bobby given his history) and passing that stuff on to Sam and Dean.
Honestly, a lot of the stuff they do in the series (especially in the first few seasons) seems kind of amateur for Sam and Dean, since Dean's been steeped in the hunting world since he was four and Sam's seen the effects of it since before he can remember even if he didn't learn what was really going on until he was ten (AVSC was in '93, right?). A lot of fics have them memorizing the Key of Solomon and Devil's Traps and exorcisms, even though neither seems to memorize the exorcism, even after S1. But it would make more sense (though probably not make as good TV) if they had learned those things growing up.
I hear ya on the knowledge timeline. I've been taking notes on what they knew about when, but it's pretty incomplete. And I've got the fandom directory thingy (the spnverticalfile that I mentioned earlier) that I keep procrastinating on.
And thanks, about the headcanon. In The Fic I May Never Actually Get Around To Writing Out, my OC talks him into it, but for pretty much the same reason. :)