I was intrigued about your comment that Dean/Sam and monsters. The first two seasons all Sam ever lamented about was turning into a monster. He lamented it in later seasons, but not as much. And then he lamented that Dean would have to kill him if that ever happened. I mean, sometimes I got nauseated with the whole aspect, Sam was always so worried that he would become one, and never had the confidence in himself or Dean that they could stop that from ever happening. And then, BAM, Dean does become a monster (no thanks to soulless Sam, I might add), and while this monster, Dean is able to fight against every monster instinct that is now a part of him. He is able to hold on to his humanity long enough to wait for someone to kill him, or as we were lucky to find out, for Samuel to help turn him back. I had never thought about this comparison before, so now that you mentioned it, I do find it very interesting. Sam all worried about going dark side, but it never happening, and Dean going dark side but never completely succumbing to the powers of the dark side. And now, here we are again, Dean is sliding down that slippery slope to going to the dark side, or maybe becoming a monster, and I am worried for him. But yet, Dean had resisted it before as a vampire, he was able to hold on to his humanity long enough for him to be turned back, and I am hoping upon hope here that Dean, once again, will be able to hold onto his humanity and not allow the MoC to take complete hold over him. There has been a lot of talk on Tumblr and such about how Dean's kill of that vampire was totally BAMFed up because of his MoC, and he probably wouldn't have killed the way he did had he not had the Mark. I'm not sure though. Dean was killing because the vamp needed to be killed. I do think that the Mark gave him some extra strength to be able to overpower the vamp to killing him, and maybe he did enjoy it, but Dean has always enjoyed killing the monsters. When I watched that scene I couldn't help but think of him killing the vamp in Bloodlust with that chainsaw. He was relishing that one as well, and there was no Mark involved there. I think a part of him enjoying the kill could be hearkened back to how Dean feels about himself. Remember what he said in S6, I'm a killer, that's what I do best. Dean is feeling so low about himself that he is accentuating what he knows he is best at and what he feels is his only purpose - kill the monster. I mean, from his reaction to Sam after he killed the vamp and was untying him that he knows Sam wouldn't have saved him - Dean is still of the belief that Sam and he are business partners, not brothers, despite evidence to us of the contrary. Instead of Sam telling Dean that he thinks he enjoyed the kill too much, Sam should have said something about that comment (that Sam wouldn't have saved him). Sam needs to say something to Dean, and say it soon before Dean completely slides away. Sam had the perfect opportunity and it was wasted. I was frustrated with that ending. I wanted a more heartfelt DeanSam conversation, not an ending scene between Jody and Annie. But, I guess, since this was Jody's story, it was fitting - but, that doesn't mean I'm not exactly happy about it.
Overall, I did like the episode. Just wish it would have happened earlier, or that maybe we could have had a couple more myth arc related scenes, especially after last week's episode. This just felt like a little bit of a let down.
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Date: 2014-04-24 05:57 am (UTC)I was intrigued about your comment that Dean/Sam and monsters. The first two seasons all Sam ever lamented about was turning into a monster. He lamented it in later seasons, but not as much. And then he lamented that Dean would have to kill him if that ever happened. I mean, sometimes I got nauseated with the whole aspect, Sam was always so worried that he would become one, and never had the confidence in himself or Dean that they could stop that from ever happening. And then, BAM, Dean does become a monster (no thanks to soulless Sam, I might add), and while this monster, Dean is able to fight against every monster instinct that is now a part of him. He is able to hold on to his humanity long enough to wait for someone to kill him, or as we were lucky to find out, for Samuel to help turn him back. I had never thought about this comparison before, so now that you mentioned it, I do find it very interesting. Sam all worried about going dark side, but it never happening, and Dean going dark side but never completely succumbing to the powers of the dark side. And now, here we are again, Dean is sliding down that slippery slope to going to the dark side, or maybe becoming a monster, and I am worried for him. But yet, Dean had resisted it before as a vampire, he was able to hold on to his humanity long enough for him to be turned back, and I am hoping upon hope here that Dean, once again, will be able to hold onto his humanity and not allow the MoC to take complete hold over him. There has been a lot of talk on Tumblr and such about how Dean's kill of that vampire was totally BAMFed up because of his MoC, and he probably wouldn't have killed the way he did had he not had the Mark. I'm not sure though. Dean was killing because the vamp needed to be killed. I do think that the Mark gave him some extra strength to be able to overpower the vamp to killing him, and maybe he did enjoy it, but Dean has always enjoyed killing the monsters. When I watched that scene I couldn't help but think of him killing the vamp in Bloodlust with that chainsaw. He was relishing that one as well, and there was no Mark involved there. I think a part of him enjoying the kill could be hearkened back to how Dean feels about himself. Remember what he said in S6, I'm a killer, that's what I do best. Dean is feeling so low about himself that he is accentuating what he knows he is best at and what he feels is his only purpose - kill the monster. I mean, from his reaction to Sam after he killed the vamp and was untying him that he knows Sam wouldn't have saved him - Dean is still of the belief that Sam and he are business partners, not brothers, despite evidence to us of the contrary. Instead of Sam telling Dean that he thinks he enjoyed the kill too much, Sam should have said something about that comment (that Sam wouldn't have saved him). Sam needs to say something to Dean, and say it soon before Dean completely slides away. Sam had the perfect opportunity and it was wasted. I was frustrated with that ending. I wanted a more heartfelt DeanSam conversation, not an ending scene between Jody and Annie. But, I guess, since this was Jody's story, it was fitting - but, that doesn't mean I'm not exactly happy about it.
Overall, I did like the episode. Just wish it would have happened earlier, or that maybe we could have had a couple more myth arc related scenes, especially after last week's episode. This just felt like a little bit of a let down.