I wonder how much of that little interaction was adlibbed because, while I loved it, it seems more Jared and Misha than Sam and Cas.
Hmm, that's possibly why some of it didn't sit right with me - though, with the way they delivered the lines, I think it WAS written that way.
This made me laugh out loud and then get really sad because how would Cas know the Winchesters aren't responsible pet owners? Because they aren't always responsible with him.
Awww... I was just thinking it was because he knows how often they're away from home.
This is by far one of my favourite ongoing themes of the show. He always looks so annoyed and he is always one who gets it, even if other people are standing there with him.
Same! I think it's also why in the s10 episode when Sam sprays him with holy water he looks downright murderous about it.
Wow. I had never really thought about it, mostly because my knowledge of single deity religions is embarrasingly little so I just handwave most of it. Still, this makes so much sense and while I totally agree with you on Omundson being of the Wild West aesthetic and also a great casting choice, it would put an interesting spin on it if they had casted someone of middle-eastern decent.
Thanks, yeah, that's basically how I feel - I love Omundson and know why they cast him, but it would've been interesting to see the other direction too.
I know embarrassingly little about "Eastern" religions, but I actually had a fairly decent education in "Western" religions (both monotheistic and polytheistic), the religion of ancient Egypt, and a LITTLE bit about native North American religions... but this was all taught to me in elementary school, so it's been a few years, to say the least. :P
It is awesome to see Sam acting like a little brother with Cas. For one thing, he hasn't done it with Dean in a long time, and for another it means he really does see Cas as a brother.
Very well said, and probably also helps explain why I love their interactions so much. We get to see Sam being brotherly with someone who he doesn't necessarily have AS twisted up a relationship with.
Also, this is such a realistic thing to do. Yeah, maybe it doesn't make for really clear issues in terms of quantifiable plot lines but it is so typically human that it makes the boys more realistic when they do this kind of thing. In addition, conflating is an awesome word.
Exactly. I think a lot of the time, we can get confused because we expect TV characters to have more logical emotions than is actually generally realistic for human beings. I mean, sometimes I hate everything and everyone all day just because there was a spider in the bath. Humans are weird.
These guys, especially Dean, ARE the things that go bump in the night for supernatural creatures and I really love when the show gives credence to that.
Exactly!
You know what? It IS. Especially for Dean. This is they guy who threatened to stab Zach in the face in It's A Terrible Life and then a whole season later in Point of No Return he did exactly that. Also, he threatened Samuel that the next time he saw him he'd kill him and then the next time he saw him he said 'welcome to next time' and immediately tried to kill him. So it is super out of character to keep threatening Crowley and not following through. Now this is going to bother me.
Sorry for pointing it out so that it can bother you too! But YES. EXACTLY! You hit the nail on the head with explaining why this is such an issue for me.
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Date: 2014-11-07 11:37 pm (UTC)Hmm, that's possibly why some of it didn't sit right with me - though, with the way they delivered the lines, I think it WAS written that way.
This made me laugh out loud and then get really sad because how would Cas know the Winchesters aren't responsible pet owners? Because they aren't always responsible with him.
Awww... I was just thinking it was because he knows how often they're away from home.
This is by far one of my favourite ongoing themes of the show. He always looks so annoyed and he is always one who gets it, even if other people are standing there with him.
Same! I think it's also why in the s10 episode when Sam sprays him with holy water he looks downright murderous about it.
Wow. I had never really thought about it, mostly because my knowledge of single deity religions is embarrasingly little so I just handwave most of it. Still, this makes so much sense and while I totally agree with you on Omundson being of the Wild West aesthetic and also a great casting choice, it would put an interesting spin on it if they had casted someone of middle-eastern decent.
Thanks, yeah, that's basically how I feel - I love Omundson and know why they cast him, but it would've been interesting to see the other direction too.
I know embarrassingly little about "Eastern" religions, but I actually had a fairly decent education in "Western" religions (both monotheistic and polytheistic), the religion of ancient Egypt, and a LITTLE bit about native North American religions... but this was all taught to me in elementary school, so it's been a few years, to say the least. :P
It is awesome to see Sam acting like a little brother with Cas. For one thing, he hasn't done it with Dean in a long time, and for another it means he really does see Cas as a brother.
Very well said, and probably also helps explain why I love their interactions so much. We get to see Sam being brotherly with someone who he doesn't necessarily have AS twisted up a relationship with.
Also, this is such a realistic thing to do. Yeah, maybe it doesn't make for really clear issues in terms of quantifiable plot lines but it is so typically human that it makes the boys more realistic when they do this kind of thing.
In addition, conflating is an awesome word.
Exactly. I think a lot of the time, we can get confused because we expect TV characters to have more logical emotions than is actually generally realistic for human beings. I mean, sometimes I hate everything and everyone all day just because there was a spider in the bath. Humans are weird.
These guys, especially Dean, ARE the things that go bump in the night for supernatural creatures and I really love when the show gives credence to that.
Exactly!
You know what? It IS. Especially for Dean. This is they guy who threatened to stab Zach in the face in It's A Terrible Life and then a whole season later in Point of No Return he did exactly that. Also, he threatened Samuel that the next time he saw him he'd kill him and then the next time he saw him he said 'welcome to next time' and immediately tried to kill him. So it is super out of character to keep threatening Crowley and not following through. Now this is going to bother me.
Sorry for pointing it out so that it can bother you too! But YES. EXACTLY! You hit the nail on the head with explaining why this is such an issue for me.