"Crazy's what, every day of our lives?"

[llywela]

Didn't find as much to say about this one as the last - for all the parallels and contrasts, the bulk of the episode is a pretty straightforward and by-the-numbers case story, without much in the way of subtext to chew over. But sandwiching that case story we have meaty, juicy mytharc character development, and there's plenty to say about that. So - 21 pages of recap can be found over at my website, just click the link below.



"That's bizarre even for us."

Graphics made by me using caps from Screencap Paradise and marishna. I don't actually like any of them, though, this time around. My limited artability has deserted me, apparently.

Comments

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Dean is in trouble, and the one person he knows will always help him, he has to tell NOT to help him. It's like he's signing his own death warrant, and while he's willing to do it it's still very scary.
It is scary. It's scary and poignant to watch season two eps again, as well. Like BUABS when Dean tells Sam that he's going to save him, even if it's the last thing he does. Back then, Sam clung to that promise as his salvation, but it was that promise and others like it - that need, on both sides - that drove Dean to do what he did. :(

I liked the banners, but I usually do anyway.
Thank you. Some weeks I like 'em more than others. They aren't intended to be great works of art anyway (ha! As if) only illustrations to go with the text. I had a sudden fit of whimsy today and started making a bunch for WIAWSNB (why? No clue) so will prob finish those and edit 'em into the recap tomorrow. I must be mad - I certainly keep myself busy!

I have a sleeping!Dean kink, so I was like stuck in "AWW" mode all the way until Sam shot the demon in the head.
And then you were in EEEEEEKKK mode! Sleeping!Dean is all kinds of adorable. He looks so peaceful. I could get all metaphysical about how we see Dean asleep more than Sam, because Dean represents physicality on the show, where Sam represents the cerebral, but Sleeping!Dean kink covers it, I feel!

[littlepunkryo.livejournal.com]

WIAWSNB is one of my favorite eps actually - I actually cried during it. Dean's perfect world, and in it he's a drinker who doesn't have a relationship with his brother at all and his dad is dead. It made me really love Dean to know that, even if HE didn't have Sam, Sam has Jess so he would be happy.

And I ♥ fake!Sam, who was all "you're still my brother" and "you're having a psychotic breakdown!" LOL. And then when his mom was begging him not to "kill himself." Poor, poor Dean.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

One of my all-time faves, as well. It's heartbreaking every time I watch it, because that fantasy is drawn as much from Dean's doubts and fears as it is his hopes and dreams. The number of graphics I ended up making for it probably says quite a lot about my love for it!