Hee, well, my post is even called 'spammity spam'. I always want to yak my head off after re-watching any episode, or messing about with screenshots, too.
That scene where Sam gets angry at the guide and almost reveals what they're dealing with, and the guide says something nasty to Sam, and it's Dean who gets defensive. Yeah, he's very protective of Sam, because he knows where Sam's anger is coming from, and is worried about it. I mean, he's been dragged around by John for the last 22 years in search of the thing that killed Mary, and they never found it, and he watched his dad spiralling further and further down the path of obsession, and now he sees Sam teetering on the brink of the exact same thing.
I like that neither of them stops to tell the others that the reason Sam is so volatile is that his girlfriend was murdered only a week ago - it's way professional that they try to keep their own troubles to themselves. Dean tells Hayley about John being missing only when she blows his cover and a little truth is necessary to get her back on side.
I just love Dean's whole...presence in this episode. He seems to be almost pure Dean this episode, the big brother, the hunter, and just himself. As the series goes on, he has more and more to deal with, more to worry about, but in this ep, even though Jess has just been killed and their dad is missing, he has so much less to worry about than he will later on. *sighs happily*
He's definitely a lot more together at this stage than any other. That's kinda what I was trying to say with the whole optimism thing. Although things are bad at this stage, they have no idea yet just how bad. And without understanding any of the reasons behind what's going on, Dean can still hope that if he keeps working hard, things will work out. What he wants is his family safe and together, everything is focused on that. He doesn't know yet about Sam's premonitions, or that John has gone into hiding from the yellow-eyed demon, or even that the YED exists. So right now things are still stable: Sam is grieving badly, but with support he can get over that. John has disappeared, but maybe if Dean works hard and proves himself he will come back. They are chasing the thing that killed Mary and Jessica, but they've been hunting it for 22 years already and found nothing, so it's still a long way off, nothing to worry about in the immediate. There will always be something to hunt, and right now that gives him purpose.
It's kind of tragic how every one of those hopes is destroyed by the time we reach season two. :( John did come back, but far from proving himself, Dean ended up costing his father his life - that's how he sees it, anyway. Sam might be recovering from his Jessica grief, but he is marked somehow by the YED and that is a source of terror. Save him or kill him. The hunt for the YED has gone from distant to immediate, and brought only disaster and loss. And the thought that there will always be more to hunt has become a source of despair rather than comfort.
So...yeah, I enjoy Dean's sheer Deanishness in Wendigo, when he was still on an even keel and his life hadn't started to spiral out of control.
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Date: 2008-01-21 08:02 am (UTC)That scene where Sam gets angry at the guide and almost reveals what they're dealing with, and the guide says something nasty to Sam, and it's Dean who gets defensive.
Yeah, he's very protective of Sam, because he knows where Sam's anger is coming from, and is worried about it. I mean, he's been dragged around by John for the last 22 years in search of the thing that killed Mary, and they never found it, and he watched his dad spiralling further and further down the path of obsession, and now he sees Sam teetering on the brink of the exact same thing.
I like that neither of them stops to tell the others that the reason Sam is so volatile is that his girlfriend was murdered only a week ago - it's way professional that they try to keep their own troubles to themselves. Dean tells Hayley about John being missing only when she blows his cover and a little truth is necessary to get her back on side.
I just love Dean's whole...presence in this episode. He seems to be almost pure Dean this episode, the big brother, the hunter, and just himself. As the series goes on, he has more and more to deal with, more to worry about, but in this ep, even though Jess has just been killed and their dad is missing, he has so much less to worry about than he will later on.
*sighs happily*
He's definitely a lot more together at this stage than any other. That's kinda what I was trying to say with the whole optimism thing. Although things are bad at this stage, they have no idea yet just how bad. And without understanding any of the reasons behind what's going on, Dean can still hope that if he keeps working hard, things will work out. What he wants is his family safe and together, everything is focused on that. He doesn't know yet about Sam's premonitions, or that John has gone into hiding from the yellow-eyed demon, or even that the YED exists. So right now things are still stable: Sam is grieving badly, but with support he can get over that. John has disappeared, but maybe if Dean works hard and proves himself he will come back. They are chasing the thing that killed Mary and Jessica, but they've been hunting it for 22 years already and found nothing, so it's still a long way off, nothing to worry about in the immediate. There will always be something to hunt, and right now that gives him purpose.
It's kind of tragic how every one of those hopes is destroyed by the time we reach season two. :( John did come back, but far from proving himself, Dean ended up costing his father his life - that's how he sees it, anyway. Sam might be recovering from his Jessica grief, but he is marked somehow by the YED and that is a source of terror. Save him or kill him. The hunt for the YED has gone from distant to immediate, and brought only disaster and loss. And the thought that there will always be more to hunt has become a source of despair rather than comfort.
So...yeah, I enjoy Dean's sheer Deanishness in Wendigo, when he was still on an even keel and his life hadn't started to spiral out of control.