"So you're mad because I'm starting to agree with you?"

[llywela]

I am SO BORED of coughing and sneezing now. How long can this stupid cold possibly last?

*grumble grumble*

Okay, so my meta-rific recap for Malleus Maleficarum is now up - 25 pages in which I ramble on about how much teeth and maggots squick me out, the brothers' shared vocabulary, Sam's expressions, Dean's expertise, gender issues versus archetypes, what it means for Sam to have Dean and Ruby in the same place at the same time, Sam's perception of Dean the Hunter and why trying to shape himself according to that perception is dangerous, role reversal, Sam's chilling ruthlessness when he has a goal in sight, demonic power struggles, Ruby's machinations, and what the show's demon mythology means for Dean. Among other things.

To read the recap, click the link below:

"Nice dick work, Magnum."

The banner was made using caps by marishna. I haven't made any of my usual illustrative graphics this week, due to the brain death caused by this stupid cold, but might edit some in at a later date.

Comments

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the only reasoning that I came up with as well. :( It's still bugging me though since Sam just isn't the type to give up, especially with an important task like that. Facing the fact that he might fail in the end is one thing, giving up on it a completely different one.

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

Sam never gives up on anything. So maybe it's intended to really drive the point home, showing us that if even Sam is admitting defeat, then it really, really is completely futile. After all, it's been months and the only thing he's found is Ruby and her vague promises. The show is definitely emphasising the hopelessness of Dean's situation in the last few episodes. I still tend to believe that this is to emphasise the magnitude of the miracle when it finally comes *G*

Except of course that Dean will already have hellhounds chewing on him by then, so as to amp up the tension even post-salvation, because this is Supernatural, and even miracles don't come for free, and nothing is ever simple or straightforward! That's my prediction, anyway, which will stand until new information becomes available...

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

Maybe, I still prefer to be shown that the situation is hopeless than told so. But I guess with all the different plotlines they have going on some things have been cut short or are assumed to be self-evident.

ROFL of course Dean's salvation will come with a high price, after all, we need some brother complications to angst over in S4 *lol*

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

*looks forward to brotherly complications and angst in season four, and is cheered immensely by the prospect*

*G*