"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]

Hey, it DID turn out okay .. well mostly .. at least he isn't dead anymore. *g* There's a lot of speculation about them sending Dean to hell for a while, let the contract actually play out and Sam then freeing him, which would be an intriguing concept, except that I don't think they have the budget to actually realise hell on screen. Plus, separating the brothers for a longer amount of time is just unthinkable.

Hey, they can kill Dean off and then make it the Sam and Ruby show! *g* Heh, just kidding. :D

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

LOL Well, logically, if one of the actors wanted out but the show went on, the formula and concept would have to be tweaked accordingly to show the other actually having to deal with life alone. Expanding the roles of existing recurring characters would be the only way of realising it, in practical terms, because that solo brother would need other characters to interact with, if only for ease of exposition! But it isn't going to happen, of course. I'd rather have Jo back than Ruby, in that case. *G*

There's a lot of speculation about them sending Dean to hell for a while, let the contract actually play out and Sam then freeing him, which would be an intriguing concept, except that I don't think they have the budget to actually realise hell on screen. Plus, separating the brothers for a longer amount of time is just unthinkable.
I think if they went down that route they'd have to not show hell, just have Dean gone and Sam in bits, and then deal with the aftermath once Dean was back, the inevitable trauma, and whatnot, if he returned with memory intact. But the problem with that theory is that, Sam aside, people on this show do not come back from the dead. If Dean died and went to hell, releasing his spirit later would not bring him back to life; his body would already be gone. Unless they repeated the same trick that was used with Sam, but I can't see them going for such direct duplication. So the only way to do it would be to have Dean dragged bodily into hell, which seems less likely now that we know more about what goes on in hell. If the whole point is to trap human spirits down there and burn their humanity away until they become demons, there'd be no point at all in taking someone there whose spirit was still attached to a body...

Okay, my brain hurts now.

*sigh* All we can do is wait and see what happens! And keep hoping for a resolution to the strike, so that we can have new episodes made sooner rather than later.

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

ROFL can you imagine the uproar in fandom if they would actually try to replace Dean with Ruby or Jo for that matter. *g* Kripke would receive homicidal letters in spades and would need to hide for the rest of his life. Apart from the fact that both actors won't get tired to stress how much they love their roles, I can't really see them working on the show without the other. This is the Sam'n'Dean show, we know it, the writers and producers know it, the actors know it. :)

True, they wouldn't actually need to show hell, still I can't imagine they would dare to shoot a couple of episodes with Dean gone. *g* People already complain if one of the boys isn't featured in one episode enough. SN fans are a picky lot. :D

[llywela13.livejournal.com]

ROFL can you imagine the uproar in fandom if they would actually try to replace Dean with Ruby or Jo for that matter. *g* Kripke would receive homicidal letters in spades and would need to hide for the rest of his life. Apart from the fact that both actors won't get tired to stress how much they love their roles, I can't really see them working on the show without the other. This is the Sam'n'Dean show, we know it, the writers and producers know it, the actors know it. :)

ROFLMAO Absolutely. I was just being hypothetical, since the issue had been raised...

OMG cat is eating my shiny new SN magazine!

...*rescues mag and returns*

True, they wouldn't actually need to show hell, still I can't imagine they would dare to shoot a couple of episodes with Dean gone. *g* People already complain if one of the boys isn't featured in one episode enough. SN fans are a picky lot.

Very picky. *G* Well, since we're dealing in hypotheticals, I daresay there wouldn't need to be more than one episode with Dean gone...

*wonders what the writers have planned*

*wants strike to be over already*

*rescues magazine again*