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llywelaFor the SN people on my f-list: no recap this week. General mankiness made this a bad week to even attempt to write meta, so I didn't. I'll have to come back to this one at a later date.
Instead, I bring you pretty, pretty picspam by way of compensation. :-)
"It's about time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straightforward, black and white case." Mwah.
Sam absolutely loving having his brother back and so very Dean.
Sam eats! Documentary evidence.
The fake ID thing just never, ever gets old.
Blank stares of bzuh?
Tongue!
Sam's reaction to Dean's 'rehymenation' speech.
Dean's side of the 'rehymenation' speech: oh-so tongue-in-cheek, because he loves winding Sam up, although he isn't kidding about wanting to get off the mark post-resurrection.
You know…Dean seems pretty blasé about his missing scars, because he's in a chipper mood and is rightly choosing to regard his restored life as a gift, a new start, fresh slate, and all that. But, you know – it must be incredibly weird to have such deeply personal evidence of his life history completely wiped out like that.
"I'm getting a headache."
I know the feeling!
Dean scores a date with Jamie; both brothers' reactions are gold.
Suave, Dean – very suave.
Dean versus Dracula.
Dracula…on a moped? Brilliant. Especially the little beep beep as the scene fades out.
Sam's crinkle-nose of disgust.
Sam looking rather stunning in dishabille.
Dean looking rather stunning in dishabille – and Jamie thinks so, too.
Outta here, brother – you go kill that pesky shapeshifter all by yourself, while I entertain the girl.
How times have changed, huh? Once upon a time, Dean would never have dreamed of letting Sam go after a creature alone…but Sammy is all grown up and capable now.
Stay – have a drink!
You know, you'd expect Dean to be all over the idea of a second winsome babe joining him on his date, but instead he seems to resent the intrusion – Jamie deserves undivided attention, clearly!
Yeah, Sammy did grow up all badass.
Sam's oops, got it wrong again face.
Dean going down like a tree: vertical to horizontal without bending. For an actor, given the body's self-defence reflexes, that's a lot harder to achieve than it looks!
Sam's oh no! face.
Lederhosen, bondage and Dean. Mwah.
Badass Sammy in stealth mode.
"Hey there, Hansel." Sam just can't stop giggling at the lederhosen. And really – who can blame him?
The damsel in distress saves the day –and we all get to admire and giggle at Dean's knees.
Of course, after such a crazy adventure, Jamie was only too willing to help Dean get off the mark and counting once again, post-resurrection!
I've got to say, out of all the girls we've ever seen Dean flirt with, I really like Jamie!
And, not to go off on a tangent or anything, but if either brother was ever going to establish any kind of meaningful romantic relationship with anyone, this is how it should start. Forget Cassie (I've always been convinced that what Dean was in love with was the idea of Cassie, rather than the girl herself – he wanted the missing piece in his life that she represented) and forget Jessica (although I sincerely hope it was the girl herself that Sam loved, rather than the part she played in the new life he was building). Neither deception nor any kind of Big Reveal can ever be the surest foundation – far better to start out from an encounter like this, with a girl who has learned the truth through the course of adventure, is feisty and capable in her own right, and has bags of chemistry with whichever brother she is involved with. It would be complicated, requiring all kinds of patience on the part of the girl, who would have to put up with the long-distance thing, the ton of emotional baggage, and the fact that the brothers come as a job lot, while for the brothers it would require both willingness and courage to invest that kind of time, effort and emotion. And, of course, not that Show would ever go down that road, given the plot-complications inherent (and the fact that this really isn't that kind of show)...but if they ever did, this is how it should begin! With small steps and a one-off character that works.
And...end tangent. That was longer than I intended!
Sam pulls this face so very often, and it never ceases to make me giggle.
And finally: oh, boys.
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Instead, I bring you pretty, pretty picspam by way of compensation. :-)
"It's about time the Winchesters got back to tackling a straightforward, black and white case." Mwah.
Sam absolutely loving having his brother back and so very Dean.
Sam eats! Documentary evidence.
The fake ID thing just never, ever gets old.
Blank stares of bzuh?
Tongue!
Sam's reaction to Dean's 'rehymenation' speech.
Dean's side of the 'rehymenation' speech: oh-so tongue-in-cheek, because he loves winding Sam up, although he isn't kidding about wanting to get off the mark post-resurrection.
You know…Dean seems pretty blasé about his missing scars, because he's in a chipper mood and is rightly choosing to regard his restored life as a gift, a new start, fresh slate, and all that. But, you know – it must be incredibly weird to have such deeply personal evidence of his life history completely wiped out like that.
"I'm getting a headache."
I know the feeling!
Dean scores a date with Jamie; both brothers' reactions are gold.
Suave, Dean – very suave.
Dean versus Dracula.
Dracula…on a moped? Brilliant. Especially the little beep beep as the scene fades out.
Sam's crinkle-nose of disgust.
Sam looking rather stunning in dishabille.
Dean looking rather stunning in dishabille – and Jamie thinks so, too.
Outta here, brother – you go kill that pesky shapeshifter all by yourself, while I entertain the girl.
How times have changed, huh? Once upon a time, Dean would never have dreamed of letting Sam go after a creature alone…but Sammy is all grown up and capable now.
Stay – have a drink!
You know, you'd expect Dean to be all over the idea of a second winsome babe joining him on his date, but instead he seems to resent the intrusion – Jamie deserves undivided attention, clearly!
Yeah, Sammy did grow up all badass.
Sam's oops, got it wrong again face.
Dean going down like a tree: vertical to horizontal without bending. For an actor, given the body's self-defence reflexes, that's a lot harder to achieve than it looks!
Sam's oh no! face.
Lederhosen, bondage and Dean. Mwah.
Badass Sammy in stealth mode.
"Hey there, Hansel." Sam just can't stop giggling at the lederhosen. And really – who can blame him?
The damsel in distress saves the day –and we all get to admire and giggle at Dean's knees.
Of course, after such a crazy adventure, Jamie was only too willing to help Dean get off the mark and counting once again, post-resurrection!
I've got to say, out of all the girls we've ever seen Dean flirt with, I really like Jamie!
And, not to go off on a tangent or anything, but if either brother was ever going to establish any kind of meaningful romantic relationship with anyone, this is how it should start. Forget Cassie (I've always been convinced that what Dean was in love with was the idea of Cassie, rather than the girl herself – he wanted the missing piece in his life that she represented) and forget Jessica (although I sincerely hope it was the girl herself that Sam loved, rather than the part she played in the new life he was building). Neither deception nor any kind of Big Reveal can ever be the surest foundation – far better to start out from an encounter like this, with a girl who has learned the truth through the course of adventure, is feisty and capable in her own right, and has bags of chemistry with whichever brother she is involved with. It would be complicated, requiring all kinds of patience on the part of the girl, who would have to put up with the long-distance thing, the ton of emotional baggage, and the fact that the brothers come as a job lot, while for the brothers it would require both willingness and courage to invest that kind of time, effort and emotion. And, of course, not that Show would ever go down that road, given the plot-complications inherent (and the fact that this really isn't that kind of show)...but if they ever did, this is how it should begin! With small steps and a one-off character that works.
And...end tangent. That was longer than I intended!
Sam pulls this face so very often, and it never ceases to make me giggle.
And finally: oh, boys.
Screencaps found at Screencap Paradise,
marishna and oxoniensis
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Date: 2008-10-22 07:54 pm (UTC)I was saving my opinion of Cassie until you got to your Route 666 ten (or more) things post, but now seems the time as the contrast between Jamie and Cassie is interesting.
I've never disliked Cassie at all and I find it quite sad that many people seem to loathe her so much. I did a bit of a Miami Vice rewatch last year, and compared to the awful women Cockett used to collect, Cassie was fantastic! That said, she isn't a great character, and if it hadn't been for her connection to Dean, then she'd be completely forgettable. There is a definite disconnect between what we're told Cassie is like, 'strong, intelligent, fiery' and what we actually see. It's hard to see just what it is about her that made Dean fall in love with her rather than with any of his other conquests and I've yet to read a fanfic that's satisfied me of that either.
So Jamie then. Although she's central to the case, she doesn't need to be anything much as we most likely won't see her again, but yet we see she is everything that Cassie should have been: she's clearly intelligent and isn't a bimbo; she sees straight through Dean from the get go and she concludes that his life must be tough (which isn't immediately obvious from what he tells her). She's neither a passive victim or a screamer, actively defending herself twice and saving the day. She also stays calm throughout, even when she's trapped by the shapeshifter or when she learns the truth of what's out there in the dark. If it was that kind of show, then it would've been easy to see Dean falling for her and why.
On a swallow note, although both boys looked yum, the black an white really suited Jared particularly, except for: Sam pulls this face so very often i.e his ugly sister audition!
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Date: 2008-10-22 08:12 pm (UTC)Exactly. I don't dislike Cassie, although she does come across as more of a cold fish than feisty (show, Show, don't tell! Although I suspect it was the actress more than the writing). But the way she and Dean interact feels to me like they were both looking for something in the relationship that wasn't really there - as if it was the idea of the relationship that attracted Dean, more than Cassie herself. Maybe because with Sam away at school and John perhaps allowing Dean to handle more cases on his own, he was feeling lonely and was subconsciously trying to fill the hole in his life.
Jamie provides an effective contrast, even though she is blatantly never going to be anything more than a one night stand. It feels like it could be the start of a relationship, if this was that kind of show. Also, she feels like something approaching a 'real world' version of the ideal woman Dean dreamt up for himself in WIAWSNB, for all the reasons you stated above - everything Cassie wasn't but that Dean, in the state of mind he was probably in when he met her, no doubt wanted her to be.