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The Winchester Boys

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Peccavi wrote: »
    They sure use carry on wayward son a lot in this show.

    Because it is fucking awesome and fits the theme of the show!

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    skull man watch more

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    truthbomb, gabriel is the best secondary character

  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    The season 6 ending was pretty great too though.

    Nothing. Matters.
  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    god I want to watch more of the show

    but season 5's finale was so perfect

    maybe if I can just compartmentalize everything that comes after as "really good fanfiction"

    You aren't missing much! S6 is pretty weak compared to s4/s5

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2012
    Man, regarding Bobby in the beginning of season 5.
    Him telling Sam to lose his number over the apocalypse stuff seemed out of character for him.

    Oh wait...nevermind.

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2012
    Man, regarding Bobby in the beginning of season 5.
    Him telling Sam to lose his number over the apocalypse stuff seemed out of character for him.

    Yeah, well, spoiler alert
    That's hells of intentional considering he's possessed.

    Whenever someone says something really out of character? They are possessed by a demon.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

  • PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    I suggest imbibing copious quantities of alcohol

  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    season six is the weakest season since the first

    but season seven is really good I promise

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

    yeah I wondered this also

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2012
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

    yeah I wondered this also

    There's a lot of little things they ignore when they need to. Like
    The demons can abandon their human host at any time to run away but there are many times where they don't

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

    yeah I wondered this also

    There's a lot of little things they ignore when they need to. Like
    The demons can abandon their human host at any time to run away but there are many times where they don't
    aren't they usually bound in a circle when that happens? they can't run away from that

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

    yeah I wondered this also

    There's a lot of little things they ignore when they need to. Like
    The demons can abandon their human host at any time to run away but there are many times where they don't
    aren't they usually bound in a circle when that happens? they can't run away from that

    Most of the time yes, but there were a few time where they could have and didn't.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Personally, I don't like the whole (s6 spoiler)
    Tattoo to keep out demon possession because, like you said, literally every fucking hunter they meet up with should have that tattoo shortly after they meet them.

    Oh no! The asshole on the Winchester monsterhunter team is actually a demon! Wait...their grandpa had the secret to curing vampirism but didn't think to use Sam's tattoo to protect his family?

    The show has good mythology, but holy crap the writing can be just ass at times. Like how they could have made the pyschotic vampire killer guy really believable and sympathetic, but they instead made him become just total nutso. The boys have been to hell and back (literally) for each other and yet they will lie about the littlest shit because they want to avoid minor disapproval from the other.

    Sometimes angels can move faster than the speed of light. Sometimes they can't move fast enough to avoid an attack that is telegraphed by a silly quip.

    There must be a commandment in the show that no character can be stabbed in the back unless the person doing the stabbing make a Commando-esque comment.

    I guess sarcastic quips magically bind people!

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • PharezonPharezon Struggle is an illusion. Victory is in the Qun.Registered User regular
    the thing about privilege is you can find it in literally everything if you are looking, and pretending that there is any goddamn way to please everyone is a fool's errand. Unless it is being actively, consciously, and aggressively denigrating, it all comes off like you are looking for a fight, even if you aren't. because, at the end of the day, it is no one's job to protect your feelings.

    This is a dumb post that misunderstands privilege.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    pretty damn big Season 5 spoiler
    the demon possession thing could have easily been handled without dumb tattoos, too

    just say "oh no demon can enter Sam now that he's been tapped as Michael's vessel, he's too pure, and, uh, no demon would dare possess what is Lucifer's by right so Sam's safe too"

  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    the thing about privilege is you can find it in literally everything if you are looking, and pretending that there is any goddamn way to please everyone is a fool's errand. Unless it is being actively, consciously, and aggressively denigrating, it all comes off like you are looking for a fight, even if you aren't. because, at the end of the day, it is no one's job to protect your feelings.

    This is a pretty large misunderstanding of the concept of privilege in a sociological context, and if that's a result of someone misrepresenting the concept to you, that's a shame, but this post mostly comes off as looking for a reason to be defensive and hurt about other people's concerns.

  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    Personally, I don't like the whole (s6 spoiler)
    Tattoo to keep out demon possession because, like you said, literally every fucking hunter they meet up with should have that tattoo shortly after they meet them.

    Oh no! The asshole on the Winchester monsterhunter team is actually a demon! Wait...their grandpa had the secret to curing vampirism but didn't think to use Sam's tattoo to protect his family?

    The show has good mythology, but holy crap the writing can be just ass at times. Like how they could have made the pyschotic vampire killer guy really believable and sympathetic, but they instead made him become just total nutso. The boys have been to hell and back (literally) for each other and yet they will lie about the littlest shit because they want to avoid minor disapproval from the other.

    Sometimes angels can move faster than the speed of light. Sometimes they can't move fast enough to avoid an attack that is telegraphed by a silly quip.

    There must be a commandment in the show that no character can be stabbed in the back unless the person doing the stabbing make a Commando-esque comment.

    I guess sarcastic quips magically bind people!
    in the war episode, ellen mentions that jo always wears an anti-posession shirt or necklace or something like that

  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    Personally, I don't like the whole (s6 spoiler)
    Tattoo to keep out demon possession because, like you said, literally every fucking hunter they meet up with should have that tattoo shortly after they meet them.

    Oh no! The asshole on the Winchester monsterhunter team is actually a demon! Wait...their grandpa had the secret to curing vampirism but didn't think to use Sam's tattoo to protect his family?

    The show has good mythology, but holy crap the writing can be just ass at times. Like how they could have made the pyschotic vampire killer guy really believable and sympathetic, but they instead made him become just total nutso. The boys have been to hell and back (literally) for each other and yet they will lie about the littlest shit because they want to avoid minor disapproval from the other.

    Sometimes angels can move faster than the speed of light. Sometimes they can't move fast enough to avoid an attack that is telegraphed by a silly quip.

    There must be a commandment in the show that no character can be stabbed in the back unless the person doing the stabbing make a Commando-esque comment.

    I guess sarcastic quips magically bind people!

    you and raijin are totally right, for sure, but i suspect there'd be almost no way to accomplish a show with this much (i guess unanticipated, they didn't know it'd be a huge success) scope / sperglord fans without tons of serious inconsistencies

    not to just hand-wave away the writing problems but it almost feels inherent in the genre

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    the thing about privilege is you can find it in literally everything if you are looking, and pretending that there is any goddamn way to please everyone is a fool's errand. Unless it is being actively, consciously, and aggressively denigrating, it all comes off like you are looking for a fight, even if you aren't. because, at the end of the day, it is no one's job to protect your feelings.

    This is a pretty large misunderstanding of the concept of privilege in a sociological context, and if that's a result of someone misrepresenting the concept to you, that's a shame, but this post mostly comes off as looking for a reason to be defensive and hurt about other people's concerns.

    I'm going to side with @The Lovely Bastard on this one.

    It's important to be alert to the more indirect messages your show may send out, but blaming a show like Supernatural is an unfair practice.

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    you're not placing blame, you're just identifying elements of predjudice and privilege that manifest themselves in the show

    at least for me i'm not saying supernatural is diminished significantly by these things, just that i noticed them and thought about them while watchin' people get their shit absolutely ruined by ghosts

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    Okay I just started S5 last night.

    Also, I get excited whenever I see Ben Edlund's name credited for for writing.

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    By the way, I am loving Kurt Fuller as Zachariah.

    Just loving it.

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  • AphostileAphostile San Francisco, CARegistered User regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    By the way, I am loving Kurt Fuller as Zachariah.

    Just loving it.

    Hahaha, the whole bar scene was just great.

    Nothing. Matters.
  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    ben edlund is the best supernatural writer, hands down

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  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    Hence why they named Chuck's pseudonym after him.

  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    well he also created the tick

    and slowly took over more and more power on the show

    which was great

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Skull Man wrote: »
    Yeah, I just wasn't patient enough.

    However
    Why doesn't Bobbie have the same tattoo to prevent possession?

    yeah I wondered this also

    There's a lot of little things they ignore when they need to. Like
    The demons can abandon their human host at any time to run away but there are many times where they don't
    aren't they usually bound in a circle when that happens? they can't run away from that

    Most of the time yes, but there were a few time where they could have and didn't.

    There is a bit in season 6, episode 20, which covered this in a fantastic way.

    Obviously this is a spoiler if you haven't been caught up that far.
    Castiel tracked down a demon working for Crowley, named Ellsworth. He steps in and takes out two of Ells's men, and then moves for Ellsworth, who immediately bails on his host.

    Castiel reaches into the black smoke before he finish escaping, shoves him back into the body, then kills him.

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  • PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    Do they ever use "Cristo" to reveal a demon other than that one airplane episode? Ever since then, it's all just, "Oh here, have a drink...of HOLY WATER."

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Season 5 episode 3 is happening right now.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    There are 2 things I know for sure
    1. Bert and Ernie are gay

    2. You are not going to die a virgin

  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    Zonugal wrote: »
    the thing about privilege is you can find it in literally everything if you are looking, and pretending that there is any goddamn way to please everyone is a fool's errand. Unless it is being actively, consciously, and aggressively denigrating, it all comes off like you are looking for a fight, even if you aren't. because, at the end of the day, it is no one's job to protect your feelings.

    This is a pretty large misunderstanding of the concept of privilege in a sociological context, and if that's a result of someone misrepresenting the concept to you, that's a shame, but this post mostly comes off as looking for a reason to be defensive and hurt about other people's concerns.

    I'm going to side with @The Lovely Bastard on this one.

    It's important to be alert to the more indirect messages your show may send out, but blaming a show like Supernatural is an unfair practice.

    The weight of his comment has almost nothing to do with evincing a specific onus for this issue on the part of the show.

  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    This last episode was balls crazy.

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    the thing about privilege is you can find it in literally everything if you are looking, and pretending that there is any goddamn way to please everyone is a fool's errand. Unless it is being actively, consciously, and aggressively denigrating, it all comes off like you are looking for a fight, even if you aren't. because, at the end of the day, it is no one's job to protect your feelings.

    Well said.

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    Peccavi wrote: »
    Do they ever use "Cristo" to reveal a demon other than that one airplane episode? Ever since then, it's all just, "Oh here, have a drink...of HOLY WATER."

    Don't think so.

    It's probably for the best, though, since with so many demon antagonists throughout the show it'd trivialize having to find them.

    When, say, you take a group of folks and discover that ONE of them is possessed, it makes things a lot less tense and interesting when you can flush them out of hiding just by uttering one word.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    What the fuck? Abe Lincoln?

  • AntimatterAntimatter Devo Was Right Gates of SteelRegistered User regular
    sure is "interesting" to see who cares about privilege and how it relates to this show and who doesnt

    and by interesting i mean not surprising

  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited May 2012
    What the fuck? Abe Lincoln?

    Did you say hey Blinkin?

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Goatmon wrote: »
    What the fuck? Abe Lincoln?

    Did you say hey Blinkin?

    No, I said Abe Lincoln

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