Supernatural: Wendigo

[dangermousie]

More Supernatural stuff.

Awwww, Sam at Jess's grave? Uber-awwww. I am beginning to understand keepaofthecheez's liking. And Sam is burning with vengeance. Yay. And his anger is burning him up and all he wants is to find Dad, and sure, part of it is so he can get on with the avenging, but another one is the little boy lost vibe: Dad will know what to do. Of course, even if they kill the thing, it still won't bring Jess back.

And Dean offering Sam the wheel. He has this facade but underneath it all he really loves his baby brother. Awwww again. He really really cares for him. He tries to talk him through his anger, and he is very attuned to him. And it's all about making others better because he is too FUBARed to ever be OK himself. Woe. And I think he finds a certain peace in following Dad's rules. That scene with Sam and dean by firelight...love. I know people are Sam or dean fangirls, but can I be a SamandDean one instead? Because I just love them as brothers. This whole ep is about importance of family actually. Winchester family, the story of the week family. Though if I had to pick just one, I'd pick Dean.

Ooooh. Dean trying to pick up Faith-like chick. Yay. And all snarky and hot. But he looks so vulnerable there for a moment when she kisses him on the cheek in gratitude, at the end. I think 'doing good' is a lot of what's keeping his soul together.

Also, SPN does have an anime sensibility, doesn't it? I can't put my finger on it, but it does.

Jensen Ackles literally looks unreal. He is so classically, perfectly good-looking, it's scary. And beat-up Dean? Even hotter.

Also, Leoben!

Comments

[strippedpink.livejournal.com]

Um, I know it seems like I have nothing better to do than lurk at your LJ ALL DAMN DAY, but I really have an excuse...I'm attempting to catch up with my flist and...okay, I really am just lurking.

And dude, you can totally be a SamandDean fangirl. If you aren't THAT, you have problems. Heh.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hey, I have nothing better to do that to spam lj with fannish posts, so I am waaaay more in trouble than you could be :)

And dude, you can totally be a SamandDean fangirl. If you aren't THAT, you have problems. Heh.

Yay.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

And Sam keeps getting angrier until the end of the season when he realizes what that type of anger has done to his father. In "Bloody Mary" Dean finally confronts Sam and pretty much begs him not to blame himself even going so far as to tell Sam to "blame me". Dean has a massive savior complex (among others).

SPN does have a bit of a crossover appeal.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

SPN does have a bit of a crossover appeal.

Good to know I wasn't losing it.

I cansee where Sam's understandable rage, if not checked, can be destructive. And ohhh the poor Dean. He is willing to take Sam's burdens and guilt on himself and to destory himself to save his brother. I think it's partlylove but also partly because he thinks he himself is lost anyway.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

Interestingly, Jensen was originally supposed to play Sam. He wanted the role of Dean, but went along with it until Jared was auditioned and TPTB loved him and asked Jensen if he'd be willing to take the Dean role instead, to which Jensen said a hearty yes. It's funny to think about Jensen playing that role since Jared is just so well suited to it. There's a softness and openness to him that is so innately Sam. He DOES seem like a typical college guy you'd see in the library, cramming for finals. Of course he's also physically big enough (6'4'' at last check) and cut enough that you can believe he can hold his own in a fight even if he isn't as naturally good at it as Dean. Jared himself seems to not have a mean bone in his body (he's incredibly sweet to his fans) and I think that comes through with Sam.

For that reason, I see Dean as the more complex character. Sam is coming at it from the angle that the audience is, Dean's motivations are very conflicted and obscure and even he doesn't seem to know why he's doing what he's doing a lot of the time. Dean knows he's too far gone to save and he rather fatalistically accepts that. The episode "Faith" is amazing because there's such a complete role reversal between the brothers, with Dean being the one who sort of accepts death and Sam being the one putting up a fight for his brother. The ending of that episode and what happens is also a knife to the heart, considering that it's Dean who it all happens to and he's going to take it all to heart.

And Dean doesn't even really know what he wants until "Devil's Trap", where he suddenly becomes the one who backs out when it finally comes down to finding the thing that killed their mother. A great role reversal here because Sam pins Dean to the wall exactly like Dean does to Sam in the Pilot for nearly the same reason.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You make it sound so irresistable, I am going to try and see if I can squeeze in more episodes this weekend!

I can't really imagine Jensen as Sam because you are right, Jared just fits the role so perfectly.

[damsels-fly.livejournal.com]

Jensen Ackles literally looks unreal. He is so classically, perfectly good-looking, it's scary. And beat-up Dean? Even hotter.

I know!
And he does funny, and he makes an ass out of himself regularly.
The Ackles does evil sooo delicious. And, beat-up bloody woobie-Dean?! Boom.
I'm enjoying your enjoyment of SPN & VM. :)

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And yes, Ackles is to die for...

[klawick003.livejournal.com]

I've always wanted to watch Supernatural. Is s1 on DVD yet?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

No, but all of first season is on youtube. If you want a link, I'll be happy to provide it.

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

Sam at Jess's grave was when Jared really got me hook, line, and sinker. I was done for. (I'd never watched him on GG, and I was a bit unsure, but now I just love him.)

Also, Leoben!

Oh yes, Stock Canadian Actors are in full effect, yo.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is the first thing I've seen him in, but I now see what the fuss is about.

I have such a thing about guilt-ridden protective men...

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

Ditto. *g* There's nothing I love more than a character with a dead (usually blonde) girlfriend.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

LOL. You mean you actually like Logan then too? Really? :P

[bigboobedcanuck.livejournal.com]

Well, I try to keep it on the downlow, but yeah, I like him. ;P

[cosmicviolet.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm glad you like Supernatural. :) Just wait, it gets even better and sooo angsty.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yay. Angsty. Just my bag!

[clex_monkie89.livejournal.com]

thelana pimped you out on her journal.

And it's all about making others better because he is too FUBARed to ever be OK himself.

Wow. Only two episodes in at this point and you've managed to perfectly sum up everything that Dean is in one sentence. I applaud you. Dean really is all about saving everyone else rfom his fate (In a way).