Season Finale

[dangermousie]

I am nw watching "Devil's Trap" and Oh. My. Guh. The only thing hotter than falling apart Dean is the angry and dangerous Dean. No wonder he keeps a good control of himself. Because when he slips the leash? Whoa. When he declares war on hell or when he just tells Meg "I lied" and gets Sam to finish her after she gave them the info? And even Sam is taken aback, but Dean is utterly ruthless. And yes, the fact that real Meg dies as well, is another thing for him to beat himself about, but he doesn't stop asking her questions even as she is dying. It's freaking scary. And freaking hot. The boy does this icy anger which is scarier than shouting.

I also love how he just won't give up or believe John is dead. John might be a lousy father, but Dean is an awesome son.

ETA: And of course, when Dean tells Sam "I am going to be the one to bury you," he expresses his huge deep fear (not an unfounded one). And he is right. It is selfish to care more for revenge, for dead people, than for the ones currently alive. Simpler too, which is why I think John is good at it. He was so busy reveling in wangst, he never saw how much he screwed up his kids. But it's a lot easier to mourn than to interact day to day.

Comments

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

That's what I mean about Dean being terrifying. There's a depth and calmness and planning to his rage that is completely frightening. Sam blows up and lashes out. Dean is a slow burn and it's physically very intimidating. When he declares war on hell, you believe him. This is a guy who will go down fighting and take a high body count with him. Dean is scary simply because he's so focused and calm with his rage. He's acting completely rationally, but completely without mercy. It's a disturbing facet to him and he's not a person you want to cross.

When Dean slips the leash, bad things inevitably happen.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Yet, in some ways, Dean is the most human of the three (I just added an ETA on that point). Dean is motivated by family love and concern, not abstactions like revenge.

When he is driven, it's terrifying.

He's acting completely rationally, but completely without mercy.

That's true. And because he doesn't blow up, his rage is stored and doesn't dissipate.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

when Dean tells Sam "I am going to be the one to bury you," he expresses his huge deep fear

He's already had to bury his mother and watch his father fall apart, so Dean has a complete right to point out that who Sam is going to be hurting the most is the people he leaves behind.

Between the two of them, Dean is the more gentle brother. He's also put himself in the "protector" role of the family in an almost motherly role. He only reacts so violently when his family is threatened. Of course he's well trained, so his rage does some damage.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Exactly. I really do think Dean had to be a caretaker and a buffer for so long, it became intrinsic to his nature. He remembers having this family torn apart (with mary's death) which is why he probably holds on so hard.

[and---irocket.livejournal.com]

Devil's Trap is such a good episode. Angry!Dean just makes it that much better.
I just loved when he said "I lied!" to Meg, I don't know, the delivery was just perfect. :]

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know, it was so icy cold and so...chilling.

[podgie.livejournal.com]

Meg dying was so wonderful. :P the bitch got what she deserved

I really wanted Sam to pull the trigger at the end, though. It saddens me that he didn't because I feel like John's gonna die soon. And then they'll still have to hunt the demon, but John will be dead and Sam will have wasted the best oppertunity to kill it even though John ended up dying anyways.

and holy mother of god, it was so insanely sexy when the demon was killing-ish Dean

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I feel bad for the real girl trapped inside though.

And there is NO way Sam would have been able to pull that trigger on John. Not unless John was actively murdering Dean, really.

[podgie.livejournal.com]

And there is NO way Sam would have been able to pull that trigger on John. Not unless John was actively murdering Dean, really.

-_- I know.. but still, I wanted him to. And at one point, John basically was actively murdering Dean.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

And I think at that point, Sam would have shot John. But by the time he got the gun, it was over and Dean was begging Sam not to shoot (once again, devoted son).