Originally posted March 2 2013 on Tumblr. The scene in “Everybody Hates Hitler” in which Aaron reveals the use to which he put the pages of the Golem book is fascinating in its potential parallels to one of this season’s themes—the personhood of monsters. The monster as a person with rights of self-determination, who can …
Category Archive: Characters
May 27
Naomi, the Angels, and Free Will
Originally published January 20 2013 on Tumblr. I’m not sure if I loved “Torn and Frayed” (there were some things that really bothered me about it) but it has given me a lot to think about in terms of what Naomi and the angels are doing and why they might be doing it. These are some …
May 27
SPN, Evolution, and Hael’s Grand Canyon
Originally published October 10 2013 on Tumblr. There’s a place. I built it when I was last here – many years ago. A grand canyon. –Hael, “I Think I’m Gonna Like it Here” This line bothered me because SPN had previously done a pretty good job of creating a world where religion/mythology coexists with science and …
May 27
Sam in Season 8: Progression, Not Regression
Originally published April 16 2013 on Tumblr. Sam deciding that he wants out of the hunting life, that he wants to finish college an essentially return to what he was doing when Dean came to get him at Stanford all those years ago, is absolutely not character regression. It’s not pushing a reset button. It …
May 26
Still an Angel: Castiel May Be Human-ish, But He’s Not Human
Originally published October 17 2013 on Tumblr. Castiel is still an angel. A fallen, degraced, dewinged angel, but still an angel. He is human-like (mortal, feels hunger and pain, and so on) but not human. He retains some angelic abilities which are apparently not grace-dependent. He can still tune in to “angel radio.” There are probably other …
May 26
“He Was My Gay Thing”: Representations of Queer Experience
Originally published March 6 2013 on Tumblr. The scene between Aaron and Dean in the pub was an interesting one, to say the least, and my view on it seems to be a bit different than most of what I’ve seen. A lot of the meta written about this focuses on what it potentially suggests …
May 26
Meg, Her Cause, and Her Unicorn
Originally published March 21 2013 on Tumblr. Some musing about Meg and her character development from Season 5 onward, in light of “Goodbye Stranger.” I love Meg. But I have never seen her character arc as redemption; or evil becoming good. And I don’t think she was weakened. I think her story has always been …
May 25
You’ll Be Better, When You Aren’t Yourself: Implications of Castiel Falling
Originally published April 24 2013 on Tumblr. There has been a great deal of speculation about Castiel falling at the end of this season. We know he will be a regular character next season, and the writers notoriously have difficulty in fitting a high-powered being intoSupernatural’s world. Therefore, for Castiel to fall – not only …
May 25
“Fall From Grace With Me”: Free Will, the Golem, and the Angels
Originally published March 19 2013 on Tumblr. Golem: Yifalkhunbi! Aaron:Enough! Please! Quiet time! Sam: All right. What was that? What was he saying? Aaron: It’s Hebrew for something like “take charge,” but I have no idea what he means. The Hebrew “word”/ phrase that the Golem speaks to Aaron, Yifalkhunbi—most likely ‘פלחנב’ in the Hebrew— is an interesting one. It presents …