Category Archive: Seasons

May 28

“The Boy Smoked the Pages”: Parallels With the Personhood of Monsters

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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May 25

Mesopotamia is Canonically Bigger Than the Grand Canyon

Originally published September 17 2013 on Tumblr.   “Yes, they are STILL bothered by the Grand Canyon thing…” (x) There are two continuity errors in season 8 that have been acknowledged and spoken about with the writers. (These are not, of course, the only ones, but for my purposes, these are the ones that have been …

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May 25

Alternate Universe Models & Possible Futures: Authorial Intent in “The End”

Originally published January 26 2014 on Tumblr This is primarily lengthy excerpts from the 5×04 commentary, as well as an excerpt from an interview with Edlund–which I’ve posted before–on time travel in “The End.” Plus some commentary of my own about what was said. Longish post shorter: Edlund’s detailed explanation in an interview of how time …

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May 25

“A Real Tight Rope You’re Walking”: Satire, Meta, and Corbett in “Ghostfacers”

Originally published March 23 2014 on Tumblr. There are probably few episodes of Supernatural that have as wildly divergent opinions on their treatment of queer characters and issues as “Ghostfacers.” On one side, this episode is often viewed as queer-positive, based on Corbett’s presentation as the hero of the story and taking certain lines as …

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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 …

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