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: Season 8
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
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
“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 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 …
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 …