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[layne67]

1.40 pm

I'm usually nodding off at this time of the day. But suddenly I don't feel slepy at all.

I didn't comment on that since I'm not American and I feel that it's not really my place to do so. But it certainly wakes me up!

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[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

There was also the Scarecrow god, and the Rakasha (from Everybody Loves a Clown) were from other mythologies. I think the show does a pretty good job of drawing on stories from different areas of the world, and I like the way they sometimes bring in something new (like the palo santo) or things that aren't that common. They have the references to hoodoo, and it seems like the guys will use anything at all that they think will work, but sometimes they've got to do research to find out what works on this particular type of thing that doesn't respond to salt or iron. It's one of the things I think is so cool about the show, that they're acknowledging that there are all kinds of ways to fight evil, and all kinds of evil. Not to mention that sometimes what they have to fight is human evil (i.e. The Benders). Now to me, The Benders is probably the scariest episode they've had yet!

[montmorency.livejournal.com]

Yep. (That was my religious icon up above - Pope Urban or Boniface or Aloysius or whatever said "Deus lo vult" (roughly, "God wills it") to the Christian knights as they rode off on their crusades.

The Benders were totally scary because, yes, REAL people. It's one thing if a ghost or an accident hurts you, quite another thing if another human being does.

The show lets us see that there are degrees, grey areas... not all vampires are bad and maybe not even all demons. Conversely, some highly religious people can be evil (the preacher's wife in Faith).

[shadowc44.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's one thing they seem to keep pushing, that everyone is capable of good and evil. Maybe it's all tied in with the "Will Sam eventually go evil" plotline, because they did such a good job early on in setting him up as a really nice, good, sensitive guy. They've already shown how much he's changed in just two years, but I think they've made it believable, too. Sometimes all it takes is a wrong choice for the right reason to really screw things up, and I can easily see that happening more and more. The more Sam (and Dean) have to prove that they're willing to do *anything* to save each other, the more the show will push them to prove it. How many other people would have to die, I wonder, for Sam to say, "Well, Dean's not worth that many people," or for Dean to say that about Sam?

Fascinating stuff our show gives us to ponder!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

Oh God, I'd stop watching the show if Sam starts saying that Dean is not worth saving. Seriously.

And I'd hunt Kripke down if Dean says Sam is not worth saving.

[montmorency.livejournal.com]

They won't go there. I promise!

[layne67.livejournal.com]

They better not! But I trust Jared and Jensen to protect Sam and Dean. I guess they can't do much about the two Buffy-wannabes :/

Watched 'Dead in the Water' last night. OMG it was so GOOOOD!!!