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Really random things I have thought this week.

Spoilers up to 4.17, mild spec and aimless rambling and a no doubt wildly flawed understanding of various cultures and beliefs.

-Wonder if the YED blood Sam had as a baby and Ruby's blood is like two-part epoxy; Sam needs both in his system to activate? Wonder if Sam needs white-eyed demon blood and red-eyed demon blood as well to, like, go fully... whatever? Yellow, black, red, white. Hm. I don't think I ever noticed that demon eye colours are the same as the colours of a medicine wheel before. Trippy. Doubt there's anything to that, but trippy.

-Okay, so the whole 'Two Brothers, One Fate' thing could be a restoration of the balance between good and evil. Each side has their plans and plots to start or prevent or subvert the apocalypse, and Sam and Dean are kind of like two parts of a yin-yang symbol, sort of, one side light(-ish) one side dark(-ish), with an element of the other in both, and together they form a whole in balance, and prevent either side from getting the upper hand and ending the world one way or another. Hm. Which makes me wonder again what the Trickster is up to, because as a representative of the chaotic but not demonic, you'd think he'd be deeply invested in change for the sake of change.

-*thought converted to plot-bunny*

-*other thought converted to plot-bunny* Knock it off, guys the corral's too damn crowded already.

-Boustrophedon is an awesome word which means a block of writing which reads left-to-right one line and right-to-left the next, and originates from the Greek for "ox-turning" or writing as the field is ploughed. *glee* (I did warn for random)

-So, from 4.17, angels can block a person's memories so thoroughly that they become (outwardly) a different person. Wonder if that's something they do for their hosts when they leave, if there's anything left to patch together and the angel is alive and around to do something about it? Block the memories and return them to their old life amnesiac, or block the memories and plunk them into a new life somewhere. Like witness protection. So, the host body of the first dead angel in "On the Head of a Pin" was probably out of luck because the angel inside her was killed and couldn't do an end of lease patch-up and mind-wipe on the host, and Castiel got there too late to do anything. But Anna and Castiel were both standing by when Uriel died, so maybe they fixed the host body up and Uriel's host is alive, well, and back in a normal life being a high school gym teacher, or chef, or quantum physicist, or day-care worker or whatever.

So, I heard a rumor that it's Thursday today, but there isn't nearly enough noise going on out there. Maybe my calendar's wrong...

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ohhhh....oh! like the 4 humours too....hmmmm....maybe not so much like the 4 humours in that he's got an excess on black at the moment which should be making him melancholic rather than cranky....but then again, he did have that knock-down, drag-out fight with his father about leaving for college....and we _have_ been treated to less 'pissy-look' Sam and more 'grimly-determined' Sam recently....

oh...reading more and ya....they say the modern temperments associated are: yellow = idealist and black = guardian. huh.

you are a clever kitty. wow. *is deeply impressed*

who finds cool words! that is a cool, COOL word!! :D

like the 4 humours too

Right! I'd forgot that. He'd have had a yellow imbalance at the start and growing up, but now he's swinging way way way black. I have no idea what that means or implies, but cool. :-)

that is a cool, COOL word!! :D

Isn't it just! Although using it in everyday life might be tricky. :-D

Personally I've always thought that demon eye color has an affinity to heat and flame (and I guess coal), so red is higher than black because it's flame vs coals, then yellow is higher because a yellow flame burns brighter, then white because a white flame burns hotter, and...

Yes, can you tell that it is a half-assed theory at best? ;-P

That's an interesting thought. So Ruby's coal and Lilith is plasma?

sandrinnad, I was just about to mention the four humours, too (but that's what you get when you're a Renaissance historian-type, like me). Oh, Show, you are too (possibly) too clever for your own good. :) I like your theory about needing all four colors of demon blood to be fully ... demonic? (Although I can't imagine Lilith saying, Sure! Suck my arm!) My own theory is that the YED's blood was all he needed for the YED's plans (whatever they fully were) but it made him susceptible to(not quite the word I'm looking for, but more like *able* to use) other demon's blood. Until we saw Sam use telekinesis in "On the Head of a Pin", his abilities from each blood were rather separate (visions and one use of telekinesis from YED, exorcisms/demon-deaths and now telekinesis from Coma!Ruby). But then again, all the special mommy-free-and-having children had different 'talents', so perhaps not.

Anyone else think it's a little weird that demon blood would enable Sam to exorcise (and kill) demons-- it suggests that the plans for the Demon Boy King involve faction fighting in Hell... Hm.

Wow. I'm babbling in your comments section! (It's been too long [3 days at most] since I've talked with anyone about SPN!! I stopped posting my thoughts on previous seasons because no one was commenting, and had to wait aaaaaages for today! Hurrah for Thursday! Yaaaay Thursday! (and boo upcoming Hellatus. Grrr.))

Either way, I do hope they get around to explaining the demon eye colors and such sometime soonish. Especially since we saw Sam's eyes flick yellow at the end of "Yellow Fever" (with no explanation as to whether that was real, foreshadowing, or a remnant of Dean's fear), and black in "On the Head of a Pin", presumably thanks to the fine distillation of Ruby!Blood he'd been guzzling. And, of course, Meg's eyes were black, where as YED's were, obviously, yellow, yet they were supposedly, in some fashion (and I have theories about that, too) father/daughter.

Although I can't imagine Lilith saying, Sure! Suck my arm!

I'm kind of scared by the thought that her permission wouldn't be asked... *eek*

Anyone else think it's a little weird that demon blood would enable Sam to exorcise (and kill) demons-

Not really. The power Ava manifested in Cold Oaks was demon control, and for a leader of demons who are by their very nature chaotic, some effective form of exerting control would be good in a demon army leader, to keep the troops in line. Kind of Darth Vadery, in a way.

Hm, that's a good point. I guess it just seems odd because of the way Sam was brought up (ie: a hunter) and so he's immediately anti-demon (to a point), whereas anyone else is likely to just think, Whee! Powers! 'til they get sucked in.

woot! Thursday!! :D

\o/

*keeps checking clock, 8 mins to go*

"Boustrophedon is an awesome word which means a block of writing which reads left-to-right one line and right-to-left the next, and originates from the Greek for "ox-turning" or writing as the field is ploughed. *glee* (I did warn for random)Boustrophedon is an awesome word which means a block of writing which reads left-to-right one line and right-to-left the next, and originates from the Greek for "ox-turning" or writing as the field is ploughed. *glee* (I did warn for random)"

No. friggin. way! I JUST learned about this in my Attic Greek class! My prof likes to go off on slight tangents and talk about the most INTRESTING obscure things about the language, and THIS came up not more than two weeks ago! Talk about coincidence.

On a more Supernatural-related note, THE TRICKSTER!! I've really wanted to see him back, lately. I had myself convinced for a while during 4x17, that the Trickster was behind it all. He should so be back for season 5... I loved that little dude.

I had myself convinced for a while during 4x17, that the Trickster was behind it all.

You should go over to

tigriswolf's journal, she has fic. ;-)

Sweet! Thanks for that!

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