Reaction: Supernatural 6.09 and picspam

[caffienekitty]

Contains profanity and some speculation.

Spoiler and Spec Summary

*inserts spoiler I thought was happening last week*

Dean gets kidnapped by fairies. I think I've read this- nope, not quite, but *removes larger fic-spoiler* it was an awesome fic. Bargains by marinarusalka. (Like Show would do fairies and I wouldn't pimp your fic? Please. :-D)

I'm hoping they don't mess up the interpretation of the Fae too much (or if they do, they go the absolute no-holds-barred-crack route, and actually, we are overdue for a crack episode, aren't we?), and I will never ever stop laughing if there's some kind of connection revealed between the Fae and angels of any sort.

Right then!




Picspam Reaction, with speculation and randomness for Supernatural 6.09 - Clap Your Hands if You Believe... (And the title would have given it away even if I hadn't been spoiled. Sigh. Shoooooow!)

Warning! Due to snowfall, work, and evil VCRs accessibility issues, this reaction post will be a LIVE one. No first watch, no re-watch, one watch only, with a pause button. It could get really random in here, don't say I didn't warn you.

I'm gonna need a lot more tea.


-Skipping straight to the NOW.

-Cornfield's always a good place to start.

-OMG! X-FILES LOCATION TYPE-ON! *SQUEE* and Aw, Kim Manners shout-out!

-Necking in a cornfield. Yeah, they're doomed.

-Crop circle! Aliens! BWAHAHAHAAH! I really wish I didn't know it was fairies, because this right now would be messing with my brain big time, and I'd be wondering if Gabriel was back from the dead and messing with mortals again.

-OH MY GOD.






That is possibly the best thing ever right there, right along the KITT!Sam!Metallicar sequence. *is trying to breathe*

-Did this guy play the hologram doctor on DS9? I think he did.



-"I am as happy as a pig in shoes." Heheheh.

-Sam should really not do witness interviews while he's soulless. It's a wee bit counterproductive.



-Directed by John F. Showalter. Written by Ben Edlund. Hang on to your hats, the crack factory is in town! WOOHOO!! \o/

-I love this caring/fake it/Jiminy Cricket conversation so much I want to bake it cookies and braid ribbons in its hair. ^.^

-"Was that all right?" Eee! Has he got a, a, CRAP!! I did research on- there was a fic I was writing years ago. Has he got a Brownie in his shop?? Is that why his some was taken?



-"Do not engage with, maim, or in any way kill Brennan." Heeeee. Much as I want Sam to get his soul back, he's kind of fun like this.




-'Don't make any judgement calls without me. I'mma go get my ass kidnapped by fairies now.' Oh this should go well. XD

-Don't leave the Impala running with the lights on! She'll be out of gas with a flat battery by the time you come back!



-Ringtone! Dean's still got the same one, despite having gone to Hell, stopped the Apocalypse, spent a year living as a civilian, and switched phones. This pleases me greatly.

-Impala stalled out... Okay, maybe the car being on was a 'weird crap detector'? Worked, anyway.

-If you're anticipating having to shoot something, HANG UP YOUR CELL PHONE. *giggles at Dean's extended pinky*



-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ALIENS! AND THERE'S AN X-FILES WHISTLE IN THE SOUND THERE!




-Dean freaking out and running from the 'UFO' will never ever not be funny.



-"I think the fourth kind is a butt thing." *is choking* BWAHAHAHAHAH! This whole sequence, Oh my god, I need a pause button for this, oh look, I have one. *pauses and tries to breathe*



-Dean running through a cornfield, being chased by a 'UFO' and yelling at Sam about empathy. Just, WHEEEE! *throws hands in the air and spins around in chair*




-Oh god, Dean draws a knife on the UFO and shouts challengingly. I'm laughing so hard I CAN'T TYPE! I so wish I didn't know it was fairies, because depending on the type of metal, the knife may be more effective. And really, if he thinks he's getting beamed up, having as many actively available weapons as possible makes sense, but, just, drawing a knife on a UFO is so very 'I might not know exactly how, but I'm gonna kick your ass regardless' and very Dean. \o/



-Sam. *headshake*



-Aaaand a Close Encounters 'talking to the mothership' segment in the soundtrack. The sound people had fun on this one.

-"So they're real. UFOs." Arg. Of course unidentified flying objects are real. There's a flying object, you can't identify it, BAM! It's a UFO. What is in question is whether this is an alien spacecraft. Sorry, it's a pet peeve thing.

-"The truth is out there." Awwwwwww. The X-Files exists as a work of fiction in the SPN verse it's been referred to a couple times in prior episodes (Mulder and Scully, you're a red-headed woman, etc) so that still works as 'he's quoting the show, but they're balancing on... I'm over-thinking the crack aren't I? I'll stop over-thinking the crack.

-"Well, you hunt ET's right?" Oh dear. He's looking for the alien equivalent of Grandpa Samuel. Heh. This should go well.




-Hm. There have been a lot of background thunderstorms so far this season, and there's one grumbling in the background of this scene. Aren't thunderstorms one of the demonic omens? Or am I misremembering? Or maybe it's just to cover the BC weather since they seem to have everyone in the little trailer city hanging around outside in the beginnings of a small lake.



-"Your brother was abducted?"/"It's fine. I mean I've had time to adjust."/"Did it happen when you were kids?"/"No, like half an hour ago." Seriously. Sherlock. I swear. Just as boggling to the mundanes at the very least.



-"Have you considered the possibility that you suck at hunting UFOs?" I need to breathe here! XD



-AND DEAN BEAMS DOWN FIRING! UP? DOWN? WHATEVER! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! \o/



-So, the rest of them are still missing, but they sent Dean straight back? Admittedly, he was in the process of opening fire, and aside from the knife and gun, Dean could be carrying sufficiently high amounts of iron to fortify a tank and so not be terribly compatible with fae realms (if the standard rules apply, that is). Though Dean was somewhere else for an hour or so at least. Hm. I am intrigued.

-Sam. This is probably not what Dean meant by 'practice your empathy.' *headshake*



-"They were grabby, incandescent douchebags. Goodnight."/"Too soon." This episode is trying to kill me, I swear. XD



-Poor Dean. Poor poor Dean. Not only does he think he's up against something absolutely out of his realm of not-inconsiderable experience, he's doing it with Sam running on impaired empathy.




-BWAH. Just Bwah. At least Sam's trying? XD




-"I had a close encounter, Sam, and I won." Considering it's not aliens and he's saying this at 16 minutes in, I think things will be hitting the proverbial fan soonish.



-"So if aliens are actually real, what's next, Hobbits?" *glee* \o/

-"So you're saying having a soul equals suffering."/"Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying." It's a good thing Dean didn't go into marketing, because he's really not helping here.




-And now Dean's seeing invisible people in suspiciously elfy-looking hats. No, I don't know why I think it's elfy looking, it just is. Maybe it's a Rice Krispie elf thing.




-OMG MUSIC! BOWIE! GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM!! "Space Oddity" I like the Peter Schilling version better, but still OMG THERE'S MUSIC!!! \o/

-Incoming! Heh, between the bright light the shaking and the electrical disturbance, whatever the fae are doing to make this UFO thing happen, it's almost like an archangel.... landing... Oh no way. They didn't. They wouldn't. Would they? Ooo.







-HEEEHEEHEEHEEHEEEEEE! XD



-Dean freaked out and facing off against a little twinkly thing. My life is complete.






-And getting his ass kicked by it. Even more complete.





-Aw, don't nuke the fairy! Not that it should work as they're kind of extra planar beings, maybe, or something.




-Dean looks so demented. I'll cap it but it probably won't show. That was the best fight scene ever, and must have been a real hoot to film since it would have been Jensen flailing around the room, possibly while one of the techs chased him with a tennis ball onna stick. ^.^



-Of course, killing a fairy has all kinds of nasty consequences. Just saying.

-I'm not sure whether Dean's got fairy vision or Sam can't see these things because he's short on soul. Either way, it makes Dean make silly faces and me not want to make popcorn for a very long while.



-"A little, glowing, hot, naked lady." Poor Dean's so boggled by all this. XD



-"I'm not supposed to laugh, right?" HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!



-"Smurfs?" *snicker* I'm getting sore from smiling and giggling so much, you guys. My head hurts!

-I like her. She's like what a real world version of Luna Lovegood might grow up to be, sort of.



-"Did you service Oberon, King of the fairies?" I really shouldn't laugh. I really really shouldn't. O.O



-The lore she's giving sounds like stuff I've heard. And it's good to know that this is yet another thing that a salt line will fix. Which means Sam and Dean didn't set the salt line at their hotel room. Idjits.

-Dean and small talk. About interior decorating. "Pewterrific." Sam and the teeny tiny teacup. Seriously, I am in pain here from laughing.




-"We can always put the call out to Bobby." Oh. Please. Yes. Call Bobby. Tell him you're under attack by fairies. Please?

-Reuse of shot! That one Impala transition if from part of the Sam!KITT!Impala drive-over sequence. Yay for budget saving! \o/

-Sam's looking awfully striking this season, and his hair is quite organized. Soullessness suits him just as well as evil does. Which I should be disconcerted by but oh well.



-Yup. Brownies. CRAP. Oh well, if I ever get around to finishing and posting that story, I'll need to do some monster adjustments.



-My what a fantastic example of crazy-eyes!








-"If I didn't know better, I'd say you have a bunch of elves working for you." Subtlety also requires a soul, I see.




-Although Dean could use some subtle on his "I'm evading a person only I can see" dance. Interesting use of the hallucination-cam.




-Um. Dean? That's totally not the guy who's been following you. for one, he's missing the red hat. And yeah, this is not going to look good. Or sound good.



-Um. Ever. *facepalm*



-"But he is the District Attorney." And again *facepalm* When Dean screws up, he screws up big.



-Well, one good thing about this is he's in a cage of cold iron, so none of the fae can get at him. Right?



-"Cream hits 'em like tequila." *snerk*



-"You're the leprechaun?" WHAT THE SERIOUS FREAKING CRAP!!? O.O Okay, I guess that's the best possible cover, and encouraging the UFO people is a great distraction from the truth. Another strategically-minded adversary! YAY! \o/



-"Your friend here went back on his deal." Deal, eh? *ponders*

-"He's marked. Been to the Ranch. He's ours now." Hunh. Wonder what Castiel's going to have to say about that? Considering Misha was in the credits and all.

-"It's locked in a box with the Devil."/"Your devil, not mine." *grins* Yay!

-"So you're my Blue Fairy?" ... Oh my god I actually got that reference! That's... really kind of obscure. *googles* Oh, wait, no it's not. Pinochio. See I recognized it from A.I. which broke my brain for a few days last spring. I don't know why I didn't remember the Pinocchio connection.

-...and of course when I unpause they give other Pinocchio references and really make me feel like an idiot for googling. Oh, and there was one right at the start with Dean saying he'd be Jiminy Cricket for Sam. I'm slow tonight. :-P

-GAH! How'd he get in! Cold iron, dammit! Or maybe it's less iron and more steel these days. Or is he not Fae? Wait. Red hat. Red cap? That's one of the fae, isn't it? *googles* OH CRAP!! RUN DEAN!!! OR SOMETHING! O.O



-You know, I just randomly realized that the stick the leprechaun is beating Sam with is probably a shillelagh. Not Bobby's shillelagh though, and he doesn't need one anymore, so I have no reason to feel like I got a shout out, because that would be ludicrous.

-"Count this." Heee! About time they whipped out the salt. It's only the answer to half the problems they run into.




-Oh nifty and extremely difficult to cap dimensional portal!! Awesome!

-Too damn picturesque not to cap. Also, imminent roadside chat, yes?



-"You're not having second thoughts about getting your soul back."/"Oh."/"...You're not, are you?" Why not, after you've done such a good job up-selling them. *facepalm*


WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! That was fun! Castiel never showed up though and Misha was in the opening credits. They're getting tricksy with those credits, they are.






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Comments

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

I'm still confused on the soul thing, and this episode, while fun, just added to that.

It seemed like the thing was that Crowley *had* his soul, and was possibly going to return it to him in bits (which gave me the weird image of souls as cotton balls), but then with the previouslies and this episode, it seems like the show has gone back to "Sam's still in the cage". Except so was his body.

Hopefully they'll give us something solid soon. IDK.

[ciaranbochna.livejournal.com]

Duuuuuude red cap!!!! I almost flailed myself to death in this episode, seriously..lol That and the not breathing--cripes..lol I should be going to sleep soon, so I will just say too many things of awesome and win to mention and agree with everything you said. *nods emphatically*

Sorry about the posting twice, strange things happening with the icon:P

[caffienekitty]

I think the main thing is we can't trust anything Crowley says. It was implied that Crowley could get the soul back and there was a bit of a Deal made at the end of the one with the Alpha vamp, and then Crowley burning Sam and saying he owns him, etc. which could be smoke and mirrors. Who knows.

I'd say Sam's soul is still in the cage with Lucifer, and Sam's original flesh is not the flesh he's got now. I'm not too confused or worried about it honestly, I'm just sort of coasting along on whatever Show does next. There's a lot of balls being juggled right now and a lot of things we haven't got a clue about (war in Heaven) and we won't have anything like all the data for a while yet, though I suspect there will be a biggish chunk forthcoming sometime before the first real hiatus of the year, sometime in December.

[bellatemple]

Voyager, honey. The holographic Doctor was from Voyager.

And yeeeeeeeeeeees, red cap! I was so excited by that I can't even tell you.

I have a theory about the salt, that it has to be spilled in front of them. So just a line might not help.

And I'm going with the iron in the jail not being pure. Steel is, iirc, much less fragile than pure iron, and it would make sense in the modern world to build jails and things out of that. . . .

And I may now have a giant fae-related plot bunny that I may or may not be saving for this year's big bang. ;D (Which puts me at two ideas for big bangs, which . . . is honestly less than I usually end up with, so there ya go.)

[caffienekitty]

Didn't see the first comment, so no worries. The red cap was a really late realisation for me, and considering how off they were with Samhain, the research department didn't do too bad on the fairies.

(I saw you posted fic, but as I'm about to head to bed, I'm going to leave reading it for daylight hours. ;-) )

[caffienekitty]

Voyager, honey. The holographic Doctor was from Voyager.

Right! I barely watched Voyager, but I should have remembered it was Bashir on DS9.

And yeeeeeeeeeeees, red cap! I was so excited by that I can't even tell you.

They were surprisingly subtle with that! I was quite thrilled!

I have a theory about the salt, that it has to be spilled in front of them. So just a line might not help.

Ahh, that makes sense.

And I may now have a giant fae-related plot bunny that I may or may not be saving for this year's big bang. ;D

EEEEE! Cool! :-D

[borgmama1of5.livejournal.com]

Very succinct summary. Seriously. You said everything that could be said about that episode! :)

[caffienekitty]

Thanks!

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

I laughed loud enough to scare my cat during this recap. I agree with pretty much everything. Except the bit about Major Tom. BOWIE RULES! :)

Dean being chased around a room by Tinkerbell will never not be funny. Excellent screencaps! And good call on the shillelagh.

[blackcat333-99.livejournal.com]

This one was so much fun, wasn't it? I too was late to the game in identifying the Red Capp, but once I got there I was like... DUH. Lol.

I am intrigued by the idea of Dean being permanently "marked" by the fae. Are they gonna keep gunning for him, or would most of them figure the leprechan and his crew got what they deserved for playing with the humans?

So many one-liners this ep to LOL at -- and this is the most I've enjoyed Sam all season. *Honest* Sam who's a dick but can't help himself is like... funniest thing ever. :)

[caffienekitty]

I think I prefer Schilling's version because I heard it first, and it was the first song I'd ever heard about space travel, and I first heard it when I was about 10 and reading sci-fi like breathing air wasn't as important, so it made a huge impression. Also it's got a faster tempo and I tend to prefer songs with a faster/heavier beat. Bowie is indeed great, no dispute there though. :-)

[caffienekitty]

I too was late to the game in identifying the Red Capp, but once I got there I was like... DUH. Lol.

I love that they left us that to figure out on our own rather than stuffing in an explainer. Makes me feel like Show thinks we're smart. :-D

I am intrigued by the idea of Dean being permanently "marked" by the fae. Are they gonna keep gunning for him, or would most of them figure the leprechan and his crew got what they deserved for playing with the humans?

From the sounds of it, Dean will be able to see them it they have a foothold in the mortal plane anywhere else, and they have the book of fairy lore now, and they mentioned that whole 'back door' thing and who knows, Fae come in Dark and Light, maybe they'll need a new source of allies, or an alternate means of getting Sam's soul back. I'd be quite surprised if that's the last we see of the Fae.

*Honest* Sam who's a dick but can't help himself is like... funniest thing ever. :)

Oh absolutely! And that background confused 'you wanted me to be honest/you wanted me to be sympathetic/whaaaaa??' puppy look he gets every so often is even better.

[irismay42.livejournal.com]

It really demonstrates the depths of my Jensen obsessiveness when I was more excited that Robert Picardo was in it not for Voyager (my fave ST - don't laugh) but for the fact that he was Jensen's dad in Smallville. Not that they were ever in it together. But still. And the Blue Fairy thing? Knew it was Pinocchio (which I totally can't spell) but kept thinking of Ben in Dark Angel's Blue Lady! I'm sooooooo very obsessed!!

Oh and the Evil!Sammy, Soulless!Sammy looking fiiiiiine thing? Yep, totally down with that! I'm actually loving Soulless!Sam now they've started to have a bit of fun with him. Jared seems to be enjoying himself too!

I suspect "Did you service Oberon, King of the Fairies?" is set to become the prompt for many a fan fic somehow...!

[caffienekitty]

I suspect "Did you service Oberon, King of the Fairies?" is set to become the prompt for many a fan fic somehow...!

I would be shocked if it wasn't.

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

I'd be wondering if Gabriel was back from the dead and messing with mortals again.

I wasn't spoiled and this was EXACTLY what I was thinking. *nods emphatically*

I like your happy recap. I too, was giggling at Dean but his fear of redcap (minus that horrid description I just read) was a tiny bit out of character. I wished he were being more, "Keep following me, sucker, I'm gonna rip you a new one." instead. But I can forgive him, he was sort of freaked out this entire episode and I don't blame him! NoSoul!Sam continues to = Sherlock. Poor Sherlock. LOL

[caffienekitty]

I wasn't spoiled and this was EXACTLY what I was thinking. *nods emphatically*

*envies your unspoiled status*

I too, was giggling at Dean but his fear of redcap (minus that horrid description I just read) was a tiny bit out of character.

On the walk, yeah, it was a bit much, but given the later freakout with attacking the D.A., Dean seemed rather unhinged all around in that section. Considering he just went from 'Holy crap aliens are real!' to 'Holy crap fairies are real!' and now he's being followed by an invisible guy he doesn't know how to hunt, I think it's understandable that he's more boggled than usual. Shouting at the UFO was awesome though. :-)

NoSoul!Sam continues to = Sherlock. Poor Sherlock. LOL

This time he almost out-did Sherlock on the social obtuseness front, I think. (If Sherlock's missing his soul, I bet Mycroft has it. For safe-keeping.)

[charis-kalos.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad someone else enjoyed this ep. as much as I did. Most of the responses I've seen have been either worrying about how Sam's soullessness works (and I'm happy to go with: he's a moral sociopath like Sherlock) or complaining that they want their old show back, with the two brothers on pretty much the same page, united against the world.

But I'm loving soulless Sam and frustrated Dean! Two bits of this episode made me cry with laughter. (1) Sam's line when Dean returned; found him having sex; got rid of the girl; and stood leaning face-first into the door: "You're upset". The almost deadpan delivery was perfect. And (2), the whole conversation about whether or not a souled person would be able to worry about their abducted brother and have sex at the same time. After all, both worrying and sexing can be done in the dark! I loved it.

So, Dean's whole soul=suffering thing is not going to make Sam feel any more eager to get his back, even if he thinks that it might be the right thing to do. For one thing, souled Sam had sex with two women and a demon in five years - both the women ended up dead and the demon betrayed him. Whereas soulless Sam is having lots of sexy fun.

I do want to see Sam get his soul back, and there's no way that Dean won't ensure that happens - but for the moment the odd couple schtick they've got going on, with Dean trying to explain human behaviour to Sam, is just brilliant!

[cordelia-gray.livejournal.com]

It's funny how the associations you have with a song can be so powerful :) I have such a soft spot for that era of Bowie, it was a real thrill to hear it on the episode.

Your theory that robo-Sam = Sherlock is awesome. He does seem a lot more strategic in his thinking without a soul, doesn't he?

[aescu]

Okay, now that the fae had their first appearance I am waiting for all those Dresden Files/SPN Crossovers :)

[caffienekitty]

Indeed he does. :-)

[caffienekitty]

There are a few out there already. It's been getting crossed over since the early days of the series, but maybe there'll be a larger spike now.

[caffienekitty]

Most of the responses I've seen have been either worrying about how Sam's soullessness works (and I'm happy to go with: he's a moral sociopath like Sherlock) or complaining that they want their old show back, with the two brothers on pretty much the same page, united against the world.

Hunh. I haven't really read any other reactions yet (so busy it's not funny) but the wanting the old show back I've seen before. I'm not as Zen as I was last year, because I'm still getting a grip on the new regime's method of plotting season and character arc, but I firmly believe it'll all work out in the end. Really though, without change, growth, damage and healing in the characters, this show would have died out as another formulaic network drama. Part of change/growth/damage/damage/healing is that there are times where things are in a state of being overtly 'not good' between people, en route to getting back to 'good'. It's all part of the process, and having the characters going through that sort of process is part of what's made this show so compelling over the years. :-)

So, Dean's whole soul=suffering thing is not going to make Sam feel any more eager to get his back, even if he thinks that it might be the right thing to do.

Definitely not. Someone has to come in and make a positive case for having a soul, and I'm hoping when they get to that that it's handled well.

For one thing, souled Sam had sex with two women and a demon in five years - both the women ended up dead and the demon betrayed him. Whereas soulless Sam is having lots of sexy fun.

So it's Sam's soul that makes sex with him lethal and not his... other bits? Good to know! XD

[charis-kalos.livejournal.com]

So it's Sam's soul that makes sex with him lethal and not his... other bits? Good to know! XD

I hadn't made that connection but, OMG you're right! It's Sam's soul that deadly.

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

(If Sherlock's missing his soul, I bet Mycroft has it. For safe-keeping.)

Awwww. I wonder when he will deem John capable enough to gift him with it. Hee.

[caffienekitty]

...you are bound and determined to infect me with plot-bunnies, aren't you? XD

It'll have to fight through about fifty things already in progress in five different fandoms, but it's in the corral.

[aescu]

Oh, I hope so ;D

[percysowner.livejournal.com]

He also slept with Dr. Cara in Sex and Violence and as far as we know she's still alive and kicking. Maybe the demon blood darkened Sam's soul enough to make the killing curse go away?

[malevolent73.livejournal.com]

Someday I will see that description on one of your fics and it will thrill me to no end. :) (late comment is late, lol)

[caffienekitty]

You might at that. Won't be anytime soon, sadly.

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Hee! My fic totally got Gambled, and I don't mind 'cause it was so hilarious. Dean fighting Tinkerbell was the best thing ever.

And yeah, soulless!Sam is kind of scarily well-groomed, isn't he?

[caffienekitty]

He hasn't had hair this organized since he was possessed by Lucifer.