Last night's SPN

[rivkat]

Not that I didn't enjoy it, but I wanted someone to mention that we know that not all vampires are monsters.  When I think about it, I understand why robo-Sam didn't--it wasn't necessary to his agenda.  And it's typical for Dean to go straight to "kill me," not believing that the veggie option is something he can do (he broke under torture, after all, so I see him expecting to break down and kill humans eventually).  But still!  You met her, guys! 

SPN has its share of pacing issues, but this time I really wanted the episode to last longer so we could get more vamp!Dean along with Sam, Samuel, and season arc revelations.

Comments

[tehomet]

It's typical for Dean to go straight to "kill me," not believing that the veggie option is something he can do (he broke under torture, after all, so I see him expecting to break down and kill humans eventually).

I do take your point, but for me, Dean's going straight to 'kill me' was more about him being willing to die rather even risk killing someone by accident... even if he could countenance drinking animal blood or donated human blood. Especially as he'd nearly munched on Lisa and then endangered Ben only hours before.

I agree with you, though, I do wish that the vegetarian vampires had at least been mentioned. It would have taken one line and made the story and the universe tighter.

[bientot]

I for one am sufficiently shallow that more vamp!Dean would have been more than acceptable. He really smoldered in the shadows there....and when he was overwhelmed by the sound of Sam's heart? OMG.

[theatervine]

I do feel like we missed a bit, like it had to be edited down to an inch of it's life for time but I also feel like they made it pretty clear that Boris wanted Dean for himself, willingly, and when that didn't work out he had no problem siccing every vamp in the joint on him to either subdue him so Boris could take him or kill him if it came down to it. So, this is one instance where the Lenore factor doesn't really come into play, although they did show Kristen, clearly unhappy and looking to Dean for help. I have a feeling that a Dean/Kristen scene may have been edited out.

[deadlychameleon.livejournal.com]

Most of the vamps in the nest lived on blood bank blood (the one who met him said he'd never killed anyone). So, it was addressed, but I guess Dean just couldn't handle living like that.

But yeah, I'd have liked way more Dean as vamp time. I'm surprised he wasn't tempted to stay a vamp toward the end, given how badass he was as a vamp.

[aerye]

Last week I figured out I'd never reprogrammed my DVR not to record these and now I have all of them sitting there on my machine and I can't decide whether to watch them or not. I wasn't going to do season six because Kripke sooo pissed me off, but now that I realize they're there, I can't decide whether to chuck them or not.

Decisions, decisions. ::g::

[bientot]

Silly - of course you should watch them. There have been lots of conflicting opinions about what's going on with Sam, whether domestic!Dean was real (and worth it?), etc. etc. but one thing seems consistent - they both are incredibly pretty this year. You know you'll watch them eventually - might as well do it now so you can enjoy all the fevered commentary!

[aerye]

::g:: Why do I think you are biased?

Pretty is good! But the reviews on my circle seem pretty solidly on the WTF side. Maybe I'll just let them stack up and wait to see if everyone suddenly starts posting OMG SO WORTH THE RIDE SO TOTALLY GLAD I KEPT WATCHING!@! And then I'll watch them. Because I soooo do not want to start caring about these characters again if TPTB aren't going to pull their heads out of their asses and do something different with them. (I can see it now - season 14! Sam came back wrong! Dean is conflicted! News at eleven! ::sigh::)