Further Supernatural Thoughts
Sep. 12th, 2009 08:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gonzaiGot the wisecrack out of the way last night. For some more serious (well, sometimes) thoughts, continue.
Loved the radio announcer name-dropping 'Governor O'Malley'. As last season ended in Maryland, that's where the boys would be at the beginning of the ep. Therefore, O'Malley is exactly the governor they'd be talking about on the radio. Accuracy point: Supernatural.
If Chuck is being watched, how does he give an audible message over the computer to someone and the angels don't hear it? Also, how does he know where the Winchesters are staying?
The show seems to be drawing serious parallels between Jimmy/Castiel and Nick/Lucifer. Both Jimmy and Nick appear to have been devoted family men, hard-working and well-liked members of the community. They had a nice house in the suburbs, presumably nice, respectable jobs, pretty wives and adorable children. Jimmy was an especially pious man; I'd be willing to lay down money we will soon find out Nick was also a deeply religious man. So they are very similar people.
But once the angels get involved, their parallels suddenly move in opposite directions. Jimmy is willing to be a vessel for Castiel because he has tremendous faith; faith that Castiel and the angels have only his best interests in mind, will do their best by him and there's no need for him not to trust them. After all, so far, the angels have done very well by him and he has no reason to think things will change.
Nick, on the other hand, hasn't lost his faith so much as it's been ripped away from him. He no longer has any faith (doesn't seem to have much will to live, for that matter) and doesn't believe Lucifer any more than he'd believe a 'good' angel. But his lack of faith and trust means he'll go along with Lucifer, despite not trusting him, for a chance to get even for the faith and family that was taken from him.
I'm suspecting the show is planning to make Castiel and Lucifer the primary adversaries, rather than the Winchesters, as they are the two sides of the same coin. This also makes me wonder if the 'new and improved' Castiel is now, whether in whole or in part, the archangel Michael. For this to be an epic battle between Lucifer and Michael, he rather has to be. And it makes sense that Castiel would be Michael, since Dean is his 'sword'. We shall see, methinks, sooner rather than later.
Loved the radio announcer name-dropping 'Governor O'Malley'. As last season ended in Maryland, that's where the boys would be at the beginning of the ep. Therefore, O'Malley is exactly the governor they'd be talking about on the radio. Accuracy point: Supernatural.
If Chuck is being watched, how does he give an audible message over the computer to someone and the angels don't hear it? Also, how does he know where the Winchesters are staying?
The show seems to be drawing serious parallels between Jimmy/Castiel and Nick/Lucifer. Both Jimmy and Nick appear to have been devoted family men, hard-working and well-liked members of the community. They had a nice house in the suburbs, presumably nice, respectable jobs, pretty wives and adorable children. Jimmy was an especially pious man; I'd be willing to lay down money we will soon find out Nick was also a deeply religious man. So they are very similar people.
But once the angels get involved, their parallels suddenly move in opposite directions. Jimmy is willing to be a vessel for Castiel because he has tremendous faith; faith that Castiel and the angels have only his best interests in mind, will do their best by him and there's no need for him not to trust them. After all, so far, the angels have done very well by him and he has no reason to think things will change.
Nick, on the other hand, hasn't lost his faith so much as it's been ripped away from him. He no longer has any faith (doesn't seem to have much will to live, for that matter) and doesn't believe Lucifer any more than he'd believe a 'good' angel. But his lack of faith and trust means he'll go along with Lucifer, despite not trusting him, for a chance to get even for the faith and family that was taken from him.
I'm suspecting the show is planning to make Castiel and Lucifer the primary adversaries, rather than the Winchesters, as they are the two sides of the same coin. This also makes me wonder if the 'new and improved' Castiel is now, whether in whole or in part, the archangel Michael. For this to be an epic battle between Lucifer and Michael, he rather has to be. And it makes sense that Castiel would be Michael, since Dean is his 'sword'. We shall see, methinks, sooner rather than later.
