Dear Mr. Kripke...

[oselle]

Dear Mr. Kripke:

"Lazarus Rising?" Really, Mr. Kripke? Really? You ripped me off, douchebag. Oh, and Dean breaking into the deserted gas station? Really. It even looked like the Deep South. Illinois my ass. Email me and I'll tell you where to send my royalty check. I also take PayPal.

Best regards,
Oselle

PS: Castiel is a minor angel at best, there's virtually no lore on him whatsoever. My dictionary only lists him as "an angel of Thursday." Maybe that's why you picked the name? Hee...angel of Thursday. I thought that was Jensen! Nevertheless, the guy playing Castiel is kinda hawt. So good choice there.


But seriously...I enjoyed it very much. Thought the first ten minutes or so were great, loved the fact that they didn't have any soundtrack, just dialogue. Wonderfully creepy and atmospheric. Loved that we got to see Dean's magnificient torso and arms. Jensen is looking more spectacular than ever. Couldn't take my eyes off him.

Thought Pamela was fantastic...so of course they essentially eliminated her before we could really start digging her. Pamela had more character in five minutes than Bela did all last year. Feel almost sorry for Katie Cassidy -- they didn't get rid of Ruby, just the actress! The new Ruby is already an improvement (but still a little too much of a kid. Would love to see a tough cookie like Pamela playing Ruby).

Uh oh, Dean hit a "girl." Twice! Here we go again...

I don't mind the angel angle but Kripke is digging himself even deeper into theology and it might wind up burying him. At this point I'm expecting the Second Coming to happen sometime in Season 5...

Dean sleeping! On a pullout couch! I love having my sleep-kink satisfied!

Love Dean's mini-flashbacks and looking forward to more of them. Jensen is phenomenal. He just gets better and better.

Jared is looking rather hot this season as well. Oh and they're living together. HAD YOU HEARD? And may be married. Hee!

Could not believe that Dean actually said that a demon might have "rode him out" of Hell. Dirty, dirty thoughts. Oh...so dirty.

Sam "douching" up the Impala. FANTASTIC!

I think I liked the awkwardness and emotional distance between Sam and Dean. Sam's reaction to having Dean back was strangely flat, but I think that was on purpose. What do you think?

Overall, I found it very...powerful. Loved the tone and the gritty seriousness of it. Very, very promising. I want them to keep this up for the rest of the season. Please?

Your thoughts, people? Don't leave me to ramble on my own here.

Comments

[vshendria.livejournal.com]

I loved it, and I love the angel angle. And I am NOT a fan of angel lore (read: crap) as a rule. But I think they are going to do something interesting with this angel. I have a suspicion that god is nowhere to be found in this mythology...we only have a new class of powerful, dangerous beings that believe they're on the side of virtue. Not sure they're in touch with god. I have faith in Kripke on this one.

I am so looking forward to Dean developing a relationship with this Castiel dude. I can see the angst coming, oh, please. "Don't you think you deserve to be saved, Dean?"

I see Castiel/Dean fic in my future.

By the way, I'm sure the location for the opening scene was somewhere near Vancouver, regardless of how southern it looks. There are rural spaces like that all over North America.

[oselle.livejournal.com]

I see Castiel/Dean fic in my future.

I'm sure C/D will be hitting the web by tomorrow. I'm sure people are already writing it! Those two were smokin'!

I have a suspicion that god is nowhere to be found in this mythology

Yeah, but he's "an angel of the Lord." So who's "the Lord" if not God?

[vshendria.livejournal.com]

That's a very good question. He may think it's the lord, but it may not be god. If there is a god, I'm betting he/she doesn't show themselves in this story.